Children's Book Suggestions | Mental Health Awareness Month

A few of our favorite books about mental health published in 2024 and 2025. For more book ideas, search the library catalog for a specific topic such as anxiety, depression, etc.

Updated January 30, 2026
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Bodega Cats: Just Kitten Around
Faison, Siara
Paper Book
In the Heights meets Front Desk in this heartwarming and funny illustrated story about the friendship between a bodega owner's anxious kid and her newly-adopted mischievous kitten. Everyone thinks Yesenia is calm, collected, and crushing it. But really, her...

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

Millie of the manor
Evans, Karina
Paper Book
Clue meets The Baby-Sitters Club in this heartwarming middle grade graphic novel perfect for fans of Kayla Miller and Terri Libenson. Amy has always loved a good mystery. So when her classmate Reagan invites her to a murder-mystery-themed birthday party, she ...

Children's Graphic Novel (Grades 3-5)

Good boy
Hirsch, Andy
Paper Book
"Hilarious and heartfelt." --Megan Wagner Lloyd, author of Allergic Charlie is an anxious kid, and Ralph is a wildly energetic rescue dog. Together, they're best friends, and an unexpectedly perfect (and unpredictable) team. Charlie's life is a series...

Children's Graphic Novel (Grades 3-5)

Ain't it funny
Gurevich, Margaret
Paper Book
For fans of Stand Up, Yumi Chung! and The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl comes an honest and heartfelt novel about a girl who's determined not to let her growing anxiety and OCD hold her back from using stand-up comedy to bring her parents back together. ...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Popcorn
Harrell, Rob
Paper Book
Sometimes life turns up the heat ...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Louder than hunger
Schu, John
Paper Book
A Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book "This heart-wrenching verse novel--inspired by the author's experiences . . . is an unflinching depiction of resistance and disordered eating recovery." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) Jake volunteers at a...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

How to talk to your succulent
Persico, Zoe
Paper Book
After the loss of her mother, Adara struggles to communicate with her family about her grief. When a sympathetic ear arises in an unlikely place, Adara can finally find her words - but can she find the time to listen? A stunning graphic novel for middle-grade readers about family, friendship and...

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)

Timid : a graphic novel
Todd, Jonathan (Graphic novelist)
Paper Book

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)


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