Mental Health Book List for kids 0-8

Mental Health Awareness Month The theme of this list is “it didn’t go my way”

Updated February 23, 2026
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Waiting is not easy!
Willems, Mo
Paper Book
Mo Willems, award-winning, New York Times best-selling creator of The Pigeon, Knuffle Bunny, and Unlimited Squirrels, presents best friends Elephant Gerald and Piggie.   Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald...
When the air sang
Bontje, Laura
Paper Book
"A marvelous, magical story." --David Suzuki, Grandfather A gorgeous picture book about a young insect enthusiast who learns about the ever-mysterious cicada and how our curiosity about nature never truly goes away. Annie is tired of waiting for the cicadas to finally appear: every...

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