Managing Stress and Anxiety for Kids

Updated November 3, 2025
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All birds have anxiety
Hoopmann, Kathy
Paper Book
Life as a bird can be stressful! From worrying about airplanes, windows, and getting enough worms to eat, it is clear that birds can be anxious beings. Through a light-touch, quizzical depiction of bird behaviour, All Birds Have Anxiety uses colourful images and astute explanations to...
I am stuck
Mills, Julia
Paper Book
A tender (and humorous!) look at the way tough emotions can make us feel stuck and how the presence of a good friend and a deep belly laugh can make it easier to get through stormy feelings. Complete with back matter to help stuck readers feel better through noticing, smelling,...
Mixed feelings
Finck, Liana
Paper Book
From acclaimed New Yorker cartoonist Liana Finck comes a validating and heartfelt feelings book like none other. This exploration of mixed and wide-ranging emotions is presented in illustrated vignettes and beautifully articulate text. Each spread portrays a specific...
Cranky makes a friend
Tran, Phuc
Paper Book
In this second picture book from the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of the Food Group series, Pete Oswald, and acclaimed picture book author Phuc Tran's bestselling Cranky series, Cranky is feeling extra cranky when a new crane joins the crew. There's a...
Take a moment : 50 mindfulness activities for kids
Christelis, Paul
Paper Book
This book gives children, teachers and parents ideas for how to introduce more mindful moments into their lives. The book is broken into six sections: Mindful Breathing, Mindful Listening, Mindful Looking, Mindful Emotions, Mindful Awareness, and Mindful Appreciation....
A Kids Book About Coping Skills
Knipe, Megan.
Paper Book
An accessible and empowering introduction to coping skills. Big feelings are a natural part of the human experience. But learning how to process and express them in a healthy way takes practice. With this book, learn coping strategies for managing big...
A Kids Book About Depression
McIlvain, Kileah.
Paper Book
This is a book about depression. It doesn't shy away from the complexities of depression or what getting help might look like. It gives an honest perspective into what depression feels like, what life looks like with it, and the hope that comes with being known and being loved through it.
Facing uncertainty
Golkar, Golriz
Paper Book
Can I catch it like a cold? : coping with a parent's depression
Weissmann, Joe
Paper Book
In partnership with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Tundra is proud to launch an important series of books for children who have to cope with adult-sized problems. Young Alex’s father had been a policeman until he began to suffer from depression, perhaps the...
Little faces big feelings : what emotions look like
Morrison, Amy
Paper Book
Learn about the emotions behind the faces of over 90 different children, then use the included mirror to practice understanding your own feelings! See why kids are happy, sad, mad/frustrated, surprised, scared, brave, bored, silly, and/or tired with beautiful photographs showing every bit of...
Way past sad
Adelman, Hallee
Paper Book
Sometimes, being sad can make you feel all alone, even when you're not. James is sad. Way past sad. His best friend, Sanj, is moving away. James feels all alone, and even hugs from Mom don't take away all his sad. But it helps to talk about it. Nothing can...

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