May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Books for all ages about mental health at SCLS. Place a request today.

Updated April 21, 2026
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Books for all ages about mental health at SCLS. Place a request today.

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Change your brain every day : simple daily practices to strengthen your mind, memory, moods, focus, energy, habits, and relationships
Amen, Daniel G.
Paper Book
Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly bestseller 366 Days to a Better Brain, Mind, and Life! In Change Your Brain Every Daypsychiatrist and clinical neuroscientist Daniel Amen, MD, draws on over 40 years' clinical practice...
Tiny traumas : when you don't know what's wrong, but nothing feels quite right
Arroll, Megan A.
Paper Book
Psychologist Dr. Meg Arroll offers a much-needed framework for recognizing and combatting the devastating cumulative effects of small everyday wounds--"tiny traumas"--that, like major traumas, can negatively shape our lives. Have you ever felt at a loss for an answer when asked: 'How are...
A shelter for sadness
Booth, Anne (Children's fiction writer)
Paper Book
This poignant and heartwarming story explores the many faces of sadness and addresses the importance of mental health in a child-friendly way. A small boy creates a shelter for his sadness so that he can visit it whenever he needs to, and the two of them can cry, talk, or just...
And then we rise : a guide to loving and taking care of self
Common (Musician)
Paper Book
"The rapper, actor, and advocate blends self-help with activist passion. . . . It's a heartening message for those who appreciate self-help guidance. Common asks readers to better themselves, empowering them with the grace and courage to do so."--Kirkus Reviews From the multi...
Here : I can be mindful
Condie, Allyson Braithwaite
Paper Book
In her debut picture book, the mega-bestselling author of the young adult Matched series introduces children to mindfulness and being grounded in the present. "A gentle child's-eye view of mindfulness." -Kirkus Reviews Everyone experiences a wide range of...
How we break : navigating the wear and tear of living
Deary, Vincent
Paper Book
Drawing on cutting-edge science and intimate personal stories, an essential and paradigm-shifting book for readers struggling with fatigue, burnout, stress, and trauma--and for all of us who sometimes feel like we have been pushed past our breaking point. In How We Are,...
Humor Me: How Laughing More Can Make You Present, Creative, Connected, and Happy
Duffy, Chris
Paper Book
From a comedian and host of hit TED podcast, How to Be a Better Human, a hilarious and enlightening guide to laughing your way into a fuller life "Warning: this book may cause repeated smiling. It's a delightful read about how we can bring more levity into our lives." -...
Living with Viola
Fung, Rosena
Paper Book
"unforgettable . . . will shake middle grade readers to the core"--School Library Journal, starred review "Beautifully illustrated, relatable, and genuine." --Molly Brooks, creator of Sanity & Tallulah "Everyone needs to buy this book now.  Seriously.  Buy it, read it,...
Disentangling from emotionally immature people : avoid emotional traps, stand up for your self, and transform your relationships as an adult child of emotionally immature parents
Gibson, Lindsay C.
Audiobook
Weather any storm
Goddard, Vanessa Zuisei
Paper Book
A playful rhyming meditation story to help kids ages 4-8 becaptainsof their own shipsand navigateemotional highs and lows. Learn to breathe through storms of emotions in this nautical meditation adventure. Whether you're grouchy or grumpy, gloomy or grey, ...
Toxic positivity : keeping it real in a world obsessed with being happy
Goodman, Whitney
Paper Book
"I'll be forever changed by Toxic Positivity...This trailblazing book will help you transform your perspective about positivity." --Nedra Glover Tawwab, author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace A powerful guide to owning our emotions--even the difficult...
The anxious generation : how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
Haidt, Jonathan
Paper Book
THE ACCLAIMED #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER with over two million copies sold * A must-read for all parents: the generation-defining investigation into the collapse of youth mental health in the era of smartphones, social media, and big tech--and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood....
ADHD 2.0 :
Hallowell, Edward M.
Paper Book
A revolutionary new approach to ADD/ADHD featuring cutting-edge research and strategies to help readers thrive, by the bestselling authors of the seminal books Driven to Distraction and Delivered from Distraction "An inspired road map for living...
10 mindful minutes : giving our children--and ourselves--the social and emotional skills to reduce stress and anxiety for healthier, happier lives
Hawn, Goldie.
Paper Book
"Goldie Hawn embodies delight and joy, and 10 Mindful Minutes radiates these. Her book can help any adult-parent, grandparent, teacher-make double use of their moments with the children they love and have a terrific time while helping shape that child's brain for a lifetime of resilience and...
How to be enough : self-acceptance for self-critics and perfectionists
Hendriksen, Ellen
Paper Book
Are you your own toughest critic? Learn to be good to yourself with this clear and compassionate guide. Do you set demanding standards for yourself? If so, a lot likely goes well in your life: You might earn compliments, admiration, or accomplishments. Your high standards and...
But what will people say? : navigating mental health, identity, love, and family between cultures
Kohli, Sahaj Kaur
Paper Book
A Harvard Public Health Best Public Health Book of 2024 "This wonderful book is a compass, a blueprint, a mirror, and a friend. Kohli gives language to what many of us feel but can't yet articulate."--Erika L. Sánchez, New York Times bestselling author of I am Not...
Broken (in the best possible way)
Lawson, Jenny
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy and Let's Pretend This Never Happened comes a deeply relatable book filled with humor and honesty about depression and anxiety. ...
Organizing solutions for people with ADHD : tips and tools to help you take charge of your life and get organized
Pinsky, Susan C.
Paper Book
Organizing Solutions for People with ADD, 2nd Edition outlines new organizing strategies that will be of value to anyone who wants to improve their organizational skills. This revised and updated version also includes tips and techniques for keeping...
All in her head : how gender bias harms women's mental health
Pratt, Misty
Ebook
Open when : a companion for life's twists and turns
Smith, Julie (Psychologist)
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Clinical psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Julie Smith (@drjulie) returns with this highly anticipated handbook full of "break in case of emergency" advice for dealing with mental health challenges in the moment they occur. In...
Men have called her crazy : a memoir
Tendler, Anna Marie
Paper Book
*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* "This book is so many things I didn't know I needed: a testament to the work of healing, a raw howl of anger, and an indictment of misogyny's insipid, predictable, infuriating reign." --Carmen Maria Machado, author of the National Book Award...
Facing the unseen : the struggle to center mental health in medicine
Tweedy, Damon
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of Black Man in a White Coat comes a powerful and urgent call to center psychiatry and mental health care into the mainstream of medicine As much as we all might wish that mental health problems, with their elusive...
Reconnected : how 7 screen-free weeks with monks and Amish farmers helped me recover the lost art of being human
Whittaker, Carlos
Paper Book
USA TODAY BESTSELLER Change your relationship with technology. Change your life. Share. Post. Reply...Most of us have gotten so used to notifications and alerts, pings and rings, that even if we don't want to be on our phones so much, we don't know what to do about it. The constant...
Your pocket therapist : break free from old patterns and transform your life
Zimmerman, Annie
Paper Book
From psychotherapist and TikTok personality Dr. Annie Zimmerman comes a toolkit to transform yourself and your relationships, with advice on how to heal past trauma, build sustainable connections, and take ownership of your mental health. Every day, psychotherapist Dr. Annie Zimmerman...
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