Picture Books About Mental Health

Check out these books if you're looking for a way to help talk to your child about mental health issues, like anxiety or depression

Updated June 19, 2024
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County)Molalla Library
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Pockets full of rocks
Engelberg, Yair
Paper Book
This gentle, hopeful book will help kids cope with a parent's mental illness. As a young girl gently questions her depressed father, he offers direct answers that help her understand what he is going through and promotes the hope that he will become his old self again. This...
Right now, I am fine
Owen, Daniela
Paper Book
Hi, my name is Atlas, and I just got done fishin'. Let's take a walk, and we'll talk about addition.
The big worry day
Reynolds, K. A.
Paper Book
A girl and her dog find ways to deal with her anxiety in this beautiful debut picture book A little girl is convinced that her dog worries, just like her. With a whole day ahead of them, she'll need to figure out how to soothe them both. She prepares snacks, first aid, and even a...

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