Picture Books About Fears and Worries

Check out these books if you're looking for a way to help talk to your child about their fears and worries.

Updated June 21, 2024
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County) Molalla Library
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I am (not) scared
Kang, Anna
Paper Book
Two fuzzy friends go to an amusement park. They try to convince each other that there are much scarier things than the roller coaster. Hairy spiders! Aliens! Fried ants! They soon discover that sometimes being scared isn't as "scary" as they thought. With expressive illustrations and simple text,...
Grumpy monkey don't be scared
Lang, Suzanne
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Grumpy Monkey and his jungle friends are trick-or-treating on Halloween amid strange noises and mysterious smells. Along the way, they are reminded that nothing can be scarier than returning home with no treats. Two pages of full-color stickers...
I'm not scared, you're scared!
Meyers, Seth
Paper Book
From the incomparable host of "Late Night with Seth Meyers" comes a hilarious new picture book. When you're a bear who is easily scared, it's hard to have friends. Fortunately, Bear has one: Rabbit, who is very brave. One day, Rabbit urges Bear to face his fears and...
Shy Willow
Min, Cat
Paper Book
A breathtakingly illustrated story about shyness, the power of empathy, and what it means to make a friend -- ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH! "Evokes a richly mysterious night; a night in which dreams could come true."  --The New York Times
Three squeezes
Pratt, Jason
Paper Book
When you could neither talk nor stand life's hourglass still filled with sand, I gently held your tiny hand and gave it three soft squeezes. When you awoke within the night And cried from fear and called for light, I held you safe with all my might

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