BOOKS/APPS

ADHD

A Boy and a Bear: The Children’s Relaxation Book by Lori Lite (ADHD) (for children ages 3-10) 

Gordy the Rabbit has ADHD by Jessie Shepherd (What Mental Disorder series) (for children) 

Marvin’s Monster Diary—ADHD Attacks! by Raun Melmed and Annette Sexton (for children ages 7-11) 

Anger and Impulse Control

I Was So Mad by Mercer Meyer (Little Critter series) (for children ages 3-7) 

What To Do When Your Temper Flares by Dawn Heubner (for children ages 8-12) 

What Were You Thinking? Learning to Control Your Impulses by Brian Smith and Lisa Griffen (for children ages 3-7) 

When Sophie Gets Angry – Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang (for children ages 4-8) 

Anxiety, Worry and OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder)

David and the Worry Beast: Helping Children Cope with Anxiety by Anne Marie Guanci (for children ages 4-9) 

Don’t Feed the WorryBug by Andi Green (Worry Woo Monsters series) (for children)

Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone (OCD, recovery) (ages 13+)

Guts by Raina Telgemeier (anxiety) (for children in 3rd-8th grade)

Panicosaurus by Kay Al-Ghani (anxiety) (for children ages 6-11)

The Lion Who Lost His Roar: A Story of Facing Your Fears by Marcia Shoshana Nass (for children ages 4-8)

The Thought That Counts: A Firsthand Account of One Teenager’s Experience with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Jared Kant and Martin Franklin (for teenagers)

Up and Down the Worry Hill by Aureen Pinto Wagner (OCD) (for children ages 7-10)

What To Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck by Dawn Heubner (OCD) (for children ages 8-12)

What To Do When You Worry Too Much—A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety by Dawn Heubner (for children ages 8-12)

What To Do When You’re Scared and Worried—A Guide for Kids by James Crist (Anxiety) (for children ages 8-12)

What You Must Think of Me: A Firsthand Account of One Teenager’s Experience with Social Anxiety Disorder by Emily Ford and Michael Liebowitz (for teenagers)

Wilma Jean the Worry Machine by Julia Cook (Anxiety) (for children ages 5-8)

Autism

Autism: What does it mean to me?: A Workbook Explaining Self-Awareness and Life Lessons to the Child or Youth with High Functioning Autism or Aspergers by Faherty and Mesibov (for children and adults)

Superflex Takes on Glassman and the Team of Unthinkables (comic book for ASD/autism) by Stephanie Madrigal and Michelle Garcia Winner (for K-5th grade students)

You are a Social Detective by Michelle Garcia Winner and Pamela Crooke (Autism) (for children)

Depression and Bipolar Disorder

Blueloon by Julia Cook (depression) (for children ages 5-8)

Brandon and the Bipolar Bear—A Story for Children with Bipolar Disorder by Tracy Anglada and Jennifer Taylor (for children ages 4-12)

Brianna and the Blue Monster: A Cognitive Behavioral Story for Children with Depression by Patience Domowski (for children) 

Eight Stories Up: An Adolescent Chooses Hope over Suicide by Quincy Levine and David Brent (for teenagers) 

Josh Wears a Red Cape: The Little Boy Who Beat the Bipolar Villain by Deborah Rose (for children)

Meh by Deborah Malcolm (depression) (for children ages 6-10)

Michael Rosen’s Sad Book by Michael Rosen (for teenagers)

Mind Race: a Firsthand Account of One Teenager’s Experience with Bipolar Disorder by Patrick Jamieson (for ages 12-17) 

Monochrome Days:  A First-Hand Account of One Teenager’s Experience with Depression by Cait Irwin and Dwight L. Evans (for teenagers)

Sadly the Owl by Linnie von Sky (depression) (for ages 5-7)

The Hyena Who Lost Her Laugh by Jessica Lamb-Shapiro (depression and CBT = cognitive behavioral therapy) (for children)

The Princess and the Fog by Lloyd Jones (depression) (for ages 5-7)

Feelings, Self-Esteem, and Relaxation

A Boy and a Bear: The Children’s Relaxation Book by Lori Lite (ADHD) (for ages 3-10)

Eggbert the Slightly Cracked Egg by Tom Ross (self-esteem) (for ages 4-8)

Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae (self-esteem) (for ages 4+)

Grow Happy by Jon Lasser (resiliency) (for ages 4-8)

My Many Colored Days by Dr. Suess (emotions) (for ages 2-5)

My Quiet Ship by Hallee Adelman (emotions) (for ages 3-7)

Peaceful Piggy Meditation by Kerry Lee Maclean and Kerry Maclean (relaxation) (for ages 4-8)

Peaceful Piggy Yoga by Kerry Lee Maclean (relaxation) (for ages 4-8)

The Can Do Duck by Ducktor Morty (self-esteem) (for children)

The Little Red Ant and the Great Big Crumb: A Mexican Fable retold by Shirley Climo (self-esteem) (for ages 4-7) 

The Way I Feel by Janan Cain (emotions) (for children ages 3+)

Today I Feel silly and Other Moods that Make My Day by Jamie Lee Curtis (for ages 4-8)

What To Do When You Grumble Too Much by Dawn Huebner (for ages 8-12)

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