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Books on Looking After Your Body
Everybody Has a Body Jon Burgerman Everybody is different in some way - and being different is okay! Whether your body is big, small, wide or tall, it is something to celebrate and be proud of. This comical, picture book contains a positive, empowering message about...
Books on Sleep
Moon Bear Clare Helen Welsh and Carolina Godina In this enchantingly illustrated, almost wordless picture book, a story of courage and creativity unfolds when a girl who is afraid of the dark meets a magical moon bear who is afraid of the light. This touching story...
Books on Resilience and Wellbeing
We've Got This! Six Steps to Build Your Empathy Superpower Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Juliana Eigner The emotional well-being of children is just as important as their physical health but it's not something that all children are taught about or are offered support for....
Books on Healthy Eating
No More Peas Madeleine Cook and Erika Meza Oliver only wants to eat chips and pizza for dinner. So when Dad keeps dishing up vegetables, Oliver's cheeks turn red and he shouts: 'NO MORE PEAS!' Will Oliver ever give vegetables a chance? A story about growing...
Books on Feeling Different
Be You! Karl Newson and Ela Smietanka For readers aged 3-7, this joyful picture book features rhyming text and a bouncy rhythm which grown-ups will love reading aloud. With an empowering message, the reader is encouraged to be true to themselves, whoever they are and...
Positive books on disabilities for younger children
Troll Frances Stickley and Stefano Martinuz In this funny tale, inspired both by internet trolls and 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff', there is a terrifying troll that lives under a bridge. Unseen, he delights in shouting nasty things to passers-by. But when a deaf bunny...
Non-fiction children’s books on disabilities
A Kids Book About Disability Kristine Napper Sometimes people act like having a disability means you're from another planet, even though over a billion people in the world have disabilities. So how do you talk about disability? How do you talk to people with...
Books on bereavement for older children
The Dragon in the Bookshop Ewa Jozefkowicz After his dad's death, Konrad stops speaking. Not a word at home or school as the year rolls by. But that begins to change when he meets Maya on the beach he loved to explore with Dad. She doesn't mind his silence. It gives...
Books on Mental Health for Teens
The Girl Who Became a Tree Joseph Coelho and Kate Milner Daphne is unbearably sad and adrift. She feels the painful loss of her father acutely and seeks solace both in the security of her local library and the escape her phone screen provides by blocking out the world...
Books on Sex and Gender for Teens
How to Love: A Guide to Feelings & Relationships For Everyone Alex Norris Isn't it wonderful when love strikes? When you encounter someone beautiful and interesting and suddenly: feelings. But what do you do when that first crush squashes you flat, when sparks fly but...
Books on Resilience and Wellbeing for Teens
Stress Less: Mindfulness for Teenagers Adam Avin Adam Avin is a strong believer that mindfulness is the key to coping with stress, pressure and the strong emotions that the teenage years often bring. And he would know - he's not only a teen himself, but he's a...
Books on Understanding Teens
Things They Don't Want You to Know Ben Brooks Things They Don't Want You To Know is a look at modern life through the eyes of a teenager, by someone who recently graduated from that club. Along the way, Brooks takes readers on a tour of the websites that most...
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