Mental health books for preschool ages 3-5 by Multcolib My Librarian TashaLike this list

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• Big Bear Was Not the Same

  Rowland, Joanna,

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  PTSD explained in very child-friendly terms.

• The Color Thief

  a Family's Story of Depression

  Peters, Andrew (Andrew Fusek),

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  A child worries he is the cause of his father's depression.

• Can I Catch It Like a Cold?

  Coping With a Parent's Depression

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• Why Are You So Scared?

  a Child's Book About Parents With PTSD

  Andrews, Beth (Clinical social worker),

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  Explains what is happening when a parent or caregiver has PTSD.

• Up and Down Mom

  Macon, Summer,

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  Living with a mom with bipolar episodes can feel like a roller coaster.

• Pretend Friends

  a Story About Schizophrenia and Other Illnesses That Can Cause Hallucinations

  Hoyle, Alice,

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• Not Today, Celeste!

  a Dog's Tale About Her Human's Depression

  Stevens, Liza,

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  A dog's eye view of her human's depression.

• Allie All Along

  Reul, Sarah Lynne,

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  A young girl overcome by her anger gets self-regulation help from her big brother.

• Virginia Wolf

  Maclear, Kyo, 1970-

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  A gentle picture book about two sisters, one of whom appears to have bipolar episodes.

• What If, Pig?

  Hunter, Linzie,

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  Mouse and Pig are planning a party and worry about all the things that could go wrong.

• Pilar's Worries

  Sanchez, Victoria M.,

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  A young dancer with social anxiety auditions for ballet.

• All Birds Have Anxiety

  Hoopmann, Kathy, 1963-

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  Humorous and sweet photographs illustrate simple text about what anxiety feels like.

• When Sophie Gets Angry--really, Really Angry ...

  Bang, Molly,

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  When Sophie's anger takes over, she figures out how to self-regulate in nature.

• Me and My Fear

  Sanna, Francesca,

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  After moving to a new country and starting at a new school, a young girl's tiny friend, Fear, grows and grows.

• The Whatifs

  Kilgore, Emily,

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  A young girls worries about all the things that can go wrong.

• Ruby Finds a Worry

  Percival, Tom, 1977-

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  When a worry starts to take away Ruby's sense of joy, she figures out how to get rid of it.

• Carol and the Pickle-toad

  Shapiro, Esmé, 1992-

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  A girl learns to deal with the toad on her head that is always criticizing her thoughts and actions.

• Captain Starfish

  Bell, Davina,

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  An extremely shy worrier and his supportive parents find ways to work around his anxiety.

• My Monster and Me

  Hussain, Nadiya,

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  A young child wonders how to escape the worry monster that is with him all the time.

• A Shelter for Sadness

  Booth, Anne (Children's fiction writer),

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  Knowing that sadness is always a part of him, a young child figures out how to make space for it.