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EPL Picks Kids: Emotional Health

Kids picture books about how to feel their emotions in a healthy way and teaching tools for mindfulness.

Edmonton Public Library

12 items

  • What do you do if your block tower collapses? How do you handle the emotions around it? The animals all come to tell Taylor what to do but none of their advice helps.
    BookNew York, New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2018] — E DOE
  • A child and her brother learn to breathe and use their minds to escape their boredom, leave their mad behind, and deal with big life changes.
    BookNew York : Nancy Paulsen Books, [2022] — E WOO
  • A child is dealing with a major change in his life and doesn’t know how to deal with the emotions of grief so he decides to dig a tunnel to escape from them.
    BookToronto, Ontario : Owlkids Books, 2022. — E HOW
  • One day Ruby notices a worry that follows her around. It gets bigger and bigger and bigger until she finally learns what to do with a worry.
    BookNew York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2019. — E PER
  • You can have days where you don’t feel like you and that’s ok. You will have lots of different emotions and they all feel different.
    BookSomerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2024. — E DOC
  • When cat doesn’t feel well a little girl offers a hug. Soon enough, all the animals want hugs and the little girl gets overwhelmed. A book about boundaries and emotional labour.
    BookToronto, ON : Kids Can Press, [2020] — E CHU
  • Things just keep going wrong for Stompysaurus and it becomes harder and harder to handle his big feelings until he gives in to them. What can help him handle his big emotions?
    BookNew York : Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc., [2024] — Picture books B PBK
  • So much is expected of Taco and one day they crack under the pressure. Can the other ingredients help Taco feel better and learn how to handle falling apart? A book about negative thoughts and being ok with falling apart sometimes.
    BookWashington, DC : Magination Press, [2023] — E MIL
  • Charlie is a highly sensitive kid who imagines their feelings as balloons. Some balloons are filled with air and pull Charlie up, some are filled with water and pull Charlie down. No balloons are bad Charlie just needs to know how to…
    BookToronto, ON : Second Story Press, [2024] — E DEG
  • Petal is a wonderful cow but she also has a temper. Her temper often gets her in trouble and even has consequences but it isn’t until the beautiful swan shows Petal why his temper never gives him any problems.
    Book[Torono, Ontario] : Tundra, 2021. — E FER
  • When things happen that most people would say are bad Sunny looks on the bright side. Even when she is carried away on a gust of wind and stranded on a boat in the ocean.
    BookNew York : Roaring Book Press, 2020. — E KRA
  • Welcome to the Grand Hotel of Feelings, every feeling is welcome even if they can be unpleasant. The hotel manager works hard to make sure the hotel runs smoothly and all feelings get what they need.
    BookLondon : Cicada Books, 2023. — E BRA