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Books that help kids with big feelings
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items This is a list of books that helped my kids deal with all sorts of big feelings that come up for little ones.
This book is great because it explains how feeling feel in your body. It has really great fun pictures and a diecast heart that transforms as you flip the pages.
In My Heart: A Book of Feelings
This book helps celebrate big feelings instead of saying they are too much. The little boy goes throughout his day having both negative and positive feelings and test drives different ways of dealig with them.
The Boy with Big, Big Feelings
My family and I love this book. It talks about each feeling one at a time and then talks about feelings sometimes being mixed up and how you can sort through them.
The Color Monster: A Story about Emotions
This book is a good start if you have to talk to your child about death. It talks about the idea of an invisible string that ties the people we love together even when they are gone.
The Invisible String
This book set is a great start to a deep dive into feelings. The author Diane Alder is the master of explaining feeling to children. This box set hits all the common feelings. Each feeling gets it's own book and it's own character.
A Little SPOT Emotional Regulation Box Set (Books 49-56: Peaceful Hand
This book is really helpful to have a back and forth conversation with a child about their feelings. It's especially helpful for an autistic child who is visual learner.
Thought-Spot I Know What to Do Flipbook | Emotions Wheel & Feelings Chart | Emotional Regulation Tool
I love when authors use their imagination to help explain big ideas to small children. This is exactly what this book does for the idea of worry. It shares with the child that if you keep a worry to yourself it becomes bigger and bigger.
Ruby Finds a Worry
Who doesn't love Mo Willems?! This book is very helpful explaining that waiting is within the abilities of a small chid. It may be help but this book gives all sorts of helpful tips with the classic Willems' characters of Piggie and Elephant.
Waiting Is Not Easy!-An Elephant and Piggie Book
This book is great for big goodbyes like the very first day of school. It teaches the child that they will be safe away from their grownup and that they will have fun. It also talks about the grownup coming back for the child.
The Kissing Hand
This story is great for kids who feel out of place. The main character Red can't find where he fits in either. All the adults in Red's life try to help but Red soon discovers his true self and where he fits in.
Red: A Crayon's Story
This is such a unique book! It is told from the view of a little boy who can not speak English as he starts school in America. It will give the reader a new view of the world and empathy.
Gibberish
The Prefect Square is a great book for a child who only wants to do things the right way. This book talks about how mistakes can be beautiful and turn into magic!
Perfect Square
This is a great starter book for feelings. It helps children have the language to discuss their feelings. It also comes with helpful activities.
My Body Sends a Signal: Helping Kids Recognize Emotions
This is a great book for a child who finds everything scary. It talks it out through the story describing that a good story has all sorts of feelings in it. It also shares that friends hope us be brave.
Ta-Da!
This is the best book for the very little with very big feelings. It's such a funny story about big ideas that the child will not even notice they are learning big lessons that will help them out in the playground make friends.
Happy Hippo, Angry Duck