Below is a collected list of books to help adults and children work through particular issues. If you need further suggestions please feel free to ask. Reading with your child is an excellent ritual to establish that will help create important conversations and teach them new skills.
Children’s Reading List
Book |
Author |
Subject |
|---|---|---|
A Very Touching Book |
Hindman |
Appropriate Touch |
Badgers Parting Gift |
Varley |
Grief/Death |
Hey Little Ant |
Hoose |
Respect |
I’ll Always Love You |
Wilhelm |
Grief/Death |
Jamie Lee Curtis Books |
Curtis |
Self-Esteem |
Let’s Talk About… (Series) |
Berry |
Feelings |
My Body is Private |
Girard |
Appropriate Touch |
My Many Colored Days |
Suess |
Feelings/Moods |
People |
Spier |
Differences |
Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon |
Lovell |
Self-Esteem |
Starbright/Earthlight/Moonbeam |
Garth |
Meditations |
Suki’s Kimono |
Uegaki |
Self-Esteem |
Sweet Dreams Cards |
Eden & Abrams |
Bedtime/Meditation |
The Grandpa Tree |
Donahue |
Relationships |
The Grouchy Lady Bug |
Carle |
Anger/Social Skills |
The Hurt Doleski Feelings |
Doleski |
Feelings |
The Invisible String |
Karst |
Fear/Attachment |
The Loveables |
Loomans |
Self-Esteem |
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney |
Voirst |
Grief/Death |
The Way I Feel |
Cain |
Feelings |
Todd Parr Books |
Parr |
Feelings/Differences |
Unloveable |
Yaccarino |
Friendship/Esteem |
What is a Stranger? |
Girard |
Appropriate Touch |
What is Beautiful? |
Boritzer |
Sterotypes |
What is Death? |
Boritzer |
Grief/Death |
What is God? |
Boritzer |
Spirituality |
When Mommy was Mad |
Jonell/Mathers |
Anger/Forgiveness |
Whoever You Are |
Fox |
Differences |
Adult Reading List
Book |
Author |
Subject |
|---|---|---|
Giving the Love that Heals |
Hendrix |
Parenting |
Guide to Getting On |
Joannindes |
Sex/Relationships |
I Can’t Sit Still |
Johnson |
Parenting/ADHD |
Passionate Marriage |
Schnarch |
Marriage |
Protecting the Gift |
De Becker |
Parenting |
Receiving Love |
Hendrix |
Relationships |
Surrendering to Marriage |
Haeyn |
Marriage |
The Dance of Anger |
Lerner |
Anger |
The Places that Scare You |
Chodron |
Anger |
Out of Sync Child |
Kranowitz |
Sensory Integration |
How to Forgive When You don’t Know |
Bishop |
Forgiveness |
Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents |
Chopra |
Parenting |
How to Survive the Loss of a Love |
Colgrove |
Grief/Loss |
Parenting the Strong-Willed Child |
Forehand |
Parenting |
Raising Children in a Socially Toxic Environment |
Garbarino |
Parenting |
Will I Ever be Good Enough |
McBride Self |
Esteem/Narcissism |