For a child experiencing anxiety, phobias, depression, or grief, a picture book is a good conversation starter. This list, developed by Ann Jacobus and Nancy Bo Flood, is essential.
Categories Listology Tags After the Fall , Ann Jacobus , anxiety , Aunt Pearl , Black Dog , Boy and the Gorilla , Charlie Changes into a Chicken , Cindy Derby , Dan Santat , depression , Emily Gravett , families , family , fiction , grief , I Am a Bear , Irene Luxbacher , Jackie Azua Kramer , Jean-Francois Dumont , Levi Penfold , Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears , Maurice Sendak , Mel Tregonning , Melanie Watt , mental health , Merriam Sarcia Saunders , Michael Rosen , Michael Rosen's Sad Book , Monica Kulling , My Whilring Twirling Motor , Nancy Bo Flood , phobias , Picture Books , Quentin Blake , Red Tree , Ruby's Worry , Sam Copeland , Sarah Horne , Scaredy Squirrel , Shaun Tan , Small Things , Tammie Lyon , Tom Percival , We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy