You Belong Book Project -October Book List
This Month's readings:
October is Mental Health Awareness Month
All month long we will be reading books that help kids work through and name their feelings. To kick it off we were joined by Tara Burgess from EPIC who read Tiger Days by M.H. Clark and illustrated by Anna Hurley.
Other Mental Health Awareness readings include:
How to Train Your Pet Brain by Nelly Buchet; illustrated by Amy Jindra read by Lisa Johnson *
Don't Feed The WorryBug: A Children's Book About Worry by Andi Green * read by Elizabeth McPartland
An Awakening Of My Kid Human Powers by Marietta Smith * read by Michael Sagnibene
Watch the You Belong Book Project Story Time
Below you will find a specially curated list of early childhood books in celebration of Mental Health Awareness Month. If you are donating to the book drive this month, we encourage you to pick a book from this list. Books with a * at the end are books that were read for this month's You Belong Book Project Story Time.
You can learn more about the You Belong Book Project, or watch the You Belong Book Project Story Time videos here.
An Awakening Of My Kid Human Powers by Marietta Smith *
A Little Spot of Anxiety Written and Illustrated by Diane Alber
B is for Breathe: The ABCs of Coping with Fussy and Frustrating Feelings by Melissa Munro Boyd
Don't Feed The WorryBug: A Children's Book About Worry by Andi Green *
Do You Have a Secret?: A Children's Mental Health Book to Keep Kids Safe by Jennifer Moore-Mallinos
Finding Perfect by Elly Swartz
How to Train Your Pet Brain by Nelly Buchet; illustrated by Amy Jindra *
I'm Sick: A Mental Health Book from Adults to Kids by Taylor Nicole; Illustrated by Sharilynn Morse
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss; illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher
Once I Was Very Very Scared by Chandra Ghosh Ippen; Illustrated by Erich Ippen, Jr.
Out of a Jar by Deborah Marcero
Taking a Bath with a Dog and Other Things That Make Me Happy By Scott Menchin
Tiger Days: A Book of Feelings by M.H. Clark and illustrated by Anna Hurley*
The Way I Feel Written and Illustrated by Janan Cain
When Sadness is at Your Door by Eva Eland
You Should, You Should Written and illustrated by Ginny Tilby