Great Books for Kids to Read
Anxiety (illustrated books for children)
- A Bad Case of Stripes (peer pressure) by David Shannon (Avital Arieff)
- Franklin and the Thunderstorm by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark (Rozi Wax)
- King of the Playground (fear of bullies) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Avital Arieff)
- No Such Thing by Jackie Koller & Betsy Lewin (monsters) (Avital Arieff)
- Please Explain Anxiety to Me by Jordan Zelinger and Laurie E. Zelinger (Lea Koplowitz)
- Stories Straight from Avi’s Heart by Ahuva Raanan (each page a different story depicting an emotion) (Avital Arieff)
- The Invisible String by Patrice Karst (Karen Scheinberg)
- There’s a Nightmare in my Closet by Mercer Mayer (Avital Arieff)
- Very Worried Walrus by Richard Hefter (Chaya Becker)
- Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes (nightmares, accidents, injury, general worry, school anxiety) (Avital Arieff)
- What to do When You Worry Too Much by Dawn Huebner (Smadar Prager, Elisheva Liss, Avital Arieff)
- Wilma Jean the Worry Machine by Julia Cook (Tzippora Wallach)
- Worry Says What? by Allison Edwards (Debora Yoffe)
General Reading – children’s books with a point!
- Counting by 7’s (OCD) by Holly Goldberg Sloan (Tzippora Wallach)
- Fish in a Tree (about dyslexia) by Lynda hunt (Tzippora Wallach)
- How to Disappear (H.S. – social anxiety) by Sharon Huss Roat (Tzippora Wallach)
- Mockingbird (kid with ASD) by Kathryn Erskine (Tzippora Wallach)
- Mrs Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald (Natalie Cohen)
- Not if I Can Help It (sensory processing issues) by Carolyn Mackler (Tzippora Wallach)
- Out of My Mind (kid with CP) by Sharon Draper (Tzippora Wallach)
- Rules (having a sibling with ASD) by Cynthia Lord (Tzippora Wallach)
- Saving Sammy (OCD) by Beth Alison Melony Rivki Jungreis)
- Turtles All the Way Down (H.S.- OCD) by John Green (Tzippora Wallach)
- Wonder by R. J. Palacio (Tzippora Wallach)
- You Can’t Come to My Birthday Party! Conflict Resolution With Young Children by Betsy Evans (Menachem Hojda)
