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Anxiety/mental health

33 books

Wonder
Puns & word gamesBittersweetHeads up: Bullying, Anxiety/mental health, New school
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Llama Llama Red Pajama

Llama Llama Red Pajama

Anna Dewdney

Book 1 of 30 in Llama Llama

BittersweetMelancholicHeads up: Anxiety/mental health
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Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Quimby Book 1)

Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Quimby Book 1)

Beverly Cleary

Book 1 of 9 in Ramona Quimby

Silly & physicalPuns & word gamesHeads up: Anxiety/mental health
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There's A Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

There's A Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

Louis Sachar

BittersweetMelancholicHeads up: Bullying, Anxiety/mental health
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Hello, Universe (A Newbery Award Winner)

Hello, Universe (A Newbery Award Winner)

Erin Entrada Kelly

Gross stuffSilly & physicalHeads up: Bullying, Anxiety/mental health, Disability/different abilities
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Stuntboy, in the Meantime

Stuntboy, in the Meantime

Jason Reynolds

Puns & word gamesBittersweetHeads up: Divorce/family separation, Anxiety/mental health
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The Invisible Boy

The Invisible Boy

Trudy Ludwig

BittersweetWarmHeads up: Anxiety/mental health
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The Night Before Kindergarten

The Night Before Kindergarten

Natasha Wing

The Night Before

Silly & physicalBittersweetHeads up: Anxiety/mental health, New school
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Thunder Cake

Thunder Cake

Patricia Polacco

BittersweetMelancholicHeads up: Anxiety/mental health
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First Day Jitters

First Day Jitters

Julie Danneberg

Puns & word gamesBittersweetHeads up: Anxiety/mental health, New school
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The Courage of Sarah Noble

The Courage of Sarah Noble

Alice Dalgliesh

BittersweetUpliftingHeads up: Anxiety/mental health
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All My Stripes (A Story for Children with Autism)

All My Stripes (A Story for Children with Autism)

Shaina Rudolph

UpliftingEducationalHeads up: Anxiety/mental health, Disability/different abilities
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