Dealing With Trauma and Challenges: Picture Books for ChildrenLike this list

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• Boyogi

  How a Wounded Family Learned to Heal

  Moore, David Barclay,

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  Ever since Daddy returned from overseas, he's been different. Mama explains that Daddy's mind is hurt from things that happened while he was away. In a picture book gently tuned to a child's understanding, award-winning author David Barclay Moore…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Breaking News

  Reul, Sarah Lynne,

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  When devastating news rattles a young girl's community, her normally attentive parents and neighbors are suddenly exhausted and distracted. Both timely and timeless, this charmingly illustrated debut picture book from Sarah Lynne Reul touches on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Once I Was Very Very Scared

  Ippen, Chandra Ghosh,

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  A little squirrel announces that he was once very, very, scared and finds out that he is not alone. This story was written to help children and grown-ups understand how stress can affect children and ways to help them.

• Our Roof Is Blue

  Echenique, Sara E.,

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  A girl in Puerto Rico copes with the aftermath of a hurricane, including her family's temporary blue tarp roof and her brother's refusal to speak. Includes notes about the author's life in Puerto Rico and the yearly ritual of preparing for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wave

  Charlton, Tyler

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  When a boy is swept up in a wave of sadness, he finds himself tumbling. But when he remembers that this sadness won't last forever, and that the wave will eventually carry him back to shore, he discovers his friends and family waiting to gently pull…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Something Happened in Our Town

  a Child's Story About Racial Injustice

  Celano, Marianne,

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  After discussing the police shooting of a local Black man with their families, Emma and Josh know how to treat a new student who looks and speaks differently than his classmates. Includes an extensive Note to Parents and Caregivers that provides…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Something Happened in Our Town

  A Child's Story About Racial Injustice

  Celano, Marianne

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• Sometimes When I'm Sad

  Serani, Deborah, 1961-

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  This sensitive and supportive story helps children recognize and cope with sadness. Using gentle and straightforward language, this simple story offers an entrance point for adults and children to identify and address childhood depression symptoms…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Blue Kind of Day

  Tomlinson, Rachel (Psychologist),

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  Coen is having a sniffling, sighing, sobbing kind of day. His family thinks they know how to cheer him up. Nothing helps. But one by one, they get quiet and begin to listen. After some time, space, and reassurance, Coen is able to show them what he…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When Sadness Is at Your Door

  Eland, Eva,

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  A young child experiences sadness as if it were a visitor, acknowledging the emotion and suggesting activities to do with it.

• Please be OK: A Story About Addiction (place hold through MNLink)

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  When Fiona's big brother starts acting strangely, she learns that he is suffering from addiction and needs the love and support of his family to help him recover.

• A Terrible Thing Happened (place hold through MNLink)

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  After Sherman sees something terrible happen, he becomes anxious and then angry, but when a counselor helps him talk about these emotions he feels better.

• The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm (place hold through MNLink)

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  Mica Mouse's father tells Mica the story of a brave little rhino who discovers that, with the help of friends and family, compassion and love, he can get through anything.