May: Mental Health Awareness Month
By Flashlight Books
By Flashlight Books
Some of our favorite books that we feel are positive portrayals of mental illness in fiction or non-fiction, or that deal with emotional health. Books on this list are for a range of ages. Arranged from youngest to oldest.
What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety
Dawn Huebner and Bonnie Matthews
$16.99 $15.80Anxiety
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things
Lenore Look and Leuyen Pham
$7.99 $7.43Anxiety
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus: Volume 1
Dusti Bowling
$8.99 $8.36Secondary character has tourettes.
Superpowered: Transform Anxiety Into Courage, Confidence, and Resilience
Renee Jain and Shefali Tsabary
$17.99 $16.73
It's Ok to Feel Things Deeply: (Uplifting Book for Women; Feel-Good Gift for Women; Books to Help Cope with Anxiety and Depression)
Carissa Potter
$12.95 $12.04Positive messages for those coping with mental health issues
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened (Original)
Allie Brosh
$22.00 $20.46Depression