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Merriam Sarcia Saunders
My Wandering Dreaming Mind
My Whirling, Twirling Motor
Barbara Esham
Mrs. Gorski, I Think I Have the Wiggle Fidgets
Matthew Galvin
Otto Learns About His Medicine
Dylan Peters
Tic Talk: Living With Tourette Syndrome
Tira Krueger
Taking Tourette Syndrome to School
Mindy Avra Portnoy
A Tale of Two Seders
Tamar Burris
A New Special Friend
Andrea Beaty
Aaron Slater, Illustrator
Hudson Talbott
A Walk in the Words
Lauren E. Moynihan
Taking Dyslexia to School
Mary Vukadinovich
Brilliant Bea
Shaina Rudolph
Brilliant Bea
Sophie Blackall
Negative Cat
Brenda S. Miles
How I Learn
Gavin Newsom
Ben & Emma’s Big Hit
Ruby Shamir
Ben & Emma’s Big Hit
Anastasia Higginbotham
Divorce Is the Worst
Julia E. Morrison
Love Is What Makes Us a Family
Laura Knauer
Love Is What Makes Us a Family
Claire Masurel
Two Homes
Lesléa Newman
Saturday Is Pattyday
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
That Missing Feeling
Sarah Olsher
What Happens When Dads Divorce/ Moms Divorce/ Parents Get Divorced
Dan Bar-El
Not Your Typical Dragon
Jennifer Jones
Sensory Seeking Sloth
Jessie Sima
Not Quite Narwhal
Elaheh Bos
Lola’s/ Leo’s Words Disappeared
So Loud It Hurts!
Julia Finley Mosca
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures
Michal Blum
An Itchy, Ouchy Morning
Jenn Bailey
A Friend for Henry
Laurie Lears
Ian’s Walk
Brennan Farmer
What About Me?
Mandy Farmer
What About Me?
Lori Demonia
Leah’s Voice
Meg Raby
My Brother Otto
Sally J. Pla
Benji, the Bad Day, and Me
Daniel Share-Strom
Do You Want to Play?
David Flood
A Kids Book About Autism
Justin Flood
A Kids Book About Autism
Jamie L.B. Deenihan
When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree
When Grandpa Gives You a Toolbox
Deborah Diesen
Pout Pout Fish Far, Far From Home
The Pout Pout Fish and the Mad Mad Day
Julie Dillemuth, PhD
Camilla and the Big Change
Kyo Maclear
Mr. Flux
Virginia Wolf
Oge Mora
Saturday
Bryan Smith
My Day Is Ruined!
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Duck! Rabbit!
Brendan Wenzel
They All Saw a Cat
Mike Bender
The End Is Just the Beginning
Claire Messer
Grumpy Pants
Jessika Von Innerebner
Kevin the Unicorn
Suzanne Lang
Grumpy Monkey
Kristy Everington
Isobel Adds It Up
Patty Lovell
Speak Up, Molly Lou Melon
Peter H. Reynolds
Say Something
The Dot
Ish
Claire A. B. Freeland, PhD
What to Do When Fear Interferes
What to Do When It’s Not Fair
Jacqueline B. Toner, PhD
What to Do When Fear Interferes
What to Do When It’s Not Fair
What to Do When You Feel Too Shy
Bob Shea
Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great
Emma Chichester Clark
Plenty of Love to Go Around
Hallee Adelman
Way Past Jealous
Way Past Mad
Gaia Cornwall
Jabari Jumps
Jabari Tries
Angela DiTerlizzi
The Magical Yet
Pip Jones
Izzy Gizmo
William Mulcahy
Zach Gets Frustrated
Gill Hassan
Step Back From Frustration
Howard J. Bennett, MD
It Hurts When I Poop!
Max Archer, Kid Detective
Lana Button
Raj’s Rule
Dawn Huebner, PhD
What to Do When Your Temper Flares
What to Do When Bad Habits Take Hold
What to Do When You Dread Your Bed
What to Do When You Worry Too Much
What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck
What to Do When You Grumble Too Much
Gail Silver
Anh’s Anger
Steps and Stones
Gabi Garcia
Santiago’s Sadness
Amaya’s Anger
Find Your Calm
Sangeeta Bhadra
Sam’s Pet Temper
Sarah Lynne Reul
Allie All Along
Rachel Vail
Sometimes I’m Bombaloo
Fifi Kuo
The Magic Hug
Allison Szczecinski
Roaring Mad Riley
Cornelia Maude Spelman
When I Feel Angry
When I Miss You
Fabian Ramirez
A Kids Book About Anger
Mary Lyn Ray
Goodnight, Good Dog
Nicola Winstanley
A Bedtime Yarn
Anne Wynter
Everybody in the Red Brick Building
Emily Tetri
Tiger vs. Nightmare
Jan Berenstain
The Berenstain Bears and the Bad Dream
Lane Fredrickson
Monster Trouble!
Mariam Gates
Good Night Yoga
Paloma Rossa
Mindful Moments at Bedtime
Stan Berenstain
The Berenstain Bears and the Bad Dream
Susan Verde
The Tossy Turny Princess and the Pesky Pea
Bonnie Clark
Catching Thoughts
Brian Wray
Unraveling Rose
Holly L. Niner
Mr. Worry
Jennifer E. Smith
The Creature of Habit
Terry Milne
Anxious Charlie to the Rescue
Katy Hudson
The Perfect Birthday Recipe
Sara Shacter
Just So Willow
Shannon Anderson
Too Shy to Say Hi
Penelope Perfect
Barney Saltzberg
Beautiful Oops
Ashley Spires
The Most Magnificent Thing
The Thing Lou Couldn’t Do
Corinna Luyken
The Book of Mistakes
Howard J. Bennett
Lions Aren’t Scared of Shots
Patricia Polacco
Thunder Cake
Sandra v. Feder
The Moon Inside
Emma Yarlett
Orion and the Dark
Lemony Snicket
The Dark
Wendy Wahman
Don’t Lick the Dog
Alanna Propst
The Not-So-Scary Dog
Dr. Silvia Schneider
What to Do When You Don’t Want to Be Apart
Kristen Lavalee, PhD
What to Do When You Don’t Want to Be Apart
Susanna Pitzer
Not Afraid of Dogs
Martin Waddell
Owl Babies
Audrey Penn
The Kissing Hand
Wen-Wen Chang
Maya’s Voice
Julia Jarman
Two Shy Pandas
Flavia Z. Drago
Gustavo the Shy Ghost
Beth Bracken
Too Shy for Show-and-Tell
David Lucas
Halibut Jackson
Regine Galanti, PhD
When Harley Has Anxiety
Victoria M. Sanchez
Pilar’s Worries
Dave Eggers
Tomorrow Most Likely
Shinsuke Yoshitake
There Must Be More Than That!
Sarah Thomas
Kalamata’s Kitchen
Christine Peck
Too Many Bubbles
Mags DeRoma
Too Many Bubbles
Allison Edwards
Worry Says What
Emily Kilgore
The Whatifs
Lloyd Jones
The Princess and the Fog
The Nervous Knight
Jo Rooks
Hector’s Favorite Place
Jayneed Sanders
How Big Are Your Worries Little Bear?
Rachel Bright
The Worrysaurus
Suzanne Chiew
The Worry Box
Kevin Henkes
Wemberly Worried
Angela N. Frazier
A Kids Book About Suicide
Lisa Anne Clarke
Wishing Wellness
Beth Andrews
Why Are You So Sad?
Louise Moir
Rafi’s Red Racing Car
Emmi Smid
Luna’s Red Hat
Summer Maçon
Up and Down Mom
Michelle Vasiliu
My Happy Sad Mummy
Liza Stevens
Not Today, Celeste!
Andrew Fusek Peters
The Color Thief
Polly Peters
The Color Thief
Jamie Letourneau
A Kids Book About Shame
Jamie Jensen
Shame Mud
Kristin Maher
The Awfulizer
DJ Corchin
I Feel…Meh
Kileah McIlvain
A Kids Book About Depression
Eva Eland
When Sadness Comes to Call
James Foley, DEd
Danny and the Blue Cloud
Cathleen Daly
Emily’s Blue Period
Dr. Jillian Roberts
Why Do Families Change?
A. B. Freeland, PhD
What to Do When You Feel Too Shy
Aureen Pinto Wagner, PhD
Up and Down the Worry Hill
Chandra Ghosh Ippen, PhD
Once I Was Very Very Scared
Jeanie Franz Ransom
I Don’t Want to Talk About It
Margaret M. Holmes
A Terrible Thing Happened
Pat Thomas
My Family’s Changing
Tom Percival
Ruby Finds a Worry
Inger Maier, PhD
When Fuzzy Was Afraid of Losing His Mother