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Tammie Lyon
My Wandering Dreaming Mind
My Whirling, Twirling Motor
Mike and Carl Gordon
Mrs. Gorski, I Think I Have the Wiggle Fidgets
Sandra Ferraro
Otto Learns About His Medicine
Kris Taft Miller
Tic Talk: Living With Tourette Syndrome
Tom Dineen
Taking Tourette Syndrome to School
Taking Dyslexia to School
Zachary Wendland
Tic Talk: Living With Tourette Syndrome
Valeria Cis
A Tale of Two Seders
Mousam Banerjee
A New Special Friend
David Roberts
Aaron Slater, Illustrator
Hudson Talbott
A Walk in the Words
Fiona Lee
Brilliant Bea
Sophie Blackall
Negative Cat
Alexandra Thompson
Ben & Emma’s Big Hit
Jane Heinrichs
How I Learn
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
Annette Hegel
Saturday Is Pattyday
Kady MacDonald Denton
Two Homes
Morena Forza
That Missing Feeling
Sarah Olsher
What Happens When Dads Divorce/ Moms Divorce/ Parents Get Divorced
Jennifer Jones
Sensory Seeking Sloth
Jessie Sima
Not Quite Narwhal
Tim Bowers
Not Your Typical Dragon
Daniel Rieley
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures
Elaheh Bos
Lola’s/ Leo’s Words Disappeared
So Loud It Hurts!
Shira Limon
An Itchy, Ouchy Morning
Mika Song
A Friend for Henry
Karen Ritz
Ian’s Walk
Emily Neff
What About Me?
Elisa Pallmer
My Brother Otto
Monique Turchan
Leah’s Voice
Ken Min
Benji, the Bad Day, and Me
Naghmeh Afshinjah
Do You Want to Play?
Lorraine Rocha
When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree
When Grandpa Gives You a Toolbox
Dan Hanna
Pout Pout Fish Far, Far From Home
The Pout Pout Fish and the Mad Mad Day
Laura Wood
Camilla and the Big Change
Matte Stephens
Mr. Flux
Oge Mora
Saturday
Everybody in the Red Brick Building
Lisa Griffin
My Day Is Ruined!
Brendan Wenzel
They All Saw a Cat
Diana Mayo
The End Is Just the Beginning
Tom Lichtenheld
Duck! Rabbit!
Claire Messer
Grumpy Pants
Jessika Von Innerebner
Kevin the Unicorn
Max Lang
Grumpy Monkey
AG Ford
Isobel Adds It Up
David Catrow
Speak Up, Molly Lou Melon
Peter H. Reynolds
Say Something
The Dot
Ish
David Thompson
What to Do When It’s Not Fair
Bob Shea
Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great
Emma Chichester Clark
Plenty of Love to Go Around
Karen Wall
Way Past Jealous
Gaia Cornwall
Jabari Jumps
Jabari Tries
Darren McKee
Zach Gets Frustrated
Lorena Alvarez
The Magical Yet
Sara Ogilvie
Izzy Gizmo
Sarah Jennings
Step Back From Frustration
Spike Gerrell
Max Archer, Kid Detective
Hatem Aly
Raj’s Rule
M.S. Weber
It Hurts When I Poop!
Lions Aren’t Scared of Shots
Bonnie Matthews
What to Do When Your Temper Flares
What to Do When Bad Habits Take Hold
Wishing Wellness
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
Christiane Kromer
Steps and Stones
Christianne Kromer
Anh’s Anger
Marion Arbona
Sam’s Pet Temper
Marta Pineda
Santiago’s Sadness
Amaya’s Anger
Find Your Calm
Sarah Lynne Reul
Allie All Along
Sandra De La Prada
Way Past Mad
Yumi Heo
Sometimes I’m Bombaloo
Fifi Kuo
The Magic Hug
Dean Gray
Roaring Mad Riley
Nancy Cote
When I Feel Angry
Olivia Chin Mueller
A Bedtime Yarn
Rebecca Malone
Goodnight, Good Dog
Emily Tetri
Tiger vs. Nightmare
Jan Berenstain
The Berenstain Bears and the Bad Dream
Jay Fleck
The Tossy Turny Princess and the Pesky Pea
Michael Robertson
Monster Trouble!
Sarah Jane Hinder
Good Night Yoga
Stan Berenstain
The Berenstain Bears and the Bad Dream
Stephanie Fizer Coleman
Mindful Moments at Bedtime
How Big Are Your Worries Little Bear?
Greg Swearingen
Mr. Worry
Leo Espinosa
The Creature of Habit
Shiloh Penfield
Unraveling Rose
Summer Macon
Catching Thoughts
Terry Milne
Anxious Charlie to the Rescue
Katie Kath
Penelope Perfect
Katy Hudson
The Perfect Birthday Recipe
Stephanie Laberis
Just So Willow
Barney Saltzberg
Beautiful Oops
Ashley Spires
The Most Magnificent Thing
The Thing Lou Couldn’t Do
Corinna Luyken
The Book of Mistakes
Aimée Sicuro
The Moon Inside
Janet McDonnell
What to Do When Fear Interferes
What to Do When You Don’t Want to Be Apart
What to Do When You Feel Too Shy
Patricia Polacco
Thunder Cake
Emma Yarlett
Orion and the Dark
Jon Klassen
The Dark
Wendy Wahman
Don’t Lick the Dog
Larry Day
Not Afraid of Dogs
Michelle Simpson
The Not-So-Scary Dog
Patrick Benson
Owl Babies
Kathy Parkinson
When I Miss You
Nancy M. Leak
The Kissing Hand
Ruth Harper
The Kissing Hand
Wen-Wen Chang
Maya’s Voice
Hiroe Nakata
Too Shy to Say Hi
Susan Varley
Two Shy Pandas
Flavia Z. Drago
Gustavo the Shy Ghost
Jennifer A. Bell
Too Shy for Show-and-Tell
David Lucas
Halibut Jackson
Jess Golden
Pilar’s Worries
Vicky Lommatzsch
When Harley Has Anxiety
Lane Smith
Tomorrow Most Likely
Shinsuke Yoshitake
There Must Be More Than That!
Jo Kosmides Edwards
Kalamata’s Kitchen
Mags DeRoma
Too Many Bubbles
Ayesha L. Rubio
Worry Says What
Zoe Persico
The Whatifs
Lloyd Jones
The Princess and the Fog
The Nervous Knight
Jo Rooks
Hector’s Favorite Place
Chris Chatterton
The Worrysaurus
Sean Julian
The Worry Box
Kevin Henkes
Wemberly Worried
Louise Moir
Rafi’s Red Racing Car
Nicole Wong
Why Are You So Sad?
Emmi Smid
Luna’s Red Hat
Summer Maçon
Up and Down Mom
Lucia Masciullo
My Happy Sad Mummy
Liza Stevens
Not Today, Celeste!
Karin Littlewood
The Color Thief
Isabelle Arsenault
Virginia Wolf
Dustin Baird
Shame Mud
Robert Dunn
The Awfulizer
DJ Corchin
I Feel…Meh
Eva Eland
When Sadness Comes to Call
Shirley Ng-Benitez
Danny and the Blue Cloud
Cindy Revell
Why Do Families Change?
Lisa Brown
Emily’s Blue Period
Cary Pillo
A Terrible Thing Happened
Erich Ippen Jr
Once I Was Very Very Scared
Kathryn Kunz Finney
I Don’t Want to Talk About It
Lesley Harker
My Family’s Changing
Paul A. Jutton
Up and Down the Worry Hill
Tom Percival
Ruby Finds a Worry
Jennifer Candon
When Fuzzy Was Afraid of Losing His Mother