Reading Well for Children

 

Reading well for children

Reading Well for children provides quality-assured information, stories and advice to support children’s mental health and wellbeing. Books have been chosen and recommended by leading health professionals and co-produced with children and families.

 

The booklist is targeted at children in Key Stage 2 (aged 7-11), but includes titles aimed at a wide range of reading levels to support less confident readers, and to encourage children to read together with their siblings and carers.


Healthy Minds

Selection of books to help with healthy minds

 


Feelings

Selection of books to help with feelings

How Are You Feeling Today? by Molly Potter book cover

How Are You Feeling Today?

by Molly Potter

 

Mindful Me: Exploring Emotions by Paul Christeli book cover

Mindful Me: Exploring Emotions

by Paul Christeli

 

Sometime I feel Sad by Tom Alexander book cover

Sometimes I Feel Sad

by Tom Alexander

 

Feeling Angry! by Katie Douglass book cover

Feeling Angry!

by Katie Douglass

 


Worries

Selection of books to help with worries

Grobblechops by Elizabeth Laird book cover

Grobblechops

by Elizabeth Laird

 

All Birds Have Anxiety by Kathy Hoopmann book cover

All Birds Have Anxiety

by Kathy Hoopmann

 

Outsmarting Worry by Dawn Huebner book cover

Outsmarting Worry

by Dawn Huebner

 

Ruby's Worry by Tom Perciva book cover

Ruby's Worry

by Tom Perciva

 

Me and My Fear by Franchesca Sanna book cover

Me and My Fear

by Franchesca Sanna

 

Worry Angels by Sita Brahmachari book cover

Worry Angels

by Sita Brahmachari

 

 


 

The World Around You

At School

Selection of books to help with issues that might arise at school

Dealing With Bullying by Jane Lacey book cover

Dealing With Bullying

by Jane Lacey

 

Ella On the Outside by Cath Howe book cover

Ella On the Outside

by Cath Howe

 

The Illustrated Guide to Dyslexia and It's Amazing People by Kate Power and Kathy Iwanczak Forsyth book cover

The Illustrated Guide to Dyslexia and It's Amazing People

by Kate Power and Kathy Iwanczak Forsyth

 


Online

Selection of books to help with issues that might arise online

#Goldilocks by Jeanne Willis book cover

#Goldilocks

by Jeanne Willis

 

In the news

Selection of books to help with issues that might arise in the news

Something Bad Happened by Dawn Huebner book cover

Something Bad Happened

by Dawn Huebner

 


 

Dealing with tough times

When someone dies

Selection of books to help when someone dies

Mum's Jumper by Jayde Perkin book cover

Mum's Jumper

by Jayde Perkin

 

Michael Rosen's Sad Book by Michael Rosen Book Cover

Michael Rosen's Sad Book

by Michael Rosen

 

Clownfish by Alan Durant Book Cover

Clownfish

by Alan Durant

 

If All the World Were by Joseph Coelho Book Cover

If All the World Were

by Joseph Coelho

 


Getting through a tough time

The Boy Who Built a Wall Around Himself by Ali Redford Book Cover

The Boy Who Built a Wall Around Himself

by Ali Redford

 

Tough times at home

Up and Down Mum by Summer Macon book cover

Up and Down Mum 

by Summer Macon

 

The Colour Thief; A family's story of depression by Andrew Fusek Peters & Polly Peters book cover

The Colour Thief; A family's story of depression

by Andrew Fusek Peters & Polly Peters

 


 

Living well with a condition

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Check Mates by Stewart Foster book cover

Check Mates

by Stewart Foster

 

Can I tell you about ADHD? by Susan Yarney book cover

Can I tell you about ADHD?

by Susan Yarney

 


Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

M is for Autism of by The Students of Limpsfield Grange School and Vicky Martin book cover

M is for Autism

by The Students of Limpsfield Grange School and Vicky Martin

 


Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Double Felix by Sally Harris book cover

Double Felix

by Sally Harris

 

Having a Disability

Questions and Feelings About: Having a disability by Louise Spilsbury book cover

Questions and Feelings About: Having a disability

by Louise Spilsbury