Books to Help With...
Looking for stories to help with something specific? Explore our shelves by what your child is feeling or facing.
Emotional Development
Big feelings are a big part of growing up. This collection is here to help.
These books support emotional literacy, self-awareness, and safe expression β from naming feelings to learning how to sit with them. Whether your child is navigating frustration, worry, or wonder, each story is a gentle tool to help them feel seen and understood.
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SaleThe Rabbit Listened
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What to Do When You Feel Like Hitting
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SaleJust Because
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The Crayon's Book of Feelings
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Transitions
Starting school, moving homes, welcoming a sibling β life brings big changes, especially in early childhood.
This collection is designed to support those tender in-between moments. Each book offers comfort, language, and reassurance for navigating change with confidence and care.
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Llama Llama Loves to Read/Llama Llama Back to School (2 Books in 1 Flip Book)
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Borrowed - Back SoonThe Heaven of Animals
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SaleAll Are Welcome
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A Kissing Hand for Chester Raccoon
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SaleLove Makes a Family
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Cognitive Growth
Curiosity is how children make sense of the world. This collection includes books that support early thinking skills β like cause and effect, observation, categorization, and decision-making.
Whether itβs a science-themed story or a choose-your-own-adventure, these books help build focus, imagination, and confidence in their growing minds.
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SaleMy Five Senses
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Mighty, Mighty Construction Site
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Construction Site: Farming Strong, All Year Long
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Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
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When Fall Comes: Connecting with Nature as the Days Grow Shorter
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Whimsy & Wonder
Not everything needs a lesson β sometimes we read just for joy.
This collection celebrates imagination, surprise, and delight. Whether it's a dreamy adventure, a talking animal, or a magical twist on the everyday, these books spark giggles, questions, and wide-eyed wonder.
Perfect for curious minds, silly moods, and stories that make the world feel a little more enchanted.
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SaleLittle Owl's Snow
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When Fall Comes: Connecting with Nature as the Days Grow Shorter
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5-Minute Animal Stories
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SaleThe Bakery Dragon
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SaleDay Dreamers
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Social Skills
From making friends to setting boundaries, these books help children navigate relationships with empathy, kindness, and respect.
Whether your child is learning how to share, include others, or stand up for themselves, these stories gently model what it means to be a good friend β and a thoughtful human.
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Little Blue Truck Leads the Way
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What to Do When You Feel Like Hitting
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SaleThe Golden Acorn
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There's a Bird on Your Head
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The Snail and the Whale
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Attachment
The most important stories are the ones that make us feel safe.
This collection is full of warm, reassuring books that nurture connection between grown-ups and children β especially during routines like bedtime, morning cuddles, or moments of separation. Each story is an invitation to feel loved, held, and at home.
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I Love You to the Moon and Back
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Borrowed - Back SoonThe Heaven of Animals
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A Kissing Hand for Chester Raccoon
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You're My Little Pumpkin Pie
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SaleBunny's Book Club
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Resilience
These books remind children that they are strong, even when life feels hard.
Whether itβs persevering through a challenge, trying again after a mistake, or facing something new with courage, this collection supports the development of inner strength β in big ways and small.
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What to Do When You Feel Like Hitting
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SaleThe Golden Acorn
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Maybe: A Story about the Endless Potential in All of Us
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There's a Bird on Your Head
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The Snail and the Whale
Vendor:Charlie's BookshelfSale