Below are ideas for books based on age. We are not endorsing or promoting any of these books, just providing ideas! Have something to recommend to your fellow participants? Email us!

Adults

• Are you OK? by Kati Morton
• Show Me All Your Scars: True stories of living with mental illness, Edited by Lee Gutkind
• The 10 Best Ever Depression Management Techniques by Margaret Wehrenberg
• The Disordered Mind by Eric Kandel
• The Mental Health Disorder Sourcebook
• When Someone You Love has Mental Illness by Rebecca Woolis

Teens

• Mental Health for Teens by Karen Bellenir
• You: The Owners Manual for Teens: Guide to a Healthy Body and Happy Life by Michael Roizen
• Drug Info for Teens by Omnigraphics
• This  Moment is Your Life by Miriam Gates
• Life Inside My Mind: 31 Authors Share their Personal Struggles
• Depression and Stress by Katie Marisco

​For ages 2-11, by topic
Depression/Loneliness:

• The Princess and the Fog (age 5-7): A Story for Children with Depression (5-7): Describes the symptoms of childhood depression in a fictional story, along with hope that things can get better.
• What to Do When You’re Sad and Lonely (age 8-11): Strategies and tips to for depression, bipolar, grief and other problems.

 
Anxiety:

• A feel better book for little Worriers (age 3-6): Understanding and having tools for worries.
• Ruby Finds a Worry (age 3-6): A story about how everyone has worries, and there are ways to get rid of them.
• Wilma Jean the Worry Machine (ages 7-11): Addresses anxiety and offers strategies for parents and teachers to help the child feel more in control of their symptoms.
• Up and Down the Worry Hill (age 7-10): A book about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) for children.
• Guts (age 10+): Tools to manage anxiety for kids whose anxiety is causing them to vomit.

 
Mindfulness Skills (age 4-9):

• I am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness: Mindfulness at a kid-friendly level.
• Alphabreaths: The ABCs of Mindful Breathing: Playful breathing exercises like Mountain breath, ice breath and underwater breath. 
• The Goodnight Caterpillar: The Ultimate Bedtime Story: Teaches the relaxation tool of progressive muscle relaxation, good for stress management and calm before bed.
• Sitting Still Like a Frog

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