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Books to Help Kids Learn About Emotions & Social Skills

From feeling big feelings to navigating everyday challenges, these reads offer guidance, reassurance, and inspiration. @BurlONLibrary bplkids

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  • Just Feel

    How to Be Stronger, Happier, Healther, and More

    Chopra, Mallika
    A guide to empowerment that counsels readers on how to harness their emotional awareness to promote independence and problem-solving.
    Book, 2019Philadelphia : Running Press Kids, 2019. — J 152.4 CHO
  • The Marvelous Now will help young readers learn to regulate their emotions, reset, and reach their happy place.
    Book, 2025New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2025. — E DIT
  • My Mixed Emotions

    Help Your Kids Handle Their Feelings

    Greenwood, Elinor
    This super-useful book is packed with helpful hints, tips, and techniques showing children how to recognize and express their emotions.
    Book, 2018New York : DK Publishing, 2018. — J 155.4 GRE
  • Calm

    Mindfulness For Kids

    Kinder, Wynne
    Everything you need to know about focusing your child's mind to help them enjoy and appreciate things that they take for granted every day, while boosting their confidence and self-esteem.
    Book, 2019New York : Dorling Kindersley Ltd , 2019. — J 158.1 KIN
  • Feeling Your Feelings

    the Head-to-toe Science of Emotions

    Kyi, Tanya Lloyd
    The Head-to-toe Science book of Emotions.
    Book, 2025Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press, [2025] — J 155.4 KYI
  • Henry struggles with lingering fear after a school lockdown drill, but with his teacher’s calming support and mindfulness exercises, he learns to feel safe again—an experience the book uses to gently guide adults in talking about drills and reducing…
    Book, 2025New York : Random House , [2025] — E LUC
  • A seventh-grader-to-be, Ella is swept into popular Morgan’s social-media “brand” at the cost of her real friendships and freedom, forcing her to question whether popularity is worth sacrificing her true self.
    Book, 20202020. — J MCC
  • Watch feelings come to life in Big Feelings, Little Feelings - a beautifully illustrated book of emotions that helps kids understand, name, and express what they feel inside.
    Book, 2026New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2026. — J 152.4 MIL
  • 13 Things Strong Kids Do

    Think Big, Feel Good, Act Brave

    Morin, Amy
    This book tackles mental strength in a relatable way.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — J 158.1083 MOR
  • What Can I Say?

    a Kid's Guide to Super-useful Social Skills to Help Get Along and Express Yourself

    Newman, Catherine
    A Kid's Guide to Super-useful Social Skills to Help Get Along and Express Yourself.
    Book, 2022North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2022] — J 158.2 NEW
  • Social Situation Survival Guide

    How to Meet People, Manage Anxiety, and Feel Confident in Any Setting

    Schusterman, Michelle
    How to Meet People, Manage Anxiety, and Feel Confident in Any Setting.
    Book, 2024Larkspur, CA : Rebel Girls, Inc., [2024] — J 302.34083 SCH
  • Roar Like a Lion

    How Animals Can Help You Be Your Best Self

    Sorosiak, Carlie
    Encouraging children to listen to the roar of the wild and grow as human beings, this inspirational guide to living your best life is filled with fascinating facts and remarkable true stories.
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2022. — J 158.1083 SOR