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Wellbeing Books for all

An eclectic guide to all sorts of books about wellbeing / MH for C&YP / parents /school staff covering a range of ages and genres from picture books to OU set reading.  

Click the tag buttons below to view books tagged with those labels, or click the button to view all books.

If you have a book suggestion to share, please send us the details. We'd love to hear from you. 

Find out more about our passion for reading and wellbeing, latest reviews, a focus on some of our favourite book and useful links

Recent Find: Books That Help website: We love the power of children’s books of all kinds to allow children to explore wellbeing and support.  Books That Help is a place to find picture books that offer support through life’s ups and downs, covering subjects that include family separations, illness, grief, anxiety, well-being, moving house and more. 

Here is an excellent blog from Lisa Cherry on children's books for belonging. (May 2024) 

Cornwall Library Service

Our wonderful library service have a huge array of wellbeing books available for families including those provided by Reading Well - The Reading Agency. They also offer  brilliant workshops / activities for children and families.

Browse the catalogue / reserve books online here: Catalogue Home (librarymanagementcloud.co.uk)

Find your nearest library / more information Libraries, Museums and Archives - Cornwall Council

Audience

C&YP
Early Years
KS1
KS2
KS3
KS4
Parents
Primary
School Mental Health Lead
Secondary
Teachers
Wellbeing Practitioner

Fiction/non-fiction

Card deck
Classroom resource
Fiction
Non-fiction
Poetry
Workbook

Theme

#ReadingforEmpathy
ADHD
Anger
Anxiety
ASD
Asperger Syndrome
Attachment
Attendance
Autism
Behaviour
Belonging
Bereavement
Body Image
Brain science
Bullying
Children's Rights
Confidence building
Depression
Digital Resilience
Eating Disorders
EBSA
Emotion Coaching
Empathy
Exams
Feeling Safe
Feelings / Emotions
Friendships
Happiness
Journal
Kindness
LGBTQ
Loneliness
Mindfulness
Neglect
Neurodiversity
OCD
Parental Engagement
Parental MH
PDA
Problem Solving
Protective Behaviours
Psychoeducation
Reading Well
Reflective Supervision
Relational Practice
Resilience
Restorative Approaches
Sadness
Self Esteem
Self-harm
SEMH
Shame
Sleep
Staff Wellbeing
Stress
Suicide
Transition
Trauma
Whole School Approach
Worries
Young People Voice
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