This is the most beautiful book I think I've ever seen in my entire life. The illustrations are absolutely stunning. I've used Hey Warrior with kids as young as 4 years old all the way up to adults. I've have had to modify it a bit for younger kids though. It does an amazing job of explaining why our body reacts the way it does when we're anxious or scared, and it introduces brain anatomy in an easy to understand way. 10/10 recommend this one!

Remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books when we were kids? This book set is exactly that, but for younger kids. The reader has to make decisions for Danny as he goes throughout his day to see what effect the "power to choose" has on his day. Younger kids love to learn how to make good decisions and older kids like to make alllll the bad choices and "ruin his day!". We're often heard saying "make good choices" in reference to this book. The link above is for all three books, but you can purchase them separately as well: The original, School Day or Vacation.  

How Big Are Your Worries Little Bear is such a cute book, and at just the right level for my 4 year old. The story follows little bear through his day (school. soccer practice, etc) and talks about all of his worries. His mama has him show her with his hands just how big his worries are. I adopted using the same strategy as my son started kindergarten and it was a great way to check in on his worries without me needing to pry too much. It gave us a chance to talk about his concerns and he always felt better afterwards. 

This book does a great job talking about basic emotions. The colour monster wakes up one morning feeling all kinds of emotions at once. He learns to separate his emotions (angry, happy, calm, sad, and scared) and feels much better by the end of this book. I like to have conversations about the different emotions as we read the book (Can you tell me about a time when you were scared?; You looked pretty happy today when...; I feel sad when..., etc). 

This is another book with beautiful illustrations. A Little Bit Brave is the story of two bunnies - Logan and Luna. Luna loves to go on adventures, but Logan is more of an indoor bunny. One day they get into an argument and Logan finds himself in the woods trying to find Luna. He discovers that he can be brave when he needs to be, and that can lead to a lot of fun. I refer to this book often when my son is feeling nervous and we need to talk about being the right amount of brave. 

This one doesn't really have much therapeutic value, but it's clever so I needed to include it. It's the story of a girl who believes that he house is haunted but has never seen a ghost. The super cool part is that ghosts "appear" as you turn the pages (hint: there are transparent pages!). My son loves finding and counting the ghosts on every page.