The Yes Brain

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Often times, children act out when get stuck in reactive rather than receptive states of mind.  In this book, parents will learn practical tools to help their children navigate these moments and to approach life with openness and curiosity.   

Attachment in Adoption

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Parents of adoptive children can learn from this book about specific ways to nurture attachment with their children.  Parents can also use this book to discover what stage of emotional development their children are in and learn new ways to respond to children's unique developmental and attachment needs.  

Helping Your Anxious Child

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While it is common for many children to experience worries about various aspects of life, there are some children who face significant anxiety.  This book teaches parents techniques to help children manage anxiety while extending compassion and care.   

Amazing You: Getting Smart About Your Private Parts

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Designed with preschoolers in mind, this book provides important information to children about their bodies. It  labels what parts of the body are private parts and introduces basic information about how babies are made from a part of daddy and a part of mommy. This book is a wonderful way for parents to start early... 

God Made Me AND You: Celebrating God's Design for Ethnic Diversity 

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This book can be used as a resource for parents to begin conversations with their children about embracing God's design for ethnic diversity. 

Deviced! Balancing Life and Technology in a Digital World

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What an important resource in a time when so much of our day is spent in front of some sort of screen. Dr. Doreen Dodgen-Magee guides readers inthoughtfully considering their own current technology use and offers ways to develop new habits while living life with embodied awareness.

Braver-Smarter Stronger: A Girl’s Guide to Overcoming Worry and Anxiety

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This is a workbook for girls who experience anxiety and feel inhibited by the worries that can so easily take hold. It helps girls to build an identity

separate from the anxiety feel and learn tools to keep the anxiety in check

so they can do the things they love to do.

Brainstorm

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This book is a wonderful resource for any parent of a teenager who is feeling at a loss for how to navigate the changes adolescence brings.  The authors present information in clear and relatable ways while inspiring parents to see and connect with their teen with new understanding.

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

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This is a practical book full of ways parents can respond differently to their children in order to build more open patterns of communication.  The authors offer real-life scenarios that parents often encounter with their kids and walk readers through how to do things such as express their emotions in ways that won’t harm the parent-child relationship, handle a child’s negative... 

Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child

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Dr. John Gottman guides parents in teaching children of all ages how to regulate and understand their emotions. 

God Made All of Me

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This children's book is incredible resource for parents as they begin the ongoing conversations with children about sexuality and body safety rules.  The authors reiterate throughout the book how each and every part of the human body (including private parts!) is special, good, and wonderfully made.  The book provides families with information they need to begin...

Skin Like Mine

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As part of a larger series on diversity, this book explores differences among people in a creative and engaging way.

Siblings without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can

Live Too 

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Any caregivers raising more than one child at a time will find so many

gems hidden inside these pages! These authors speak from experience

(both personal and professional) and make practical suggestions for

encouraging cooperation, reducing competition, and increasing problem-

solving skills between siblings.

Fred Stays with Me! 

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When parents divorce, children are faced with lots of changes and

transitions. This is a great book to read with young children to normalize

the experience of living in two homes. The main character describes how

she has things at both of her parents’ houses, but her dog, Fred, always

stays with her.

The Power of Showing Up

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Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson pair up again as they co-author this incredible book that explores human attachment.  In gentle and compelling ways, the authors of "The Power of Showing Up" encourage parents to understand their own childhoods and attachment styles in order to make intentional and meaningful connections in relationships with their own children. 

Parenting from the Inside Out

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This book help parents understand and explore how the way they were parented impacts how they raise their own children. The authors incorporate research in neurobiology and attachment to explain how interpersonal relationships affect brain development. Parents can learn from the step-by-step process offered in this book to deepen understanding of...

The Explosive Child

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Due to their unique temperament, some children become easily frustrated and are extremely inflexible.  When their plans or routines are disturbed, these children often are unable to express their feelings in ways other than throwing severe tantrums. Caregivers are usually left feeling exhausted, helpless, frustrated, and at a loss for knowing what to do.  This book guides readers through a new... 

PBS KIDS Talk About:  Race and Racism Special 

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This incredible special is designed for parents and kids to watch together.  It is intended to support conversations about celebrating differences and taking a stand against racism. 

Middle School Matters

The 10 Key Skills Kids Need to Thrive in Middle School

and Beyond--and How Parents Can Help

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Phyllis Fagell uses her experiences and skills as a middle school counselor to share with parents and educators about essential skills that this age group needs to develop to help them thrive as they grow. She covers topics such as building healthy friendships and relationships, navigating conflict, bullying, academic pressure, emotional regulation, and

self-advocacy.

The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

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This delightful children’s book tells the tale of a young girl who tries time

and again to create in real life the most magnificent design that has been

in her mind. The story wonderfully portrays the development of frustration

tolerance and trying again, even when mistakes are inevitably made.

Yes! No! A First Conversation about Consent

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Children need to know about consent. This book is perfect for preschool

and early elementary-aged children and can be used as a springboard for

great conversations about body boundaries and consent.

The Connected Child

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Karyn Purvis wrote this book with parents of adoptive children in mind, however, the practical and clear information she shares can benefit any reader as they seek to strengthen any relationship in their lives.   

Mothers, Daughters, and Body Image: Learning to Love Ourselves as We Are

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In this book, author Hillary McBride pushes against the cultural messages that say girls and women earn their worth through appearances. She shares the findings from her research and experiences interviewing young women and their mothers while describing ways to build healthier and more meaningful relationships with all parts of who we are.

The Whole-Brain Child

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Are you interested in discovering new ways to foster healthy brain development and emotional intelligence in your children?  This book offers caregivers 12 valuable and practical ways of approaching parenting that will help children lead calmer, happier, and more balanced lives. 

All Are Welcome Here

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A wonderful resource for teaching children to celebrate diversity, this book highlights the importance of learning from the traditions of others.

Attached to God: A Practical Guide to Deeper Spiritual Experience

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This book can help readers gain insightful understanding about their most important relationships. Author Krispin Mayfield helps readers understand

how their early attachments impact their view of and relationship with God.

I’m Happy-Sad Today

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This children’s book concretely illustrates how common it is to have more than one feeling at the same time – even ones that seem to be the

opposite of each other! As a fun addition, at the end of the book, the

author creates new words to describe various combined emotions (for

example: Hap-sad to describe feeling both happy and sad at the same time).

Attached to God: A Practical Guide to Deeper Spiritual Experience

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This is a comprehensive, straight-forward, fact-filled book series about

sexual development with information targeted for children in each developmental stage. These books help start essential conversations

caregivers need to have with their children about their growing and

changing bodies, sex, boundaries, etc. Caveat: as a caregiver, it’s a great idea to preview books first to make sure you know the content before reading them with your child.

1.) Who Has What? To read with preschool aged children

2.) It's Not the Stork!: A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends To read with young elementary aged children

3.) It's So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families To read with children 7 years and up

4.) It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health For preteens and young teens)