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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Mouse's friends try everything to keep their friend from feeling low--flapping and fluttering in the sky, splashing and paddling in the water, leaping and loping in the grass--but nothing seems to cheer him up.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Annie comes home from school to find her cat, Delilah, has had a terrible day and is quite sad. What do you do when your friend is sad? Cheer them up with all the things they love! Annie tries TV, warm milk, and even yoga! But at the end of the day, no distraction can really make our bad days simply disappear, as Annie knows all too well."--
8) I'm sad
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Flamingo learns that it is okay to be sad sometimes and that her friends, the little girl and Potato, will stand by her no matter how she feels.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A picture book about best friends that highlights empathy, as well as anger and sadness, and reminds us that these aren't feelings to run away from, but instead to help each other through.
12) Sad, sad bear
Author
Series
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Bear is very sad when Mommy must go to work and leave him at Cub Care, but his first day turns out to be a good one.
Author
Publisher
Rodale Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When Bear feels low, like his pocket is full of sads that are weighing him down, Rabbit becomes determined to find the cure but discovers there's no easy fix--except, maybe, friendship, in this uniquely humorous approach to sadness that encourages mindfulness.
14) The wave
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When a boy is swept up in a wave of sadness, he finds himself tumbling. But when he remembers that this sadness won't last forever, and that the wave will eventually carry him back to shore, he discovers his friends and family waiting to gently pull him out of the water and back home.
16) To the rescue
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Geeger's best friend, Tillie, is having a bad day and he wants to cheer her up. But sharing snacks and jokes aren't working. How will Geeger make Tillie smile again?
18) Small things
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An empowering wordless graphic picture book that gets to the heart of a young boy's anxiety and opens the way for dialogue about acceptance, vulnerability, and the universal experience of worry.
19) My cat is blue
Author
Publisher
Mascot Kids
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When someone you love is feeling down in the dumps, you try everything to help. But sometimes, you don't have the cure, and those blues can even become contagious. It might be the unexpected that allows you both to shed your blues and move toward a bright and colorful future"--Back cover
Author
Series
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This sensitive and supportive story helps children recognize and cope with sadness. Using gentle and straightforward language, this simple story offers an entrance point for adults and children to identify and address childhood depression symptoms and helps banish the stigma around mental illness. Includes a section with tips for adults"--
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