2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist

Non-Fiction

The teen girl's anxiety survival guide : 10 ways to conquer anxiety & feel your best

Teen girls are facing more pressure than ever before, putting them at greater risk for developing full-blown anxiety disorders. In this timely book, Lucie Hemmen, best-selling author of The Teen Girl's Survival Guide and an expert in adolescent girl psychology, offers ten powerful skills specifically designed to help teen girls cope with anxious thoughts and feelings in healthy ways.

What to do When You Don't Want to Be Apart: a Kid's Guide to Overcoming Separation Anxiety

This book addresses separation anxiety and introduces children and parents to cognitive-behavioral therapy-based strategies that can help them understand and cope with any type of separation anxiety.

Flying a hot air balloon sounds like a lot of fun to some children. But for other children, the idea of flying off on their own, away from their parents or homes, doesn’t sound like fun at all.

What is a Panic Attack?

Panic attacks can strike at any time, making a student feel a strong physical response to stress and anxiety. This book helps readers understand what a panic attack is and how they can deal with such an attack if it arises. Readers will learn about the mental and physical symptoms of panic attacks, as well as various coping strategies. This book provides readers with the tools to get help for their panic attacks and ways to help others who might be suffering from panic disorder.

Getting Comfortable with Uncertainty for Teens: 10 Tips to Overcome Anxiety, Fear, and Worry

Two psychologists help teens improve their awareness about how uncertainty can trigger feelings of anxiety, fear, worry, and self-doubt, and provide 10 skill-based tips from CBT and ACT to encourage teens to take smart risks, stop avoiding, and be more flexible as they develop a tolerance of uncertainty and learn to take valued actions toward creating positive change in their lives and the larger world.

Can I tell you about OCD?: A Guide for Friends, Family, and Professionals

Katie invites readers to learn about OCD from her perspective, helping them to understand what it is and how her obsessions and compulsions affect her daily life. This is an ideal, illustrated introduction to OCD for both young people and older readers. It shows family, friends and teachers how they can support someone with the condition.