Books for Big Feelings

Our team has put together a list of books to help tamariki deal with their big feelings

Feelings & Emotions:

- Just Like Kiwicorn (Board Book) - Kat Quin

- Kiwicorn - Kat Quin

- Kiwicorn’s Flurry of Feelings - Kat Quin

- Aroha’s Choice - Rebekah Lipp & Craig Phillips

- Finding My Calm - Rebekah Lipp & Craig Phillips

- Let It Go - Rebekah Lipp & Craig Phillips

- Big Emotions for Little People (Board Book) Rebekah Lipp & Craig Phillips

- Patrick & George: Adventure, empathy & Friendship – Jessica Urlichs (Whitcoulls)

- Big Feelings and What They Tell us – Rebekah Ballagh (Paper Plus, Whitcoulls)

- The Rainbow in my Heart – Jessica Urlichs (Paper Plus, Whitcoulls)

- My Superpowers Being the Best Me I Can be – Jessica Urlichs (Whitcoulls)

- In My Heart – Jo Witek (Kmart, Paper Plus, Whitcoulls)

- Let’s Go, Flo! – Rebekah Ballagh (Paper Plus, Whitcoulls)

- The Feelings Series – Trace Maroney (Kmart, Paper Plus)

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Anxiety & Worry:

- Aroha’s Way (Paper Plus, Whitcoulls)

- Stress, Anxiety & Me – Trace Moroney (Paper Plus, Whitcoulls)

- The Huge Bag of Worries – Virginia Ironside (MightyApe)

- A Little Bit Brave – Nicola Kinnear (Paper Plus)

- Hey Warrior – Karen Young (Online only – The Nile or Fishpond)

- Hey Awesome – Karen Young (Online only – The Nile or Fishpond)‍

-     You've Got This - Jess Sanders (KMart)

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Separation & Divorce:

- Two Homes, One Heart – Jessica Young (Paper Plus)

- Two Families to call my own – Phil Earle (Paper Plus)

- Stuck in the Middle – Tom Tinn-Disbury (Paper Plus)

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Bullying:

- Patrick & George: A Bully, a bear and a change of heart – Jessica Urlichs (Whitcoulls)

- Little Big Bully – Trace Moroney (Paper Plus)

- I am Jellyfish – Ruth Paul (Paper Plus, Whitcoulls)

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Grief & Loss:

- The Glow; Life, Death & The Light Within (Whitcoulls)

- The Grief Wave – Trace Moroney (Paper Plus)

- Old Hu-Hu - Kyle Mewburn & Rachel Driscoll (Paper Plus, Whitcoulls)

- The Invisible String – Patrice Karst (Kmart, Paper Plus, Whitcoulls)

- The Memory Box; A book about Grief – Joanna Rowland (Paper Plus)

- Farewell Anahera – Vanessa Hatley Owen (Paper Plus)

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Diversity:

- Remarkable Remy – Melanie Heyworth (Paper Plus)

- No Matter What…We All Belong – Becky Daview (Paper Plus)

- We’re Different and its Totally Cool – Camey Yeh (Paper Plus)

- We are all Equal – P Crumple (Paper Plus

- Some Bodies Need A Little Help – S F Harris (Paper Plus)

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Mindfulness:

- Happy – Nicola Edwards (Paper Plus)

- Here We Are – Oliver Jeffers (Paper Plus)

- I am Peace – Susan Verde (Paper Plus)

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These books are also available online from stockists such as Paper Plus, Whitcoulls, MightyApe or Wilding Books.

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