A Book Fairy List

Picture Books for the Worried Kid

For the kid who carries their worries in their stomach. These aren't “feelings books” with a lesson stapled on — they're beautiful stories that happen to hand an anxious kid the words they didn't have yet. Save this for the night you need it. You'll know the night.

These are the books featured in this post — tap any cover to find it on Amazon.

Cover of Ruby’s Worry

Ruby’s Worry

by Tom Percival

What happens when you finally talk about the thing

Cover of The Worrysaurus

The Worrysaurus

by Rachel Bright

For the little one whose “what ifs” snowball

Cover of Wemberly Worried

Wemberly Worried

by Kevin Henkes

The classic — she worried about everything, until she didn't

Cover of In My Heart: A Book of Feelings

In My Heart: A Book of Feelings

by Jo Witek

Naming the feeling is half the battle

Cover of What Do You Do with a Problem?

What Do You Do with a Problem?

by Kobi Yamada

The one that turns a worry into a door

Cover of The Worry Box

The Worry Box

by Suzanne Chiew

A place to put the worry — tangible enough for little hands to hold

Cover of My Monster and Me

My Monster and Me

by Nadiya Hussain

The monster isn't scary — and that's the whole point

Cover of Will It Be Okay?

Will It Be Okay?

by Crescent Dragonwagon

A mother's answers to all the hardest "what ifs"

Cover of After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again)

After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again)

by Dan Santat

Humpty Dumpty as the bravest comeback story you'll ever read

Cover of The Wind May Blow

The Wind May Blow

by Unknown

Gentle and reassuring — made for a worried bedtime

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