TBA has curated a comprehensive collection of resources designed to assist parents and caregivers in addressing difficult conversations with their children. Families encounter numerous challenges, new situations, and complex transitions. Below, you will find a selection of articles, websites, and books to support you in having meaningful discussions with children of all ages. Additionally, please know that our rabbis are always available to offer guidance and counsel.
General Resources for Young Children
Resources on Coping with Emotions
Children’s Books
In My Heart A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek
They Way I Feel by Janan Cain
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
Visiting Feelings by Lauren Rubenstein
Tiger Days by M.H. Clark
The Color Monster by Anna Llenas
When Sophie Gets Really Really Angry by Molly Bang
Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival
Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang
Worrysaurus by Rachel Bright
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
Don’t Blow Your Top by Ame Dyckman
I Can Handle It by Laurie Wright
The Rhino who Swallowed a Storm by LeVar Burton
Wilma Jean and the Worry Machine by Julia Cook
After the Fall by Dan Santat
I Have a Question about Cancer by Arlen Grad Gaines and Meredith Englander Polsky
Adult Books
Tiny Humans, Big Emotions: How to Navigate Tantrums, Meltdowns, and Defiance to Raise Emotionally Intelligent Children Hardcover by Alyssa Blask Campbell
Creative Ways to Help Children Manage BIG Feelings by Dr. Fiona Zandt
Resources for Change and Transitions
Children’s Books
Divorce
Was It the Chocolate Pudding? by Sandra Levins
It’s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear by Vicki Lansky
Divorce Is the Worst by Anastasia Higginbotham
My Family’s Changing by Pat Thomas
Two Homes by Claire Masurel
Dinosaurs Divorce by Marc Brown
I Don’t Want to Talk About It by Jesse Franz Ransom
A Family is a Family is a Family by Sara O’Leary
Families, Families, Families! by Suzanne Lang
I Have a Question About Divorce by Arlen Grad Gaines and Meredith Englander Polsky
Children’s Books
Moving
A New House by Jill Wenzel
A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
The New Bear at School by Carrie Weston
The Berenstain Bears’ Moving Day by Stan and Jan Berenstain
The Good-Pie Party by Liz Garton Scanlon and Kady MacDonald Denton
Moving Day! by Jess Stockham
I’m New Here by Anne Sibley O’Brien
Bad Bye, Good Bye by Deborah Underwood
Henry and Mudge and Annie’s Good Move by Cynthia Rylant
I Like Where I Am by Jessica Harper
Alexander, Who’s Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move by Judith Viorst and Ray Cruz
Children’s Books
New School
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Do I Have to go to School by Pat Thomson
My New School – New Adventures by Tom Easton
Back to School by Mallory Laurie Freidman
I am Too Absolutely Small for School by Lauren Child
Becoming Vanessa by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
I Don’t Want To Go To School by Lula Bell
Children’s Books
General Change
Nothing Stays the Same, but That’s Okay: A Book to Read When Everything (or Anything) Changes by Sarah Olsher
A World of New Beginnings: A Rhyming Journey about change, resilience and starting over by Melissa Garin
The Creature of Habit by Jennifer E. Smith
The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright
Resources for Death/Dying/Grief
Children’s Books
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf by Leo Busacaglia
The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
Ida Always by Caron Levis and Charles Santoso
When Dinosaurs Die by Laurie Brown
I Miss You: A First Look at Death by Pat Thomas
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst
When Someone Dies by Sharon Greenlee
Straight Talk About Death for Teenagers by Earl Grollma
When Someone Very Special Dies by Marge Heegard
Where’s Jess by Joy and Mary Johnson
Lifetimes by Bryan Mellonie
Aarvey Aardvark Finds Hope by Donna O’Toole
Sitting Shiva by Erin Silva
Badger’s Parting Gifts by Susan Varley
Loving Memory: A Child’s Journey to Understanding a Funeral and Starting the Grieving Process by Lacie Brueckner
I Have a Question About Death by Arlen Grad Gaines and Meredith Englander Polsky
Adult Books
Helping Children Cope With Death And Mourning By Therese Rando
Talking About Death By Earl Grollman
The Grieving Child By Helen Fitzgerald
What Will I Tell The Children? By Jacque Bell And Linda Esterling