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From beautifully illustrated stories exploring big emotions to brilliantly informative books about growing up, here you’ll find our best titles for supporting young readers with personal and social matters. Whether it is preparing for the start of school, understanding the changes we go through in our teens, exploring our sexual identity, or dealing with loss and grief, the hand-picked selection below is full of excellent and helpful reads to inform, inspire and empower young minds.

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Our Best Children's Mental Health Books

You Are A Champion
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You Are A Champion
Marcus Rashford
£9.99
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The Marcus Rashford You Are a Champion Action Planner
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The Marcus Rashford You Are a Champion Action Planner
Marcus Rashford
£7.99   £6.99
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The Hugasaurus
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The Hugasaurus
Rachel Bright
£6.99
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My First Feelings
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My First Feelings
Emily Sharratt
£12.99
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Grandad's Camper
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Grandad's Camper
Harry Woodgate
£7.99
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You Are Awesome
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You Are Awesome
Matthew Syed
£9.99
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Dear Evan Hansen
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Dear Evan Hansen
Val Emmich
£8.99
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You Can Do It
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You Can Do It
Marcus Rashford
£9.99
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Ella on the Outside
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Ella on the Outside
Cath Howe
£7.99
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Milo's Monster
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Milo's Monster
Tom Percival
£6.99
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A Better Day
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A Better Day
Dr. Alex George
£9.99   £7.99
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Spreading My Wings
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Spreading My Wings
Nadiya Hussain
£6.99
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How to Grow Up and Feel Amazing!
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How to Grow Up and Feel Amazing!
Dr. Ranj Singh
£9.99
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Dare to be Different
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Dare to be Different
Ben Brooks
£20.00
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This Book is Gay
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This Book is Gay
Juno Dawson
£9.99
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You Don't Understand Me
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You Don't Understand Me
Dr Tara Porter
£14.99
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A Better Day
A Better Day
Dr. Alex George
£9.99 £7.99
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The Youth Mental Health Ambassador and author of Live Well Every Day presents his first book for children and young people, providing readers with the tools and techniques required to overcome mental health struggles.
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Mental Health Books for Younger Readers

Be Positive! Mindful Kids
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Be Positive! Mindful Kids
Dr. Sharie Coombes
£9.99
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My Monster and Me
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My Monster and Me
Nadiya Hussain
£6.99
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The Big Book of Belonging
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The Big Book of Belonging
Yuval Zommer
£14.99
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Your Mood Journal
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Your Mood Journal
Fearne Cotton
£12.99
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Where Happiness Begins
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Where Happiness Begins
Eva Eland
£7.99
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Unworry Book
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Unworry Book
Alice James
£8.99
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Feelings
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Feelings
Libby Walden
£7.99
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Perfectly Weird, Perfectly You
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Perfectly Weird, Perfectly You
Camilla Pang
£8.99
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We Feel Happy
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We Feel Happy
Katie Abey
£6.99
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Colour Yourself Calm
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Colour Yourself Calm
Alice James
£6.99
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No Worries! Mindful Kids
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No Worries! Mindful Kids
Lily Murray
£9.99
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Silas and the Marvellous Misfits
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Silas and the Marvellous Misfits
Tom Percival
£6.99
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Junior Happy Self Journal
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Junior Happy Self Journal
£24.99
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The Huge Bag of Worries
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The Huge Bag of Worries
Virginia Ironside
£6.99
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The River
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The River
Tom Percival
£6.99
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Ruby's Worry
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Ruby's Worry
Tom Percival
£6.99
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The Invisible String
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The Invisible String
Patrice Karst
£6.99
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Perfectly Weird, Perfectly You
Perfectly Weird, Perfectly You
Camilla Pang
£8.99
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The acclaimed author of Explaining Humans incorporates scientific ideas and concepts in an eye-opening and essential guide to understanding human emotions in her first book for younger readers.

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Mental Health Books for Older Readers

You Can Do It
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You Can Do It
Marcus Rashford
£9.99
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Ella on the Outside
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Ella on the Outside
Cath Howe
£7.99
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The Goldfish Boy
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The Goldfish Boy
Lisa Thompson
£7.99
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A Better Day
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A Better Day
Dr. Alex George
£9.99   £7.99
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Am I Normal Yet?
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Am I Normal Yet?
Holly Bourne
£7.99
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The Hunt for the Nightingale
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The Hunt for the Nightingale
Sarah Ann Juckes
£7.99
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A Different Sort of Normal
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A Different Sort of Normal
Abigail Balfe
£8.99
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My Hidden Chimp
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My Hidden Chimp
Prof Steve Peters
£14.99
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Looking After Your Mental Health
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Looking After Your Mental Health
Louie Stowell
£6.99
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You Are A Champion
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You Are A Champion
Marcus Rashford
£9.99
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Ghost
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Ghost
Jason Reynolds
£6.99
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Are We All Lemmings & Snowflakes?
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Are We All Lemmings & Snowflakes?
Holly Bourne
£7.99
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Challenger Deep
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Challenger Deep
Neal Shusterman
£7.99
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Summer Bird Blue
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Summer Bird Blue
Akemi Dawn Bowman
£8.99
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Dyslexia and Me (Mindful Kids)
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Dyslexia and Me (Mindful Kids)
Amy Rainbow
£9.99
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Guts
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Guts
Raina Telgemeier
£9.99
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The Teenage Guide to Stress
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The Teenage Guide to Stress
Nicola Morgan
£8.99
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Books on Loss for Younger Readers

Goodnight Mister Tom
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Goodnight Mister Tom
Michelle Magorian
£7.99
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The Secret Garden
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The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
£6.99
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A Monster Calls
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A Monster Calls
Patrick Ness
£9.99
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The Velveteen Rabbit
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The Velveteen Rabbit
Margery Williams
£8.99
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The Invisible String
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The Invisible String
Patrice Karst
£6.99
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Grandad's Island
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Grandad's Island
Benji Davies
£6.99
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Badger's Parting Gifts
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Badger's Parting Gifts
Susan Varley
£7.99
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Goodbye Mog
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Goodbye Mog
Judith Kerr
£6.99
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The Memory Tree
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The Memory Tree
Britta Teckentrup
£6.99
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No Matter What
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No Matter What
Debi Gliori
£7.99
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Bridge to Terabithia
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Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson
£7.99
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The Heart and the Bottle
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The Heart and the Bottle
Oliver Jeffers
£7.99
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The Goodbye Book
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The Goodbye Book
Todd Parr
£12.99
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Duck, Death and the Tulip
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Duck, Death and the Tulip
Wolf Erlbruch
£8.99
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Granpa
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Granpa
John Burningham
£7.99
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A First Look At: Death: I Miss You
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A First Look At: Death: I Miss You
Pat Thomas
£7.99
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Rabbityness
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Rabbityness
Jo Empson
£7.99
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Mum's Jumper
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Mum's Jumper
Jayde Perkin
£8.99
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Books on Anxiety & Depression for Younger Readers

The Worrysaurus
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The Worrysaurus
Rachel Bright
£6.99
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The Colour Monster
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The Colour Monster
Anna Llenas
£6.99
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Ruby's Worry
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Ruby's Worry
Tom Percival
£6.99
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The Huge Bag of Worries
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The Huge Bag of Worries
Virginia Ironside
£6.99
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The Great Big Book of Feelings
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The Great Big Book of Feelings
Mary Hoffman
£9.99
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Michael Rosen's Sad Book
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Michael Rosen's Sad Book
Michael Rosen
£7.99
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No Worries! Mindful Kids
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No Worries! Mindful Kids
Lily Murray
£9.99
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The Worry Jar
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The Worry Jar
Lou John
£7.99
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When Sadness Comes to Call
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When Sadness Comes to Call
Eva Eland
£7.99
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My Monster and Me
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My Monster and Me
Nadiya Hussain
£6.99
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Tough Guys (Have Feelings Too)
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Tough Guys (Have Feelings Too)
Keith Negley
£7.99
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The Colour Thief
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The Colour Thief
Andrew Fusek Peters
£6.99
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Me and My Fear
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Me and My Fear
Francesca Sanna
£8.99
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The Worry Box
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The Worry Box
Suzanne Chiew
£7.99
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My Anxious Mind
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My Anxious Mind
Michael A. Tompkins
£14.50
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Meh
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Meh
Deborah Malcolm
£8.99
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Bob's Blue Period
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Bob's Blue Period
Marion Deuchars
£10.99
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The Princess and the Fog
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The Princess and the Fog
Anthony Lloyd Jones
£10.99
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Books with LGBTQ+ Themes for Younger Readers

ABC Pride
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ABC Pride
Louie Stowell
£9.99
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Julian Is a Mermaid
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Julian Is a Mermaid
Jessica Love
£7.99
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Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow
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Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow
Benjamin Dean
£7.99
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Mister Seahorse
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Mister Seahorse
Eric Carle
£7.99
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Love Makes a Family
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Love Makes a Family
Sophie Beer
£6.99
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And Tango Makes Three
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And Tango Makes Three
Justin Richardson
£7.99
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My Daddies!
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My Daddies!
Gareth Peter
£6.99
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'Twas the Night Before Pride
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'Twas the Night Before Pride
Joanna McClintick
£12.99
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Mommy, Mama, and Me
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Mommy, Mama, and Me
Leslea Newman
£7.99   £6.99
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Proud of Me
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Proud of Me
Sarah Hagger-Holt
£6.99
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Heather Has Two Mummies
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Heather Has Two Mummies
Leslea Newman
£7.99
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Uncle Bobby's Wedding
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Uncle Bobby's Wedding
Sarah Brannen
£6.99
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Red
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Red
Michael Hall
£12.99
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I Am Jazz
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I Am Jazz
Jessica Herthel
£12.99
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Pink Is for Boys
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Pink Is for Boys
Robb Pearlman
£6.99
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Pride
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Pride
Rob Sanders
£14.99
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Grandad's Pride
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Grandad's Pride
Harry Woodgate
£12.99
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Juliet Takes a Breath
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Juliet Takes a Breath
Gabby Rivera
£7.99
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Books on Puberty and Growing Up for Younger Readers

A Different Sort of Normal
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A Different Sort of Normal
Abigail Balfe
£8.99
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The Art of Being A Brilliant Teenager
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The Art of Being A Brilliant Teenager
A Cope
£10.99
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Sex, Puberty and All That Stuff
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Sex, Puberty and All That Stuff
Jacqui Bailey
£8.99
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'Mum, What's Wrong with You?'
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'Mum, What's Wrong with You?'
Lorraine Candy
£9.99
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How to Grow Up and Feel Amazing!
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How to Grow Up and Feel Amazing!
Dr. Ranj Singh
£9.99
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Welcome to Your Period
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Welcome to Your Period
Yumi Stynes
£9.99
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The Puberty Book
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The Puberty Book
Wendy Darvill
£9.99
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It's My Body
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It's My Body
Victoria Brooker
£8.99
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The Period Book
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The Period Book
Karen Gravelle
£9.99
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Help Your Kids with Growing Up
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Help Your Kids with Growing Up
Robert Winston
£14.99
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Hair In Funny Places
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Hair In Funny Places
Babette Cole
£7.99
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Sarah Ann Juckes Recommends Her Top Children's Novels That Deal with Mental Health

Sarah Ann Juckes Recommends Her Top Children's Novels That Deal with Mental Health

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