The Nurtured Family Library
Welcome to The Nurtured Family Resource Library, a thoughtfully curated collection of books and resources designed to support children, teens, parents, caregivers, and families through the many seasons of growing together.
Here, you’ll find trusted resources covering everything from big feelings, friendships, and family transitions to grief, anxiety, identity, parenting, development, and more. Each resource has been selected with care to offer practical guidance, meaningful connection, and age-appropriate support for the moments when you may be looking for a little extra help.
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ADHD & Neurodiversity
Different Thinkers: ADHD is an accessible, affirming guide that helps children better understand how ADHD can shape the way they think, feel, learn, and experience the world. With relatable explanations and a strengths-based approach, the book explores common ADHD experiences while encouraging kids to recognize what makes their brains unique. It offers reassurance, practical understanding, and a positive message that thinking differently can come with both challenges and incredible strengths.
Written in playful rhyme and filled with humor, this empowering picture book helps young readers with ADHD feel seen, understood, and confident in embracing the unique ways their brains work.
The Boy with Big, Big Feelings is a heartfelt story about a boy whose emotions feel larger than life. Whether he’s bursting with joy, overwhelmed by sadness, or feeling everything in between, his feelings are impossible to hide. Through colorful, expressive storytelling, the book helps children understand that having big emotions is nothing to be ashamed of and that sharing those feelings can help us feel less alone.
Using the analogy of a racecar, this approachable picture book helps children understand how a neurodivergent brain may work while introducing simple tools for self-regulation and opening conversations about their individual needs.
A compassionate and practical guide to understanding the ADHD brain, managing emotions, and developing strategies that work with, rather than against, the way your brain is wired.
Family Changes & Divorce
A practical guide that helps kids navigate life after separation or divorce, from adjusting to two homes and different routines to managing difficult feelings and staying out of conflict between parents.
A warm and reassuring story that helps children adjust to having two homes while reinforcing one important message: no matter which parent they are with, they are always loved.
A reassuring story that helps children navigate big changes in their family while reminding them that they are safe, loved, and supported even when things around them change.
A practical and reassuring guide that helps children understand divorce, the changes it can bring, and the many feelings that may come with adjusting to a new family structure.
A reassuring story that helps children express the complicated feelings that can come after being separated from a parent or caregiver and supports families as they reconnect.
For Parents
A practical guide that helps parents understand how a child’s developing brain influences emotions and behavior, with strategies for navigating everyday challenges and building emotional resilience.
A practical, research-informed guide to recognizing anxiety in elementary-age students and creating supportive school environments that help children manage stress and build resilience.
A practical, evidence-based guide that teaches parents how to support children with anxiety and OCD by changing their own responses to anxious behaviors and building confidence in their child’s ability to cope.
A practical, data-driven guide that helps parents make more thoughtful decisions about school, activities, health, family routines, and the increasingly complex logistics of raising school-age children.
A data-driven guide to pregnancy that helps expecting parents understand the research behind common recommendations and make more informed, confident decisions.
A data-driven guide to the early years of parenting that helps parents sort through conflicting advice and make informed decisions that work for their individual families.
Friendship & Social Skills
A relatable story that helps children recognize when they’re blaming others and learn how taking responsibility for their choices can turn mistakes into opportunities for problem-solving.
A playful story that helps children understand how to make new friends, join in with others, and practice the social skills that help friendships grow.
A wordless picture book that explores both sides of a conflict, helping children understand the importance of taking responsibility, apologizing, and being open to forgiveness.
A playful picture book that helps children understand consent, personal space, and how to show affection while respecting the boundaries of others.
A reassuring story that teaches young children that feeling angry is okay while introducing healthy ways to manage big emotions, work through conflict, and make things right.
Grief & Loss
A tender story that helps children navigate the uncertainty and complicated emotions that come with a loved one’s serious illness and approaching death.
A gentle, straightforward book that helps young children understand death and recognize that grief, sadness, and other difficult feelings are normal after losing someone they love.
A heartfelt story that helps children process the loss of someone they love by creating a memory box filled with meaningful objects and memories.
A straightforward and compassionate guide that answers children’s common questions about death while offering practical ways to understand and cope with grief.
A straightforward and reassuring guide that helps young children understand death, the feelings that can come with losing someone, and the different ways families say goodbye and remember the people they love.
Growing Up & Body Image
A research-backed guide that challenges appearance-focused ideas about body image and helps readers build a healthier relationship with their bodies based on what they can do, experience, and accomplish.
A powerful novel in verse about a young girl learning to reject the hurtful messages she receives about her body, advocate for herself, and embrace her right to take up space.
An approachable guide to puberty and growing up that answers common questions about changing bodies, hygiene, emotions, acne, shaving, voice changes, and more.
An in-depth guide to the physical and emotional changes of puberty, helping older kids navigate periods, changing bodies, personal care, peer pressure, and the next stages of growing up.
An approachable guide to puberty and growing up that answers common questions about changing bodies, personal care, periods, skin, hair, nutrition, and more.
Identity & Belonging
A warm, beautifully illustrated story about a young girl who discovers the family history behind her long name and learns how the people and stories that came before her are part of her own identity.
An uplifting story about embracing what makes you different and finding the confidence to be yourself, even when standing out feels a little scary.
A warm, affirming book that reminds young children they are lovable just as they are while helping build a foundation of confidence, self-esteem, and emotional well-being.
A colorful and thoughtful story about a crayon who struggles to meet others’ expectations until he discovers the freedom and confidence that come from embracing who he truly is.
Sadness & Depression
A sensitive picture book that uses the image of a dark cloud to help children understand what depression can feel like and find ways to express and cope with difficult emotions.
A tender picture book that helps children understand what depression can feel like while showing the importance of patience, listening, and expressing what they need.
A thoughtful picture book that uses the metaphor of a fog to help children understand what depression can feel like, while offering reassurance that support can help things begin to feel better.
A sensitive picture book that helps children understand what it can feel like when a parent experiences depression, while reassuring them that their parent’s illness is not their fault.
A gentle, beautifully illustrated story that helps children understand sadness by imagining it as a visitor, encouraging them to acknowledge the feeling rather than push it away.
Trauma & Healing
A sensitive and reassuring guide that helps children understand their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors after a traumatic experience while introducing practical strategies for feeling safer and more confident.
An inspiring story about finding the courage to face fears after a frightening experience and discovering that healing can open the door to new possibilities.
A comforting story that helps children understand how frightening experiences can leave big feelings behind, while showing how connection, support, and expressing emotions can help with healing.
A heartfelt story about two siblings recovering after a hurricane, offering children a gentle way to understand how frightening experiences can affect us and how connection, imagination, and support can help us heal.
A gentle story that helps children understand and express the confusing emotions that can surface after witnessing or experiencing something frightening or traumatic.
Worry & Anxiety
A practical guide that helps children understand how the news works, put frightening stories into perspective, and develop tools for managing anxiety around current events.
A gentle story that helps children recognize their worries and understand that talking about what’s bothering them can make those worries feel smaller and more manageable.
A reassuring story that helps children understand that worries can feel overwhelming when kept inside, and that sharing their fears with someone they trust can make them easier to manage.
A playful and reassuring story that helps young children recognize their worries and discover ways to manage anxious feelings before they take over.
A comforting story that helps children understand that they remain connected to the people they love, even when they can’t physically be together.
Miscellaneous
A playful, reassuring introduction to therapy that helps children understand what to expect, from meeting a therapist to playing, talking, drawing, and learning ways to manage big feelings.