
7 Books to Help Girls Overcome Anxiety, Fear + Worry + Other Feelings
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My oldest daughter, my 5-year-old, is a worrier. She always has been ever since she was a baby + toddler. I see it creeping into the 3-year-old too now. We checked out some of these books to help her work through some of her worry + fear.
Toddlers + kids are a ball of emotions. They are learning what feelings are + how to deal with them — whether it is being angry, sad, frustrated, or something else. I’ve read all of these books to my girls + I think it has helped them learn about their emotions + given them some tools to deal with them — even as young girls.
In most of these books (but not all) the main character is a girl. I think this helps girls to relate to what’s going on even more so than if it was a boy (although I don’t think if the characters were/are boys that they totally dismiss the lessons).
1. Wilma Jean the Worry Machine
Both of my older girls loved this book. It rhymed + I think the oldest one could relate a lot to what Wilma Jean worried about. My oldest has overcome it now, but she had some anxiety around starting Kindergarten this year. This book touches on worrying about things at school. I think it truly helped her to deal with some of the fear + overcome it.
2. What to Do When You Worry Too Much
This book is another great option for kids to learn how to deal with worry + to overcome the battle of worrying. We read it at the start of Kindergarten so I think it might have been a little too over my daughter’s head at that point. I do think the book does a great job of giving real-world examples + activities kids can do (it has some workbook style activities in it) to take them step-by-step through the process of saying goodbye to their worry.
3. My Many Colored Days
My Many Colored Days is a Dr. Seuss book about feelings. It uses colors to explain emotions or feelings that young kids might have. It’s a great book for letting kids know that everyone has sad days, happy days + other kinds of days — + that having all of these days (feeling all of these emotions) is A-OK.
4. In My Heart
Another great book that walks kids through all of the feelings they experience. Beyond the lessons the book holds, the illustrations are fun for kids. The HUGE rainbow die-cut heart on the front cover that goes all the way through the book is a big hit, too.
5. Bernice Gets Carried Away
My 3-year-old especially enjoys this book. It’s about a cat who is having a bad day + what she does to turn her bad day around. A series of events happen to Bernice that create a bad day in her mind. Then, Bernice springs into action to create a series of events that turn her bad day into a good day. It’s great at illustrating how you have control over your feelings + can do something about them.
6. The Way I Feel Sometimes

This book is more like a series of poems that tackle various situations + how you might feel about these situations. Being mad, scared, worried or how a child might feel when there is a new baby in the house are but some of the emotions covered in this book. This is a book that you can read from beginning to end or pick + choose the feelings you might want to tackle with your child.
7. Grumpy Pants
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this book + so do my girls. It’s about a grumpy penguin. (I LOVE penguins so it might be one of the reasons I like this book so much). He can’t seem to shake off his grumpiness + he isn’t even sure why he is grumpy. Then, he does a bunch of things he likes to do like take a cold bath, drink hot cocoa, read his favorite book + fall asleep with his favorite teddy bear. He also tells himself that tomorrow is another day + it’ll be a better day.
If you’ve read any of these books with your kid, what did you + the kids think? Are there any other books you’d suggest for kids?


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10 Comments
Kayla
Hi Kristie,
Awesome post! I truly am happy that you shed more light on the fact that kids have anxiety and you also provided amazing books to help overcome their anxiety and more. I might need to get these books just for myself lol.
xoxo,
Kayla | Mommy Blogger | My Motherhood Made Easy
girlmom
Reading them with the girls helped me as much as it helped them 🙂
Lydia
Amazing list. I wouldn’t have known about these books otherwise this is so helpful!
Reese J
I so needed this list! I have 3 girls, two of them are 10 and the other is 3. It can be super hard sifting thru their emotions and helping them through difficult situations. I will be checking these out!
Caitlin
Love these ideas! I always struggled with worry and anxiety growing up. I definitely want to be sensitive to this with my daughter!
Victoria
Great post. This is going to help so many parents and kids!
Elizabeth | Tired Mom Supermom
This is great! My son has anxiety and I’m definitely checking out some of these books.
Anji
What a wonderful source for a world of uncertainty and fear for our children. Thanks for sharing.
Julia
This is brilliant – I totally need this (technically for my son, but I imagine some of them will work).
Sonja | Too Much Character
I love this list that you have compiled. It is so important to help our kiddos learn about their emotions and what their body does when it gets stressed at a young age. I will have to check out these books to share with my little ones!