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    12 Therapy-Positive Middle Grade Books

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    October 1 – 7 is Mental Illness Awareness Week and to boost the openness and acceptability of mental health, I’m sharing 12 therapy-positive middle grade books. I’ve got a number of other book lists available including 16 Middle Grade Books About Mental Health and 9 Middle Grade Books for World…

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    12 Middle Grade Titles About Characters with Anxiety

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    The past two years have been a lot. And that’s putting it mildly. It’s not surprising that many kids might be feeling more anxious, these 12 Middle Grade Titles About Characters with Anxiety might help some kids see themselves in the books in their life. I tried when creating this…

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    16 Middle Grade Books About Mental Health

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    After a surprising announcement from Simone Biles who pulled out of the team finals at the Olympics, I thought it was an ideal time to feature some middle grade titles featuring children and teens (siblings) with mental illness. Although no longer the taboo subject from even ten years ago, mental…

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    9 Middle Grade Books for World Mental Health Day

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    It’s World Mental Health Day. Sadly, so many people struggle with mental health because there is not a lot of information widely available for people to turn toward. Mental health was (and still is) kept quiet about as if it’s a secret. Don’t get me wrong, the entire world doesn’t…