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Parents' Primer: Fears

OTHER BOOKS ABOUT FEARS

Note: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J	Dragonwagon, Crescent	Will It Be Okay? A mother comforts a child about her special fears concerning dogs, thunder, snakes, and other things.	1977
J	Giff, Patricia Reilly	Purple Climbing Days (Kids of Polk Street School #9) With the help of the meanest substitute teacher in the whole school, Richard "Beast" Best learns a lesson about fear.	1985
J152.46 BINGH	Bingham, Jane	Everybody Feels…Scared Enumerates common fears and how to counteract them.	2008
J152.46 CRARY	Crary, Elizabeth	I'm Scared Suggests strategies for helping children decide whether a fear is reasonable and for distinguishing the constructive responses from the destructive.	1994
J152.46 CRIST	Crist, James	What to Do when You're Scared and Worried: A Guide for Kids From a dread of spiders to panic attacks, kids have worries and fears, just like adults. This is a book kids can turn to when they need advice, reassurance, and ideas. They'll find out where fears and worries come from, practice Fear Chasers and Worry Erasers, and learn to seek help for hard-to-handle fears they can't manage on their own.	2004
J152.46 GRAVE	Graves, Sue	Who Feels Scared?	2011
J155.4 KREIN	Kreiner, Anna	Let's Talk About Being Afraid A simple introduction to what causes fear and how to handle being afraid.	1996
J155.4 WATSO	Watson, Jane Werner	Sometimes I'm Afraid A three-year-old describes some of the things he is afraid of and how his parents help quiet his fears.	1986
J155.41246 BURON	Buron, Kari Dunn	When My Worries Get Too Big! : A Relaxation Book for Children Who Live with Anxiety Presents ways for young children with anxiety to recognize when they are losing control and constructive ways to deal with it.	2006
J155.41246 HUEBN	Huebner, Dawn	What to Do When You Worry Too Much : A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety Teaches school-age children cognitive-behavioral techniques to reduce and overcome anxiety, fears, and worry, through writing and drawing activities and self-help exercises and strategies. Includes introduction for parents--Provided by publisher.	2006
J615.85154 WOODS	Woods, Alana	The Healing Touch of Music	2003
JE ADAMS	Adams, Michelle	I Will Not Be Afraid Storms. Strangers. The dark. Childhood fears are common but they don't have to be a problem. This picture book helps 4-to-7-year-old face their fears with the confidence that God promises to be with them, protect them, and be gracious to them.--Cover back.	2008
JE BAKAS	Bakas, Demetra	Black-Eyed Susan When Susan tells her teacher why she has been coming to school with injuries, the family is assigned to a social worker, who takes the girl, her brother and her mother to a shelter while their abusive father undergoes therapy.	2000
JE	Baumgart, Klaus	Don't Be Afraid, Tommy Tommy, who is afraid of absolutely everything, deals with his fears by teaching his new puppy how to face all the things he himself is afraid of.	1998
JE	Boelts, Maribeth	Sometimes I'm Afraid: [A Book About Fear] Three different children are helped by caring adults to use prayer to deal with frightful feelings, including fear of storms, fear of dark, and fear of the unknown.	2004
JE BRIGH	Bright, Paul	The Bears in the Bed and the Great Big Storm One by one, three young bears crawl into Bear and Mrs. Bear's bed during a thunderstorm, certain they hear monsters outside, and although Bear tells each that monsters are not real, he later changes his mind.	2008
JE CAIN	Cain, Barbara	I Don't Know Why--- I Guess I'm Shy Having been worried about bothering his neighbors by talking to them, a shy boy searches the neighborhood for his lost dog and finds the courage to speak.	2000
JE	Cantor, Joanne	Teddy's TV Troubles Teddy is frightened by something he saw on television and his mother soothes his fears with a series of calming, fun-filled activities.	2004
JE	Carrick, Carol	Dark and Full of Secrets Christopher drifts too far away from shore while snorkeling in the pond, then panics when he can't touch bottom. His dog comes to his rescue.	1984
JE	Davis, Katie	Scared Stiff A little girl devises a clever way to face her fears and discovers that she really doesn't have anything to be afraid of.	2001
JE	Gay, Michel	Zee Is Not Scared When Zee the zebra's parents will not let him watch a scary movie, he decides to be a ghost himself.	2004
JE	Golembe, Carla	Dog Magic Molly Gail loves all kinds of animals, but she is afraid of dogs--until, on her seventh birthday, she gets such beautiful shoes that she forgets her fear.	1992
JE GRAVE	Gravett, Emily	Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears Little Mouse draws pictures of some of the many things he is afraid of, including creepy crawlies, sharp knives, and having accidents, and provides the correct scientific name for each of his fears.	2008
JE	Grindley, Sally	Elephant Small Is Lost Elephant Small is lost. When Mama Elephant couldn't find him, she enlisted the help of Jolly Dog.	1999
JE HARLO	Harlow, Joan Hiatt	Shadow Bear An Eskimo child and a polar bear cub encounter each other's shadows, made tall in the sun, and while running away in fear, come to realize the other one is also scared.	1981
JE HEIDE	Heide, Florence Parry	Some Things Are Scary: [No Matter How Old You Are] A list of scary things includes "roller skating down hill when you haven't learned how to stop, getting hugged by somebody you don't like, and finding out your best friend has a best friend who isn't you."	2003
JE HENDR	Hendry, Diana	The Very Noisy Night Disturbed by the many peculiar sounds he hears while trying to get to sleep, Little Mouse repeatedly asks to get into bed with Big Mouse.	1999
JE HOLME	Holmes, Margaret M.	A Terrible Thing Happened After Sherman sees something terrible happen, he becomes anxious and then angry, but when a counselor helps him talk about these emotions he feels better.	2000
JE	Jackson, Jean	Big Lips and Hairy Arms: A Monster Story While having dinner together, two monsters get scared when they start receiving mysterious telephone calls.	1998
JE	Jacobson, Jennifer	A Net of Stars When the carnival comes to town, Etta finds an ingenious way to overcome her fear of heights.	1998
JE JENKI	Jenkins, Emily	The Little Bit Scary People Some people are a little bit strange or a little too loud, and just a little bit scary. But I bet, if you knew them, and knew their favorite things, you'd think that maybe, (probably) most people aren't so scary after all.	2008
JE	Lears, Laurie	Ben Has Something to Say: A Story About Stuttering In order to help a neglected dog which he sees at a junkyard, Ben, who stutters, begins to confront his fear of speaking.	2000
JE LESTE	Lester, Helen	Something Might Happen Twitchly Fidget the lemur worries about almost everything until his Aunt Bridget Fidget pays him a visit and shows him another way to live.	2003
JE	Little, Jean	Jess Was the Brave One Even though she is the elder, Claire isn't as brave as her sister, Jess.	1991
JE LUTTR (Holiday)	Luttrell, William	Redheaded Robbie's Christmas Story Every time Robbie gets excited his words come out all wrong, and when he is selected to write and tell a special Christmas story at the school assembly, he needs plenty of help from his friends.	2003
JE	Martin, Rafe	Foolish Rabbit's Big Mistake As all the animals panic and flee at little rabbit's announcement that the earth is breaking up, a brave lion steps in and brings sense to the situation.	1985
JE MITCH	Mitchell, Lesli	Party Train Written and illustrated for young children with developmental delays especially in the areas of speech and language. Based on behavioral techniques, the story is written by a parent who used the same principles to teach her child to speak.	2001
JE	Moers, Hermann	Katie and the Big Brave Bear When Katie is left alone briefly at home, a big bear emerges from a book she is reading, and they venture out of the apartment to confront a variety of Katie’s fears.	1995
JE RIECK	Riecken, Nancy	Andrew's Own Place A young boy becomes worried when his daily routine is upset by the family's trip to the woods.	1993
JE ROBBE	Robberecht, Thierry	Sam Is Never Scared Sam feels fearless compared to Max who is afraid of climbing trees and watching scary movies, until Sam learns that everyone is afraid of something.	2006
JE	Roche, Denis	Brave Georgie Goat: Three Little Stories About Growing Up Three stories in which Georgie Goat overcomes her anxieties to be become more self-reliant.	1997
JE ROSE	Rose, Gill	The Scary Movie When Claire has trouble sleeping and has nightmares, she is sorry that she watched a frightening video.	2005
JE RYLAN	Rylant, Cynthia	The Stars Will Shine Shining stars, flowers that bloom, love . . . the constants of a beautiful world are celebrated in this comforting book. Graced by Cynthia Rylant's lyrical words and Tiphanie Beeke's luminous art, this gentle, life-affirming book reassures us all that, even in uncertain times, every day of every year offers good things that will bring us joy.	2005
JE	Schuurmans, Hilde	Sidney Won't Swim Sidney says that swimming is stupid to disguise the fact that he is afraid, but with the help of his friends and an understanding instructor, he learns that swimming can be fun.	2001
JE SCIESZ	Scieszka, Jon	Melvin Might? Melvin, a cautious cement mixer, worries that he can't keep up with the other trucks, but when Rescue Rita needs to be rescued, he overcomes his worries and fears in order to help her. Trucktown Series	2008
JE	Spelman, Cornelia Maude	When I Feel Scared A child describes situations that bring about fear, how it feels to be scared, and what can make things better.	2002
JE SPINE	Spinelli, Eileen	A Safe Place Called Home While walking home from school, a young boy experiences many scary things, both imaginary and real, and looks forward to being safe and snug at home with his parents.	2001
JE STAY		Stay Out of the Graveyard ...reinforces children's abilities to deal with their fears. Every ending is happy, funny, and shows kids that being alone in the dark can be fun.	1997
JE THALE	Thaler, Mike	The Dentist From the Black Lagoon A boy learns that a dentist will be visiting his school. He hears scary rumors about the dentist, but discovers there is no reason to be afraid of dentists.	2008
JE WILSO	Wilson, Karma	Bear Feels Scared Bear's animal friends come to his rescue when he becomes lost and frightened in the woods.	2008
JE WOLFF	Wolff, Ferida	Is A Worry Worrying You? This book addresses children's worries with humor and imagination, as hilarious scenarios teach kids the use of perspective and the art of creative problem-solving.	2005
JE YAMAM	Yamamura, Anji	Hannah Duck Most days, Hannah Duck is peaceful and content...most days, but not Sundays. Sundays are the days that Hannah Duck goes for a walk. And outside, alone, is a very scary place to be. But when Hannah confides in her friends and faces her fears, she discovers that being brave can open new worlds of friendship and beauty (not to mention the park gates).	2008
JER HALL	Hall, Kirsten	I'm Not Scared Two boys who are not afraid of heights, bees, snakes, or the dark need some reassurance when they hear noises while camping at night.	2003
JER REMKI	Remkiewicz, Frank	Gus Gets Scared Easy-to-read text follows young Gus on his first, somewhat frightening, campout.	2010
JER	Ross, Pat	M and M and the Haunted House Game When Mimi and Mandy try to scare someone as part of a game, they are the ones who are frightened.	1980
JER	Wilhelm, Hans	I Am Lost A little dog gets lost and learns to find his way home again.	1997
J BOARDBK SPELM	Spelman, Cornelia Maude	When I Feel Scared A young bear describes situations that bring about fear, how it feels to be scared, and what can make things better.	2010
PTC J372.17 GRACE	Grace, Cathy	After the Crisis : Using Storybooks to Help Children Cope Support children after: Earthquakes, epidemics and mass casualty incidents, fires and explosions, floods, hurricanes, shelter experiences, tornadoes and major storms, volcanic eruptions.	2010
PTC J616.85223 ZUCKE	Zucker, Bonnie	Anxiety Free Kids: An Interactive Guide for Parents and Children Contents: Welcome to anxiety-free kids -- Introduction -- A note for your therapist -- Anxiety : what it is and what to do about it -- Making your team and team goals -- Relaxing the body -- Conquer your worries -- Changing your thoughts -- Changing behaviors : facing your fears -- Keep facing your fears -- Lessons learned : celebrate yourself -- Motivating your child -- Special sections.	2009

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