Children's Books for When the World is Scary

There are a lot of terrible things happening in the world right now. Your kids may hear about it on the news or at school and chances are they will have questions or become frightened. Here at the library, we have some great book suggestions to help open dialogue about these scary times. Books about hope, kindness, and love. This is a good opportunity to explain to kids why some people do bad things, but that not all people are bad.

The Peace Book by Todd Parr

If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson

Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson

14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy

What's Love? by Shelley Rotner

Peace is an Offering by Annette LeBox

The Peace Tree From Hiroshima by Sandra Moore

What Does it Mean to be Kind? by Rana DiOrio

Andy and the Lion by James Henry Daugherty

Children Just Like Me by Barnabas Kindersley

How to Say it to Your Child When Bad Things Happen by Paul W. Coleman

Jenny is Scared: When Sad Things Happen in the World by Carol Shuman