Books like From Far Away
By Robert Munsch
For the kid navigating something new and scary — a first day of school, a new country, a new language — this story says: what you're feeling has a name, and it makes sense. Tender, honest, quietly brave
A young turtle is afraid of the dark inside his own shell, so he sets off asking other animals for help, only to discover that a bird, a polar bear, and a duck all have fears of their own.
A young girl is separated from her mother at the last moment and must sail to America alone, only to discover the address for her family in New York has smudged into illegible ink.
A small boy who lives next door to a nursing home learns that his elderly friend Miss Nancy has lost her memory, and sets out to discover what a memory actually is so he can help her find hers again.
A young Armenian boy leaves behind his home and everyone he has known to search for refuge, carrying his story until he finally finds the courage to share it.
A young raccoon witnesses something terrible and tries to forget it, but worry, bad dreams, and anger follow — until a counselor named Ms. Maple helps him talk about what happened.
A young raccoon dreads his first day of school until his mother teaches him a secret family trick — a kiss pressed into his palm — to carry her love with him into the unknown.
A boy who's passed his swim test insists he's ready to jump off the diving board, then finds himself stalling with stretches and stories while working up the nerve to actually do it.
A zookeeper spends every day visiting his animal friends — racing the tortoise, sitting with the shy penguin, reading to the owl — until he wakes up too sick to come, and they decide to visit him instead.
A young llama starts his first day of preschool, and once Mama leaves for work, the new teacher, new toys, and roomful of noisy kids feel like too much all at once.
A boy decides it's time to face the nightmare that lives in his closet each night, armed only with a toy gun and his own nerve.
A young bear and his father head home through the snowy woods after a long walk, but strange sounds along the way make Little Bear afraid until Big Bear helps him feel safe again.
On his first day at a new school, a shy boy named Yefferson hears his name mispronounced again and again, until his family helps him find the courage to speak up for himself.
