Books like I Am Okay to Feel
By Karamo Brown
For the kid who bottles up big feelings until they spill over, this book hands them the words — and a dad who's working through it right alongside them. gentle, reassuring, quietly emotional
A young military child named Lily has to say goodbye to her Navy Daddy for a deployment that feels like a billion days, and must find her way through the swirl of hard feelings until she can joyfully welcome him home.
A true portrait of an enslaved man in 1800s South Carolina who became a master potter, shaping massive clay jars and carving his own poetry into them despite the world telling him he had no voice.
A young boy asks his grandma where God is in their city, so she teaches him to look for kindness, patience, and love in the people around him.
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 beaver named Buckley carves small wooden boats and sends them out to sea, each one carrying a note to the father he's lost.
Four small animals — a yellow bird, a white dog, an orange fox, and a brown squirrel — each face a little setback in one day, until something good turns things around for all of them.
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 day in the life of family and friends unfolds from morning to night, moving from a tiny shell on the beach to the wide, darkening sunset sky.
A young military child must say goodbye to her deployed Daddy for what feels like a billion days, and has to find ways to feel connected to him and cope with her scary swirl of feelings until he comes home.
A Black child moves through a year of feelings, from summertime joy on his skateboard to the fear, anger, grief, and eventual peace that follow a police shooting in his community.
A rhyming, day-in-the-life look at a school where kids from every background arrive, share their traditions and talents, and are welcomed exactly as they are.
A boy leaving New York City and a girl leaving Mexico City each face the same nervous questions about their move — will they make friends, what will they eat, where will they play?
