Book tips for children: challenging topics and emotional skills

On this page you will find children's picture books and picture information books on various challenging topics, such as bullying, parental separation, war and death. In addition, the lists include books to support children's emotional education. Books help deal with things in a way that a child can understand. The book lists are compiled in the Heili online library; you can see them by clicking on the links below.

Most of the books on the lists have been published after 2010. Older books on these topics can be found in Päivi Heikkilä-Halttunen's work Mint, Jason and Troll Tail (Key, 2010).

Diversity

Harassment

Many types of families and relationships

Family problems

Divorce

Death

Safety education, luring, exploitation

Diversity of gender

Gender neutral books

Pregnancy and childbirth

War, refugee, peace

Climate change