Books We Love

BOOKS WE LOVE

The clinicians at Sasco River Center have carefully curated this list of books to support our clients and their families. Each selection offers practical guidance and valuable insights on navigating challenges such as anxiety, grief, trauma, parenting, and more.

We hope these resources offer support and encouragement. If you have any questions or need further guidance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our team at Sasco River Center—we’re here to help.

Staff Author

• Who Are You & What Have You Done with My Kid?: Connect with Your Tween While They Are Still Listening – Amanda Craig, Phd, LMFT

Overcoming Adversity and Personal Growth

• Surviving Storms – Mark Nepo
• The Comfort Crisis – Michael Easter
• Daring Greatly – Brené Brown
• Radical Acceptance – Tara Brach
• Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy – Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
• The Best Minds – Jonathan Rosen

Sleep and Mental Health

• Why We Sleep – Matthew Walker
• The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel van der Kolk
• It’s OK That You’re Not OK – Megan Devine
• The Orchid and the Dandelion – W. Thomas Boyce, MD

Parenting and Caregiving

• The Power of Showing Up – Daniel Siegel et al.
• Freeing Your Child from Negative Thinking – Tamar Chansky, PhD
• Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD – Eli Lebowitz, PhD
• Smart but Scattered – Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
• Smart but Scattered Teens – Richard Guare, Peg Dawson, and Colin Guare
• Flooded: A Brain-Based Guide to Help Children Regulate Emotions – Allison Edwards
• Raising Securely Attached Kids: Using Connection-Focused Parenting to Create Confidence, Empathy and Resilience – Eli Harwood
• Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behaviour and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids – Mona Delahooke
• The Whole-Brain Child– Daniel Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.
• No Drama-Discipline – Daniel Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.
• Superpowered: Transform Anxiety into Courage, Confidence, and Resilience – Renee Jain and Dr. Shefali Tsabary

Children’s Books and Workbooks on Anxiety, OCD, and Perfectionism

• What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety – Dawn Huebner
• Hey Warrior – Karen Young
• What To Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck – Dawn Huebner
• Stuff That’s Loud – Ben Sedley
• Beautiful Oops – Barney Saltzberg
• The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes – Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein
• Perfectly Norman – Tom Percival
• The Book of Mistakes – Corinna Luyken
• What to Do When Mistakes Make You Quake – Claire A. B. Freeland and Jacqueline B. Toner

Grief (Children’s Books)

• I Miss You: A First Look at Death – Pat Thomas
• The Invisible String – Patrice Karst
• One Wave at a Time: A Story About Grief and Healing – Holly Thompson
• When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death – Laurie Krasny Brown, Marc Brown
• I’ll Always Love You – Hans Wilhelm

Parenting (General)

• Get Out of My Life… But First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall? – Anthony E. Wolf
• I’d Listen to My Parents If They’d Just Shut Up – Anthony E. Wolf
• How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk – Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish