Parenting advice: Books to help with raising every sort of family
These booklists will help you tackle some of the challenges of raising a family. You can reserve these books for collection from any Suffolk Library for free using your library card online or by contacting us.
Young adults: wellbeing and resilience
Help and advice on wellbeing and resilience for young adults and teenagers.
Young adults: Sex and gender
Advice and guidance books on sex education, sexuality and gender identity for young adults and teenagers.
Young adults: Mental health
Books which explore mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, OCD and ADHD for young adults and teenagers.
Understanding young adults: Parenting advice
Self-help advice for parents and carers raising young adults and teenagers.
Understanding cancer
Fiction and non-fiction for children of all ages to help explore and explain issues around cancer.
Telling the truth
Books to help explore the rights and wrongs of making things up.
Tantrums
Self-help and stories to help tackle tantrums.
Talking about feelings
Books to help children talk about their feelings.
Staying safe online
Books to help children stay safe online and talk about any worries they may have about the internet.
Starting school or nursery
Reassuring books to help prepare children for their first day of school or nursery.
Sleep
Self-help books on sleep-training, getting your child to sleep and bedtime stories to share.
Sibling rivalry
Books to help children to understand and get along with their brothers and sisters.
Sharing
Books to help children share their things with others.
Resilience and wellbeing
Books to help children become more resilient, calm, happy and confident in themselves.
Potty training
Funny stories for children and advice for parents to support potty training and dry nights.
New baby
Books to help prepare children for a new baby in the family.
Mindfulness
Books to help children slow down and become more mindful, calm and happy.
Looking after your body
Includes books on bathtime, brushing teeth and not spreading germs.
Healthy eating for children
Self-help and story books about healthy eating and exercise.
Getting dressed
Books to help children learn how dress themselves and make getting dressed more fun.
Get Ready for School: Shapes
Books to help children learn shapes before starting school.
Get Ready for School: Opposites
Books to help children learn opposites before starting school.
Get Ready for School: Numbers
Books to help children learn numbers and basic maths before starting school.
Get Ready for School: Good behaviour
Books to help children learn good behaviour before starting school.
Get Ready for School: Colours
Books to help children learn colours before starting school.
Get Ready for School: Alphabet
Books to help children learn the alphabet before starting school.
Fostering and adoption
Books to help explain adoption and fostering to children.
Fear and anxiety
Self-help and story books to help children to talk about their worries, fears and anxieties.
Explaining where babies come from
Books to help explain conception, pregnancy and birth.
Dyslexia
Information and advice on dyslexia.
Changing families
Books on all different types of family including single-parenting, separation and step-families.
Bullying
Self-help books on recognising and tackling bullying.
Bereavement
Books to help you talk about death with a child and stories to explore the feelings of grief, loss and sadness.
Autism and Asperger's
Advice on understanding and explaining Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome
ADHD
Advice on understanding and explaining ADHD.