children's books

After 12 years practicing as a mental health clinician specializing in children, Christina Kress says she noticed a lot of parents were bringing their children to Minnetonka Counseling with the same dilemma: Their children didn’t know how to process their anger.

Kress drew on her experience with past patients, as well as her background in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), to author The Anger Workbook for Kids: Fun DBT Activities to Help You Deal with Big Feelings and Get Along with Others, which aims to help 7 to 12 year olds learn to process the complex emotion of anger. Read more about The Anger Workbook for Kids Helps Children Address Feelings

Do snowmen have feelings? What do fish think about below a frozen lake? Author Perris Deppa of Deephaven plays off such ponders (and more!) in Winter, You Wonder (Wise Ink, 2021), a children’s book that explores nature’s wintry playground through the natural curiosity of a child. Read more about Winter, You Wonder

The National Education Association (NEA) celebrates Read Across America Day on March 2. The event is designed to help motivate kids to read, promote the joys of reading to students of all ages, and make all children feel valued and welcome.

The titles featured by NEA’s Read Across America Day include books that students can see themselves represented in, as well as open readers’ eyes to see a character or world different from their own. The NEA also features monthly book picks through Read Across America. Read more about Read Across America

The children’s story follows Lenny as he shows his friend, Wally the Walleye, around the lake. Read more about Local Author's Book Lenny the Loon Reminds Readers of Lake Minnetonka's Beauty