Washoe County Library System

Provides a broad and entertaining overview of fear from evolution, to modern day challenges, and how clinicians treat trauma, anxiety, and PTSD today. About a third of the world population suffers from an anxiety disorder, and half of Americans have had at least one traumatic experience like rape, assault, shooting, or natural disasters. The news is full of stories about our dying planet, civil unrest, political fighting, and other anxiety-inducing...

"Learn how to manage your most difficult feelings and build the emotional strength you need to create the life of your dreams. ? Sadness, shame, helplessness, anger, embarrassment, disappointment, frustration, and vulnerability. In 30 years as a practicing psychologist, Dr. Joan Rosenberg has found that what most often blocks people from success and feeling capable in life is the inability to experience, move through, and handle these 8 unpleasant...

With a little help from her mom, Parker tries to turn a bad day into a good one. "The New York Times bestselling team behind Parker Looks Up returns with this Level 1 Ready-to-Read about trying to make a good day out of a bad one. Parker is not having a good day. All she wants is some time alone to read her book, but her brother and sister will not stop following her around. Parker is feeling lots of big feelings. How can Parker turn a bad day into...

Presents photographs of babies with facial expressions that show a range of different emotions. On board pages. "This book catches some of the classic expressions that moms and dads are always trying to elicit when Grandma and Grandpa are visiting: smiles, pouts, wrinkly noses, and more. This new mini edition of the original best-selling board book is perfect for little hands!"--

"Don’t miss the seventh picture book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Food Group series from Jory John and Pete Oswald! The Big Cheese is the best at everything, and brags about it, too. When the annual Cheese-cathlon comes around, the Big Cheese is prepared to win, as always. But what happens when the quiet new kid, Wedge Wedgeman, comes out on top? Is a slice of humility all the Big Cheese needs to discover that some things are better...

''From the New York Times bestselling Llama Llama series comes a new concept board book about feelings! Sometimes Llama Llama feels happy and other times he feels sad. Sometimes he is excited and sometimes angry. Join Llama Llama as he gets ready for bed and experiences the universal highs and lows that all kids get at bedtime. Llama Llama Feelings is the perfect book for our youngest readers to learn about their emotions and why they might feel...

"Hello! Do you know that you are a wonderful and loved girl? You are very special. You are the only you there is in the entire world, and that's out of billions of people! You are smart, funny, courageous, unique, and there are a lot of people that love and support you. This is something that you should always remember. This book will introduce you to a group of girls who go through the same things you do every day. They are scared, worried, and sometimes,...

"Ava Baldwin has always tried to keep her anger in check, just like her mom taught her. But when know-it-all classmate Owen King tries to speak over her yet again, Ava explodes . . . and Owen freezes, becoming totally unresponsive. Although Owen recovers, Ava's parents whisk her off to her mother’s alma mater, the Accademia del Forte, a mysterious international boarding school in Venice. There, Ava and her brother, Jax, discover that the Olympian...

"It's easy to get lost in all the feels. Our emotions drive so much of what we do, say, and think, even if we don't realize it. Our response to our feelings--denying they exist, letting them lead our actions unchecked, distracting ourselves to avoid feeling them--can greatly impact our lives and those around us. Emotions are essential for everyday life, but how we navigate them in the storms of life as the storms will make or break us. In I Cry in...

Rescued race car Buster tends to let his emotions get the best of him, but with the help of his teammates, he learns how to breathe through his feelings. Buster is back! NASCAR legend and New York Times bestselling author Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s second children's book features an entertaining off-road adventure story that teaches kids how to handle difficult emotions, starring the lovable Buster the race car! In Buster Gets Back on Track, Buster and...