Supporting Children's Mental Health Week With Let's Talk

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When you become a parent, it’s one of the happiest days of your life but it can also be one of the scariest. Our little ones enter the world without an instruction manual, and it’s up to us to figure out how to care for them in the best way we can. We spend years trying to protect them from harm, and the worrying never really stops.

One area many parents find difficult is knowing how to start conversations with their children about their feelings. Talking about emotions doesn’t always come naturally, especially when children don’t yet have the words to explain how they’re feeling.

That’s where the Let’s Talk series really comes into its own. These books are designed as gentle, engaging conversation starters for adults and children, helping to support social, emotional and mental wellbeing in an age-appropriate way.

A selection of Let’s Talk children’s mental health books displayed on a bookshelf

How Are You Feeling Today?

How Are You Feeling Today? is packed with fun, imaginative ways to help children understand and cope with a wide range of emotions.

The book explores 12 common feelings, including happy, angry, excited, bored and embarrassed, and offers practical ideas for what children can do when they experience each one. It’s a brilliant way to give children the tools they need to recognise and manage their emotions.

How Are You Feeling Now?

How Are You Feeling Now? is a fantastic follow-up to How Are You Feeling Today? and focuses on helping children express their emotions.

Not a moment goes by without us feeling something. Whether it’s happiness, sadness, anger or anxiety, emotions are part of everyday life. This beautifully illustrated picture book helps children understand and manage their feelings early on, breaking down 12 more complex emotions into child-friendly explanations, along with simple strategies for coping.

Inside pages of the Let’s Talk children’s books showing activities and emotions

What’s Worrying You?

What’s Worrying You? is all about helping children understand their worries and what to do when their thoughts and feelings start to feel overwhelming.

We all worry from time to time, but sometimes worries can grow and feel difficult to control. This book gently guides children through common worry scenarios, such as falling out with a friend, getting into trouble at school, or feeling like no one is listening.

Each page takes children step-by-step through how they might feel, what they might be thinking, and what could help ease their anxiety.

The Same but Different

The Same but Different celebrates both the ways we are unique and the similarities we all share.

Using everyday examples, clear explanations and colourful illustrations by Sarah Jennings, this book encourages children to embrace differences and understand inclusion. It covers topics such as appearance, family life, language, beliefs, race, disability, gender and religion, making it a wonderful starting point for important conversations about diversity.

After all, imagine how boring the world would be if everyone was exactly the same!

Will You Be My Friend?

Will You Be My Friend? is ideal for opening up conversations about friendship and includes helpful guidance for parents and carers on supporting children who may be struggling socially.

This book is humorous, charming and encourages children to talk about what friendship really means. Learning how to build and maintain friendships also supports essential life skills, such as sharing, negotiating, empathising and saying sorry when things don’t go to plan.

Written by Molly Potter and illustrated by Sarah Jennings, the Let’s Talk series offers a calm, reassuring way to approach topics that can sometimes feel difficult to talk about. Aimed at children aged 4+, these books are perfect for reading together and opening up meaningful conversations.

Social, emotional and mental wellbeing is such an important part of childhood, and resources like these can really help children and parents navigate big feelings together.

For more information you can visit Let's Talk Series and also download free activity packs.