Here Are 10 Children's Books About Being Calm That'll Help You To Chill, Too

If it feels like your kiddo is a rumbling hurricane in your home right now, read The Lemonade Hurricane together. It will teach your child to be present and calm rather than creating chaos. Sometimes, slowing down and savoring the moment is just what your child needs — even if he doesn’t know it.

Wilma Jean’s mind races with worry about every little thing. And thinking about it only makes it worse. In this book written by Julia Cook, Wilma Jean learns that by sharing her worries with the adults in her life, she’s able to come up with solutions. And when she can’t, she uses her “Worry Hat” to give herself time to think about her fears, and then take it off to help let her worries fade away.

Routines are important to kids, but in Anxious Charlie to the Rescue, your child will learn that change can sometimes be good. Author Terry Milne shows readers both big and small that it’s important to be brave, help others, and in turn, they will discover that they are helping themselves.

From acknowledging their feelings to just appreciating this moment, your child will learn all this (and more) in Here and Now. A book about the importance of creating a connection to your world, The New York Times Book Review called it "lovely" and "profound" (you'll likely feel the same way).

Introduce your child to the beauty of poetry with this collection of poems penned by Nikki Giovanni. Each one is all about the importance of children knowing they're loved. To reinforce the point, there’s a mirror in the book so that your child will see their reflection and know, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are the one who is loved.

A yellow blob with angry eyebrows, Worry follows Ruby around. And as the days pass, Worry gets bigger and doesn’t allow Ruby to play or do the things that she once enjoyed. But when Ruby meets a boy who also has a Worry, she realizes that talking about your worries is a great way to help make them easier to handle.

Learning to be present is the purpose of Puppy Mind by Andrew Jordan Nance. Your little reader might relate to the young boy in this book, who finds that his mind is similar to that of a puppy, playful and never present. He learns how to breathe, become calmer, and control his mind so that he can be more present.

Your little bear can learn to breathe better with this sweet book that teaches mindfulness. It has 30 simple exercises that will teach the basics of breathing in order to help kids mitigate their emotions.

Your child can be a superhero (of serenity, that is), when he reads Master of Mindfulness. The book has tips and tricks for kids to learn how to stay calm no matter how tough times get. Best part: the book is written for kids — by kids.

If you’re looking for new ways to make at-home PE fun, try the yoga poses in Good Morning Yoga and stretch your way to calm. Downward dog never felt so good.