Building Resilience & Confidence in Children

As a school librarian, I have received an increasing number of requests from teachers for books to help children deal with worry, stress and anxiety. Our collection has expanded to include a range of mostly picture books suitable to offer teachers as they support children to manage stress and anxiety – even children as young as five years old. These same teachers are also noting a decline of basic social and literacy skills, along with a lack of resilience in new entrants.