Henry Carter Hull

A make-believe shoplifter is shocked to find herself actually stealing. Anna loves everything about department stores: the smell, the clothes, the crowds. But her favorite things to watch are the detectives. She can spot a store detective a mile away, whether dressed as a tourist or pretending to be a cashier, and she knows just how to fool them: She lingers over an expensive sweater until she catches the detective's eye. When she leaves the store,...

National Book Award winner Kacen Callender delivers a captivating novel about a child facing the other-worldly shadows of depression. Moon has been plunged into a swill of uncertainty and confusion. They travel to the spirit realms every night, hoping never to return to the world of the living. But when the realm is threatened, it's up to Moon to save the spirit world, which sparks their own healing journey through the powerful, baffling, landscape...

Sometimes Bipolar Bear finds himself at the bright North Pole or the dreary South Pole. Using tools he finds either on his own or with the help of his family, he's able to make his way back to his home. Cut out the sunglasses and the flashlight in the back to get involved, and if you flip through the pages quickly, you just may find a nice surprise!

Little Fen loves all of the beautiful colors in the world and loves capturing them with her treasured set of paints. One day, Fen notices a little drop of gray in her paints and can't seem to stop it from spreading. Before long the gray is everywhere, and Fen no longer enjoys doing what she loves the most. With a little encouragement from her mother, Fen finds a way to put the colors back in her world and begin enjoying life again. Fen's Drop of Gray...

Sam has seasonal affective disorder or SAD. He will tell you all about it from a child's view. Sam feels the winters are long and dark. The weather saps your energy. What causes it? Lack of sunlight. What season is the worst for people with SAD? What happens when you are SAD? You become lonely. Who do you talk to when you are SAD? No one. Are there things to do when SAD takes over? You bet! Come and learn what you can do during the SAD season. After...

Not 98. Not 99. Come harvest time, the proud Mr. Macaroni has 100 big, round, juicy watermelons. But tragedy strikes as he attempts to unload them. The forklift topples over and 99 watermelons go tumbling down the alarmingly steep sides of William Street causing sticky chaos and sweet confusion. 99...? That means there's still one watermelon on the loose! Watch out!

A young girl notices, and celebrates, her way of looking at and experiencing the world. "I think. I think a lot. I think I think a lot. More than most other kids." A young girl notices and wonders about the ways she and her classmates approach doing good work, caring about people's feelings, and showing they're grateful. She comes to accept herself just as she is and celebrates the differences between herself and her classmates. "I care a lot. Not...

Henry's mind is the birthplace of Hope, a little thought who goes around looking for reasons to stay. On Hope's journey, it encounters other thoughts, making friends and making enemies. Even in the darkest times, Hope is able to find a reason to stay, which eventually leads to a complete change within the mindscape.

Children can often use help in understanding and verbalizing their feelings in safe, simple, comforting, and encouraging ways. They must know they are not alone and that things will change and get better. Blue Bear: A Children's Book about Depression addresses the experience of the child with the hurt, but also helps a child know how to help someone who may be hurting. Children will see how Blue Bear starts changing and healing, through the power...

From acclaimed author Sarah Darer Littman, a striking story about a girl's recovery from bulimia in the tradition of CUT, PERFECT, and GIRL INTERRUPTED. Janie Ryman hates throwing up. So why does she binge eat and then stick her fingers down her throat several times a day? That's what the doctors and psychiatrists at Golden Slopes hope to help her discover. But first Janie must survive everyday conflicts between the Barfers and the Starvers, attempts...