Michaelene Mundy: 9 books

The author of the top-selling Sad Isn’t Bad: A Good-Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing With Loss here helps children as they first experience the reality—and the mystery—of death and funerals. She carefully explains to children how we celebrate the life of a departed one through both sadness...

Children can come to take so many things for granted. But teaching your children gratitude need not be difficult. This book will provide real help as parents, grandparents, teachers, and other caring adults try to pass on to children necessary lessons of appreciation and thankfulness. Author Michaelene...

From the end of August until the first part of June, our children spend more of their waking hours at school than at home. And while elementary school problems may sometimes seem trivial compared to our adult worries, we need to remember that our children’s problems can be just as gut-wrenching...

We want our kids to be safe, happy, and well-adjusted. But we all know that our children, like us, have to face a lot of difficult things in their lives. And one of them is fear. Although adults have learned that one of the best remedies for tackling fears is an abundance of love and care, children...

Here’s a book that gives some of the simplest advice ever to kids experiencing stress: Be yourself—be a kid! Some stress is natural as children face developmental challenges, contends the author, a school and community counselor. But throw in societal pressure to be an “all-star,” life changes,...

Here is the book that Elf-help fans everywhere were asking for . . . a book to help children grieve in healthy ways. This friendly and loving guide is loaded with positive, life-affirming help to coping with loss as a child.

You can be angry—and still be good. That’s normal. Through understanding what anger feels like and what triggers it, we can learn and teach healthy ways to handle it. Mad Isn’t Bad offers kids a positive and honest view of anger—and what to do with it.

We all have moved sometime in our lives, and we remember some of the feelings we had. In moving with children, one should help them feel safe and secure among all the hustle and bustle and the many changes ahead. This enchanting guide will help children recognize the fun and excitement of a move,...

Here is a wonderful book of psychology and spirituality—all in one. It shows children that God is someone we can share our every feeling with, and one we can “go to” in our own simple words. The author and illustrator cover a wide range of themes—from praying about one’s anger or sadness to praying about being afraid or bored.