Growing Up Concerns
| "I'm Not Scared!" When Baby Owl takes his stuffed Owly out for a walk in the moonlit woods, he insists that he is not afraid of the other animals that keep popping up and making them jump. |
Allen, Jonathan |
| Two Terrible Frights A little girl mouse and a little girl person meet while getting a snack in the kitchen at bedtime and scare each other--only to dream of each other later. |
Aylesworth, Jim |
| Home Before Dark A little girl drops her teddy bear in the park, and he struggles to make it home to her before it gets dark. |
Beck, Ian |
| Cat and Mouse in the Night Their inattentiveness strands a little mouse and a little cat in the meadow after dark, where their fear turns into a wonderful discovery. |
Bogacki, Tomasz |
| The Trouble with Trolls While climbing Mt. Baldy, Treva outwits some trolls who want to steal her dog. |
Brett, Jan |
| Little Scarecrow Boy Early one morning, a little scarecrow whose father warns him that he is not fierce enough to frighten a crow goes out into the cornfield alone. |
Brown, Margaret Wise |
| Harriet and the Roller Coaster Harriet accepts her friend George's challenge to ride the frightening roller coaster, and finds out that she is the brave one. |
Carlson, Nancy L. |
| Sophie and the Next-Door Monsters When new neighbors move in next door to Sophie, she is startled--and afraid--to discover that they are monsters. |
Case, Chris |
| Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears Little Mouse draws pictures of some of the many things he is afraid of, including creepy crawlies, sharp knives, and having accidents, and provides the correct scientific name for each of his fears. |
Gravett, Emily |
| Good Night, Sam Sam can't sleep without his beloved dog, Fred, but where could Fred be? Fred is afraid of the dark and many other things. Fortunately Sam's older sister, Stella, is there to reassure Sam as they search. |
Gay, Marie-Louise |
| Sheila Rae the Brave When brave Sheila Rae, who usually looks out for her sister Louise, becomes lost and scared one day, Louise comes to the rescue. |
Henkes, Kevin |
| Wemberly Worried A mouse named Wemberly, who worries about everything, finds that she has a whole list of things to worry about when she faces the first day of nursery school. |
Henkes, Kevin |
| Alfie Gets in First Alfie accidentally locks his mother and baby sister Annie Rose outside and can't reach the latch to let them in. Soon the whole neighborhood is involved in getting the door open. |
Hughes, Shirley |
| Little Bit Scary People Some people are a little bit strange or a little too loud, and just a little bit scary. But I bet, if you knew them, and knew their favorite things, you'd think that maybe, (probably) most people aren't so scary after all. |
Jenkins, Emily |
| Good Night, Harry When Harry, a toy elephant, has trouble sleeping, his friends help him. |
Lewis, Kim |
| Froggy Learns to Swim Froggy is afraid of the water until his mother, along with his flippers, snorkel, and mask, help him learn to swim. |
London, Jonathan |
| Brave Bear A bear bravely goes out on a limb to help a baby bird get back to its nest. |
Mallat, Kathy |
| Big Bad Wolf Everything the villagers know about Big Bad Wolf is true and every time something frightening happens they are sure he is behind it, but there is more to the story, as revealed through die-cut pages. |
Masurel, Claire |
| Nathaniel Willy, Scared Silly Nathaniel Willy is scared silly by a squeak in his door, so Gramma must put the farm animals in bed with him for company. |
Mathews, Judith |
| What Do You Do with a Kangaroo? A little girl copes with a variety of animals who try to take over her things and order her about. |
Mayer, Mercer |
| Night Walk When Daisy, an adventurous dog, persuades Flute, a stay-at-home cat, to go for a walk one night, Flute gets more than she bargained for. |
Newsome, Jill |
| Rosie to the Rescue As she waits with her Aunt Lily for her parents, Rosie imagines all sorts of dangers that might befall them and how she will save them. |
Roberts, Bethany |
| Sergio Makes a Splash Even though he loves water, Sergio the penguin is afraid to swim in the deep water until he learns how. |
Rodriguez, Edel |
| Jumpy Jack and Googily Jumpy Jack the snail is terrified that there are monsters around every corner despite the reassurances of his best friend, Googily. |
Rosoff, Meg |
| Where the Wild Things Are Max, sent to bed without supper, sails to the land of the wild things, where he becomes their king. |
Sendak, Maurice |
| Tippy-Toe Chick, Go! When a mean dog blocks the path to the garden where a delicious breakfast awaits, Little Chick shows her family how brave and clever she is. |
Shannon, George |
| Jibberwillies at Night Katie is almost always happy, but sometimes at night, when the Jibberwillies come and scare her, her mother must catch them in a bucket and throw them out the window before Katie can fall asleep. |
Vail, Rachel |
| Scaredy Squirrel (series) Meet Scaredy Squirrel, a squirrel who never leaves his nut tree because he's afraid of the unknown "out there." But then, something unexpected happens that may just change his outlook. |
Watt, Mélanie |
| Edward's Overwhelming Overnight Edward's parents tell him that because of the snow he will have to stay overnight with his friend Anthony, but Edward finds this overwhelming. |
Wells, Rosemary |
| Shy Charles Being painfully timid and shy does not keep a young mouse from rescuing his babysitter in an emergency situation, although after becoming a hero he still says zero. |
Wells, Rosemary |
| One Dark Night Mouse and Mole feel afraid one dark night crossing a mush-mucky swamp and a marsh-misty wood. |
Wheeler, Lisa |
| Your Pal Mo Willems Presents Leonardo the Terrible Monster Leonardo is a terrible monster -- he can't seem to frighten anyone. When he discovers the perfect nervous little boy, will he scare the lunch out of him? Or will he think of something better? |
Willems, Mo |
| Bear Feels Scared Bear's animal friends come to his rescue when he becomes lost and frightened in the woods. |
Wilson, Karma |
