Anger Books for Kids: Anger Management Help for Kids of All Ages

Caldecott Honor Book

Everybody gets angry sometimes. For children, anger can be very upsetting.

Parents, teachers, and children can talk about it. People do lots of different things when they get angry.

Kids will see what Sophie does when she gets angry. What do you do?

Parents and children are sure to recognize themselves in this fun-to-read follow-up to the popular Llama Llama Red Pajama.

Reassuring and supportive, this book helps preschool and primary-age children see that when they cool down and work through anger, they can feel peaceful again.

They discover concrete skills for working through anger: self-calming, thinking, getting help from a trusted person, talking and listening, apologizing, being patient, and viewing others positively.

Angry Octopus is a story that teaches children how to use progressive muscle relaxation and breathing techniques to calm down, lower stress, and control anger.

Children relate to the angry octopus in this story as the sea child shows the octopus how to take a deep breath, calm down, and manage anger. 

Everyone feels angry sometimes, but there are always ways to feel better!

With a focus on identifying the causes of an emotional reaction, and coming up with ways to start feeling calm and happy again, this book explains simple strategies to help kids understand and take care of their emotions.

It’s never too soon for children to learn that violence is never okay, hands can do many good things, and everyone is capable of positive, loving actions.

Mercer Mayer’s Little Critter is having quite the grumpy day in this classic, funny, and heartwarming book.

Whether he’s cranky on the slide or stubborn in the sandbox, both parents and children alike will relate to this beloved story. A perfect way to teach children about their emotions!

Sooner or later, almost all young children will bite someone—a friend, a parent, a sibling.

This upbeat, colorful, virtually indestructible book helps prevent biting and teaches positive alternatives.

Soda Pop Head will help your child control his/her anger while helping them manage stress.

It's a must for the home or classroom.

Through activities, stories, articles, and games designed to allow a multi-subject, developmental approach to the topic at home and in school, A Volcano in My Tummy gives us the tools we need to put aside our problems with this all-too-often destructive emotion, and to have fun while we're at it.

Mom’s Choice Award for Self-Improvement; ​Young Voices Bronze Award, Children’s Interactive 

This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to work toward change.

Blending solid information and sound advice with humor and lively illustrations, this book guides kids to understand that anger is normal and they can learn to express it in healthy ways.

Contains forty activities for issues such as recognizing anger triggers, better problem solving, and communication tips for defusing conflict before it gets out of hand.

The workbook explores common lifestyle issues such as lack of sleep that can make anger problems worse.

The Anger Management Workbook for Kids is filled with 50 playful exercises to help you handle powerful emotions.

The ultimate guide for teen anger management—written by a teen mental health expert, trusted by parents, and recommended by therapists.

Moonbeam Children's Book Awards for Comic/Graphic Novel; Mom's Choice Award for Juvenile Books

In this graphic novel for tweens, Ernie learns about his angry outbursts with the help of a friendly and understanding school counselor and discovers that he has the power to control and calm himself.

Once he practices the skills to control and manage his angry outbursts, Ernie finds that he can be a happier person as well as a better friend, brother, and son.

Using proven effective mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), Mindfulness for Teen Anger will teach you the difference between healthy and unhealthy forms of anger.

Inside, you’ll learn how to make better choices, how to stop overreacting, find emotional balance, and be more aware of your thoughts and feelings in the moment.

You’ll also learn skills for building positive relationships with peers, friends, and family.

Take charge of your emotions, take charge of your life! Now fully revised and updated, this workbook offers proven-effective dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills to help you find emotional balance and live the life you want.

The first multi-media parenting book that that gives readers a new way to take a collaborative stance with children, improving their cognitive, emotional and social skills.

Written for real parents with anxious, angry and over-the-top kids, Bloom is a brain-based approach to parenting all children.

Stop second-guessing the way you handle misbehaviors, and learn why they occur in the first place.

In language every parent, caregiver and teacher can understand (even when exhausted and frustrated), it explains why kids get angry, what anger management skills they (and the entire family) can be taught, how adults can model anger management techniques and how adults can cope when nothing seems to work. 

A groundbreaking, research-based approach to understanding and parenting children who frequently exhibit severe fits of temper and other challenging behaviors, from a distinguished clinician and pioneer in the field.