Book Recommendations for Parents, Grandparents & Caretakers

Supporting Calm, Confidence & Connection in Children

Raising children today can feel like balancing many worlds at once — home, school, screens, emotions, and endless curiosity. In the middle of it all, what children need most is presence: adults who meet them with calm hearts and listening minds.

Books can help us cultivate that — opening doors to understanding, compassion, and shared stillness.

Below you’ll find a selection of books that nurture calm, imagination, and inner strength — for children, teenagers, and the adults who walk beside them.

For Children

Stories and mindful exercises that help young hearts find peace, courage, and connection.

  • Calm Kids – Lorraine E. Murray
  • Hej Warrior – Karen Young
  • The Children’s Meditations in My Heart – Gitte Winter Graugaard
  • A Handful of Quiet – Thich Nhat Hanh
  • The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – Charlie Mackesy

For Teenagers

Books that speak to growing minds,  offering kindness, perspective, and the tools to breathe through life’s challenges.

For Adults

If you wish to understand how mindfulness and meditation can support the children in your care — and perhaps rediscover your own calm — these titles are a wonderful place to start.

  • Calm Kids – Lorraine E. Murray
  • Connected Kids – Lorraine E. Murray
  • The Power of Your Child’s Imagination – Charlotte Reznick, PhD
  • Mindful Games – Susan Kaiser Greenland
  • The Power of Now, A New Earth & Stillness Speaks – Eckhart Tolle

Each of these books reminds us that peace begins within.
When we model calm, children learn to trust their own stillness.
When we open our hearts, they open theirs.

One page, one breath, one quiet moment at a time.