Summersdale's "Workbook" Series

As parents and guardians, our main goal is to provide children with the best tools possible to live a full, happy and healthy life as they grow to become adults in our world. Looking after little ones' mental well-being is just as important as a routine check-up or a parent-teacher meeting, and helping them understand how identify their feelings and practise acts of self-care can make a huge impact on their emotional intelligence and ability to self-assess as they get older. 

At Toppsta, we really believe in the power books can have to help children navigate the internal and external world, and a series of activity workbooks we would love to recommend on the topic of self-care and mental health comes from specialty publisher Summersdale. They are just as passionate as we are about supporting children’s mental health, emotional development and boosting their confidence to encourage feelings of positivity.

Their Workbook series contains wonderfully supportive books full of top tips and simple, fun activities that children aged 7–11 will readily engage with. Covering topics on worry, happiness, confidence and finding calm, the easy-to-follow text and enjoyable exercises encourage self-awareness, emotional understanding and the development of healthy self-esteem. Challenge yourself to rocket your worries into outer space, learn about fight, flight and freeze reactions, design your own superstar shades and fill in a personal challenge chart with the wonderful workbooks that help to find happiness, confidence and tackle worry!

Each book is designed to help you and your child work through different themes in a fun and accessible way, as well as being a vital learning tool to understanding and supporting your child. With clear guidance for adults and carers about what we can do to help too, these are ideal resources suitable for every child and are brilliant toolkits for life, combining proven cognitive-behavioural therapy methods plus fun and engaging activities, which are interspersed with useful tips, inspirational statements and practical information for teachers, parents and carers to help a child overcome anxiety and grow their self-esteem. 

Parents, this is for you: each book has been peer-reviewed by a child psychologist, and there are explainers throughout just in case your child has questions about the activities.