Healing Library Kits
The healing journey after a traumatic event can be challenging. Developed in collaboration with LA County Department of Mental Health and the California Mental Health Services Act with content created and inspired by The Healing Library, these circulating Kits provide evidence-based materials that can support families navigating difficult experiences like separation, divorce, and the death of a pet.
What’s Inside the Healing Library Kits?
Each Healing Library Kit includes books and resources guides, including discussion topics and suggestions for activities, intended to make the healing process more accessible and less overwhelming. Visit a participating library to borrow a Healing Library Kit with your Library card.
Available Healing Library Kits
Start Your Healing Journey Today
Visit one of the following libraries and start your family’s path toward healing-together.
A C Bilbrew Library
Acton Agua Dulce
Angelo M. Iacoboni Library
Anthony Quinn Library
Baldwin Park Library
Bell Library
Bell Gardens Library
Carson Library
City Terrace Library
Claremont Helen Renwick Library
Clifton M. Brakensiek Library
Compton Library
Culver City Julian Dixon Library
Duarte Library
East Los Angeles Library
East Rancho Dominguez Library
El Camino Real Library
El Monte Library
Florence Library
Gardena Mayme Dear Library
Graham Library
Hacienda Heights Library
Hawthorne Library
Hermosa Beach Library
Huntington Park Library
La Cañada Flintridge Library
La Verne Library
Lancaster Library
Leland R. Weaver Library
Lennox Library
Live Oak Library
Malibu Library
Montebello Library
Norwalk Library
Norwood Library
Paramount Library
Pico Rivera Library
Quartz Hill Library
Rivera Library
Rosemead Library
San Fernando Library
Sorensen Library
South Whittier Library
Sunkist Library
Topanga Library
View Park Bebe Moore Campbell Library
West Covina Library
West Hollywood Library
Willowbrook Library
Woodcrest Library
Available Healing Library Kits
Kit includes:
- Resource Guide
- I am a peaceful goldfish written by Shoshana Chaim ; illustrated by Lori Joy Smith
- The me I choose to be written by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley ; art by Regis and Kahran Bethencourt
- Hurry up! written by Kate Dopirak ; illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal
- Healing breath written by William Meyer ; illustrated by Brittany R. Jacobs
Kit includes:
- Resource Guide
- Here and there written by Tamara Ellis Smith ; illustrated by Evelyn Daviddi
- My big fantastic family written by Adam & Charlotte Guillain ; illustrated by Ali Pye
- Just the right cake written by Christina Tosi ; illustrated by Emily Balsley
- If my parents are divorced: how to talk about separation, divorce, and breakups written and illustrated by Dagmar Geisler ; translated by Andy Jones Berasaluce.
Kit includes:
- Resource Guide
- Meatballs for grandpa written by Jeanette Fazzari Jones ; illustrated by Jaclyn Sinquett
- Remind me written and illustrated by Linda Shute
- The remember balloons written by Jessie Oliveros: illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte
- My life with a grandparent with Alzheimer’s disease written by Mari Schuh: art by Alice Larsson
Kit includes:
- Resource Guide
- Goodbye Mousie by Robie H. Harris ; illustrated by Jan Ormerod
- Saying goodbye to Lulu by Corinne Demas; illustrated by Ard Hoyt
- When a pet dies by Fred Rogers ; photographs by Jim Judkis
Kit includes:
- Resource Guide
- The dead bird story by Margaret Wise Brown ; pictures by Christian Robinson
- Lifetimes: a beautiful way to explain death to children by Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen
- The kissing hand by Audrey Penn ; illustrations by Ruth E. Harper and Nancy M. Leak
- When dinosaurs die : a guide to understanding death by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
Content created and inspired by:
Materials provided in collaboration with LA County Department of Mental Health and the CA Mental Health Services Act.