Self help books for children and teens
Self help books for children and teens covering confidence, anxiety, resilience, friendships, puberty, stress and mental health, with practical guides for ages 5-12 and teenagers aged 13-18.
Recommended reading books for primary and secondary aged children in the UK
Will Hussey is a teacher and author whose work includes educational activity books and wellbeing titles for children. His solo books include Brilliant Activities to Stimulate Creative Thinking: Stretch Gifted and Talented Children – And Everyone Else – In Primary Schools, published in 2013, and Where Can an Elephant Hide?, published in 2012.
Hussey has written practical classroom resources, including The Three Little Pigs Teach Growth Mindset: Hands-On Activities and Open-Ended Questions For Developing Grit, Adaptability and Creative Thinking In K-5 Classrooms with Barry Hymer. His physical education resources include 50 Brilliant PE Challenges Using Just a Hoop, 50 Brilliant PE Challenges Using Just a Tennis Ball and 50 Brilliant PE Challenges Using Just a Beanbag.
Hussey has also co-written children’s personal-development books with Andy Cope and Gavin Oattes. Diary of a Brilliant Kid: Top Secret Guide to Awesomeness is an interactive self-help book for children aged 9+ and was published on 5 November 2018. Brill Kid – The Big Number 2: Awesomeness – The Next Level, written with Andy Cope, is aimed at 7- to 11-year-olds and was published on 20 December 2021.

Self help books for children and teens covering confidence, anxiety, resilience, friendships, puberty, stress and mental health, with practical guides for ages 5-12 and teenagers aged 13-18.
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