Sales of books for young readers on violence, grief, and emotions have been on the rise. One book, “I’m Not Scared…I’m Prepared,” was reprinted several times to meet demand after the massacre at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School in May.
Bookstores around the country see interest in titles from the genre rise and fall depending on local and national headlines, according to bookseller Barnes & Noble.In “Numb to This,” a graphic novel released this month, author Kindra Neely details the 2015 Umpqua Community College shooting in Oregon, which she survived, and the aftermath as she tries to heal amid repeated shootings elsewhere.
Parents should make sure books addressing trauma are age-appropriate and backed by psychologists, experts say. But bringing up violence when a child isn’t worried about it could increase their anxiety unnecessarily, Sova said.particularly in communities of colorFor them, it is important to start early to address the effects, said Ian Ellis James, an Emmy award-winning Sesame Street writer known by his stage name William Electric Black. He is the author of the illustrated children’s book “
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