Now if you really want to expand your knowledge, you should try reading these non-fiction books. They’ll give you some practical advice on how to better understand how you and other people think or feel, as well as how to better communicate with those around you.
What Do YOU Think?: How to agree to disagree and still be friends (2022)
By Matthew Syed
Subjects: Understanding and respecting different opinions, Self-confidence, Communication
Format: Print or Audiobook
This book provides practical and positive advice aimed at building confidence in your thoughts and opinions and how to voice them to others both online and in person while still being respectful to others and maintaining friendships. Through humorous and relatable examples (and great illustrations), you will learn how to listen, be listened to, know how to form opinions, have constructive discussions with your friends, and most importantly that as you grow and learn its ok to change your opinions.
Bibliographic Details:
Syed, M. (2022). What Do YOU Think?: How to agree to disagree and still be friends (A. Chacko, Ills.) [Print]. Wren & Rook.
Syed, M. (2022). What Do YOU Think?: How to agree to disagree and still be friends (M. Syed, Narr.) [Audiobook]. Wren & Rook. (Original work published 2022)
A Different Sort of Normal (2021)
By Abigail Balfe
Genre: Autobiography
Subjects: Friendship, Gender identity, Sexuality,
Neurodiversity
Format: Print or Audiobook
Through Balfe’s use of simple language and fun illustrations you’ll learn that not everyone is the same, the myths and realities of being neurodivergent, and the importance of finding friends that understand and support you. Balfe will guide you on how to better understand and be kind to yourself and others, but most importantly that you should be proud of who you are and all that makes you different. This includes discussions on puberty, gender identity, and sexual orientation, to help you understand what is going on in both your mind and body, and how to talk to your parents if you are questioning who you are.
Bibliographic Details:
Balfe, A. (2021). A Different Sort of Normal (A. Balfe, Ills.) [Print]. Penguin Random House.
Balfe, A. (2021). A Different Sort of Normal. (A. Balfe, narr.) [Audiobook]. Penguin Audio. (Original work published 2021)
We’ve Got This!: Six Steps to Build your Empathy Superpower (2023)
By Rashmi Sirdeshpande
Subjects: Self-acceptance, Self-esteem, Understanding others, Understanding different emotions, Building relationships
Format: eBook
Aimed at developing your empathy skills, this book will help you better understand yourself, others and how to react to difficult situations. The book explores what empathy is, how to identify emotions, how to talk about these emotions, and how to apply your empathy skills in the real world. Using familiar and relatable books and stories as example scenarios, also helps you to understand how different stories, characters, and events make you feel, and consider points of view different to your own. The included illustrations also make it easier to understand what certain emotions look like and how to recognize them.
Bibliographic Details:
Rashmi Sirdeshpande, R. (2023). We’ve Got This!: Six Steps to Build your Empathy Superpower (J. Eigner, Ills.) [Kindle ebook edition]. Words & Pictures.
(Please note the print version will be available from 13 June 2023)
Image Sources:
Balfe, A. (2021). A Different Sort of Normal (Cover Illustration & Design). In A. Balfe, A Different Sort of Normal (Book Cover). Puffin. https://cdn2.penguin.com.au/covers/400/9780241508794.jpg
Chacko, A. (2022). What Do You Think? (Cover Illustration & Design). In M. Syed, What Do YOU Think? (Book Cover). Wren & Rook. https://www.hachette.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hbg-title-9781526364937-16.jpg?fit=450%2C636
Eigner, J. (2023). We’ve Got This! (Cover Illustration & Design). In R. Sirdeshpande, We’ve Got This! (Book Cover). Words & Pictures. https://images.cdn.geni.us/if_w_gt_1000,c_scale,w_1000/if_h_gt_1000,c_scale,h_1000/v1/rkcybbjo6i/Product%20Images/r1b1hkboiyzbq5xj7xh8.jpg
