I thought people might be interested in knowing about the Partnership for Children's list of good books for tough times.
It struck me as a really good list: "The books have been independently selected and reviewed by Partnership for Children. They all deal with difficult feelings and situations ? sibling jealousy, bullying at school, a death in the family ? but are also really good books that can be enjoyed at any time".
(Apologies in advance if there's already been a thread about this, I did look and couldn't find).