THE HEALING LIBRARY SERVICES
FREE DOWNLOADS
Our kits will always be offered for free to you as downloads you can utilize to build your own Healing Library kits and to supplement your existing kits.
Here's what we offer for free:
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The Healing Library: Mindfulness
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The Healing Library: COVID-19
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The Healing Library: The Death of a Loved One
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The Healing Library: The Death of a Pet
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The Healing Library: Alzheimer's & Your Family
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The Healing Library: Here & There: Divorce & Separation
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The Healing Library: Logo
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The Healing Library: Line Logo
If these are helpful to you we hope you'll consider donating to the project so we can work on our next kit. Thank you!
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SCALABLE KITS
We recognize that every lending organization's needs differ based on the varying natures of the communities we serve. To ensure your needs are met, each kit was designed for you to pick and choose the pieces that will work best for your needs
KITS FOR PURCHASE
Our feedback from many interested libraries was that while they loved the idea of lending a kit, they didn't have the time to assemble their own. To help, we're preparing to offer our kits for sale in a variety of sizes.
You can click on SHOP to see what kits are currently available.
If you're preparing to write a grant to obtain your kit, check out our section with helpful grant language.
SPEAKING
Interested in having a talk, workshop, or consulting session on The Healing Library for your conference, consortium, webinar series or beyond? Send an email to thehealinglibraryus@gmail.com for information on rates and availability.
SPECIALIZED KITS
If you're an author or illustrator who would like to work with us to create a kit specific to your work please contact us at thehealinglibraryus@gmail.com. We'll share information on pricing, timelines, and how we might work together to enhance your work and engage your book's unique audience!
BACKGROUND
The Healing Library was a project that started in the Fall of 2016 as a conversation between Kirsten Cappy of Curious City, a company which creates promotional experiences and materials for children's books, and Megan Emery, then a student at Syracuse University earning her MLIS.
A need was determined to assist families after periods of trauma that encompassed many forms of healing, and the idea for our kits was born. We recognize that families are unique and deserve the opportunity to build their own journey of healing with the highest quality experiences and materials without the stress of research and shopping following their trauma.
A team was formed consisting of Megan: Author and former Experience Designer & Coordinator at the Chattanooga Public Library, Kirsten: Owner of Curious City, Bonnie Thomas: Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a passion for Art + Play Based Therapy, and David Moorhead: Children's Librarian at the Lewiston Public Library (ME), who collaborated to create the original three kits to assist families on their healing journey.
The three kits were offered as free downloads in October of 2017 and our materials have been downloaded over 10,500 times to date.
Team
Diverse Worldviews. Expertise. Passion.
Meet the team! Over the years The Healing Library has been fortunate to involve some truly talented thought leaders in our projects.
Founder, Director
Megan Schadlich, MLIS
Kits Include:
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Mindfulness
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COVID-19
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Separation & Divorce
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Alzheimer's & Your Family
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The Death of a Pet
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The Death of a Loved One
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Severe Weather + Climate Engagement
Kit Contributor
Bonnie Thomas, LCSW
Kits Include:
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Mindfulness
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COVID-19
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Separation & Divorce
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Alzheimer's & Your Family
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The Death of a Pet
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The Death of a Loved One
Kit Contributor
Stephen Jackson, LPC, Restorative Justice Practitioner
Kit Contributor
Kits Include:
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Death of a Loved One
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Death of a Pet
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Severe Weather & Climate Engagement
Graphic Design
Gordon Liu, Cofounder of Hourglass Consulting
Kit Contributor, Graphic Designer
Kirsten Cappy, Founder of I'm Your Neighbor Books
Kits Include:
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Separation & Divorce
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Alzheimer's & Your Family
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The Death of a Pet
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The Death of a Loved One
Kit Contributor
David Moorhead, MLIS
Kits Include:
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Alzheimer's & Your Family
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The Death of a Pet
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The Death of a Loved One
Kit Contributor
Nicole Lewis, Place Maker, Logistician
Kits Include:
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Mindfulness
Translator: Spanish
Patricia Diaz
Kits Include:
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COVID-19
Kit Contributor
Cash Daniels
Youth Conservation Specialist, Founder of The Conservation Kid
Kits Include:
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Severe Weather + Climate Engagement
Kit Contributor
Dr. Emily Diamond
The Wright Institute, Berkeley, Director: The Health Inequality Studies Group, Author: Basic Disaster Preparedness for the Western States, and Recovery Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health
Kits Include:
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Severe Weather + Climate Engagement
Kit Contributor
Kara Reiman,
Library Specialist, Learning Ecosystems Northeast, Library Consultant, Maine State Library,
Contributor to New Handbook on Climate Change Education
Kits Include:
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Severe Weather + Climate Engagement
Kit Consultant
Kelly Senser
Programming & Community Engagement Coordinator for Loudoun County Library,
Former program manager with National Wildlife Federation
Kits Include:
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Severe Weather + Climate Engagement
Kit Contributor
Leslie Davenport
Climate Psychology Educator and Consultant
Program Lead and Faculty: Climate Psychology Training Program, California Institute of Integral Studies
Kits Include:
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Severe Weather + Climate Engagement
Kit Contributor
Megan Slade
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)
Contributor to the Climate Mental Health Network
Kits Include:
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Severe Weather + Climate Engagement