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Book Resource List

Bullying Behavior, Peer Pressure, Friendship

  • My Secret Bully, by Trudy Ludwig

  • Just Kidding, by Trudy Ludwig

  • The Invisible Boy, by Trudy Ludwig

  • One, by Kathryn Otoshi

  • The Band-Aid Chicken, by Becky Rangel Henton

  • Say Something, by Peggy Moss

  • The Recess Queen, by Alexis O’Neill and Laura Huliska-Beith

  • The Playground Problem, by Margaret McNamara

  • Nora the Nonapus, Written and Illustrated by fifth-grade students of Estes Hills Elementary in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

  • Trouble Talk, by Trudy Ludwig

  • A Bad Case of Stripes, by David Shannon

  • Chrysanthemum, by Kevin Henkes

  • Odd Velvet, by Mary E. Whitcomb

  • Hunter’s Best Friend At School, by Laura Malone Elliott

  • Ira Sleeps Over, by Bernard Waber

  • How to be a Friend, by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown

  • Have You Filled A Bucket Today, by Carol McCloud and David Messing

Worries/Anxiety/Stress

  • Moody Cow Meditates, by Kerry Lee McLean

  • Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda, by Lauren Alderfer

  • Wemberly Worried, by Kevin Henkes

  • Don’t Pop Your Cork On Mondays, by Adolph Moser

  • Leo the Late Bloomer, by Robert Kraus

  • The Blue Day Book for Kids, by Bradley Trevor Greive

  • How Are You Peeling, by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers

  • Ira Sleeps Over, by Bernard Waber

  • Stress Can Really Get on Your Nerves, by Trevor Romain and Elizabeth Verdick

  • The Kissing Hand, by Audrey Penn

  • Zero, by Kathryn Otoshi

Divorce/Separation

  • Was It the Chocolate Pudding?: A Story For Little Kids About Divorce, by Sandra Levins and Bryan Langdo

  • Dinosaurs Divorce (A Guide for Changing Families), by Marc Brown and Laurie Krasny Brown

  • Two Homes by Claire Masurel

  • It’s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear, by Vicki Lansky

  • Putting Children First: Proven Parenting Strategies for Helping Children Thrive Through Divorce, by JoAnne Pedro-Carroll

  • When Mom and Dad Separate: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief From Divorce, by Marge Heegaard

Grief and Loss

  • Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children, by Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen

  • The Invisible String, by Patrice Karst and Geoff Stevenson

  • Talking with Children about Loss, by Maria Trozzi

  • The Fall of Freddie the Leaf, by Leo Buscaglia

  • Goodbye Mousie, by Robie H. Harris

  • When Dinosaurs Die, Laurie Krasny Brown