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Dear Parents,
Children face a variety of challenges as they grow up. One way to help your child through these challenges is by finding a book for your child to read or for you to read to them. Sometimes sensitive topics are easier to approach through a book! In addition, children can identify with the characters and fine coping skills through the process.The books listed below are just a starting point for you. They are listed by topic and are for a variety of ages. Topics include: divorce, death/loss, starting school, bullying, and character education. Be sure to preview any book before purchasing it or reading it to your child.Happy reading!Mrs. Zavarelli
Divorce
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
by Beverly Cleary Year Published:Dinosaur's Divorce
by Laurene Krasny Brown Year Published:ElementaryFor Better or Worse: A Guide To Surviving Divorce For Preteens and Their Families
by Janet Bode Year Published:Jessica's Two Families
by Lynne Hugo Year Published:My Family's Changing
by Pat Thomas Year Published:ElementaryMy Parents Are Divorced, Too
by Melanie, Annie, and Steven Ford Year Published:Two Homes
by Claire Masurel Year Published:ElementaryWas It The Chocolate Pudding?
by Sandra Levins Year Published:ElementaryWhat in the World Do You Do When Your Parents Divorce?
by Kent Winchester Year Published:Death/Loss
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Dog (or Cat) Heaven
by Cynthia Rylant Year Published:I'll Always Love You (loss of dog)
by Hans Wilhelm Year Published:Saying Goodbye to LuLu (loss of dog)
by Corine Demas Year Published:Tenth Good Thing About Barney (loss of cat)
by J. Viorst Year Published:Wherever You Are, My Love will Find You
by Nancy Tillman Year Published:The Next Place
by Warren Hanson Year Published:The Fall of Freddie the Leaf
by Leo Buscaglia Year Published:I Miss You: A First Look at Death
by Pat Thomas Year Published:Gentle Willow: A Story for Children About Dying
by Joyce Mills Year Published:A story about a terminal illness.Always and Forever
by Alan Durant Year Published:Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children
by Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen Year Published:What on Earth Do You Do When Someone Dies?
by Trevor Romain Year Published:When Dinosaurs Die
by Laurie Kransy Brown Year Published:When Children Grieve
by John W. Jmes Year Published:When Someone Dies
by Sharon Greenlee Year Published:After the Funeral
by Jane Loretta Winsch Year Published:Tear Soup
by Pat Schweibert and Chuck DeKlyen Year Published:Helping Children Grieve
by Theresa Huntley Year Published:The Grieving Teen: A Guide for Teenagers and Their Friends
by Helen Fitzgerald Year Published:A Teen's Simple Guide Through Grief
by Alexis Cunningham Year Published:The Empty Place (Loss of Sibling)
by Roberta Temes Year Published:Anxiety/Worries
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I Don't Want to go to School
by Nancy Pando Year Published:Jonathan James and the Whatif Monster
by Michelle Nelson-Schmidt Year Published:Wemberly Worried
by Kevin Henkes Year Published:What do do When You Worry Too Much (workbook)
by Dawn Huebner Year Published:When I Feel Afraid
by Cheri Meiners Year Published:When I Feel Scared
by Cornelia Maude Spelman Year Published:When I Miss You
by Cornelia Maude Spelman Year Published:When my Worries Get Too Big! (workbook)
by Kari Dunn Buron Year Published:Wilma Jean the Worry Machine
by Julia Cook Year Published:Anger
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Don't Rant and Rave on Wednesdays
by Adolph Moser Year Published:Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns It's Okay to Back Away
by Howard Binkow Year Published:Sometimes I'm Bombaloo
by Rachel Vail Year Published:What to do when your Temper Flares (workbook)
by Dawn Huebner Year Published:When I Feel Angry
by Cornelia Maude Spelman Year Published:When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really, Angry...
by Molly Bang Year Published:Feelings
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad DAy
by Judith Viorst Year Published:Feelings to Share from A to Z
by Todd & Peggy Snow Year Published:Franklin's Bad Day
by Paulette Bourgeois & Brenda Clark Year Published:The Way I Feel
by Janan Cain Year Published:Today I Feel Silly & Other Moods that Make My Day
by Jamie Lee Curtis Year Published:Understanding Feelings
by Susan Martineau Year Published:When I Feel Sad
by Cornelia Maude Spelman Year Published:Bullying
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Hands are not for Hitting
by Elizabeth Verdick Year Published:Cliques, Phonies, and Other Balonies
by Trevor Romain Year Published:Confessions of a Former Bully
by Trudy Ludwig Year Published:Stand Up For Yourself & Your Friends
by American Girl Year Published:Stop Picking On Me
by Pat Thomas Year Published:Blue Cheese Breath and Stinky Feet
by Catherine DePino Year Published:Recess Queen
by Alexis O'Neill Year Published:The Ant Bully
by John Nickle Year Published:The Juice Box Bully: Empowering Kid to Stand Up For Others
by Bob Sornson & Maria Dismondy Year Published:My Bully Secret
by Trudy Ludwig Year Published:King of the Playground
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Year Published:Stand Up To Bullying
by Phyllis Kaufman Goodstein & Elizabeth Verdick Year Published:Friendship
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A Good Friend: How to Make One, How to Be One
by Ron Herron Year Published:A Smart Girl's Guide to Friendship Troubles
by American Girl Year Published:Chester's Way
by Kevin Henkes Year Published:Circle of Three
by Elizabeth Brokamp Year Published:How To Lose All Your Friends
by Nancy Carlson Year Published:How to Make and Keep Friends (chapter book)
by Nadine Briggs Year Published:How to Win Friends & Influence People (for Teen Girls)
by Dale Carnegie Year Published:Join In & Play
by Cheri Meiners Year Published:The Secret Olivia Told Me
by N. Joy Year Published:What are Friends For?
by Sally Grindley & Penny Dann Year Published:You Will Be My Friend!
by Peter Brown Year Published:Starting School/Kindergarten
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The Kiss Box
by Bonnie Verburg Year Published:The Kissing Hand
by Audrey Penn Year Published:Kindergarten Rocks
by Katie Davis Year Published:Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come!
by Nancy Carlson Year Published:The Night Before Kindergarten
by Natasha Wing Year Published:Will You Come Back For Me?
by Ann Tompert Year Published:First Day Jitters
by Julie Danneberg Year Published:Franklin Goes to School
by Paulette Bourgeois Year Published:Do I Have to go to School?
by Pat Thomas Year Published:Leo the Late Bloomer
by Robert Kraus Year Published:Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
by Joseph Slate Year Published:Sam and Gram and the First Day of School
by Dianne Bloomberg Year Published:Bucket Filling/Kindness
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Fill a Bucket: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Young Children
by Carol McCloud & Katherine Martin Year Published:Have You Filled a Bucket Today?
by Carol McCloud Year Published:How Full Is Your Bucket
by Tom Rath & Mary Reckmeyer Year Published:Bucket Filling A-Z
by Carol McCloud & Caryn Butzke Year Published:Each Kindness
by Jacqueline Woodson Year Published:Words are Not For Hurting
by Elizabeth Verdick Year Published:Honesty/Tattling
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A Bad Case of the Tattle Tounge
by Julia Cook Year Published:Armadillo Tattletale
by Helen Ketteman Year Published:Being Honest
by Susan Martineau Year Published:Don't Squeal Unless it's a Big Deal
by Jeanie Franz Ransom Year Published:Lying up a Storm
by Julia Cook Year Published:Ricky Sticky Fingers (Stealing)
by Julia Cook Year Published:Ruthie & the (not so) Teeny Tiny Lie
by Laura Rankin Year Published:Tattlin' Madeline
by Carol Cummings Year Published:The Berenstain Bears & The Truth
by Stan & Jan Berenstain Year Published:Character Ed/Misc
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It's Not My Fault
by Nancy Carlson Year Published:Me First
by Helen Lester Year Published:Mr. Peabody's Apples
by Madonna Year Published:gossip and rumorsRainbow Fish
by Marcus Pfister Year Published:Stone Soup
by Marcia Brown Year Published:fairnessSwimmy
by Leo Lionni Year Published:working together/teamworkThe 7 Habits of Happy Kids
by Sean Covey Year Published:The Brand New Kid
by Katie Couric Year Published:The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein Year Published:The Rat and Tiger
by Keiko Kasza Year Published:bossyThe Velveteen Rabbit
by Margery Williams Year Published:Homework/Testing/Organization
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Be a Super Test Taker
by Laurie Rozakis Year Published:Dr. Seuss Hooray For Diffendoofer Day!
by Dr. Seuss Year Published:Getting Organized Without Losing It
by Janet Fox Year Published:How to do Homework without Throwing Up
by Trevor Romain Year Published:The Anti-Test Anxiety Society
by Julia Cook Year Published:Manners/Listening
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D.W.'s Guide To Perfect Manners
by Marc Brown Year Published:Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners
by Laurie Keller Year Published:Emily's Everyday Manners
by Peggy Post Year Published:Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns To Listen
by Howard Binkow Year Published:Listen Buddy
by Helen Lester Year Published:listeningLittle Elephant's Listening Ears
by Susan Hood Year Published:The Worst Day Of My Life Ever: A Story about Listening & Following Instructions
by Julia Cook Year Published:Self Esteem/Diversity
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Chrysanthemum
by Kevin Henkes Year Published:Hooray for You: A Celebration of "You-Ness"
by Marianne Richmond Year Published:Howard B. Wigglebottom Listens to his Heart
by Howard Binkow Year Published:I'm Gonna Like Me
by Jamie Lee Curtis Year Published:It's Okay to be Different
by Todd Parr Year Published:Little Prickles
by Montessori Middle School in Norwalk, Connecticut Year Published:The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin
by Joe Troiano Year Published:diversityThe Ugly Duckling
by Hans Christian Andersen Year Published:When I Feel Good About Myself
by Cornelia Maude Spelman Year Published:
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