BOOK RESOURCES

1st DAY OF SCHOOL / NEW SCHOOL

First Day Jitters

The Night Before Kindergarten

The Night Before First Grade

The Kissing Hand

Do I Have to Go to School (A first look at starting school)

Why Do I Have to?

I Don't Want to Go to School (Seperation / Anxiety)

Kindergarten Rocks!

Countdown to Kindergarten

Things Might Go Horribly, Terribly Wrong (Anxiety)

About Dependence and Seperation

My New School

New Bear at School

New School Jitters: New School, New Friends, New Scares and New Cares

Vera's New School

Get Ready for Second Grade

Second Grade Rules

CHARACTER EDUCATION / FRIENDSHIP

How Could You?: Kids Talk About Trust

The Berenstain Bears and the Golden Rule

The Berenstain Bears and the Truth

The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Friends

The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers

The Berenstain Bears Think of Those in Need

The Berenstain Bears and the Blame Game

The Berenstain Bears Faithful Friends

The Berenstain Bears and the Bad Influence

The Berenstain Bears and the In-Crowd

Hands Are Not for Hitting

Words Are Not for Hurting

Feet Are not for Kicking

A Bad Case of the Tattle Tongue

Chrysanthemum

Sharing Friends

The Girls Book of Friendship

A Smart Girl's Guide to Friendship Troubles

Fin-Tastic Friendship Book

Since We're Friends (An Autism Picture Book)

How to Be a Friend

How to Lose All Your Friends

Manners

Dude, That's Rude!

The Berestain Bears Forget Their Manners

A Smart Girl's Guide to Manners

Mind Your Manners in School

Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen

I'm Gonna Like Me

Listen, Buddy

Me First

The Peace Book

Swimmy

Stone Soup

The Rainbow Fish

Tattlin' Madeline

The Giving Tree

Telling Isn't Tattling

FEELINGS / BULLYING

The Feel Good Book

Hurty Feelings

Stop Picking on Me

Don't Call Me Special

It's Okay to Be Different

The Ugly Duckling

Different But Okay

It's Not My Fault

I Am Different, But That's Okay With Me

When I Feel Angry

When I Feel Sad

When I Feel Good About Myself

When I Feel Jealous

What To Do When You Worry Too Much (Anxiety)

Hooway For Wodney Wat (bullying)

Cliques, Phonies and Other Balonies

Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain

Stick Up for Yourself

King of the Playground

Recess Queen

The Ant Bully

DIVORCE

Was it the Chocolate Pudding?

What in the World Do You Do When Your Parents Divorce?

Dinosaur's Divorce

My Stepfamily

I Don't Want to Talk About It

With My Mom, With My Dad

What To Tell the Kids About Your Divorce

My Family's Changing

My Parents Are Divorced, Too

ILLNESS / LOSS / GRIEF

When Pete's Dad Got Sick

When Mommy Lossses her Hair: It Means the Medicine is Working

When Someone Dies (Questions children ask about bereavement and grief)

Water Bug and Dragonflies (Explaining death to young children)

When Pets Die: It's Alright to Grieve

The Next Place

Someone I Loved Died (A child's workbook about loss and grieving)

Helping Children Heal from Loss (A keepsake book of special memories)

Are you Sad, Little Bear? A book about learning to say goodbye

Hugs and Kisses from Brittany: A book about the death of another child from a child's point of view

A Butterfly for Brittany: A book about the death of another child from a childn's point of view

Good Answers to Tough Questions about Death

But I Didn't Say Goodbye: Helping Children and Families after Suicide

My Grandma Died: A child's story about grief and loss

My Pet Died

Tell Me About Heaven

Samantha Jane's Missing Smile (Loss of a parent)

The Day Scooter Died (loss of a pet)

I Had a Friend Named Peter (Talking to children about the death of a friend)

I Miss You (A first look about death)

Gentle Willow (A story for Children about Dying)

Children Also Grieve (Talking about death and healing)

The Snowman (A book about children and grief)

After the Funeral

Helping Children Grieve

The Fall of Freddie Leaf (A story of life for all ages)

What on Earth Do you Do When Someone Dies?