Book Resources
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Accountability
Anger
Anxiety
Big Emotions
Bullying
Conflict Resolution
Diversity/Inclusion
Divorce
Empathy
Friendships
Grief
Growth Mindset/Resiliency
Impulse/Self-Control/Self-Regulation
Kindness
Mindfulness
Self-Esteem
Accountability
- But It’s Not My Fault by Julia Cook
- Lying up a Storm by Julia Cook
- A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue by Julia Cook
- What if Everybody Did That? by Ellen Javernick
- What if Everybody Thought That? by Ellen Javernick
- What Should Danny Do? by Adir Levy
- Don’t Think About Purple Elephants by Susanne Merritt
Anger
- Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang
- When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry…by Molly Bang
- Angry Octopus by Lori Lite
- I Was So Mad by Ron Miller
- Roaring Mad Riley by Allison Szczecinkski
- I Hate Everything! by Sue Graves
Anxiety
- Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg
- Anxious Ninja by Mary Nhin
- Everything Will Be OK by Anna Dewdney
- The Whatifs by Emily Kilgore
- Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae
- Me and My Fear by Francesca Sanna
- The Good Egg by Jory John
- Ruby’s Worry by Tom Percival
- There Might Be Lobsters by Carolyn Crimi
- Wilma Jean, The Worry Machine by Julia Cook
Big Emotions
- Me and My Feelings by Vanessa Green Allen
- Even Superheroes Have Bad Days by Shelly Becker
- A Little Spot of Feelings Box Set by Diana Adler
- The Color Monster by Anna Llenas
- Big Feelings by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman
- I Am Okay to Feel by Karamo Brown
- My Feelings and Me by Holde Kreul
- It’s Okay to Not be Okay by Emily Hayes
- My Body Sends a Signal by Natalia Maguire
Bullying
- The Juice Box Bully by Bob Sornson
- Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill
- I Walk with Vanessa by Kerascoët
- Bully B.E.A.N.S. by Julia Cook
- Llama Llama and the Bully Goat by Anna Dewdney
Conflict Resolution
- Anton and the Battle by Ole Konnecke
- Draw the Line by Kathryn Otoshi
- Peace Week in Miss Fox’s Class by Eileen Spinelli
- Hot Day on Abbott Avenue by Karen English
- Pink Tiara Cookies for Three by Maria Dismondy
- The Hueys in It Wasn't Me by Oliver Jeffers
- The Peace Book by Todd Parr
- The Steves by Morag Hood
- There’s a Bear on My Chair by Ross Collins
- Two by Kathryn Otoshi
Diversity/Inclusion
- The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
- Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
- Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun by Maria Dismondy
- The World Needs Who You Were Made to Be by Joanna Gaines
- The World Needs More Purple People by Benjamin Hart and Kristen Bell
- Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mactchev
- Brontorina by James Howe
- Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
- The Judgmental Flower by Julia Cook
- Just Ask! by Sonia Sotomayor
Divorce
- Was it the Chocolate Pudding? by Sandra Levins
- When My Parents Forgot How to Be Friends by Jennifer Moore-Mallinos
- My Family’s Changing by Pat Thomas
- Dinosaurs Divorce by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
- Two Homes by Claire Masurel
- Mum, Dad Can You Hear Me? by Despina Mavridou
Empathy
- Stand in My Shoes by Bob Sornson
- The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss
- Hey, Little Ant by Phillip Hoose and Hannah Hoose
- Come with Me by Holly M. McGhee
Friendships
- A Friend for Henry by Jenn Bailey
- The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig
- Ways to Make Friends by Jairo Buitrago
- The Pigeon and the Peacock by Jennifer L. Trace
- Pink Tiara Cookies for Three by Maria Dismondy
Grief
- The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
- Ida, Always by Caron Levis and Charles Santoso
- I Miss You by Pat Thomas
- The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers
- Evelyn Del Ray is Moving Away by Meg Medina
- The Hunt for the Nightingale by Sarah Ann Juckes
- Lost in the Clouds by Tom Tinn-Disbury
- The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Erik Blegvad
Growth Mindset/Resiliency
- The Magical Yet by Angela DiTerlizzi
- Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
- My Strong Mind by Niels Van Hove
- I Can’t Do That Yet by Esther Pia Cordova
- How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers
- Flight School by Lita Judge
- After the Fall by Dan Santat
- Dog Breath by Dav Pilkey
Impulse/Self-Control/Self-Regulation
- My Mouth is a Volcano by Julia Cook
- Hunter and His Amazing Remote Control by Lori Ann Copeland
- You Will be My Friend! by Peter Brown
- That Fruit is Mine! by Anuska Allepuz
- The Bad Seed by Jory John
- Train Your Angry Dragon by Steve Herman
- I’ll Wait, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony
- Click, Clack, Quack to School by Doreen Cronin
- The Choices I Make by Michael Gordon
Kindness
- Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
- Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Dolores
- John’s Turn by Mac Barnett
- A Small Kindness by Stacy McAnulty
- Pass it On by Sophy Henn
- Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller
- Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud
- The Cool Bean by Jory John
- The Jelly Donut Difference by Maria Dismondy
- We’re All Wonders by R.J. Palacio
Mindfulness
- Alphabreaths by Christopher Willard
- Even Superheroes Have Bad Days by Shelly Becker
- Here and Now by Julia Denos
- Meditation is an Open Sky: Mindfulness for Kids by Whitney Stewart
- Visiting Feelings by Lauren Rubenstein
- A World of Pausabilities: An Exercise in Mindfulness by Frank J. Sileo
- My Body is a Rainbow: The Color of My feelings by Malika Chopra
- A Handful of Quiet: Happiness in Four Pebbles by Thich Nhat Hanh
- My Magic Breath: Finding Calm Through Mindful Breathing by Nick Ortner
- The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld
- Breathe like a Bear by Kira Willey
- Puppy Mind by Andrew Jordan Nance
- Hurry Up! By Kate Dopirak
Self-Esteem
- Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin
- Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae
- I am Enough by Grace Byers
- Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
- I Am Perfectly Designed by Karamo Brown
- Geraldine by Elizabeth Lilly
- Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
- A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
- Fiona Flamingo by Rachael Urrutia Chu
- The World Needs Who You Were Made to Be by Joanna Gaines
- Llama Llama Mad at Mama by Anna Dewdney
- When Sophie Gets Angry–Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang
- Bear Feels Scared by Karma Wilson
- Bye Bye Pesky Fly by Lysa Mullady
- I Feel Happy: Why do I feel happy today? by DK
- Marvelous Me: Inside and Out by Lisa Bullard
- Bored Claude by Jill Newton
- I’m Sad by Michael Ian Black
- The Color Monster by Anna Llenas
- The Feelings Book by Todd Par
- What Should Danny Do? by Adir Levy and Ganit Levy