Additional Resources

Source: Pathway 2 Success

DEVELOPING SELF-AWARENESS

• Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae

• Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

• It’s Okay to be Different by Todd Parr

• The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi

• Hooray for You! A Celebration of You-ness by Marianne Richmond

BUILDING CONFIDENCE

• I’m Gonna Like Me by Jamie Lee Curtis

• Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman

• Exclamation Mark by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

• I Like Me! By Nancy Carlson

• Zero by Kathryn Otoshi

UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONS

• Visiting Feelings by Lauren Rubenstein

• Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall

• The Way I Feel by Jonan Cain

• The Color Monster by Anna Llenas

• In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek

HOPES AND DREAMS

• Hiromi’s Hands by Lynne Barasch

• Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty

• Big Al by Andrew Clements

• Matthew’s Dream by Leo Lionni

• The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin

STUDY HABITS

• Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell

• Planning Isn’t My Priority by Julia Cook

• Don’t Forget the Bacon by Pat Hutchins

• See You Later, Procrastinator! By Pamela Espeland and Elizabeth Verdick

SELF-CONTROL

• Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein

• How to Be a Superhero Called Self-Control by Lauren Brukner

• What If? by Collen Doyle Bryant

• What Were You Thinking? Learning to Control Your Impulses by Brian Smith

PERSEVERANCE & RESILIENCE

• Salt in His Shoes by Deloris Jordan

• Brave Irene by William Steig

• Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson

• Unstoppable Me! By D.r Wayne W. Dyer

• Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull

• The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

RESPECT

• David Goes to School by David Shannon

• The Way I Act by Steve Metzger

• Respect and Take Care of Things by Cheri J. Meiners

EMPATHY

• The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig

• The Bicycle Man by Allen Say

• Do Unto Otters by Laurie Keller

• Stand In My Shoes by Bob Somson

KINDNESS

• Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson

• Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts

• Pinduli by Janell Cannon

• Good People Everywhere by Lynea Gillen

• Kindness Starts with You by Jacquelyn Stagg

• A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams

FRIENDSHIP SKILLS

• How to Lose All Your Friends by Nancy Carlson

• Making Friends is an Art by Julia Cook

• Love Monster and the Last Chocolate by Rachel Bright

• Jessica’s Box by Peter Carnavas

• Louise and Andie: The Art of Friendship by Kelly Light

INCLUDING OTHERS

• The Boy Who Wouldn’t Share by Mike Reiss

• Rulers of the Playground by Joseph Kuefler

• A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead

• The Invisible Boy by Patrice Barton

• Same Same But Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw

CONFLICT RESOLUTION

• Eat Your Peas by Kes Gray

• Sharing a Shell by Julia Donaldson

• There’s a Bear on my Chair by Ross Collins

• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

• Iris and Isaac by Cheterine Rayner

BEING RESPONSIBLE

• The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey

• I Just Forgot by Mercer Mayer

• Arthur’s Pet Business by Marc Brown

• The Emperor’s Egg by Martin Jenkins

• The Way I Act by Steve Metzger

MAKING GOOD CHOICES

• What If Everybody Did That? By Ellen Javernick

• Do Unto Otters by Laurie Keller

• Making Smart Choices by Lucia Raatma

• Land of Or by Katie Mullaly

PEER INFLUENCE

• The Juice Box Bully by Bob Somson and Maria Dismondy

• One by Kathryn Otoshi

• The Hueys in the New Sweater by Oliver Jeffers

• A Bad Case of the Stripes by David Shannon

• Bully on the Bus by Carl W. Bosch

REFLECTING ON CHOICES

• David Gets in Trouble by David Shannon

• Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Kenkes

• Beautiful Oops! By Barney Saltzberg

• After the Fall by Dan Santat

A Few of My Favorite Authors:

Peter H. Reynolds

Julia Cook

Diane Abler