Resources for Families
In The Wild Robot, you will discover many themes; some that can be difficult for children to understand. Below is a list of some of those themes. In addition, you will find read alouds, specific to grade level, to go along with these themes to use within your home. These resources are to support and navigate conversations and feelings that students may have regarding these topics.
Friendship
ECE-2
Stick and Stone
by: Beth Ferry
3-5
Enemy Pie
by: Derek Munson
Family
ECE-3
A Family is a Family is a Family
by: Sara O'Leary
4-5
My Rotten Red-Headed Older Brother
by: Patricia Polacco
Adoption
ECE-K
I Wished for You
by: Marianne Richmond
K-3
Tell Me Again About the Night I was Born
by: Jamie Lee Curtis
3-5
Just Right Family, An Adoption Story
by: Brenda Sewell
Bullying
ECE-K
Llama Llama and the Bully Goat
by: Anna Dewdney
1-3
The Juice Box Bully
by: Bob Sornson
4-5
Confessions of a Former Bully
by: Trudy Ludwig
4-5
Bully
by: Patricia Polacco
Belonging
ECE-K
If There Never Was a You
by: Amanda Rowe
1-3
Pebble: A Story About Belonging
by: Susan Milord
4-5
Front Desk
by: Kelly Yang
(This is a chapter book and this recording is only of Chapters 1 and 2)
Home
ECE-1
Brick by Brick
by: Heidi Woodward Sheffield
2-3
A Piece of Home
by: Jeri Watts
4-5
Other Words for Home
by: Jasmine Warga
(chapter book)
Forgiveness
ECE
You Poked My Heart
by: Brandy Cooke
K-2
I am Extremely Absolutely Boiling
by: Lauren Child
3-5
Through My Eyes
by: Ruby Bridges
Immigration
ECE-1
I'm an Immigrant, Too!
by: Mem Fox
2-3
Irving Berlin: The Immigrant Boy Who Made America Sing
by: Nancy Churnin
4-5
The Colour of Home
by: Mary Hoffman
Helping Others
For Anyone!
Have You Filled a Bucket Today?
by: Carol McCloud
ECE
The Nice Book
by: David Ezra Stein
K-1
The Bear Who Shared
by: Catherine Rayner
2-3
Given From the Heart
by: Pat McKissack
4-5
Mother Theresa: The Smile of Calcutta
by: Charlotte Grossetête
Life Cycle/Death
ECE-1
The Goodbye Book
by: Todd Parr
ECE-1
I'll Always Love You
by: Hans Wilhelm
2-3
Ida, Always
by: Caron Levis
2-3
The Invisible String
by: Patrice Karst
4-5
Love, Amalia
by: Alma Flor Ada and Gabriel M. Zubizarreta
(chapter book- this is just Chapter 1)
4-5
Uncle Monarch and the Day of the Dead
by: Judy Goldman
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White is also a recommendation for students in grades 4-5.