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.

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