BOOK LIST
Books For Adults
A Framework for Understanding Poverty by Ruby K. Payne
Why Gender Matters by Leonard Saxs
Raising Resilient Children : Fostering Strength, Hope, and Optimism in Your Child by Robert Brooks
Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14 by Chip Wood
Books For Children
General
The Missing Piece Meets the Big O by Shel Silverstein
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
I’m Gonna Like Me by Jaime Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell
Perfectionism
Not so Perfect Polly by Ashley McClain
Scaredy Squirrel by Mélanie Watt
Anxiety
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
What to do When a Worry is Worrying You by Dawn Huebner and Bonnie Matthews
Courage by Bernard Waber
Wilma Jean Worry Machine by Julia Cook
Ish by Peter Reynolds
Worry Says What by Allison Edwards
Friendship
Stick Up For Yourself by Gershen Laufman, Lev Raphael and Pamela Espeland
Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
We Can Work It Out by Barbara K. Polland
The Kids’ Guide to Working Out Conflicts by Naomi Drew
How to Say NO and Keep Your Friends by Sharon Scott
Cliques, Phonies, & Other Baloney by Trevor Romain
The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill
Stand up for Yourself by American Girl
Stand Tall Molly Lou Mellon by Patty Lovell
Have You Filled a Bucket Today by Carol McCloud
My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig
Nobody Knew What To Do- A Story About Bullying by Becky Ray McCain
Growth Mindset for Kids
The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires
The Girl who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein
Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg
Fantastic Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak, Ph. D
Books For Children Continued
Gender Identity and Expression
I Am Jazz - by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino
Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
Divorce
Divorce Happens to the Nicest Kids Revised by Michael S. Prokop
What in the World Do You Do When Your Parents Divorce by Kent Winchester & Roberta Beyer
Transition
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
25 Things to Do by Laurie A. Kanyer
Talking To Your Kids In Tough Times by Willow Bay
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
The Night Before First Grade by Natasha Wing
Off to First Grade by Louise Borden
First Grade Jitters by Robert Quakenbush
Grief and Loss
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf by Leo Buscaglia
My Life Changed-A Journal for Coping with Loss & Grief by Free Spirit Publishing
The Goodbye Boat by Mary Joslin
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
ADHD
The Seven Habits of Highly Successful ADDers by Dr. Edward Hallowell
Delivered from Distraction by Dr. Edward Hallowell
Family
Oh Brother…Oh, Sister! by American Girl Library
All Kinds Of Families by Norma Simon
The Family Book by Todd Parr
Homework and Organization
How to Homework Without Throwing Up by Trevor Romain
Coping
Board games are a great way to teach coping. Some of my favorites are…
Candyland
Chutes and Ladders
Trouble
Parcheesi
Uno
Checkers
Connect Four
Jenga