Digital Citizenship Books
Using Picture Books to Teach Digital Citizenship
Students like to read/listen to books that they can relate to and many of these picture books contain relatable content. For instance, the characters are overly involved in video games, engaging in cyberbullying on social media, texting personal information to strangers, etc. Listening to and reading stories that present difficult safety issues and how the characters overcome those obstacles can provide important lessons for our students. Below is a list of digital citizenship themed picture books.
Responsible Use of Technology
Webster's Manners by Hannah Whaley
Webster's Bedtime by Hannah Whaley
If You Give a Mouse an iPhone by Ann Droyd
Goodnight iPad by Ann Droyd
Once Upon a Time Online by David Bedford
The Berenstain Bears' Computer Trouble by Jan Berenstain
Tek by Patrick McDonnell
Dot. by Randi Zuckerberg
Goodnight Selfie by Scott Menchin
Franklin and the Computer by Sharon Jennings
The Tweeting Galah by Kim Maslin
Online Safety
Webster's Friend by Hannah Whaley
What Does it Mean to be Safe? by Rana DiOrio
Chicken Clicking by Jeanne Willis
The Fabulous Friend Machine by Nick Bland
Good Pictures Bad Pictures by Kristen A. Jenson and Debbie Fox
The Internet is Like a Puddle by Shona Innes & Irisz Agocs
Digital Footprint
The Technology Tail by Julia Cook and Anita DuFalla
Cyberbullying
Cell Phoney by Julia Cook and Anita DuFalla
Shredderman: Secret Identity by Wendelin Van Draanen and Brian Biggs
Bully by Patricia Polacco
Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry
Troll Stinks! by Jeanne Willis
Screen Time/Technology Addiction/Unplugging
But It's Just a Game by Julia Cook and Michelle Hazelwood Hyde
Clicker the Cat by Kuyla Cullinane
Webster's Bedtime by Hannah Whaley
Hello, Hello by Matthew Cordell
Blackout by John Rocco
When Charlie McButton Lost Power by Suzanne Collins
Unplugged by Steve Antony
Doug Unplugged By Dan Yaccarino