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Use this four-step process to help reinforce the character trait featured in each story:

DESCRIBE: Talk with your child about what they think the main point of the story was. What character trait did the story define? How do you know? Why is it important? Can you make a connection to the story from your own life? Make a poster together, or have your child write or draw about this character trait.
DEMONSTRATE: Have your child act out what the character trait looks like, feels like. Role playing different ways children can demonstrate this character trait will help reinforce the behavior.
PRACTICE: Plan activities where your child has to take a turn to practice the featured character trait.
PROMOTE: Promote, support, and encourage children as they initiate and engage in behavior that demonstrates the character trait. Catch them being kind, flexible, honest, confident, etc.!

Books to help children with anxiety/fear

Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes

Always by Ann Stott

Wilma Jean the Worry Machine by Julia Cook

Is a Worry Worrying You? by Ferida Wolff

Pilar's Worries by Victoria M. Sanchez

Hey Warrior by Karen Young

The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Petts and Gary Rubinstein

Listening With My Heart by Gabi Garcia

Books about overcoming challenges and resiliency

Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson

Nadia: The Girl Who Couldn’t Sit Still by Karlin Gray

Life by Cynthia Rylant

Sunday Chutney by Aaron Blabey

El Deafo by Cece Bell

Books about appreciating our differences in others and ourselves

The Crayon Box that Talked by Shane Derolf

Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña

Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle

Extraordinary Jane by Hannah E. Harrison

Drum, Chavi, Drum!/Toca, Chavi, Toca! by Mayra L. Dole

Step Up to the Plate by Maria Singh

Home to Medicine Mountain by Chiori Santiago

Ana María Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle by Hilda Eunice Burgos

Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman

A Full Moon is Rising by Marilyn Singer

Just Like Me edited by Harriet Rohmer

Poems in the Attic by Nikki Grimes

First Come the Zebra by Lynne Barasch

The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson

The Sandwich Swap by Rania Al-Abdullah

Books about kindness and being a good friend

Leonardo, the terrible monster by Mo Willems

We’re All Wonders by R. J. Palacio

The Invisible String by Patrice Karst

Elizabeti’s Doll by Stephanie Stuve

A Morning with Grandpa by Sylvia Liu

The Perfect Gift by Paula Yoo

The Story I’ll Tell by Nancy Tupper Ling

Love Twelve Miles Long by Glenda Armand

The Legend of Freedom Hill by Linda Jacobs Altman

The Hula-Hoopin’ Queen by Thelma Lynne Godin

Family Pictures/Cuadros de familia by Carmen Lomas Garza

The Giving Tree by Shell Silverstein

Book about grief and loss

Missing Mommy: A Book About Bereavement by Rebecca Cobb

The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers

Big Tree is Sick: A Story to Help Children Cope with the Serious Illness of a Loved One by Nathalie Slosse

Cry, Heart, But Never Break by Glenn Ringtved

The Good-Be Book by Todd Parr

Wherever You Are My Love Will Find You by Nancy Tillman

I Miss You: A First Look at Death by Pat Thomas

When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death by by Laurie Krasny Brown

I Wish I Could Hold Your Hand… A Child’s Guide to Grief and Loss by by Pat Palmer

Books to help manage strong feelings and controlling behavior

When Sophie Gets Angry–Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang

Crabby Pants by Julie Gassman

The Way I Feel by Janan Cain

David Gets In Trouble by David Shannon

My Mouth Is a Volcano! by Julia Cook

Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker by Christianne C. Jones

YOU WILL BE MY FRIEND! by Peter Brown

Clark the Shark by Bruce Hale

Calling the Water Drum by LaTisha Redding

The Happiest Tree: A Yoga Story by Uma Krishnaswami

Juna’s Jar by Jane Bahk

Moony Luna/Luna Lunita Lunera by Jorge Argueta

Gettin’ Through Thursday by Melrose Cooper

My Diary from Here to There/Mi diario de aquí hasta allá by Amada Irma Pérez

The Three Lucys by Hayan Charara

Kiki’s Journey by Kristy Orona-Ramirez

Anger Tree by John Cary

Books about Bullying

Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry

Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

A Big Guy Took My Ball by Mo Willems

The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill and Laura Huliska-Beith

The Juice Box Bully by Bob Sornson and Maria Dismondy

I Walk With Vanessa by Kerascoet

Enemy Pie by Derek Munson

My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes

Bully by Patricia Polacco

The Bully Book by Eric Kahn Gale

Books about lying and honesty

Lying Up a Storm by Julia Cook

Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie by Laura Rankin

Books about Empathy

Sam and the Lucky Money by Karen Chinn

Benji, the Bad Day, and Me by Sally J. Pla

The Can Man by Laura E. William

The Crane Girl by Curtis Manley

Lend a Hand: Poems About Giving by John Frank

You, Me and Empathy by Jayneen Sanders

Books about problem solving

The Turtle Ship by Helena Ku Rhee

Destiny’s Gift by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley

Rainbow Weaver/Tejedora del arcoíris by Linda Elovitz Marshall

Finding the Music/En Pos de la Música by Jennifer Torres

The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore

Hammering For Freedom: The William Lewis Story by Rita Lorraine Hubbard

Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace by Jen Cullerton Johnson

The Story of World War II Hero Irena Sendler by Marcia Vaughan

Books to help understand Autism

My Brother Charlie by Ryan Elizabeth Peete

The Girl Who Thought In Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca

Ethan’s Story: My Life With Autism by Ethan Rice

Different Like Me: My Book Of Autism Heroes by Jennifer Elder.

Autism Is...? by Ymkje Wideman-van der Laan

All My Stripes: A Story for Children With Autism by Shaina Rudolph and Danielle Royer

Tacos Anyone? by Marvie Ellis

My Friend With Autism by Beverly Bishop

Cooper and the Big Apple by Camille Cohn

Hello, My Name Is Max and I Have Autism: An Insight Into the Autistic Mind by Max Miller

Slug Days by Sara Leach

A Friend Like Simon by Kate Gaynor

Uniquely Wired by Julia Cook

Leah’s Voice by Lori Demonia

I Love Being My Own Autistic Self! by Landon Bryce

Noah Chases the Wind by Michelle Worthington

Books about children experiencing changes in their family

Maybe Days by Jennifer Wilgocki and Marcia Kahn Wright

Families Change: A Book for Children Experiencing Termination of Parental Rights by Julie Nelson

Stellaluna by Jenell Cannon

My Family, Your Family by Lisa Bullard

All Bears Need Love by Tanya Valentine

Mixed Me by Taye Diggs

Two Homes by Claire Masurel

Sometimes its Grandmas and Grandpas, Not Mommies and Daddies by Gayle Byrne

Over the Moon by Karen Katz

Lola Reads to Leo by Anna McQuinn

Waiting for Baby by Rachel Fuller

The New Baby at Your House by Joanna Cole

The New Small Person by Lauren Child

My Brother Charlie by Holly Robinson Peete and Ryan Elizabeth Peete

The Big Sibling Book: Baby’s First Year According to Me by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

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