BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
FRIENDSHIP AND ISSUES RELATED TO FRIENDSHIP
Fox Makes a Friend by Adam Relf
My Friend by Beatrice Alemagna
Little Beaver and the Echo by Amy MacDonald
Too Many Frogs by Sandy Asher
A Visitor For Bear by Bonny Becker
David's Drawing by Cathryn Falwell
Hunwick's Egg by Mem Fox
Tico and the Golden Wings by Leo Lionni
Crow by Leo Timmers
Making Friends by Fred Rogers
Circus Girl by Tomek Bogacki
The Invisible Boy by Patrice Barton
Strictly, No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev
Disappearing Desmond by Ann Alter
Big Al by Andrew Yoshi
I'm the Best by Lucy Cousin's
The Little Blue Truck by Alice Shertle​
DEALING WITH MISTAKES
Yoko's Show and Tell by Rosemary Wells
Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan
Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie by Laura Rankin
Kiss the Cow by Phyllis Root
Self-regulation
Hunter's Best Friend at School by Laura Malone Elliott
Tommy Can't Stop by Tim Federle
Big and Noisy Simon by Joseph Wallace
Bullying
Pinduli by Janell Cannon
Eddie the Bully by Henry Cole
Charlie the Caterpillar by Dom DeLuise
A Friend for Lakota:by Jim and Jamie Dutcher
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell
Hurty Feeling by Helen Lester
Chester Raccoon and the Big Bad Bully by Audrey Penn
Kindergators: Hand Off, Harry by Rosemary Wells
Each Kindess by Jacqueine Woodson
The Ant Bully by John Nickle
Anxiety
The Worrywarts: by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Something Might Happen by Helen Lester
Absolutely Not by Mathew McElligott
The Black Rabbit: Philippa Leathers
Big Chickens: Leslie Helakoski
Bruce Moose and the What Ifs by Gary Oliver
Black Dog by Levi Pinford
The Dark Lemony Snicket
What Do You DO with a Problem by Kobi Yamada
Hannah and Sugar by Kate Berube
Sometimes I worry Too Much But I Know How to Stop: by Dawn Huebner
Clyde Monster by Robert Crowe
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
Racial, Socio-Economic and Gender Issues
Follow The Drinking Gourd: Jeanette Winter
These Hands: Margaret Mason
Back of the Bus: Aaron Reynolds
Amazing Grace: Mary Hoffman
Stella's Starliner: by Rosemary Wells
Can Man: Laura Williams
Something Beautiful by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne
Introducing Teddy by Jessica Walton
Be Who You Are
Jungle Drums by Graeme Base
The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings by Carolyn Bailey
Bee-Wigged by CeCe Bell
The Empty Pot by Demi
Something Special by David McPhail
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
A Porcupine Named Fluffy by Helen Lester
A Red Crayons Story by Michal Hall
Elmer by David McKee
Sassafras by Audrey Penn
Spoon by Amy Rosenthal and Scott Magoon
Hideaway Huskie by Lisa McCue
The Big Orange Splot:by Daniel Pinkwater
Sneetches on Beacher by Dr.Seuss
It's Okay to be Different by Todd Parr
PROBLEM-SOLVING
The Wizard, the Fairy, and the Magic Chicken by Helen Lester
Me First by Helen Lester
Ruby the Copycat by Peggy Rathman
Eddie's Kingdom by D.B. Johnson
Milo and the Magic Stones by Marcus Pfister
Holey Moley by Marcus Pfister
Abiyoyo by Pete Seeger
Jeremy Draws a Monster by Peter McCarty
The Monster Returns by Peter McCarty
The Boy Who Didn't Want to be Sad by Rob Goldblatt
Feeling Sad by Sarah Verroken
City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems
The Eagle and the Wren by Jane Goodall
Murgatroyd's Garden by Judy Zavos
Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper
The TickyTacky Doll by Cynthia Rylant
The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires
DEALING WITH CHANGE
A Froggy Fable by John Lechner
Little Tree by Loren Long
The Sea Serpent and Me by Dashka Slater
Birth of Siblings/Adoption
Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats
Bear With Me by Max Kornell
The New Baby by Fred Rogers
Allison by Allen Say
Our Twitchy by Kes Grey
LOSS
The Goblin and the Empty Chair by Mem Fox
The Scar by Charlotte Moundlic
Rudi's Pond by Eve Bunting
Ida, Always by Caron Levis
The Tenth Good Thing about Barney by Judith Viorst
When a Pet Dies by Fred Rogers
Maggie and the Pirate by Ezra Jack Keats
Rickie and Henry by Jane Goodall
Empathy
The Boy Who Grew Flowers by J.Wojtowicz
Bear in Love by Daniel Pinkwater
Emily's Art by Peter Catalanotto
14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy
Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
Koi and the Kola Nuts by Verna Aardema
Mister Rabbit and the Lovely Present by Charlotte Zolotow