Recommended Reading
Empathy
Stand in My Shoes: Kids Learning About Empathy
Bob Sornson, illustrated by Shelley Johannes
Those Shoes
Maribeth Boelts, illustrated by Noah Z. Jones
Kindness is Cooler, Mrs. Ruler
Margery Cuyler, illustrated by Sachiko Yoshikawa
What Does It Mean To Be Kind?
Rana DiOrio, illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch
Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed
Emily Pearson, illustrated by Fumi Kosaka
Each Kindness
Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E.B. Lewis
The Invisible Boy
Trudy Ludwig, illustrated by Patrice Barton
Heartprints
P.K. Hallinan
Emotions and Listening
Moody Cow Meditates
Kerry Lee MacLean
That’s How I Feel (Asi Me Siento)
by Rourke Publishing
Have you Filled a Bucket Today?
by Carol McCloud, illustrated by David Messing
What if Everybody Did That?
Ellen Javernick, illustrated by Colleen M. Madden
I Was So Mad
Mercer Mayer
Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners
Laurie Keller
My Many Colored Days
Dr. Seuss
When Sophie’s Feelings Are Really, Really Hurt
Molly Bang
I’m the Best
Lucy Cousins
Chocolate Milk, Por Favor
Maria Dismondy, illustrated by Donna Farrell
The Sandwich Swap
Queen Rania of Jordan & Kelly DiPucchio, illustrated by Tricia Tusa
Junkyard Wonders
Patricia Polacco
The Conquerers
David McKee
Equality, Individual Differences and Self-Esteem
I Like Myself!
Karen Beaumont, Illustrated by David Catrow
Red: A Crayon’s Story
Michael Hall
Giraffes Can’t Dance
Giles Andreae, Illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees
Strictly No Elephants
Lisa Mantchev, Illustrated by Taeeun Yoo
Two Speckled Eggs
Jennifer K. Mann
Willow
Denise Brennan-Nelson and Rosemarie Brennan, illustrated by Cyd Moore
Grace for President
Kelly DiPucchio, Illustrated by LeUyen Pham
A Chair for My Mother
Vera B. Williams
Mama’s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation
Edwidge Danticat, illustrated by Leslie Staub
House Mouse, Senate Mouse
Peter W. Barnes and Cheryl Shaw Barnes
Being Me
Rosemary McCarney, illustrated by Yvonne Cathcart
Empathy
Charlotte’s Web
E.B. White, illustrated by Garth Williams
Wonder
RJ Palacio
Kindness: A Treasury of Buddhist Wisdom for Children and Parents
Sarah Conover and Valerie Wahl
Emotions and Listening
Zero Tolerance
Claudia Mills
The Cat at the Wall
Deborah Ellis
The Three Questions
Jon Muth
Queenie Peavy
Robert Burch
Michael Rosen’s Sad Book
Michael Rosen, illustrated by Quentin Blake
Bullying and Friendship
Stitches
Glen Huser
To This Day: For the Bullied and the Beautiful
Shane Koyczan
Understanding Buddy
Marc Kornblatt
Loser
Jerry Spinelli
Veronica Ganz
Marilyn Sachs
Blubber
Judy Blume
Equality, Individual Differences and Self-Esteem
Out of My Mind
Sharon M. Draper
Inside Out and Back Again
Thanhha Lai
The Ordinary Princess
M. M. Kaye
Zero Tolerance
Claudia Mills
Paper Things
Jennifer Richard Jacobson
The Kid’s Guide to Social Action
Barbara A. Lewis
Hoot
Carl Hiaasen
The Chocolate War
Robert Cormier
EMPATHY
Freak the Mighty
Rodman Philbrick
Rules
Cynthia Lord
EMOTIONS AND LISTENING
Don’t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens
Sheri Van Dijk
A Still Quiet Place: A Mindfulness Program for Teaching Children and Adolescents to Ease Stress and Difficult Emotions
Amy Saltzman, MD
Learning to Breathe: A Mindfulness Curriculum for Adolescents to Cultivate Emotion Regulation, Attention, and Performance
Patricia Broderick, PhD
This Side of Home
Renee Watson
BULLYING AND FRIENDSHIP
Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories, by Megan Kelley Hall and Carrie Jones
Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson
Freak Show
James St. James
Stargirl
Jerry Spinelli
7 Days at the Hot Corner
Terry Trueman
Equality, Individual Differences and Self-Esteem
The Great Greene Heist
Varian Johnson
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
The Plain Janes
Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg
Samir and Yonatan
Daniella Carmi
The Lions of Little Rock
Kristin Levine
March: Book One
John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
GENERAL PARENTING
Fearless Feeding: How to Raise Healthy Eaters from High Chair to High School
Jill Castle, Maryann Jacobsen
How to Talk so Kids Will Listen…And Listen So Kids Will Talk Adele Faber
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
Daniel J. Siegel
Free-Range Kids, How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry)
Lenore Skenazy
Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood
Lisa Damour
Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy! Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind
Michael J. Bradley
Smart But Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential
Peg Dawson & Richard Guare
That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week: Helping Disorganized and Distracted Boys Succeed in School and Life
Anaa Homayoun
Queen Bees and Wannabes
Rosalind Wiseman