Helpful Children Books

ADD/ADHD

1. Learning To Slow Down and Pay Attention By Kathleen G. Nadeau ( Gd.1-5)

2. A Kid’s Book About Living with ADHD By Jeanne Kraus (Gd 1-5)

3. Otto Learns About His Medicine By Matthew Galvin (Gd. K-3)

4. Taking A.D.D. to School By Elizabeth Crary (Gd. K-5)

Adoption

1. Adoption is For Always By Linda Walvoord Girard (Gd. K-3)

2. A Koala for Katie By Jonathan London (Gd. K-1)

Anger Management

1. Hands Are Not for Hitting By Martine Agassi (Gd. K-1)

2. Words Are Not for Hurting By Martine Agassi (Gd. K-1)

3. Arnold Gets Angry By Lawerance Shapiro (Gd K-5)

4. When I feel Angry By Cornelia Spelman (Gd 1)

5. Amazing Mallika By Jami Parkison (Gd. K-5)

6. When Emily Woke Up Angry By Riana Duncan (Gd K-5)

7. Andrew's Angry Words By Dorothea Lachner (Gd 3-5)

8. I was so Mad! By Norma Simon (Gd K-2)

Bullying

1. The Brand New Kid By Katie Couric (Gd 1-4)

2. The Recess Queen By Alexis O’Neal (Gd. K-3)

3. Don’t Laugh at Me By Steve Seskin and Allen Shamblin (Gd. K-6)

4. Stop Picking On Me By Pat Thomas (Grade K-2)

Celebrating Differences/ Uniqueness

1. Imagine By Angela Lamanno (Gd. K-3)

2. Special People, Special Ways By Arlene Maguire (Gd. K-3)

3. It’s Okay to Be Different By Todd Parr (Gd. K-2)

4. Shapesville By Andy Mills & Becky Osborn (Gd K-2)

Changing Families

1. Do I Have a Daddy? By Jeanne Lindsay (Gd. K-3)

2. Goodnight, Daddy By Angela Seward (Gd. K-3)

3. Two Old Potatoes and Me By John Coy (Gd. K-3)

4. Two Homes By Claire Masurel (Gd. K-2)

5. Divorce By Fred Rogers (Gd. K-3)

6. Stepfamilies By Fred Rogers (Gd. K-3)

7. What Can I Do? By Danielle Lowry (Gd. 2-5)

8. Divorce Happens to the Nicest Kids By Michael Prokop (Gd. K-6)

9. Dinosaurs Divorce By Laurene Kransy Brown (Gd. K-3)

10. For Your Own Good By Doris Sanford (Gd K-5)

11. My Real Family By Doris Sanford (Gd K-5)

12. At Daddy's On Saturdays By Linda Walvoord Girard (K-5)

13. Ginny Morris and Mom's House Dad House By Mary C. Gallagher (Gd 3-5)

14. Please Come Home By Sandford Evans (K-3)

Child Abuse

1. A Safe Place to Live By Michelle A. Harrison (Gd.K-5)

Death/Grief

1. The Fall of Freddie the Leaf By Leo Buscaglia (Gd. 1-8)

2. Lifetimes By Bryan Mellonie (Gd. 1-5)

3. The Tenth Good Thing About Barney By Judith Viorst (Gd. K-3)

4. The Day I Saw My Father Cry By Bill Cosby (Gd. K-3)

5. When Dinosaurs Die By Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown (Gd. K-3)

6. The Saddest Time By Norma Simon (Gd 3-5)

7. It Must Hurt A Lot By Doris Sanford (Gd K-2)

Decision Making

1. The Dot By Peter Reynolds (Gd. K-3)

Friendship

1. The Big Blue Spot By Peter Holwitz (Gd. K-3)

2. A Bug, A Bear, and a Boy Go to School By David McPhail (Gd. K-2)

3. Earl’s Too Cool for Me By Leah Komaiko (Gd. K-3)

4. How to Be a Friend By Laurie and Marc Brown (Gd. K-3)

5. How to Lose All Your Friends By Nancy Carlson (Gd. K-3)

6. Just the Way You Are By Marcus Pfister (Gd. K-2)

Frustration/ Disappointment

7. Buster By Brent Sudduth (Gd. K-4)

8. Don’t Laugh at Me By Steve Seskin and Allen Shamblin (Gd. K-3)

9. I Want It Now By Chris Loftis (Gd. K-3)

Learning to Get Along/ Communication

1. Listen and Learn By Cheri Meiners (Gd. K-3)

2. Share and Take Turns By Cheri Meiners (Gd. K-3)

3. Understand and Care By Cheri Meinders (Gd. K-3)

4. When I Feel Afraid By Cheri Meiners (Gd. K-3)

5. The Big Bad Rumor By Jonathan Meres (Gd. K-3)

Manners

1. The Thingamajig Book of Manners By Irene Keller (Gd. K-3)

2. Piggy Monday By Suzanne Bloom (Gd. K-4)

Motivation

1. Amazing Grace By Mary Hoffman (Gd. K-5)

2. Filbert Flies By Karl Ruhmann (Gd. K-3)

3. The Happy Hedgehog By Marcus Pfister (Gd. K-3)

4. The Little Red Hen and the Ear of Wheat By Mary Finch (Gd. K-2)

5. Those Can-Do Pigs By David M. McPhail (Gd. K-3)

6. The Littledoobiddles and Doobetterdees By Michael Daniel (Gd. K-5)

Peer Pressure

1. A Bad Case of Stripes By David Shannon (Gd. K-4)

2. The Band-Aid Chicken By Becky Henton (Gd. K-2)

3. But Mom, Everybody Else Does By Kay Winters (Gd. K-3)

4. The Contrary Kid By Matt Cibula (Gd. K-4)

5. Hunter’s Best Friend at School By Laura Elliott (Gd. K-3)

6. Monkey See, Monkey Do By Linda Schwartz (Gd. K-3)

School Anxiety

1. Little Brown Bear Won’t Go to School By Jane Dyer (Gd. K-3)

2. Tibili By Marie Leonard (Gd. K-2)

Self-Esteem/ Self-Acceptance

1. Three Nasty Gnarlies By Keith Graves (Gd. 2-5)

2. Shapesville By Andy Mills and Becky Osborn (Gd. K-3)

3. When I Grow Up I Want to Be Me By Sandra Magsmen (Gd. K-3)

4. Trudi and Pia By Ursula Hegi (Gd. K-3)

5. Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon By Patty Lovell (Gd. K-3)

6. Elmer By David McKee (Gd. K-3)

7. Eggbert By Tom Ross (Gd. K-3)

8. I Want Your Moo By Marcella Bakur Weiner and Jill Neimark (Gd. K-3)

Special Needs

1. Crickwing By Janelle Cannon (Gd. 2-5)

2. Flop-Ear By Guido Van Genechten (Gd. K-3)

3. Goose’s Story By Cari Best (Gd. K-5)

Strangers/ Safety

1. Not Everyone Is Nice By Frederick Alimonti and Ann Tedesco (Gd. K-5)

2. Don’t talk to Strangers By Kevi (Gd. 1-4)

3. Kid’s Guide to Who You Can Trust By Catalina Herrerias (Gd. 1-6)

4. Who Is a Stranger and What Should I Do? By Linda Girard (Gd. 2-5)

5. Officer Buckle and Gloria By Peggy Rathmann (Gd. K-3)

Teasing

1. The Brand New Kid By Katie Couric (Gd. 1-4)

2. Enemy Pie By Derek Munson (Gd. K-3)

3. How Chipmunk Got His Stripes By Joseph and James Bruchac (Gd. K-3)

4. The Pig in a Wig By Alan MacDonald (Gd. K-3)

5. Rosie’s Story By Marine Gogoll (Gd. K-4)

6. Simon’s Hook By Karen Burnett (Gd. 1-5)

7. The Hurt By Teddi Doleski (Gd. K-5)

Tolerance Towards All

1. Mr. Lincoln’s Way By Patricia Polacco (Gd. 1-4)

2. The Other Side By Jacqueline Woodson (Gd. 1-5)

3. There’s a Skunk In My Bunk By Joseph McCann (Gd. 1-4)