BOOKS FOR CHILDREN BY TOPIC
(Please review books before reading with your child)
ADHD/Executive Functioning
The ADHD Workbook for Kids by Lawrence Shapiro (for kids and
adults)
I Can’t Find My Whatchamacallit! by Julia Cook
It’s Hard to Be Five: How to Work My Control Panel by Jamie Lee Curtis
It’s Hard to Be a Verb by Julia Cook
Planning Isn’t My Priority… And Making Priorities Isn’t In My Plan by Julia Cook
Sometimes I Drive My Mom Crazy but I Know She is Crazy About Me by Lawrence Shapiro
The Survival Guide for Kids with ADHD by John F. Taylor
Adoption
How I Was Adopted by Joanna Cole
Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis
We Belong Together: A Book About Adoption and Families by Todd Parr
Anger
Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Cool Down and Work Through Anger by Cheri Meiners
Hands are Not for Hitting by Martine Agassi
Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns It’s Ok to Back Away by Howard Binkow
Soda Pop Head by Julia Cook
When Sophie Gets Angry- Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang
Anxiety
But What If? by Sue Graves
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
Priscilla’s Predicament… the Worrywart Woes by Stephie McCumbee
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety by Dawn Huebner (for kids and adults)
Wilma Jean the Worry Machine by Julia Cook
Bullying
Berenstain Bears and the Bully by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Bully B.E.A.N.S by Julia Cook
Don’t Laugh At Me by Steve Seskin and Allen Shamblin
Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns About Bullies by Howard Binkow
My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig
The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill and Laura Huliska-Beth
Say Something by Peggy Moss
Conflict Resolution
Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns We Can All Get Along by Howard Binkow
Talk and Work It Out by Cheri Meiners
Dealing with Disabilities, Disorder and/or Diseases
Autism/Asperger’s
A Friend Like Simon by Kate Gaynor
I See Things Differently: A First Look at Autism by Pat Thomas
My Friend with Autism by Beverly Bishop
Cancer
The CAN in Cancer by Julia Cook
Taking Cancer to School by Kim Gosselin
Depression
Blueloon by Julia Cook
Diabetes
Taking Diabetes to School by Kim Gosselin
Food Allergies
The Bugabees: Friends with Food Allergies by Amy Recob
Nutley the Nut-Free Squirrel by Stephanie Sorkin
The Peanut-Free Café by Gloria Koster
The Princess and the Peanut Allergy by Wendy McClure
Divorce
The “D” Word by Julia Cook
Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
Was It the Chocolate Pudding?: A Story for Little Kids About Divorce by Sandra Levins
We’ll Always Be There for You by Annette Aubrey
Feelings
The Feelings Book by Todd Parr
Glad Monster, Sad Monster: A Book About Feelings by Ed Emberley
Today I Feel Silly & Other Moods that Make My Day by Jamie Lee Curtis
The Way I Feel by Janan Cain
Friendship
Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Friends by Stan and Jan Berenstain
How to be a Friend: A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
How to Lose All of Your Friends by Nancy Carlson
Making Friends Is An Art by Julia Cook
Grief/Loss
Grief is Like a Snowflake by Julia Cook
I Wish I Could Hold Your Hand: A Child’s Guide to Grief and Loss by Dianne O’Quinn Burke
What On Earth Do You Do When Someone Dies? By Trevor Romain
When Dinosaurs Die by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
Honesty
Howard B. Wigglebottom and the Monkey On His Back by Howard Binkow
Liar Liar Pants on Fire by Diane deGroat
Princess K.I.M. and the Lie that Grew by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Individuality/Differences
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
Carla’s Sandwich by Debbie Herman
It’s Okay to Be Different by Todd Parr
Odd Velvet by Mary Whitcomb
One of Us by Peggy Moss
Red: A Crayon Story by Michael Hall
The Short Giraffe by Neil Flory
Stand Straight, Ella Kate by Kate Klise
Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell
Manners
Be Polite and Kind by Cheri Meiners
Howard B. Wigglebottom and Manners Matter by Howard Binkow
Monster Manners by Bethany Roberts and Andrew Glass
Table Talk by Julia Cook
Perfectionism
The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein
Penelope Perfect by Shannon Anderson
Priscilla and the Perfect Storm by Stephie McCumbee
Too Perfect by Trudy Ludwig
Sportsmanship
Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns About Sportsmanship: Winning Isn’t Everything by Howard Binkow
If Winning Isn’t Everything, Why Do I Hate to Lose? by Bryan Smith
Sally Sore Loser by Frank J. Sileo
Winners Don’t Whine and Whiners Don’t Win by Julia Cook
Winners Never Quit by Mia Hamm
Tattling
A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue by Julia Cook
Don’t Squeal Unless It’s A Big Deal: A Tale of Tattletales by Jeanie Franz Ransom
Help Me Be Good: Tattling by Joy Berry