Lola Loves Stories This book shows children the power books have on our
imagination. Reading is fun! If you analyze the pictures of the books Lola
enjoys, you may recognize some of the stories that Lola hears.
Henry Hodges Needs a Friend Henry starts out the story feeling lonely because he doesn't
have any friends in his neighborhood.
When his parents offer to get him a "one of a kind" pet, his
imagination goes wild. Kids love the
rhyming so they can predict the end of each page.
Daddy Calls me Man This story is told from a young boy's perspective. He wants to be big like his dad. It's not until he gets a baby sister to
nurture that he starts to feel big.
Llama Llama Time to Share Learning the merits of sharing is
a process. This book shows kids what
happens when you choose not to, as well as why we have more fun when we do
share.
These Hands This story starts out with many examples of the amazing
things grampa's hands could do when he was younger. As well as the things they do now to teach
his grandson. Then partway through the
book, we learn about segregation, and the opportunities that were taken from
people of color. Considering the many
talents we learned about this man in his younger days, this feels wrong. This story The book gives a message of hope that things
got better by working together. And the
next generation can do even more.
All Are Welcome This book reassures children that diversity is celebrated in
school and as the title says, all are welcome.
It features illustrations that are all the colors of the rainbow on
every page, and joyful activities.
Be Kind I love this book because the character struggles with how to
be kind. Not because anyone was
particularly unkind, but because of a fluke accident that leads to
embarrassment. Sometimes things happen
and we don't know what to say to help.
She gives her friend space while she weighs her options, and in the end,
she finds a way to reconnect with her friend and put the problem behind
them.
Tattle Tongue This book reminds me of an old favorite: Chocolate Fever. A better analogy might be Pinocchio. A child has a bad habit and as a result develops
an amusing physical change. At least in
this case it was all just a dream. The
book does a great job of breaking down what is tattling and what is reporting
something dangerous. I usually wait to
read this book until tattling is becoming a problem just in case, but it's a
great one to have on hand.
Hey, Little Ant This is one of my favorite books to teach empathy when I
have a student or student who doesn't seem to understand that physically
hurting others is wrong. It takes the
perspective of a boy who likes to kill ants and an ant that is obviously
opposed to this policy. What really
makes this book stay with the readers is that it doesn't have an ending. We don't know if the boy decides to let the
ant live, and that opens the door to a lot of debate and discussion with your
students! You can also make it a writing
activity.
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