Bibliotherapy+Titles

=**Bibliotherapy Titles**=

Here you will find books and non-print items to use with clients on various topics.
Titles are grouped by subjects:
 * General Information & Bibliographies
 * Adoption
 * Anger
 * Bullies
 * Death & Dying
 * Divorce
 * Feelings
 * Illness
 * Kindness
 * Moving/Relocation
 * Self-Esteem & Individuality
 * Separation Issues
 * Siblings
 * Times of Crisis
 * Websites

__**General Information & Bibliographies**__
//**Bobby's Books **// @http://www.bobbysbooks.org/aws/LAO/pt/sp/bb_history This website, hosted by the Midwest Care Alliance, is a wonderful tool for parents, teachers, and counselors to use in order to locate books to share with children and teens to help them work through issues such as illness, death, separation/divorce. Professional.

ERC PROF BK BF723 .D5 G73 2010 Check Availability The literature-based activities in this book will help teachers and counselors guide children who have been through a trauma cope. Strategies used are discussion starters, writing activities, and art activities. Divided by type of trauma. Professional.
 * Grace, C. & Shores, E.F. (2010). //After the crisis: using storybooks to help children cope.// Silver Spring, MD: Gryphon House.**

//**Little Parachutes**// @http://www.littleparachutes.com/ Online bibliography of picture books to help children cope with worries, health issues, and new experiences, listed by subjects.

//**Magination Press**// [] An imprint of the American Psychological Association, these books all deal with issues and problems for children and teens. Website is searchable to subject.

ERC PROF BK Z1033 .P52 S78 2013 Check Availability This annotated listing includes more than 300 high-quality picture books that are ideal for opening discussions with children and for advising parents who are wondering how to talk to their young child about difficult topics such as death, loneliness, or fear. Professional.
 * Stoltz, D., Czarnecki, E., & Kahn, B. (2013). //Tender topics: Picture books about childhood challenges.// Chicago: Huron Street Press.**

__Adoption__
ERC PROF BK PZ7.K15645 Mo 1992 Check availability Choco wishes he had a mother, but who could she be? He sets off to find her, but doesn't meet anyone who looks just like him. When Mrs. Bear brings home the young chick, he meets her other children -- a piglet, a hippo and an alligator -- and learns that families can come in all shapes and sizes and still fit together. Gr. PreS-Gr. 1.
 * Kasza, Keiko. (1992). //A Mother for Choco.// New York: G.P. Putnam's.**

ERC PROF BK HV875.R655 2011 Check availability Insightful photographs, matched with simple text, encourage children to reflect and ask questions about adoption. Gr. PreS-Gr. 1.
 * Rotner, Shelley & Kelly, Sheila M. (2011). //I'm adopted!// New York: Holiday House.**

__**Anger**__
ERC PROF BK PZ7.B2217 Wh 1999 [|Check Availability]

**__Bullies__**
For more information and more suggested titles, please look under "Conflicts" in the section, Teacher Resources

ERC PROF BK PS3603 .E57 P53 2011 Check Availability This teen novel, inspired by 50 Cent's own adolescence, is a hard-hitting and inspirational story of the redemption of a bully. Gr. 6-up.
 * 50 Cent. (2011). //Playground: The mostly true story of a former bully.// London: Quercus.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .B6586 Bo 1997 Check Availability Bootsie Barker only wants to play games in which she bites, until one day her friend comes up with a better game. Gr. PreS-3.
 * Bottner, B. (1992). //Bootsie Barker bites.// New York: Putnam & Grosset Group.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.C2677 Bu 2001 Check availability Mickey has trouble with Jack, a bully at school, until he decides to try being nice to Jack and making him a friend. Gr. PreS-3.
 * Caseley, J. (2001). //Bully.// New York: Greenwillow/HarperCollins.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .H1978 My 2011 Check Availability When Davis Delaware moves to a new school after the death of his mother, he immediately gets on the wrong side of Gerald, the school bully, when he creates a band called The Amazing Dweebs along with Molly, the girl he has a crush on -- who also happens to be Gerald's girlfriend. Gr. 4-8.
 * Hanna, P. (2011). //My big mouth: 10 songs I wrote that almost got me killed.// New York: Scholastic.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .K56493 Thr 2011 Check Availability Billy goat brothers Gruff, Ruff, and Tuff are bullies who rule their meadow, but when they cross Little Ogre's bridge and are mean to the baby animals on the other side, they are in for a surprise. Gr. PreS-3.
 * Kimmelman, L. (2011). //The three bully goats.// Chicago, IL: Albert Whitman & Co.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.O8775 O54 2008 Check availability. Introduces young readers to numbers, counting, and primary and secondary colors by offering the story of ill-tempered Red who got too powerful for his own good and had to be brought down to size by One--a single entity with the courage to stand up for what was right. Gr. PreS-5.
 * Otoshi, K. (2008). //One.// Mill Valley, CA: KO Kids Books.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .P38448 Che 2009x Check Availability Gr. Pre-3.
 * Penn, A. (2008). //Chester Raccoon and the Big Bad Bully.// Terre Haute, IN: Tanglewood Press.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .P915 Bys 2009 Check Availability Thirteen-year-old Eric discovers there are consequences to not standing by and watching as the bully at his new school hurts people, but although school officials are ware of the problem, Eric may be the one with a solution. Gr. 4-up.
 * Preller, J. (2009). //Bystander.// New York: Feiwel & Friends.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .S72153 Ju 2011 Check Availability The kids at Pete's new school get involved when they see a bully in action. When Pete begins to behave badly, his classmates teach him about "The Promise". Gr. PreS-3.
 * Sornson, B. (2011). //The juice box bully: Empowering kids to stand up for others.// Northville, MI: Ferne Press.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .T3 Bw 2008 Check Availability Hubie has heard there's a new kid in school named Butch Pounder, who is rumored to be a mean bully. Is Butch as bad as his reputation leads others to think? Gr. K-5.
 * Thaler, M. (2004). //The bully from the Black Lagoon.// New York: Scholastic.**

@http://site.ebrary.com/lib/cyberbullying ebrary's collection of open access e-books on cyber bullying. Titles include Koh's Click, Click, Who's Really There? (LHK Publishing, LLC, 2006), Susan Swerer's Bullying Prevention and Intervention (Guilford Books, 2009) and Simon Johnson's Keep Your Kids Safe on the Internet (McGraw-Hill, 2004). This website is currently building by accepting work submitted.

__Death & Dying__
Also included here are books about loss.

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .B8163 De 2016 Check Availability A group of children come across a dead bird in a park and grieve its loss. PreS-3
 * Brown, M.W. (2016). //The dead bird.// New York: Harper.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.5 .C44 Bru 2009 Check Availability A fourteen-year-old girl, whose mother's breast cancer diagnosis and treatment have affected every aspect of their lives, finds release in ballet and art classes in this free verse novel. Gr. 5-8.
 * Chang, A. (2009).** //**Brushing Mom's Hair.**// **Honesdale, PA: Wordsong.**

Classroom Bookshelf Blog: Children's Books on Grief and Loss Suggestions of excellent resources to use after a loss or tragedy. Professional.

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .C77494 Gr 2000 Check Availability The changing nature of their apple tree, as it grows and goes through the seasons, reminds Leigh and Vin of their grandfather, who is gone but lives on in their memories. Gr. Pre-3.
 * Cooke, T. (2000). //The Grandad tree.// Cambridge, MA: Candlewick.**

ERC PROF BK .M8625 Sc 2011 Check Availability Beautifully translated from French, a boy loses his mother to an illness. He and his dad must work through their grief together to move forward. Gr. Pre-3.
 * Moundlic, C. (2011). //The scar.// Somerville, MA: Candlewick.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .P38448 Ch 2009 Check Availability After his mother explains why his classmate is not returning to school, she teaches Chester Raccoon how to make a memory. Gr. PreS-3.
 * Penn, A. (2009). //Chester Raccoon and the acorn full of memories.// Terre Haute, IN: Tanglewood.**

ERC PROF BK PS3619.M587 M68 2009 Check availability A young girl thinks of her mom as a superhero, a doctor, her North Star. She feels loved in her mother's arms and capable of conquering the world. But when her beloved role model unexpectedly dies, she cannot even cry; sadness is too overwhelming. As she struggles with grief, she must learn how to carry on while keeping the memory of her mother very much alive inside her heart. In moving poems, Hope Anita Smith explores a personal yet emotionally universal subject: the death of a parent. Through the eyes of a child and then a young woman, these poignant poems, together with stunning folk-art images, powerfully capture the complicated feelings of someone who shows great hope, strength, and will overcome.
 * Smith, H. (2009). //Mother// //Poems.// New York, NY: Henry Holt and Co.**

__Divorce & Separation__
Items on military deployment separations are listed under "Military Life & Families".

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .C658 Fre 2007 Check Availability A child describes how she lives sometimes with her mother and sometimes with her father, but her dog is her constant companion. Gr. PreS-1.
 * Coffelt, Nancy. (2007). //Fred stays with me!// Boston: Little, Brown.**

ERC PROF BK HQ777.5 .B875 2009 Check Availability Aimed at children ages 8-14, this self-help book offers tips to cope with parents living separate lives. Gr. 3-8.
 * Buscemi, K. (2009). //Split in two: Keeping it together when your parents live apart.// San Francisco: Zest Books.**

__**Feelings**__
ERC PROF BK PZ7.B13775 BI 2009 Check Availability Big Rabbit is in a very bad mood, and though he tries to make it go away, nothing he does seems to work.
 * Badescu, R. (2009). //Big Rabbit's Bad Mood.// San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.**

ERC PROF BK PZ8.3 .D565 Po 2008 Check Availability The pout-pout fish believes he only knows how to frown, even though many of his friends suggest ways to change his expression, until one day a fish comes along that shows him otherwise. Gr. Pre-3.
 * Diesen, Deb. (2008). //The pout-pout fish.// New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .S6795 Dar 2013 Check Availability Laslo is afraid of the dark which lives in the same big, creaky house as him, until one night the dark pays him a visit. Gr. PreS-3.
 * Klassen, J. (2013). //The dark.// New York: Little Brown.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.M4352 Go 2011 Check availability When a mother is diagnosed with breast cancer, she and her family plant a garden and watch it grow through the seasons as she undergoes treatments and gets better. Gr. PreS-3.
 * Matthies, J. (2011). //The goodbye cancer garden.// Chicago, IL: Albert Whitman.**

ERC PROF BK BF723.A4 M44 2010 Check availability
 * Meiners, C. J. (2010). //Cool down and work through anger.// Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing.**

ERC NON PRNT PZ8.3 .N3648 Jon 2012 Check Availability Jonathan James always had a Whatif Monster hanging around. And he listened to him - What if they giggle? What if it's hard? What if it's scary? But, what if, just once, he didn't listen? What if he told the monster to be quiet? What if he just ... tried? (book/doll kit) Gr. PreS-3.
 * Nelson-Schmidt, Michelle. (2012). //Jonathan James and the whatif monster.// Tulsa, OK: Kane Miller.**
 * Note: Similar kits are used by Greene County Sheriff's Dept. whenever they are working with children to help them overcome fear and worry in a given situation. The program began in Fall 2015.

ERC PROF BK PZ7.P2447 Fe 2000 Check availability. Children express different moods, including "I feel very mad," "I feel like reading books all day," and "I feel like wearing funny underwear. Gr. PreS-K.
 * Parr, T. (2000). //The Feelings Book.// Boston: Little, Brown.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .P63245 Bl 2012 Check Availability An enormous black dog and a very tiny little girl star in this offbeat tale about confronting one's fears. Gr. PreS-3.
 * Pinfold, L. (2011). //Black dog.// Somerville, MA: Templar Books.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.P75186 Le 2007 Check availability When Marilyn and her teacher, Miss Wichelman, both get cancer, they encourage each other and, aided by medical treatments and support from friends, they get better. Gr. 4-8.
 * Polacco, P. (2007). //The lemonade club.// New York: Philomel.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .S363 Mo 2012 Check Availability A monster is sad when he hears that monsters aren't real; he perks up when he meets another. Gr. PreS-K.
 * Schoene, K. (2012). //Monsters aren't real.// Tulsa, OK: Kane Miller.**

ERC PROF BK HV6432.7 .S475 2002 Check availability Written and illustrated by first graders from Kennett, MO, in response to the attacks on the U.S. on 9/11. Gr. PreS-3.
 * //September 12th: we knew everything would be all right.// (2002). New York: Scholastic.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.S639145 The 2011 Check availability Little Bear is excited about his first night in his own bedroom, but the room seems far too quiet and dark and he calls for Big Bear to chase away the monsters. Gr. Pre-K.
 * Smallman, S. (2009). //There's no such thing as monsters!// New York: Scholastic.**

__Illness__
ERC PROF BK PZ7 .K8967 Kat 1992 Check Availability Kathy's love of hats comes in handy when the chemotherapy treatments she receives for her cancer make her hair fall out. Gr. PreS-3.
 * Krisher, T. (1992). //Kathy's hats: A story of hope.// Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .P75186 Le 2007 Check Availability When Marilyn and her teacher, Miss Wichelman, both get cancer, they encourage each other and, aided by medical treatments ans support from friends, they get better. Based on a true story.
 * Polacco, Patricia. (2007). //The lemonade club.// New York, NY: Philomel Books.**

__Kindness__
This bibliography from the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, was created to share the message of creating unity, acting with kindness toward others, and promoting peace. Created in November 2016.
 * [|Unity. Kindness. Peace]**

__Moving/Relocation__
ERC PROF BK PZ7.C8878 Ik 2010 Check Availability A tale about a young girl whose family moves from the forests of northeastern Saskatchewan to a strange new place called "Toronto". Gr. PreS-3.
 * Croza, L. (2010). //I know here.// Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Groundwood Books.**

ERC PROF BK TX307 .M38 2006 Check Availability Ernie the cat is upset when his owner announces that they are moving. He gradually adjusts to his new home. Gently affirming the sadness, anger and anxiety that young children feel when relocating, there is a note to parents on helping their children adjust to relocation. Gr. PreS-1.
 * Martin, T. (2006). //Big Ernie's new home: A story for children who are moving.// Washington, DC: Magination Press.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .S5748 Mo 2011 Check Availability When Joey and Chloe and their family are getting ready to move, their house decides it wants to go too. Gr. PreS-2.
 * Siegel, M. (2011). //Moving house.// New York: Roaring Brook Press.**

**__Self Esteem & Individuality__**

ERC PROF BK PZ8.3 .A54865 Gi 2001 Check Availability Gerald the giraffe is too clumsy to dance with all the other animals at the Jungle Dance, until he finds the right music. Gr. PreS-3.
 * Andreae, G. (1999). //Giraffes can't dance.// New York: Orchard Books. **

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .C438 Bo 2012 Check Availability Murray learns appropriate times to cry. Gr. K-3.
 * Childs, B. (2012). //The boy who cried over everything. [//n.p.] : Child Craft. **

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .D439 Ol Check Availability His classmates' taunts don't stop Oliver Button from doing what he likes best. Gr. K-3.
 * dePaola, T. (1979). //Oliver Button is a sissy.// Orlando, FL: Harcourt. **

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .J36 Wor 2009 Check Availability What do you do when your world is raining cats and dogs, you're up to your neck in alligators, and all you want to do is bury your head in the sand? A playful book of animal idioms.
 * James, T. (2009). //The world is your oyster.// n.p.: Simply Read Books.**

PROF BK PZ10.3 .K869 Le Check Availability Leo, a young tiger, finally blooms under the anxious eyes of his parents. Gr. PreS-3.
 * Kraus, R. (1971). //Leo the late bloomer.// New York: Windmill Books.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .M22497 Wr 2012 Check Availability Gr. PreS-3.
 * Macleod, Mark. (2012). //Wrong way.// Tulsa, OK: Kane Miller/EDC.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .M6933 Di 1999 Check Availability While preparing for a visit to her grandmother, a young girl notices that, like the flowers in Grammie's garden, people who are different from one another also share similarities, and it's okay to like them all the same. Gr. PreS-3.
 * Mitchell, L. (1999). //Different just like me.// Watertown, MA: Charlebridge Publishing.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .O8775 Z47 2010 Check Availability One character's search to find value in herself and in others. Gr. PreS-up.
 * Otoshi, K. (2010). //Zero//. San Rafael, CA: KO Kids Books. **

ERC PROF BK PZ7.P2447 Fdg 2002 Check availability Offers kids an amusing, boldly illustrated picture book about the many kinds of things, silly and sweet, that one can do that can make them feel good, such as being with a friend and making strange animal sounds Gr. PreS-3
 * Parr, T. (2002). //The feel good book.// Boston: Little Brown.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.P2447 It 2001 Check availability. Illustrations and brief text describe all kinds of differences that are "okay," such as "It's okay to be a different color," "It's okay to need some help," "It's okay to be adopted," and "It's okay to have a different nose." Gr. PreS-3
 * Parr, T. (2001). //It's okay to be different.// Boston: Little Brown.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .G6125 Yo 2012 Check Availability With simple text and vibrant illustrations, readers are encouraged to think independently and make decisions. Gr. Pre-3.
 * Sharrat, Nick. (2003). //You choose.// Tulsa, OK: Kane Miller.**

ERC PROF BK PZ73 .S64 Wh 2012 Check Availability Brian eats because that's how he keeps from feeling his feelings. He knows something is not right at home, so he stuffs his face to stuff his feelings. Based on the author's own experiences, this includes a discussion questions for each chapter. Gr. 4-8.
 * Solomon, G. (2012). //Why is Brian so fat?// Las Vegas, NV: Central Recovery Press.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .W42235 Tw 2003 Check Availability A look at the many different ways to prepare the very same food, as everyone in a diner orders eggs. Gr. PreS-3.
 * Weeks, S. (2003). //Two eggs, please.// New York: Atheneum Books.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.W5795 Of 1998 Check Availability Although she dresses differently from the other girls and does things which are unusual, Velvet eventually teaches her classmates that even an outsider has something to offer. Gr. PreS-3.
 * Whitcomb, M.E. (1998). //Odd Velvet.// San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.**

__Separation Issues__
ERC PROF BK PZ7 .K1513 In 2000 Check Availability A mother explains to her children that people who love each other are always connected by a special String made of love. It can be seen, but can be felt deep in your heart. Gr. PreS-1.
 * Karst, P. (2000). //The invisible string.// Camarillo, CA: DeVorss Publications.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7.P38448 KI 1993 Check availability. When Chester the raccoon is reluctant to go to kindergarten for the first time, his mother teaches him a secret way to carry her love with him. Gr. PreS-1.
 * Penn, A. (1993). //The kissing hand.// Washington DC: Child Welfare League of America.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .S4479 Mag 2002 Check Availability Casey and his father find a special way to share their love when his father has to go away on business. Includes a note to caregivers. Gr. PreS-3.
 * Sederman, M. (2003). //The magic box: when parents can't be there to tuck you in.// Washington, DC: Magination Press.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .S74727 Wh 2004 Check Availability A young guinea pig describes situations that make him miss his parents, how it feels to miss them, and what he can do to feel better. Gr. PreS-K.
 * Spelman, C.M. (2004). //When I miss you (The Way I Feel Books).// Chicago: Albert Whitman.**

__**Siblings**__
This includes titles on new siblings.

ERC PROF BK PZ7.C815343 Ano 2012 Check Availability Davy the sheep wishes he had time alone with his parents, as he did before his twelve brothers came along and started imitating his every move, but when his wish comes true Davy misses playing with the youngsters. Gr. Pre-3.
 * Cordell, M. (2012). //Another brother.// New York: Feiwel & Friends.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .E24983 My 2012 Check Availability A boy describes some of the many feelings he has about his brother Sammy, who is autistic. Gr. Pre-3.
 * Edwards, B. & Armitage, D. (2012). //My brother Sammy is special.// New York: Sky Pony Press.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .H7877 Mo 1993 Check Availability To Sophie's distress, her quiet times on Mommy's lap are disrupted by the new baby growing inside mommy, but once the baby arrives there is room for Sophie on Mommy's lap again. Gr. PreS-2.
 * Horowitz, R. (1993). //Mommy's lap.// New York: Lothrop Lee & Shepard Books.**

__Websites__
@http://librarybooklists.org/fiction/children/jbibliotherapy.htm Not updated since 2007, this site offers links to other websites (primarily libraries) who have compiled books on various topics useful for counselors, including bullying, death, divorce, moving, new siblings, sleep issues, substance abuse, and violence/terrorism/war.

@http://wikis.ala.org/professionaltips/index.php?title=Bibliotherapy Article hosted a wiki maintained by the American Library Association. Discusses what bibliotherapy is and lists both web-based and print resources to use to locate additional materials...