These readings provide a variety of opportunities for students to better understand themselves and the current world situation.  Please review these offerings for developmental suitability.

Feelings:

• Many Colored Days, by Dr. Seuss, Publisher, Scholastic.
• We Are All Alike...We Are All Different, by the Cheltenham Elementary School Kindergarteners, Publisher, Scholastic.
• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith Viorst, Publisher, Atheneum.
• Don't Look At Me, by Doris Sanford, Publisher, Heart to Heart Books.

Friendships:

• Horace, and Morris but Mostly Dolores, by James Howe, Publisher, Scholastic.
• Rosie and Michael, by Judith Viorst, Publisher, Aladdin Books.
• Will I Have a Friend?, by Miriam Cohen, Publisher, Aladdin Books.
• Wanted: Best Friend, by A. M. Monson, Publisher, Scholastic.
• Let's Be Enemies, by Janice May Udry, Publisher, Harper, Collins.

Respect/Understanding Others:

• The Invisible Princess, by Faith Ringold, Crown Publishers, Lesson plans available @
  http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/ringgold.htm
• Thank you, Mr. Falker, by Patricia Polacco, publisher, Philomel Books. Lesson plans available @ http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/polacco.htm
• The Crayon Box That Talked, by Shane DeRolf, Publisher, Scholastic.
• Teammates, by Peter Golenbock, Publisher, Voyager Books.

Peace, Conflict, War:

• Stand for Children, by Marien Wright Edelman, Publisher, Hyperion.
• For Every Child, the rights of children in words and pictures, Published in association with UNICEF, Phyllis Fogelman
• Across America, I Love You, by Shristine Loomis, Publisher, Hyperion.
• Peace Begins with You, by Katherine Scholes, Publisher, Little, Brown & Co.
• The Big Book For Peace, by Ann Durell and M. Sachs, Publisher, Dutton.
• The Pig War, by Betty Baker, Publisher Collins.
• The Butter Battle, by Dr. Seuss, Publisher, Random House.
• Oasis of Peace, by Laurie Dolphin, Publisher, Scholastic.
• Remember Not to Forget, by Norman Finkelstein, Publisher, Mulberry Books.
• I Am An American, by Jerry Stanley, Crown Publishers.
• Talking Peace, by President Jimmy Carter, Publisher, Dutton.
• The Island Of Skog, by Steven Kellogg, Publisher, Puffin.
• Baseball Saved Us, by Ken Mochizuki, Publisher, Lee and Low Books.

Loss and Grief:

• The Happy Prince, by Oscar Wilde, Publisher, Simon & Schuster.
• Cemetery Quilt, by Kent and Alice Ross, Publisher, Houghton, Mifflin.
• The Wall, by Eve Bunting, Publisher, Clarion Books.
• Pink and Say, by Patricia Polacco, Publisher, Philomel.