The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill and Laura Huliska-Beith
This book talks about a girl named "Mean Jean" who is a bully at recess. She always bosses the other children around and makes them do things. But one day, a new girl, Katie Sue, comes to school. Katie Sue is not afraid of Jean and talks back to her. She won't let Jean get in the way of her having fun. And then, one day, she asks Jean to join her in jumping rope. Jean has never before been asked to play by another child, so she doesn't know how to react. Eventually, she joins Katie Sue and they have a lot of fun; being asked to play changes Jean into a nice and friendly person. Finally, the playground is a safe and fun place for the kids to be.
This book discusses a mother fox’s love for her young one. The book often uses the same line: "I love you when you're sad/ and need a kiss and hug./ I love you when you're playful/ and rolling on the rug”. These repeating lines help to show a parent’s unconditional love for their child.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by: Judith Viorst
This book is about a young boy named Alexander who experiences a horrible day where everything ends up going wrong for him. His bad day starts right when he wakes up in the morning when he finds gum in his hair and ends while he is laying in bed ready to go to sleep when he bites his tongue. His day is horrible even at school when Alexander gets in an argument with his friend, opens his lunch only to find that his mom forgot to pack him a dessert, and disappoints his teacher when he does not complete an assignment. Throughout the book, Alexander keeps saying to himself how he is going to move to Australia because of how nothing was ever going to go his way. At the end, his mom tells him how some days are just bad days, even in Australia and Alexander understood.
“Hands Are Not for Hitting” By: Martine Agassi, Marieka Heinlen
This book was produced to help parents, teachers and children of all ages deal with and prevent violence in their lives. It provides thirty pages of alternatives for using your hands in ways other than for hitting. Using colorful, multicultural, cartoon-like drawings and minimal text, the book proceeds through a litany of activities for using your hands, such as drawing, making finger puppets, blowing bubbles and building. Negative feelings that often lead to hitting, as well as how it feels to be hit are validated and alternatives are encouraged. Several pages of advice for parents are offered, along with activities to further understanding. The book includes resources for more information about violence and its alternatives, and a hotline number for suspected abuse. The book is a bit long for preschoolers and the language is a bit basic for primary-age children, but is ideal for sharing between parent and child.
“The Chocolate-Covered-Cookie Tantrum” By: Deborah Blumenthal
This book was about a girl named, Sophie, and she wanted this yummy chocolate covered cookie that she saw another girl eating after her and her mother had left the park and were heading home. Sophie threw a tantrum wanting her mother to give her a chocolate covered cookie. Her mother told her she didn’t need one, because she was going to eat supper. Sophie cried and cried and her mother still didn’t give her a chocolate covered cookie. Then Sophie finally stopped crying and went home with her mother to eat supper. She ate everything on her plate at supper and her mother was pleased, and then surprised her with a chocolate covered cookie.
This is a very interesting book. Although it was written in 1996 and some of the ideas are some that I may not agree with I still agree with the premise of the book. It does make a suggestion to kids on what is tattling and that you shouldn’t do it when you are just playing with your friends but when an adult does something you think is wrong or you don’t like you should always tell someone you trust.
This book is about a little Hare trying to show his dad how much he loves him. He stretches his arms, but the dads are longer so then he hops and says he loves him how high he can hop, but again the dad can hop higher. This goes on until the little Hare gets tired and says he loves his dad all the way to the moon. The dad then replies, I love you to the moon and back.
This book is about a grouchy ladybug. In the beginning, at 5:00 a.m. the grouchy ladybug wants to pick a fight with another ladybug who wants to share. Then, at 6:00 a.m., the ladybug wants to fight a yellow jacket. Then, at 7:00a.m. she wants to fight another animal. She does this every hour with a larger animal each time. Though, no one wants to fight her. However, at 5:00 p.m she tries to pick a fight with a whale. The whale slaps her back to the leaf she was at the beginning of the story where the friendly ladybug is.
This book was about an angry bunny. The bunny explains situations that make her angry then explains the feelings she gets when these situations occur. She explains that feeling this way is a lot different than acting on the feeling. The bunny then explains what she can do in order to not act on the feelings, ways to make herself not angry anymore. The bunny explains how it is very important to talk to you parents about these feelings it will make you feel a lot better!!
I’m a Big Sister By Joanna Cole, and Maxie Chambliss
•This story is about a little girl who just became a big sister. I believe that this book is a good way to help break in the new baby, to the older child. Because in this book the parents and the child reflect back on when she was a tiny baby. Then the girl takes us on her journey of how now she can remember from pictures and her experiences. Then she realizes that she can help out with the new baby. I also believe that by showing the other pictures to the older child are saying do not worry we have not forgotten you, and you still do mean so much to us. This is a good book that just reassures the older child.
This is my favorite book because it is very funny. The 2 main characters fight about almost everything in the room. They don't want to share. The teachers tells them " Now look, this is kindergarten. In kindergarten we share everything" The children and teacher repeat this pattern throughout the book. At the end of the book the kids try to share their own clothes. The teacher tells them not to. They remind her "now look, this is kindergarten. In kindergarten we share EVERYTHING" The book on tape uses a very funny voice for the teacher. So when you read the book and listen to the tape, you can hear her saying "now look this is kindergartend. In kindergartend we share everything."
I recommend this book for young children ages 5-6 yrs. old
“Hands Are Not for Hitting” By Martine Agassi and Marieka Heinlen-
This book was made to show children, parents, and teachers alternate ways of using their hands instead of using them to hit. The book hardly has any text, it's more diagrams and visual descriptions. It gives examples like blowing bubbles, building with blocks, playdough, and coloring as other ways to use your hands, since they are not for hitting! It's intended to help reduce violence in children.
Tell Me a Story, Paint Me the Sun by Chaplan (1991) This book is about a girl whose father loses his job and becomes depressed and starts drinking. He does not seek treatment or improve. She is talks to other adults and learn that she is worthwhile. I will use this book in my class room to teach children how to cope with ongoing parental denial of a mental illness or drug problem.
This is a story that talks about ten ways children can shine. It talks about helping others, finding things that you are good at and enjoy, finding ways to quiet your mind, and asking others for help if you have a problem. It also talks about thinking positve thoughts. After all the suggestions and illustrations, the book asks questions about what you would do in different situations. This is a good resource to use in the classroom to help students learn how to build self-esteem and how to deal with stress in a positive way.
Bugs Bunny and the Health Hog. It is a Little Golden Book which if no one has heard of those books they have been around for a very long time and are very informational books for young children. I am not too sure on childrens interest level to looney tunes these days but this book is great for health and confidence. It covers the importance of working out but not too much to change who you are. It is basically about working out in moderation which sends a great message to young children. This book would be good to have in the classroom to help friends give each other confidence and to realize that doing daily activities is important.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day By: Judith Viorst This is a great book that outlines a little boy he thinks he is having a horrible day. Alexander’s day starts with him getting gum in his hair and his brother getting the toy out of the cereal box. As the day goes on he faces even more “bad” things shuch as seeing someone kiss on TV, having a cavity at the dentist’s office and getting smushed in the middle seat of the car. Alexander solves his problems by saying he is going to move to Austailia. This is a good book for children to read because it helps them realize that not everything is as bad as it seems and that everyone has a bad day every once in a while.
This book is about accepting who you are and being proud of it. Molly Lou is a little girl who is short and clumsy, has buckteeth and a voice that sounds like a bullfrog. Molly Lou knows she has these specific qualities, but her grandmother has always told her to walk proud, smile big and sing loud. She has to start in a new school where a class bully calls her “shrimpo” and “bucky-tooth beaver”. Molly Lou doesn’t let the bully bother her; she just remembers what her grandmother has always said and feels good about herself.
This book is a poem about a mother fox loving her cub. When we are young children, we are afraid our parents might not love us if we do something wrong or forget to do something we were told to do. This poem shows how parents will always love us no matter what we do wrong. It also shows how kids can have different moods every day and still parents will love them. I think it is a nice book to read to kids for them to be reassured of their parents love towards them.
This book is about a young girl, Nikki, who is overweight, because of her and her mother's food choices. She eats junk food and sweets and drinks popl Nikki also uses foods as a comfort blanket. Anytime she is upset or sad, she eats. There is a boy in her class that is a bully and picks on her for being overweight, which only exacerbates her negative emotions and repeats the cycle of eating to cope with emotions, but having those emotions, because she's overweight. Nikki develops a good relationship with her teacher, who is also obese. This relationship began to grow after Mrs. Patterson became ill due to her weight. The two started walking together in the mornings before school and were losing weight together. Eventually, Nikki's mother began walking with her on the weekend and they lost more weight together. This is a good book for many reasons. A book like this could be used to not only show how being a bully can really hurt someone's esteem and it's not appropriate behavior, but also the damage that can be had being obese and unhealthy in child and adult alike.
Today I Feel Silly. Jamie Lee Curtis. 1998. This book is about all the different moods one person can have, and that it is ok to feel how they are. The little red headed curly haired girl goes through 13 different moods in this book. The little girl learns that it is okay to feel the way she does and that she can talk about it to others.
This story is about Goldie Locks (from the 3 little bears) and she has the chicken pox. Some of her friends, famous characters from other stories, come to visit and see if she can play, but her parents will not let her due to the chicken pox. In the story Goldie Locks has a little brother who makes fun of her the whole time, he even asks if he can play connect the dots with her spots. At the end of the story her little brother ends up getting the chicken pox.
McCloud, C. (2006). Have You Filled a Bucket Today?
Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by C. McCloud is about how everyone has an invisible bucket of happiness that can be added to or scooped from. You can add to your own bucket and those around you by being helpful, kind, and appreciative toward others. You can take scoops from someone’s bucket by being a bully or being rude. Buckets are being filled or taken from all day long. The book can be used to encourage kindness towards others and to remind students that bullying can by hurtful. The book would be a great way to introduce the bucket list concept to elementary students of all grade levels and to help build on the character traits of being respectful and kind.
This book is about a little bear who talks about what he is afraid of. He also talks about what it feels like to be afraid and how sometimes when you are scared it keeps you safe. I would use this in the classroom by asking the students about their fears and what it feels like to be scared. This will show them that everyone feels scared sometimes and that it is OK to feel scared. It will also let them know what to do when they do feel scared.
This book is about a boy named Joey who is an extremely hyperactive child, lovable, and good-hearted. In this series of books Joey has just gotten new medication and he can now exercise more self-control. Joey feels so good that he convinces his mother that he's ready to spend the summer with his estranged father, Carter. His father is also hyperactive--and a recovering alcoholic--and he wants Joey to forget his medication and kick his hyperactivity using nothing but will power. Joey ends up having to decide which he'd rather do: stand up to his father and stick with his meds, or revert to the problem child he used to be.
I Love You Because Your You. Baker L This book is a poem about a mamma fox who loves her baby fox inspire of all the emotions that the little fox is going through. The little fox wants his mother approval and is scared, happy, and sad, excited and lonely and his mother talks him though his feelings.
Kaiti Moore said... Maisy goes to school by Lucy Cousins This book is about a little mouse that has to endure the first say of school. The book shows all the different emotions that you go through on the first say of school. For example, making new friends and being by yourself for the first time. By allowing the child reading the book to see the emotions that they will go through I believe it would help to ease the transition because in a way they are seeing first hand someone else going through the emotions first. Also at the end Maisy tells the reader that although she was frightened at the begining of the day, it was a lot better and easier then she thought and that she is excited for the next day.
This book is about a tree who grows with a child. As they both grow older they go through many life changing experiences together. The tree is always there for the boy, providing him with shade, giving him his apples, giving him his branches. When the boy finally becoming an old man, he realized that all he really needed was the company of the tree. It's inspirational.
This book is about a ladybug who is always in a bad mood and wants to start a fight with the first thing that she sees. From another ladybug that she doesn't want to share breakfast with, to a blue whale who smacks her back to where she started from, the ladybug continually challenges each creature she meets but always backs down in the end. This would be a great book to use in the classroom to introduce the concept of bullying. It shows that the ladybug's mean ways really get her nowhere, and if she had just been nice to the other ladybug in the first place, then the day would've been a whole lot easier. You could then translate that into students treating each other nicely instead of being mean or bullying.
This is an adorable book that helps children express the way that they feel. He says a word and explains what this feeling is like using a cute rhyme and funny pictures. I think that children would be very interested in this book because children will love the rhyming and the bright colors. This book is a great way to teach your child about emotions and how to explain the way that they feel in certain situations.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. (In dutch called: Rupsje Nooitgenoeg)
At night there is a little egg lying on a leaf. On a sunday morning when the sun comes up a little caterpillar crawls out of the egg. The caterpillar is hungry and starts to look for something to eat. The story goes over all the things he eats such as an apple on monday, two pears on tuesday , etc. When eating chocolate pie, cheese and sausage on a saturday the little caterpillar gets a stomach ache. After a while the caterpillar builds himself a home and sits in there for 2 weeks. Then when he comes out he turned into a beautiful butterfly.
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell and David Catrow
This book was about a little girl who stood out from the crowd. She was short and clumsy with buck teeth and a funny sounding voice. However, she didn’t care and her grandmother always told her to walk proud, smile big, and sing loud and the world will look up to you. Some days Molly Lou is picked on by bullies, however she just remembers her grandmother’s words and goes about her day. Molly Lou is a strong girl and has a happy life, even if she is a little different from other children.
A Terrible Thing Happened by Margaret M. Holmes Excellent book about a child who saw a terrible thing and how it affected his life. He begins to feel better when he begins to talk to an adult. This book I feel would be especially helpful for any child who has been exposed to any trauma and he/she would learn that they are not alone with their feelings.
I love you because you're you this book is about a mother fox who talks about how much she loves her child. The mother keeps reminding her child that she will love them no matter what. Megan Haman
I read Where the Wild Things Are. This book is about a boy, Max who gets into trouble by his mother, so he was sent to his room. In his room he thought of place where the wild things lived. He was king they followed everything that Max did. Then Max eventually wanted to go back home, so he did. I feel this book deals with imagination or even make believe friends.
This book was about Twitchly the lemur who was afraid of everything and would not leave his house. All the other lemurs tried to get him to join them when they went to parties and events. He always refused. Then, Twitchly’s aunt came into town and made him do everything he was afraid of. He realized he had nothing to be afraid of after all.
This book is my favortie book to read to my son. The pictures are adorable and very creative. The story is about a little boy who asks his mother if she would still love him even if he was all these different animals and creatures. He asks if she would still love him if he was terrible meat eating dinosaur, super smelly skunk, an alligator with big sharp teeth, a big scary ape, a green alien from mars, and many other things and everytime the mother reassures he child that he will always be loved and taken care of. I think this book is a good book to use in the classroom because children want to know and hear that they will be loved no matter what. It shouldnt matter who or what they are to be loved.
I was so Mad by, Norma Simon and illustrated by Dora Leder This children’s book helps show children how to deal with anger and getting mad. Not everything goes the way the little boy wants in this story. It shows many everyday, actual situations that make children angry. It explains that anger is a normal feeling but tries to give different options to help control the anger. The book will make children think, the next time they get angry, “I know this makes me angry, but is there a better way to deal with this?” This would be good in a lower level class room if you are having trouble with students getting angry or can be read to an individual child if needed.
The book that I liked best is called Just Because I Am, by Lauren Murphy Payne. This book is simple, but sends out a message through its warm words and enchanting illustrations that strengthen and support young children's self-esteem. This book is very important in allowing young children to love, accept, and respect themselves. The message of this book is clear and shows young children that they are people, and they are special jsut the way they are.
The Recess Queen By Alexis O’Neill This book is about Mean Jean the Recess Queen. Throughout the beginning of the book, Jean has no friends and is very mean to all of the other students. The other students do not play until after Mean Jean begins playing. One day, however, there is a new student in school, Katie Sue. Since Katie Sue is new, she does not know the “rules” of the playground. Instead of succumbing to Mean Jean, Katie Sue invites Jean to jump rope with her. Jean, among all of the other students, is shocked that anyone wants to play with Jean. In the end, Jean and Katie Sue become very good friends and all of the other students are no longer scared of Mean Jean the Recess Queen.
The Chocolate-Covered-Cookie Tantrum By: D. Blumenthal This book is about a little girl who goes the park and throws a tantrum when she doesn't get her way. Her mother takes her home after the tantrum to sleep on the couch. After dinner Sophie gets a cookie, this book teaches little children that you may not always get your way at first but eventually you may get your way if you wait it out.
The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle. This book is about a firefly who wants to find a group or a family sort of speak to join. So he flys along until he finds a group of fireflys that he can be apart of.
"I'm Deaf and It's Okay" By: L. Aseltine, E. Mueller, & N. Tait
This book is about a young boy with a disability of deafness. He explains all of the hardships of being deaf and even though it can be hard he has learned to over come it. It also explains that he is okay with being deaf and how he wants to be accepted by his friends. I think this would be a good book to read to your class if you had a child who is deaf. I think the students would gain a better understanding of the disability.
1.Good Bye Mousie This is an excellent picture book for 3-5-year-olds. With denial, then a mixture of anger and sadness, a little boy reacts to the death of his pet. With sensitivity and love, his parents help him prepare to bury Mousie. He finds comfort in painting the box Mousie is to be buried in and filling it with things the mouse would enjoy. This reassuring story by Robie H. Harris is beautifully illustrated with muted watercolor and black pencil artwork by Jan Omerod. (Aladdin, 2004. ISBN: 9780689871344)
Together with his mother, a little boy remembers his grandfather, who died years ago. This is a very gentle tale about how love continues to bring families together, even after death. This would be a great book for kids who are mourning the death of a loved one.
Allison Rocke Tuesday 7:05 pm Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggie Rathmann Officer Buckle and Gloria is a story about a policeman who wants one thing for this community: safety! It starts out with him going from school to school to present valuable lessons on safety, but no one seems interested in what he has to say. Later on, Napville Police Department buys a dog named Gloria. Gloria joins Officer Buckle in his quest to make the town a safe place to live. All of a sudden people start paying more attention! Everyone now wants to see what Officer Buckle and Gloria are talking about, but why? This is a great story for young readers and allows a lot of room for classroom involvement. After the reading of this book in class I would have each student make their own safety rule and illustration to be featured on our classroom bulletin board.
"When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry..." Molly Bang This book is about a little girl named Sophie, who gets mad when it is time to take turns sharing the gorilla with her sister. It tells how and what Sophie does when she gets angry. In the end Sophie climbs her favorite tree and calms down to finally head back home. This book is to show that different people handle anger in different ways.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
ReplyDeleteThe Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill and Laura Huliska-Beith
ReplyDeleteThis book talks about a girl named "Mean Jean" who is a bully at recess. She always bosses the other children around and makes them do things. But one day, a new girl, Katie Sue, comes to school. Katie Sue is not afraid of Jean and talks back to her. She won't let Jean get in the way of her having fun. And then, one day, she asks Jean to join her in jumping rope. Jean has never before been asked to play by another child, so she doesn't know how to react. Eventually, she joins Katie Sue and they have a lot of fun; being asked to play changes Jean into a nice and friendly person. Finally, the playground is a safe and fun place for the kids to be.
I Love You Because You’re You
ReplyDeleteThis book discusses a mother fox’s love for her young one. The book often uses the same line: "I love you when you're sad/ and need a kiss and hug./ I love you when you're playful/ and rolling on the rug”. These repeating lines help to show a parent’s unconditional love for their child.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by: Judith Viorst
ReplyDeleteThis book is about a young boy named Alexander who experiences a horrible day where everything ends up going wrong for him. His bad day starts right when he wakes up in the morning when he finds gum in his hair and ends while he is laying in bed ready to go to sleep when he bites his tongue. His day is horrible even at school when Alexander gets in an argument with his friend, opens his lunch only to find that his mom forgot to pack him a dessert, and disappoints his teacher when he does not complete an assignment. Throughout the book, Alexander keeps saying to himself how he is going to move to Australia because of how nothing was ever going to go his way. At the end, his mom tells him how some days are just bad days, even in Australia and Alexander understood.
“Hands Are Not for Hitting”
ReplyDeleteBy: Martine Agassi, Marieka Heinlen
This book was produced to help parents, teachers and children of all ages deal with and prevent violence in their lives. It provides thirty pages of alternatives for using your hands in ways other than for hitting. Using colorful, multicultural, cartoon-like drawings and minimal text, the book proceeds through a litany of activities for using your hands, such as drawing, making finger puppets, blowing bubbles and building. Negative feelings that often lead to hitting, as well as how it feels to be hit are validated and alternatives are encouraged. Several pages of advice for parents are offered, along with activities to further understanding. The book includes resources for more information about violence and its alternatives, and a hotline number for suspected abuse. The book is a bit long for preschoolers and the language is a bit basic for primary-age children, but is ideal for sharing between parent and child.
“The Chocolate-Covered-Cookie Tantrum”
ReplyDeleteBy: Deborah Blumenthal
This book was about a girl named, Sophie, and she wanted this yummy chocolate covered cookie that she saw another girl eating after her and her mother had left the park and were heading home. Sophie threw a tantrum wanting her mother to give her a chocolate covered cookie. Her mother told her she didn’t need one, because she was going to eat supper. Sophie cried and cried and her mother still didn’t give her a chocolate covered cookie. Then Sophie finally stopped crying and went home with her mother to eat supper. She ate everything on her plate at supper and her mother was pleased, and then surprised her with a chocolate covered cookie.
"Telling Isn’t Tattling"
ReplyDeleteBy: K. Hammerseng
This is a very interesting book. Although it was written in 1996 and some of the ideas are some that I may not agree with I still agree with the premise of the book. It does make a suggestion to kids on what is tattling and that you shouldn’t do it when you are just playing with your friends but when an adult does something you think is wrong or you don’t like you should always tell someone you trust.
"Guess How Much I Love You"
ReplyDeleteBy: Sam McBratney
This book is about a little Hare trying to show his dad how much he loves him. He stretches his arms, but the dads are longer so then he hops and says he loves him how high he can hop, but again the dad can hop higher. This goes on until the little Hare gets tired and says he loves his dad all the way to the moon. The dad then replies, I love you to the moon and back.
"The Grouchy Ladybug"
ReplyDeleteBy: Eric Carle
This book is about a grouchy ladybug. In the beginning, at 5:00 a.m. the grouchy ladybug wants to pick a fight with another ladybug who wants to share. Then, at 6:00 a.m., the ladybug wants to fight a yellow jacket. Then, at 7:00a.m. she wants to fight another animal. She does this every hour with a larger animal each time. Though, no one wants to fight her. However, at 5:00 p.m she tries to pick a fight with a whale. The whale slaps her back to the leaf she was at the beginning of the story where the friendly ladybug is.
When I Feel Angry
ReplyDeleteBy: Cornelia Maude Spelman
This book was about an angry bunny. The bunny explains situations that make her angry then explains the feelings she gets when these situations occur. She explains that feeling this way is a lot different than acting on the feeling. The bunny then explains what she can do in order to not act on the feelings, ways to make herself not angry anymore. The bunny explains how it is very important to talk to you parents about these feelings it will make you feel a lot better!!
I’m a Big Sister
ReplyDeleteBy Joanna Cole, and Maxie Chambliss
•This story is about a little girl who just became a big sister. I believe that this book is a good way to help break in the new baby, to the older child. Because in this book the parents and the child reflect back on when she was a tiny baby. Then the girl takes us on her journey of how now she can remember from pictures and her experiences. Then she realizes that she can help out with the new baby. I also believe that by showing the other pictures to the older child are saying do not worry we have not forgotten you, and you still do mean so much to us. This is a good book that just reassures the older child.
We share everything
ReplyDeleteby: Robert Munsch
This is my favorite book because it is very funny. The 2 main characters fight about almost everything in the room. They don't want to share. The teachers tells them " Now look, this is kindergarten. In kindergarten we share everything" The children and teacher repeat this pattern throughout the book. At the end of the book the kids try to share their own clothes. The teacher tells them not to. They remind her "now look, this is kindergarten. In kindergarten we share EVERYTHING" The book on tape uses a very funny voice for the teacher. So when you read the book and listen to the tape, you can hear her saying "now look this is kindergartend. In kindergartend we share everything."
I recommend this book for young children ages 5-6 yrs. old
“Hands Are Not for Hitting” By Martine Agassi and Marieka Heinlen-
ReplyDeleteThis book was made to show children, parents, and teachers alternate ways of using their hands instead of using them to hit. The book hardly has any text, it's more diagrams and visual descriptions. It gives examples like blowing bubbles, building with blocks, playdough, and coloring as other ways to use your hands, since they are not for hitting! It's intended to help reduce violence in children.
Tell Me a Story, Paint Me the Sun by Chaplan (1991)
ReplyDeleteThis book is about a girl whose father loses his job and becomes depressed and starts drinking. He does not seek treatment or improve. She is talks to other adults and learn that she is worthwhile.
I will use this book in my class room to teach children how to cope with ongoing parental denial of a mental illness or drug problem.
Incredible You
ReplyDeleteBy Dr. Wayne Dyer
This is a story that talks about ten ways children can shine. It talks about helping others, finding things that you are good at and enjoy, finding ways to quiet your mind, and asking others for help if you have a problem. It also talks about thinking positve thoughts. After all the suggestions and illustrations, the book asks questions about what you would do in different situations.
This is a good resource to use in the classroom to help students learn how to build self-esteem and how to deal with stress in a positive way.
Bugs Bunny and the Health Hog.
ReplyDeleteIt is a Little Golden Book which if no one has heard of those books they have been around for a very long time and are very informational books for young children. I am not too sure on childrens interest level to looney tunes these days but this book is great for health and confidence. It covers the importance of working out but not too much to change who you are. It is basically about working out in moderation which sends a great message to young children. This book would be good to have in the classroom to help friends give each other confidence and to realize that doing daily activities is important.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
ReplyDeleteBy: Judith Viorst
This is a great book that outlines a little boy he thinks he is having a horrible day. Alexander’s day starts with him getting gum in his hair and his brother getting the toy out of the cereal box. As the day goes on he faces even more “bad” things shuch as seeing someone kiss on TV, having a cavity at the dentist’s office and getting smushed in the middle seat of the car. Alexander solves his problems by saying he is going to move to Austailia.
This is a good book for children to read because it helps them realize that not everything is as bad as it seems and that everyone has a bad day every once in a while.
“Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon” by Patty Lovell
ReplyDeleteThis book is about accepting who you are and being proud of it. Molly Lou is a little girl who is short and clumsy, has buckteeth and a voice that sounds like a bullfrog. Molly Lou knows she has these specific qualities, but her grandmother has always told her to walk proud, smile big and sing loud. She has to start in a new school where a class bully calls her “shrimpo” and “bucky-tooth beaver”. Molly Lou doesn’t let the bully bother her; she just remembers what her grandmother has always said and feels good about herself.
"I Love You Because You’re You" by Liza Baker
ReplyDeleteThis book is a poem about a mother fox loving her cub. When we are young children, we are afraid our parents might not love us if we do something wrong or forget to do something we were told to do. This poem shows how parents will always love us no matter what we do wrong. It also shows how kids can have different moods every day and still parents will love them. I think it is a nice book to read to kids for them to be reassured of their parents love towards them.
I Get So Hungry
ReplyDeleteBy: Bebe Moore Campbell
This book is about a young girl, Nikki, who is overweight, because of her and her mother's food choices. She eats junk food and sweets and drinks popl Nikki also uses foods as a comfort blanket. Anytime she is upset or sad, she eats. There is a boy in her class that is a bully and picks on her for being overweight, which only exacerbates her negative emotions and repeats the cycle of eating to cope with emotions, but having those emotions, because she's overweight. Nikki develops a good relationship with her teacher, who is also obese. This relationship began to grow after Mrs. Patterson became ill due to her weight. The two started walking together in the mornings before school and were losing weight together. Eventually, Nikki's mother began walking with her on the weekend and they lost more weight together. This is a good book for many reasons. A book like this could be used to not only show how being a bully can really hurt someone's esteem and it's not appropriate behavior, but also the damage that can be had being obese and unhealthy in child and adult alike.
Today I Feel Silly. Jamie Lee Curtis. 1998.
ReplyDeleteThis book is about all the different moods one person can have, and that it is ok to feel how they are. The little red headed curly haired girl goes through 13 different moods in this book. The little girl learns that it is okay to feel the way she does and that she can talk about it to others.
Goldie Locks Has the Chicken Pox by E. Dealey
ReplyDeleteThis story is about Goldie Locks (from the 3 little bears) and she has the chicken pox. Some of her friends, famous characters from other stories, come to visit and see if she can play, but her parents will not let her due to the chicken pox. In the story Goldie Locks has a little brother who makes fun of her the whole time, he even asks if he can play connect the dots with her spots. At the end of the story her little brother ends up getting the chicken pox.
McCloud, C. (2006). Have You Filled a Bucket Today?
ReplyDeleteHave You Filled a Bucket Today? by C. McCloud is about how everyone has an invisible bucket of happiness that can be added to or scooped from. You can add to your own bucket and those around you by being helpful, kind, and appreciative toward others. You can take scoops from someone’s bucket by being a bully or being rude. Buckets are being filled or taken from all day long. The book can be used to encourage kindness towards others and to remind students that bullying can by hurtful. The book would be a great way to introduce the bucket list concept to elementary students of all grade levels and to help build on the character traits of being respectful and kind.
When I Feel Scared by Cornelia Maude Spelman
ReplyDeleteThis book is about a little bear who talks about what he is afraid of. He also talks about what it feels like to be afraid and how sometimes when you are scared it keeps you safe. I would use this in the classroom by asking the students about their fears and what it feels like to be scared. This will show them that everyone feels scared sometimes and that it is OK to feel scared. It will also let them know what to do when they do feel scared.
Joey Pigza Loses Control
ReplyDeleteBy: Jack Gantos
This book is about a boy named Joey who is an extremely hyperactive child, lovable, and good-hearted. In this series of books Joey has just gotten new medication and he can now exercise more self-control. Joey feels so good that he convinces his mother that he's ready to spend the summer with his estranged father, Carter. His father is also hyperactive--and a recovering alcoholic--and he wants Joey to forget his medication and kick his hyperactivity using nothing but will power. Joey ends up having to decide which he'd rather do: stand up to his father and stick with his meds, or revert to the problem child he used to be.
I Love You Because Your You. Baker L
ReplyDeleteThis book is a poem about a mamma fox who loves her baby fox inspire of all the emotions that the little fox is going through. The little fox wants his mother approval and is scared, happy, and sad, excited and lonely and his mother talks him though his feelings.
Sad Days Glad Days by Dewitt Hamilton
ReplyDeleteThis story is about a girl dealing with her mom's depression.
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ReplyDeleteMaisy goes to school by Lucy Cousins
This book is about a little mouse that has to endure the first say of school. The book shows all the different emotions that you go through on the first say of school. For example, making new friends and being by yourself for the first time. By allowing the child reading the book to see the emotions that they will go through I believe it would help to ease the transition because in a way they are seeing first hand someone else going through the emotions first. Also at the end Maisy tells the reader that although she was frightened at the begining of the day, it was a lot better and easier then she thought and that she is excited for the next day.
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
ReplyDeleteThis book is about a tree who grows with a child. As they both grow older they go through many life changing experiences together. The tree is always there for the boy, providing him with shade, giving him his apples, giving him his branches. When the boy finally becoming an old man, he realized that all he really needed was the company of the tree. It's inspirational.
"The Grouchy Ladybug"
ReplyDeleteBy: Eric Carle
This book is about a ladybug who is always in a bad mood and wants to start a fight with the first thing that she sees. From another ladybug that she doesn't want to share breakfast with, to a blue whale who smacks her back to where she started from, the ladybug continually challenges each creature she meets but always backs down in the end. This would be a great book to use in the classroom to introduce the concept of bullying. It shows that the ladybug's mean ways really get her nowhere, and if she had just been nice to the other ladybug in the first place, then the day would've been a whole lot easier. You could then translate that into students treating each other nicely instead of being mean or bullying.
"The Way I Feel"
ReplyDeleteby Janan Cain
This is an adorable book that helps children express the way that they feel. He says a word and explains what this feeling is like using a cute rhyme and funny pictures. I think that children would be very interested in this book because children will love the rhyming and the bright colors. This book is a great way to teach your child about emotions and how to explain the way that they feel in certain situations.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. (In dutch called: Rupsje Nooitgenoeg)
ReplyDeleteAt night there is a little egg lying on a leaf. On a sunday morning when the sun comes up a little caterpillar crawls out of the egg. The caterpillar is hungry and starts to look for something to eat. The story goes over all the things he eats such as an apple on monday, two pears on tuesday , etc.
When eating chocolate pie, cheese and sausage on a saturday the little caterpillar gets a stomach ache. After a while the caterpillar builds himself a home and sits in there for 2 weeks. Then when he comes out he turned into a beautiful butterfly.
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell and David Catrow
ReplyDeleteThis book was about a little girl who stood out from the crowd. She was short and clumsy with buck teeth and a funny sounding voice. However, she didn’t care and her grandmother always told her to walk proud, smile big, and sing loud and the world will look up to you. Some days Molly Lou is picked on by bullies, however she just remembers her grandmother’s words and goes about her day. Molly Lou is a strong girl and has a happy life, even if she is a little different from other children.
A Terrible Thing Happened by Margaret M. Holmes Excellent book about a child who saw a terrible thing and how it affected his life. He begins to feel better when he begins to talk to an adult. This book I feel would be especially helpful for any child who has been exposed to any trauma and he/she would learn that they are not alone with their feelings.
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I love you because you're you
ReplyDeletethis book is about a mother fox who talks about how much she loves her child. The mother keeps reminding her child that she will love them no matter what. Megan Haman
I read Where the Wild Things Are. This book is about a boy, Max who gets into trouble by his mother, so he was sent to his room. In his room he thought of place where the wild things lived. He was king they followed everything that Max did. Then Max eventually wanted to go back home, so he did. I feel this book deals with imagination or even make believe friends.
ReplyDeleteSomething Might Happen by Helen Lester
ReplyDeleteThis book was about Twitchly the lemur who was afraid of everything and would not leave his house. All the other lemurs tried to get him to join them when they went to parties and events. He always refused. Then, Twitchly’s aunt came into town and made him do everything he was afraid of. He realized he had nothing to be afraid of after all.
I Love You Stinky Face
ReplyDeletewritten by: Lisa McCourt
This book is my favortie book to read to my son. The pictures are adorable and very creative. The story is about a little boy who asks his mother if she would still love him even if he was all these different animals and creatures. He asks if she would still love him if he was terrible meat eating dinosaur, super smelly skunk, an alligator with big sharp teeth, a big scary ape, a green alien from mars, and many other things and everytime the mother reassures he child that he will always be loved and taken care of. I think this book is a good book to use in the classroom because children want to know and hear that they will be loved no matter what. It shouldnt matter who or what they are to be loved.
I was so Mad by, Norma Simon and illustrated by Dora Leder
ReplyDeleteThis children’s book helps show children how to deal with anger and getting mad. Not everything goes the way the little boy wants in this story. It shows many everyday, actual situations that make children angry. It explains that anger is a normal feeling but tries to give different options to help control the anger. The book will make children think, the next time they get angry, “I know this makes me angry, but is there a better way to deal with this?”
This would be good in a lower level class room if you are having trouble with students getting angry or can be read to an individual child if needed.
The book that I liked best is called Just Because I Am, by Lauren Murphy Payne. This book is simple, but sends out a message through its warm words and enchanting illustrations that strengthen and support young children's self-esteem. This book is very important in allowing young children to love, accept, and respect themselves. The message of this book is clear and shows young children that they are people, and they are special jsut the way they are.
ReplyDeleteThe Recess Queen
ReplyDeleteBy Alexis O’Neill
This book is about Mean Jean the Recess Queen. Throughout the beginning of the book, Jean has no friends and is very mean to all of the other students. The other students do not play until after Mean Jean begins playing. One day, however, there is a new student in school, Katie Sue. Since Katie Sue is new, she does not know the “rules” of the playground. Instead of succumbing to Mean Jean, Katie Sue invites Jean to jump rope with her. Jean, among all of the other students, is shocked that anyone wants to play with Jean. In the end, Jean and Katie Sue become very good friends and all of the other students are no longer scared of Mean Jean the Recess Queen.
The Chocolate-Covered-Cookie Tantrum By: D. Blumenthal
ReplyDeleteThis book is about a little girl who goes the park and throws a tantrum when she doesn't get her way. Her mother takes her home after the tantrum to sleep on the couch. After dinner Sophie gets a cookie, this book teaches little children that you may not always get your way at first but eventually you may get your way if you wait it out.
The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle.
ReplyDeleteThis book is about a firefly who wants to find a group or a family sort of speak to join. So he flys along until he finds a group of fireflys that he can be apart of.
"I'm Deaf and It's Okay"
ReplyDeleteBy: L. Aseltine, E. Mueller, & N. Tait
This book is about a young boy with a disability of deafness. He explains all of the hardships of being deaf and even though it can be hard he has learned to over come it. It also explains that he is okay with being deaf and how he wants to be accepted by his friends. I think this would be a good book to read to your class if you had a child who is deaf. I think the students would gain a better understanding of the disability.
1.Good Bye Mousie
ReplyDeleteThis is an excellent picture book for 3-5-year-olds. With denial, then a mixture of anger and sadness, a little boy reacts to the death of his pet. With sensitivity and love, his parents help him prepare to bury Mousie. He finds comfort in painting the box Mousie is to be buried in and filling it with things the mouse would enjoy. This reassuring story by Robie H. Harris is beautifully illustrated with muted watercolor and black pencil artwork by Jan Omerod. (Aladdin, 2004. ISBN: 9780689871344)
My Grandson Lew
ReplyDeleteby Charlotte Zolotow.
Together with his mother, a little boy remembers his grandfather, who died years ago. This is a very gentle tale about how love continues to bring families together, even after death. This would be a great book for kids who are mourning the death of a loved one.
Allison Rocke
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Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggie Rathmann
Officer Buckle and Gloria is a story about a policeman who wants one thing for this community: safety! It starts out with him going from school to school to present valuable lessons on safety, but no one seems interested in what he has to say. Later on, Napville Police Department buys a dog named Gloria. Gloria joins Officer Buckle in his quest to make the town a safe place to live. All of a sudden people start paying more attention! Everyone now wants to see what Officer Buckle and Gloria are talking about, but why? This is a great story for young readers and allows a lot of room for classroom involvement. After the reading of this book in class I would have each student make their own safety rule and illustration to be featured on our classroom bulletin board.
"When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry..." Molly Bang
ReplyDeleteThis book is about a little girl named Sophie, who gets mad when it is time to take turns sharing the gorilla with her sister. It tells how and what Sophie does when she gets angry. In the end Sophie climbs her favorite tree and calms down to finally head back home. This book is to show that different people handle anger in different ways.