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Bullying

Dixie and the Big Bully by Grace Gilman (ER GIL)

The Juice Box Bully by Robert Sornson (J375.1 SOR)

Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell (E LOV)

Just Kidding by Trudy Ludwig (J302.3 LUD)

Death

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (JFIC PAT)

Harry & Hopper by Margaret Wild (E WIL)

Papa’s Latkes by Michelle Edwards (Seasonal E EDW)

The Tenth Good Thing about Barney by Judith Viorst (found in You Read to Me & I’ll Read To You J808.8 YOU)

The Hare-Shaped Hole by John Dougherty (E DOU)

New Baby

Pecan Pie Baby by Jacqueline Woodson (E WOO)

Peter’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats (E KEA)

The Baby-Changing Station by Rhett Miller (E MIL)

Baby’s Here by Jessica Young (BB YOU)

My Brother, The Duck by Pat Zietlow Miller

Potty Training

Books for Kids

Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi (E GOM)

The Potty Book for Boys by Alyssa Satin Capucilli (BB CAP)

A Potty for Me! by Karen Katz (BB KAT)

Books for Grown-Ups

Raising a Self-Reliant Child by Alanna Levine (649.1 LEV)

School

Pete the Cat: The Wheels on the Bus (E LIT)

Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton (E SCO)

Bailey by Harry Bliss (E BLI)

D.W.’s Guide to Preschool by Marc Brown (E BRO)

Emily’s First 100 Days of School by Rosemary Wells (E WEL)

First Grade Jitters by Robert Quackenbush (E QUA)

Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten? By Audrey Vernick (E VER)

I Don’t Want to go to School! By Stephanie Blake (E BLA)

The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn (E PEN)

Mouse’s First Day of School by Lauren Thompson (E THO)

My New Teacher and Me by Al Yankovic (E YAN)

Off to First Grade by Louise Borden (E BOR)

Sharing

Llama Llama Time to Share by Ann Dewdney (E DEW)

Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems (E WIL)

The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins (E HUT)

The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog by Mo Willems (E WIL)

Peter’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats (E KEA)

 

Trucks

Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton (E BAR)

Maybelle, the Cable Car by Virginia Lee Burton (E BUR)

Freight Train by Donald Crews (E CRE)

Truck by Donald Crews (E CRE)

Tonka books (ER HIC)

The Little Train by Lois Lenski (E LEN)

My Truck is Stuck by Kevin Lewis (E LEW)

Machines Go to Work by William Low (E LOW)

I Stink! by Kate & Jim McMullan (E MCM)

Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherry Duskey Rinker (E RIN)

I Love Trains by Philemon Sturges (E STU)