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Bullying

Bully by Patricia Polacco (JFIC POL)

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)

Confessions of a Former Bully by Trudy Ludwig (JFIC LUD)

Covid Reading

Do Not Lick This Book* *It’s Full of Germs by Idan Ben-Barak (E BEN)

When Sadness is at Your Door by Eva Eland (E ELA)

Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival (E PER)

Germs are Not for Sharing by Elizabeth Verdick (BB VER)

Germs: Fact and Fiction, Friends and Foes by Lesa Cline-Ransome (J579.3 CLI)

Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes by Nicola Davies (J579 DAV)

All About Anxiety by Carrie Lewis (J155.41 LEW)

All Birds Have Anxiety by Kathy Hoopmann (J618.9 HOO)

What to do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety by Dawn Huebner (J155.4 HUE)

Breathe & Be: A Book of Mindfulness Poems by Kate Coombs (J811.6 COO)

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)

New Baby

What Sisters/Brothers Do Best by Laura Numeroff (E NUM)

There’s Going to Be a Baby by John Burningham (E BUR)

A Baby Sister for Frances by Russell Hoban (E HOB)

Pecan Pie Baby by Jacqueline Woodson (E WOO)

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

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

Understanding your Two-Year Old by Lisa Miller (649.1 MIL)

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)