Social Emotional Book List

Complied by Lynn Cukaj, ART-BC of Creative Expressions Consulting, LLC

Feelings Glad Monster, Sad Monster Ed Emberley The Feel Good Book Todd Parr I Can Do It Pat Thomas When I Feel Good About Myself Cornelia Spelman Ellie’s Day Susan Conlin Feeling Jealous Joy Berry Being Patient Joy Berry Today I Feel Silly Jamie Lee Curtis Quick as a Cricket Audrey Wood Feeling Thankful Shelley Rotner Leo the Late Bloomer Robert Kraus I Don’t Know why…I’m shy Barbara Cain Let’s Talk About Feeling Sad Joy Berry Hurty Feelings Helen Lester The way I feel Janan Cain The way I act Steve Metzger My many colored days Dr. Seuss

Anger Boy I was mad Kathryn Hitte I was so mad Norma Simon Sometimes I’m Bombaloo Vail What are you do grumpy about Tom Lichtenheld When Sophie gets angry Molly Bang Mean soup Betsy Everitt Alexander and the bad day Judith Viorst Emily’s Tiger Miriam Latimer Alicia has a bad day Lisa John-clough If I were a Lion Sarah Weeks My mouth is a volcano Julia Cook

Moving We’re Moving Heather Maisner Boomers Big Day Constance McGeorge Jamaica’s Blue Marker Juanita Havill

Telling the Truth Ruthie and the Teeny Tiny Lie Laura Rankin The Truth Pops Out Marc Brown

Separation Kissing Hand Audrey Penn When I miss you Cornelia Spelman I’ll always come back Steve Metzger I miss you Pat Thomas The Hello, Goodbye Window Norton Juster

Bullying Just a Bully Gina and Mercer Meyer Chester and the Big Bad Bully Audrey Penn Goggles! Ezra Jack Keats The Eagle Inside Bronwyn Bancroft Pinduli Janell Cannon The Recess Queen Alexis O’Neill The Juice Box Bully Bob Sornson The Three Little and the Big Bad Pig Eugene Trivizas Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Bully Teddy Slater Princess Penelope’s Parrot Helen Lester One Kathryn Otoshi All for me and none for all Helen Lester The story of Ferdinand Munro Leaf Unlovable Dan Yaccarino Enemy Pie Derek Munson My secret bully Trudy Ludwig Pinky and the Bully James Howe Stop picking on me Pat Thomas Chubbo’s Pool Betsy Lewin Bye-Bye Big Bad Bullybug! Ed Emberley

Adoption My is Forever Nancy Carlson I love you like crazy cakes Rose Lewis

Death It Must Hurt A lot Doris Sanford Lifetimes Bryan Melloni If Nathan were here Mary Bahr Snowflakes Fall Patricia MacLachlan

Scared/Brave Why Do I Feel Scared Pat Thomas Sheila Rae, the Brave Kevin Henkes There’s a Big Beautiful World Nancy Carlson Brave Ben Mathilde Stein Worry Bear Charlotte Dematons Let’s Talk About Feeling Afraid Joy Berry Scaredy Squirrel Melanie Watt Brave Martha Margot Apple Chester the Brave Audrey Penn The Bravest Fish Matt Buckingham Courage Bernard Waber The I’m not scared book Todd Parr High as a Hawk T.A. Barron There’s a nighmare in my closet Mercer Mayer

New Baby/ A Pocket Full of Kisses Audrey Penn That New Baby Patricia Relf Welcoming Your Second Baby New Baby Bernstein Bear Alligator Baby Robert Munsch When the Teddy Bears came Martin Waddell I Love You the Purplest Barbara Joosse Big Sister Now Annette Sheldon A Place for Ben Jeanne Titherington I’m a big Sister Joanna Cole Arthur’s Baby Marc Brown Baby Come Out Fran Manushkin Peter’s Chair Ezra Jack Keats Henry’s Baby Mary Hoffman

Divorce Standing on my own Two Feet Schmitz The days of summer Even Bunting

New Friends Ella the Elegant Elephant Carmela d’Amico A very big bunny Marisabina Russo Chester’s Way Kevin Henkes Ruby the Copycat Peggy Rathmann Jessica Kevin Henkes Little Polar Bear Finds a Friend Hans de Beer

Being a Good Friend/Friendship Brave Bitsy & the Bear Angela McAllister Making the team Nancy Carlson The Rainbow Fish Marcus Pfister You will be my friend! Peter Brown How to Lose all your friends Nancy Carlson Little Blue and little yellow Leo Lionni The Crayon Box that Talked Shane DeRolf Giraffes Can’t Dance Giles Andrede The Lamb and the butterfly Arnold Sungaard Town Mouse and Country Mouse Jan Brett Nicolas, where have you been? Leo Lionni A Flea Story Leo Lionni Six Crows Leo Lionni It’s Mine Leo Lionni Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse Leo Lionni Fish is Fish Leo Lionni The Sandwich Swap Queen Rania AlAbdullah How to be a friend Laurie Krasny Brown We can get along Lauren Murphy Payne The Happy Lion Louise Fatio

Being Mindful I Like to be Little Charlotte Zolotow The Listening Walk Paul Shower The Quiet Book Deborah Underwood

Being Different Tico and the Golden Wings Leo Lionni Too Loud Lily Sofie Laguna

Kindness The Paper Crane Molly Bang Do unto otters Laurie Keller I’m like you, you’re like me Cindy Gainer

Persistence More Than Anything Else Marie Bradby The Little Engine that could Watty Piper The little red ant and the great big crumb Shirley Climo

Family The Perfect Family Nancy Carlson A House is a house for me Mary Ann Hoberman You nest here with me Jane Yolen Tikki Tikki Tembo Arlene Mosel The twin Princes Tedd Arnold

Uniqueness/Being Oneself I Like Myself! Karen Beaumont Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon Patty Lovell Only One You Linda Kranz The Big Orange Splot Daniel Manus Pinkwater Whoever you are Mem Fox Something Special David McPhail Red Michael Hall I Like Me! Nancy Carlson Owen Kevin Henkes All the Colors of the Earth Sheila Hamanaka If Only I had a green nose Max Lucado Pezzettino Leo Lionni Inch by Inch Leo Lionni A color of his own Leo Lionni The Biggest House in the World Leo Lionni Elmer David McKee Three Cheers for Tacky Helen Lester Tacky in Trouble Helen Lester Hooway for Wodney Wat Helen Lester Batter up Wombat Helen Lester Hurty Feelings Helen Lester Tacky the Penquin Helen Lester Miss Rumphius Barbara Cooney Something to Prove Robert Skead The man who walked between the towers Mordicai Gerstein

Respect Everyone Matters Pat Thomas Respect Ted and Jenny O’Neal Ryan Respects Virginia Kroll

Anxiety Wemberly Worried Kevin Henkes Chrysanthemum Kevin Henkes

Working Together Swimmy Leo Lionni Frederick Leo Lionni

Creativity Over the Ocean Taro Gomi Matthew’s Dream Leo Lionni How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird Mordicai Gerstein If… Sarah Perry Wave Suzy Lee FairyLand Richard Doyle The Fantastic Drawings of Danielle Barbara McClintock Anna’s Art Adventure Bjorn Sortland The Noisy Paintbox Barb Rosenstock Spots in a box Helen Ward Ish Peter Reynolds Mouse Paint Ellen Stoll Walsh What do you do with an Idea? Kobi Yamada