Books for Children

About Our Book Lists

These book lists were compiled and recommended by the Board of Directors. We hope you see some of your favorites and discover new ones. Some titles are out of print, but not out of style! They are listed at the bottom of each page and are definitely worth a trip to your local used bookstore or library.
We have organized our book list recommendations in three sections:

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A list of suggested books for children

Story time is a wonderful opportunity to build connection between adult and child. Sharing stories, books, and songs all help to build healthy early relationships and strengthen language and literacy skills. Books can also be a wonderful resource for helping children understand and work through their emotions and new or difficult situations. When children read books about people who are different than them, they learn empathy, which in turn leads to healthier relationships over their lifetime. This list of books was compiled and recommended by the Board of Directors. We hope you see some of your favorites and discover new ones. Some titles are out of print, but not out of style! They are listed at the bottom of the page and are definitely worth a trip to your local used bookstore or library.


A Family For Sammy

by Kate Gaynor


A Good Day
by Kevin Henkes


A Terrible Thing Happened
by Margaret M. Holmes and Sasha J. Mudloff.


 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad day
by Judith Viorst


Baby on the Way
by Sears, Sears and Kelly


Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
by Mo Willems


Families Change, A Book For Children Experiencing Termination of Parental Rights
by Julie Nelson


Feast for Ten
by Cathryn Falwell


Feelings
by Aliki


Go Away, Big Green Monster
by Ed Emberley


Hands are not for Hitting
by Elizabeth Verdickem


Happy Hippo, Angry Duck
by Sandra Boynton


Harriet, You’ll Drive Me Wild!
by Mem Fox


Hello Baby
by Lizzy Rockwell


I Miss You: A First Look at Death
by Pat Thomas


I Used to Be the Baby
by Robin Ballard


I’ll Always Love You
by Hans Wilhelm


Ish (Creatrilogy)
by Peter H. Reynolds


Little Bird
by Germano Zullo


Llama Llama Mad at Mama
by Anna Dewdney


Llama Llama Red Pajama
by Anna Dewdney


Mouse was Mad
by Linda Urban


Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs
by Tomie de Paola


No, David
by David Shannon


Now One Foot, Now The Other
by Tomie de Paola


Olive’s Ocean
by Kevin Henkes


On the Night You Were Born
by Nancy Tillman


Owen
by Kevin Henkes


Please Tell: A Child’s Story About Sexual Abuse
by Jessie


Please, Baby, Please
by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Less


Press Here
by Herve Tullet


Sometimes I’m Bombaloo
by Rachel Vail


Teeth are not for Biting
by Elizabeth Verdickem


The Fall of Freddie the Leaf
by Leo Buscaglia


The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein


The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
by Judith Viorst


There’s a Nightmare in My Closet
by Mercer Mayer


Welcoming Babies
by Margy Burns Knight


Wemberly Worried

by Kevin Henkes


What James Said
by Liz Rosenberg and Matthew Myers


What’s Wrong, Little Pookie?
by Sandra Boynton


When Sophie Gets Angry……Really Really Angry
by Molly Bang


Why Am I Here?
by Matthew Kelly

**Out of print titles available through other vendors on Amazon


**Baby’s ABC
by Neil Ricklen


**Porky and Bess
by Ellen Weiss


**Saying Goodbye to Daddy
by Judith Vigna


**When I Wished I Was Alone
by Dave Cutler


**Where is Grandpa
by T. A. Barron

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