Preventing Violence Today
Books for Children
Picture Books for Children
I feel angry / Kelly Doudna.
Describes some things that can make you angry and ways to deal
with these feelings.
JJ E DOUDNA - Mary Cheney Library
Feeling angry / Joy Berry
Let's talk about feeling angry.
JJ BERRY - Mary Cheney Library
It's not fair! : featuring Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets
/ Deborah Hautzig
When irresponsible Ernie seems to be taking all the credit for
Bert's hard work on their lemonade stand, it provokes an angry
outburst from Bert and threatens their friendship.
JJ E It's - Mary Cheney Library
Why are you fighting, Davy? / Brigitte Weninger
Davy has a fight with his friend Eddie when the best boat he has
ever made gets washed away, but then he realizes that his friendship
with Eddie, who can build great dams, is more important.
JJ WENINGER - Mary Cheney Library, Whiton Branch Library
Oh, Bother! Someone's fighting! / Nikki Grimes
Winnie the Pooh helping hands book
JJ GRIMES - Mary Cheney Library
Tiger and the temper tantrum / Vivian French & Rebecca
Elgar.
Tiger says "No!" to everything his mother wants him
to do, but then finds out that having a temper tantrum will not
get him what he wants.
JJ FRENCH - Mary Cheney Library, Whiton Branch Library
Little Bear and the big fight / Jutta Langreuter and
Vera Sobat.
When his best friend Brandon will not share the clay at school
one day, Little Bear gets so mad that he bites him, and even though
he is sorry, Little Bear wonders if he and Brandon will ever be
friends
again.
JJ LANGREUTER - Mary Cheney Library
I did it, I'm sorry / Caralyn Buehner
Ollie Octopus, Bucky Beaver, Howie Hogg, and other animal characters
encounter moral dilemmas involving such virtues as honesty, thoughtfulness,
and trustworthiness. The reader is invited to select
the appropriate behavior from a series of choices.
JJ BUEHNER - Whiton Branch Library
The meanest thing to say / by Bill Cosby
When a new boy in his second grade class tries to get the other
students to play a game that involves saying the meanest things
possible to one another, Little Bill shows him a better way to
make friends. JJ E COSBY - Mary Cheney Library, Whiton Branch
Library
The Berenstain Bears and too much teasing / Stan &
Jan Berenstain.
Brother Bear likes to tease his sister, but when he's the one
who is taunted at school, he understands why Sister gets so mad.
JJ BERENSTAIN - Mary Cheney Library
**************************************************************************************************************************************
Mary Cheney Library Whiton Memorial Library
586 Main Street 100 North Main Street
Manchester, CT 06040 Manchester, CT 06040
(860) 645-0577 (860) 643-6892
Preventing Violence Today
Books for Parents and Children
Books about Feelings-especially for children
Angry / by Susan Riley.
A child explains what angers him and how he sometimes angers other
people.
JJ 158 - Mary Cheney Library
Dealing with jealousy / Priscilla Croft.
Discusses the emotion jealousy and suggests ways of handling this
difficult feeling.
J 152.4 CROFT - Mary Cheney Library
The Big book for peace / Ann Durell and Marilyn Sachs
The wisdom of peace and the absurdity of fighting are demonstrated
in seventeen stories and poems by outstanding authors of today
such as Jean Fritz, Milton Meltzer, and Nancy Willard,
J 810.8 BIG - Mary Cheney Library
Stop, look & listen : using your senses from head to toe
/ Sarah A. Williamson
Presents over seventy activities prompting the exploration of
concepts such as color and shape identification, fine and gross
motor skills, and appropriate expression of feelings.
J 372.139 WILLIAMSON - Mary Cheney Library, Whiton Branch Library
Getting along with your friends / Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
A self-help approach to making and getting along with friends,
exploring the purpose of friendship, understanding the feelings
and behavior of oneself and others, and changing one's behavior.
J 158.25 - Mary Cheney Library
Confident / Janine Amos
Self-confidence.
J 152.4 AMOS - Mary Cheney Library
The child's world of caring / Jane Belk Moncure
Simple text and scenes depict caring behavior, such as feeding
the wild birds all winter long, picking up paper and trash left
by someone else, teaching a friend to turn a cartwheel, and picking
up your toys without being asked.
J 177.7 MONCURE - Mary Cheney Library
Books for Parents
"Why did it happen?" : helping young children cope in
a violent world / Janice Cohn, D.S.W. ;
With the help of his parents and teacher, a young boy deals with
his feelings about the robbery of the neighborhood grocery store.
Includes a note to parents.
J PS COHN - Whiton Branch Library
Peace on the playground : nonviolent ways of problem-solving
/ Eileen Lucas.
Introduces the concept of nonviolent resolution of conflicts.
Includes practical tips, hands-on activities, and appropriate
role models for guidance and inspiration.
J 303.69 LUCAS - Whiton Branch Library
A safe place / Maxine Trottier
To escape her father's abuse, Emily and her mother come to a shelter
where they find a safe place to stay with other women and children
in similar circumstances.
JJ TROTTIER - Mary Cheney Library
When I'm angry / Jane Aaron.
Explains anger as a normal part of life and discusses how to deal
with it. Includes a parents' guide in a question-and-answer format
with examples and suggestions.
JPS 152.47 AARON - Mary Cheney Library
4/2001