Use this recommended book list to help promote the social and emotional development of the appropriate age groups your staff will work with.
| Title
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Author
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Age Range
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A Sick Day for Amos McGee
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Philip C. Stead
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Preschool
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Big Book of Beautiful Babies
|
David Ellwand
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Infant
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Baby Faces: Smile!
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Roberta Grobel Intrater
|
Infant
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Baby Faces
|
Margaret Miller
|
Infant
|
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Hugs & Kisses
|
Roberta Grobel Intrater
|
Infant
|
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Owl Babies
|
Martin Waddell
|
Infant/Toddler
|
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What’s Wrong Little Pookie?
|
Sandra Boynton
|
Infant/Toddler
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Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
|
Mo Willems
|
Toddler/Preschool
|
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Pigeon has Feelings, Too
|
Mo Willems
|
Toddler/Preschool
|
|
I Can Share
|
Karen Katz
|
Preschool/Toddler
|
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A Sick Day for Amos McGee
|
Philip C. Stead
|
Preschool
|
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How are you Peeling?
|
Saxton Freymann
|
Preschool
|
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Tell Me Again about the Night I was Born
|
Jamie Lee Curtis
|
Preschool
|
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Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods that Make My Day
|
Jamie Lee Curtis
|
Preschool
|
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It’s OK to be Different
|
Todd Parr
|
Preschool
|
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Last Stop on Market Street
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Matt de la Pe ñ a
|
Preschool
|
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Sometimes I’m Bombaloo
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Rachel Vail
|
Preschool
|
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Knuffle Bunny
|
Mo Willems
|
Preschool
|
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Knuffle Bunny Too
|
Mo Willems
|
Preschool
|
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Knuffle Bunny Free
|
Mo Willems
|
Preschool
|
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Llama Llama Red Pajama
|
Anna Dewdney
|
Preschool
|
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Llama Llama Mad at Mama
|
Anna Dewdney
|
Preschool
|
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Llama Llama Misses Mama
|
Anna Dewdney
|
Preschool
|
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On Monday When It Rained
|
Cheryl Kachenmeister
|
Preschool
|
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Fox Makes Friends
|
Adam Relf
|
Preschool
|
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The Feelings Book
|
Todd Parr
|
Preschool/Toddler
|
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The Name Jar
|
Jangsook Choi
|
Preschool/ Early Grades
|
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Glad Monster, Sad Monster
|
Ed Emberly
|
Preschool
|
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The Three Grumpies
|
Tamra Wright
|
Preschool
|
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The Feel Good Book
|
Todd Parr
|
Preschool
|
|
The Kissing Hand
|
Audrey Penn
|
Preschool
|
|
Each Kindness
|
Jacquelene Woodson
|
Early Grades
|
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Goggles!
|
Ezra Jack Keats
|
Early Grades
|
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Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
|
Patty Lovell
|
Early Grades
|
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The Recess Queen
|
Alexis O’Neill
|
Early Grades
|
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Wemberly Worried
|
Kevin Jenkes
|
Early Grades
|
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What Do You Do with a Problem?
|
Kobi Yamada
|
Early Grades
|
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Suki’s Kimono
|
Chieri Uegaki
|
Early Grades
|
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Super Emma
|
Sally Warner
|
Early Chapter Book
|
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Feathers
|
Jacqueline Woodson
|
Middle Grades
|
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The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod
|
Heather Brewer
|
Middle Grades
|
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Squint
|
Chad Morris & Shelly Brown
|
Middle Grades
|
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Sticks
|
Joan Baure
|
Middle Grades
|
Training & Curriculum Specialist
Social & Emotional Development
Lesson 3
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Books that Promote Social Emotional Development from Infancy through Age 12
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