[mmccaffrey Posts: 1 Status: Offline I love kids' books!]

Children's Literature

Here is a link to a libguid/booklist for parents, and teachers to use to discuss trauma with children. The guide offers multiple areas of trauma. Please feel free to share with others and provide comments about books that are problematic or suggestions for adding books I am unaware. I would appreciate any assistance as I feel these books offer help to many families and children that need them as tools to talk.

https://libguides.govst.edu/childrenintraumabibliography

[dewsanddamps Posts: 2,302 Status: Offline]

This is terrific--thanks.

[Debbie Vilardi Posts: 7,004 Status: Offline Language is so cool! WWW]

There are plenty of other books out there on these subjects. One way to find them is to search each book on Amazon and see what is listed in the "People also bought" area.  Below is Brave Mole.

https://www.amazon.com/Bravemole-Lynne-Jonell/dp/0399239626

For the War section, there are tons of bios of Anne Frank.

And here's another Eve Bunting book, this is on homelessness: Fly Away Home. Actually, she might be worth looking up as there may be others by her that deal with tough subjects.

[Debbie Vilardi Posts: 7,004 Status: Offline Language is so cool! WWW]

Adding another: The Wishing Tree. https://elvaresa.com/books/. Actually this publisher does a lot of books for military families, so maybe check them all out.

[CharacterKidLit Posts: 4 Status: Offline I love kids' books! WWW]

Not sure this post will be revisited again since the board is closing, but I wanted to weigh in! This is an excellent resource.

I would add "What is Given from the Heart" to the section on poverty.

[RebeccaL-G Posts: 1,496 Status: Offline RA SCBWI Cen-Cal WWW]

I'd like to recommend Erik Talkin's book Lulu and the Hunger Monster. It is in both English and Spanish. He's an SCBWI member in my region who directs the Santa Barbara food project.
Also, I want to encourage people to keep on posting despite any deadline to the contrary.

[JodyJS Posts: 1,316 Status: Offline Who you gonna call? EMERGENCY KITTENS! WWW]

Great resource!