Have you ever just needed someone to tell what books are good for what? Here is my master list of all the biblotherapy books I use and what I use them for. Counsel on!
Friendship
Mr/ Peabody’s Apples
Our Friendship Rules
William’s Doll – Gender Stereotypes
Have you filled a bucket today?
Bandaid Chicken
Do unto Otters
Enemy Pie
The Giving Tree
BeWigged
Charlie Caterpillar
Making Friendship is an art
My Best Friend Moved Away
You’re Mean Lilly Jean
Pumpkin Soup
Invisible Boy
Pink Tiara and Cookies
Anxiety
Worrywarts
Wilma Jean the Worry Machine
Divorce
Invisible String by: Patrice Karat
Fred Stays with Me
A Safe Place to Live: A Story for Children Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence by Michelle A. Harrison
Best of Both Nests by Jane Clarke and Anne Kennedy
Dinosaurs Divorce by Marc Brown
Was it the Chocolate Pudding?
My Dad and Mom Don’t Live Together
Howard B Wiggle Bottom Learns About Mud and Rainbows
Feelings
You’ve got Dragons
Zach Gets Frustrated
One Smile
Tough Boris
Today I Feel Silly
The Grouchies
Visiting Feelings
Blue Day for Kids
How are you Peeling?
Soda Pop Head
Ahn’s Anger
Empathy/Apologizing/Honesty
Stand in My Shoes
Sorry
Zach Apologizes
I’m Sorry I Forgot to Ask
The Empty Pot
Sarah’s Little Ghosts
Ruthie and the not so Teeny Tiny Lie
Arnie and the Stolen Markers
Jamaica’s Fund
Howard B Wigglebottom and the Monkey on his back
4 Feet and 2 Sandals
Those Shoes
The Honest to Goodness Truth
Homelessness
Lady in the Box
Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen
The Lunch Thief
Deployment
Hero Dad and Hero Mom
Incarceration
The Night Dad Went to Jail
Testing
Testing Ms. Mullarkey
True or False – Test Stink?
Self Esteem
Zero
I Like Myself
Incredible Me
Gonna Like Me
Giant Makes the Team
Grief
I Remember Miss. Perry
Jungle Journey
Lifetimes by Bryan Mellonie
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie dePaola
When Dinosaurs Die by Laurie Krasny Brown
Lifetimes
Goodbye Brecken
The Next Place
Cat and Dog Heaven
Goodbye Mousie
Following the Rules
Lizzy’s Do’s and Don’t’s
My Worst Day Ever
Interrupting Chicken
My Mouth is a Volcano
Kindergarten Transition
Enrico Starts School by Charlotte Middleton
Polka Dot Fixes Kindergarten
The Kissing Handby Audrey Penn
Welcome to Kindergarten by Anne Rockwell
When You Go to Kindergarten by James Howe
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate
Look Out Kindergarten Here I Come by Nancy Carlson
Countdown to Kindergarten by Allison McGhee
Kindergarten Kids: Riddles, Rebuses, Wiggles, Giggles & More by Stephanie Calmenson
We Share Everything! By Robert Munsch
Jessica by Kevin Henkes
Owen by Kevin Henkes
The Night Before Kindergarten by Natasha Wing
Planet Kindergarten
It’s Hard to be Five
Parenting
1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12 by Thomas W. Phelan
Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence by Rosalind Wiseman
Taking ‘No’ for an Answer and Other Skills Children Need:Fifty Games to Teach Family Skills by Laurie Simons
Try and Make Me! by Ray Levy and Bill O’Hanlon
Prosocial Behavior
Arnie and the Stolen Markers by by Nancy Carlson
Creative Interventions
Don’t Squeal Unless It’s a Big Deal by Jeanie Franz Ransom
Dude, That’s Rude! (Get Some Manners) by Pamela Espeland, Elizabeth Verdick and Steve Mark
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big by by Berkeley Breathed
Finders Keepers for Franklin by by Paulette Bourgeois (Author), Brenda Clark (Illustrator)
I Like Myself! by Karen Beaumont and David Catrow
I’m Special, I’m Me! by Ann Meek
If You’re Angry And You Know It! by Cecily Kaiser and Cary Pillo
Penelope’s Amazing Imperfect-People-Eating Machine by Village Elementary School Fourth Grade
Personal Space Camp
Manners on the Playground
What if Everybody Did
It’s a Spoon not a Shovel
The Sandbox
Whoopi’s Big Book of Manners
Pickers is a Thief by Gary Antilla
That’s Mine Horace by Keller
The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Pressure by Stan Berenstain and Jan Berestain
The Little Engine That Could by by Watty Piper, George Hauman, Doris Hauman
What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety by Dawn Huebner and Bonnie Matthews
Regina’s Big Mistake
The Way I Act
Winning isn’t Everything
Have you filled a bucket today?
Leo the Lighting Bug
You get What you get
The Crayon Box that Talked
Lacey Walker, non-stop talker
It’s Not Fair
Steps and Stone
Growing Up
American Medical Association Boy’s Guide to Becoming a Teen by American Medical Association, Kate Gruenwalkd Pfeifer and Amy B. Middleman
The Boy’s Body Guide: A Health and Hygiene Book for Boys 8 and Older by Frank C. Hawkins, Dr. Greta L.B. Laube (M.D.) and J.C. Hawkins
The Period Book, Updated Edition: Everything You Don’t Want to Ask (But Need to Know) by Karen Gravelle and Debbie Palen
What’s Happening to Me? Boys Edition by Alex Firth, Susan Meredith, and Adam Larkum
Cookies
Middle School
A Smart Girl’s Guide to Friendship Troubles by Patti Kelley Criswell and Angela Martini
A Smart Girl’s Guide to Starting Middle School: Everything You Need to Know About Juggling More Homework, More Teachers, and More Friends by Julie Williams and Angela Martini
Bullying
Blue Cheese Breath and Stink Feet: How to Deal With Bullies by Catherine Depino, Bonnie Matthews and Charles Beyl
Don’t Laugh at Me by Steve Seskin, Allen Shamblin, and Glin Dibley
My Secret Bully by Trudy Ledwig and Abigail Marble
Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons
Please Stop Laughing At Me: One Woman’s Inspirational Story by Jodee Blanco
One
Bad Case of Tattle Tongue
Don’t Squeal Unless it’s a Big Deal
Tattlin’ Madeline
Confessions of a Former Bully
Just Kidding
Simon’s Hook
The Tease Monster
My Secret Bully
Transition
Wemberly Worried
Brand New Kid
ADHD
ADD not BAD by Audrey Penn
It’s Hard to be a Verb by Julia Cook
Jack Quack by Lucy Nolan
The Survival Guide for Kids with ADD and ADHD by John Taylor
Why Can’t Jimmy Sit Still by Sandra Tunis
Diversity
Harold and The Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
Priscilla McDoodlenutDoodleMcMae Asks Why? by by Janet Mary Sinke (Author), Craig Pennington (Illustrator)
The Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss
The Color of Us
A Bad Case of the Stripes
Carla’s Sandwiches
Sam and the Luck Monkey
Land of Many Colors
The Skin we Live in
The Colors of the Earth
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun
Elmer
Oliver Button is a Sissy
Growth Mindset
I Can Be Anything – Jerry Spinelli
Anybody Can Bake a Cake by Hennie Shore
Ish by Peter Reynolds
Perfect Pals : How to Juggle Your Way from Perfection to Excellence by Janet Bender
What To Do When Good Isn’t Good Enough by Thomas Greenspon
Giraffes Can’t Dance – Andreae Parker-Rees
The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes – Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein
Beautiful Opps
The Dot
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible No Good Day
Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses
Pete the Cat and His 4 Groovy Buttons
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain
What Does it Mean to be Present?
Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda
Crazy Hair Day
Goal Setting
Salt in My Shoes
Some Dogs Do
Quickie Makes the Team
Conflict Resolution
Peace in Mrs. Fox’s Room
The Peace Rose
The Peace Book
Trouble Talk
Being Wendy
Careers
Career Day
Being Wendy
Making Our Own Way 