Book Recommendations

Book Recommendations for Parents:

  • Parenting From The Inside Out, by Daniel Siegel & Mary Hartzell

  • The Gardener And The Carpenter, by Alison Gopnik

Book Recommendations for Parents & Children to Read Together:

Separation Worries and Starting School

  • The Kissing Hand, by Audrey Penn

  • Amelia Bedielia’s First Day of School, by Herman Parish

  • Llama Llama Misses Mama, by Anna Dewdney

  • I Am Absolutely Too Small For School (Charlie and Lola), by Lauren Child

  • Kindergarten Diary, by Antoinette Portis

Feelings and Friendships

  • Sheila Rae’s Peppermint Stick, by Kevin Henkes

  • Chrysanthemum, by Kevin Henkes

  • Chester’s Way, by Kevin Henkes

  • Wemberly Worried, by Kevin Henkes

  • Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon, by Patty Lovell

  • How Full is Your Bucket? For Kids, by Tom Rath

  • Making Friends is an Art, by Julia Cook

  • The Feelings Book, by Todd Parr

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

Behavior Changes

  • No No Yes Yes, by Leslie Patricelli

  • No, David!, by David Shannon

  • Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, by Mo Williams

  • When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry, by Molly Bang

  • Llama Llama Mad at Mama, by Anna Dewdney

  • The Potty Book (for Boys or Girls), by Capucilli, Alyssa Satin and Dorothy Stott

  • Once Upon a Potty, by Alona Frankel