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Behavior Books for Kids
Here is a list of books that can be used in the classroom to teach behavior concepts to children. I did not compile this list. However, I used many of these books in the classroom and continue to use them with my social skills groups. I would love to expand on this list so if you have any books you use and don’t see it on this list, please leave a comment.
(The original list was copied from http://webserver.mcl.org/ys/bibbehav.html)
Anger/Temper Tantrums
| Author | Title | Description | Year |
| Bang, Molly | When Sophie Gets Angry—Really, Really Angry | A young girl doesn’t know how to manage her anger. | 1999 |
| Blumenthal, Deborah | The Chocolate Covered Cookie Tantrum | Seized with a desire for a cookie, Sophie discovers a tantrum won’t get her what she wants. | 1997 |
| Collins, Pat | Lowery Come Out, Come Out! | Hildy is so angry that she thinks she will hide from her family forever. | 2005 |
| Everitt, Betsy | Mean Soup | Horace feels really mean at the end of a bad day, until he helps his mother make Mean Soup. | 1992 |
| French, Vivian | Tiger and the Temper Tantrum | Tiger says “No!” to everything his mother wants him to do. | 1999 |
| Hogan, Paula | Sometimes I Get So Mad | Karen learns to tell her friend that she is mad instead of doing something destructive. | 1980 |
| Kroll, Steven | That Makes Me Mad! | A little girl gets mad at a lot of things in her daily life. | 2002 |
| Marzollo, Jean | Football Friends | When he plays football at school, Freddy has trouble avoiding fights. | 1997 |
| Spelman, Cornelia | When I Feel Angry | A little rabbit describes what makes her angry. | 2000 |
| Stadler, Alexander | Lila Bloom | Angry after a difficult day, Lila decides to quit ballet class. | 2004 |
| Vail, Rachel | Sometimes I’m Bombaloo | When Katie feels angry and out of control her mother helps her to be herself again. | 2001 |
Bullying
| Author | Title | Description | Year |
| Bottner, Barbara | Bootsie Barker Bites | Bootsie only wants to play games in which she bites. | 1992 |
| Clements, Andrew | Jake Drake Bully Buster | Jake must take matters into his own hands when a super bully moves into the neighborhood. | 2001 |
| Howe, James | Pinky & Rex and the Bully | Pinky defends his favorite color, pink, and his friendship with a girl, from the neighborhood bully. | 1996 |
| O’Neill, Alexis | The Recess Queen | Mean Jean is the biggest bully on the playground until a new girl arrives. | 2002 |
| Wells, Rosemary | Bubble-gum Radar | The Franks hurt, tease, trick and bully their way through the school day, pushing away their classmates. | 2002 |
Calming Down
| Author | Title | Description | Year |
| Carle, Eric | “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” Said the Sloth | The sloth is happy moving at his own pace which is very, very slow. | 2002 |
| Carlson, Nancy L. | Take Time to Relax | Tina the beaver and her family constantly rush everywhere until a storm keeps them snowbound. | 1991 |
| Chalmers, Mary | Take a Nap | Since he is not sleepy enough to take his nap, Harry the Cat helps his mother bake a cake. | 1991 |
| Cousins, Lucy | Maisy Goes to the Library | Maisy goes to the library in search of a book about fish and a quiet place to read it. | 2005 |
| MaClean, Kerry Lee | Peaceful Piggy Meditation | Peaceful pigs demonstrate the many benefits of meditation. | 2004 |
| Wilson, Sarah | A Nap in a Lap | Baby animals nap in interesting places, but a tired little girl likes a lap. | 2003 |
Etiquette
| Author | Title | Description | Year |
| Brown, Marc | Perfect Pigs | A simple introduction to good manners. | 1983 |
| Cazet, Denys | Elvis the Rooster and the Magic Words | Elvis, a proud rooster, learns a lesson in manners after a handsome peacock visits his farm. | 2004 |
| Cuyler, Margery | Please Say Please! | A penguins guide to good manners. | 2004 |
| DeGezelle, Terri | Manners at a Restaurant | Describes good manners when dining at a restaurant. | 2005 |
| DeGezelle, Terri | Manners At a Friend’s Home | Describes good manners when visiting a friend’s home. | 2005 |
| DeGezelle, Terri | Manners on the Telephone | Describes good manners when speaking on the telephone. | 2005 |
| Hawkins, Colin | Max and the Magic Word | What’s the magic word?—please. | No date |
| Hazen, Barbara Shook | Hello Gnu, How Do You Do? | Animal characters in various situations show proper manners. | 1990 |
| Henkes, Kevin | A Weekend With Wendell | Sophie does not enjoy energetic, assertive Wendell’s weekend visit until she learns to assert herself. | 1986 |
| Jackson, Gavin | Clowns Do, Clowns Don’t | Molly and Loonette must choose between good and bad manners in various situations. | 1996 |
| Ricci, Christine | Dora’s Book of Manners | Dora and Boots help Mr. Troll mind his manners. | 2004 |
| Verdick, Elizabeth | Words Are Not For Hurting | Encourages toddlers and preschoolers to express themselves using helpful, not hurtful, words. | 2004 |
Honesty
| Author | Title | Description | Year |
| Ada, Alma F. | The Gold Coin | Determined to steal an old woman’s gold coin, a young thief finds himself involved in a series of unexpected activities. | 1991 |
| Blair, Eric | The Boy Who Cried Wolf | A young boy’s fake cries for help cause him problems when he really needs assistance. | 2004 |
| Brown, Marc | Arthur and the True Francine | Francine and Muffy are good friends until Muffy lets Francine take the blame for cheating on a test. | 1981 |
| Park, Barbara | Junie B. Jones is not a Crook | Disaster strikes when Junie’s new mittens disappear from the playground. | 1997 |
| Scieszka, Jon | The True Story of the Three Little Pigs | The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what happened when he tangled with the three little pigs. | 1989 |
| Sharmat, Marjorie W. | A Big, Fat, Enormous Lie | A child’s simple lie grows to enormous proportions. | 1978 |
| Waber, Bernard Ira | Sleeps Over | A boy worries about how he’ll get along without his teddy bear when he sleeps at a friend’s house. | 1972 |
| Weigelt, Udo | It Wasn’t Me | Mouse learns about the dangers of jumping to conclusions when he prematurely accuses Raven of stealing Ferret’s raspberries. | 2001 |
Kindness
| Author | Title | Description | Year |
| Aardema, Verna | Koi and the Kola Nuts | A boy must make his way in the world with only a sackful of Kola nuts and the help of those he has treated with kindness. | 1999 |
| Donaldson, Julia | The Spiffiest Giant in Town | George the Giant finally buys new clothes, and then gives them away to some needy animals. | 2003 |
| Laird, Elizabeth | Beautiful Bananas | Beatrice has a jungle adventure on her way to give her grandfather a bunch of bananas. | 2004 |
| Lamstein, Sarah | I Like Your Buttons | A girl compliments her teacher and starts a chain reaction of goodwill and thoughtfulness throughout the day. | 1999 |
| McCourt, Lisa | Chicken Soup for Little Souls: the Goodness Gorillas | Jessica and her classmates form a club whose mission is to perform acts of kindness | 1997 |
| Meiners, Cheri | Be Polite and Kind | Demonstrates ways of showing politeness, speaking kindly, and respecting the feelings of others. | 2004 |
| Murphy, Mary | How Kind! | When Hen gives pig an egg, she sets off a chain of events that brings kindness to all the animals. | 2004 |
| Scheunemann, Pam | Acting With Kindness | Describes some everyday actions that demonstrate kindness. | 2004 |
| Seuss, Dr. | Horton Hears a Who! | Horton the elephant goes to great trouble to protect some very small creatures who make their home on a speck of dust. | 1954 |
Moodiness
| Author | Title | Description | Year |
| Berenstain, Stan | The Berenstain Bears Get the Grouchies | 1997 | |
| Carle, Eric | The Grouchy Ladybug | A grouchy ladybug who is looking for a fight challenges everyone she meets. | 1977 |
| Freedman, Claire | Where’s Your Smile, Crocodile? | The other animals can’t cheer up Kyle the Crocodile, but when he helps a lion cub find his way home, he finds a smile as well. | 2001 |
| Kurtz, Jane | Rain Romp | When she awakens to a gray day, a little girl is in a grouchy mood. | 2002 |
| Lichtenheld, Tom | What Are You So Grumpy About? | Various reasons for being grumpy are explored. | 2003 |
| Mayer, Mercer | Little Critters Bedtime Book | Finding little sister acting selfish, fussy, and grumpy and refusing to go to sleep, Little Critter tells her four stories. | 1987 |
| Millen, D.M. | The Low-Down Laundry Line Blues | While one sister sits around moping, the other tries to find a way to cheer her up. | 1999 |
| Wight, Tamra | The Three Grumpies | A little girl wakes up with the grumpies, and they follow her around all day. | 2003 |
Sharing
| Author | Title | Description | Year |
| Baker, Barbara | Anna shares | When Justin comes to play with Anna, her mother tries to teach her how to share. | 2004 |
| Beil, Karen | A Cake All For Me | Using the themes and rhythms of traditional nursery rhymes this book gives directions for baking and sharing a cake. | 1998 |
| Brenner, Barbara | Group Soup | A selfish rabbit learns that sharing is the one ingredient needed to make the perfect Group Soup. | 1992 |
| Cherrington, Janelle | Drawing the Line | Eliza meets two frogs competing for the same puddle and discovers that sharing can be as important as defending your space. | 2000 |
| David, Lawrence | The Land of the Hungry Armadillos | Greedy Gus not only refuses to share with his little sister, he also trades her to a monster. | 2000 |
| Guntly, Jenette | I Can Share With Others | Illustrates important lessons about generosity, from sharing art supplies to showing appreciation. | 2005 |
| Hazen, Barbara Shook | That Toad Is Mine! | Two friends usually like to share, but when they find a toad they both claim it. | 1998 |
| Henkes, Kevin | Sheila Rae’s Peppermint Stick | “One peppermint stick. Two sisters. See sibling rivalry turn to sweet solidarity.” | 2001 |
| Kelleher, Damian | Selfish Sophie | Sophie learns that sharing can be fun. | 2003 |
| Lionni, Leo | It’s Mine! | Three selfish frogs quarrel over who owns their pond until a storm teaches them the value of sharing. | 1986 |
| Lipniacka, Ewa | Who Shares? | Two rabbits, a brother and a sister, have trouble sharing. | 2003 |
