In the newest installment of our Facebook Live video series, Live From Our Library, Scholastic Librarian Deimosa Webber-Bey recommended kid-friendly books that encouraged children to be kind and compassionate while promoting positivity and anti-bullying. Help begin the conversation with your child by reading these powerful books, spanning across all ages. Take a look at her picks below.
You can also watch the Live Chat here.
PreK
I Walk With Vanessa by Kerascoet
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
Love is Everywhere by Jim Benton
Kindergarten - 2nd Grade
Kindness and Generosity: It Starts with Me! By Jodie Shepherd
The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill
Purplicious by Elizabeth Kann
3rd - 5th Grade
Brave Like My Brother by Marc Tyler Nobleman
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Eagle Song by Joseph Bruchac
6th - 8th Grade
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
The Survival Guide to Bullying by Aija Mayrock
If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth
High School/Adult
The Porcupine of Truth by Bill Konigsberg
The Lines We Cross by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Backlash by Sarah Darer Littman
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Deimosa’s Favorites
Blubber by Judy Blume
Restart by Gordon Korman
Unspoken by Henry Cole
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