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Bibliographies

Books about Trauma & Violence for Young Children

Feelings: General

Avery, C.E. (1998) Everybody Has Feelings: Todos Tenemos Sentimientos: The Moods of Children. Gryphon House.

Emberley, E.E. (1997). Glad Monster, Sad Monster: A Book about Feelings. Little Brown & Company.

Freymann, S. (1999). How Are you Peeling? Foods with Moods. Scholastic Inc.

Canizares, S. (1999). Feelings. Scholastic Inc.

Curtis, J.L. (1998). Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods that Make My Day. Harper Collin.

Payne, L.M. (1994). Just Because I Am: A Child’s Book of Affirmations. Free Spirit Publishing.

Singleton, J. (1993). Sometimes I Feel Awful. Frank Scaffer Publications, Inc.

Seuss, Dr. (1996). My Many Colored Days. Alfred A Knopf, Inc.


Feelings: Anger

Aaron, J. (1998) When I’m Angry. Golden Books.

Agassi, M. (2000). Hands Are Not for Hitting. Free Spirit Press.

Bang, M. (1999). When Sophie Gets Angry…. Really, Really Angry. The Blue Sky Press.

Berry, J. (1995). Let’s Talk About Feeling Angry. Scholastic, Inc.

Carlsson-Paige, N. (1998) Best Day of the Week. Redleaf Press.

Kroll, S. (2002). That Makes Me Mad!. North-South Books.

Mayer, M. (1999). I Was So Mad. Golden Books.

Moser, A. (1994). Don’t Rant and Rave on Wednesday. Landmark Editions, Inc.

Mundy, M. (1999). Mad Isn’t Bad. A Child’s Book About Anger. Abbey Press.

Schlessinger, L. (2000). But I Waaant It! Cliff St. Books.

Shannon, D. (1998). No! David. The Blue Sky Press.

Simon, N. (1974). I was so Mad! Albert Whitman & Co.

Sobel, M. (2000). The Penguin Who Lost her Cool- A Story about Controlling your Anger. Childswork/Childsplay.

Vail. R. (2002). Sometimes I’m Bombaloo. Scholastic Press.


Feelings: Fear

Bright, P. (2004). Under My Bed. Good Books.

Cohen, M. (1990). The Real-Skin Rubber Monster Mask. Greenwillow Books.

Davis, K. (2000). Scared Stiff. Harcourt Books.

Emberly, E. (1992). Go Away Big, Green Monster! Little Brown & Co.

Henkes, K. (1996). Sheila Rae, The Brave. Greenwillow Books.

Henkes, K. (2000). Wemberly Worried. Greenwillow Books.

Meyer, M. (1968). There’s a Nightmare in my Closet. Dial Books for Young Readers.

Meyer, M. (1987). There’s an Alligator Under my Bed. Dial Books for Young Readers


Feelings: Sadness & Grief

Brown, L. K. & Brow, M.(1998) When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death. Boston & New York: The Atlantic Monthly

Bunting, E. The Happy Funeral. New York: Harper and Row.

Buscaglia, L. (1982). The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages. Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated.

Clifton, L. (1988). Everett Anderson’s Goodbye. Reading Rainbow.

DePaolo, T. Nana upstairs, Nana Downstairs

Heegaard. M.E. (1992). When Someone Very Special Dies: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief. Woodland Press MN.

Hesse, Karen (1993). Poppy’s Chair. New York: Macmillan.

Hickman, M.W. (1984). Last Week My Brother Anthony Died. Abington Press.

Mellonie, B. & Ingpen, R. (1983). Lifetimes. New York: Bantum Books.

Palmer. P. (1994). I Wish I Could Hold Your Hand—: A Child’s Guide to Grief and Loss. Impact Publishers, Incorporated.

Parker, M. B. (2002). Jasper’s Day. Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press.

Rock L. (2004). When Goodbye Is Forever. Good Books.

Rogers, F. (1988). When a friend dies. New York: Putnam.

Romain. T. (1999). What on Earth Do You Do When Someone Dies? Free Spirit Publishing, Inc.

Schwiebert P., & C. DeKlyen (1999). Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing after Loss. Perinatal Loss.

Shook-Hazen, B. (1985). Why Did Grandpa Die? Racine, WI: Western Publishing Co.

Tiffault, B. (1992). A Quilt for Elizabeth. Omaha, NE: Centering Corporation.

Thomas. P. (2001). I Miss You: A First Look at Death. Barron’s Educational Series, Incorporated.

Vigna, Judith (1991). Saying Goodbye to Daddy. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman & Co.

Voirst, J. (1971), The tenth best thing about Barney. New York:


Community Violence

Cohn, J. (1994). Why did it happen? Helping young children cope with the experience of violence. Morrow Junior Books. (Preschool-Early Elementary)

Garbarino, J. (1993). Lets talk about living in a world with violence: An activity book for school age children. Chicago, IL: Erikson Institute. (Elementary level)

Lamb, N. and Children of Oklahoma City (1996). One April morning: Children remember the Oklahoma City bombing. Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard Books. (Older Preschool-Elementary Level)

Simonson, L. (1996). I hate Superman. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. (Older preschool-Elementary Level)


Domestic Violence

Boyd, C.D., & F. Cooper (1999). Daddy, Daddy, Be There. New York City: Philomel Books.

Davis, D. (1984). Something is wrong at my house: A book about parent’s fighting. Seattle, WA: Parenting Press. (Preschool and Elementary level)

Deaton, W., & Johnson, K. (1998). I saw it happen. Almeda, CA: Hunter House, Inc.

Deaton, W., & Johnson, K. (1991). Living with my family. Almeda, CA: Hunter House, Inc.

Hochban, T. (1994). Hear my roar: A story of family violence. Toronto: Annick Press. (Elementary level)

Holmes, M., & Mudlaff, S. J. (2000). A Terrible Thing Happened. Magination Press.

Lee, I. & Sylvester, K. (1996). When mommy got hurt: A story for young children about domestic violence. Charlotte, NC: KIDSRIGHTS. (Preschool level)

Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women. A kid’s workbook on family violence. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women (OUT OF PRINT- LIMITED AVAILABILITY) 

Paris, S. (1985). Mommy and Daddy are fighting. Seattle, WA: The Seal Press. (Preschool level)

Powell, E.S. (1991). Daisy. Minneapolis, MN: First Avenue Editions. (Elementary level)

Rogers, F. & Sharapan, H. (1992). I do and I don’t. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Schor, H. (2002). A Place for Starr: A story of hope for children experiencing family violence. Kidsrights.

Trotter, M. (1997). A safe place. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman and Co.

White, L. & Spencer, S. Take care of yourself. Ann Arbor, MI: Day Star Press. (Older preschool and Elementary)

Winn, C.M., & Walsh, D. (1996). Clover’s Secret: Helping Kids Cope with Domestic Violence. Fairview Press.

Winston-Hillier, R. Some secrets are for sharing. Burlington, VT: Waterfront Books.
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