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Topics: emotional literacy, sadness, change, families, divorce

Fiction

Emily wants to be an artist. She likes painting and loves the way artists like Pablo Picasso mixed things up. Emily's life is a little mixed up right now. Her dad doesn't live at home anymore, and it feels like everything around her is changing. She is going through her 'blue period'. A book about a young child dealing with her parent's divorce.

Ages: 4 to 8 years.

Daly, Cathleen. Emily's blue period. New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2014.
ISBN: 9781596434691

Topics: peer pressure, emotional literacy, positive coping strategies.

Fiction

When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place - a pigeon! The pigeon pleads and begs his way through the book offering lots of opportunity for audience participation.

Age: 2 to 6 years.

Willems, Mo. Don't let the pigeon drive the bus. London: Walker Books, 2003.
ISBN: 9780786819881

A collection of short stories, anecdotes, poems and cartoons which present a positive outlook on life (8 to 12 years). Topics: courage, hope, laughter.

Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul. Florida: Health Communications Inc, 1998.
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