SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL ASPECTS OF KINDERGARTEN:
RECOMMENDED BOOK LIST (PART I)
School in General
 Wow! School! by Robert Neubecker
 Clark the Shark by Bruce Hale
 Back to Front and Upside Down by Claire Alexander
 Hands Off Harry (Part of Kindergators Series) by Rosemary Wells
 It is Hard to be Five: Learning How to Work My Control Panel by Jamie Lee Curtis
 Polka-Dot Fixes Kindergarten by Catherine Urdahl
 Manners on the School Bus (part of the Way to Be! Manners series) by Amanda Tourville
 Manners at School by Carrie Finn
 How Do Dinosaurs Go To School? by Jane Yolen
 Cornelius P. Mud, Are You Ready For School? by Barney Saltzberg
 Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London
 Countdown to Kindergarten by Alison McGhee
 Corduroy Goes to School by Don Freeman
 Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen by Howard Binkow
Play Skills/Sportsmanship
 Crazy Hair Day by Barney Saltzberg
 Hunter’s Best Friend at School by Laura Elliott
 How to Lose All Your Friends by Nancy Carlson
 Learning to Get Along Series by Cheri Meiners
 The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill
 Liam Wins the Game, Sometimes by Jane Banks
 Sally Sore Loser by Frank Sileo
 Winners Never Quit! by Mia Hamm
 Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns About Sportsmanship by Howard Binkow
 Sam Is Not a Loser by Thierry Robberecht
 How to be a Friend by Laurie and Marc Brown
 Is it Right to Fight? (First Look at... Series) by Pat Thomas
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL ASPECTS OF KINDERGARTEN:
RECOMMENDED BOOK LIST (PART II)
Separation Anxiety/Feelings
 Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
 When My Worries Get Too Big by Kari Dunn Buron
 Is a Worry Worrying You? By Freida Wolff & Harriet Savitz
 The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
 Llama Llama Misses Mama by Anna Dewdney
 First Day Jitters by Julie Danneburg
 I Don’t Want to Go to School by Nancy Pando
 Dealing with Feeling… Heinemann Read & Learn Series by Isabel Thomas