Book Reviews
Preschool–Early Elementary
Betty Lou Blue by Nancy Crocker (Preschool–Grade 2)
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The Brand New Kid by Katie Couric (Preschool–Grade 2)
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Gooney the Fabulous by Lois Lowry (Grades 1–3)
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Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen and Howard B. Wigglebottom Listens to His Heart by Howard Binkow
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Just Kidding by Trudy Ludwig (Grades 1–4)
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Martha Walks the Dog by Susan Meddaugh (Kindergarten–Grade 3)
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My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig (Grades 1–4)
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Nobody Knew What to Do: A Story About Bullying by Becky Ray McCain (Preschool–Grade 2)
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The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too! by Mo Willems (Preschool–Grade 2)
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The Recess Queen and King of the Playground
(Two reviews; Kindergarten–Grade 3)
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Say Something by Peggy Moss (Kindergarten–Grade 4)
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Shrinking Violet by Cari Best (Kindergarten–Grade 2)
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Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume (Grades 1–4)
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Sunshine Home by Eve Bunting (Preschool–Grade 3)
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Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell (Kindergarten–Grade 2)
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Trouble Talk by Trudy Ludwig (Grades 1–4)
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Middle and Upper Elementary
Chicken Boy by Frances O'Roark Dowell (Grades 4–7)
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Heck Superhero by Martine Leavitt (Grades 4–6)
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The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes (Grades 3–6)
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If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period by Gennifer Choldenko (Grades 4–6)
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The In-Between Days by Eve Bunting (Grades 4–6)
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Racing the Past by Sis Deans (Grades 4–7)
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Summer Reading for Fifth- and Sixth-Graders
(Collection of short reviews)
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Viva La Paris by Esmé Raji Goodell (Grades 4–6)
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Middle School
Adam Canfield of the Slash by Michael Winerip (Grades 5–8)
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Death by Eggplant by Susan Heyboer O'Keefe (Grades 5–8)
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Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher (Grades 5–8)
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The King of Mulberry Street by Donna Jo Napoli (Grades 5–8)
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Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt (Grades 6–9)
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The Misfits by James Howe (Grades 6–8)
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No Castles Here by A.C.E. Bauer (Grades 6–8)
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The Revealers by Doug Wilhelm (Grades 5–8)
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Schooled by Gordon Korman (Grades 6–9)
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Who Do You Think You Are? Stories of Friends and Enemies edited by Hazel Rochman (Grades 6–8)
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Zebra and Other Stories by Chaim Potok (Grades 6–9)
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Adult
Building Academic Success on Social and Emotional
Learning: What Does the Research Say? Joseph E. Zins,
Roger P. Weissberg, Margaret C. Wang, and
Herbert J. Walberg (Editors)
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The Bully in the Book and in the Classroom
by C. J. Bott
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Challenging Behavior in Elementary and Middle School
by Barbara Kaiser and Judy Sklar Rasminsky
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The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them by the Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell
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The Primal Teen: What the New Discoveries about
the Teenage Brain Tell Us About Our Kids
by Barbara Strauch
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Schools Where Everyone Belongs: Practical Strategies
for Reducing Bullying by Stan Davis
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7 Strategies for Developing Capable Students:
Responsible, Respectful, and Resourceful
by H. Stephen Glenn and Michael L. Brock
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Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4–14:
A Resource for Parents and Teachers by Chip Wood
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All Ages
Everybody Has Something by Margaret Domnick
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