Children's Books on Difficult Discussions

Stories for Kids Who Dare to be Different

By Brooks, Ben, Winter, Quinton

Romeo and Juliet (Illustrated Classics)

By Williams, Marcia

John Jensen Feels Different

By Henrik Hovland, Torill Kove

A Little Princess (Puffin Classics)

By Frances Hodgson Burnett, Hodgson Burnett, Frances, Yen Mah, Adeline

The Octonauts and the Great Ghost Reef [Paperback] by Meomi

Dear Jo: The Story of Losing Leah ... and Searching for Hope

By Kilbourne, Christina

Nobody Knew What to Do: A Story about Bullying

By Becky McCain

Pax

By Sara Pennypacker, Pennypacker, Sara, Klassen, Jon

Julia and the Shark: An enthralling, uplifting adventure story from the creators of LEILA AND THE BLUE FOX

By Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Tom de Freston

Name Calling

By Itah Sadu, Rasheeda Haneef

An Act of Love

By Gibbons, Alan

No Ballet Shoes in Syria

By Catherine Bruton

The Nine Lives of Montezuma

By Morpurgo, Michael

Growing Up with Aloha: A Nanea Classic 1

By Kirby Larson

ICE LOLLY

By Ure

Lord of the Nutcracker Men

By Lawrence

Timothy of the Cay

By Theodore Taylor

Abdullah’s Butterfly (Red Storybook)

By Fraser, Janine

Maya's Voice

By Wen-Wen Cheng

Giraffes Can't Dance

By Andreae, Giles, Parker-Rees, Guy

Plague (The Gone Series)

By Grant, Michael

Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms

By Rundell, Katherine, Castrillón, Melissa

Not Today, Celeste!: A Dog's Tale about Her Human's Depression

By Liza Stevens

Smart: A mysterious crime, a different detective

By Slater, Kim

The Garbage King

By Laird, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Laird

Little Soldier (Black Apples)

By Ashley, Bernard

Our Friendship Rules

By Moss, Peggy, Tardif, Dee Dee, Geis, Alissa Imre

Oranges in No Man's Land

By Laird, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Laird

Oranges in No Man's Land

By Laird, Elizabeth

Counting Stars

By Almond, David