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Recommended Reading List

Recommended Reading List
The 4C's has compiled this recommended reading list to help both adults and children learn more about the following subjects or topics:

  • Separation Anxiety
  • Valuing Differences
  • Children With Special Needs
  • Conflict Resolution

In addition to the 4C Resource Library, go to your local library or the Internet to locate these recommended book titles.

Topic: Separation Anxiety

For Adults

  • Attachment and Loss by John Bowlby
  • Leaving Home by Arlene Richards
  • Learning to Say Good-bye: Starting School and Other Early Childhood Separations by Nancy Balban

 

For Children

  • Maybe She Forgot by Ellen Kandion
  • The Good-by Book by Judith Viorst
  • Pinky and Rex Go to Camp by Martina Selway
  • Whistle Home by Natalie Honeycutt
  • My Nursery School by Harlow Rockwell

Topic: Valuing Differences

For Adults

  • Exploring World Cultures by Esko E. Newhill
  • Hands Around the World: 365 Ways to Build Cultural Awareness and Global Respect by Susan Milford
  • Children's Ethnic Socialization, Pluralism and Development by Jean Phinney and Mary Jane Rotherman
  • Children and Prejudices by Francis AboudThe Color of Strangers, the Color of Friends: the Play of Ethnicity in School and Community by Alan Peshkin

 

For Children

  • Abuela by Arthur Dorros
  • Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
  • Bright Eyes, Brown Skin by Cheryl Willis and Bernette G. Ford
  • Swimmy by Leo Lionni
  • A Japanese Fairy Tale by Jane Hore Iké
  • The Ark by Arthur Geist
  • The Chanukah Guest by Eric A. Kimmel
  • Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric Kimmel

Topic: Children With Special Needs

For Adults

  • Together We're Better by Bev Bos
  • Understanding Children Through Observation by A. Richardz
  • The Whole Child by J. Hendrick
  • Mainstreaming in Early Childhood Education by K.E. Allen
  • Young Children With Special Needs by N.H. Fallen and J. McGovern
  • Early Intervention for Infants and Children With Handicaps by S. L. Odom and M.B. Karne

 

For Children

  • Alex is my Friend by Marisabina Russo
  • Crow Boy by Taro Yashima
  • Glasses: Who Needs Them? By Lane Smith
  • I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf by Jeanne Peterson
  • Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin Jr.
  • My Friend Leslie: The Story of a Handicapped Child by Maxine Rosenburg
  • My Sister is Special by Jo Pra

Topic: Conflict Resolution

For Adults

  • Talk it Out: 4 Steps to managing People Problems by Daniel Dana
  • Mediation: A Comprehensive Guide to Resolving Conflicts Without Litigation by Jay Folberg
  • The Win - Win Approach to Conflict Resolution by Arnold Gerstein
  • Win - Win Negotiating: Turning Conflict Into Agreement by Fred Edmund Jandt

 

For Children

  • I Want it: What can Amy do when Megan has the truck she wants by Elizabeth Crary
  • I Can't Wait - How Like can get a turn on the trampoline by Elizabeth Crary
  • I Want to Play: How can Danny find someone to play with by Elizabeth Crary
  • My Name is not Dummy: How can Jenny get Eduardo to stop calling her dummy? by Elizabeth Crary
Recommended Reading List