Picture Book 10 for 10 - 8.10.18

Thank you Cathy Mere at Reflect & Refine and Mandy Robek at Enjoy and Embrace Learning for organizing this day. Stop by the Google Community to see even more ideas, or look for the hashtag #pb10for10.

Cultivating mentor texts is something we've been working on for awhile.  And while we look at curriculum units and plan for engaging and connected lessons, we've also learned we have to have texts that look at the whole child.  Meaning while curriculum learning is important, so is social emotional learning.  Here are 10 texts that you can pull out to encourage students to approach the social part of their learning.

Feeling like you belong and learning it's ok to be different:


Where Oliver Fits
by Cale Atkinson


The Day You Begin
written by Jacqueline Woodson
illustrated by Rafael López


Albie Newton
written by Josh Funk
illustrated by Ester Garay


Kindness:


Be Kind
written by Pat Zietlow Miller
illustrated by Jen Hill


Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse
written by Marcy Campbell
illustrated by Corinna Luyken


I Walk With Vanessa
by Kerascoët


Feeling of anxiety:


Ruby's Worry
by Tom Percival


Jealousy:


Neck & Neck
by Elise Parsley


Reacting to emotion:


The Rabbit Listened
by Cori Doerrfeld


Sadness:


I'm Sad
written by Michael Ian Black
illustrated by Debbi Ohi


Looking for more lists?  Be sure to search the hashtag #pb10for10 - your picture book ideas will overflow!

Here are some past lists:

books that show a new perspective
books to use at the start of the year
books to use for quick writes
books to celebrate a readerly life (and some other great reads!)

Off to go find some picture books myself!