Books from Free Spirit Publishing
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Accept and Value Each Person
By Cheri J. MeinersAccept and Value Each Person introduces diversity and related concepts: respecting differences, being inclusive, and appreciating people just the way they are. Includes questions, activities, and games that reinforce the ideas being taught.
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Ease the Tease
By Judy S. Freedman, Mimi p> BlackA glossary of terms at the back of the book empowers children with the vocabulary they need. Little Laugh & Learn Series Self-help, kid-style! Kids ages six to nine can tote these handy guides anywhere and boost their skills.
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Words Wound: Delete Cyberbullying and Make Kindness Go Viral
By Justin W. Patchin, Sameer HindujaThis book empowers young people by giving them the tools they need to keep themselves safe online, protect their digital reputations, and make their schools and their communities kinder places.
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Know and Follow Rules
By Cheri J. MeinersA child who can’t follow rules is a child who’s always in trouble. This book starts with simple reasons why we have rules: to help us stay safe, learn, be fair, and get along.
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The Survival Guide for Making and Being Friends
By James J. CristWhether kids find socializing as natural as smiling or as hard as learning a new language, this book can help them improve their social skills so they can better enjoy the benefits of friendship.
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I Like Being Me: Poems about kindness, friendship, and making good choices
By Judy LalliTwenty-five rhyming poems invite children to believe in themselves, learn from mistakes, cooperate, share, help others, solve problems, be kind, tell the truth, make positive choices, and more.
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Being Me with OCD: How I Learned to Obsess Less and Live My Life
By Alison DotsonPart memoir, part self-help for teens, Being Me with OCD tells the story of how obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) dragged the author to rock bottom—and how she found hope, got help, and eventually climbed back to a fuller, happier life.
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A Teacher's Guide to Stick Up for Yourself!: A 10-Part Course in Self-Esteem and Assertiveness for Kids
By Gershen Kaufman, Lev Raphael, Pamela EspelandresourCes. Albert, Linda. Cooperative Discipline. Third edition. Circle Pines, MN: American Guidance Service, 2003. Ways to foster cooperation, personal responsibility, and a sense ofbelonging in the classroom—and allow students to ...
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Be Careful and Stay Safe
By Cheri J. MeinersPages 1–9 • Who's being careful? How can you tell? Who needs to be careful? How can the person be safer? • What are some ways you've learned to be careful and safe at school? At home? In other places? (Discuss safety rules that apply in ...
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Y Is for Yet: A Growth Mindset Alphabet
By Shannon AndersonA section at the back of the book provides a kid-friendly glossary of terms and activities adults can use to help kids build resilience and foster a growth mindset.
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Cool Down and Work Through Anger
By Cheri J. MeinersReassuring and supportive, the book helps preschool and primary-age children see that when they cool down and work through anger, they can feel peaceful again.
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The Cluster Grouping Handbook: A Schoolwide Model : how to Challenge Gifted Students and Improve Achievement for All
By Susan Winebrenner, Dina BrullesProvides information on creating and implementing a Schoolwide Cluster Grouping Model for gifted students.
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Share and Take Turns
By Cheri J. MeinersExplains what sharing means and provides examples of different ways that two people can share what they both want, such as taking turns, dividing things, or playing together.
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Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Character: Choices That Matter Around the World
By Garth SundemA follow-up to the popular Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Change, this inspiring sequel spans the globe again with true accounts of ordinary kids showing extraordinary character.
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Stand Up to Bullying!: (Upstanders to the Rescue!)
By Phyllis Kaufman Goodstein, Elizabeth VerdickWho has the most power to stop and prevent bullying?
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Clean-Up Time
By Elizabeth VerdickDelightful illustrations enhance the text. Part of the Toddler Tools series, Clean-Up Time can be shared before (or during) the desired “time,” or whenever toddlers need encouragement with routines.
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Cuddle
By Elizabeth Verdick, Marjorie LisovskisCozy images of babies snuggling up to blankets, stuffed animals, pets and people depict the many loving connections that can be made through touch.
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The Survival Guide for Kids with Physical Disabilities and Challenges
By Wendy L. Moss, Susan A. TaddonioFor many kids with physical disabilities and challenges, the barriers they face go beyond what they can and can’t do with their bodies.
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The PBIS Team Handbook: Setting Expectations and Building Positive Behavior
By Beth Baker, Char RyanNew in this edition is a chapter addressing inequity and bias in behavior referrals and discipline; a tiered fidelity inventory (TFI) to evaluate adherence to PBIS practices; different methods of data collection; and new research on ...
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What to Do When You're Scared & Worried: A Guide for Kids
By James J. CristWhen people keep being bothered by their fear, or they can't even go outside or have fun because of it, the fear may have become a phobia. A phobia is a fear so strong that it's out of control. People can develop phobias about almost ...