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Kids > Raising Resilience Juvenile Book Recommendations


All kids are born with the capac­i­ty to become resilient — the abil­i­ty to han­dle life’s ups and downs- but they need help along the way. Check out our list of rec­om­mend­ed chap­ter books to help build resilience in ele­men­tary or mid­dle schoolers. 

The Water Bears by Kim­ber­ly Baker

El Deafo by Cece Bell

Across the Desert by Dusti Bowling

Efrén Divid­ed by Ernesto Cisneros

New Kid by Jer­ry Craft

Ever­last­ing Nora by Marie Miran­da Cruz

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

The Remark­able Jour­ney of Coy­ote Sun­rise by Dan Gemeinhart

Real Friends by Shan­non Hale

Fish in a Tree by Lyn­da Mul­laly Hunt

When Stars Are Scat­tered by Vic­to­ria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed

The Boy Who Har­nessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba

My Feel­ings and Me by Holde Kreul

13 Things Strong Kids Do: Think Big, Feel Good, Act Brave by Amy Morin

In a Flash by Don­na Jo Napoli

Pax by Sara Pennypacker

The Red Pen­cil by Andrea David Pinkney

The ABCs of Yoga For Kids by Tere­sa Anne Power

The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky

The Wind May Blow by Sasha Quinton

Vis­it­ing Feel­ings by Lau­ren Rubenstein

Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed

Land of the Cranes by Aida Salazar

Count­ing by 7s by Hol­ly Gold­berg Sloan

Before the Ever After by Jacque­line Woodson