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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