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Inspiring Children's Books with a Positive Message

 We wanted to share some our favorite children's books that contain a positive message. If you know of a children's book that has an inspirational message that is not on this list, please share your comments. We currently have these books in our collection and the call number is indicated next to the title.

A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon  E Shannon; Older Reader
Cookies : bite-size life lessons  by Amy Krouse Rosenthal  J 179.9; Growing Up
Did I ever tell you how lucky you are? by Dr. Seuss  ER Favorites Seuss
Enemy Pie by Derek Munson    ER Favorites Munson
Fancy Nancy Poet Extraordinaire! by Jane O'Connor  ER Favorites O'Connor
Have you filled a bucket today? : a guide to daily happiness for   
          kids by Carol McCloud          E McCloud; Growing Up
If the world were a village : a book about the world's people           
          by David J. Smith     J 304.6 S
Incredible you! : 10 ways to let your greatness shine through
           by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer  J 158 D  Growing Up
Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal   ER Favorites Rosenthal 
LMNO Peas by Keith Baker              ER Concepts Baker
My first Oxford book of Poems compiled by John Foster  J 808.81 M  
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss   ER Favorites Dr. Seuss
Not a Box by  Antoinette Portis     ER Favorites Portis
One by Kathryn Otoshi        ER Favorites Otoshi
Press Here by Herve Tullet   ER Favorites Tullet
Stand tall, Molly Lou Melon  by Patty Lovell     ER Favorites Lovell
The Dot by Peter Reynolds   ER Stories Reynolds
The Giving Tree  by Shel Silverstein   ER Favorites Silverstein
The Kissing Hand  by Audrey Penn   ER Favorites Penn
The Little Engine That Could  by Watty Piper  ER Transportation Piper
The Lorax  by Dr. Seuss  ER Favorites Seuss
The Three Questions  by Jon J. Muth   E Muth; Older Reader
The Very Fairy Princess by Julie Andrews   ER Stories Andrews
Zen Shorts  by Jon J. Muth  ER Favorites Muth
 




                                                                                     

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