The library will be closing early at 4 PM on Tuesday, December 31st, and will be closed Wednesday, January 1st for the New Years holiday. We will reopen for our usual hours on Thursday, January 2nd.
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Looking for books to share with your child during a tough time or hoping to connect with your child about difficult topics? We have created some helpful book lists for you. All of the books listed here are either at the Ventress library or available from our library system to put on hold.
We are always happy to help find books that are perfect for your child. Stop by the children's room and let us know what you are looking for. Click on a category to jump to a section.
I’ve Loved You Since Forever - Hoda Kotb
Room For Bear - Ciara Gavin
Tell Me Again about the Night I Was Born - Jamie Lee Curtis
We Belong Together: A book about adoption and families - Todd Parr
My Family is Forever - Nancy L. Carlson
Pablo’s Tree - Pat Mora
Home At Last - Vera B. Williams
I Wished For you: An adoption story - Marianne Richmond
Let the Children March - Monica Clark Robinson
Not My Idea - Anastasia Higginbotham
I am Enough - Grace Beyers
Something Happened in Our Town: A child’s story about racial injustice - Marianne Celano
Crown: An ode to the fresh cut - Derrick Barnes
Can I Touch Your Hair - Irene latham
Lulu the One and Only - Lunette Mawhinney
Little Stevie Wonder - Quincy Troupe
A Child’s Introduction to African American History - Jabari Asim
Who Will You Be - Andrea Pippins
Hair Love - Matthew A. Cherry
The Roots of Rap: 16 bars on the 4 pillars of Hip-Hop - Carloe Boston Weatherford
The Undefeated - Kwame Alexander
Sulwe - Lupita Nyong’o
Junteenth Jamboree - Carol Boston Weatherford
Oh! The Things we’re for - Innosanto Nagara
Little Leaders: bold women in black history - Vashti Harrison
My Hair is a Garden - Cozbi A. Cabrera
Black is a Rainbow Color - Angela Joy
Going Down Home With Daddy - Kelley Starling Lyons
Hammering For Freedom - Rita Hubbard
Saturday - Oge Mora
Sometimes People March - Tessa Allen
Ida, Always - Caron Levis and Charles Santoso
What Happens When a Loved One Dies - Dr.Jillian Roberts
After Life: Ways We Think About Death - Merrie-Ellen Wilcox
Death is Stupid - Anastasia Higginbotham
Cry, Heart, But Never Break - Glenn Ringtved
The Goodbye Book Todd Parr
Gentle Willow: a story for children about dying - Joyce C. Mills
Luna's Red Hat: An Illustrated Storybook to Help Children Cope with Loss and Suicide - Emmi Smid
The Next Place - Warren Hansen
A Map of the World - Kao Kalia Yang
When a Pet Dies - Fred Rodgers
When People Die - Jane Lacey
When Families Grieve - Sesame Workshop Christine Ferraro
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs - Caitlin Doughty
My Grandpa - Marta Altis
Grandma - Jessica Shepherd
The Tide - Clare Helen Welsh
Really & Truly - Emilie Rivard
What a Beautiful Morning - Arthur Levine
The Name Jar - Yangsook Choi
The Brand New Kid - Katie Couric
My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay - Cari Best
A Boy and a Jaguar - Alan Rabinowitz
All are Welcome - Alexandra Penfold
Special People, Special Ways - Arlene Maguire
Sharing our Global Community - Steffi Cavell-Clark
Islandborn - Junot Diaz
Mirror - Jeannie Baker
The Day you Begin - Jacqueline Woodson
Separate is Never Equal: the story of Sylvia Mendez and her family - Duncan Tonaituh
Same, Same but Different - Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
Janine - Maryann Cocoa-Leffler
Marisol MacDonald Doesn’t Match - Monica Brown
Remarkably you - Pat Zietlow Miller
Who Belongs Here - Margy Burns Knight
All the Ways to be Smart - Davina Bell
Moses goes to School - Isaac Millman
Moses goes to a concert - Isaac Millman
I believe I Can - Grace Byers
Princess and the Fog - Lloyd Jones
A Friend for Henry - Jenn Baily
We’re all Wonders - R. J. Palacio
Noah Chases the Wind - Michelle Worthington
Why Johnny Doesn’t Flap - Clay Morton
Skin Like Mine - LaTashia M. Perry
Amazing Grace - Mary Hoffman
A Girl Like Me - Angela Johnson
We are Grateful - Traci Sorell
We Are Water Protectors - Carole Lindstrom
When Aidan Became a Brother - Kyle Lukoff
You Hold Me Up - Monique Gray-Smith
Your Name is a Song - Jamilah Thomkins- Bigelow
Monday, Wednesday and Every Other Weekend - Karen Stanton
Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families - Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
When my parents forgot to be friends (Let’s Talk About It!) - Jennifer Moore-Mallinos
Two homes - Claire Masurel
Divorce is the worst - Anastasia Higginbotham
It's not your fault, KoKo Bear: a read-together book for parents & young children during divorce - Vicki Lansky
The perfect Shelter - Clare Helen Walsh
Big Tree Is Sick: A Story to Help Children Cope with the Serious Illness of a Loved One - Nathalie Slosse
Sometimes - Rebecca Elliott
Let My Colors Out - Courtney Fillganzi
Why are you so scared? A child's book about parents with PTSD - Beth Andrews
Mom Has Cancer! - Jennifer Moore-Mallinos
It Feels Good to be Yourself - A Book About Gender Identity- Theresa Thorn
Who are you? The Kids Guide to Gender Identity - Brook Pessin-Whedbee
Julian is a Mermaid - Jessica Love
Queer Heroes - Arabelle Sicardi
I Love My Colorful Nails - Alicia Acosta
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress - Christine Baldacchino
Introducing Teddy: A gentle story about gender and friendship - Jess Walton
10,000 Dresses - Marcus Ewert
Jacob’s Dress - Ian Hoffman and Sarah Hoffman
Prince & Knight - Daniel Haack
My Princess Boy - Cheryl Kilodavis
I Am Jazz - Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings
Racism and intolerance (Children in our World) - Louise Spilsbury
The Stone Thrower - Matt James
Dealing with Racism - Jane Lacey
More, More, More Said the Baby - Vera B. Williams
Same, Same but different - Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
Antiracist Baby - Ibram X. Kendi