Early Childhood: Conflict Resolution with Young Children

Teaching for Change carefully selects the best multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators. Learn about our criteria for selecting titles. Feedback on these lists and suggestions for additional titles are welcome.

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Titles with reviews on this site are noted with an asterisk (*).

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

By Doreen Cronin

Connor Kissed Me

By Zehava and Sarah K. Turner (Illustrator)

The First Day of Peace

By Todd Shuster, Maya Soetoro-Ng, and Tatiana Gardel (Illustrator)

I'm Sorry You Got Mad

By Kyle Lukoff and Julie Kwon (Illustrator)

Lunch Every Day

By Kathryn Otoshi

One*

By Kathryn Otoshi

Say Something

By Peggy Moss, Lea Lyon (Illustrator)

Simon the Hugger

By Stacy B. Davids and Ana Sebastián (Illustrator)

Somewhere Today: A Book of Peace

By Shelley Moore Thomas, Eric Futran (Photographer)

The Story of Ferdinand

By Munro Leaf, Robert Lawson (Illustrator)

Tyaja Uses the Think Test: A Story About the Power of Words

By Linda Ryden and Shearry Malone (Illustrator)

We Can Work It Out: Conflict Resolution for Children

By Craig Deroy (Photographer), Barbara Kay Polland

Yes! No! A First Conversation about Consent *

By Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, and Isabel Roxas (Illustrator)

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