Finding Manners and Feelings Picture Books
All titles can be found in the second floor Youth Collection. Books with PICTURE in their call number are shelved in the respective section within the Youth Collection; look for these stickers on the side of the item:
To find more picture book titles on manners, search the library catalog for the picture book category ALL/BEHAVIOR.
To find more picture book titles on feelings, search the library catalog for the picture book category ALL/FEELINGS.
Recommended Titles
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Are You Going to Be Good?
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/BEHAVIOR / BEST, C. / ARE YOU GOINGWhile attending his first "night party" to celebrate Great-Gran Sadie's 100th birthday, Robert's manners disappoint family members and relatives but please the guest of honor, who loves his dance steps. -
Eli's Lie-O-Meter
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/BEHAVIOR / LEVINS, S. / EL'S LIE-O-MET.Eli learns about the consequences of his fibs and the value of telling the truth. -
Hungry Johnny
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/BEHAVIOR / MINNEMA, C. / HUNGRYAt the community feast, observing the bounty of festive foods and counting the numerous elders yet to be seated, Johnny learns to be patient and respectful despite his growling tummy. -
I'm Sorry You Got Mad
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/BEHAVIOR / LUKOFF, K. / I'M SORRY YOUJack wants to apologize for hurting Zoe's feelings. He just can't seem to find the right words. -
Martha Doesn't Share!
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/BEHAVIOR / BERGER, S. / MARTHAMartha has officially mastered apologizing. Unfortunately, she still has a lot to work on when it comes to sharing. And while she doesn't learn to love it, she does discover that having her toys to herself means having to play with them all by herself, too. -
Mine!
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/BEHAVIOR / FLEMING, F. / MINEA group of forest animals vie for the same delicious red apple that is just about to drop. -
No Slurping, No Burping! a Tale of Table Manners
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/BEHAVIOR / LAREAU, K. / NO SLURPINGEvie and Simon always mind their manners, but their father has a lot to learn before a surprise dinner guest arrives. -
People Don't Bite People
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/BEHAVIOR / WHEELER, L. / PEOPLE DON'TPeople don't bite people. It's nasty and it's rude! A friend will never bite a friend. Biting is for food! Illustrations and rhyming text urge children to use their teeth for biting food, not their friends or relatives. -
Rude Cakes
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/BEHAVIOR / WATKINS, R. / RUDE CAKESA story about a rude cake who never says please or thank you or listens to its parents, and a Giant Cyclops who is polite. -
Say Please
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/BEHAVIOR / TYM, K. / SAY PLEASEWhen Ernie's bossy cousin comes to visit, his best friend Peter discovers that he has not been treating Ernie very nicely and he decides to make some changes. -
Suppose You Meet a Dinosaur
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/BEHAVIOR / SIERRA, J. / SUPPOSE YOUIllustrates basic polite behavior that one might need to use while grocery shopping at the same time as a dinosaur. -
Tumford's Rude Noises
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/BEHAVIOR / TILLMAN, N. / TUMFORD'SDescribes how Tumford the cat tests the patience of his parents by making loud and rude noises that compel a lesson in manners before company arrives. -
When We Are Kind
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/BEHAVIOR / GRAY SMITH, M. / WHEN WE AREThis dual-language beautiful picture book looks at how the simple act of being kind, to others and oneself, affects all aspects of a child's life. In English and Diné.
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Forever and Always
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Call Number: PICTURE PZ7.1.T5455 Fo 2024Exploring the day-to-day life of a young Black child and her family, this lyrical picture book centers around Olivia, who, worrying about her father while he's at work, anxiously awaits his return, knowing that when he gets home, the evening will be full of love and fun. -
Glad, Glad Bear!
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Call Number: PICTURE PZ7.G2577 Gl 2020Bear is very glad about going to ballet class today, gets somewhat anxious before the music starts, then joyously begins to dance. -
Grief Is an Elephant
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/FEELINGS / SMITH, T. / GRIEF IS ANWhen it first comes, grief is as large as an elephant, but with time it becomes smaller, and easier to deal with until finally you can let it go and just remember. -
How to Tantrum Like a Champion: Ten Small Ways to Temper Big Feelings
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Call Number: ALL/FEELINGS / WOLF, A. / HOW/TANTRUMHow do you throw the world's best tantrum? Here are ten ways to help little ones navigate big feelings using fun, calming exercises. -
Love, Violet
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/FEELINGS / WILD, C. / LOVE, VIOLETPerfect for Valentine's Day, Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild and Charlene Chua is a touching picture book about friendship and the courage it takes to share your feelings. -
Mad at Dad
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/FEELINGS / HAO, J. / MAD AT DADWhen a girl gets SO MAD at her dad, she starts to storm around and slam doors, but soon realises she doesn't really like being mad. She tries everything she can think of to be less mad. Counting. Taking deep breaths. Drawing some pictures. But it is so hard to NOT be mad! -
Mandeep's Cloudy Days
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/FEELINGS / BRAR, K. / MANDEEP'SA beautiful picture book exploring how to cope with difficult and complex emotions when we're away from the people we love. -
One Upside-Downy Day
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/FEELINGS / KURILLA, R. / ONE UPSIDEFollow a diverse cast of young children as they experience big feelings--anger, shyness, and sadness--in this patient, rhyming picture book. One Upside-Downy Day is a love letter to emotional understanding and the sometimes-gray days of being a toddler. -
Out of a Jar
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/FEELINGS / MARCERO, D. / OUT OF A JARLlewellyn, a little rabbit overwhelmed by his emotions, hides away his feelings in glass jars, until he discovers life is more colorful when he sets his emotions free. -
Sometimes I Cry
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/FEELINGS / TOWNES, J. / SOMETIMESThere are all sorts of feelings that can make us cry--here are all sorts of feelings that can make us cry--from disappointment to joy, from grief to love. Sometimes I Cry offers a gentle and necessary affirmation of the emotional complexity of growing up. Powerful, poignant, and universally relevant, it is a triumph for readers of any age. -
Sometimes I Kaploom
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/FEELINGS / VAIL, R. / SOMETIMES IKatie Honors is a really brave kid. She can go to bed with just one small night light. She can hold her tears in when it's time to say goodbye to her mom at school. But sometimes Katie isn't ready to say goodbye and doesn't feel brave at all. When this happens, she Kaplooms! -
Things That Go Bump in the Day
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/FEELINGS / BEATTY, M. / THINGS THATAs young vampire Vlad gets ready for bed, his imagination takes over with every noise he hears until he learns to calm himself down and finds comfort in his tired mama's reassurances. -
Way Past Embarrassed
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/FEELINGS / ADELMAN, H. / WAY/EMBARRWhen Juan finds math hard, he feels embarrassed and acts out in class, but he feels better after seeking help and learning others struggle with it as well. -
What Feelings Do When No One's Looking
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/FEELINGS / OZIEWICZ, T. / WHAT FEELINGSAn unruly cast of emotions come alive in this romping dreamworld, a place Maurice Sendak's Wild Things could call home. -
The Worry Monster: Calming Anxiety with Mindfulness
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Call Number: PICTURE ALL/FEELINGS / COOK-COTT., C. / WORRYGive kids tools to calm their inner worry monster with this interactive, vibrantly illustrated book! Tried-and-true methods from a child psychologist will have little ones mindfully breathing, practicing gratitude, and gracefully surfing their worry waves.
