Resources for helping children cope with tragedy and scary images in the media
Web sites that help kids and teens cope with tragedy **Picture books to share with young children:** All of Me by Molly Bang All the World by Elizabeth Garton Scanlon Fire Drill by Paul DuBois Jacobs and Jennifer Swender A Good Day by Kevin Henkes I Call My Hand Gentle by Amanda Haan When the Wind Stops by Charlotte Zolotow
** Web sites that help kids and teens cope with tragedy:** These web sites include suggestions on ways to help children and teenagers deal with stress and anxiety. Many of the sites include additional links to other resources. American Academy of Pediatrics Children's Grief Education Association NAEYC resources for coping with disasters, tragedy and violence Sesame Street - Tragic Times, Healing Words
**Resources that foster tolerance:** Resources for kids, parents and educators from Teaching Tolerance, a national community committed to human rights. Fifty Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know (Cooperative Children's Book Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Madison) Images Of Community In Books For Children And Young Adults (Cooperative Children's Book Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Madison) 40 Books About Peace and Social Justice (Cooperative Children's Book Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Madison) Jane Addams Book Award: books that promote peace, social justice and world community. The Peace Page - Uma Krishnaswami
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