Books for 8 to 12 year olds on Feelings and Emotions Included is a brief description of the book

Books for 8 to 12 year olds on
Feelings and Emotions

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Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
Double Dip Feelings	Stories to help Children Understand Emotions	Cain, Barbara
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Learning to cope with ambivalence is not one of the greatest challenges in a child's emotional development. This book, a series of familiar situation illustrate the common yet uncomfortable experience of having two contrasting feelings at the same time.

Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
Everything You Need to Know About Being Adopted		Kaminker, Laura	1999
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Speaking to pre-teen and teen adoptees, author explains adoption vocabulary and issues in understandable terms as she expresses the secret thoughts, feelings, and needs of adopted persons. Black and white photos.

Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
Helping Your Angry Child		Nemeth, Darylne
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An exercise book that helps families deal with anger.

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Her Own Song		Howard, Ellen	1988
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Novel for pre-teens based on true story. Set in early 20th century, 11 yr old Millie has suffered being teased about being adopted. Her hurt feelings have turned her away from teasing others who are different. Surprising turn of events occurs for Millie.

Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
Highs!	Over 150 Ways to Feel Really, Really Good…Without Alcohol or Other Drugs	Packer, Alex
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Getting high is fun. It's natural & healthy. It feels great to get a rush, to see the world a little differently to alter our consciousness and take a break from our every day lives.

Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
Is That Your Sister?	A True Story of Adoption	Bunin, Sherry & Catherine
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The author wanted to tell about feelings of a child who was adopted a well as explain the process of adopting.

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Mad Isn't Bad	A Child's Book About	AngerMundy, Michealene
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This book is about children having choices- just as caring adults have choices about what they teach children about anger. Through understanding what anger feels like and what triggers it, we can learn and teach healthy ways to handle it.

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Sad Isn't Bad	A Good Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing with	LossMundy, Michealene
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This book offers children of all ages a comforting, realistic look at loss-loaded with positive, life affirming helps for coping with loss as a child.

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Sometimes I Drive My Mom Crazy But I Know She's Crazy About Me	A Self Esteem book for ADHD Children	Shapiro, Lawrence E.
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This book is a heart warming and amusing story of a boy who has developed a sense of self worth by learning to deal with his problems through the help of the adults who care for and about him.

Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
The Long Journey Home		Delaney, Richard	1997
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Children's book that facilitates the discussion of grief and loss along with a desire to search for biological links.

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Who Am I?		Gianetti, Charlene	1993
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Book speaks in a very personal tone to pre-teens & teens about the adoption questions they may not have the courage to bring up: Reasons birth parents choose adoption; feeling different; researching roots, not wanting to hurt adoptive parents. Reassuring & wise.

Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
What My Sister Remembered		Sachs, Marilyn	1992
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After their parents' sudden death eight years ago, Mollie and her older sister Beth were separated and adopted by two different families. Now Mollie is 11 and old enough to face some of the bitter feelings and jealousies that Beth will reveal to her. Fiction.

Title	Subtitle	Author	Year
When Mom And Dad Separate	Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief From Divorce	Heegaard, Marge
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A workbook that helps children to learn how to cope with grief due to divorce.

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When Someone Very Special Dies	Children can Learn to Cope With Grief	Heegaard, Marge
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A book about teaching children to learn how to cope with grief.

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When Something Terrible Happens	Children Can Learn to Cope With Grief	Heegaard, Marge
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A workbook for children to learn how to cope with grief.

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Who Is David?		Nerlove, Evelyn
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This is the story of David, an adopted adolescent who, like thousands of other, faces the fears and questions adopted children have about their identities.

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