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RESILIENCY
READING LIST
The Florida Department of Education is encouraging students to escape into a good book, where they can meet role models, find hope, witness grit and build their own personal strengths. On the Resiliency Reading List, you’ll find a list of books that can help increase resilience among students, from pre-kindergarten through grade twelve.
READING LIST &
FAMILY READING GUIDES
After reading these books with your child, use these reading guides to continue the conversation around resiliency at home. In these guides, you will find a description of how these books relate to Resiliency Characteristics, literacy tips and sample conversation starters for you and your child.
Pre-Kindergarten
Chester the Brave
BY AUDREY PENN
Self-Awareness and Self-Management
The Little Engine That Could
BY WATTY PIPER
Perseverance
Making Friends
BY FRED ROGERS
Responsibility
You Can Do It, Sam
BY AMY HEST
Gratitude
GRADES K-2
I Am Ruby Bridges
BY RUBY BRIDGES
Self-Awareness and Self-Management
The Koala Who Could
BY RACHEL BRIGHT
Empathy
The Little Butterfly That Could
BY ROSS BURACH
Grit
When A Kid Like Me Fights
Cancer
BY CATHERINE STIER
Resilience
GRADES 3-5
"The Road Not Taken"
BY ROBERT FROST
Grit
Rosa Parks
BY ELOISE GREENFIELD
Mentorship
When the Beat Was Born: DJ
Kool Herc and the Creation
of Hip Hop
BY LABAN CARRICK HILL
Responsible Decision-Making
Who Was Amelia Earhart?
BY KATE BOEHM JEROME
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
GRADES 6-8
"Citizenship and Leadership"
from the Moral Compass:
Stories for a Life's Journey
BY WILLIAM J. BENNETT
Citizenship
The Hiding Place
BY CORRIE TEN BOOM
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Perseverance
GRADES 9-12
"I Have a Dream"
BY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Honesty
A Lantern in Her Hand
BY BESS STREETER ALDRICH
Perseverance
The Story of My Life
BY HELEN KELLER
Resilience
Unbroken: An Olympian's
Journey from Airman to
Castaway to Captive
BY LAURA HILLENBRAND
Resilience
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