Advice needed: Friendship Bibliography

[Shannon Parker <shannon_parker_mo@YAHOO.COM>]

Dear LM_Netters,
I am a graduate student working on my library
certification. For one of my summer classes, I am
compiling a themed bibliography on friendship. We are
supposed to include fiction, non-fiction, reference,
audiovisuals and websites related to our theme for
K-12. This is such a broad topic that I am having
trouble narrowing down my list.  I have also been
having trouble coming up with reference materials and
websites relating to frienship.

If anyone has suggestions of websites or reference
materials appropriate for K-12, I would really
appreciate them. Also, if I've left off a book that
you think would be perfect for this theme, I'd be
interested in it.

Any feedback on this preliminary list of fiction and
non-fiction is much appreciated. I have viewed all of
these materials and looked at reviews, but I haven't
read all of them. If a title stands out to you as a
particularly good or bad one, please let me know.

Aliki, Manners
Brashares, The sisterhood of the traveling pants
Brisson, Hot fudge hero
Conly, Crazy lady!
Cleary, Dear Mr. Henshaw
Crutcher, Whale talk
Danziger, P.S. longer letter later
DiCamillo, The tiger rising
Giff, Lily's crossing
Grove,Reaching Dustin
Hazen,That toad is mine!
Howe, Pinky and Rex
Irving, From the heart: books and activities about
friends
Kimmel, Visiting Miss Caples
Konigsburg, The view from Saturday
Lachtman, Leticia's secret
Lund, Two cool coyotes
Martin, A corner of the universe
Mavor, You & Me: Poems of Friendship
Packer, How rude!: the teenagers’ guide to good
manners, proper behavior, and not grossing people out
Pak, Sumi's first day of school ever
Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia
Perkins, All alone in the universe
Philbrick, Freak the Mighty
Raschka, Yo! Yes?
Rohmann, My friend Rabbit
Romain, Cliques, phonies, & other baloney
Soto, Fearless Fernie: hanging out with Fernie and me
Thompson, Best friends, worst enemies: understanding
the social lives of children
Wiseman, Queen bees & wannabes: helping your daughter
survive cliques, gossip, boyfriends, and other
realities of adolescence
Odd girl speaks out: girls write about bullies,
cliques, popularity, and jealousy

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Sincerely,
Shannon Parker
English teacher and library student
Ft. Zumwalt West HS, O'Fallon, MO
shannon_parker_mo@yahoo.com


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