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Circle Time Books: Friends & Social Learning

Good books for circle time, recommended by children's librarians at Burnaby Public Library. This list includes books about friendship, making friends, getting along (or not getting along), sharing, helping, manners, kindness and empathy. Do you have questions? Need more ideas? We can help! Call 604-436-5400, email kids@bpl.bc.ca or talk with us at the library.

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46 items

  • 3 to 5 — Apologizing
    Book, 2022New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2022. — je Hart
  • I Forgive Alex

    a Simple Story About Understanding

    Kerascoët
    3 to 5 — Forgiving, understanding
    Book, 2022New York : Random House Studio, [2022] — je Kera
  • Toddlers and 3 to 5 — Having active fun together
    Book, 2022New York : Abrams Appleseed, 2022. — je Boll
  • Toddlers — Sharing, taking turns
    Book, 2022London : Barefoot Books, [2022] — jfb Seeb
  • I Am You

    a Book About Ubuntu

    Moahloli, Refiloe
    3 to 5 — We are all connected
    Book, 2022New York : Amazon Crossing Kids, 2022. — je Moah
  • Words to Make a Friend

    a Story in Japanese and English

    Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948-
    3 to 5 — New friends
    Book, 2021New York : Random House Studio, [2021] — je Napo
  • Toddlers and 3 to 5 — Sharing, helping each other
    Book, 2021New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2021. — je ZhuB
  • 3 to 5 — Friendship, comforting friends
    Book, 2021New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021. — je Subi
  • Toddlers — Sharing
    Book, 2021Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2021] — jfb Mich
  • Toddlers and 3 to 5 — Getting along
    Book, 2021New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2021. — je Coop
  • 3 to 5 — Touch preference, personal boundaries
    Book, 2021Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2021] — je Howe
  • 3 to 5 — Staying in touch with friends far away
    Book, 2021New York : Rise x Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021. — je Ejai
  • 3 to 5 — Kindness, empathy
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — je Hunt
  • Toddlers and 3 to 5 — Sharing
    Book, 2020Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2020] — jfb LinG
  • 3 to 5 — Kindness
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2020. — je Ashm
  • Can We Be Friends?

    Unexpected Animal Friendships From Around the World

    Sirotich, Erica
    3 to 5 — Surprising friendships
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — j591.5 Sir
  • Toddlers and 3 to 5 — Sharing
    Book, 2019Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2019 — je Peac
  • Toddlers and 3 to 5 — Friendship
    Book, 2019New York : First Second, 2019. — je Varo
  • 3 to 5 — Kindness
    Book, 2019New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2019] — je Parr
  • 3 to 5 -- Helping, understanding
    Book, 2018New York : Abrams Appleseed, 2018. — je Bard