Managing Conflict

This curated collection is designed specifically for that challenging, but exciting, period when students take the big step from elementary to middle school. Whichever side they are on – late elementary or early middle – these books feature...

Counselor's Choice Award-Winning Book Series! Purchase the complete bundle of eight chapter books in the Navigating Friendship book series and SAVE! Sometimes children struggle with changing friendships, learning about self-advocacy, and figuring out how...

Conflict is a basic fact of life. As children, teens and adults we all experience conflict in our lives. Because conflicts are disagreements resulting from people or groups having differences in attitudes, beliefs, values or needs, conflict is inevitable...

Social skills constitute more than a time-honored list of modern manners; they are ways to thrive in today’s world. In this book teens consider social life and consciousness through interactive games, introspective drawing and writing, mock videos,...

This special collection of FIVE books offers students the support, encouragement and skills they need to handle hurtful teasing, social exclusion, bullying, and toxic friendships. Help kids recognize the difference between bullying and teasing, and...

Rhymes, lyrics, mnemonic devices and graphic illustrations made this series a Mom’s Choice Awards Gold winner! Each story is written in an attention-grabbing, comic-book style that tackles an issue that touches every child—bullying, negative...

Jeff is a popular athlete who hangs with the cool kids. Reed is a brainy overachiever who is a social outcast. The Adventures of Jeff & Reed is a four-story anthology that explores the many anxieties, insecurities, and thrills tweens experience as...

Winner of the Mom's Choice Award and Counselor's Choice Award! Malcolm has a problem, and his name is Joe. Malcolm is often the target of good-natured ribbing because he's an excitable scatterbrain. Malcolm knows the jokes and laughs at his expense are...

Winner of the Mom's Choice Award and Counselor's Choice Award! Sophia and Camila have been the best of friends for a long time now - since first grade! They do EVERYTHING together. They like the same things, and they always have fun! So imagine Sophia's...

Winner of the Counselor's Choice Award! Izzy is a confused wreck. Every friendship she has swirls with drama, leaving her emotionally and physically exhausted.  But why all the drama? Is it because Izzy is too judgy? Too sassy? Too cocky for...

Winner of the Counselor's Choice Award! Mateo is at the center of a wild rumor that is swiftly spreading around school. He’s freaked out and frustrated. He can’t seem to stop it or shut it down. What’s worse, the rumor is a lie...

Winner of the Mom's Choice Book Award (Willie Bohanon Series) Teach students in grades 3 through 8 how to choose true friends who will help stand up to negative peer pressure. Boemont Junior High School student Willie Bohanon and some of his closest...

Winner of the Mom's Choice Book Award (Willie Bohanon Series) Help students in grades 3 through 8 see how bystanders can put an end to bullying with junior high student Willie Bohanon.  A boy named Blaine has moved to the small town of...

Follow the steps and use the super social skills in this pocket guide to develop true and lasting friendships. Consider these questions: Do you want a best friend? Do you wish you had more friends? Do you have friendships that just aren't any...

This unique story presents a timeline of events from sunup to sundown, in a day in the life of five seventh graders - Ashley, Kenisha, Taara, Ryan and Andrew. As they walk the hallways, attend class and navigate the dreaded lunchroom, they experience all...

Drama defines middle school, especially for Jilly. Not that she likes drama. She’d rather walk invisibly through the hallways than have any eyes turn toward her. But drama will always find Jilly. With Mom battling depression, and the family’s...