Friendships

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Because it's my body!

Books
Lower primary
Teacher
Parent
International
consent
families
family and domestic violence
friendships
parenting
protective behaviours
sexual abuse

Topics: protective behaviours, child abuse prevention, bodily autonomy, safety, art.


Fiction


Focusing on empowerment and prevention, this approachable book gives young children a way to reject unwanted, possibly harmful physical contact by adults and other kids.


Age: 4 to 7 years.

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Don't let the pigeon drive the bus

Books
Lower primary
Teacher
Parent
International
emotional literacy
friendships

Topics: peer pressure, emotional literacy, positive coping strategies.


Fiction


When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place - a pigeon! The pigeon pleads and begs his way through the book offering lots of opportunity for audience participation.


Age: 2 to 6 years.

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Horton hears a who!

Books
Lower primary
Teacher
Parent
International
emotional literacy
friendships

Topics: friendships, kindness, trustworthiness, emotional literacy, perseverance, resilience.


Fiction


Horton, the loveable elephant, represents kindness, trustworthiness, and perseverance in his quest to protect tiny creatures on a speck of dust.


Ages 4 to 8.

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King of the playground

Books
Lower primary
Teacher
Parent
International
emotional literacy
friendships

Topics: friendship, bullying, emotional literacy.


Fiction


Kevin loves to go to the playground, but not when Sammy is there. Sammy, who boasts that he is King of the Playground, is there most of the time. If he catches Kevin on the swings or the slide or the monkey bars, Sammy says, he will do awful, terrible things to him. A book about friendship and bullying.


Ages: 4 to 8 years.

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The sex education answer book

Books
Lower primary
Upper primary
Lower secondary
Teacher
Parent
Western Australia
adolescence
bodies
body image
consent
contraception
emotional literacy
friendships
gender
gender diversity
intimate relationships
parenting
pornography
puberty
reproduction
safer sex
sex education
sexual diversity

Non-fiction


Age appropriate answers to all of the tough questions children ask parents about sex. Set out in ages 3 - 14.


Age: Parents and teachers of 3 to 14 year olds

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The sissy duckling

Books
Videos
Lower primary
Teacher
Parent
International
emotional literacy
families
friendships
gender

Topics: emotional literacy, friendships, bullying, stereotypes, gender, families.


Fiction


A funny and touching story of a duckling who embraces his identity. Elmer is not like the other boy ducklings. While they like to build forts, he loves to bake cakes. While they like to play baseball, he wants to put on the halftime show. Elmer is a great big sissy. But when his father is wounded by a hunter’s shot, Elmer proves that the biggest sissy can also be the greatest hero.


Age: 5 to 8 years.


Film version 53min (external link) 

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The very cranky bear

Books
Videos
Lower primary
Teacher
Parent
Australia
emotional literacy
friendships

Topics: emotional literacy, anger, friendships, strengths, thoughtfulness.


Fiction


In the Jingle Jangle Jungle on a wet and windy day, four little friends meet a very cranky bear. They try to cheer him up by giving the bear each of their strengths (antlers, stripes and a mane) so they can seek shelter from the rain. All the bear wanted was a quiet place to sleep so sheep gave him some wool for a pillow.  A rhyming book. 


Age: 3+


YouTube version  4min 57sec (external link)

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Winnie the Pooh

Books
Lower primary
Teacher
Parent
International
emotional literacy
friendships

Topics: feelings, friendships, emotional literacy.


Fiction


The original Winnie the Pooh story book. An introduction to the characters of Pooh Corner, including Piglet, Eeyore, Christopher Robin and Kanga.


Age: 4 - 8 years.

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Wombat stew

Books
Videos
Lower primary
Upper primary
Teacher
Parent
Australia
friendships

Topics: friendships, problem solving.


Fiction


One day, on the banks of a billabong, a very clever dingo caught a wombat and decided to make a wombat stew. Wombats friends trick Dingo into adding lots of ghastly ingredients and tasting the stew. They save Wombat and Dingo runs away.


Age: 4+.


YouTube version 6min 39sec (external link)