concept bags at the quarryville library...this concept bag focuses on adoption. 1. all about...

10/18/2018

The Quarryville Library has a variety of items, including

books and kits, to help parents and caregivers discuss

life’s big issues with their children.

One of our most popular collections is our set of Concept

Bags. These bags of books and supporting materials cover

a variety of social and developmental topics. The books

inside often include both fictional stories and nonfiction

titles about the topic.

These concept bags are all housed in the clear and blue

backpacks. They can be found either in the Parenting &

Education Collection or with the children’s movies and

oversize books.

All kits can be checked out with your Lancaster County

Library Card.

Concept Bags at the

Quarryville Library

Quarryville Library

357 Buck Rd / Quarryville, PA 17566

717-786-1336 / quarryvillelibrary.org

10/18/2018

For the Youngest Readers

1. Classic Board Books

2. Bedtime Board Books

3. Books in Braille

4. Positional Words

5. Touch & Learn

Help with Serious Topics

1. Addiction/Alcoholism

2. Adoption

3. Afraid of the Dark

4. Allergies

5. Autism Spectrum

6. Bullies & Bullying

7. Childhood Trauma/PTSD

8. Death of a Loved One

9. Death of a Pet

10. Dentist

11. Depression

12. Disability & Special Needs

13. Divorce

14. Eyeglasses

15. Family Members suffering from

Trauma/PTSD

16. Fears

17. Hospital

18. Illness

19. Loved One in Prison or Jail

20. Moving

21. New Baby

22. Nutrition & Wellness

23. Personal Safety

24. Potty Training

25. Potty Training for Boys

26. Potty Training for Girls

27. Racism & Intolerance

28. Refugees & Migrants #1


30. Shyness & Making Friends

31. Strangers

32. Tantrums

Full List of Bags

10/18/2018

These concept bags include books suitable for our youngest

readers, including books about positional words and a fun kit

devoted to touch and learn materials!

1.Classic Board Books

2.Bedtime Board Books

3.Books in Braille

4.Positional Words

5.Touch & Learn

For the Youngest

Readers

10/18/2018

This bag is a collection of classic board books, for our

youngest readers.

1. The Snowy Day By Ezra Jack Keats

2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar By Eric Carle

3. The Little Engine That Could Based on the story by

Watty Piper

4. The Tale of Peter Rabbit Based on the story by Beatrix

Potter

5. I Spy Little Book By Jean Marzollo

6. The Mitten By Jan Brett

Activity Packet

Classic Board

Books

10/18/2018

This bag is a collection of classic board books about

bedtime, for our youngest readers.

1. Good Night, Gorilla By Peggy Rathman

2. If Animals Kissed Goodnight By Ann Whitford Paul

3. Little Quack’s Bedtime By Lauren Thompson

4. Goodnight Max By Rosemary Wells

5. The Goodnight Train By June Sobel

Bedtime Board

Books

10/18/2018

This bag is a collection of books in Braille.

1. That’s Not MY Bear By Suzette Wright

2. Thingamajig By Suzette Wright

3. Jennifer’s Messes By Suzette Wright

4. The Longest Noodle By Suzette Wright

5. The Cabin Faced West By Jean Fritz

Books in

Braille

10/18/2018

This concept bag include books and props to help young

readers learn about words that describe position, like

up, down, under, over, etc.

Box Sets

1. Positional Words Resource Box:

- 8 items

- 24 instruction cards

- Activity Guide

2. Positional Words Emergent Readers Box:

- 6 hardcover books

- Activity Guide

Books

1. The Berenstain Bears: Inside, Outside, Upside Down By Stan & Jan

Berenstain

2. The Berenstain Bears: Bears in the Night By Stan & Jan Berenstain

This bag was made possible thanks to the

Solanco Family Life Network.

Positional Words

10/18/2018

This concept bag is a collection of books and materials

for our youngest children, who are just learning about

different textures.

Box Set

Touch & Learn Picture Card Library:

- 40 cards in 5 categories

- Instructions

Books

1. Touch & Feel Jungle Animals By DK

2. Touch & Feel Puppy By DK

3. Touch & Feel Dinosaur By DK

4. Touch & Feel Farm By DK

5. Touch & Feel Kitten By DK

6. Touch & Feel Baby Animals By DK



Touch & Learn

10/18/2018

1. Addiction/Alcoholism

2. Adoption

3. Afraid of the Dark

4. Allergies

5. Autism Spectrum

6. Bullies & Bullying

7. Childhood Trauma/PTSD

8. Death of a Loved One

9. Death of a Pet

10. Dentist

11. Depression

12. Disability & Special Needs

13. Divorce

14. Eyeglasses

15. Family Members suffering

from Trauma/PTSD

16. Fears

17. Hospital

18. Illness

19. Loved One in Prison or Jail

20. Moving

21. New Baby

22. Nutrition & Wellness

23. Personal Safety

24. Potty Training

25. Potty Training for Boys

26. Potty Training for Girls

27. Racism & Intolerance



30. Shyness & Making Friends

31. Strangers

32. Tantrums

Help with

Serious Topics

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on the difficult topic of

addition or alcoholism in the family.

1. Understanding Addiction & Recovery through a Child’s Eyes By Jerry Moe

2. I Can Be Me By Dianne S. O’Connor, Ed.D.

3. Mommy’s Disease By Carolyn Hannan Bell, M.S., L.P.C.

4. Daddy’s Disease By Carolyn Hannan Bell, M.S., L.P.C.

5. “My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has a Disease” By Claudia Black

6. Wishes and Worries By the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

7. Kit Kitten and the Topsy-Turvy Feelings By Jane Evans

8. Up and Down the Mountain By Pamela Leib Higgins

9. The Brown Bottle By Penny Jones

10. Stoney the Pony’s Most Inspiring Year By Linda Meyers

11. The Dragon Who Lives at Our House By Elaine Mitchell Palmore

12. Article: “How to Talk to a Child about a Parent’s Addiction” By David

Sack, MD



Addiction &

Alcoholism

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on adoption.

1. All About Adoption By Marc A. Nemiroff

2. A Mother for Choco By Keiko Kasza

3. Jin Woo By Eve Bunting

4. Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale By Karen Katz

5. Rosie’s Family: An Adoption Story By Lori Rosove

6. Let’s Talk About Adoption By Diana Star Helmer

7. Adoption is for Always By Linda Walvoord Girard

8. My Adopted Child, There’s No One Like You By Kevin

Leman II

9. You Were Always in My Heart By Mary Beth & Steven

Curtis Chapman

10. Happy Adoption Day! By John McCutcheon

Adoption

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on a common childhood fear:

the fear of the dark.

1. Ben Over Night By Sarah Ellis

2. Little Rabbit Goes to Sleep By Tony Johnston

3. Nothing Happened By Billy Harley

4. Jitterbug Jam By Barbara Hicks

5. Tiger Can’t Sleep By S.J. Fore

6. The Dark By Lemony Snicket

Afraid of the

Dark

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on coping with allergies, with

a focus on common food allergies.

1. Food Allergies and Me: A Children’s Story By Juniper

Skinner

2. The Bugabees: Friends with Food Allergies By Amy

Recob

3. The Princess and the Peanut Allergy By Wendy

McClure

4. The Peanut Free Café By Gloria Koster

5. Cody the Allergic Cow: A Children’s Story of Milk

Allergies By Nicole Smith

Allergies

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on children on the autism

spectrum. The stories are told from the point of view of

family members, as well as the children themselves.

1. Why Does it Have to Rain? By S.D.R.

2. Playing by the Rules By Dena Fox Luchsinger

3. Ian’s Walk By Laurie Lears

4. Waiting for Benjamin By Alexandra Jessup Altman

5. My Brother Charlie By Holly Robinson Peete & Ryan

Elizabeth Peete

6. Understanding Sam and Asperger Syndrome By

Clarabelle van Niekerk & Liezl Venter, MA CCC-SLP

7. All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome By Kathy

Hoopmann

Autism

Spectrum

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on coping with bullies and

bullying, as well as teasing.

1. The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Teasing By Stan

and Jan Berenstain

2. The Berenstain Bears and the Bully By Stan and Jan

Berenstain

3. Teasing By Joy Berry

4. Being Bullied By Joy Berry

5. Red By Jan De Kinder

6. Stay Away from Rat Boy By Laurie Lears

7. Ben Rides On By Matt Davies

Bullies

& Bullying

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses how childhood trauma, including

books about understanding trauma and how to talk about it.

1. The Simple Guide to Child Trauma: What it Is & How to Help By Betsy de Thierry

2. A Terrible Thing Happened By Margaret M. Holmes

3. Vinny the Fox has PTSD By Jessie Shepherd, ACMHC

4. The Incredible Hulk Pees the Bed: A Child’s View of

Childhood PTSD By Barbara Cummins Tantrum, LMHC

5. Healing Days: A Guide for Kids Who Have Experienced

Trauma By Susan Farber Straus, PhD

6. Once I was Very Scared By Chandra Ghosh Ippen

7. The Memory Box: A Book About Grief By Joanna Rowland

8. My Many Colored Days By Dr. Seuss

9. Whimsy’s Heavy Things By Julie Kraulis



Childhood

Trauma or PTSD

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on how to cope with the

death of a loved one, like a friend or family member.

1. The Fall of Freddie the Leaf By Leo Buscaglia

2. One More Wednesday By Malika Doray

3. Where do People Go When They Die? By Mindy Avra

Portnoy

4. When Dinosaurs Die By Laurie Krasny Brown & Marc

Brown

5. Wishes for One More Day By Melanie Joy Pastor

6. Remembering Grandpa By Uma Krishnaswami

7. The Goodbye Book By Todd Parr

8. Death is Stupid By Anastasia Higginbotham

Death of a

Loved One

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on how to cope with the

death of a beloved pet.

1. The Berenstain Bears Lose a Friend By Stan & Jan

Berenstain

2. I’ll Always Love You By Hans Wilhelm

3. When a Pet Dies By Fred Rogers

4. Coyote By Lee Harper

5. A Dog Like Jack By Dyanne DiSalvo-Ryan

6. Harry & Hopper By Margaret Wild

7. Toby By Margaret Wild

Death of a Pet

10/18/2018

This concept bag is about going to the dentist.

1. ABC Dentist By Harriet Ziefert

2. Joey Goes to the Dentist By Candace Vittorini

3. Open Wide: Tooth School Inside By Laurie Keller

4. Going to the Dentist By Laurie Mortensen

5. The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist By Stan and Jan

Berenstain

6. Those Icky Sticky Smelly Cavity-Causing but Invisible

Germs By Judith Anne Rice

Dentist

10/18/2018

This concept bag is about depression, either parental or

in children.

1. Meh By Deborah Malcolm

2. Blueloon By Julia Cook

3. The Princess and the Fog By Lloyd Jones

4. Not Today, Celeste: A Dog’s Tale About Her Human’s

Depression By Liza Stevens

5. Danny and the Blue Cloud: Coping with Childhood

Depression By James M. Foley

6. Perry Panda: A Story about Parental Depression By

Helen Bashford

7. The Color Thief: A Family’s Story of Depression By

Andrew Fusek Peters & Polly Peters

This bag was made possible thanks

to CHI St. Joseph Children’s Health.

Depression

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on growing up with a

disability. The stories are told from the point of view of

family members, as well as the children themselves.

1. Views from Our Shoes By Donald Meyer, editor

2. In Jesse’s Shoes By Laura Nikiel

3. Princess Pooh By Kathleen M. Muldoon

4. Don’t Call Me Special By Pat Thomas

5. Just Because By Rebecca Elliot

6. We’ll Paint the Octopus Red By Stephanie Stuve-

Bodeen

7. Veronica’s First Year By Jean Sasso Rheingrover

Disability &

Special Needs

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on coping with divorce

1. The Days of Summer By Eve Bunting

2. Mama and Daddy Bear’s Divorce By Cornelia Maude

Spelman

3. On the Day His Daddy Left By Eric J. Adams

4. Mom and Dad Don’t Live Together Anymore By Kathy

Stinson

5. When Mom and Dad Divorce By Emily Menendez-

Aponte

6. Dinosaurs Divorce By Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc

Brown

7. I Live in Two Homes By Sheila Stewart and Rae

Simons

Divorce

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on children that need to wear

glasses.

1. Agapanthus Hum and the Eyeglasses By Joy Cowley

2. Blue’s Clues: Magenta Gets Glasses! By Deborah

Reber

3. Bumposaurus By Penny McKinlay

4. Dogs Don’t Wear Glasses By Adrienne Geoghegan

5. Glasses For D.W. By Marc Brown

6. Little Hippo Gets Glasses By Maryann Macdonald

Eyeglasses

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses how childhood trauma, including

books about understanding trauma and how to talk about it.

1. Trauma: Teaching Kids All about Trauma By Robert Edelman, Ed.S.

2. A Terrible Thing Happened By Margaret M. Holmes

3. When Daddy Comes Home By Maggie Hundshamer

4. Why Is Dad So Mad? A Book about PTSD & Military Families By Seth

Kastle

5. Why Is Mom So Mad? A Book about PTSD & Military Families By Seth &

Julia Kastle

6. Somebody Cares: A Guide for Kids Who Have Experienced Neglect By

Susan Farber Straus, PhD

7. Why Are You So Scared? A Child’s Book about Parents with PTSD By

Beth Andrews

8. My Yellow Balloon By Tiffany Papageorge

9. Packet: Comforting Reads for Difficult Times By the Association for Library

Service to Children



Family Members

Suffering from

Trauma or PTSD

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on some common childhood

fears and how to handle those fears.

1. Courage By Bernard Waber

2. A Not Scary Story about Big Scary Things By C.K.

Williams

3. Franklin and the Thunderstorm By Paulette Bourgeois

4. Leopold By Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer

5. Not Afraid of Dogs By Susanna Pitzer

6. Edward in Deep Water By Rosemary Wells

Fears

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on going to the hospital, and

some common conditions that cause childhood

hospitalization.

1. Dakota’s Mom Goes to the Hospital By Brenda Beran

2. Dr. White By Jane Goodall

3. Good-bye Tonsils By Annie Thiel

4. Going to the Hospital By Fred Rogers

5. Jenny’s in the Hospital By Seymour Reit

6. Tubes in My Ears: My Trip to the Hospital By Virginia

Dooley

Hospital

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on common childhood

illnesses.

1. The Little Elephant with the Big Earache By Charlotte

Cowan, MD

2. Peeper has a Fever By Charlotte Cowan, MD

3. Katie Caught a Cold By Charlotte Cowan, MD

4. Caillou is Sick By Roger Harvey

5. Those Mean Nasty Dirty Downright Disgusting

but...Invisible Germs By Judith Anne Rice

6. Lions aren’t Scared of Shots By Howard J. Bennett

7. Dakota’s Mom Goes to the Hospital By Anne Thiel,

PhD

Illness

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses how to cope when a loved one is

incarcerated. Also includes information for parents and

caregivers on how to discuss this topic with your children.

Books:

1. Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me By Daniel Beaty

2. My Daddy is in Jail By Janet M. Bender, M.Ed.

3. Far Apart, Close in Heart By Becky Birtha

4. Our Moms By Q. Futrell

5. The Night Dad Went to Jail By Melissa Higgins

6. The Invisible String By Patrice Karst

7. Visiting Day By Jacqueline Woodson

Booklets:

1. Sesame Street’s “Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration,” a Guide for

Parents & Caregivers

2. Sesame Street’s “In My Family,” a “Little Children, Big Challenges:

Incarceration” Story Book

3. Strategies for Youth’s “How to Explain a Parent’s Arrest to a Child,” a Guide for

Police Officers



Loved One in

Prison or Jail

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on how to cope with moving

to a new place.

1. Alexander, Who’s Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!)

Going to Move By Judith Viorst

2. Augustine By Melanie Watt

3. Big Ernie’s New Home By Teresa and Whitney Martin

4. My Best Friend Moved Away By Nancy Carlson

5. Ira Says Goodbye By Bernard Waber

6. The Berenstain Bears’ Moving Day By Stan & Jan

Berenstain

Moving

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on welcoming a new sibling to

the family.

1. When You Were Inside Mommy By Joanna Cole

2. The New Baby By Mercer Mayer

3. The Berenstain Bears and Baby Makes Five By Jan &

Stan Berenstain

4. Babies Don’t Eat Pizza By Dianne Danzig

5. I Used to be the Baby By Robin Ballard

6. Once Upon a Baby Brother By Sarah Sullivan

7. Hi New Baby! By Robie H. Harris

New Baby

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on nutrition and wellness.

1. Squeaky Clean By Kara McMahon

2. Elmo’s Breakfast Bingo By Abigail Tabby

3. Grover’s Guide to Good Eating By Noami Kleinberg

4. Dinosaurs Alive and Well By Laurie Krasny Brown &

Marc Brown

5. Pudgy the Puppy Gets Moving By Susan McKain &

Sandy Swann

6. The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food By Jan

& Stan Berenstain

7. My Dog Jack is Fat By Eve Bunting

8. Get Up and Go! By Nancy Carlson

9. Portion Plate & Four Card Set By ChooseMyPlate.Gov

10. Five Card Activity Set

11. Children & Nature Infographic By the

National Environmental Eduction Foundation

Nutrition & Wellness

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses how to discuss bodily safety with

young children, including concepts of personal space, bodily

autonomy, and consent.

1. Bobby & Mandee’s Good Touch Bad Touch By Robert Kahn

2. I Said No! By Zack & Kimberly King

3. Do You Have a Secret? By Jennifer Moore-Mallinos

4. No Means No! By Jayneen Sanders

5. My Body! What I Say Goes! By Jayneen Sanders

6. Let’s Talk About Body Boundaries, Consent & Respect By

Jayneen Sanders

7. Your Body Belongs to You By Cornelia Spelman

8. My Body Belongs to Me By Jill Starishevsky

9. A Little Book About Safety By Samantha Kutzman-Counter



Personal Safety

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on potty training.

1. On Top of the Potty By Alan Katz

2. Dinosaur vs. The Potty By Bob Shea

3. Have You Seen My Potty By Mij Kelly

4. P is for Potty! My Potty ABCs by Paskwa Mutunga

5. Potty Animals: What to Know When You’ve Gotta Go

By Hope Vestergaard

6. You Can Go to the Potty by William Sears, MD, Martha

Sears, RN, & Christie Watts Kelly

7. Potty Time by Guido Van Genechten

Potty Training

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on potty training, with a focus

on boys.

1. The Potty Book for Boys By Alyssa Satin Capucilli

2. Potty By Leslie Patricelli

3. Boys’ Potty Time By Dawn Sirett

4. Big Boy Underpants By Fran Manushkin

5. Big Boys Use the Potty! By Andrea Pinnington

6. Once Upon a Potty: Boy By Alona Frankel

7. The Potty Train By David Hochman & Ruth Kennison

8. Elmo’s Potty Time DVD

Potty Training

for Boys

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on potty training, with a focus

on girls.

1. Princess Potty Time by Sue DiCicco

2. The Potty Book for Girls By Alyssa Satin Capucilli

3. Potty By Leslie Patricelli

4. P Is for Potty! By Lena Cooper

5. Girls’ Noisy Potty Book By Sarah Davis

6. Potty Time By Fiona Watt

7. Big Girls Go Potty By Marianne Richmond

8. DVD—Elmo’s Potty Time

Potty Training

for Girls

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses how to discuss racism and

intolerance with children, including books about the topic and

stories about friendship.

1. Racism & Intolerance By Louise Spilsbury & Hanane Kai

2. The Skin I’m In: A First Look at Racism By Pat Thomas

3. You, Me, and Empathy By Jayneen Sanders

4. The Story of Ruby Bridges By Robert Coles

5. The Color of Us By Karen Katz

6. Let’s Talk About Race By Julius Lester

7. We’re Different, We’re the Same (And We’re All Wonderful) By Sesame Street

8. Something Happened in Our Town By Marianne Celano, Marietta

Collins, and Ann Hazzard

9. Separate is Never Equal By Duncan Tonatiuh

10. Across the Alley By Richard Michelson

11. I Walk with Vanessa By Kerascoël



Racism & Intolerance

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on refugees and migrants. There are

general books about refugees and migrants, as well as stories

of refugees and migrants moving to new homes.

1. Refugees & Migrants By Ceri Roberts & Hanane Kai

2. Global Conflict By Louise Spilbury & Hanane Kai

3. A Refugee’s Journey from Syria By Helen Mason

4. My Beautiful Birds By Suzanne Del Rizzo

5. Lost and Found Cat By Doug Kuntz & Amy Shrodes

6. A Refugee’s Journey from Afghanistan By Helen Mason

7. A Refugee’s Journey from Guatemala By Heather Hudak

8. The Journey By Francesca Sanna

9. How I Learned Geography By Uri Shulevitz

10. Half Spoon of Rice By Icy Smith



Refugees & Migrants,

Bag #1

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on refugees and migrants. There are general

books about refugees and migrants, as well as stories of refugees and

migrants moving to new homes.

1. Refugees & Migrants By Ceri Roberts & Hanane Kai

2. Teacup By Rebecca Young & Matt Ottley

3. My Two Blankets By Irena Kobald & Freya Blackwood

4. How Many Days to America? By Eve Bunting

5. Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote By Duncan Tonatiuh

6. From North to South / Del Norte al Sur By René Colato Lainez

7. My Diary from Here to There / Mi diario de aqui hasta allá By

Amanda Irma Pérez

8. My Freedom Trip By Frances Park & Ginger Park

9. My Name is Sangoel By Karen Lynn Williams & Khandra

Mohammed

10. This is Me: A Story of Who We Are & Where We Came From

By Jamie Lee Curtis & Laura Cornell



Refugees & Migrants,

Bag #2

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on making friends and

handling shyness.

1. Charlene Loves to Make Noise by Barbara Bottner

2. The Brand New Kid By Katie Couric

3. Say Hello By Jack & Michael Foreman

4. Shaun the Shy Shark By Neil Griffiths

5. The Invisible Boy By Trudy Ludwig

6. The New Girl...And Me By Jacqui Robbins

7. Let’s Talk About Being Shy By Joy Berry

Shyness &

Making Friends

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on safety around strangers.

1. The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers By Stan

and Jan Berenstain

2. Once Upon A Dragon: Stranger Safety for Kids (and

Dragons) By Jean Pendziwol

3. Not Everyone is Nice By Frederick Alimonti

4. Don’t Talk to Strangers, Pooh! By Kathleen W. Zoehfeld

5. Say No and Go: Stranger Safety By Jill Urban Donahue

Strangers

10/18/2018

This concept bag focuses on handling and overcoming

tantrums.

1. When Sophia Gets Angry—Really, Really Angry By

Molly Bang

2. Sometimes I’m Bombaloo By Rachel Vail

3. No Fits, Nilson! By Zachariah O’Hora

4. Finn Throws a Fit! By David Elliot

5. Mouse was Mad By Linda Urban

6. Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie By Norton Juster

Tantrums

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