Civility - Montana Librarian Picks


Adult Nonfiction:

This Is Not The Story You Think It Is   by Laura Munson

The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense by Suzette Haden Elgin

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Miguel Ruiz

How To Talk So Kids Will Listen   by Adele Farber

If I Understood You Would I Have This Look On My Face?  by Alan Alda

Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When The Stakes Are High  by Kerry Patterson et al.

Managing Transitions  by William Bridges

Let Your Life Speak: Listening For The Voice Of Vocation  by Parker J Palmer

Nonviolent Communication  by Marshall B Rosenberg

Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct  by Pier Massimo Forni

Tribe  by Sebastian Unger

Between Me And The World  by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Civically engaged Reader ed by Adam Davis and Elizabeth Lynn

Education for Democracy  ed by Benjamin Barber and Richard Battistoni

Civility Unleashed  by Diana Damron

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking  by Susan Cain

 

Adult Fiction:

This Is How You Lose Her  by Junot Diaz

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdich (or anything by her)

Schindler’s List by Thomas Keanally

Interpreter of Maladies by Jumpha Lahari

The Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Mischling by Affinity Konar

Sophie and the Rising Sun by Augusta Trobaugh

 

Children's Easy Books:

What If The Zebras Lost Their Stripes?  by John Reitano, William Haines Illustrator

The Big Orange Splot  by Daniel Pinkwater

Sandwich Swap by Queen Rania Al Abdullah with Kelly DiPuchio

All of the Berenstain Bears books

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Even Droids Need Friends  by Simon Beecroft

The New Friend  by Sally Rippin

Manners Can Be Fun  by Munroe Leaf

Give Please a Chance  by Bill O'Reilly and James Patterson

The Sneetches  by Dr. Seuss

The View From Saturday  by E L Konigsburg

 

Youth/Young Adult Fiction:

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

 

Websites:

The Clearness Committee: http://www.couragerenewal.org/clearnesscommittee 

 

 

 

 

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