The following are some of the materials available at the Whistler Public Library which may help parents, teachers and caregivers discuss with children and teens the terrorist attacks that took place in New York City, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania on Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
After Charlotte?s Mom died
Judith Friedman
Bang, bang you?re dead
Louise Fitzhugh
Big book for peace
Call it courage
Armstrong Sperry
Chicken soup for the kid?s soul
Jack Canfield, editor
Chicken soup for the teenage soul
Jack Canfield, editor
Color of absence : 12 stories about loss and hope
James Stevenson
Don?t you know there?s a war on?
James Stevenson
Lifetimes: A beautiful way to explain death to children
Bryan Mellonie
Machine gunners
Robert Westall
Nana upstairs, Nana downstairs
Tomie dePaola
Sadako and the 1000 paper cranes
Eleanor Coerr
Stellaluna
Jannell Cannon
Ten talks parents must have with their children about violence
Dominic Capello
The 10 th good thing about Barney
Judith Viorst
War at the top of the world: the struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir and Tibet
Eric Margolis
When I feel anger
Cornelia Spelman
When I?m angry
Jane Aaron
When Sophie gets angry
Molly Bang
If you have access to the Internet, the following websites contain useful information:
BBC News Middle East Crisis In-depth analysis and explanation of the long history of conflict in this part of the world and the key figures involved today.
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CBC News :Who is Osama bin Laden?
Who are the Taliban?
US Striking Back In-depth Coverage
Coverage of the US Attack