How Are You Peeling? By Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers

Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods that Make My Day By Jamie Lee Curtis

Eggbert, The Slightly Cracked Egg By Tom Ross

When Sophie Gets Angry – Really, Really Angry By Molly Bang

Dinofours: I'm so Grumpy By Steve Metzger and Hans Wilhelm

Rosie’s Story By Martine Gogoll

Tops and Bottoms By Janet Stevens

The Boy of the Three Year Nap By Dianne Snyder

My Dog is Lost By Ezra Jack Keats and Pat Cher

Hey, Little Ant By Phillip and Hannah Hoose

Little Mouse’s Painting By Diane Wolkstein

The Zax By Dr. Seuss from Sneetches and Other Stories

The Hating Book By Charlotte Zolotow

King of the Playground By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Lesson Plans Credits

PROJECT EXSEL, EXCELLENCE IN SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LITERACY A collection of lessons for teaching Social and Emotional Literacy through Literature and Social Studies
P.S. 217 Sherry Gregory, Principal Susan Cohen, School Counselor Karen Mildener, Project Counselor Teachers Marka Carson William Fillinger Ursula Fokine Elizabeth Kral Jill Markowitz Patricia Semenza Elisa Shaffer Isabelle Stern	P.S. 6 Maria Stiles, Principal (acting) Sheila Brown, School Counselor Pat Hunter and Cristi Riccio, Project Counselors Teachers Heather Donlon Jennifer Geller Susan Jacobs Beth Kanner Elizabeth Reich Virginia Rivero	P.S. 51 Barbara Gambino, Principal Ivone Garcia, School Counselor Karen Mildener, Project Counselor Teachers Abby Catechis Alison Kearns Beth Kufeld Kat McGinley Carrie Redstone Amy Santucci	P.S. 130 Lily Woo, Principal Debbie Zaslow, School Counselor Pat Hunter and Cristi Riccio, Project Counselors Teachers Karen Cheung Renny Fong Loren Karp Marina Kvitko Aimee Koa-Chan April McConnell Donna Yagoda
New York City Board of Education Community School District Two / Shelley Harwayne, Community Superintendent / Marjorie Robbins, Director Office of Pupil Personnel Services / Barbara Leventer-Luque and Sheila Brown, Project Directors / Dr. Robin Stern, Social Emotional Specialist, Teachers College / Donna Klein, Curriculum Specialist. Revised 2003 by Dr. James Tobin, Curriculum Consultant. Grant Funded by United States Department of Education Elementary Schools Counselors Demonstration Program