Compassion and Social Responsibility, Through Children's Literature

The following is a list of some of my favorite children's books that can be used to help awaken compassion and social responsibility in children:

Faith The Cow
by Susan Bame Hoover

A Chair for My Mother
by Vera B. Williams

Sister Anne’s Hands
by Marybeth Lorbiecki

Uncle Willie and The Soup Kitchen
by Dyanne DiSalvo-Ryan

Beatrice’s Goat
by Page McBrier

The Librarian of Basra
by Jeanette Winter

Daphne’s Book
by Mary Downing Hahn

Make Lemonade
by Virginia Euwer Wolff

Petey
by Ben Mikaelsen

The Landry News
by Andrew Clements

Crash
by Jerry Spinelli

Hoot
by Carl Hiaasan