Reading for Empathy
(Children and Young Adults)
To help build empathy for our homeless neighbors, Lynne Johnson (Naperville Public Library) and Cathy Mori (Glen Ellyn Public Library) built a children’s and young adult book list on homelessness.
- Dear Librarian – Lydia M. Sigwarth
- Stay – Bobbie Pyron
- No Fixed Address – Susin Nielsen
- Simon B. Rhymin’ – Dwayne Reed
- Carry Me Home – Janet Fox
- Fly Away Home – Eve Bunting
- I See You – Michael Genhart
- The Old Man – Sarah V.
- Almost Home – Joan Bauer
- Skylark – Sara Cassidy
- A Dog Called Homeless – Sarah Lean
- The One with the Scraggly Beard – Elizabeth Withey
- The Exact Location of Home – Kate Messner
- Lily and the Paper Man – Rebecca Upjohn
- Paper Things – Jennifer Jacobson
- Parked – Danielle Svetcov
- Still a Family – Brenda Reeves Sturgis
- The Great Jeff – Tony Abbot
- The Can Man – Laura E. Williams
- Crenshaw – Katherine Applegate
- The Family Under the Bridge – Natalie Savage Carlson
- How to Steal a Dog – Barbara O’Connor
- A Place to Stay: A Shelter Story – Erin Gunti
- Just Under the Clouds – Melissa Sarno
- Sorta Like a Rock Star – Matthew Quick
- Hold Fast – Blue Balliett
- Tinfoil Sky – Cyndi Sand-Eveland
- The Double Life of Zoe Flynn – Janet Lee Carey
- No Place – Todd Strasser
- Monkey Island – Paula Fox
- The Girl in Between – Sarah Carroll
- Aunt Pearl – Monica Kulling
- No Parking at the End Times – Bryan Bliss
- Killing Time in Crystal City – Chris Lynch
