Books offer tips on coping with a world of 'whys'

The Simon Wiesenthal Center/Museum of Tolerance has put together this resource list to help parents and children deal with recent events.

Parenting Through Crisis: Helping Kids in Times of Loss, Grief and Change, by Barbara Coloroso;
HarperInformation, 2001.
When Bad Things Happen to Good People, by Harold S. Kushner; Knopf, 2001.
Why Did It Happen? Helping Children Cope in a Violent World, by Janice I. Cohn; Morrow Junior Books, 1994.
The Butter Battle Book, by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel); Random House, 1987.
This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort, by Georgia Heard; Candlewick Press, 2002.
Children's Prayers for America: Young People of Many Faiths Share Their Hopes for Our Nation, by Karlynn Keyes Lee; Northland Publishing/Rising Moon, 2001.
Let There Be Light: Poems and Prayers for Repairing the World, by Jane Breskin Zalben; Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 2002.
Teaching Peace: How to Raise Children to Live in Harmony, by Jan Arnow; Berkley Publishing Group, 1995.

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Source:  Los Angeles Times - March 28, 2003       
Section:  California Classroom

[This reading list was provided by Nancy G. Saul, reference, research, and information services librarian, Simon Wiesenthal Center/Museum of Tolerance Library & Archives, 1399 S. Roxbury Drive, Los Angeles, www.wiesenthal.com and motlc.wiesenthal.com.]