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| Age range | Title | Author | Description | Category | Pub. date | Source |
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| Elementary school | A Chance to Grow | E. Sandy Powell | Joe, his sister, and mother are evicted from their apartment and are forced to live in shelters and on the streets. | Homelessness | Link | |
| Elementary school | A Rose for Abby | Donna Guthrie | Abby becomes inspired to do something for the homeless after she sees an old woman searching in the trashcans outside the churches where her dad preaches. | Homelessness | ||
| Elementary school | Amelia's Road | Linda Jacobs Altman | A daughter of migrant farm workers, Amelia longs for a stable home. | Poverty | Link | |
| Elementary school | Benjamin Brody's Backyard Bag | Phyllis Vos Wezeman | Benjamin's experiment to find how many things he can do with an empty paper bag leads him to meet a bag lady who has no home of her own. | Homelessness | Link | |
| Elementary school | Carly | Fuchshuber, Annegert | A homeless girl wanders the land in search of food and shelter, but no one will help her. | Homelessness | ||
| Elementary school | Changing Places | Margie Chalofsky | A glimpse of children who live in a shelter. | Homelessness | Link | |
| Elementary school | Cooper's Tale | Ralph da Costa Nunez | A young mouse, named Cooper, becomes homeless when two fat cats and a lady take over the cheese shop where he works and lives. He soon befriends three children who are also homeless. | Homelessness | Link | |
| Elementary school | December | Eve Bunting | A homeless family's luck changes after they help an old woman who has even less than they do. | Homelessness | ||
| Elementary school | Erik is Homeless | Greenberg, Keith Elliot | A photo essay depicting a young boy and his family at a local shelter after his father died and his mother lost their apartment. | 1992 | ||
| Elementary school | Fly Away Home | Eve Bunting | Andrew and his father are homeless and live in an airport, while his father searches for a job. In order to survive, they change terminals and sleep sitting up. Andrew becomes hopeful when he sees a trapped bird through an open door. | Homelessness | Link | |
| Age range | Title | Author | Description | Category | Pub. date | Source |
| Elementary school | Home is Where We Live | Bonnie Lee Groth | A photo essay of a 7 year old's first experience at a shelter in Chicago. | Homelessness | Link | |
| Elementary school | Home: A Collaboration of Thirty Distinguished Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books to Aid the Homeless | Rosen, Michael J., editor | In this fun and colorful volume, thirty authors and illustrators of children's books reflect on the meaning of home. Proceeds from the sale of this book go to benefit Share Our Strength, a national non-profit organization working to end hunger in the United States and around the world. | Hunger and poverty | 1992 | Link |
| Elementary school | Homeless | Wolf, Bernard | A collection of photographs illustrating one boy's experience living in a homeless shelter. A positive, dignified portrayal that raises many of the issues related to poverty and homelessness. | Hunger and poverty | 1995 | Link |
| Elementary school | How Can You Help? Creative Volunteer Projects for Kids Who Care | Schwartz, Linda | A book of ideas to make a difference through family activities, classroom projects, and community groups. This book also encourages children to participate in a variety of worldwide causes. | Community service | ||
| Elementary school | Joey's Birthday Wish | Matthew Lambert | Joey gains a new appreciation of his home and belongings after he sees first hand what life is like for the homeless. | Homelessness | Link | |
| Elementary school | Mr. Bowtie | Karen Barbour | Two children and their parents befriend a homeless man living on the streets and help him find his family. | Homelessness | Link | |
| Elementary school | Rockabye Rabbit | Kersten Hamilton | A story about the love that a homeless boy feels for his mother and his favorite toy. | Homelessness | Link | |
| Elementary school | Rosie, The Shopping Cart Lady | Chia Martin | Rosie lives on the streets and receives the gift of kindness from certain people she meets. | Homelessness | Link | |
| Elementary school | Shelter Folks | Virginia L. Kroll | Joelle is embarrassed that her family has to move into a shelter, but when she gets to know the people there, she is no longer ashamed. | Homelessness | Link | |
| Elementary school | Silly Tillie | Jeannie Wine | The owner of the laundromat is unsympathetic to the needs of Silly Tillie, a homeless woman, until he needs her help. | Homelessness | Link | |
| Age range | Title | Author | Description | Category | Pub. date | Source |
| Elementary school | Someplace to Go | Maria Testa | Davey describes how he spends his time after school trying to keep safe and warm until he can meet his mom and brother at the local shelter. | Homelessness | Link | |
| Elementary school | The Kid's Guide to Service Projects: Over 500 Service Ideas for Young People Who Want to Make a Difference | Barbara A. Lewis and Pamela Espeland | This book provides children a variety of topics and projects to help make a difference in their community. | Community service | Link | |
| Elementary school | The Kids Can Help Book | Logan, Suzanne | A book of ideas of how youth can volunteer and make a difference. | Community service | Link | |
| Elementary school | This Home We Have Made (Esta Casa Que Hemos Hecho) | Anna Hammond | A homeless child joins a magical parade in hopes of finding a home of her own. | Homelessness | ||
| Elementary school | Way Home | Libby Hawthorn | Shane finds a stray cat and takes it through the dangers of the city to his home - a corner of an alley. | Homelessness | ||
| Elementary school | Where's Home? | Jonathan London | Aaron used to have everything, but that soon comes crumbling down after his mother left and his father lost his house and business. Aaron and his father become homeless and make their way from Chicago to California. | Homelessness | ||
| Elementary school (grade 3 and up) | Kids Ending Hunger: What Can We Do? A Get-Into-Action Book for Kids and Their Parents and Teachers | Howard, Tracy Apple, and Sage Howard | An excellent book that uses stories, cartoons, and activities to teach kids about global and domestic hunger. A section entitled "50 Things Kids Can Do to End Hunger" and an extensive resource guide provide the tools kids and their teachers need to get involved. | Hunger and poverty | 1992 | Link |
| Elementary school (grade 4-6) | It's Our World, Too!: Stories of Young People Who Are Making a Difference | Hoose, Phillip | This book includes 14 fascinating accounts of children working for human rights, the needy, the environment, or world peace. It is also a handbook for young activists, with practical suggestions for planning, organizing, publicizing, and raising funds for social action projects. | Community service | Link |
