I know it's hard to believe, but it has been eleven years since the attack on the World Trade Centers. The majority of elementary school students weren't even alive and junior high and high school students were toddlers and preschoolers at the time. If you are struggling with how to answer their questions, here's a list of books on the subject that was put together by Taryn, a publisher mom in Westminster, MD.
September 11 (We the People: Modern America series) by Mary Englar
The Little Chapel That Stood by A.B. Curtiss
Jonas Wept by Regina Bargo
Messages to Ground Zero: Children Respond to September 11, 2001 by Shelley Harwayne and New York City Board of Education
Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey by Maira Kalman
I Was Born on 9/11 by Cindy L. Rodriguez and Joyce L. Elliot
The Day the Towers Fell: The Story of September 11, 2011 by Maureen Crethan Santora and Patricia Santora Cardona
Hero Dogs: Canines in Action by Donna M. Jackson
He Said Yes: The Story of Father Mychal Judge by Kelly Ann Lynch
21 Days at Ground Zero: A Young Volunteer's Story by Juliet McIntyre
14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy
September Roses- Jeanette Winter
With Their Eyes: September 11th--The View from a High School at Ground Zero
On That Day: A Book of Hope for Children by Andrea Patel
