This weekend marks the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. We have compiled resources on how to talk to your children about terrorism and this anniversary, as well as recommended reading for all ages about 9/11.
How to Talk About 9/11 With Your Kids: Parents Magazine
How To Talk With Your Kids about Terrorism: USA Today
How To Talk To Kids About 9/11: Today Show
Reading Recommendations
Grades K-3
14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy
14 vacas para America por Carmen Agra Deedy
Branches of Hope: The 9/11 Survivor Tree by Ann Magee Book eBook
Come with Me by Holly M. McGhee
Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey by Maira Kalman
This Very Tree: A Story of 9/11, Resilience, and Regrowth by Sean Rubin Book eBook
Grades 3-6
Ground Zero by Alan Gratz Book eBook
Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes Book eBook
Grades 5-8
The Red Bandanna by Tom Rinaldi
Children's Nonfiction:
Seven and a Half Tons of Steel by Janet Nolan
America Is Under Attack: September 11, 2001-The Day the Towers Fell by Don Brown
Saved by the Boats: The Heroic Sea Evacuation of September 11 by Julie Gassman
Big Apple Diaries by Alyssa Bermudez
Young Adult:
The Memory of Things by Gae Polisner
In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers by Don Brown
Adult:
