1. Help children cope in times of crisis,
2. Teach tolerance, and
3. Promote peaceful conflict resolution.

The next article, "Books for Children in Crisis: Dealing with Fear, War, and Prejudice," emphasized the importance of tolerance and included links to information and stories about Islam, Muslims, and the Middle East, as well as an overview of the development of the "Finding Comfort in Books" booklist compiled by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, with assistance from a number of children's book publishers.

Recently, a great many children's books related to September 11, 2002 have been published. I wrote a review of "This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort," a book that I found to provide both hope and consolation. Two other books that I have not yet read came highly recommended to me by teachers and librarians. They are for children 12 and older. "911: The Book of Help" (compare prices) contains essays, poems, and stories in response to September 11 that were written by well-known children's authors, including Walter Dean Myers, Avi, Chris Raschka, Katherine Paterson and many others. "With Their Eyes: September 11th - The View from a High School at Ground Zero" (compare prices) contains eyewitness accounts from students at Stuyvesant High School, which was located only a few blocks away from the World Trade Center.