By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Photos: Children's books that teach resilience Children's books that teach resilience – Here's a roundup of books that explore the resilience of children and youth who have lived, grown and even thrived through great hardship. "Love Twelve Miles Long" by Glenda Armand is a fictional account of the lives of a young Frederick Douglass and his mother in 1820s Maryland. Hide Caption Photos: Children's books that teach resilience "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate explores the theme of empathy through the eyes of a gorilla held captive in a shopping mall. Hide Caption Photos: Children's books that teach resilience