Character Education Resource List



September book list: Respect

|Book Title |Author |Type of book |Location |

|Annie & the Old One |Miles, Miska |Intermediate |C, M |

|Arthur’s Nose |Brown, Marc |Picture book |C, M |

|Arthur’s Eyes |Brown, Marc |Picture book |C, M |

|Big Al |Clements, Andrew |Picture book |C, SSS, M |

|The Black Snowman |Mendez, Phil |Picture book |C, M |

|The Chalk Box Kid |Bulla, Clyde Robert |Intermediate |L, M |

|Charlie the Caterpillar |Deluise, Dom |Picture book |C |

|A Coat of Many Colors |Parton, Dolly |Picture book |C |

|Crickwing |Cannon, Janell |Picture book |C |

|Crow Boy |Yahima, Taro |Picture book |M |

|Dog Eared |Harvey, Amanda |Picture book |C |

|Enemy Pie |Munson, Derek |Picture book |C, SSS, M |

|The First Strawberries |Joseph Bruchac |Picture book | |

|The Grouchy Ladybug |Carle, Eric |Picture book |C, M |

|How My Parents Learned to Eat |Friedman, Ina R. |Picture book |M |

|The Hundred Penny Box |Mathis, Sharon Bell |Intermediate |L, M |

|If a Bus Could Talk: The Rosa Parks Story|Ringgold, Faith |Picture book |C |

|In the Year of the Boar & Jackie Robinson|Lord, Bette Boa |Intermediate |M |

|It’s a Spoon, not a Shovel |Buchner, Caralyn |Picture book |C |

|I Wish I Were a Butterfly |Howe, James |Picture book | |

|Justin & the Best Biscuits in the World |Walters, Mildred Pitts |Intermediate |M |

|Littlejim |Houston, Gloria |Intermediate | |

|Mississippi Bridge |Taylor, Mildred D. |Intermediate | |

|The Mixed-up Chameleon |Carle, Eric |Picture book |M |

|Moss Gown |Hooks, William |Intermediate |C, M |

|Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs |dePaola, Tomie |Picture book |C |

|Now One Foot, Now the Other |DePaola, Tomie |Picture book |M |

|Old Henry |Blos, Joan W. |Picture book |C |

|Pondlarker |Gwynne, Fred |Picture book | |

|The Rag Coat |Mills, Lauren |Picture book |M |

|Ramona & Her Mother |Cleary, Beverly |Intermediate |M |

|The Recess Queen |O’Neill, Alexis & Laura Huliska-Beith|Picture |C |

|Smokey Night |Bunting, Eve |Picture book |C |

|The Ugly Caterpillar |Carle, Eric |Picture book |C, M |

|The Ugly Duckling |Andersen, Hans Christian |Picture book |L, M |

|The View From Saturday |Konigsburg, E.L. |Intermediate |L, M |

|The War With Grandpa |Smith, Robert Kimmell |Intermediate |L, M |

|William’s Doll |Zolotow, Charlotte |Picture book |C, M |

|Your Job is Easy |Sommer, Carl |Picture |C |

October Book List: Responsibility

|Book Title |Author |Type of book |Location |

|A Baby Sister for Frances |Hoban, Russell |Picture Book |N/A |

|A Clean House for Mole and Mouse |Ziefert, Harriet |Picture Book |L |

|A Day’s Work |Bunting, Eve |Picture Book |C |

|Alphabet Soup, The |Gabler, Mirko |Picture Book |N/A |

|Amoko and Efua Bear |Appiah, Sonia |Picture Book |N/A |

|Amos and Boris |McLeod, Emilie | |N/a |

|Annie Shows Off |Canning, Shelagh |Picture Book |C |

|Ant and the Grasshopper, The |Lowery Poole, Amy |Picture Book |C |

|Arthur’s Pet Business |Brown, Marc |Picture Book |M, C |

|Back Yard Angel |Delton, Judy |Intermediate |M |

|Bently and Egg |Joyce, William |Picture Book |M |

|Berenstain Bears – The Homework Hassle |Berenstain, Jan |Picture Book |C |

|Berenstain Bears – The Messy Room |Berenstain, Jan |Picture Book |M |

|Berenstain Bears Trouble at School |Berenstain, Jan |Picture Book |C |

|Best Bug to Be, The |Johnson, Dolores |Picture Book |M |

|Betsy Who Cried Wolf |Carson, Gail |Picture Book |C |

|Beware of Boys |Brundell, Tony |Picture Book |N/A |

|Big Stew, The |Shecter, Ben |Picture Book |N/A |

|Big Time Bears |Krensky, Stephen |Picture Book |N/A |

|Birthday Cake for Little Bear, A |Velthuijs, Max |Picture Book |N/A |

|Boy of the Three Year Nap, The |Snyder, Dianne |Intermediate |M, C |

|Cat and Dog at School |Lanczak, Rozanne |Picture Book |N/A |

|Cat Who Wore a Bag on Her Head, The |Slepian, Jan |Picture Book |N/A |

|Class President |Hurwitz, Johanna |Intermediate |M |

|Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon |Cummings, Pat |Picture Book |C |

|Crow Boy |Tashima, Taro |Picture Book |M, C |

|Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash, The |Noble, Trinka Hokes |Picture Book |M |

|Day the Goose Got Loose, The |Lindbergh, Reeve |Picture Book |M |

|Dog Who Had Kittens, The |Robertus, Polly |Picture Book |M |

|Emperor and the Kite, The |Yolen, Jane |Picture Book |M |

|Famous Seaweed Soupt |Martin, Antionette |Picture Book |N/A |

|Five Little Monkeys w/Nothing to Do |Christelow Eileen |Picture Book |C |

|Fourth Grade Rats |Spinelli, Jerry |Intermediate |N/A |

|Frank and Ernest |Day, |Picture Book |L |

|Fritz and the Mess Fairy |Wells |Picture Book |N/A |

|Fudge |Graeber, Charlotte Towner |Intermediate |M |

|Goldilocks and the Three Bears | |Picture Book |M, L |

|Great Kapok Tree, The: A Tale of the Amazon Rain|Cherry, Lynne |Picture Book |M |

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|Group Soup |Martin, Antionette |Picture Book |N/A |

|Harry in Trouble |Yossi, |Picture Book |N/A |

|Hatchet |Paulsen, Gary |Intermediate |M, L |

|Henny Penny | |Picture Book |M, L |

|Henry and Horace Clean Up |Mennel, Wolfgang | |N/A |

|Hole in the Dike, The |Green, |Picture Book |N/A |

|Horton Hatches the Egg |Dr. Seuss |Picture Book |M, C |

|How To Be Cool in Third Grade |Duffey, Betsy |Intermediate |M |

|How to Make Apple Pie and See the World |Priceman, Marjorie |Picture Book |M |

|I Meant to Clean My Room Today |Nerlove, Miriam | |N/A |

|Is It Time? |Janovitz, Marilyn |Picture Book |N/A |

|Jack and the Beanstalk | |Picture Book |M, L |

|Jamaica’s Find |Havill, Juanita |Picture Book |M |

|Jillian Jiggs |Gilman, Phoebe | |N/A |

|Just a Mess |Mayer, Mercer | |M |

|Kate Shelley: Bound for a Legend |San Souci, Robert D. |Intermediate |C |

|Katy and the Big Snow |Burton, Virginia |Picture Book |M |

|Lilly’s Plastic Purse |Henkes, Kevin |Picture Book |M, C |

|Little Hippo Starts School |MacDonald, Maryann |Picture Book |N/A |

|Little Red Hen, The |Barton, Byron |Picture Book |M, L |

|Little Red Riding Hood | |Picture Book |M, L |

|Marvin Redpost: Alone in the Teacher’s House |Sachar, Louis |Intermediate |N/A |

|Mean Soup |Everitt, Betsy |Picture Book |M |

|Messy Bessy’s Closet |McKissack, Patricia |Picture Book |N/A |

|Messy Mark |Peters, Sharon |Picture Book |N/A |

|Messy Monster |Pellowski, Michael J. |Picture Book |N/A |

|Miss Poppy and the Honey Cake |MacDonald, Elizabeth | |N/A |

|Monster Goes to School |Mueller, Virginia |Picture Book |N/A |

|Mooch the Messy |Sharmat, Marjorie | |N/A |

|More Bunny Trouble |Wilhelm, Hans |Picture Book |M |

|Mrs. Cole on an Onion Roll |Dakos, Kalli |(school poem) |M |

|Mrs. Kataz and Tush |Polacco, Patricia |Picture Book |C |

|Mrs. Pig Gets Cross and Other Stories |Rayner, Mary |Picture Book |N/A |

|New Creatures |Gerstein, Mordicai | |N/A |

|Noisy Nora |Wells, Rosemary |Picture Book |N/A |

|Once Upon a Time |Turner, Gwenda |Picture Book |N/A |

|Our Sixth-Grade Sugar Babies |Bunting, Eve |Intermediate |N/A |

|Paper Boy, The |Pilkey, Dave |Intermediate |M, C |

|Patty For President |Callaghan, Jean Davis |Intermediate |M |

|Peter’s Chair |Keats, Ezra Jack |Picture Book |M |

|Pigsty |Teague, Mark |Picture Book |M, C |

|Pot Luck |Tobias, Tobi | |N/A |

|Question of Trust, A |Bauer, Marion Dane |Intermediate |N/A |

|Rainbabies, The |Melmed, Laura Krauss |Intermediate |M |

|Rainbow Fish to the Rescue |Pfister, Marcus |Picture Book |M |

|Rattlesnake Stew |Redd, Lynn | |N/A |

|Rotten Ralph |Gantos, Jack |Picture Book |N/A |

|Rumplestiltskin | |Picture Book |N/A |

|Rotten Ralph’s Show and Tell |Gantos, Jack |Picture Book |N/A |

|Saint George and the Dragon: A Golden Legend |Hodges, Margaret |Intermediate |M |

|Shoeshine Girl |Bulla, Clyde Robert |Intermediate |M |

|Sleeping Beauty | |Picture Book |M |

|Starting First Grade |Cohen, Miriam |Picture Book |N/A |

|Stone Fox |Gardiner, John |Intermediate |M, L |

|Stone Soup |Brown, Marcia |Picture Book |L |

|Strega Nona |de Paola, Tomie |Picture Book |M |

|Swimmy |Lionni, Leo |Picture Book |M |

|Summer of the Swans |Byars, Betsy |Intermediate |M |

|Terrible Wave, The |Dahlstedt, |Intermediate |N/A |

|This Farm is a Mess |McGuire, Leslie |Picture Book |N/A |

|Three Billy Goats Gruff | |Picture Book |M, L |

|Three Little Pigs, The | |Picture Book |M, L |

|Time Remote |Sommer, Carl |Picture |C |

|Time To… |McMillan, Bruce |Picture Book |N/A |

|Tops and Bottoms |Stevens, Janet |Picture Book |M, C |

|Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen |DiSalvo-Ryan Dyanee |Picture Book |M |

|Vegetable Soup |Modesitt, Jeanne |Picture Book |N/A |

|Warton and the Contest |Ericson, Russell |Intermediate |M |

|What Have You Done, Davy? |Weninger, Brigitte |Picture Book |M |

|When You Get to Kindergarten |Howe, James |Picture Book |N/A |

|Where the Red Fern Grows |Rawls, Wilson |Intermediate |M, L |

|Why Do Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears? |Aardema, Verna |Intermediate |C |

|Wolf’s Chicken Stew, The |Kasza, Keiko |Picture Book |N/A |

|Worse Than Rotten Ralph |Gantos, Jack |Picture Book |M |

|Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree, The |Houston, Gloria |Intermediate |M |

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|You Move You Lose |Sommer, Carl |Picture |C |

|Your Job Is Easy |Sommer, Carl |Intermediate |C |

|Yummers Too: The Second Course |Marshall, James |Picture Book |N/A |

November Book List: Honesty

|Book Title |Author |Type of book |Location |

|Ali Baba and the Fourty Thieves |Murguly, Shirley |Intermediate | |

|Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland |Carrol, Lewis |Intermediate | |

|All Summer in a Day |Sitwell, Sacheverell |Intermediate | |

|Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock |Stevens, Janet |Picture | |

|Anastasia Krupnik |Lowry, Lois |Intermediate | |

|Anna of Green Gables |Montgomery, L.M. |Intermediate | |

|Arthur’s Computer Disaster |Brown, Marc |Picture |C |

|Arthur In A Pickle |Brown, Marc |Picture | |

|Believing Sophie |Hutchins, Hazel |Picture |C |

|Big Fat Enormous Lie, A |Sharmat, Marjorie |Picture |C |

|Berenstain Bears and the Truth |Berenstain, Jan |Picture |C |

|Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The |Robinson, B. |Intermediate | |

|Blue Willow |Gates, Doris |Intermediate | |

|Book of Virtues, The |Bennett, William | | |

|Boy Who Cried Wolf, The |Hartman, Bob |Picture | |

|Brave Little Tailor |Littledale, Freya and Blair, Eric |Picture |L |

|Bridge to Terabithia |Paterson, Katherine |Intermediate |L, M |

|Can I Keep Him? |Kellogg, Steven |Picture | |

|Chicken Little |Kellogg, Steven |Picture |L |

|Charlotte’s Web |White, E.B. |Intermediate |L, M |

|Chicken Sunday |Polacco, Patricia |Picture | |

|Cricket In Times Square |Selden, George |Intermediate |L |

|Christmas Carol, A |Dickens, Charles |Intermediate | |

|Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash, The |Noble, Trinka |Picture | |

|Day’s Work, A |Bunting, Eve |Picture | |

|Double, Dirty Rotten Cheater, The |Wilhelm, Hans |Picture | |

|Drinking Gourd, The |Monjo, F.N. |Picture |L |

|East of the Sun, West of the Moon |Mayer, Mercer |Intermediate | |

|Emperor’s New Clothes |Tharlet, Eve and |Intermediate |L |

| |Anderson, Hans Christian | | |

|Empty Pot, The |Demi |Picture |C,M |

|Finders, Keepers, |Crary, Elizabeth |Intermediate | |

|Finders Keepers for Franklin |Bourgeois, Paulette |Picture |C, M |

|Frog Prince, The |Scieszka, Jon |Intermediate |M |

|George Washington: A Picture Book Biography |Giblin, Janes |Picture | |

|Honest Abe |Kunhardt, Edith |Picture |C, M |

|Honest to Goodness Truth, The |McKissack, Patricia |Intermediate |C, M |

|Hubert’s Hair-Raising Adventure |Peet, Bill |Picture | |

|I Did It, I’m Sorry |Buehner, Caralyn |Picture | |

|If You Had to Choose |McLeod, Sandra |Intermediate |C |

|Indian in the Cupboard |Banks, Lynne |Intermediate |M, L |

|Jamaica’s Find |Havill, Juanita |Picture |C |

|Karen’s Copycat |Martin, Ann |Intermediate | |

|Karen’s Show and Share |Martin, Ann |Intermediate | |

|Kid In the Red Jacket, The |Park, Barbara |Intermediate |M, L |

|Liar, Liar Pants on Fire |Korman, Gordon | |C, M |

|Liar, Liar Pant on Fire |de Groat, Diane | |C, M |

|Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire |Cohen, Miriam |Picture |M |

|Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe, The |Lewis, C.S. |Intermediate |L, M |

|Little House In the Big Woods |Wilder, Laura |Intermediate |M |

|Luke Was There |Clymer, Eleanor |Intermediate | |

|Little Humpbacked Horse |Winthrop, Elizabeth |Intermediate | |

|Miss Nelson is Missing |Marshall, James |Picture |M, L |

|Monkey and the Crocodile, The |Chowdhury, Rohini |Picture |M |

|Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters |Steptoe, John |Picture |M |

|My Side of the Mountain |George, Jean |Intermediate |M, L |

|Nail Soup |Maddern, Eric | | |

|Number the Stars |Lowry, Lois |Intermediate |M, L |

|Pandora’s Box |Marzollo, Jean |Picture | |

|Penny’s Worth of Character |Stuart, Jesse |Intermediate | |

|Pinocchio |Edens, Cooper |Picture | |

|Pippi Longstocking |Lamborn, F. |Intermediate |M, L |

|Prince Rabbit |Milne, A.A. |Picture | |

|Rosie and Michael |Viorst, Judith |Picture |M |

|Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine |Ness, Evaline |Picture |M |

|Sarah, Plain and Tall |MacLachlan |Intermediate |M, L |

|Secret Garden |Burnett, F. |Intermediate |M |

|Solomon The Rusty Nail |Steig, William |Picture | |

|Sounder |Armstrong, William |Intermediate |M, L |

|Stone Soup |Brown, Marcia |Picture |L, M |

|Sly Fox and the Chicks |Sommer, Carl |Picture |C |

|Strega Nona |DePaola, Tomie |Picture |M |

|Stuart Little |White, E.B. |Intermediate |M, L |

|Summer Wheels |Bunting, Eve |Picture |C, M |

|Summer When I Was Ten, The |Brisson, Pat |Intermediate |C |

|Tale of Peter Rabbit |Potter, B. |Picture |M, L |

|Taste of Blackberries, A |Smith, Doris |Intermediate |M, L |

|Talking Eggs |San Souci, Robert |Intermediate |C, L |

|Three Little Pigs |Kincaid, Lucy |Picture |M, L |

|Tikki Tikki Tembo |Weston, C. |Picture |M, L |

|To Tell the Truth |Farmer, Patti |Picture |C |

|Too Many Tamales |Soto, Gary |Picture |C, M |

|Trouble River |Byars, Betsy |Intermediate |M |

|True Francine |Brown, Marc |Picture |M |

|True Story of the 3 Little Pigs |Smith, Lane |Picture |M |

|Trumpet of the Swan |White, E.B. |Intermediate | L |

|Twenty and Ten |Bishop, Clair |Intermediate |M |

|What the Neighbors Did |Pearce, Philippa |Intermediate | |

|Whipping Boy, The |Fleischman, Sid |Intermediate |L |

|Winners Take All |Bowen, Fred |Intermediate | |

|Witch of Blackbird Pond |Speare, Elizabeth |Intermediate |M |

December Book List: Caring

|Book Title |Author |Type of book |Location |

|A Letter To Amy |Keats, Ezra |Picture |M |

|A Mother for Choco |Kasza, Keiko |Picture |C, M |

|Alice's Adventures In Wonderland |Carrol, Lewis |Intermediate |M |

|Alexander and the Wind |Lionni, Leo |Picture |C, M |

|All Summer in a Day |Sitwell, Sacheverell |Intermediate | |

|Anastasia Krupnik |Lowry, Lois |Intermediate |M |

|Andy and the Lion |Daugherty, James |Picture |M |

|Angel Child, Dragon Child |Surat, Michele |Picture |C, M, L |

|Animal Farm |Orwell, George |Intermediate | |

|Anna of Green Gables |Montgomery, L.M. |Intermediate | |

|Ask Mr. Bear |Flack, Marjory |Picture | |

|Banza: A Haitian Story, The |Wolkstein, Diane |Picture |M |

|Beady Bear |Freeman, Don |Picture | |

|Beauty and the Beast |Brett, Jan |Intermediate |M, L |

|Best Christmas Pageant Ever |Robinson, B. |Intermediate |M |

|Big Al & Shrimpy |Clements, Andrew |Picture |C, SSS |

|Biggest Bear |Ward, Lynn |Picture |M |

|Blue Willow |Gates, Doris |Intermediate | |

|Bridge to Terabithia |Paterson, Katherine |Intermediate |L |

|Can I Keep Him? |Kellogg, Steven |Picture |M |

|Chair For My Mother, A |Williams, Vera |Picture |L |

|Charlotte's Web |White, E.B. |Intermediate |L, M |

|Chicken Sunday |Polacco, Patricia |Picture |M |

|Christmas Carol, A |Dickens, Charles |Intermediate |M |

|Clifford's Good Deed |Bridwell, Norman |Picture |C |

|Color of His Own |Lionni, Leo |Picture |M |

|Corduroy |Freeman, Don |Picture |C, M |

|Cricket in Times Square |Selden, George |Intermediate |M, L |

|Crow Boy |Yahima, Taro |Picture |M |

|Curious George |Rey, Taro |Picture |M |

|Dicey's Song |Voigt, Cynthia |Picture |M |

|Dr. Dog |Cole, Babette |Picture | |

|Dumbo |Disney |Picture |M |

|East of the Sun, West of the Moon |Mayer, Mercer |Intermediate | |

|Elves & the Shoemaker, The |Kincaid, Eric |Picture |M, L |

| |Grimm Brothers | | |

|Enchanted Sticks |Myers, Steven |Intermediate | |

|Fish Is Fish |Lionni, Leo |Picture |M, L |

|Fisherman and His Wife |Hubbard, Eleanor |Intermediate |M |

|Flunking of Joshua Bates |Shreve, Susan |Intermediate |M |

|Four Valentines in a Rainstorm |Bond, Felicia |Picture |M |

|Freckle Juice |Blume, Judy |Picture |M |

|Frog and Toad Are Friends |Lobel, Arnold |Picture |M, L |

|Gift of the Magi, The |Henry, O |Intermediate |M |

|Giving Tree, The |Silverstein, Shel |Picture |C, M |

|Goldfish, The |Silverstein, Shel |Picture |M |

|Happy Lion & the Bear |Fatio, Louise |Picture | |

|Happy Lion, The |Fatio, Louise |Picture | |

|Harriet Tubman |Carter, Polly; Elish, Dan; Ferris,|Intermediate |M |

| |Jeri | | |

|Horton Hears a Who |Dr. Seuss |Picture |C, M |

|Hubert's Hair-Raising Adventure |Peet, Bill |Picture | |

|Hundred Dresses |Slobodkin, Louis |Intermediate |M, L |

|I Have a Dream |Davidson, Margaret |Intermediate |M |

|Indian In the Cupboard |Banks, Lynne |Intermediate |M, L |

|Invisible Child |Paterson, Katherine |Intermediate | |

|Jack and the Beanstalk |various authors |Picture |M, L |

|Jack Tales |Haley, Jack |Picture | |

|Juma and the Magic Jinn |Anderson, Joy |Intermediate | |

|King of the Birds |Climo, Shirley |Intermediate |M |

|Knots on a Counting Rope |Martin, Bill |Picture |C, M, L |

|Leo the Late Bloomer |Kraus, Robert |Picture | |

|Likely Place |Fox, Paula |Picture | |

|Lion and the Rat, The |Wildsmith, Brian |Picture |L |

|Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, The |Lewis, C.S. |Intermediate |L, M |

|A Little Black Pony |Farley, Walter |Picture | |

|Little Engine That Could, The |Piper, Watty |Picture |M |

|Little House |Wilder, Laura |Picture |M, L |

|Little House in the Big Woods |Wilder, Laura |Intermediate |M |

|Love You Forever |Munsch, Robert |Picture |M |

|Luke Was There |Clymer, Eleanor |Intermediate | |

|Make Way for Ducklings |McCloskey, Robert |Picture | |

|Maurice's Room |Fox, Paula |Intermediate | |

|Meet Felicity |Tripp, Valerie |Intermediate |M |

|Mike Mulligan & His Steam Shovel |Burton, Virginia |Picture |M |

|Miss Tizzy |Gray, Libba Moore |Picture |M |

|Mitten Tree |Christiansen, Candace |Picture |C |

|More Random Acts |Editors of Conari Press | |C |

|Mouse Bride |Cowley, Joy |Picture | |

|Mr. Katz and Tush |Polacco, Patricia |Picture | |

|Mufaro's Beautiful Daughter |Steptoe, John |Picture/Intermediate |C |

|My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the |Reyher, Becky |Picture | |

|World | | | |

|My Side of the Mountain |George, Jean |Intermediate |M, L |

|Nail Soup |Maddern, Eric |Picture | |

|Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs |dePaola, Tomi |Picture |M |

|Nettie Jo's Friends |McKissack |Picture |M |

|Nightengale |LeGallienne, Eve |Intermediate |M |

|Now One Foot, Now the Other |de Paola, Tomi |Picture |C |

|Number the Stars |Lowry, Lois |Intermediate |M, L |

|Oh, Were They Ever Happy |Spier, Peter |Picture | |

|Old Henry |Blos, Joan W. |Picture |C, M |

|Oliver Button is A Sissy |dePaola, Tomi |Picture |C, M |

|One Fine Day |Hogrogian, Nonny |Picture |M |

|Paddle to the Sea |Holling, C. |Intermediate | |

|Pandora's Box |Marzollo, Jean |Intermediate |M |

|Patchwork Quilt, The |Flournoy, Valerie |Picture |M |

|Patrick's Dinosaurs |Carrick, Carol |Picture | |

|Peach & Blue |Kilborne, Sarah |Intermediate |C |

|Pearson, the Harbor Seal Pup |Meyeres, Susan |Intermediate | |

|Petunia, I Love You |Duvoisin, Roger |Picture | |

|Phillip Hall Like Me, I Reckon Maybe |Green, Bette |Intermediate |L |

|Pink and Say |Polacco, Patricia |Intermediate |C, M, L |

|Pippi Longstocking |Lamborn, F. |Intermediate |M, L |

|Pocket For Corduroy |Freeman, Don |Picture |M |

|Quilt Story, The |Johnston, Tony |Picture |M |

|Rabbit Hill |Lawson, Robert |Intermediate |M |

|Rainbow Fish |Pfister, Marcus |Picture |C |

|Rainbow Fish to the Rescue |Pfister, Marcus |Picture Book |C, M |

|Red Balloon, The |Lamorisse, Albert |Intermediate | |

|Rosie and Michael |Viorst, Judith |Picture |M |

|Rough-Faced Girl |Martin, Rafe |Intermediate |C, M |

|Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine |Ness, Evaline |Picture |M |

|Sootface: An Ojibwa Cinderella Story |San Souci, Robert |Picture | |

|Sara, Plain and Tall |MacLachlan |Intermediate |M, L |

|Secret Garden |Burnett, F. |Intermediate |M |

|Serpent |Dixon, Franklin |Intermediate |M |

|Sign of the Beaver |Speare, Elizabeth |Intermediate |M, L |

|Snowman, The |Briggs, Raymond |Intermediate |M |

|Sounder |Armstrong, William |Intermediate | |

|Stone Soup |Brown, Marcia |Picture |L, M |

|Story of Dr. Doolittle |Lofting, Hush |Intermediate | |

|Story of Ferdinand, The |Leaf, Munro |Intermediate |C, M |

|Stuart Little |White, E.B. |Intermediate |M, L |

|Summer of the Monkeys | |Intermediate |VIDEO |

|Swimmy |Lionni, Leo |Picture |C, M |

|Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing |Blume, Judy |Intermediate |M, L |

|Talking Eggs: A Folktale From the American South|San Souci, Robert |Picture |M, L |

|Taste of Blackberries, A |Smith, Doris |Intermediate |M, L |

|The Tenth Good Thing About Barney |Viorst, Judith |Picture |M |

|Through Grandpa's Eyes |MacLachlan, Patricia |Intermediate |C, M |

|Trouble River |Byars, Betsy |Intermediate |M |

|Trumpet of the Swan |White, E.B. |Intermediate |L |

|Twenty and Ten |Bishop, Clair |Intermediate |M |

|Ugly Duckling |Andersen, Hans Christian |Picture/Intermediate |L, M |

|Velveteen Rabbit |Bianco, M. |Picture |M, L |

|Wanda's Roses |Brisson, Pat |Picture |M |

|Wednesday Surprise, The |Bunting, Eve |Picture |M |

|What the Neighbors Did |Pearce, Philippa |Intermediate | |

|Where the Red Fern Grows |Rawls, Wilson |Intermediate |M, L |

|Where the Sidewalk Ends |Silverstein, Shel |Intermediate | |

|Whipping Boy, The |Fleischman, Sid |Intermediate |M, L |

|Wilfrid Gordon |Fox, Mem |Picture/Intermediate |C, M |

|Winnie the Pooh |Shepard, Ernest |Intermediate |M |

|Witch of Blackbird Pond, The |Speare, Elizabeth |Intermediate |M |

|Wolf’s Chicken Stew, The |Kasza, Keiko |Picture | |

|Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree, The |Houston, Gloria |Picture |M |

January Book List: Justice and Fairness

|Book Title |Author |Type of book |Location |

|Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, |Viorst, Judith |Picture |M, L |

|Very Bad Day | | | |

|Alexander Who Used to Be Rich |Viorst, Judith |Picture |C, M |

|Amazing Grace |Hoffman, Mary |Picture |M |

|Baseball Saved Us |Mochizuki, Ken |Picture |C, M |

|Beezus and Ramona |Cleary, Beverly |Intermediate |M |

|Best Friends |Kellogg, Steven |Picture |L |

|Bracelet, The |Uchida, Yoshiko |Intermediate/Picture |M |

|Charlotte’s Web |White, E.B. |Intermediate |M, L |

|Cow of No Color |Jaffe, Nina |Picture |C, M |

|Doorbell Rang, The |Hutchins, Pat |Picture |C, M |

|Everett Anderson’s Friend |Clifton, Lucille |Picture |C, M |

|Fair is Fair |Creeden, Sharon |Intermediate |C |

|Fly Away Home |Bunting, Eve |Picture |M |

|Fox Tale |Abolafia, Yossi |Picture | |

|Gold Cadillac, The |Taylor, Mildred |Intermediate |M |

|Greedy Python, The |Buckley, Richard and Eric Carle |Picture |C |

|Hundred Dresses, The |Estes, Eleanor |Intermediate |M, L |

|It’s My Turn |Bedford and Field |? |C |

|It’s Not Fair |??? |? |C |

|Jamaica Tag-Along |Haville, Juanita |Picture |C, M |

|Little Red Hen, The |Galdone, Paul (other various |Picture |M, L |

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|Martin Luther King |Bray, Rosemary |Intermediate | |

|Minty; A Story of Young Harriet Tubman |Schroeder, Alan |Picture |C |

|Miss Spider’s Tea Party |Kirk, David |Picture |C, M |

|Mississippi Bridge |Taylor, Mildred |Intermediate | |

|No Fair |Holtzman, Carolyn |Picture | |

|Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade |DeClements, Barthe |Intermediate | |

|Number the Stars |Lowery, Lois |Intermediate |M, L |

|Picture Book of Anne Frank |Adler, David |Picture |C |

|Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. |Adler, David |Picture |C |

|Picture Book of Sojourner Truth, A |Adler, David |Picture |C |

|Rosa Parks: Fight for Freedom |Brandt, Keith |Intermediate | |

|Rosa Parks: First Biography |Parks, Rosa |Intermediate |C |

|Rough-Face Girl, The |Martin, Rafe |Intermediate |C, M |

|Sneeches, The |Dr. Seuss |Picture |C |

|Sound the Jubilee |Forrester, Sandra |Intermediate | |

|Sounder |Armstrong, William |Intermediate |M, L |

|Story of Ruby Bridges, The |Coles, Robert |Intermediate |M |

|Thurgood Marshall and Equal Rights |Cavan, Scamus |Intermediate | |

|Teammates |Golenbock, Peter |Picture |C, M |

|True Francine |Brown, Marc |Picture |M |

|Wish Giver, The |Brittain, Bill |Intermediate |M |

February Book List: Citizenship

|Book Title |Author |Type of book |Location |

|America Is |Goble, Paul |Intermediate |M |

|Arthur Meets the President |Brown, Marc |Picture |C, M |

|Ballot Box Battle |McCully, Emily |Intermediate |C, M |

|Blue and the Gray, The |Bunting, Eve |Picture |C, M |

|Blue Willow |Gates, Dorie |Intermediate | |

|Boy Who Cried Wolf, The |Hartman, Bob |Picture |M |

|By the Dawn's Early Light |Kroll, Steve |Picture |C |

|City Green |Disalvo-Ryan, Dyanne |Picture | |

|City Mouse and Country Mouse |Williams, Rozanne |Picture |L |

|Clifford At the Circus |Bridwell, Norman |Picture |M |

|Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs |Barrett, Judi |Picture |M, L |

|Constitution |various authors |Intermediate |M |

|Day Gogo Went to Vote, The |Sisulu, Elinor Batezat |Picture | |

|Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue With Today's Youth |Parks, Rosa with Gregory J. Reed |Intermediate | |

|Declaration of Independence |various authors |Intermediate |M, L |

|Digging up Dinosaurs | | | |

|Dinosaurs to the Rescue |Brown, Laurie |Intermediate |C |

|Flying With the Eagle, Racing the Great Bear |Bruchac, Joseph |Picture | |

|Frederick |Lionni, Leo |Picture |M |

|Friends |Isadora, Rachel |Picture |M |

|Gettysburg Address |Richards, K.; Fritz, J |Intermediate |M |

|Grandfather's Journey |Say, Allen |Picture |M |

|Happy Lion and the Bear, The |Fatio, Louise |Picture | |

|Harriet Tubman |various authors |Intermediate/Picture |M |

|Hawk, I'm Your Brother |Baylor, Byrd |Intermediate/Picture |M |

|Henny Penny |Galdone, Paul |Picture |M, L |

| |Wattenberg, Jane | | |

|Hill of Fire |Lewis, Thomas |Picture |M |

|Hole in the Dike |Green, Norma |Picture | |

|How the Camel Got His Hump |Audio Cassette | |M |

| |Ask the staff | | |

|Hundred Dresses |Slobodkin, Louis |Intermediate |M, L |

|I Am America |Smith, Charles |Intermediate |C |

|I Am Rosa Parks |Parks, Rosa with Jim Haskins |Picture |M |

|In America |Moss, Marissa |Picture | |

|In the Year of the Boar and |Lord, Bette Bao |Intermediate |M |

|Jackie Robinson | | | |

|It Takes a Village |Cowen-Fletcher, Jane |Picture |M |

|John Henry |Lester, Julius |Picture |C, L |

|Johnny Applesdeed |Linbergh, Reeve |Picture |M |

|Juneteenth Jamborbee |Weatherford, Carole |Picture | |

|King of the Birds |Climo, Shirley |Intermediate |M |

|Legend of the Bluebonnet |dePaola, Tomi |Intermediate |M |

|Light Your Candle |Sommer, Carl |Intermediate |C |

|Lily and Miss Liberty |Stevens, Carla |Intermediate/Picture | |

|Little Red Lighthouse & the Great Grey Bridge |Swift, H. |Picture | |

|Little Runner of the Longhouse |Baker, Betty |Picture |M |

|Mayor For a Day |Sommer, Carl |Picture |C |

|Miss Rumphius |Cooney, Barbara |Intermediate |C, M, L |

|Molly's Pilgrim |Cohen, Barbara |Intermediate |M |

|Mountain Jack Tales |Haley, Gail |Intermediate |M |

|Number the Stars |Lowry, Lois |Intermediate |M, L |

|Old Henry |Blos, John |Picture |M |

|Phillip Hall Likes Me, Maybe |Greene, Bette |Intermediate |M, L |

|Pink and Say |Polacco, Patricia |Picture |M, L |

|Proud Rooster & Little Hen |Sommer, Carl |Picture |C |

|Rabbit Hill |Lawson, Robert |Intermediate |M |

|Red Balloon, The |Lamorisse, Albert |Picture | |

|Redwall (Several books in series) |Jacques, Brian |Intermediate |M |

|River Ran Wild, A |Cherry, Lynne |Picture |M |

|Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry |Taylor, Mildred |Intermediate |M, L |

|Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott |Celsi, Teresa |Intermediate | |

|Ruby Mae Has Something to Say |Small, David |Picture | |

|Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes |Coerr, E. |Picture |C, L |

|Swimmy |Lionni, Leo |Picture |M |

|Toliver's Secret |Brady, Esther Wood |Intermediate | |

|Ugly Duckling |Anderson, Hans Christian; Kincaid,|Intermediate |M, L |

| |Lucy | | |

|Very Important Day, A |Herold, Maggie |Picture |C, M |

|Vote For Me |Hall, Kristen |Picture |C |

|Wall, The |Bunting, Eve |Picture |M |

|Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears |Aardema, Verna |Intermediate |M |

|Witch of Blackbird Pond, The |Speare, Elizabeth |Intermediate |M |

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March Book List: Courage

|Book Title |Author |Type of book |Location |

|Big Wave, The |Buck, Pearl |Intermediate |M C |

|Boy Who Held Back the Sea |Hort, Lenny |Picture |M C |

|Brave Irene |Steig, William |Picture |C |

|Bravest Dog Ever, The True Story of Balto |Staniford, Natalie |Picture |M C |

|Brave as a Mountain |Scott, Ann H. |Picture |M C |

|Castle in the Attic |Winthrop, Elizabeth |Intermediate |M |

|Cay, The |Taylor, Theodore |Intermediate |M |

|Chicken Soup for Kids, Stories of Courage | |Picture/Intermediate |C |

|Children’s Book of Heroes, The |Bennett, William |Picture |C |

|Children’s Book of Virtues |Bennett, William |Picture |M C |

|Cowardly Clyde |Peet, Bill |Picture |M |

|Dogzilla |Pilkey, Dav |Picture |C |

|Empty Pot, The |Demi |Picture |C |

|Hallo-Wiener, The |Pilkey, Dav |Picture | |

|Hide and See |Vos, Ida |Intermediate | |

|Hole in the Dike |Green, Norma |Picture | |

|Ira Sleeps Over |Waber, Bernard |Picture |C |

|In With a Splash |Sapp, Karen & Rachel Elliot |Picture |C |

|Julie of the Wolves |George, Jean Craighead |Intermediate |M |

|Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express |Wetterer, Margaret |Picture |M C |

|Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie |Roop, Peter & Connie |Picture |M |

|Kids with Courage |Lewis, Barbara | |C |

|Little Polar Bear and the Brave Little Hare |De Beer, Hans |Picture |M |

|Oliver Button is a Sissy |DePaola, Tomie |Picture |M |

|On My Honor |Bauer, Marian Dane |Intermediate |M |

|One of the Third Grade Thonkers |Naylor, Phyllis |Intermediate |M |

|Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman |Schroeder, Alan |Picture |M C |

|Mirette on the High Wire |McCully, Emily |Picture |M |

|Number the Stars |Lowry, Lois |Intermediate |M |

|Pepito the Brave |Beck, Scott |Picture |C |

|Rainbow Fish to the Rescue |Pfister, Marcus |Picture |C |

|Saint George and the Dragon |Margaret Hodges |Picture |C |

|Secret of the Peaceful Warrior |Millman, Dan |Picture |C |

|Sheila Rae, The Brave |Henkes, Kevin |Picture |M |

|Sign of the Beaver, The |Speare, Elizabeth |Intermediate |M |

|Snow Treasure |McSwigan, Marie |Intermediate | |

|Storm in the Night |Stolz, Mary |Intermediate |M |

|Story of Ruby Bridges, The |Coles, Robert |Intermediate |M |

|Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt |Hopkinson, Deborah |Picture |M |

|Swimmy |Lionni, Leo |Picture | M C |

|There’s a Monster Under My Bed |Howe, James |Picture |C |

|Thunder cakes |Polacco, Patricia |Picture |C, M |

|Zlata’s Diary |Filipovic, Zlata |Intermediate | |

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April Book List: Perseverance

|Book Title |Author |Type of book |Location |

|A Chair for My Mother |Williams, Vera |Picture |M, C |

|Addy Saves the Day |Porter, Connie Rose |Picture |C |

|Amazing Grace |Hoffman, Mary |Picture |M, C |

|Are You My Mother |Eastman, P. D. |Picture |M, C |

|Art Lesson, The |De Paola, Tomie |Picture |M |

|Barn, The |Avi |Intermediate | |

|Carrot Seed |Krauss, Ruth |Picture |C, M |

|Coat of Many Colors |Parton, Dolly |Picture |C |

|Eleanor |Cooney, Barbara |Picture | |

|Ella Enchanted |Levine, Gail Carson |Intermediate |M |

|Esperanza Rising |Ryan, Pam Munoz |Intermediate |M |

|First Woman Dr., Elizabeth Blackwell, The |Baker, Rachel |Picture |M |

|Flossie and the Fox |McKissak, Patricia |Picture |M, C |

|Fly, Eagle, Fly |TuTu, Desmond |Intermediate |C |

|Horton Hatches the Egg |Dr. Seuss |Picture |M, C |

|I Have a Dream |King, Martin Luther, Jr |Picture |C |

|I Knew You Could |Dorfman, Craig |Picture |C |

|In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson |Lord, Bette |Intermediate |M |

|Itsy Bitsy Spider |Trapani, Iza |Picture |M, C |

|John Henry |Lester, Julius |Intermediate |M |

|Leon’s Story |Tillage, Leon |Picture/Intermediate | |

|Lily and Miss Liberty |Stevens, Carla |Intermediate | |

|Little Engine That Could, The |Piper, Watty |Intermediate |M, C, SSS |

|More than Anything Else |Bradby, Marie |Picture |C |

|Patchwork Quilt, The |Flournoy, Valerie |Intermediate |M |

|Princesses are Not Quitters |Lum, Kate |Picture |C |

|Robinson Crusoe |Defoe, Daniel |Intermediate |M |

|Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry |Taylor, Mildred |Intermediate |M |

|Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott |Celsi, Teresa |Intermediate | |

|Sing Down the Moon |O’Dell, Scott |Intermediate |M |

|Stone Fox |Gardiner, John Reynolds |Intermediate |M |

|Story of Ruby Bridges, The |Coles, Robert |Intermediate |M |

|Tortoise and the Hare, The |Stevens, Janet |Picture |M, C |

|Turnip, The |de La Mare, Walter |Picture |C |

|Turtle’s Race with Beaver |Bruchac, Joseph |Picture |C |

|Uncle Jed’s Barbershop |Mitchell, Margaree King |Picture |M |

|Very Busy Spider, The |Carle, Eric |Picture |C, M |

|Wanda’s Roses |Brisson, Pat |Picture |C, M |

|Wilma Unlimited |Krull, Kathryn |Intermediate |C, M |

May Book List: Hope

Location Codes:

M = BWE media center; C = character education library (located in media center); L = BWE literacy lab; SSS = Danusis’ personal library; N/A = not located at BWE.

|Book Title |Author |Type of book |Location |

|A Chair for My Mother |Williams, Vera |Picture |M, C |

|Chicken Soup for the Soul Stories of Hope |Canfield, Jack |Picture/ |C |

| | |Intermediate | |

|Harvesting Hope – The Story of Cesar Chavez |Krull, Kathleen |Picture |C, M |

|I Hope You Dance |Sanders, Mark |Picture |C |

|I Knew You Could |Dorfman, Craig | | |

|Owl Moon |Yolen, Jane |Picture |C |

|September 12; We Knew Everything Would Be Alright |2nd grade students from Missouri |Picture |*** |

|Song of the Swallows |Politi, Leo |Picture |M, C |

|Star of Fear, Star of Hope |Hoestlandt, Jo |Picture |C |

|Thank you, Mr. Falker |Polacco, Patricia |Picture | |

|Tree of Hope |Littlesugar, Amy |Picture |C |

|Winter’s Gift |Donovan, Jane Monroe |Picture | |

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