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Book List for Character Education Created for the Hamilton City Schools District

Kindergarten - 6th Grade


Responsibility

Picture Books
Miss Rumphius, Barbara Cooney
The Berenstain Bears Trouble With Pets, Stan and Jan Berenstain
The Berenstain Bears Don't Pollute, Stan and Jan Berenstain
Prince William, Gloria Rand
Pigsty, Mark Teague
The Lorax, Dr. Seuss
Wump World, Bill Peet
Horton Hatches the Egg
, Dr. Seuss
Arthur Babysits, Marc Brown
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, Kevin Henkes
Earth and I , Frank Asch
Just a Dream, Chris Van Allsburg
Clean Your room, Harvey Moon, Pat Cummings
Wanda's Roses, Pat Brisson
The Berenstain Bears and the Blame Game, Stan and Jan Berenstain
The Great Kapok Tree, Lynne Cherry

Fiction
The Night Swimmers, Betsy Byars
Marvin Redpost: Alone in His Teacher's House, Louis Sachar
And Still the Turtle Watched, Sheila Macgill
One Small Dog, Johanna Hurwitz (LPL has book on CD only)
Across Five Aprils, Irene Hunt
My Friend Flicka, Mary O'Hara
A Horse Like Barney, Jessie Haas

Non-Fiction
Chattanooga Sludge, Molly Bang
And Then There Was One, Margery Flacklam
A River Ran Wild, Lynne Cherry
Welcome to the Greenhouse, Jane Yolen

Honesty

Picture Books
The Berenstain Bears and the Truth, Stan and Jan Berenstain
Tyrone, the Double Dirty Rotten Cheater, Hans Wilhelm
A Day's Work, Eve Bunting
Papa Gatto, An Italian Fairy Tale, Ruth Sanderson
Arthur and the True Francine, Marc Brown
Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears, Verna Aardema
The Boy who Cried Wolf, Aesop
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Judith Viorst
The Judge, An Untrue Tale, Harve Zemach
Leprechauns Never Lie, Lorna Balian
Strega Nona Meets Her Match, Tomie DePaola
The True Story of The Three Pigs By a Wolf, Jon Scieszka
The Principal's New Clothes, Stephanie Calmenson
The Emperor's New Clothes, H.C. Andersen
Clever Tom and the Leprechaun, Linda Shute
The Boy who Cried Wolf, B.G. Hennessy
The Empty Pot, Demi

Fiction
Fancy Feet, Patricia Reilly Giff
Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook, Barbara Park
The Adventures of Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi
The Ring of Truth: An Original Irish Tale, Teresa Bateman
Skull of Truth, Bruce Coville
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire, Gordon Korman
Matilda Who Told Lies and Was Burned to Death, Hilaire Belloc
Undercover Tailback, Matt Christopher
Trumpet of the Swan, E.B. White
Your Move J.P.!, Lois, Lowry
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Judy Blume


Caring/Compassion

Picture Books
Wanda's Roses, Pat Brisson
What Mary Jo Shared, Janice Udry
Leo the Late Bloomer, Robert Kraus
Best Friends, Steven Kellogg
I Like Me, Nancy Carlson
The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein
William's Doll, Charlotte Zolotow
Harvey Slumfenburger's Christmas Present, John Burningham
The Lorax, Dr. Seuss
George and Martha, George Marshall
The Relatives Came, Cynthia Rylant
The Tin Heart, Karen Ackerman
So Far From the Sea, Eve Bunting
A Chair for my Mother, Vera Williams
Seneca, Karen Baker
Frog and Toad (Series), Arnold Lobel
Julius, Angela Johnson
Turtle Bay, Saviour Pirotta
Courtney, John Burningham
Wump World, Bill Pete
Corduroy, Don Freeman
Silver Packages, Cynthia Rylant
Smoky Night, Eve Bunting
The Wall, Eve Bunting

Fiction
Charlotte's Web, E.B. White
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Judy Blume
Mr. Popper's Penguins, Richard Atwater
Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbit
A Horse Like Barney, Jessie Haas
The Velveteen Rabbit, Margery Williams Bianco
Old Yeller, Fred Gipson
Shiloh, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Ramona Quimby, Age 8, Beverly Cleary
Stone Fox, John Reynolds Gardnier
Dear Mr. Henshaw, Beverly Cleary
The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Beverly Cleary
Caddie Woodlawn, Carol Ryrie Brink
Stuart Little, E.B. White
The Whipping Boy, Sid Fleischmen
The Bear's House, Marilyn Sachs
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, Eleanor Coerr
Number the Stars, Lois Lowry
The Yearling, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, E.L. Konigsburg


Tolerance/Patience

Picture Books
People, Peter Spier
Seven Kisses in a Row, Patricia MacLachlan
Together in Pinecone Patch, Thomas Yerzerski
Lucy Comes to Stay, Rosemary Wells
Great Aunt Martha, Rebecca Jones
The Relatives Came, Cynthia Rylant
Working Cotton, Sherley, Williams
Smoky Night, Eve Bunting
Ragtime Tumpie, Alan Schroeder
Pink and Say, Patricia Polacco
Yo! Yes? Christopher Raschka
Sami and the Time of Troubles, Florence Heide
Leo the Late Bloomer, Robert Kraus
Grandma's Cat, Helen Kettleman
Dream Wolf, Paul Goble
Abuela, Arthur Dorros
Tar Beach, Faith Ringgold
Mrs. Katz and Tush, Patricia Polacco
Baseball Saved Us, Ken Mochizuki
Heroes, Ken Mochizuki
Oliver Button is a Sissy, Tomie DePaola
William's Doll, Charlotte Zolotow

Fiction
Letters from a Slave Girl, Mary Lyons
The Diary of a Young Girl, Ann Frank
Zlata's Diary, Zlata Filipovic
Julie of the Wolves, Jean Craighead George
Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O'Dell
Knots on a Counting Rope, Bill Martin
The Bear's House, Marilyn Sachs
My Name is Brain Brian, Jeanne Betancourt

Non-Fiction
Seven Brave Women, Betsy Hearne
In the Beginning: Creation Myths From Around the World, Virginia Hamilton
Many Thousand Gone: African Americans From Slavery to Freedom, Virginia Hamilton
Echoes of the Elders: The Stories and Paintings of Chief Lelooska

Multi-cultural Titles
Chato's Kitchen, Gary Soto
The American Wei, Marion Pomeranc
Too Many Tamales, Gary Soto
So Far From the Sea, Eve Bunting
The Reindeer People, Ted Lewin
The Storytellers, Ted Lewin
Dinner at Aunt Connie's House, Faith Ringgold
Tortillas and Lullabies, Lynn Reiser
Journey Home, Lawrence McKay
The Face at the Window, Regina Hanson
Sky Sash So Blue, Elizabeth Hathorn
Secret Signs, Anita Riggio
From Slave Ship to Freedom Road, Julius Lester


RESPECT (MULTIPLE SUBCATEGORIES)

Respect/Courtesy

Picture Books
ABC, I Like Me, Nancy Carlson
Manners, Aliki
Perfect Pigs, Marc Brown
What Do You Say Dear? Sesyle Joslin
Enora and the Black Crane, Arone Meeks
The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate, Janice Cohn
Mrs. Katz and Tush, Patricia Polacco
Frederick, Leo Lionni
Monster Manners, Bethany Roberts
The Tin Heart, Karen Ackerman
Ferdinand, Munro Leaf
Night Visitors, Ed Young
The Berenstain Bears Forget their Manners, Stan & Jan Berenstain
Clifford's Manners, Norman Bridwell
Great Aunt Martha, Rebecca Jones
Ronald Morgan Goes to Camp, Patricia Reilly Giff
A Chair for my Mother, Vera Williams
Leo the Late Bloomer, Robert Kraus
Little Louie the Baby Bloomer, Robert Kraus
The Biggest Bear, Lynd Ward

Biography
A Picture Book of Rosa Parks, David Adler
The Story of Ruby Bridges, Robert Coles
Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, Jean Marzollo



Respect for the Environment
The Earth and I, Frank Asch
Brother Eagle Sister Sky, Chief Seattle
And Still the Turtle Watched, Sheila MacGill-Callahan
A River Ran Wild, Lynne Cherry
The Condor's Egg, Jonathan London
Turtle Bay, Saviour Pirotta
Owl Moon, Jane Yolen
Miss Rumphius, Barbara Cooney
The Lorax, Dr. Seuss
My Father Doesn't Know About the Woods and Me, Dennis Haseley
A Tree is Nice, Janice Udry



Respect for Friends
George and Martha, James Marshall
The Tin Heart, Karen Ackerman
Matilda the Moocher, Diana Bluthenthal
Thank You Jackie Robinson, Barbara Cohen



Respect for Individual/Cultural Differences

How My Parents Learned to Eat, Ina Friedman
Zlata's Diary, Zlata Filipovich
Teammates, Peter Golenblock
The Bat Boy and His Violin, Gavin Curtis
Many Thousand Gone: African-Americans from Slavery to Freedom, Virginia Hamilton



Respect for Physical Handicaps
Moses Goes to a Concert, Isaac Millman
Mom can't See Me, Sally Alexander
Knots on a Counting Rope, Bill Martin



Respect for Traditions
The Quilt Story, Tony Johnston
The Keeping Quilt, Patricia Polacco
Baseball Saved Us, Ken Mochizuki

Fiction
The Watsons go to Birmingham, Christopher Paul Curtis
The Bear's House, Marilyn Sachs
Blubber, Judy Blume
Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade, Barthe DeClements
Charlotte's Web, E.B. White
Ramona Quimby, Age 8, Beverly Cleary
When I was Nine, James Stevenson
Freak the Mighty, W.R. Philbrick
Olympic Dream, Matt Christopher
Ramona and her Mother, Beverly Cleary
The Hundred Dresses, Eleanor Estes
The War with Grandpa, Robert Kimmel Smith
The Wish Giver, Bill Brittain
The Trouble with Tuck, Theodore Taylor
Summer of the Swans, Betsy Byars
Dear Mr. Henshaw, Beverly Cleary
My Name is Brain Brian, Jeanne Betancourt
The Sign of the Beaver, Elizabeth Speare
Thank you Jackie Robinson, Barbara Cohen
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, Jack Gantos
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Mildred Taylor



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