“People of
Character”... Recommended
Children's Book List
Kindness/Friendship
“Now
One Foot, Now the Other” by Tomie de Paola
“Special People (Who Care)” by Rachel Letch
“The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein
“The Rainbow Fish” by Marcus Pfister
“The Selfish Giant” by Oscar Wilde
Problem Solving
“The Little Engine
That Could” by Watty Piper, George Haumann
and Doris Haumann
“Swimmy” by Leo Lionni
“Anansi the Spider” by Gerald McDermont
“Corduroy” by Don Freeman
Honesty
“A
Big Fat Enormous Lie” by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
“Anteater on the Stairs” by Peter Coltrill
“Believing Sophie” by H.J. Hutchens
“Honest Tulio” by John Himmelman
“Lleonard, the Llama that Lied” by Susan Cameron
“Nina, Nina, Star Ballerina” by Jane O’Conner
“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” by Tony Ross
Respect/Helping Others
“Badger’s Bring Something Party” by Hiawyn Oram
“Big, Bad Bruce” by Bill Peet
“I Like Me!” by Nancy Carlson
“Kylie’s Song” by Patty Sheehan
“My Way Sally” by Penelope Paine
“The Great Kapok Tree” by Lynne Cherry
“The Ugly Duckling” by Hans Christian Andersen
Teamwork/Responsibility
“Airmail to the Moon” by Tom Birdseye
“Arthur’s Computer Disaster” by Marc Brown
“Dogger” by Shirley Hughes
“It’s Up to You, Griffin” by Susan T. Pickford and Mary
Dunn Ramsey
“The Berenstain Bears and the Blame Game” by Stan and
Jan Berenstain
“The Little Red Hen” by Paul Galdone |
