Babbitt, Natalie. (1975).
Tuck Everlasting. NY: Harper Collins.
A family knows of a spring whose
water makes them live forever. A young girl stumbles on to their secret
and she has to decide if she wants to live forever with them. Also a
villain finds out about it and wants to sell the water. The family has to
decided what to do about it. This book would be great as a read aloud to
discuss choices and responsibility. There is plenty of
opportunity
for class prediction and discussion.
Bradfield, Jolly Roger.
(1967). Pickle-Chiffon Pie. NY: Rand MacNally.
Three princes are given the quest to come back with the most magnificent
unusual creature in-order to win a princesses hand in marriage. One prince
returns with nothing because he was to kind to interrupt another creature's life
for his gain. He wins the princess's hand.
Buehner, Caralyn.
Fannies Dream. Illustrated by Mark Buehner.
A farm girl has
dreams of marrying someone rich and powerful. She wishes for her Fairy God
Mother, but she doesn't come right away. She ends up marrying a farmer
like herself. Many years and a few children later her Fairy God Mother
shows up to help her get a rich and powerful man, but she decides that she is
happy. This book would be good for discussing choices, consequences, and
responsibilities.
Cannon, J. (2000).
Crickwing. NY: Harcourt Brace.
This book is about a
cricket who is different from the others. He leaves the other crickets and
he finds some ants to bully around. Crickwing eventually sees his error in
teasing the ants and he ends up saving the ant colony from
destruction.
Cannon, J. (1993).
Stellaluna. NY:Harcourt Brace.
This book is about a bat
that gets separated from her mother when she is little. She ends up being
raised by a bird. She discovers that she is different from the birds. She
eventually finds her mother, but she remains friends with the bird despite their
differences.
Cannon, J. (1996).
Verdi. NY: Harcourt Brace.
This book is about a young yellow snake
that is afraid to grow up and turn green. All of the big green snakes he
knows are boring and he doesn't want to be like that. Well, he eventually
turns green, but he realizes that he can still be himself.
Cole, J. (1985). Monster
Manners. NY: Scholastic Inc.
This book is about Rosie, a monster with
good manners. Through out the book it shows how her manners differ from
the manners of the other monsters.
Fergson, Don. (1983).
Safety First, Disney Discovery Series. LA: Walt Disney
Company.
Disney Characters talk about being safe in everyday situations such
as crossing the street. It would be great for self respect.
Fleming, Virginia. (1983).
Be Good to Eddie Lee. NY: School & Library Binding.
A boy
with Downs Syndrome wants to play with two kids. They try to ditch him,
but he just keeps showing up. He ends up showing them where some frog eggs
are and they think he's alright after that. It would be great to show
tolerance for differences.
Fleishcman, Paul. (1999).
Weslandia. NY: Scholastic Inc.
A boy that is always being made fun of
ends up creating his own culture in his back yard. He weaves his own
clothes and even has his own system of counting. This book would be good
to use in a self respect section.
Flieschman, Sid.
(1986). The Whipping Boy. Greenwillow Books.
A small boy lives
in a castle with a royal family. It is against the law to whip royalty so
every time the prince misbehaves the whipping boy takes the punishment, and the
prince misbehaves all the time. The two end up leaving the castle and
being kidnapped. The whipping boy gets the chance to escape but helps the
rotten prince instead. At the end they become friends.
Fox,
M. (1997). Whoever You Are. San Diego: Harcourt Brace.
This book
celebrates the similiarities and differences between people all over the
world
Henkes. K. (1991).
Chrysanthemum. NY: Greenwillow Press.
This book is about a mouse that
loves her name, until she starts to go to school and is made fun of. Her
parents try to help her feel good about her self, but the effects are short
lived. Her music teacher eventually help her to feel better about herself
by saying that she was named after a flower too.
Howes, J. (1987). I wish I
were a Butterfly. NY: Gulliver.
This book is about a cricket who thinks
that he is ugly, so he want to become a butterfly. He was told he was ugly
so he believes it, until a wise spider friend helps him realize he is not
ugly.
Johnson, A. (1977). The
Value of Respect: the story of Abraham Lincoln. Grolier Enterprises.
This
book is about how respect helped Abraham Lincoln become the good person that he
was.
Lucado, M. (1997). You are
Special. NY: Scholastic Inc.
This book is about Whimics who judge
each other and give each other stars or dots depending on if they thing the
other whimics are good or bad. This book is about two whimics imparticular
that learn how to keep the dots and stars from sticking to them.
Shannon, David. (1998). No
David. NY: Scholastic INC.
David's mom is always telling him no.
He obeys and at the end he finds out she still wants to hug him even though he's
messed up a few times.
Lowery, Janette. (1970).
The Poky Little Puppy. Racine, WI: Western Publishing Company.
A nosey little puppy digs holes under fences like he's not supposed
to. He ends up not getting dessert.
Suess, Dr. (1980). Did I
Ever Tell You How Lucky You are. San Francisco: Random House.
A wise old man tells a young boy about a whole bunch of unlucky people to
show him how lucky he is. This book could be used to illustrated empathy
for others.
Vollmer, D. (1988). Joshua
Disobeys. Orlando: Harcourt Brace.
This book is about a whale who
disobeys his mother and ends up getting stuck on the beach. His mother
comes and saves him by creating a big wave. Joshua learns not to disobey his
mother.