Virtues Booklist

Virtues Book List for Summer Reading

September

Respect

• Play With Me, Marie Hall (PK-K-1^st)
• Maude and Sally, Nicki Weiss (PK-K-1^st)
• The Sidewalk Patrol, Larry Dane Brimner (2^nd Grade)
• Join In and Play, Cheri Meiners (2^nd Grade)
• Respect and Take Care of Things, Cheri Meiners (2^nd Grade)
• Sarah’s Sleepover, Bobbie Rodriguez (3^rd grade)
• My Friend Jacob, Lucille Clifton (3^rd Grade)
• 100 Dresses, Eleanor Estes (3^rd Grade)
• The Children’s Treasury of Virtues – The Sermon the the Birds, retold by James Baldwin, edited by William J. Bennett (4^th Grade)
• Oma’s Quilt, Paulette Bourgeois and Stephane Jorisch (4^th Grade)
• The Kitchen Knight, retold by Margaret Hodges (5^th Grade)
• Different Just Like Me, Lori Mitchell (5^th Grade)

October

Industry

• How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms?, Jane Yolen and Mark Teague (PK – K – 1^stgrade; Virtue: Orderliness)
• Franklin is Messy, Paulette Bourgeois & Brenda Clark (PK – K – 1^st grade; Virtue: Orderliness)
• Taking Charge,  Sonia Levitin (2^nd grade; Virtue: Responsibility)
• Arthur’s Pet Business, Marc Brown (2^nd grade; Virtue: Responsibility)
• Unsinkable,  Larry Dane Brimner (3^rd grade; Virtue: Perseverance)
• Least of All,  Carol Purdy (3^rd grade; Virtue: Perseverance)
• Time Remote, Carl Sommer (4^th grade; Virtue: Industriousness)
• The Babe and I, David Adler (4^th grade; Virtue: Industriousness )
• A Picture Book of Florence Nightingale, David Adler (5^th grade; Virtue: Service)
• Johnny Appleseed, Margaret Hodges (5^th grade; Virtue: Service)

November

Optimism

• Learn the Value of Joy, Elaine P. Goley (PK-K-1^st, Joy, Wonder)
• All the Places to Love, Patricia McLaughlin (PK-K-1^st, Joy, Wonder)
• I’m Thankful Each Day, P.K. Hallinan (PK-K-1^st, Joy, Wonder)
• The Clown of God, Tomie DePaola (2^nd Grade, Cheerfulness)
• What It Means To Be a Good Sport, Nanci Prasad (2^nd Grade, Cheerfulness)
• The Luckiest Kid On the Planet, Lisa Campbell Ernst (3^rd Grade, Gratitude)
• The Elves and the Shoemaker, Paul Galdone (3^rd Grade, Gratitude)
• All for the Best, The Secret to Happiness, Hans Wilhelm (4^th Grade, Optimism)
• The Lady Who Saw the Good Side of Everything, Patricia Decker Tapio (4^th Grade, Optimism)
• A Tree for Peter, Kate Seredy (5^th Grade, Hope)
• Sarah’s Willow, Friedrich Recknagel (5^th Grade, Hope)

Thanksgiving

• One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims, B.G. Hennesy (PK)
• Thank You, Dear God, Helen Haidle (PK-K)
• Thanksgiving with Me, Margaret Willey (PK-2^nd grades)
• An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving, Louisa May Alcott (PK – K, 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rdGrades)
• How Many Days to America: A Thanksgiving Story, Eve Bunting (PK – K, 1^st , 2^ndand 3^rd Grades)
• Tattered Sails, Verla Kay (K-2^nd grades)
• Fat Chance Thanksgiving, Patricia Lakin (K-2^nd grades)
• A Thanksgiving Turkey, Julian Scheer (K-2^nd grades)
• The Thanksgiving Story, Alice Dalgleish (K-3^rd grades)
• Molly’s Pilgrim, Barbara Cohen (K-4^th grades)
• If You Were at the First Thanksgiving, Anna Kamma (2^nd – 5^th grades)
• A Pioneer Thanksgiving: A Story of Harvest Celebrations in 1841, Barbara Greenwood (3^rd – 5^th grades)
• The Landing of the Pilgrims, James Daugherty (4^th-5^th grades)
• William Bradford: Plymouth’s Faithful Pilgrim, Gary D. Schmidt (4^th-5^th grades)

December

Self-Control

• Sir Maggie the Mighty, Michael P. Waite (PK– K-1^st Obedience)
• The Grizzly Sisters, Cathy Bellows (PK-K-1^st Obedience)
• Big Thoughts for Little People, Kenneth N. Taylor (PK-K-1^st Obedience)
• Bright, Shiny Skylar, Valerie Tripp (2^nd Controlling Emotions)
• Dealing with Anger, The Conflict Resolution Library, Marianne Johnston (2^ndControlling Emotions)
• Forgiveness, Lucia Raatma (3^rd Forgiveness)
• Ivy’s Icicle, Gary Bower (3^rd Forgiveness)
• Christmas and the Old House, Mister Tom T. Hall (3^rd Forgiveness)
• Waiting for Noel – An Advent Story, Ann Dixon (4^th Patience)
• Summer Vacation, a Story About Patience, Cindy Leaney (4^th Patience)
• A New Coat for Anna, Harriet Ziefert (4^th Patience)
• A Spoon for Every Bite, Joe Hayes (5^th Moderation)
• Luba and the Wren, Patricia Polacco (5^th Moderation)

January

Justice

• Little Bunny’s Cool Tool Set, Maribeth Boelts (PK-K-1st grade; Virtue: Sharing)
• Care Bears, The Day Nobody Shared, Nancy Parent (PK-K-1st grade; Virtue: Sharing)
• Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons, Amy Krouse Rosenthal (2nd grade; Virtue: Cooperation)
• Stone Soup, Marcia Brown (2nd grade; Virtue: Cooperation)
• The Rajah’s Rice, adapted by David Barry (3rd grade; Virtue: Fairness)
• Spotty, Margret Rey (3rd grade; Virtue: Fairness))
• Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen, DiAnne DiSalva Ryan (4th grade; Virtue: Patience)
• The Eagle and the Wren, Jane Goodall (4th grade; Virtue: Teamwork)
• Ghandi, Leonard Everett Fisher (5th grade; Virtue: Justice)
• Loyola Kids Book of Heroes, Amy Welborn (5th grade; Virtue: Justice)

February

Patriotism

• A Flag For All, Larry Dane Brimner (PK– K-1^st; Patriotism)
• America by the Numbers, One Nation, Devin Scillian (PK-K-1^st; Patriotism)
• Saving the Liberty Bell, Marty Rhodes Figley (2^nd; Patriotism)
• Johnny Appleseed, Reeve Lindbergh (2^nd; Patriotism)
• The Biggest (and Best) Flag That Ever Flew, Rebecca C. Jones (3^rd; Citizenship)
• Francis Scott Key and “The Star-Spangled Banner”, Lynea Bowdish (3^rd; Citizenship)
• The Children’s Book of America, William J. Bennett (4^th; Patriotism)
• When Washington Crossed the Delaware, Lynne Cheney (4^th; Patriotism)
• George vs. George, The American Revolution as Seen from Both Sides, Rosalyn Schanzer (5^th; Patriotism)
• Our Country’s Founders, A Book of Advice for Young People, William J. Bennett (5^th; Patriotism)

March

Fortitude

• Bravery Soup, Maryann Cocca-Leffler (PK– K-1^st; Bravery)
• Brave Irene, William Steig (PK-K-1^st; Bravery)
• Bears on Hemlock Mountain, Alice Dalgliesh (2^nd; Daily Courage)
• JoJo’s Flying Side Kick, Brian Pinkney (2^nd; Daily Courage)
• Hard Times on the Prairie: adapted from the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, illus. by Renee Graef  (3^rd; Fortitude)
• Helen Keller:  Courage in the Dark, Johanna Hurwitz (3^rd; Fortitude)
• Call it Courage, Armstrong Sperry (3^rd; Fortitude)
• Mary Anning and the Sea Dragon, Jeannine Atkins (4^th; Intellectual Courage)
• Follow the Dream, The Story of Christopher Columbus, Peter Sis (4^th; Intellectual Courage)
• Joan of Arc:  the Lilymaid, Joe Hayes (5^th; Moral Courage)
• Passage to Freedom, the Sugihara Story, Ken Mochizuki (5^th; Moral Courage)

April

Sincerity

• The Water of Life, A Tale from the Brothers Grimm, by Barbara Rogasky
• The Summer My Father Was Ten, by Pat Brisson and Andrea Shine
• Value Tales: Value of Truth and Trust: Story of Cochise, by Spencer Johnson and Ann Donegan Johnson
• The Boy Who Cried Wolf, traditional
• A Day’s Work, by Eve Bunting and Ronald Himler

May

Charity

• My Most Favorite Thing, Nicola Moon (PK– K-1^st; Love of Family)
• Guess How Much I Love You, Sam McBratney (PK-K-1^st; Love of Family)
• Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, Mem Fox (2^nd; Kindness)
• Rosie and the Poor Rabbit, Maryann MacDonald (2^nd; Kindness)
• Kindness, Diane Muldrow (3^rd; Kindness)
• The Clown of God, Tomie De Paola (3^rd; Kindness)
• My Fun With Learning, Real Life Heroes: Haym Solomon and the Power of Generosity, Raymond V. Hand, Jr. (4^th; Generosity)
• Chicken Soup for Little Souls – The Best Night Out with Dad, Jack Canfield and Mark Hanson (4^th; Generosity)
• Nobiah’s Well, Donna W. Guthrie (5^th; Compassion)
• King Solomon and the Bee, adapted by Dalia Hardof (5^th; Compassion)
• Compassion – The Story of Clara Barton, Deborah Woodworth (5^th; Compassion)
• Small Acts of Kindness, James Vollbracht (All Grades)