Mrs. McGowan

Character Traits

  Books to Foster ...

Caring     Fairness     Trustworthiness

Responsibility      Citizenship

Honesty      Respect
 

 
 

Caring


Frog and Toad Are Friends
by Arnold Lobel

Miss Rumphius
by Barbara Cooney

The Lion and the Mouse
by Aesop

Who's Sick Today?
by Lynne Cherry

The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein

The Wolf's Chicken Stew
by Keiko
Kasza
Charlotte's Web
by
E.B. White
A Chair for My Mother
by Vera Williams
I Know a Place by Karen Ackerman
Crab Moon by
Ruth Horowitz
Turtle Spring by Deborah Turney Zagwyn
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
On Mother's Lap by Ann Herbert Scott
 

 

 

Fairness
One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian
When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry ... by Molly Bang


 
Trustworthiness
(Also - see Honesty)
Alfie and the Birthday Surprise by Shirley Hughes
Arthur's Valentine by Marc Brown
The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf by Aesop


 
Responsibility
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia lee Burton
Why Work? by Judi Jennings
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss


 
Respect
Crow Boy by Taro Yashima
Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
Peppe the Lamplighter by Elisa Bartone


 
Citizenship
The Garden of Happiness by Erika Tamar
Grandfather's Dream by Hollu Keller
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman
A Very Important Day by Maggie Rugg Herold

 

 

Honesty
A Big, Fat, Enormous Lie by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Abe Lincoln's Hat by Martha Brenner

A Day's Work by Eve Bunting
Arthur and the True Francine  by Marc Brown
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big by Berkeley Breathed

Humbug (for gr. 3+) by Nina Bawden
Ira Sleeps Over  by Bernard Waber

Jessica's Secret by Lillie Knox Mazyck

Junie B. Jones Is Not A Crook by Barbara Park

Leonard the Llama That Lied by Susan Cameron
Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire by Miriam Cohen

Little Red Riding Hood - many versions

Sam, Bangs, And Moonshine by Evaline Ness

The Boy Who Cried Wolf  by Tony Ross (other versions too)

The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen
The Empty Pot  by Demi

The Gold Coin  by Alma Flor Ada

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka

Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto

 

 

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