Lower Elementary Book List
Interest Level K-2
Habits:
- The Berenstain Bears and the Bad Habit by Stan and Jan Berenstain
- Bread and Jam for France by Russell Hoban
- D.W., Picky Eater by Marc Brown
- Berenstain Bears and Too Much Teasing by Stan and Jan Berenstain
- Sam Who Never Forgets by Eve Rice
Paradigms:
- Federick by Leo Lionni
- Smoky Night by Eve Bunting
- Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
- Stone Soup (any version)
- Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
Circle of Influence:
- Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni
- Mirette and the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
- Alexander & The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
- Mean Soup by Betsy Everitt
- The Empty Pot by Demi
Habit 1 - Be Proactive:
- Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
- The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
- King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood
- The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle
- The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
Habit 2 - Begin with the End in Mind:
- The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
- Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
- Click, Clack, Cows that Moo by Doreen Cronin
- Pancakes, Pancakes by Eric Carle
- Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams
Habit 3 - First Things First
- Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London
- The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- Alejandro's Gift by Richard E. Albert
- Jamaica's Find by Juanita Havill
Habit 4 - Think Win-Win:
- Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni
- The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
- The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
- The Very Clumsy Click Beetle by Eric Carle
- Let's Be Enemies by Janice May Udry
Habit 5 - Seek First to Understand then to Be Understood:
- Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
- The True Story of te Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
- The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
- Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
- Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino
Habit 6 - Synergy:
- Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall
- Swimmy by Leo Lionni
- A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
- Clifford's Spring Clean-Up by Norman Bridwell
- How the 2nd Grade Got $8205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty by Nathan Zimelman
Habit 7 - Sharpen the Saw:
- Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
- The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
- Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! by Mo Willems
- Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D.B. Johnson
- Me I Am! by Jack Prelutsky
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Upper Elementary Book List
Interest Level 3rd -8th Grades
Habit 1 - Be Proactive:
- Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville
- On my Honor by Marion Bauer
- Somday a Tree by Eve Bunting
- Salt in His Shoes, Michael Jordan: In Pursuit of a Dream by Deloris Jordan
- The Real McCoy: The Life of an African-American Inventor by Wendy Towle
Habit 2 - Begin with the End in Mind:
- Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus? by Jean Fritz
- Lucy Mastermind by Alan Feldman
- Eddie, the Incorporated by Phyllis Naylor
- Bobby Baseball by Robert Kimmel Smith
- The School Story by Andrew Clements
Habit 3 - Put First Things First:
- The Week Mom Unplugged the TV's by Terry Wolfe Phelan
- Irving Black's Strange Snack by Roz Rosenbluth
- Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
- The TV Kid by Betsy Byars
- Justin & the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter
Habit 4 - Think Win-Win:
- The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss
- Dragon Stew by Tom McGowen
- Law of the Great Peace by John Bierhart
- The Checker Players by Alan Venable
- Hiawatha, Messanger of Peach by Dennis Brindell Fradin
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Habit 5 - Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood:
- Marrying Malcolm Murgatroyd by Mame Farrell
- Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
- Rules by Cynthia Lord
- Veronica Knows Best by Nancy Robinson
- The Bully of Barkham Street by Leonard Shortall
Habit 6 - Synergize:
- The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
- Ruby Holler by SHaron Creech
- The Chalk Box Kid by Clyde Robert Bulla
- Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco
Habit 7 - Sharpen the Saw:
- The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Alssburg
- Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen by DyAnne DiSalvo Ryan
- The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky
- A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
- Win in the Long Grass: A Collection of Haiku edited by William Higginson
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