Warren-Walker 2007 Book Fair 
Character Books for Children

As part of it’s Character and Leadership Development Program, each month Warren-Walker School focuses on one or more core values.  The books on this list incorporate these important core values in their stories.  This list was compiled with the expertise and assistance of our school librarian, Mrs. Wenger, and Edward F. DeRoche, Phd, Co-director of the International Center for Character Education at the University of San Diego.  The parenthesis after each book indicate reading grade level.


September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May


Friendship - September 

Title
Author
1.  My Friend Rabbit
 Eric Rohmann (PK)
2.  Big Al and Shrimpy
 Andrew Clements (PK)
3.  Farfallina and Marcel
 Holly Keller (K)
4.  My Brother Ant
 Betsy Byars (K)
5.  Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores
James Howe (1)
6.  Box of Friends
 P. Ryan and Pam Munoz Ryan (3)
7.  Teammates
 Peter Golenbock (3)
8.  The View from Saturday
 E.L. Konigsburg (5)
9.  Whirligig
 Paul Fleischman (MS)

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Responsibility - October 


Title
Author
1.  Berenstain Bears Trouble w/Pets
 S. Berenstain (PK)
2.  Berenstain Bears Don’t Pollute
 Stan Berenstain (PK)
3.  Down the Road
 Alice Schertle (PK)
4.  Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
 Kevin Henkes (K)
5.  Pigsty
 M. Teague (K-1)
6.  Arthur Babysits
 Marc Brown (1)
7.  Horton Hatches the Egg
 Dr. Seuss (1-2)
8.  The Boy Who Lived with the Bears: and Other
      Iroquois Stories
 Joseph Bruchac (2-4)
9.  A River Ran Wild
 Lynne Cherry (3)
10.  The River
 Gary Paulsen (3-5)
11.  One-Eyed Cat
 Paula Fox (5-MS)


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Courage - November 

Title
Author
1.  There’s a Nightmare in My Closet
M. Mayer (PK)
2.  Little Polar Bear and the Brave Little Hare
Hans de Beer (PK)
3.  Oliver Button is a Sissy
 Tomie dePaola (K-3)
4.  The Lorax
 Dr. Suess (K-3)
5.  Mirette on the High Wire
 Emily Arnold McCully (1)
6.  Cowardly Clyde
 Bill Peet (1-3)
7.  JoJo’s Flying Side Kick
 Brian Pinkney (1-3)
8.  The Bravest Dog Ever: The Story of Balto
Natalie Standiford (1-3)
9.  Seven Brave Women
 Betsy Hearne (2)
10.  Brave Irene
 William Steig (2)
11.  Pink and Say
 Patricia Polacco (3)
12.  Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
Deborah Hopkinson (3)
13.  The Courage of Sarah Noble
 Alice Dalgliesh (3)
14.  Precious and the Boo Hag
 Patricia McKissack (3)
15.  Catch that Pass
 Matt Christopher (3-4)
16.  Call it Courage
 Armstrong Sperry (3-7)
17.  The True Adventures of Charlotte Doyle
 Avi (4)
18.  Where the Red Fern Grows
 Wilson Rawls (4)
19.  Starry Messenger
 Galileo Galilei (4)
20.  The Drummer Boy of Vicksburg
G. Clifton Wisler (4-5)
21.  Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary
 Jennifer Armstrong (4-5)
       True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance
22.  When My Name was Keoko
 Linda Sue Park (4-5)
23.  My Side of the Mountain
 Jean George (5)
24.  Hatchet
 Gary Paulsen (5)
25.  The Door in the Wall
 Marguerite De Angeli (5)
26.  Dicey’s Song
 Cynthia Voigt (5-MS)
27.  Call of the Wild
 Jack London (MS)
28.  Wringer
 Jerry Spinelli (MS)

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Respect - December 

Title
Author
1.  Frederick
 Leo Lionni (PK)
2.  A Chair for My Mother
 Verna Williams (PK)
3.  Berenstain Bears Forget their Manners
Stan Berenstain (PK)
4.  Clifford’s Manners
 Norman Bridwell (PK)
5.  Mice Twice
 Joseph Lowe (K)
6.  The Ugly Duckling
 Hans Christian Andersen (K)
7.  The Great Ball Game: A Muskogee Story
Joseph Bruchac (K-3)
8.  The Quarreling Book
 Charlotte Zolotow (1)
9.  Crow Boy
 Taro Yashima (1-3)
10.  Lotus Seed
 Sherry Garland (1-3)
11.  Lincoln and Me
 Louise Borden (1-3)
12.  Mrs. Katz and Tush
 Patricia Polacco (2)
13.  The Picture Book of Rosa Parks
 David Adler (2)
14.  Amazing Grace
 Mary Hoffman
15.  How My Parents Learned to Eat
 Ina Friedman (2)
16.  Brother Eagle Sister Sky: A Message from Chief
Seattle
 Chief Seattle (2-3)
17.  Teammates
 Peter Golenblock (3)
18.  Ramona and Her Mother
 Beverly Cleary (3)
19.  The Hundred Dresses
 Eleanor Estes (3)
20.  The War with Grandpa
 Robert Smith (3)
21.  The Story of Ruby Bridges
 Robert Coles (3)
22.  The Wish Giver
 Bill Brittain (4)
23.  Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade
Barthe DeClements (4)
24.  The Gold-Threaded Dress
 Carolyn Marsden (4)
25.  My Name is Brain Brian
 Jeanne Betancourt (5)
26.  Freak the Mighty
 Rodman Philbrick (MS)
27.  Scorpions
 Walter Dean Myers (MS)

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Self Discipline - January 


Title
Author
1.  The Tale of Peter Rabbit
 Beatrice Potter (PK-K)
2.  Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
 Kevin Henkes (PK-K)
3.  Too Many Tamales
 Gary Soto (1-3)
4.  Nim and the War Effort
 Milly Lee (2-3)
5.  Swine Lake
 James Marshall (2-3)
6.  The Boy with Square Eyes
 Juliet Snape (3-5)
7.  Hard Ball: A Billy Baggs Novel
 Will Weaver (MS)

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Honesty - February 

Title
Author
1.  Bernenstain Bears and the Truth
 Stan Berenstain (PK-K)
2.  I'm Sorry, I Did It
 Caralyn Buehner (K)
3.  Down the Road
 Alice Schertle (K-2)
4.  Papa Gato,  An Italian Fairy Tale
 R. Sanderson (1)
5.  Arthur and the True Francine
 Marc Brown (1)
6.  Strega Nona Meets Her Match
 Tomie dePaola (1)
7.  When Bluebell Sang
 Lisa Campbell Ernst (1-2)
8.  Sam,  Bang and Moonshine
 Evaline Ness (1-2)
9.  Days Work
 Eve Bunting (2)
10.  The Honest-to-Goodness Truth
 Patricia McKissack (2-3)

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Good Judgement - March 

Title
Author
1.  Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
 Simms Taback (PK-K)   
2.  Rumpelstilskin’s Daughter
 Diane Stanley (K-1)
3.  Peddler’s Gift
 Maxine Rose (K-3)
4.  Raising Dragons
 Jerdine Nolen (1-2)
5.  The Cow of No Color: Riddle Stories and Justice
 Nina Jaffe and Steve Setline (MS)
      Tales from Around the World

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Patience / Perseverance - April 


Title
Author
1.  The Carrot Seed
 Ruth Krauss (PK)
2.  Honk
 Chris Demarest (PK)
3.  Very Busy Spider
 Eric Carle (PK)
4.  The Little Engine that Could
 Watts Piper (PK)
5.  The Tortoise and the Hare: An Aesop Fable
 Aesop (PK)
6.  The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot
 Alice Proversen (K-2)
7.  The Gardner
 Sarah Steward (K-2)
8.  Vergie Goes to School with Us Boys
 Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard (K-2)  
9.  The Thanksgiving Story
 Alice Dalgliesh (1)
10.  All the Way to Lhasa: The Tale from Tibet
 Barbara Helen Berger (1-2)
11.  New Coat for Anna
 Harriet Ziefert (2)
12.  Wilma Unlimited
 Kathleen Krull (2)
13.  The Bat Boy and His Violin
 E.B. Lewis  (2)
14.  Snowflake Bentley
 Martin Jacqueline (3)
15.  Muggie Maggie
 Beverly Cleary (3)
16.  Julie of the Wolves
 Jean Craighead George (4)
17.  Outlaw Red
 Jim Kjelgaard (4)
18.  Brian’s Winter
 Gary Paulsen (5)
19.  Out of the Dust
 Karen Hesse (MS)
20.  There’s a Girl in My Hammerlock
 Jerry Spinelli (MS)

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Integraty - May 

Title
Author
1.  See all of the above books!
2.  Owl Babies
 Martin Waddell  (P)
3.  Best Friends
 Barbara Joosse (K-2)
4.  The Seven Chinese Brothers
 Margaret Mahy (2)

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