Character Education Program

BOOKS:

• Family Virtues Guide by Linda Kavelin Popov
• What Do You Stand For? A Kid's Guide to Building Character by Barbara Lewis
• The Book of Virtues by William Bennett
• The Book of Virtues for Young People by William Bennett
• A Call to Character: A Family Treasury by Colin Greer and Herbert Kohl
• Life's Greatest Lessons, 20 Things I Want My Kids to Know by Hal Urban
• Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul
• Golden Rules: The 10 Ethical Values Parents Need to Teach Their Children by Wayne Dosick
• Teaching Your Children Values by Linda and Richard Eyre
• The Mom & Dad Conversation Piece by Bret Nicholas and Paul Lowrie
• 20 Teachable Virtues: Practical Ways to Pass on Lessons of Virtue and Character to Your Children by Barbara Unell and Jerry Wyckoff
• The Moral Life of Children by Robert Coles
• The Moral Child: Nurturing Children's Natural Moral Growth by William Damon
• The Road to Virtue: Resolutions for Daily Living by Michael Loren
• Where the Heart is: Stories of Home and Family by Chick Moorman
• Children of Character: A Parent's Guide by Steven Reuben

Children's Literature
Family Responsibilities:

• Angel in Charge by Judy Delton
• Stone Fox by John Reynolds

Responsible Friends

• On My Honor by Marion Dance Bauer
• When Kids Drive Kids Crazy by Eda LeShan

Taking Care of the Earth

• Litterby by Donna Bailey
• Come Back, Salmon! How a Group of Dedicated Kids Adopted Pigeon Creek and Brought It Back to Life, by Molly Gone
• The Ancient One by T.A. Barron
• Canyon Winter by Walt Morey
• The Weirdo by Theodore Taylor

Caring

• Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
• The Gift of the Magi by O.Henry
• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
• Monkey Island by Paula Fox
• Sarah Bishop by Scott O'Dell

Choice and Accountability

• Choosing Sides by Ilene Cooper
• Here at the Scenic-Vu Motel by Thelma Hatch Wyss
• Shiloh by Phyllis Naylor
• So Far From the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins
• Trouble's Child by Mildred Pitts Walter

Citizenship

• Blatherskite by Marian Potter
• The Day They Came to Arrest the Book by Nat Hentoff
• The Last Safe Place on Earth by Richard Peck
• The Well: David's Story by Mildred Taylor
• White Lilacs by Carolyn Meyer

Courage

• Cracker Jackson by Betsy Cromer Byars
• Journey to Jo'Burgy: A South African Story by Beverley Naidoo
• Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
• Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
• The Diary of Anne Frank

Empathy

• Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White
• Blubber by Judy Blume
• Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
• A Separate Peace by John Knowles
• Visiting Miss Pierce by Pat Derby

Forgiveness

• The Fear Place by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• Glennis, Before and After by Patricia Calvery
• Nick by Alma Yates
• Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

Honesty

• Jennifer-The-Jerk is Missing by Carol Gorman
• One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox
• Spying on Miss Muller by Eve Bunting
• Water Sky by Jean Craighead George
• Your Move, J.P. by Lois Lowry

Justice, Fairness, Equality, and Tolerance

• Gemini Game by Michael Scott
• The Hate Crime by Phyllis Karas
• The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton
• The War with Grandpa by Robert Kimmel Smith
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Leadership and Followership

• Being Danny's Dog by Phyllis Naylor
• The Daffodils by Christi Killien
• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
• What's an Average Kid Like Me Doing Way Up Here? By Ivy Ruckman
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Loyalty

• Drummers of Jericho by Carolyn Meyer
• The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
• On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
• The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox

Peacefulness

• The Big Book for Peace by Lloyd Alexander, Natalie Babbitt, and Ann Durrell
• Journey Home by Yoshiko Uchida
• Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
• Peace Tales: World Folktales to Talk About by Margaret Read MacDonald

Problem Solving

• The Book 0f Changes by Tim Wynne-Jones
• The Car by Gary Paulsen
• The Happiest Ending by Yoshiko Uchida
• Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
• The Tar Pit by Tor Seidler

Goals

• My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
• Water Sky by Jean Craighead George
• Wise Child by Monica Furlong
• Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi

Relationships

• Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maude Montgomery
• Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White
• The Blue Heron by Avi
• Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt
• Molly by Any Other Name by Jean Davies Okimotoxc

Respect

• Altogether, One at a Time by Elaine Lobl Konigsburg
• The House of Wings by Betsy Byars
• Racing the Sun by Paul Pitts
• Sixth-Grade Sleepover by Eve Bunting
• The Twelfth of June by Marilyn Gould

Responsibility

• Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
• Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Malu's Wolf by Ruth Craig
• Summer of the Swans by Betsys Byars
• When the Road Ends by Jean Thesman

Safety

• Driver's Ed by Caroline Cooney
• Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
• Someone Is Hiding on Alcatraz Island by Eve Bunting
• Trapped by Roderic Jeffries

Self-Discipline

• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
• A Likely Place by Paula Fox
• When the Phone Rang by Harry Mazer

Wisdom

• The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
• Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
• Winter Camp by Kirkpatrick Hill

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