Glencliff Elementary School
Character Education

 

Responsibility Respect  Thankfulness     Kindness/Courtesy 
                 Honesty  

Responsibility - Primary
Asch, Frank                                  Earth And I
Barasch, Lynne                            Radio Rescue
Bartone, Elisa                               Peppe the Lamplighter
Berenstain, Jan and Stan              Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room
Brown, Marc                                Arthur Babysits
                                                     Arthur's Pet Business
Cherry, Lynne                             The Great Kapok Tree
Cooney, Barbara                          Miss Rumphis
Copper, Melrose                          I Got Community
Coville, Bruce  and Katherine     The Foolish Giant
Cummings, Pat                            Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon
Davol, Marguerite W.                  The Paper Dragon
dePaola, Tomie                            Strega Nona
Henkes, Kevin                             Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
Mayer, Mercer                             Just a Mess
McCloskey, Robert                      Lentil
                                                     Make Way For Ducklings
Peet, Bill                                      Wump World
Seuss, Dr.                                    Horton Hatches the Egg
                                                     The Lorax
Van Allsburg, Chris                     Just A Dream
Young Ed                                     Lon Po Po

Responsibility - Intermediate
Armstrong, Jennifer                    Shipwreck at the Bottom Of The World
Buttain, Bill                                 Mr. Popkin's Prodigious Polish
                                                    The Wish Giver
Bunting, Eve                                Black Water
Lowry, Lois                                The Giver
Maguire, Gregory.                      The Good Liar
Paulsen, Gary                              The River
Pryor, Bonnie.                            Thomas
Reeder, Carolyn.                         Captain Kate.

Respect  -  Primary
Brown, Marc                               Arthur's Eyes
                                                    Arthur's Nose
Margaret Wise Brown                 The Important Book/Another Important Book
Burchac, Joseph                          The First Strawberries
Carle, Eric                                   The Mixed-Up Chameleon
Carlson, Nancy                            I Like Me
de Paola. Tomie                           Now One Foot, Now the Other
Friedman, Ina R.                          How My Parents Learned to Eat
Gunthrie, Woody                         This Land Is Your Land
Henkes, Kevin                             Chrysanthemum
Howe, James                                I Wish I Were a Butterfly
Lionni, Leo                                   Biggest House In the World
                                                     Color Of My Own
                                                     Fish Is Fish
Peet, Bill                                      Chester the Worldly Pig
Ryder, Joanne.                             Each Living Thing
Seuss, Dr.                                    My Many Colored Days
Shannon, David                           A Bad Case of Stripes
Yashima, Taro                             Crow Boy
Yolen, Jane                                 Welcome To the Green House

Respect  -  Intermediate
Clements, Andrew                      The Jacket
Demi                                           The Stonecutter
Estes, Eleanor                             The Hundred Dresses
George, Jean Craighead              Julie
                                                    Julie of the Wolves
                                                    Julie's Wolf Pack
Hesse, Karen                              Just Juice
Kimmel-Smith, Robert               The War with Grandpa
Lord, Betty                                  In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Miles, Miska                               Annie and the Old One
Park, Barbara                             The Graduation of Jake Moon
Speare, Elizabeth                        Sign of the Beaver
Spinelli, Jerry                             Stargirl
Taylor, Mildred D.                     Mississippi Bridge
Taylor, Theodore                       The Cay

Thankfulness  -  Primary
Armstrong, Louis                      Wonderful World
Asch, Frank                               Sun Is My Favorite Star
Fowler, Susi                              Circle of Thanks
Lionni , Leo                               Tico and the Golden Wing
Polacco, Patricia                        Thank You, Mr. Falker
Ryder, Joanne                            Earth Dance
Thomas, Joyce.                          I Have Heard of a Land

Thankfulness  -  Intermediate
Bruchac, Joseph                        Squantoís Journey
Holm, Jennifer                          Our Only May Amelia
Napoli, Donna Jo                      Albert
VanLuen, Nancy                       Mother Earth

Kindness/Courtesy  -  Primary
Aliki                                          Manners
Brisson, Pat                              The Summer  My Father Was Ten
Brown, Marc/S. Krensky         Perfect Pigs
Browne, Anthony                     The Piggybook
Brumbeau, Jeff                         The Quiltmaker's Gift
Cannon, Janelle                        Trupp
Christiansen, Candace              Mitten Tree
Dugan, Katherine                      Loop The Loop
Everitt, Betsy                            Mean Soup
Fox, Mem                                 Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
Joslin, Sesyle                            What Do You Do, Dear
                                                  What Do You Say, Dear
Lester, Helen                             Hurty Feelings                             
                                                  Me First
McKissack, Patricia.                 The Honest-to-Goodness Truth
Pfister, Marcus.                         Rainbow Fish
Polacco, Patricia                        Chicken Sunday
San Souci, Robert                     The Talking Eggs
Silverstein, Shel                        The Giving Tree
Steptoe, Steven                          Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
VanLeeuwen, Jean.                   Sorry
Ward, Lynn                              The Biggest Bear
Wood, Audrey                          Rude Giants

Kindness/Courtesy  - Intermediate
Ayres, Katherine                       North By Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad
DiCamillo, Kate                        Because of Winn Dixie
Lowry, Lois                             Number the Stars
Martin, Rafe                             Rough Face Girl
Morpurgo, Michael                  Waiting For Anya
Naylor, Phyllis                         Shiloh Trilogy

Self Control - Primary
Bang, Molly.                           When Sophie Gets Angry
Curtis, Jamie Lee                     Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods
Everitt, Betsy                           Mean Soup
Mayer, Mercer.                        I Was So Mad
Vail, Rachel.                           Sometimes I'm Bombaloo
Viorst, Judith                          Alexander and theTerrible, Horrible, No Good, Very  Bad Day

Self Control - Intermediate
Manes, Stephen                      Be a Perfect Person In Just Three Days.
Van Draanen, Wendelin.        Shredderman

Tolerance/Acceptance - Primary
Adler, David                           Picture Book of Rosa Parks
Barron, Rex.                           Fed Up!: A Feast of Frazzled Foods
Cohen, Miriam                       See You Tomorrow, Charles
Coles, Robert                         Story of Ruby Bridges
Kraus, Robert                         Leo, The Late Bloomer
Lorbiecki, Marybeth               Sister Anne's Hands
Marzollo, Jean                        Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King
Simon, Nora                           Why Am I Different
Petersen, Jeanne                      I have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf
Yaccarino, Dan                       Unlovable
155.2 Gainer, Cindy                I'm Like You, You're Like Me

Tolerance/Acceptance - Intermediate
Bridges, Ruby                      Through My Eyes
Curtis, Chritopher                The Watsons Go To Birmingham
Duffey, Betsy                       Hey, New Kid!
Hurwitz, Johanna                 Faraway Summer
Spinelli, Jerry                       Maniac Magee

Perseverance  -  Primary
Aesop                                   Hare and the Tortoise
Brisson, Pat                          Tap-Dance Fever
Burton, Virginia                   Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Carle, Eric                            The Very Busy Spider
                                             The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Cocca-Leffler, Maryann       Bravery Soup
Cohen, Miriam                     When Will I Read
Demi                                     Grain of Rice
Eastman, P.D                       Are You My Mother?
Edwards, Pamela Duncan    The Worrywarts
Harness, Chery                    Three Young Pilgrims
Harvey, Brett                       Cassie's Journey: Going West in the 1860's
Hoffman, Mary                    Amazing Grace
Hurst, Carol Otis                  Rocks In His Head
Keller, Holly                        Pearl's New Skates
Krauss, Ruth                        The Carrot Seed
Martin, Jacqueline                Snowflake Bentley
Martin, Rafe                         The Brave Little Parrot    
Piper, L.                              The Little Engine That Could
Provensen, Alice                  Glorious Flight
Turner, Ann                         Dust For Dinner
Sis, Peter                              Follow the Dream

Perseverance  -  Intermediate
Auch, Mary Jane                Journey to Nowhere
                                           One-Handed Catch
Bunting, Eve                      Dandelions
Curtis, Christopher            Bud, Not Buddy
Cleary, Beverly                  Muggie Maggie
Clements, Andrew             Frindle
                                           Landry News
Conrad, Pam                      Prairie Song
Fenner, Carol                     Yolanda's Genius
Fox, Norma Fox                Good Night, Maman
Giff, Patricia                      Lily's Crossing
                                           Nory Ryanís Song
Gregory, Katherine            Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie
Hesse, Karen                     Out of the Dust
Hobbs, Will                       Far North
                                          Jason's Gold
Krull, Kathleen                 Wilma Unlimited
Levitin, Sonia                   Journey To America
Minshull, Evelyn.             Eaglet's World.
Myers, Edward                 Climb Or Die
Paulsen, Gary                   Hatchet
Van Leeueean                    Bound for Oregon

Biographies on Harriet Tubman,The Wright Brothers, Jackie Robinson,
      Henry Ford,  Helen Keller,  Marie Curie, Anne Sullivan, Thomas Edison,
      Elie Wiessel, Rosa Parks, Elizabeth Blackwell, Nelson Mandella,
      Martin Luther King, Jr., Lewis & Clark, Louis Pasteur, Jonas Salk,
      Albert Einstein, Amelia Earhart, Johnny Appleseed

Friendship  -  Primary
Cannon, Janell                  Stellaluna
Howe, James                    Horace and Morris But Mostly Dolores
James, Simon.                   Leon and Bob
London, Jonathan.            What Newt Did For Turtle.
Lionni, Leo                       Swimmy
                                         An Extraordinary Egg
Marshall, James                George and Martha and subsequent stories
McDonnell, Patrick           The Gift of Nothing
Meddaugh, Susan             Martha and Skits
Rylant, Cynthia                Henry and Mudge, Mr. Putter and Tabby and
                                         Poppleton stories
Viorst, Judith                    Rosie and Michael
Willis, Jeanne                   Misery Moo. (positive attitude)

Friendship  -  Intermediate
Danziger, Pamela and        Longer Letter To Follow
Golenbaock, Peter             Teammates
Martin, Ann M..                 Snail Mail No More
McDonnell, Patrick           The Gift of Nothing
White, E. B.                      Charlotte's Web
 

Honesty  -  Primary
Bourgeois, Paula               Franklin Fibs
Demi                                 The Empty Pot
Sharmat, Marjorie             Big Fat Enormous Lie
Waber,l Bernard                Ira Sleeps Over

Honesty  -  Intermediate
Hurwitz, Joanna   Hot and Cold Summer
Lowry, Lois         Your Move, J.P.

Cooperation  -  Primary
Berenstain, Jan and Stan  Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room
Blind Man and the Elephant
Brett Jan                             Berlioz the Bear
Brown, Marcia                   Stone Soup  and spin-off Burgoo Stew
Cannon, Janell.                  Crickwing.
Cooper, Helen                    Pumpkin Soup.
Day, Alexander                  Frank and Ernesst Play Ball
Edwards, Pamela Duncan   Bravo, Livingston Mouse!
Lionni, Leo                         Swimmy
Sturgess, Philemon             The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza. Illustrated by Amy Walrod.
                                            The Turnip
Williams, Vera                    A Chair For My Mother
Vagin, Vladimir                  Enormous Carrot
Young, Ed                          Seven Blind Mice
                                           Mouse Match
Video 302                          Cooperation
          307                           Community Rules

Cooperation  -  Intermediate
Avi.                            S.O.R. Losers
Christopher, Matt       fiction sports titles.
Golenbock                 Teammates
Korman                     Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road