Eight Great Trait Reading List

Book Title	Author	Primary Trait	Grade Level
ABC, I Like Me	N. Carlson	Respect	K-2
Manners	Aliki	Respect	K-3
Crabby Gabby	S. Cosgrove	Respect	K-2
Mice Twice	Lowe	Respect	K-2
A Chair For My Mother	V. Williams	Respect	K-2
The Tree is Nice	J. Udry	Respect	K-2
Night Visitors	Young	Respect	K-3
The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners	S. Berenstain	Respect	K-3
Clifford’s Manners	N. Bridwell	Respect	K-3
The Biggest Bear	L. Ward	Respect	K-3
The Tin Heart	K. Ackerman	Respect	K-3
Perfect Pigs	Brown	Respect	1-4
Frederick	L. Lionni	Respect	1-5
Great Aunt Martha	R. Jones	Respect	1-5
The Condor’s Egg	J. London	Respect	1-5
The Grouchy Lady Bug	Eric Carle	Respect	2
Ferdinand	M. Leaf	Respect	2-4
What Do You Say Dear?	Joslin	Respect	2-5
Leo The Late Bloomer	R. Kraus	Respect	2-5
Baseball Saved Us	Mochizuki	Respect	2-5
The Keeping Quilt	P. Polacco	Respect	2-5
Miss Rumphis	B. Cooney	Respect	2-6
Owl Moon	J. Yolen	Respect	3-6
Harriet Tubman and The Underground Railroad	Elish	Respect	3-6
The Watson’s Go to Birmingham	Curtis	Respect	5-6
Nothing’s Fair in 5^th Grade	B. DeClements	Respect	5-6
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry	M. Taylor	Respect	5-6
The Berenstain Bears And the Truth	S. Berenstain	Honesty	K-3
Tyrone, the Double Dirty Rotten Cheater	H. Wilhelm	Honesty	K-3
Papa Gato, An Italian Fairy Tale	R. Sanderson	Honesty	K-3
Arthur and the True Francine	M. Brown	Honesty	K-3
Sniffles	S. Cosgrove	Honesty	K-2
Mother Told Me So	C. Marron	Honesty	K-3
Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears	V. Aardema	Honesty	K-3
Leprechauns Never Lie	L. Balian	Honesty	K-3
The Adventures of Pinocchio	C. Collodi	Honesty	K-3
Honestly Myron	D. Hughes	Honesty	K-3
Strega Nona Meets His Match	T. De Paola	Honesty	1-4
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire	G. Korman	Honesty	1-5
The True Story of the Three Pigs By a Wolf	J. Scieszka	Honesty	1-5
Judie B. Jones is Not a Crook	B. Park	Honesty	2-4
The Principal’s New Clothes	S. Calmenson	Honesty	2-5
The Boy Who Cried Wolf	T. Ross	Honesty	2-5
The Emperor’s New Clothes	H.C. Andersen	Honesty	2-6
Trumpet of the Swan	E.B. White	Honesty	2-6
A Day’s Work	Eve Bunting	Honesty	3-6
Liars	Peterson	Honesty	2-6
The Terrible Truth About Third Grade	McGuire	Honesty	3-5
The Boy Who Cried Wolf	Aesop	Honesty	3-6
The Judge, An Untrue Tale	H. Zemach	Honesty	3-6
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible No Good, Very Bad Day	J. Viorst	Honesty	3-6
The Empty Pot	Demi	Honesty	3-6
Fancy Feet	P. Giff	Honesty	4-6
Old Henry	J. Blos	Integrity	K-2
ABC, I Like Me	N. Carlson	Integrity	K-2
ABC, I Like Me	N. Carlson	Integrity	K-2
The Pumpkin Man from Piney Creek	D. Beard	Integrity	K-3
Vergy Goes to School with Us Boys	E. Howard	Integrity	K-3
A Color of His Own	L. Lionni	Integrity	K-3
The Potato Man	M. McDonald	Integrity	K-3
Arthur and the True Francine	M. Brown	Integrity	K-3
The Mixed-Up Chameleon	E. Carle	Integrity	K-4
The Paper Bag Princess	D. Shannon	Integrity	K-4
A Bad Case of Stripes	R. Wells	Integrity	K-4
Shy Charles	R. Munsch	Integrity	K-5
Honest Abe	E. Kunhardt	Integrity	K-5
A Picture Book of George Washington	D. Adler	Integrity	K-6
The Flim Flam Man	D. Beard	Integrity	1-3
Chrysanthemum	K. Henkes	Integrity	1-4
The Art Lesson	T. De Paola	Integrity	1-4
The Principal’s New Clothes	S. Calmenson	Integrity	1-5
Amazing Grace	M. Hoffman	Integrity	1-6
King Bob’s New Clothes	D. Deluise	Integrity	2-5
Nadia the Willful	S. Alexander	Integrity	2-5
The Story of Ferdinand	M. Leaf	Integrity	2-5
Tacky, the Penguin	H. Lester	Integrity	2-5
A Bargain for Frances	L. Hoban	Integrity	2-5
The Empty Pot	Demi	Integrity	2-6
Smoky Nighy	E. Bunting	Integrity	2-6
A Day’s Work	E. Bunting	Integrity	2-6
The Emperor’s New Clothes	H.C. Anderson	Integrity	3-5
The King’s Fountain	L. Alexander	Integrity	3-6
Meet Danitra Brown	N. Grimes	Integrity	3-6
Three Cheers for Tacky	H. Lester	Integrity	3-6
All Summer In A Day	R. Bradbury	Integrity	6
Arthur’s Pet Business	M. Brown	Responsibility	K-3
Just Me and My Puppy	M. Mayer	Responsibility	K-3
Little Toot	H. Gramatky	Responsibility	K-6
The Berensain Bears and the Messy Room	S. Berenstain	Responsibility	K-6
Zinnia and Dot	L. Campbell	Responsibility	K-6
Uncle Jed’s Barbershop	M.K. Mitchell	Citizenship	K-6
A Chair for my Mother	V. Williams	Citizenship	K-6
My Daddy was a Soldier	D. Ray	Citizenship	3-6
Corduroy	D. Freeman	Caring	K-2
I Like Me	N. Carlson	Caring	K-3
I Don’t Care	M. Sharmat	Caring	K-3
Serendipity	S. Cosgrove	Caring	K-3
The Velveteen Rabbit	M. Williams	Caring	K-3
What Mary Jo Shared	J. Udry	Caring	K-4
Wanda’s Roses	P. Brisson	Caring	K-6
Frog and Toad	A. Lobel	Caring	1-4
Leo The Late Bloomer	R. Kraus	Caring	1-5
The Relatives Came	C. Rylant	Caring	1-5
Mr. Popper’s Penguins	R. Atwater	Caring	2-4
Rhubarb	S. Cosgrove	Caring	2-5
The Mouse and The Motorcycle	B. Cleary	Caring	2-5
Stuart Little	E.B. White	Caring	2-5
Best Friends	S. Kellogg	Caring	2-6
The Lorax	Dr. Seuss	Caring	2-6
The Giving Tree	S. Silverstein	Caring	2-6
Shiloh	P. Naylor	Caring	3-5
The Yearling	M. Rawlings	Caring	3-5
Charlotte’s Web	E.B. White	Caring	3-6
Stone Fox	J. Gardnier	Caring	3-6
The Whipping Boy	S. Fleischmen	Caring	3-6
Old Yeller	J. Gipson	Caring	4-6
The Wall	Eve Bunting	Caring	4-6
Berenstain Bears and the Bully Bernstein, J& S	J & S Berenstain	Problem Solving	K-3
Little Rabbit’s Loose Tooth	L. Bates	Problem Solving	K-3
Franklin is Messy	P. Bourgeois	Planning and Decision Making	K-4
What Happened to Patrick’s Dinosaur	D. and C. Carrick	Planning and Decision Making	K-4
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie	L. Numeroff	Planning and Decision Making	K-5
The Cat Ate My Gym suit	P. Danziger	Planning and Decision Making	2-5
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday	J. Viorst	Planning and Decision Making	3-6
Hire-Wire Henry	M. Calhoun	Problem Solving	K-2
Once Upon A Time in Pigpen	M.T. Wise Brown	Problem Solving	K-3
Squeakers	S. Cosgrove	Problem Solving	K-3
Ruby	M. Emberly	Problem Solving	K-4
Gus and Buster Work Things Out	A. Bronin	Problem Solving	1-3
Sopa de Piedras	M. Brown	Problem Solving	1-4
Anansi and Mr. Dry Bones	F. French	Problem Solving	1-5
Mr. Popper’s Penguins	R. Atwater	Problem Solving	2-4
Bootsie Barker Bites	B. Bottner	Problem Solving	2-4
Caracolielo Desobediente	J.M.Contrera	Problem Solving	2-4
The Great Hamster Hunt	L. Hochman Blegvad	Problem Solving	2-5
The Latchkey Mystery	M. Goff Clark	Problem Solving	2-5
When Bluebell Sang	L. Campbell Ernst	Problem Solving	2-5
Miss Nelson is Missing	H.Allard	Problem Solving	2-6
Un Lazo a La Luna	L. Elhert	Problem Solving	2-6
Cliana y la Cuidad Sumergida	F. Alonso	Problem Solving	3-5
Five Chinese Brothers	C. Huchet Bishop	Problem Solving	3-6