Leader in Me: Elementary Level Book List

Check out these books to read that are all about the habits! Should you ever buy me or another teacher a book these are all great ones to give.

Elementary Book List

Foundational Principles

·         The Empty Pot—Demi

·         Ruby the Copycat—Peggy Rathman

·         Character Education—McGraw-Hill Children Publishing

·         Hi New Baby—Robie H. Harris

·         How Leo Learned to Be King—Marcus Pfister

·         Somebody Loves you, Mr. Hatch—Eileen Spinelli

·         Oops, Sorry—Richard Morgan

·         The Falling Leaves and the Scarecrow—Steve Metzger

·         The Cap—Frank Shaffer

·         Building Moral Intelligence—Michelle Borba

·         Eggbert, The Slightly Cracked Egg—Tom Ross &Rex Baron

·         One Smile—Cindy McKinley

·         Chicken Soup for Little Souls--The Goodness Gorillas—Lisa McCourt

Emotional Bank Account:

·         Chrysanthemum—Kevin Henkes

·         Have you Filled a Bucket Today?

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:

·         Frederick by Leo Lionni

·         Smoky Night by Eve Bunting

·         Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber

·         Stone Soup (any version)

·         Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola

·         Miss Toggle’s Beautiful Blue Shoe by Robin Pulver

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

·         Pinduli by Janell Cannon

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

·         Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon – mission statement ideas?

·         My Many Colored Days—Dr. Seuss

·         Oh, the Places You’ll Go—Dr. Seuss – mission statement ideas?

·         Willy the Wimp—Anthony Browne

·         Hatchett—Gary Paulsen

·         When I Feel Angry—Cornelia Maude Spelman

·         Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day”-Judith Viorst

·         Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell

·         Enemy Pie (Reading Rainbow book) by Derek Munson

·         The Recess Queen-- Alexis O'Neill

·         Don’t Laugh At Me -- Steven Seskin

·         I Like Myself! By Karen Beaumont – mission statement ideas?

·         The Pout-Pout Fish-- Deborah Diesen

·         Inch by Inch—Leo Lionni

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

·         Simple Pictures are Best by Nancy Willard

·         Chicken Little

·         Wake Up Henry Rooster

·         The Great Serum Race—Debbie S. Miller

·         Song: Listen Before You Leave—Fred Penner on Happy Feet CD

·         The Hundred Penny Box—Sharon Bill Mathis

·         How We Are Smart—W. Nikola-Lia

·         Miss Rumphius—Barbara Cooney

·         How Full is Your Bucket?

·         The Carrot Seed—Ruth Krauss

·         Mirette on the High Wire—Emily Arnold McCully

·         Suoerdog: The Heart of a Hero by Caralyn and Mark Buehner

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

·         Dear Children of the Earth—Schim Schimmel

·         The Slapshot Star—Gloria Miller

·         Hurry up, Franklin

·         Pancakes For Breakfast—Eric Carle

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

·         Dinofours: It’s Snowing by Steve Metzger

·         Amos Steig—Amos & Boris

·         Something From Nothing—Phoebe Gilman

·         The Black Book of Colors—Menema Cottin-Rosana Faria

·         Chrysanthemum—Kevin Henkes

·         Horrible Harry’s Secret—Suzy Kline

·         The Moccasin Goalie—Roy Brownridge

·         Lillie’s Big Day—Kevin Henkes

·         Nine Gold Medals—David Roth (Poem)

·         A Box of Crayons—Shane DeRolf (Poem)

·         The Legend of the Bluebonnet—Tomie DePaola

·         Smoky Night—Eve Bunting

Habit 5 - Seek First to Understand then to Be Understood:

·         Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

·         The True Story of the 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

·         Arthur’s Christmas by Marc Brown

·         Miss Toggle’s Zipper by Robin Pulver

·         The Island of the Skog—Steven Kellogg

·         Grandfather Counts—Andrea Cheng

·         It Looked Like Spilled Milk—Charles Shaw

·         The True Story of the Three Little Pigs—Jon Scieszka

·         Alejandro’s Gift—R.E. Albert

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

·         Chicken Sunday—Patricia Polacco

·         The Biggest Snowman Ever—Steven Kroll

·         The Gigantic Turnip—Aleksei Tolsoy & Niamh Sharkey

·         Ox-Cart Man—Donald Hall

·         Frederick—Leo Lionni

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

·         An Ant’s Day Off—Bonny Becker

·         Incredible You—Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

·         The Three Questions—Leo Tolstoy

·         Owl Moon—Jane Yolen

·         Henry Hikes to Fitchburg—D.B. Johnson