Character+Education

=Character Education Titles for Elementary Students=

__Respect__

 * DW's Guide to Perfect Manners by Marc Brown
 * Sounder by W.H. Armstrong
 * Velveteen Rabbit by M. Bianco
 * Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester
 * Respect by Lucia Raatma
 * The Mouse Bride by Joy Cowley (self-respect)
 * Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell and David Catrow (self-respect)
 * The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson and E.B. Lewis
 * Weslandia by Paul Fleischman and Kevin Hawkes
 * So Far from the Sea by Eve Bunting and Chris K. Soentpiet

__Peace__

 * Big Book for Peace, edited by Ann Durell and Marilyn Sachs
 * The Peace Book, by Todd Parr
 * Can You Say Peace? by Karen Katz

__Responsibility__

 * The Boy Who Cried Wolf by Aesop
 * Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
 * A Day's Work by Eve Bunting
 * Down the Road by Alice Schertle
 * Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big by Berkely Breathed
 * The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq by Jeanette Winter
 * Pepper the Lamplighter by Elisa Bartone

__Honesty__

 * Berenstein Bears and the Truth by S. Berenstein
 * A Day's Work by Eve Bunting
 * Honesty by Lucia Raatma
 * Would I Ever Lie to You? by Caralyn Buehner
 * The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Bob Hartman
 * The Horned Toad Prince by Jackie Mims Hopkins
 * The Honest-to-Goodness Truth by Patricia C. McKissack
 * A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon

__Empathy__

 * Sam by Ann Herbert Scott

__Fairness__

 * Cookies by A.K. Rosenthal
 * Kids Talk About Fairness by Carrie Finn
 * Fairness by Sandra Ziegler
 * Being Fair: a book about fairness by Maty Small
 * Fairness Counts by Marie Bender
 * The Market Lady and the Mango Tree by Pete and Mary Watson


 * The Saturday Escape by Daniel J. Mahoney
 * The Seven Chinese Sisters by Kathy Tucker
 * Stone Soup by Jon J. Muth
 * Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude by Kevin O'Malley

__Caring__

 * Don't Need Friends by Carolyn Crimi
 * Crow Boy by Taro Yashima
 * A Chance to Shine by Steve Seskin and Alan Shambalin
 * Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss

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 * __Selected Bibliography__**