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Children's Booklist - Values For Young Children Books


Title: Ivy's Icicle
Author: Bower, Gary
Summary: Ivy is upset when her brother accidentally breaks the doll Grandma had given her for Christmas, but she eventually learns how to forgive him.


Title: Will You Forgive Me?
Author: Grindley, Sally
Summary: When Figgy is involved in the disappearance of Jefferson Bear's favorite tickling stick, she is afraid to tell him what has happened, but he forgives her after she confesses.


Title: Rosa's Room
Author: Bottner
Summary: Rosa searches for things that will fill her room in her new home, but it feels empty until she discovers exactly what is missing.


Title: Tessa's Treasures
Author: Bower, Gary
Summary: Tessa has collected all her treasures in an old shoe box, but she soon learns that the most important and lasting treasure is often overlooked.


Title: Friends
Author: Lewis, Rob
Summary: When Oscar moves to a new part of the woods he realizes that the best friendships require a little give-and-take.


Title: The Shaking Bag
Author: Battle-Lavert, Gwendolyn
Summary: An old African-American woman willingly shares all she has and is repaid with a bag that provides for all her needs.


Title: Wyatts Wagon
Author: Bower, Gary
Summary: Wyatt learns valuable lessons about inclusiveness and generosity during an apple-picking expedition to his grandfather's orchard.


Title: Boxes for Katje
Author: Fleming, Candace
Summary: After a young Dutch girl writes to her new American friend in thanks for the care package sent after World War II, she begins to receive increasingly larger boxes.


Title: Lisa in the Jungle
Author: Gutman, Anne
Summary: Although she spent the summer at the community swimming pool, Lisa tells her classmates that she visited the jungle.


Title: Alex Did It!
Author: Weigelt, Udo
Summary: Three mischievous hares get into trouble and blame it all on an imaginary hare names Alex, until a real hare with that name shows up.


Title: I Like Your Buttons!
Author: Lamstein, Sarah
Summary: When a little girl compliments her teacher about the buttons on her outfit


Title: One Smile
Author: McKinley, Cindy
Summary: When a child smiles at a stranger, she sets off a chain of kindness that eventually comes full circle.


Title: How Kind!
Author: Murphy, Mary
Summary: When Hen give s Pig an egg, she sets off a chain of events that brings kindness to all of the animals on the farm.


Title: Next Please
Author: Jandi, Ernst
Summary: One by one, injured toys are called from the waiting room and sent out as good as new, until only the fifth one is left.


Title: Patient Rosie
Author: Morgan-Vanroyen, Mary
Summary: A little mouse waits patiently while her fur is combed, until it is her turn, for cookies to cool before eating them and for her seeds to grow.


Title: Moose, of Course
Author: Plourde, Lynn
Summary: A persistent young boy tries everything he can think of to attract a moose, but it isn't until he is forced to do nuthin that he is successful.


Title: The Berenstain Bears and the Blame Game
Author: Berenstain, Stan
Summary: Members of the Bear family try to solve their problems without playing the blame game of arguing over whi is responsible for every disaster.


Title: Pet Boy
Author: Graves, Keith
Summary: After having been kidnapped and taken into space to become a pet for an alien creature, Stuart finally learns to be responsible for his many pets at home.


Title: The Saturday Escape
Author: Mahoney, Daniel
Summary: Three friends fell guilty about going to story hour at the library instead of doing what their parents told them to do.


Title: Anna Shares
Author: Baker, Barbara
Summary: When Justin comes to play with Anna, her mother tries to teach her how to share.


Title: Sharing is Fun
Author: Cole, Joanna
Summary: Andrew invites friends for a play date, and they learn about sharing.


Title: Who Shares?
Author: Lipniacka, Ewa
Summary: Two rabbits, a brother and sister, have trouble sharing what they should, and not sharing what they should not.


Title: That's Not Fair, Hare
Author: Sykes, Julie
Summary: A greedy hare insists on eating more than his share of cabbages and proposes a race to decide who should have them all, while Muggs the turtle only wants what is fair.


Title: There's Room in the Forest for Everyone
Author: Weigelt, Udo
Summary: When a new squirrel moves into the forest, Freddie is furious and decides to move away rather than share, but when the new squirrel loses his home, Freddie isn't as happy as he expected to be.