SUGGESTED 7 Habits 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

Habit 1: Be Proactive

* My Many Colored Days—Dr. Seuss

* Oh the Places You’ll Go—Dr. Seuss

* 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

* The Pout-Pout Fish-- Deborah Diesen

* Inch by Inch—Leo Lionni

* Amazing Grace—Mary Hoffman

Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind

* 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

Habit 3: Put First Things First

* Dear Children of the Earth—Schim Schimmel

* The Slapshot Star—Gloria Miller

* Hurry up, Franklin

* Pancakes For Breakfast—Eric Carle

* Froggy Gets Dressed—Jonathan London

Habit 4: Think Win-Win

* 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

* Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse—Leo Lionni

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand and To Be Understood

* 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: Synergize

* 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

* 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

Other great books:

o We Are Born Free—Universal Declaration of Human Rights

o The Best Me I Can Be book package—David Parker

* I am a Leader!

* I Can Share!

* I’m a Good Friend!

* I Can Make Good Choices!

* I’m In Charge of Me!

* I Accept You As You Are!

* I Can Cooperate!

* I Can Be Fair!

* I Can Listen!

* I Show Respect!

* I Care About Others!

* I Tell the Truth!

* I Will Keep Trying!

* I Am Responsible!

* I Am Confident!

* I Am Creative!

* I Am Positive!

* I Can Try New Things!

* I Have Manners!

* I Am Generous!