Book of the Month
| September | Empathy | Tracker by Gary Paulsen
A Face First by Priscilla Cummings Safe at Second by Scott Johnson Petey by Ben Michaelson |
| October | Self Control | Joey Pigza Loses Control Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen Enna Burning by Shannon Hale Felita by Nicholasa Mohr Flush by Carl Hiaasen |
| November | Citenzenship | The Giver by Lois Lowry Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes The Watson’s Go to Birmingham – 1963 by Curtis Jessie de la Cruz: A Profile of a United Farm Worker
by Gary Soto |
| December | Appreciation / Generosity |
Soaring Eagle by Mary Peace Finely The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo |
| January | Tolerance / Diversity |
Diversity Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry Under the Sun by Arthur Dorros Farewell to Manzanar by Houston Mississippi Bridge by Mildred D. Taylor To Be a Slave by Julius Lester |
| February | Dignity / Pride |
The Secret of Gumbo Grove by Eleanora E. Tate
Ties That Bind; Ties That Break by Lensey Namioka The Big Wander by Will Hobbs Double Dutch by Sharon Draper |
| March | Honesty & Integrity |
The Hero by Ron Woods Marie Curie: Honesty in Science by Carl Rollyson Truth & Lies: An Anthology of Poems by Patrice Vecchione What Do You Stand For? For Teens: A Guide to Building Character by Barbara Lewis |
| April | Respect |
Elephant Rescue Frog Rescue Chimpanzee Rescue The Prairie Builders; Reconstructing America’s
Lost Grasslands |
| May | Responsibility |
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
A Grain of Rice by Helena Clare Pittman |