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

Citizenship

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

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

March

Honesty & Integrity

The Hero by Ron Woods

 

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