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Mrs. Gwinn's Book Nook

Picture and chapter books that teach character and teach about social issues

Picture Books that Teach Character:

Click on the title to go to the website

100 Books that teach character
by Scholastic - - has lesson plans

Picture books that teach character
by Character Education

Best Character Education books
​with lessons



Chapter Books That Deal With Social Issues:


Class/Gender/Race/Discrimination:
Becoming Naomi Leon – Ryan
The Color of My Words – Joseph
Esperanza Rising – Ryan
A Friendship for Today – McKissack
Hundred Dresses – Estes
Joey Pigza Loses Control – Gantos
Rules – Lord
Unspoken - Coles

Environmental Issues/Ethical Issues:
Flush – Hiaason
Hoot – Hiaason
Scat – Hiaason
The Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo – George Home, and Other Big, Fat, Lies – Wolfson Elephant Tears:  Mask of the Elephant - Trout

Picture Books that Deal With Social Issues:

Race/Gender:
Amazing Grace – Hoffman and Binch
Baseball Saved Us – Tsuchiya  (Fairness)
Cheyenne Again – Bunting (Power)
Grandmama’s Pride – Birtha (Fairness)
Henry’s Freedom Box - Levine (Fairness – Slavery)
The Other Side – Woodson (Fairness)
Show Way – Woodson (Fairness – Gender)

Social Class/Labor/Power/Money:
Amelia’s Road – Altman
Benny’s Bagels – Davis (giving – religious)
Coming On Home Soon – Woodson
A Day’s Work – Bunting
Cheyenne Again – Bunting (Race)
The Sneetches – Dr. Seuss (Fairness)
The Table Where Rich People Sit – Baylor
Tight Times – Hazen
Whoever You Are – Fox

Shyness/Self-Esteem:
Shrinking Violet – Best (Bullying)
Shy Charles – Wells
Zero – Otoshi

Bullying:
Bully – Polacco (cyber-bullying)
Hooway for Wodney Wat – Lester
The Juice Box Bully - Sornson
Pinduli – Cannon
Recess Queen – O’neill
Shrinking Violet – Best
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun - Dismondy
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon - Lovell

Homelessness:
An Angel for Solomon Singer – Rylant
Circle of Friends - Carmi
Fly Away Home – Bunting
Our Gracie Aunt - Woodson

Social Responsibility/Fairness:
Baseball Saved Us – Tsuchiya (Race)
Grandmama’s Pride – Birtha (Race)
Henry’s Freedom Box – Levine (Race)
Horton Hatches The Egg – Dr. Seuss
Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse – Henkes (School)
The Other Side – Woodson (Race)
Show Way – Woodson (Race – Gender)
The Sneetches – Dr. Seuss (Power)
Cookies:  Bite Size Life Lessons – Rosenthal

Groups:
One Green Apple – Bunting

School:
Armando and The Blue Tarp School – Fine, Josephson and       Sosa
Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse – Henkes (Fairness)
My Name is Yoon – Keats
The Name Jar – Choi
Ruby the Copycat - Rathmann

Friendship:
Enemy Pie - Munson
Frog and Toad are Friends – Lobel
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge – Fox (elderly)

War/Fighting/Violence:
14 Cows for America – Deedy
Alia’s Mission – Stamaty (Bravery)
Brave Mole – Jonell (9/11 – read it before)
Fireboat – Kalman (9/11)
Peace Begins With You – Scholes
Smoky Night - Bunting
The Wall – Bunting

Environment:
The Lorax – Dr. Seuss
The Giving Tree – Silverstein
In My Mother’s House – Clark (Native Americans/Fairness)
Just a Dream – Van Allsburg
The Desert is Theirs - Baylor