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PreK - 8th Grade Spiraling Curriculum

Book List for PreK-Kindergarten:

Courage

• Flower Girl Butterflies, Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
• Margaret and Margarita, Lynn Reiser -

Loyalty

• Miss Tizzy, Libba Moore Gray 
• Con Mi Hermano/With My Brother, Eileen Roe -

Justice

• On Mother's Lap, Ann Herbert Scott
• The Doorbell Rang, Pat Hutchins -

Respect

• Cleversticks, Bernard Ashley -
• Whoever You are, Mem Fox -

Hope

• The Carrot Seed, Ruth Krauss -
• Umbrella, Taro Yashima -

Honesty

• Jamaica's Find, Juanita Havill -
• Flora the Frog, Shirley Isherwood

Love

• Full, Full, Full of Love, Trish Cooke
• The Night You Were Born, Wendy McCormick

Book List for Kindergarten:

Courage

• Thunder Cake, Patricia Polacco -
• Ira Sleeps Over, Bernard Waber -

Loyalty

• Too Many Temales, Gary Soto -
• Dogger, Shirley Hughes -

Justice

• Amazing Grace, Mary Hoffman -
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, Virginia Lee Burton

Respect

• Silent Lotus, Jeanne M. Lee
• Masai and I, Virginia Kroll

Hope

• A Chair for my Mother, Vera B. Williams -
• Owl Moon, Jane Yolen

Honesty

• Pedrito's Day, Luis Garay
• Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine, Evaline Ness -

Love

• Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partidge, Mem Fox
• Mama, Do You Love Me? Barbara M. Joosse -

Book List for Kindergarten - 1st Grade:

Courage

• Thunder Cake, Patricia Polacco -
• Ira Sleeps Over, Bernard Waber -

Loyalty

• Too Many Temales, Gary Soto -
• Ish, Peter H. Reynolds

Justice

• Amazing Grace, Mary Hoffman -
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, Virginia Lee Burton

Respect

• Silent Lotus, Jeanne M. Lee
• Masai and I, Virginia Kroll

Hope

• A Chair for my Mother, Vera B. Williams -
• Owl Moon, Jane Yolen

Honesty

• Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine, Evaline Ness -
• Eli's Lie-O-Meter- A Story About Telling the Truth

Love

• Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partidge, Mem Fox
• Mama, Do You Love Me? Barbara M. Joosse -

Book List for 1st - 2nd Grade:

Courage

• Abiyoyo, Pete Seeger -
• The Paperboy, Dav Pilkey -

Loyalty

• Circles of Hope, Karen Lynn Williams
• My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother, Patricia Polacco -

Justice

• King of the Playground, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor -
• Sam and the Lucky Money, Karen Chinn -

Respect

• Miss Rumphius, Barbara Cooney -
• How My Parents Learned to Eat, Ina R. Friedman

Hope

• Angel Child, Dragon Child, Michele Maria Surat -
• Martha, Gennady Spirin

Honesty

• The Empty Pot, Demi -
• A Pair of Red Clogs, Masako Matsuno

Love

• Pipaluk and the Whales, John Himmelman -
• Honey, I Love and Other Poems, Eloise Greenfield

Book List for 2nd - 3rd / 3rd - 4th Grade:

Courage

• The Boy Who Held Back the Sea, Retold by Lenny Hurt
• Follow the Drinking Ground, Jeanette Winter
• The Crab Man, Patricia E. Van West
• Home at Last, Susan Middleton Elya

Loyalty

• The Seven Chinese Brothers, Margaret Mahy -
• The Legend of the Bluebonnet, Tomie dePaola
• Teammates, Peter Golenbock
• Cornrows, Camile Yarbrough

Justice

• The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks, Katherine Paterson -

Respect

• The Great Kapok Tree, Lynne Cherry -
• Chicken Sunday, Patricia Polacco -
• Crow Boy, Tara Yoshima -
• The Wall, Eve Bunting -

Hope

• Fly Away Home, Eve Bunting -
• Grandfather's Journey, Allen Say
• How Many Days to America? Eve Bunting -
• Knots on a Counting Rope, Bill Marin and John Archambault -

Honesty

• A Day's Work, Eve Bunting -
• Roses Sing on New Snow, Paul Yee
• The Firekeeper's Son, Linda Sue Park
• Fire on the Mountain, Jane Kurtz

Love

• Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, John Steptoe -
• The Rag Coat, Lauren Mills -
• Annie and the Old One, Miska Miles
• The Gingerbread Doll, Susan Tews

Book List for 4th - 5th Grade:

Courage

• Crazy Horse's Vision, Joseph Bruchac -
• The Storm, Mark Harshman

Loyalty

• The Lotus Seed, Sherry Garland -
• My Man Blue, Nikki Grimes

Justice

• The Summer My Father Was Ten, Pat Brisson -
• The Day Gogo Went to Vote, Eleanor Batezat Sisulu -

Respect

• Nadia's Hand, Karen English
• A River Ran Wild, Lynne Cherry -

Hope

• Peppe the Lamplighter, Elisa Batone
• The Caged Birds of Phnom Penh, Frederick Lipp

Honesty

• Jackie's Bat, Marybeth Lorbiecki
• The Peddler's Gift, Maxine Rose Schur -
• Sunshine Home, Eve Bunting
• Our King Has Horns! Richard Pevear
• A Day's Work, Eve Bunting -

Love

• Going Home, Eve Bunting -
• Sitti's Secret, Naomi Shibab Nye

Book List for 5th - 6th Grade:

Courage

• The Cello of Mr.O, Jane Culter
• Wilma Unlimited, Kathleen Krull

Loyalty

• Pink and Say, Patricia Polacco -
• Coolies, Yin

Justice

• Nettie's Trip South, Ann Turner -
• The Memory Coat, Elvira Woodruff

Respect

• Be Good to Eddie Lee, Virginia Fleming -
• Thank You, Mr. Falker, Patricia Polacco -

Hope

• One Small Blue Bead, Byrd Baylor
• Train to Somewhere, Eve Bunting -

Honesty

• A Dime a Dozen, Nikki Grimes
• Tea With Milk, Allen Say

Love

• Lewis and Papa, Barbara Joosse
• The Lady in the Box, Ann McGovern