Intermediate

Intermediate


Ages 6-9


Aesop's Fables. Various editions. [Careful Thinking; Work Well
Done]

& the Pea"; "Thumbelina"; "The Little Mermaid"; "The Steadfast
Tin Soldier"; "The Ugly Duckling";"The Red Shoes"; "The Little
Match Girl"; "The Marsh King's Daughter."

______. Snow Queen. Illustrated by Susan Jeffers. New York:
Dial Books for Young Readers, 1989.

Babbitt, Natalie. Tuck Everlasting. New York: Farrar, Straus &
Giroux, 1975. [Self-Respect; Careful Thinking; Generous
Understanding]

Barbour, Karen. Mr. Bow Tie. San Diego: Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich, 1991. [Generous Understanding; Compassion]

Blos, Joan W. A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's
Journal, 1830-32. New York: Macmillan Child Group, 1979.
[Family Commitment; Friendship; Perserverance; Humor]

Blume, Judy. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Illustrated by
Roy Doty. New York: Dutton, 1972. [Family Commitment; Humor]

Bond, Carol Taylor. A Book of Famous Black Americans.
Illustrated by Joyce Beecher King With bibliography and
activities. Livonia, Michigan: Partner Press, 1989. Includes
Marian Anderson, Jesse Owens, Guion S. Bluford, Sojourner
Truth, Booker T. Washington, Althea Gibson, Martin Luther King,
Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Wilma Rudolph, George Washington
Carver, Phillis Wheatley, Shirley Chisholm, Ralph Bunche,
Jackie Robinson, Louis Armstrong.

Brink, Carol R. Caddie Woodlawn. Illustrated by Trina Schart
Hyman. New York: Macmillan Child Group, 1973. [Family
Commitment; Respect for Home and the Natural World; Humor]

Burnett, Frances Hodgson. Little Lord Fauntleroy, New York:
Dell, 1986. [Generous Understanding; Justice]

______. The Secret Garden. Various editions. [Self-Knowledge;
Generous Understanding; Respect for Home and the Natural World]

Burnford, Sheila. The Incredible Journey. Illustrated by Carl
Burger. New York:bantam, 1990. [Perseverance; Friendship;
Self-Reliance; Courage]

Chaikin, Miriam. Exodus. Illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak. New
York: Holiday House, 1987.

Cleary, Beverly. Dear Mr. Henshaw. Illustrated by Paul O.
Zelinsky. New York: Dell, 1984. [Divorce]

Cohen, Barbara. Thank You, Jackie Robinson. Illustrated by
Richard Cuffari. New York: Lothrop, 1988.

Conrad, Pam. Pedro's Journal. A Voyage with Christopher
Columbus. Philadelphia: Boyds Mills Press, 1991. [Courage;
Self-Reliance; Work Well Done]

Dahl, Ronald. James & the Giant Peach. Illustrated by Nancy E.
Burkert. New York: Knopf, 1962.

Dalgliesh, Alice. The Courage of Sarah Noble. Illustrated by
Leonard Weisgard. New York: Macmillan Child Group, 1986.
[Courage; Respect for Home and the Natural World]

D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar P. D'Aulaire. Book of Greek Myths. New
York: Doubleday, 1980.

DeJong, Meindert. The House of Sixty Fathers. Illustrated by
Maurice Sendak. New York: HarperCollins, 1987. [Kindness;
Helping Each Other; Courage; Family Commitment]

______. Wheel on the School. Various editions.

De Paola, Tomie. Bonjour, Mister Satie. New York: Putnam, 1991.

Du Bois, William P. The Twenty-One Balloons. New York: Puffin,
1986. [Courage]

Estes, Eleanor. The Hundred Dresses. Illustrated by Louis
Slobodkin. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974.
[Imagination; Courage]

Farley, Walter. The Black Stallion. Illustrated by Keith Ward.
New York: Random House, 1977. MOVIE: "The Black Stallion",
1979.

Field, Eugene. Poems of Childhood. New York: Airmont, 1969.

______. The Gingham Dog & the Calico Cat. Illustrated by Janet
Street. New York: Putnam, 1990.

______. Wynken, Blynken, & Nod. New York: Putnam, 1986.

Fisher, Aileen. Always Wondering: Some Favorite Poems.
Illustrated by Joan Sandin. New York: HarperCollins, 1991.

Fitzgerald, John. The Great Brain. Illustrated by Mercer Mayer.
New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1985. [Family
Commitment]

Freedman, Russell. Lincoln: A Photobiography. New York: Ticknor
& Fields, 1987. [Justice; Courage; Responsibility; Aspiration]

Fritz, Jean. The Great Little Madison. New York: Putnam, 1989.
[Careful Thinking; Aspiration; Justice]

______. The Double Life of Pocahontas. Illustrated by Ed Young.
Putnam, 1983. [Courage]

George, Jean C. My Side of the Mountain. New York: Dutton,
1988.

Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Various editions.
[Friendship]

Hahn, Mary D. Stepping on the Cracks. Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Co., 1991. [Generous Understanding]

Haviland, Virginia. Favorite Fairy Tales Told Around the World.
Illustrated by S. D. Schindler. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.,
1985.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Wonder Book. New York: Airmont.

Henry, Marguerite. Misty of Chincoteague. Illustrated by Wesley
Dennis. New York: Macmillan Child Group, 1990. [Respect for
Home and the Natural World]

Homer. The Children's Homer; The Adventures of Odysseus and the
Tale of Troy. Retold by Padraic Colum. Illustrated by Willy
Pagany. New York: Macmillan Child Group, 1982. [Careful
Thinking; Imagination; Perseverance; Respect for Home and the
Natural World; Family Commitment]

______. The Return of Odysseus. Adapted by I.M. Richardson.
Illustrated by Hal Frenck. Mahwah, New Jersey: Troll
Associates, 1984. [Family Commitment; Courage; Perseverance;
Love]

______. The Wooden Horse. Adapted by I.M. Richardson.
Illustrated by Hal Frenck. Mahwah, New Jersey: Troll
Associates, 1984. [Careful Thinking; Imagination]

Howe, Deborah & James. Bunnicula; A Rabbit Tale of Mystery.
Illustrated by Alan Daniel. New York: Macmillan Child Group,
1979. [Humor]

Jennings, Judi. Why Work? Lexington, Kentucky: University Press
of Kentucky, 1989. [Work Well Done; Self-Control &
Responsibility; Self-Knowledge]

Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book. Various editions.

Kuskin, Karla. Dogs & Dragons, Trees & Dreams: A Collection of
Poems. New York: HarperCollins, 1980.

Lamb, Charles & Mary. Tales from Shakespeare. Various editions.

Lang, Andrew. The Blue Fairy Book. Various editions.

Lawson, Robert. Ben & Me. New York: Dell, 1973.

______. Rabbit Hill. New York: Puffin, 1977.

L'Engle, Madeleine. Time Trilogy: A Wrinkle in Time; A Wind in
the Door; A Swiftly Tilting Planet. New York: Farrar, Straus &
Giroux, 1979. [Family Commitment; Courage; Self-Reliance]

Lewis, C. S. The Chronicles of Narnia (Lion the Witch & the
Wardrobe) series. Various editions [Friendship; Courage;
Unselfishness; Self-Knowledge]

Little, Jean. Hey, World, Here I Am. Illustrated by Sue
Truesdell. New York: HarperCollins, 1989.

______. Stars Come Out Within. New York: Viking, 1991.
[Self-Reliance; Courage]

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Paul Revere's Ride. Illustrated by
Nancy W. Parker. New York: Greenwillow, 1985. [Courage]

Lovelace, Maud H. Betsy-Tacy. Illustrated by Lois Lenski. New
York: HarperCollins, 1966. A series: Betsy, Tacy & Tib; Betsy &
Tacy Go Over the Big Hill; Betsy & Tacy Go Downtown; Heaven to
Betsy; Betsy in Spite of Herself; Betsy Was a Junior; Betsy &
Joe; Betsy's Wedding. [Family Commitment; Friendship;
Self-Knowledge; Aspiration]

Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.,
1989. [Justice; Courage; Family Commitment; Self-Knowledge]

MacDonald, George. Princess & the Goblin and The Princess &
Curdie. Various editions. [Courage]

MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah, Plain & Tall. New York:
HarperCollins, 1985. [Courage; Family Commitment]

Maestro, Betsy & Giulio. A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our
Constitution. New York: Morrow, 1990. [Justice; Perseverance]

Mattingley, Christobel. The Miracle Tree. Illustrated by
Marianne Yamaguchi. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986.
[Justice; Concern for Others]

McKissack, Patricia and Frederick. Frederick Douglass: The
Black Lion. Chicago: Children's Press, 1987. [Justice; Courage]

______. Mary McLeod Bethune: A Great Teacher. [Helping Each
Other; Aspiration]

Merriam, Eve. Fresh Paint: New Poems. Illustrated by David
Frampton. New York: Macmillan Child Group, 1986.

______. Halloween A B C. Illustrated by Lane Smith. New York:
Macmillan Child Group, 1987. [Poems]

Montgomery, L. M., Anne of Green Gables. Series. MOVIE: "Anne
of Green Gables", also "Anne of Avonlea", Wonderworks.

My Book House. Illustrated. Edited by United Educators Staff.
Lake Bluff, Illinois: United Educators, Inc., 1920.12 Volumes.
[Contains a bibliography of character traits.]

Myers, Walter D. Now is Your Time! The African-American
Struggle for Freedom. New York: HarperCollins, 1991. [Courage]

O'Hara, Mary. My Friend Flicka (first of a trilogy;
Thunderhead, Son Flicka and The Green Grass of Wyoming). New
York: HarperCollins, 1988.[Courage; Loyalty; Family Commitment]

Osborne, Mary P. George Washington: Leader of a New Nation. New
York: Dial, 1991. [Careful Thinking; Aspiration]

Park, Barbara. Don't Make Me Smile. New York: Knopf, 1981.

Paterson, Katherine. The Great Gilly Hopkins. New York:
HarperCollins, 1978. [Generous Understanding; Serf-Knowledge]

______. The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks. Illustrated by Leo and
Diane Dillon. New York: Dutton, 1990. [Kindness]

Petry, Ann. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground
Railway. New York: HarperCollins, 1955. [Courage; Justice;
Self-Sacrifice]

Philip, Neil. The Tale of Sir Gawain. Illustrated by Charles
Keeping. New York: Putnam, 1987. [Courage; Loyalty]

Pyle, Howard. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. New York:
Dover, 1968. [Justice; Humor, Courage]

Rawls, Wilson. Where the Red Fern Grows. New York: Bantam,
1974. [Perseverance; Courage; Family Commitment]

Rockwell, Thomas. How to Eat Fried Worms. Illustrated by Emily
McMully. New York: Watts, 1973. [Humorl

Sandburg, Carl. Rootabaga Stories. Illustrated by Michael
Hague. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988.

Selden, George. The Cricket in Times Square series. Illustrated
by Garth Williams. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1960.
[Friendship; Humor; Kindness]

Sewall, Marcia. The Pilgrims Plimoth. New York: Macmillan Child
Group, 1986. [Courage; Perseverance; Justice; Kindness; Helping
Each Other]

Shura, Mary F. Gentle Annie: The True Story of a Civil War
Nurse. New York: Scholastic, 1991.

Sis, Peter. Follow the Dream. New York: Knopf, 1991. [Courage]

Skira-Venturi, Rasabianca. A Weekend with Renoir. New York:
Rizzoli, 1992. [Careful Thinking; Imagination]

Speare, Elizabeth George. The Sign of the Beaver. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 1983. [Self-Reliance; Dependability; Generous
Understanding; Respect for Home and the Natural World]

Spyri, Jobanna. Heidi. Various editions. [Love; Respect for
Home and the Natural World; Generous Understanding; Kindness]
Stanley, Diane & Peter Vennema. Good Queen Bess: The Story of
Queen Elizabeth I of England. New York: Macmillan Child Group,
1991. [Justice; Self-Control & Responsibility]


Stevenson, Robert Louis. Black Arrow. Various editions.
[Friendship; Courage; Justice; Serf-Knowledge]

______. Treasure Island. Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. New York:
Macmillan Child Group, 1981. [Justice; Courage; Generous
Understanding]

Stolz, Mary. Barkham Street Trilogy: Dog on Barkham Street;
Bully of Barkham Street; Explorer of Barkham Street. New York:
HarperCollins, 1989. [Self-Knowledge; Courage]

Taylor, Mildred D. Let the Circle Be Unbroken. New York:
Puffin, 1991. Sequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

______. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. New York: Dial Books for
Young Readers, 1976. [Family Commitment; Justice; Self-Respect]

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit.. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1984. [Justice; Courage;
Kindness]

Tooze, Ruth. Our Rice Village in Cambodia. Illustrated by Ezra
Jack Keats. New York: Viking, 1963.

Viorst, Judith. Alexander & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good,
Very Bad Day. Illustrated by Ray Cruz. New York: Macmillan
Child Group, 1976. [Humor]

Vo-Dinh. Toad is the Emperor's Uncle: Animal Folktales from
Viet-Nam. New York: Doubleday, 1970.

Voight, Cynthia. Dicey's Song. New York: Macmillan Child Group,
1982. Sequel to Homecoming.

______. Homecoming. New York: Macmillan Child Group, 1981.
[Self-Control & Responsibility; Careful Thinking; Family
Commitment]

Watkins, Yoko K. So Far from the Bamboo Grove. New York:
Lothrop, 1986. [Courage; Concern for Others]

White, E. B. Charlotte's Web. Illustrated by Understanding;
Imagination]

______. Stuart Little. Illustrated by Garth Williams. New York:
HarperCollins, 1945. [Self-Knowledge]

______. The Trumpet of the Swan. Illustrated by Edward
Frascino. New York: HarperCollins, 1973. [Family Commitment;
Respect for the Natural World; Humor]

Wiggin, Kate D. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. New York:
Scholastic, 1988. [Self-Knwoledge; Generous Understanding;
Aspiration; Work Well Done; Friendship; Family Commitment]

Wilde, Oscar. Stories for Children. Illustrated by P. J. Lynch.
New York: Macmillan Child Group, 1991.

______. Complete Fairy Tales. Afterword by Jack Zipes. New
York: Dutton, 1990.

______. The Happy Prince. Illustrated by Ed Young. New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1989.

______. The Nightingale & the Rose. New York: Oxford University
Press, 1981.

______. The Selfish Giant. Illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger. New
York: Scholastic, 1991. [Unselfishness; Generous Understanding]

Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House series. Illustrated by
Garth Williams. New York: HarperCollins, 1975. [Family
Commitment; Perseverance; Honesty]