LIM Books
The following are a list of Leader In Me themed books that are helpful not only for our classroom teachers, but for our parents as well. These books can be found on Amazon, or your local library.
BOOKS THAT REINFORCE THE 7 HABITS
LOWER and UPPER ELEMENTARY BOOK LIST
HABITS
The Berenstain Bears and the Bad Habit by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban
D.W. the Picky Eater by Marc Brown
The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Teasing by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Sam Who Never Forgets by Eva Rice
PARADIGMS
Frederick by Leo Lionni
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting
Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
Stone Soup (any version)
Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE
Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Mean Soup by Betsy Everitt
The Empty Pot by Demi
Habit 1: Be Proactive
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub by Ardrey Wood
The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
Someday a Tree by Eve Bunting
Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream by Deloris Jordan
The Real McCoy: The Life of an African-American Inventor by Wendy Towle
Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin
Pancakes, Pancakes by Eric Carle
Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams
Where Do You Think You’re Going, Christopher Columbus? By Jean Fritz
Lucy Mastermind by Alan Feldman
Eddie, Incorporated by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Bobby Baseball by Robert Kimmel Smith
The School Story by Andrew Clements
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Froggy Gets Dress by Jonathan London
The little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Alejandro’s Gift by Richard E. Albert
Jamaica’s Find by Juanita Havill
The Week Mom Unplugged the TV’s by Terry Wolfe Phelan
Irving Black’s Strange Snack by Roz Rosenbluth
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
The TV Kid by Betsy Cromer Byars
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter
Habit 4: Think Win-Win
Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
The Very Clumsy Click Beetle by Eric Carle
Let’s Be Enemies by Janice May Udry
The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss
Dragon Stew by Tom McGowen
Law of the Great Peace by John Bierhart
The Checker Players by Alan Venable
Hiawatha, Messenger of Peace by Dennis Brindell Fradin
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Are You my Mother? by P.D. Eastman
Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino
Marrying Malcolm Murgatroyd by Mame Farrell
Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Veronica Knows Best by Nancy K. Robinson
The Bully of Barkham Street by Mary Stolz
Habit 6: Synergize
Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
Clifford’s Spring Clean-Up by Norman Bridwell
How the Second Grade Got $8205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty by Nathan Zimelman
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
A Wrinkle in Time by Madaline L’Engle
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
The Chalk Box Kid by Clyde Robert Bulla
Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late by Mo Willems
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D.B. Johnson
Me I Am! by Jack Prelutsky
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan
The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Wind in the Long Grass: A Collection of Haiku edited by William Higginson