Books that support the 7 Habis

Support your Leader at Home with Books that Reinforce

The 7 Habits


  • Habit 1: Be Proactive
  • Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
  • The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
  • King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood
  • The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle
  • The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
  • Salt in His Shoes by Michael Jordan
  • Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville (chapter book)
  • On My Honor by Marion Bauer (chapter book)

  • 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 by Doreen Cronin
  • Pancakes, Pancakes by Eric Carle
  • Galimoto by Karen Williams
  • Bobby Baseball by Robert K. Smith (chapter book)
  • The School Story by Andrew Clements (chapter book)

  • Habit 3: First Things First
  • Froggy Gets Dressed 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
  • Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter
  • Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan (chapter book)

  • Habit 4 Think Win-Win
  • The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss
  • 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

  • Habit 5: See 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
  • Rules by Cynthia Lord (chapter book)

  • Habit 6: Synergize
  • Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall
  • Swimmy by Leo Lionni
  • A Chair for my Mother by Vera 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
  • Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco
  • The Chalk Box Kid by Clyde Robert Bulla (chapter book)
  • The View From Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg (chapter book)
  • A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle (chapter book)
  • Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech (chapter book)

  • 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
  • Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen by DyAnne DiSalvo Ryan