PYP IB Books for Inquiry, Attitudes, and Concepts
PYP IB Books for Inquiry, Attitudes, and Concepts
APPRECIATION
Frog and Toad are Friends
George and Martha by James Marshal
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Being Wasteful by Joy Berry
Elmer by David McKee
Tacky by Helen Lester
COMMITMENT
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbey
The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Suess
Fourth of July by Barbara Joosse
Not So Fast, Songololo by Niki Daly
The Signmaker’s Assistant by Ted Arnold
The Story of Lightning and Thunder by Ashley Bryan
Pedrito’s Day by Luis Garay
Winners Never Quit by Mia Hamm
CONFIDENCE
Mirette on the Highwire by Emily McCully
I Like Me! by Nancy Carlson
Cosmo Zooms by Arthur Howard
Horace and Morace but Mostly Delores by James Howe
Feeling Left Out by Kate Petty
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Angel Child, Dragon Child by Michele Maria Surat
Sheila Rae, the Brave by Kevin Henkes
Brave Irene by William Steig
I’m Gonna Like Me by Jamie Lee Curtis
Stand Tall by Molly Lou Mellon by Patty Lovell
Prince Cinders by Babette Cole
Arnie and the Skateboard Gang by Nancy Carlson
Captain Snap and the Children of Vinegar Lane by Roni Schotter
A Little Excitement by Ted Rand
Little Polar Bear and the Brave Little Hare by Hans DeBeer
The Tale of Custard the Dragon by Ogden Nash
Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
“What was I Scared Of?” from Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. Suess
I Like Myself! By Karen Beaumont
Ella Sets the Stage by Carmela and Steven D’Amico
The Shark Who Was Afraid of Everything by Brian James
Pinduli by Janell Cannon
Ella Takes The Stage by Carmela and Steven D’Amico
Elmer by David McKee
Tacky by Helen Lester
COOPERATION
The Seven Chinese Brothers by Margaret Mahy
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat by Patricia Reilly Giff
Bernard by Bernard Waber
The Crack-of-Dawn Walkers by Amy Hest
How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina R. Friedman
Loudmouth George and the New Neighbors by Nancy Carlson
Toestomper and the Caterpillars by Sharleen Collicott
Cactus Soup by Eric A. Kimmel
CREATIVITY
Free Fall by David Wiesner
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
Mouse T.V. by Matt Novak
Oh the Thinks You Can Think by Dr. Suess
If I Ran the Circus by Dr. Suess
If by Sarah Perry
Ella Sets the Stage by Carmela and Steven D’Amico
Elmer by David McKee
Tacky by Helen Lester
The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer
Earth Dance by Joanne Ryder
CURIOSITY
Curious George by Margaret and H. A. Rey’s
Marsupial Sue by John Lithgow
If by Sarah Perry
Oh, The Places You’ll Go by Dr Suess
EMPATHY
The Bear’s Toothache by David McPhail
Through Grandpa’s Eyes by Patricia McLachlan
Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale by Marcus Pfister
Helping Out by George Ancona
The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
Jamaica’s Find by Juanita Havill
A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
Wilford Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
Hey Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoose
The Spiffiest Giant by Julia Donaldson
All Kinds of Families by Nora Simon
Bub or the Very Best Thing by Natalie Babbitt
Crow Boy by Yashima Taro
The Five-Dog Night by Eileen Christelow
Lucy’s Picture by Nicola Moon
Mr. Putter and Tabby Walk the Dog by Cynthia Rylant
Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch by Eileen Spinelli
Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen by Dyanne DiSalvo-Ryan
Pinduli by Janell Cannon
How Do I Stand In Your Shoes? By Susan DeBell
ENTHUSIASM
Emma by Wendy Kesselman
Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae
I Like Me! by Nancy Carlson
Finklehopper Frog by Livingston
Tacky by Helen Lester
INDEPENDENCE
Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester
No Fighting, No Biting by Else Hlmelund Minarik
I Like Me! by Nancy Carlson
Marsupial Sue by John Lithgow
Duck for President by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
INTEGRITY
Jamaica’s Find by Juanita Havill
Oops! Excuse Me Please! And Other Mannerly Tales by Bob McGrath
Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat by Patricia Reilly Giff
Berenstain Bears Tell the Truth by Jan and Stan Berenstain
Rainbow Fish-Puffer Cries Shark by Marcus Pfister
A Big Fat Enormous Lie by Marjorie Weinman
A Day’s Work by Eve Bunting
The Empty Pot by Demi
The Honest-to-Goodness Truth by Patricia McKissack
Honest Tulio by John Himmelman
And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street by Dr. Suess ??
Ivan the Great by Isabel Langis Cusack
The Emperor’s New Clothes by Harcourt Brace & Company
A Big Fat Enormous Lie by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Lleonard The Llama That Lied by Susan Cameron
Shark Tales: Lenny’s Fishy Fib
Don’t Tell A Whopper on Friday by Adolph Moser
The Dog Who Cried Wolf by Keiko Kasza
RESPECT
Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg
Fireflies by Julie Brinkloe
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells
Manners by Aliki
I Have a Cold by Grace Maccarone
The Berenstain Bears-No Girls Allowed by Jan and Stan Berenstain
The Blind Men and the Elephant by Karen Backstein
Chester’s Way by Kevin Henkes
Earth Dance by Joanne Ryder
Just Plain Fancy by Patricia Polacco
Police Officers by Paulette Bourgeois
Pinduli by Janell Cannon
Sorry! by Trudy Ludwig
TOLERANCE
A Rainbow of Friends by P.K. Hallinan
The Bearenstain Bear’s New Neighbors by Jan and Stan Berenstain
How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina R. Friedman
Soccer Sam by Jean Morzollo
Watch Out For the Chicken Feet in Your Soup by Tomie de Paola
A Bad Case of the Stripes by David Shannon
Someone Special Just Like You by Tricia Brown
Finklehopper Frog by Irene Livingston
This is Our House by Michael Rosen
The Sneetches by Dr. Suess
The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Suess
Just the Way You Are by Max Lucado
You Are Special by Max Lucado
Is There Really a Human Race by Jamie Lee Curtis
Pinduli by Janell Cannon
The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
Tacky by Helen Lester
All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanaka
Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester
BULLY PROOFING
The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill
Loudmouth George and the Sixth Grade Bully by Nancy Carlson
Toestomper and the Caterpillars by Sharleen Collicott
Arthur’s April Fool by Marc Brown
Emily Breaks Free by Marsh Media
The Ant Bully by John Nickle
King of the Playground by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
Nora and the Nonapus by fifth graders at Estes Hill Elementary in Chapel
Hill, NC
The Berenstain Bears and the Bully by Jan and Stan Berenstain
The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Teasing by Jan and Stan Berenstain
Bully Trouble by Joanna Cole
Don’t Laugh at Me by Steve Seskin and Allen Shamblin
My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig
Honey…Honey…Lion by Jan Brett
The Shark Who Was Afraid of Everything by Brian James
Pinduli by Janell Cannon
My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig
Just Kidding by Trudy Ludwig
Sorry! by Trudy Ludwig
Tacky by Helen Lester
Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester
Miranda Peabody and the Magnificent Friendship March (A Story About
Bullies, Bystanders and Friendship) by Susan DeBell
Blue Cheese Breath and Stinky Feet (How to Deal with Bullies) by Catherine
DePino
FRIENDSHIP
We are Best Friends by Aliki
A Friend for Oscar Mouse by Joe and Maria Majewska
Cap it Off With a Smile- A Guide for Keeping and Making Friends by Robin
Inwald
Nobody Likes Me by Raoul Krischamitz
Ruby the Copy Cat by Peggy Rathman
Monkey See, Monkey Do by Linda Schwartz
Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
How to Be a Friend by Laurie and Mark Brown
And to Think That We Thought We’d Never Be Friends by Mary Ann
Hoberman
Best Friends by Loretta Krupinski
Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco
George and Martha Encore by James Marshal
The Hating Book by Charlotte Zolotow
Maebelle’s Suitcase by Tricia Tusa
Margaret and Margarita by Lynn Reiser
Mrs. Rose’s Garden by Elaine Greenstein
One of Each by Mary Ann Hoberman
Tacky by Helen Lester
MOODS
Sometimes I’m Bombaloo by Rachel Vail
What Are You So Grumpy About by Tom Lightenheld
Glad Monster, Sad Monster by Ed Emberley and Anne Miranda
The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Pressure by Stan and Jan Berenstain
I Was So Mad by Mercy Mayer
Do I Have to Go to School Today? by Larry Shles
Don’t Laugh at Me by Steve Seskin
When Sophie Gets Angry- Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang
The Grouchy Lady Bug by Eric Carle
TATTLING/RUMORS
The Big Bad Rumor by Jonathon Meres
Rainbow Fish: Tattle Tale by Marcus Pfister
Tattlin’ Madeline by Carol Cummings
Armadillo Tattletale by Hellen Ketterman
Don’t Squeal unless It’s a Big Deal: A Tale of Tattletales by Jeanie Franz
Ransom
Pass It Forward
The Flower Man by Mark Ludy
Listening Skills
Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen by Howard Binkow