RESPECT BOOK LIST
Kindergarten First Second Third Fourth Fifth Unspecified Grades
The Bathwater Gang; Jerry Spinelli
Bein' With You This Way; W. Nikola-Lisa
Best Friends; Miriam Cohen
Best Friends for Frances; Russell Hoban
Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea; Joyce Carol
Chester's Way; Kevin Henkes
Dandelion; Don Freeman
Don't Fidget a Feather; Erica Silverman
Frog and Toad Are Friends; Arnold Lobel
George and Martha; James Marshall
George and Martha Back in Town
I Like Me!; Nancy Carlson
Ira Sleeps Over; Bernard Waber
Let's Be Enemies; Janice M. Udry
A Letter to Amy; Ezra Jack Keats
Matthew and Tilly; Rebecca C. Jones
Meet Danitra Brown; Nikki Grimes
The Mixed-Up Cameleon, Eric Carle
The Night Worker; Kate Banks
P.J. Funnybunny Camps Out; Marilyn Sadler
Quick as a Cricket, Audrey Wood
Rosie and Michael; Judith Voirst
William's Doll; Charlotte Zolotow
The Adventures of Connie and Diego; Maria Garcia
Best Friends for Frances; Russell Hoban
A Birthday Basket for Tia; Pat Mora
Chester's Way; Kevin Henkes
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type; Doreen Cronin
The First Strawberries; Joseph Bruchac
Frog and Toad Are Friends; Arnold Lobel
George and Martha, James Marshall
Hairs; Sandra Cisneros
Hats, Hats, Hats; Ann Morris
Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark; Johanna Hurwitz
Joshua's Masai Mask; Dakari Hru
Matthew and Tilly; Rebecca C. Jones
Native American Stories; Joseph Bruchac
No Howling in the House; Erica Farber & J. R. Sansevere
Now One Foot, Now the Other; Tomie dePaula
Pinky and Rex and the Bully; James Howe
The Shortest Kid in the World; Corinne Demas Bliss
Soccer Sam; Jean Marzollo
Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back; Joseph Bruchac & Jonathan London
Through Grandpa's Eyes; Patricia MacLachlan
The Wednesday Surprise; Eve Bunting
Yellow Bird and Me; Joyce Hansen
Amazing Bats; Frank Greenaway
Angel Child, Dragon Child; Michele Maria Surat
Bein' With You This Way; W. Nikola-Lisa
Bully Trouble; Joanna Cole
Chester's Way; Kevin Henkes
Dealing with Insults; Marianne Johnston
Grasshopper on the Road; Arnold Lobel
In the Time of Drums; Kim L. Siegelson
King of the Playground; Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Let's Be Enemies; Janice M. Udry
The Meanest Thing to Say; Bill Cosby
Oliver Button is a Sissy; Tomie dePaula
Pinky and Rex and the Bully; James Howe
Stellaluna; Janell Cannon
The Treasure Hunt; Bill Cosby
The Ugly Duckling; adapted by Jerry Pinkney
Verdi; Janell Cannon
Yoko; Rosemary Wells
Angel Child, Dragon Child; Michele Maria Surat
Blubber; Judy Blume
The Carp in the Bathtub; Barbara Cohen
Crow Boy; Taro Yashima
Daniel's Duck; Clyde Robert Bulla
Dealing with Anger; Marianne Johnston
Freckle Juice; Judy Blume
Goodbye, Vietnam; Gloria Whelan
Harlem; A Poem; Walter Dean Myers
The Hundred Dresses; Eleanor Estes
I Am Rosa Parks; Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins
Irene and the Big, Fine Nickel; Irene Smalls
Jamaica Tag-Along; Juanita Havill
Joshua's Masai Mask; Dakari Hru
Julius, the Baby of the World; Kevin Henkes
The Kid in the Red Jacket; Barbara Parks
King of the Playground; Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Lotus Seed; Sherry Garland
Matthew and Tilly; Rebecca C. Jones
Molly's Pilgrim; Barbara Cohen
Never Say Quit; Bill Wallace
Oliver Button is a Sissy; Tomie dePaula
Onion Tears; Diana Kidd
Owen Foote, Second Grade Strongman; Stephanie Greene
Pinky and Rex and the Bully; James Howe
Ramona the Pest; Beverly Cleary
The Shortest Kid in the World; Corrine Demas Bliss
Smoky Night; Eve Bunting
A Weekend with Wendell; Kevin Henkes
William's Doll; Charlotte Zolotow
Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree; William Miller
Angel Child, Dragon Child; Michele Maria Garza
China: The Culture; Bobbie Kalman
China: The Land; Bobbie Kalman
China: The People; Bobbie Kalman
Ella Enchanted; Gail Carson Levine
Hello, My Name Is Scrambled Eggs, Jamie Gilson
The Hundred Dresses; Eleanor Estes
If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island; Ellen Levine
In The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson; Betty Bao Lord
Leo the Lop; Stephen Cosgrove
The Lotus Seed; Sherry Garland
Pinky and Rex and the Bully; James Howe
Sister; Eloise Greenfield
Someday Angeline; Louis Sachar
Who Belongs Here? An American Story; Margy Burns Knight
Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family; Lensey Namioka
Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear; Lensey Namioka
You're a Brave Man, Julius Zimmerman; Claudia Mills
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin, Lloyd Moss
Angel Child, Dragon Child; Michele Maria Garza
Crossing the Starlight Bridge; Alice Mead
Felita, Nicholasa Mohr
The Friendship; Mildred D. Taylor
Gaffer Samson's Luck; Jill Paton Walsh
The Gold Cadillac; Mildred D. Taylor
Iggie's House; Judy Blume
Keystone Kids; John R. Tunis
Mayfield Crossing; Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Mississippi Bridge; Mildred D. Taylor
My Name is Maria Isabel; Alma Flor Ada
Nettie's Trip South; Ann Turner
Sixth Grade Nickname Game; Gordon Korman
Song of the Trees; Mildred D. Taylor
Swamp: Bayou Teche, Louisiana, 1851; K. Duey & K.A. Bale
Taking Sides; Gary Soto.
Cole, Brock. No More Baths
Cummings. Clean your room, Harvey Moon!
Hutchins, Pat. Where's the Baby?
Jackson, Ellen B. The Bear in the Bathtub
Krasilovsky, Phyllis. The Man Who Did Not Wash His Dishes
Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman. Mooch the Messy
Stanton, Elizabeth. The Very Messy Room
Teague. M. Pigsty
Wilhelm, Hans. Oh, What a Mess
Zion, Gene. Harry the Dirty Dog
Aliki -- Manners
Buehner -- I did it. I'm sorry
Buehner -- It's a spoon, not a shovel
Hoban, R. -- Dinner at Alberta's
Joslin -- What do you do, dear?
Slobodkin -- Excuse me! Certainly!
Wojciechowski --Don't call me Beanhead!
Butterworth, William. Leroy and the Old Man
Byars, Betsy. The House of Wings
Cohen. No Good in Art
MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah Plain and Tall
Mathis, Sharon Bell. The Hundred Penny Box
Rathman. Ruby the Copy Cat.
Stone. I'm Glad I'm Me
Blume, Judy. Iggie's House
Bunting, Eve. Smoky Night
Coles, Robert. The Story of Ruby Bridges
Curtis, THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM
Dragonwagon, Cresent. Home Place
Golenbock, Peter Teammates
Hamanaka, Sheila All the Colors of the Earth
Raschka, Chris Yo! Yes!
Taylor, Mildred , FRIENDSHIP
Taylor, Mildred , Gold Cadillac
Taylor, Mildred , Mississippi Bridge
Taylor, Mildred , ROLL OF THUNDER HEAR MY CRY
Taylor, Mildred , SONG OF THE TREES
Taylor, Mildred , The Well
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