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7 Habits Booklist

Suggested Books That Can Be Used to Reinforce Covey's 7 Habits
 
**denotes books available for teacher checkout in the Silverdale Media Center Catalog
***denotes books available for student checkout in the Silverdale Media Center Catalog
 

Habits

Paradigms

Circle of Influence

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**
  • My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss** ***
  • Oh, the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss** ***
  • Willy the Wimp by Anthony Browne
  • Hatchett by Gary Paulsen***
  • When I Feel Angry by Cornelia Maude Spelman** ***
  • Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell** ***
  • Enemy Pie by Derek Munson***
  • The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill***
  • Don't Laugh At Me by Steven Seskin**
  • I Like Myself! by Karen Beaumont
  • The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen** ***
  • Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni** ***
  • All By Myself by Aliki ***
  • A Good Day by Kevin Henkes
  • The Little Engine that Could by Piper ***
  • Ruby Mae Has Something to Say by David Small ***
  • Someone Was Watching by David Patneaude
  • There is a Bird on Your Head by Mo Willems
  • Woolbur by Leslie Helakoski ***
  • Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hunter by Bruce Coville***
  • On My Honor by Marion 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 ***
  • Chicken Little a retelling by Christianne C. Jones**
  • Chicken Little a retelling by Steven Kellogg***
  • Wake Up, Henry Rooster! by Margriet Ruurs
  • The Great Serum Race by Debbie S. Miller**
  • The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bill Mathis** ***
  • How We Are Smart by W. Nikola-Lia**
  • Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney***
  • How Full is Your Bucket? by Tom Rath and Donald Clifton**
  • The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss**
  • Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully*** 
  • The School Story by Andrew Clements***

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
  • Dear Children of the Earth by Schim Schimmel***
  • The Slapshot Star by Gloria Miller
  • Hurry up, Franklin! by Paulette Bourgeois**
  • Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie dePaola** *** 
  • The TV Kid by Betsy Byers***
  • Justin & the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter*** 
  • Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan**

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
  • Amos & Boris by William Steig** ***
  • Something From Nothing by Phoebe Gilman** ***
  • The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin and Rosana Faria**
  • Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes** ***
  • Horrible Harry's Secret by Suzy Kline** ***
  • The Moccasin Goalie by Roy Brownridge
  • Lilly's Big Day by Kevin Henkes***
  • Nine Gold Medals by David Roth
  • The Crayon Box that Talked by Shane DeRolf***
  • The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola***
  • Smoky Night by Eve Bunting***
  • The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss***
  • Sammy and the Pecan Pie by Sean Covey**

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***
  • The Island of the Skog by Steven Kellogg** ***
  • Grandfather Counts by Andrea Cheng
  • It Looked Like Spilled Milk by Charles Shaw
  • Alejandro's Gift by R.E. Albert
  • Lily and the Yucky Cookies by Sean Covey**
  • Rules by Cynthia Lord*** 
  • The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare***
  • The Bully of Barkham Street by Leonard Shortall***

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 2nd Grade Got $8205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty by Nathan Zimelman
  • Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco***
  • The Biggest Snowman Ever by Steven Kroll
  • The Gigantic Turnip by Aleksei Tolstoy**
  • Frederick by Leo Lionni** ***
  • Sophie and the Perfect Poem by Sean Covey**

Habit 7:  Sharpen the Saw