Character Strong Booklist- Putnam Heights: Respect

Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.

RJ is having another bad day--but with the help of his coach, RJ learns that working as a team and sharing are skills needed not just on the soccer field, but in school and at home too.

Kameeka is confident that today she will finally beat her rival, Jamara, and become the Hula-Hoopin' Queen of 139th Street. But then Mama reminds her that today is their neighbour Miz Adeline's birthday, and Kameeka has to get ready for the party they are hosting. But then Miz Adeline's confesses something too: she's also got the itch - the hula-hoopin' itch!

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Told in lively and powerful verse, this book is a beautiful depiction of a modern Native American family. Fry bread is food piled high on a plate and it is time that brings families together for meals and new memories. Fry bread is nation, shared by many, from coast to coast and beyond. Fry bread is us - a celebration of old and new, traditional and modern, similarity and difference.

Being the new kid in school is hard enough, but what about when nobody can pronounce your name? Having just moved from Korea, Unhei is anxious that American kids will like her. So instead of introducing herself on the first day of school, she tells the class that she will choose a name by the following week. Her new classmates are fascinated by this no-name girl and decide to help out by filling a glass jar with names for her to pick from. But while Unhei practices being a Suzy, Laura, or Amanda, one of her classmates comes to her neighborhood and discovers her real name and its special meaning.

Follow along with 2 sisters on their first day of school as they learn to be proud of who they are, no matter what!

The Golden Rule spreads the message of kindness to a new generation. But, what does it really mean? And how do you follow it? A grandfather explains to his grandson that the Golden Rule means you "treat people the way you would like to be treated. It's golden because it's so valuable, and a way of living your life that's so simple, it shines." The book reveals versions of the Golden Rule found in many cultures and religions. Following the Golden Rule is something everyone can do, which means that every person-old or young, rich or poor-can help make the world a better place.

When two boys draw their own lines and realize they can connect them together--magic happens! But a misstep causes their lines to get crossed. Push! Pull! Tug! Yank! Soon their line unravels into an angry tug-of-war. With a growing rift between them, will the boys ever find a way to come together again?

Delly Porter has a happy life. She needs new shoes, but doesn't really mind because she loves the soft, silky feel of the dirt road beneath her bare feet. She's a good artist, too, even if she has to make her own art supplies. And she loves her schoolteacher, Miss Violet, who lets her help in the classroom. Life only looks brighter when Miss Violet announces the school will have a Shoebox Social to help raise funds for new art materials. But when what should be a festive occasion is threatened by prejudice and cruelty, Delly finds out that one must stay true to oneself to successfully navigate life's joys and sorrows.

When people have trouble pronouncing his name, Sangoel draws it out: A SUN and a soccer GOAL, giving the other students a fun new way to talk about and learn names and their origins.

Chloe and her friends won't play with the new girl, Maya. Every time Maya tries to join Chloe and her friends, they reject her. Eventually Maya stops coming to school. When Chloe's teacher gives a lesson about how even small acts of kindness can change the world, Chloe is stung by the lost opportunity for friendship, and thinks about how much better it could have been if she'd shown a little kindness toward Maya.

This book takes a closer look at The North Wind and the Sun fable. The first chapters introduce who Aesop may have been and what a fable is. The following chapters will feature the fable in its entirety and important lessons one can learn from the fable, like how respect can get you further than pushiness. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning.

In Interrupting Chicken, the little red chicken has a hard time containing her excitement about her bedtime stories, even though her Papa has asked her to stop interrupting. This all too familiar tale of children interrupting stories, tales, and more, will help your child to learn that respect comes in many forms, even small forms, like not interrupting others until they're finished.