Fairness The
following books are good examples of being fair, playing by the rules,
sharing and listening.
Blume, Judy. :THE PAIN AND THE GREAT
ONE {IL K-3} -- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,
New York : 1984, c1974., RL 2.5, 32p - Picture Book
A six-year-old (The Pain) and his eight-year-old sister (The Great One)
see each other as troublemakers and the best-loved in the family.
Brown, Marc Tolon.: ARTHUR AND THE TRUE
FRANCINE {IL K-3} -- Little, Brown, Boston : c1996., RL
2.4, 32p - Picture Book
Francine and Muffy are good friends until Muffy lets Francine take the
blame for cheating on a test.
Christopher, Matt.: THE FOX STEALS
HOME (IL 3-6) - Little, Brown, Boston c1978., RL 4.9, 148p -
Novel
Already troubled by his parent's divorce,
Bobby Canfield is furtherdistressedwhen he learns that his father, who
has coached him in running bases, intends to move away.
Cleary, Beverly. : DEAR MR. HENSHAW
{IL 3-6} -- Avon Books, New York :
1994, c1983., RL 5.0, 133p - Novel
In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems
in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally
finding his own place in the world.
Cohen, Miriam. : BEE MY VALENTINE!
{IL K-3} -- Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, New York : c1978.,
RL 2.8, 32p - Picture Book
The pupils of a first grade class prepare for their St. Valentine's Day
party.
Cronin, Doreen. : CLICK, CLACK, MOO :
COWS THAT TYPE {IL K-3} -- Simon & Schuster Books for
Young Readers, New York, N.Y. : c2000., RL 1.3, 32p - Picture Book
When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making
demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they
want.
DeClements, Barthe. : NOTHING'S FAIR
IN FIFTH GRADE {IL 3-6,} -- Puffin Books, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :
1990., RL 5.2, 137p - Novel
Initially repelled by an overweight new student who has serious home problems,
the fifth grade class finally learns to accept her.
DeFelice, Cynthia C. : WEASEL
{IL 5-8} -- Avon Books, New York : c1990., RL 7.0, 119p - Novel
Alone in the frontier wilderness in the winter of 1839 while his father
is recovering from an injury, eleven-year-old Nathan runs afoul of the
renegade killer known as Weasel and makes a surprising discovery about
the concept of revenge.
Henkes, Kevin. : LILLY'S PURPLE PLASTIC
PURSE {IL K-3} -- Greenwillow
Books, New York : c1996., RL 3.5, 32p -
Picture Book
Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but when he
asks her to wait a while before showing the class her new purse, she does
something for which she is very sorry later.
Howe, James, : HORACE AND MORRIS BUT
MOSTLY DOLORES {IL K-3} -- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York
: c1999., RL 2.0, 32p - Picture Book.
Three mice friends learn that the best clubs include everyone.
Jaffe, Nina. THE COW OF NO
COLOR : RIDDLE STORIES AND JUSTICE TALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
(ISBN: 0805037365) {IL 5-8} -- H. Holt, New York : 1998., RL 7.5, 160p
- Fiction
In each of these stories, collected from around the world, a character
faces a problem situation which requires that he make a decision about
what is fair or just.
Lester, Helen. : ME FIRST {IL
K-3} -- Houghton Mifflin, Boston : c1992., RL 3.6, 32p - Picture Book.
Pinkerton the pig always manages to be first until he rushes for a sandwich
and it turns out to be not the edible kind.
Namioka, Lensey.:YANG THE YOUNGEST AND
HIS TERRIBLE EAR {IL 3-6} --Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young
Readers, New York : 1994, c1992., RL 5.5, 134p - Novel
Recently arrived in Seattle from China, musically untalented Yingtao is
faced
with giving a violin performance to attract new students for his father
when he would rather be working on friendships and playing baseball.
O'Brien, Robert C. : MRS. FRISBY AND
THE RATS OF NIMH {IL 3-6} -- Atheneum, New York : 1971., RL 5.8, 233p
- Novel
Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the
rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long
lived.
Scieszka, Jon. : THE TRUE STORY OF THE
3 LITTLE PIGS {IL K-3} -- Puffin Books, New York : 1996., RL 2.5, 32p
- Picture Book
The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when
he tangled with the three little pigs.
Slote, Alfred. : THE TRADING GAME
{IL 3-6,-} -- HarperTrophy, New York : 1992, c1990., RL 4.4, 200p - Novel
During a summer of baseball and baseball card trading, eleven-year-old
Andy makes discoveries about his father, his grandfather, who played professional
baseball, and himself.
Steig, William.: DOCTOR DE SOTO {IL
K-3} -- Farrar Straus and Giroux, New York : 1990, c1982., RL 6.1, 30p
- Picture Book
Dr. De Soto, a mouse dentist, copes with the toothaches of various animals
except those with a taste for mice, until the day a fox comes to him in
great pain.
Sturges, Philemon. : THE LITTLE RED HEN
MAKES A PIZZA {IL K-3} --
Dutton Children's Books, New York : c1999.,
RL 3.0, 32p - Picture Book
In this version of the traditional tale, the duck, the dog, and the cat
refuse to help the Little Red Hen make a pizza but do get to participate
when the time comes to eat it.
Van Allsburg, Chris. : THE GARDEN OF
ABDUL GASAZI {IL K-3} -- Houghton Mifflin, Boston : c1979., RL 4.7,
30p - Picture Book
When the dog he is caring for runs away from Alan into the forbidden garden
of a retired dog-hating magician, a spell seems to be cast over the contrary
dog.
Viorst, Judith. :ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE,
HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY {IL K-3} -- Aladdin Paperbacks,
New York : 1987, c1972., RL 3.9, 32p - Picture Book
On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the
thought that other people have bad days too.
