Courage Reading List
Children’s Picture Book Reading List for Teaching Courage
Back of the Bus by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Floyd Cooper |
Brave As Can Be: A Book of Courage by Jo Witek, illustrated by Christine Roussey |
Come with Me by Holly M. McGhee, illustrated by Pascal Lemaître |
Courage by Bernard Waber |
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Rafael López |
Freda Stops a Bully (I See I Learn #11) by Stuart J. Murphy |
The Hero in Me by Susan Fitzsimonds |
Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall |
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me by Maya Angelou, illustrated by Jean-Michel Basquiat, edited by Sara Jane Boyers |
A Little Chicken by Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Dan Taylor |
A Little Courage by Taltal Levi |
Maria Finds Courage: A Team Dungy Story About Soccer by Tony Dungy and Lauren Dungy |
Noni Speaks Up by Heather Hartt-Sussman, illustrated by Geneviève Côté |
One by Kathryn Otoshi |
The Pout-Pout Fish and the Bully-Bully Shark by Deborah Diesen, illustrated by Dan Hanna |
Ron’s Big Mission by Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden, illustrated by Don Tate |
Secret of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman, edited by Robert D. San Souci, illustrated by T. Taylor Bruce |
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage To Be Who You Are by Maria Dismondy, illustrated by Kimberly Shaw-Peterson |
Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson by Sharon Robinson, illustrated by Kadir Nelson |
When I Feel Afraid by Cheri J. Meiners |