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Values + Actions = Integrity

When values and actions align, integrity is present. It's doing the right thing when no one is watching. Here are some great picture books and resources to make integrity understandable for your little ones.

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  • A picture book that empowers children to use their voices in a variety of ways to make a positive difference in the world.
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., [2019] — E FICTION REYNOLDS
  • Proving that a picture is worth a thousand words, illustrator Pinkney expertly preserves Aesop's fable of the mouse who is captured by the lion, then benevolently released and returns the favor by gnawing through the twine that holds the lion after…
    Book, 2009New York : Little, Brown and Co. Books for Young Readers, 2009. — E 398.2452 PINKNEY
  • In this picture book by Youth Poet Laureate Gorman, rhyming text and colorful illustrations depict children banding together to affect positive change in their communities and in themselves through reaching out with kindness and acts of service.
    Book, 2021New York : Viking, 2021. — E FICTION GORMAN
  • Fred Bear has the loudest "GRRRRR" in the forest. He has won trophies for how loud he can growl. However, Boris, the new bear in town, steals Fred's "GRRRRR" to win the next competition. But Boris just wants a friend, and maybe, just maybe, Fred…
    Book, 2016New York, N.Y. : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2016. — E FICTION BIDDULPH
  • When Jack knocks over Zoe's castle and hurts her feelings, Jack is instructed to apologize to her and learns how to offer an apology that heals their relationship.
    Book, 2024New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2024. — E FICTION LUKOFF
  • With a supply of yarn that never runs out, Annabelle knits for everyone and everything in town until an evil archduke decides he wants the yarn for himself.
    Book, 2012New York : Balzer & Bray, c2012. — E FICTION BARNETT
  • The favorite tale about a young boy who learns a lesson by crying wolf is retold with even more animation and delightful humor.
    Book, 2006New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2006] — E FICTION HENNESSY
  • A beautiful book about counting and colors — and the power of standing up to bullies.
    Book, 2008Mill Valley, CA : KO Kids Books, c2008. — E FICTION OTOSHI
  • When Ping admits that he is the only child in China unable to grow a flower from the seeds distributed by the Emperor, he is rewarded for his honesty.
    Book, 1990New York : H. Holt, c1990. — E FICTION DEMI
  • Greta and the Giants

    Inspired by Greta Thunberg's Stand to Save the World

    Tucker, Zoë,
    A girl named Greta — inspired by the real-life young climate activist Greta Thunberg — organizes protestors to save her beloved forest from trampling giants.
    Book, 2019Minneapolis, MN, USA : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2019. — E FICTION TUCKER
  • Cora tells her mom that she doesn't really know what integrity is and her mom tells her that it's who she is inside and what she does when nobody is looking.
    eBook, 2020Boys Town Press, 2020
  • Explores words and concepts relating to social justice, human rights and political activism through rhymes for each letter of the alphabet, accompanied by illustrations.
    Book, 2013New York, NY : Seven Stories Press, [2013] — E 303.372 NAGARA
  • A child learns that there are consequences for thoughtless behavior, from feeding popcorn to a bear at the zoo to dropping an empty can out of a car window.
    Book, 2010Las Vegas, NV : Two Lions, [2010] — E FICTION JAVERNICK
  • Illustrated children's book encourages readers to make promises to themselves to make good choices, work hard and be themselves.
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — E FICTION JAMES
  • When things start to go wrong on a farm, the goat gets the blame. Eventually, the Farmer family realizes that the goat is innocent and learns an important lesson about integrity.
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — E FICTION PATCHETT
  • A gardener named George lovingly plants a daisy in his garden. The garden is finally at peace, and the daisy is thankful for its own home.
    Book, 2019New York : NorthSouth Books, 2019. — E FICTION SCHEIDL
  • When one child invites a boy standing alone to play, he in turn invites another and soon all of the children are playing together. The students decide to build a buddy bench as a place to find a friend.
    Book, 2019Thomaston, Maine : Tilbury House Publishers, [2019] — E FICTION BROZO
  • In this story, inspired by actual events in post-WWII Holland, Katje receives a box of provisions from American Rosie. Overjoyed, Katje shares her goods with her family and the postman and writes a letter of thanks to Rosie. Katje's thank-you note…
    Book, 2003New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. — E FICTION FLEMING