***   COURAGE IS   *** *  the strength to do the right thing. *  Courageous people try new things even if they are afraid. *  Courageous people stand up for their beliefs.  They are not afraid to be themselves even if others tease them or don't agree with them.

Literature List

Grade Level Title of Book Author K Brave Horace Helen Kellar K Go Away Monsters Lickety Split Nancy Evans Cooney K Owl Babies Martin Waddell K Can't You Sleep Little Bear Martin Waddell K We're Going on a Bear Hunt Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury 1 Great Cat David McPhail 1 There's an Alligator Under My Bed Mercer Mayer 1 Thunder Cake Patricia Pollaco 1 There's a Nightmare in My Closet Mercer Mayer 1 Arthur Meet's the President Marc Brown 2 Come Meet Muffin Joyce Carol Oates 2 Sheila Ray, The Brave Kevin Henkes 2 Brave Little Pete of Geranium Street Jack Prelutsky 2 Franklin in the Dark Paulette Bourgeois 3 Flood Mary Calhoun 3 Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman 3 Left Behind Carol Carrick 3 Sleep Out Carol Carrick 3 Brave Irene Eve Bunting

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