Books with Peace or Values themes
Published by Scholastic Books for use in Primary Schools – Listed with reading levels
Fiction
The fiction titles from Orange and Turquoise ‘Into Connectors’ are based on reciprocal reading, independent group work of 6x students working together independent of the teacher.
Orange
- Bullying– Nick Nelly and Jake
- Lying/Shame– Uncle Al goes to Camp
- Honesty– A Big Mistake
Turquoise
- Cheating- Live and Ruby
- Fear/Acting irresponsibly– Home Safe Home
- Being Bossy– Bossy Cousin Kate
Key Links titles
Themes at Key Links levels of Magenta through to Gold Guided Readers
Magenta
- Kindness– Kind Bird
- Playing tricks on people– Tricky Tiger
Red
- Trust– Rabbit and Frog
- Anxiety– Where’s Dad?
Yellow
- Greed- Greedy Rabbit
- Friendliness- Octopus is a Friend
- Helping hand- Super Dog (Non-Fiction)
Blue
- Boredom– Big Bull gets Bored
- Laziness- Lazy Lily
- Loneliness– Baby Bonobos Alone (Non Fiction)
- Learning a lesson– Tricera’s Lesson
- Helping Hand– A Handy Horse (Non Fiction)
- Acceptance– Green Feathers
Green
- Jealousy– Spider gets Jealous
- Tantrums– Tilly’s Tantrum
- A Dare– I Dare You
- Acceptance– Different but the Same
Personal narratives
In the Personal Narratives at Orange through to Gold, with ‘Values’ themes
Orange
- No worries
- The Bedroom Swing
Turquoise
- Saving Pop
- Dad’s Place
Purple
- Fussy Ferret
- Uncle Al-Surfer
Gold
- Perfectly Ridiculous
- Changes
Shared Reading (read to whole class group)
Year 1
- Sharing– Baboons Nest
- Boredom– How Boring
Year 2
- Acceptance– Another Mother
- Anger– Grumpy Rhino
Year 3
- Making a Mistake– Monkey’s Mistake
Year 4
- Grumpiness– The Cantankerous Camel
- Clumsiness– Lily O’Lee
