阅读第一：勇气是孩子最重要的个人品质，因为在每天的生活和不同的社会情境下，孩子可能需要应对和处理不同的、棘手的问题，尝试新的事物，适应新的教育环境。当自己和他人有人身危险，被同学欺凌，被大人虐待，遭遇学业上的压力，面临家庭的变故等如何用勇气和智慧去解决。而如同所有关于品格教育的书籍，相关的图书是孩子学习勇气最好的教材。今天给大家推荐的是目前关于“勇气”的最佳的英文图书，适合从4-18岁不同的孩子阅读。
Sheila Rae, the Brave
by Kevin Henkes
The Little Yellow Leaf
by Carin Berger
Summary:
A lone yellow leaf doesn't want to let go and float to the ground. He watchesmany colorful leaves swirl about, but he hangs on to his branch in fear. Then,a small scarlet leaf gives him the encouragement he needs to be brave and theygracefully soar together. Accompanied by appealing, creative collages.
Interest Level: PreS-Gr. 2 Difficulty: age 4-8
Peep:
A Little BookAbout Taking a Leap
Summary:
On an outing, a little chick is afraid to hop off the steep curb when hissisters and mother do, experiencing a range of emotions like terror,nervousness, and anger. When he's finally takes the leap, he's overjoyed. SLJcalled it a "virtual master class in...effective picture-bookcreation."
Interest Level: PreS-Gr.2 Difficulty Lvl: age 4-8
Courage
by Bernard Waber
Summary:
A collection of stories about courage, with a number of scenarios featuringchildren, a few grown-ups, and a dog. Examples include serious "awesomekinds" and more lighthearted "everyday kinds" are given. Theconcrete examples used will resonate with children. Of the books about couragelisted here, this is one of the best discussion starters.
Interest Level: PreS-Gr. 3 Difficulty Lvl: age 4-8
The Dandelion Seed
by JosephAnthony
Summary:
This beautifully simple book teaches about seeds, cycles, and courage throughthe story of a little dandelion seed that's afraid of the world and refuses tolet go. Eventually the wind blows it free and it experiences great beauty,wonder, and challenges. Before long it lands, grows, and forms its own seedsthat blow away, all except for one frightened one...
Interest Level: PreS-Gr. 4 Difficulty:age 4-8
Wallace's Lists
by BarbaraBottner and Gerald Kruglik
Summary:
Wallace makes lists for everything because he's afraid if he doesn't, somethingmight not go right. Then, when he meets a new neighbor, Albert, Wallace ischallenged to start being more spontaneous, and once he does they have greatadventures together. This one's a great pick among books about courage intrying new things.
Interest Level: K-Gr. 2 DifficultyLevel: age 4-8
Mirette on the High Wire
by Emily ArnoldMcCully
Summary:
In 19th century Paris, Mirette meets a high-wire artist who has lost hiscourage to perform. She asks him to teach her his art, and as she learns how tobalance on her own he gets his nerve back, performs, and shows Paris that he isstill the best. Mirette overcomes countless falls on cobblestones in practicingto become a performer too.
Interest Level: K-Gr. 2 Difficulty Level: age 4-8
Not Afraid of Dogs
by SusannaPitzer
Summary:
Dogs are the only thing Daniel is afraid of, so when his aunt leaves herdog, Bandit, for them to take care of for a while, Daniel does everything hecan to avoid him, even eating meals in his room. Then one night, Daniel findsBandit hiding in the bath- room, afraid in a thunderstorm, and throughcomforting the dog, he realizes dogs aren't so scary after all.
Interest Level: K-Gr. 3 Difficulty Level: age 4-8
The Butterfly
by PatriciaPolacco
Summary:
The Nazi's brutality becomes clear to young Monique when one of them crush abutterfly she has been looking at. Soon she discovers that a Jewish family ishiding in her family's basement, with the help of Monique's parents. A welltold story about the terror of Nazi Germany and the courageous and selflessacts of Nazi resisters.
Interest Level: K-Gr. 3 DifficultyLevel: age 4-8
Sybil Ludington's Midnight Ride
by Marsha Amstel
Summary:
A true story about a heroine of the American Revolution. At just 16 years old,courageous Sybil Ludington embarked on a dangerous midnight ride to gather herfather's troops in time to fight the advancing British. Large watercolorillustrations complement this story of unusual courage.
Interest Level: Gr. 2-4 Difficulty Level: age 4-8
The Wanderer
by Sharon Creech
Summary:
13-year-old Sophie is the only girl on adangerous but adventurous sailing voyage across the Atlantic. Throughout thejourney, she keeps a journal of her experiences, and soon the trip becomes oneof self discovery as well. An "open-air adventure with personalgrowth" (Kirkus), this is one of the most popular booksabout courage for this age group.
Interest Level: Gr. 3-6 Difficulty Level: age 9-12
Fire from the Rock
by Sharon Draper
Summary:
When Sylvia Patterson is chosen to be one of the first black students toattend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957, she is honored tobe chosen, but is also frightened by the prospect of having to face the extremeracism. This stirring first- person account helps "personalize the civilrights struggle beyond slogans and politics" and forces the reader to ask,"What would I have done?" (Booklist)
Interest Level: Gr. 4-7 Difficulty Lvl: young adult
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
Summary:
When the people of Denmark heard that their Jewish citizens were to be sent toNazi death camps, many quickly organized to sneak Jewish people to safety inAllied Sweden. This story is brought to life in the fictionalized account ofAnnemarie, whose Jewish friend, Ellen, is kept by Annemarie's family until itis no longer safe, and Annemarie must risk her own life to save Ellen's."Readers [will] come to understand the true meaning of bravery." (SLJ)
Interest Level: Gr. 5-8 Difficulty Level: age 9-12
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
A SpellbindingTale of Intrigue
and Murder on the High Seas
Summary:
Charlotte Doyle was a prim and proper girl before she started a grueling,transatlantic journey from England to Rhode Island in 1802. The crew of theship mutinied, she became one of their swash- buckling mates, and she ended upbeing accused of murder by the captain. An action-filled tale of courage andadventure on the high seas.
Interest Level: Gr. 5-8 Difficulty Level: age 9-12
Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
Summary:
When his plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness and he is the only survivor,Brian must figure out how to survive. He has to make many life-and-deathdecisions, makes mistakes, and has setbacks, but also has many successes intrying to survive. He learns patience and to think before he acts, and findcourage to face his situation. "Riveting." (Bklst) Fordetails on this book and others in the Brian Saga, click below.
Interest Level: Gr. 6+ Difficulty Level: age 9-12
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World
TheExtraordinary True Story of
Shackleton and the Endurance
Summary:
Sir Ernest Shackleton was determined to be the first explorer to lead anexpedition across Antarctica on foot "from sea to sea," but whentheir ship became trapped in ice, they were forced to abandon it andsurvive in the icy wasteland for 19 months. A well- written tale of courage anddetermination, accompanied by photographs of the actual trip.
Interest Level: Gr. 6+ Difficulty Level: age 9-12
A Girl Named Disaster
by Nancy Farmer
Summary:
Nhamo's mother is dead and her father isgone, so when the village leaders try to make her marry a cruel man, she runsaway from her village to find her father in Zimbabwe. En route, theeleven-year-old faces many starvation, almost drowning, wild animals, etc. Ifyou're looking for adventure books about courage and determination, this"engrossing and memorable saga" (SLJ) is a sure bet!
Interest Level: Gr. 6-9 DifficultyLevel: age 9-12
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
by Gary Schmidt
Summary:
Turner doesn't fit in to his new town, but finds a new friend in Lizzie BrightGriffen, a lively girl from Malaga Island. Then, when the town leaders want todrive Lizzie's people from the island in order to start up a tourist businessthere, Turner is courageous enough to stand up for his friend and their way oflife, and pays a terrible price for going against the grain. One of the mostbeautifully written books about courage and standing up for what is right.
Interest Level: Gr. 6-9 Difficulty: young adult
The Boy Who Dared
A Novel Based onthe True Story of a Hitler Youth
Summary:
In the new Third Reich, all youth are required to join the Hitler Youth.Helmuth is impressed at first, but his religious faith helps him realize howwrong it is. He risks his life to start an underground newsletter telling whatis really happening, (using news from BBC radio) and is eventually caught. Thisis one of our favorite books about courage, probably because it is based on areal person (and includes photos!)
Interest Level: Gr. 6-9 DifficultyLevel: age 9-12
Before We Were Free
by Julia Alvarez
Summary:
It's 1960 and Anita lives under a harsh dictatorship in the Dominican Republic.When her family becomes involved in a plot to kill the dictator, they must fleefor their lives and go into hiding, where Anita keeps a journal of the eventsgoing on around her as well as her normal teenage thoughts on boys, life,looks, and more.
Interest Level: Gr. 7+ Difficulty: young adult
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