Books used in Morningside Center's 4Rs Program
(Reading, Writing, Respect & Resolution)

Kindergarten:
Subway Sparrow by Leyla Torres
Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara Joosse
The Hating Book by Charlotte Zolotow
George and Martha: One Fine Day / George and Martha: Tons of Fun by James Marshall
Zinnia and Dot by Lisa Campbell Ernst
The Adventures of Connie and Diego by Maria Garcia
Swimmy by Leo Lionni

First Grade:
The Doorbell Rang by Oat Hutchins
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Many Moons by James Thurber
The North Wind and the Sun: An Oxford Fable, illustrations by Brian Wildsmith
Owen by Kevin Henkes
The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin
The Bremen Town Musicians: A Tale by Jacob & Wilhem Grimm; Bernadette Watts,illustrator; Anthea Bell, translator

Second Grade:
The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater
We Are Best Friends by Aliki
Angel Child, Dragon Child by Michele Maria Surat
The Little Banjo: A Haitian Story by Diane Wolkstein (originally titled The Banza)
Luka's Quilt by Georgia Guback
Crow Boy by Taro Yashima
She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head! by Kathryn Lasky

Third Grade:
Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
JoJo's Flying Side Kick by Brian Pinkney
The Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume
Hank Aaron: Brave in Every Way by Peter Golenbock
Old Henry by Joan W. Blos
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki

Fourth Grade:
Alejandro's Gift by Richard E. Albert
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
The Other Way to Listen by Byrd Baylor and Peter Parnall
The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
Magid Fasts for Ramadan by Mary Matthews
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
Wanted Dead or Alive: The True Story of Harriet Tubman by Ann McGovern

Fifth Grade:
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
Celia and the Sweet, Sweet Water by Katherine Paterson
Encounter by Jane Yolen
Your Move by Eve Bunting
The Long March: The Choctaw's Gift to Irish Famine Relief by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
Friends from the Other Side by Gloria Anzaldua
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson

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