Book Lists

The “I Care” Book Packs are aligned with “I Care” Positive Parenting Character Curricula. The books in each list reinforce a positive character trait and are developmentally and age appropriate for students at each grade level.

The recommended books can be ordered via other vendors. “I Care” does not distribute these books anymore.

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Pre-K Book List

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  • January--Max's Dragon Shirt
  • February--All the Colors of the Earth
  • March--Ten, Nine, Eight
  • April--The Okay Book
    (R: It’s Okay to Be Different)*
  • May--No More Water in the Tub
  • June--Best Dad in the Sea
  • July--The Garden That We Grew
    (R: The Pizza That We Made)*
  • August--Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
  • September--Blueberries for Sal
    (R: Cassie’s Word Quilt)*
  • October--ABC I Like Me!
  • November--Excuse Me! A Little Book of Manners
  • December--The Berenstain Bears and the Truth

* R = Replacement Book

 


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Kindergarten Book List

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  • January--Let’s Pretend
  • February--I Feel Orange Today
    (R: I Was So Mad)*
  • March--Growing Vegetable Soup
  • April--The Runaway Bunny
  • May--Where the Wild Things Are
  • June--Ask Mr. Bear
  • July--The Carrot Seed
  • August--Stephanie’s Ponytail
  • September--Muddle Cuddle
  • October--Murmel, Murmel, Murmel
  • November--Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come!
  • December--Jamaica’s Find

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1st Grade Book List

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  • January--The Little Engine That Could
  • February--Quick as a Cricket
  • March--Koala Lou
  • April--Corduroy
  • May--Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
  • June--Love You Forever
  • July--Jake Baked the Cake
  • August--Mary Wore Her Red Dress
  • September--The Snowy Day
  • October--The Little Red Hen
  • November--The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners
  • December--Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine

 


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2nd Grade Book List

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  • January--I Want to Be a Teacher
  • February--Shy Charles
  • March--Jack’s Garden
  • April--Frog and Toad Are Friends
  • May--The Magic Fan
  • June--The Doorbell Rang
  • July--Amelia Bedelia
  • August--Mrs. Honey’s Tree
  • September--Drummer Hoff
  • October--Harold and the Purple Crayon
  • November--I Did It, I’m Sorry
  • December--The Emperor and the Kite

 


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3rd Grade Book List

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  • January--Nobody Is Perfick
  • February--Take the Court
    (R: The Berenstain Bears & the Messy Room)*
  • March--Uncle Jed’s Barbershop
  • April--Because of Winn-Dixie
  • May--The Berenstain Bears Catch the Bus
  • June--Class President
  • July--The Berenstain Bears’ Dollars & Sense
  • August--King Midas and the Golden Touch
  • September--Who Is a Stranger and What Should I Do?
  • October--Call It Courage
  • November--Ramona Quimby, Age 8
  • December--Honest-to-Goodness Truth

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4th Grade Book List

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  • January--Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
  • February--A Taste of Blackberries
  • March--Shoeshine Girl
  • April--Charlotte’s Web
  • May--Egg-Drop Blues
  • June--The Hundred Penny Box
  • July--Circle of Gold
    (R: Ramona’s World)*
  • August--The Berenstain Bears’ Trouble at School
  • September--Stone Fox
  • October--Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
    (R: The Sign of the Beaver)*
  • November--Sarah, Plain and Tall
  • December--The Courage of Sarah Noble

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5th Grade Book List

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  • January--Maniac Magee
  • February--Dovey Coe
  • March--Fever 1793
  • April--Toliver’s Secret
  • May--On My Honor
  • June--Dog Friday
  • July--A Wrinkle in Time
  • August--Is Anybody There?
  • September--Regarding the Fountain
  • October--Bud, Not Buddy
  • November--The Black Stallion Filly
  • December--Blubber

 


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6th Grade Book List

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  • January--Saving Lilly
  • February--The Girls
  • March--A Single Shard
  • April--A Week in the Woods
  • May--The Landry News
  • June--Old Yeller
  • July--The One-Eyed Cat
  • August--Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues
  • September--Dear Mr. Henshaw
  • October--Crazy Lady
  • November--The Janitor’s Boy
  • December--Wilma Rudolph: Olympic Runner

 


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7th Grade Book List

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  • January--My Daniel
  • February--Seven Daughters and Seven Sons
  • March--The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt
  • April--I am Regina
  • May--Jacob Have I Loved
  • June--The Pinballs
  • July--Catherine Called Birdy
  • August--The Place of Lions
  • September--Belle Prater’s Boy
  • October--Nothing But the Truth
  • November--Altogether, One at a Time
  • December--Stowaway

 


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8th Grade Book List

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  • January--Where the Lilies Bloom
  • February--Getting Near to Baby
  • March--Hitch
  • April--The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
  • May--The Upstairs Room
  • June--Marie, Dancing
  • July--Touching Spirit Bear
  • August--Hoot
  • September--The Fruit Bowl Project
  • October--Gathering Blue
  • November--Cheating Lessons
  • December--After the Rain

 


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9th Grade Book List

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  • January--Journey
  • February--Listening for Lions
  • March--Peeling the Onion
  • April--Make Lemonade
  • May--Rucker Park Setup
    (R: The Boy Who Drank Too Much)*
  • June--Keesha’s House
  • July--Young Landlords
    (R: Nobody Else Has to Know; Snatched)*
  • August--Rosa Parks: My Story
    (R: It’s Your World--If You Don’t Like It,
    Change It
    )*
  • September--In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
  • October--The Time Capsule
  • November--Invisible
  • December--If I Should Die Before I Wake

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10th Grade Book List

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  • January--Hurricane Song
    (R: Ironman)*
  • February--The Battle of Jericho
  • March--Forgotten Fire
    (R: Flight 116 Is Down)*
  • April--Stones in Water
    (R: Dark Waters)*
  • May--Antsy Does Time
    (R: Celine)*
  • June--Emako Blue
  • July--The Wave
  • August--The Hero’s Trail
    (R: Of Sound Mind)*
  • September--Freaky Friday
  • October--And Then There Were None
    (R: Teens Can Make It Happen: Nine Steps for Success)*
  • November--The Pearl
  • December--Names Will Never Hurt Me

* R = Replacement Book

 


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11th Grade Book List

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  • January--Buried Onions
  • February--Rules of the Road
  • March--Wuthering Heights
  • April--Let the Circle Be Unbroken
  • May--Buddha Boy
    (R: The Outsiders)*
  • June--The Big Burn
  • July--Warriors Don’)t Cry
    (R: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter)*
  • August--To Kill a Mockingbird
  • September--The Chosen
  • October--The Lilies of the Field
  • November--Emma
  • December--I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    (R: Plain City; Homecoming)*

* R = Replacement Book

 


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12th Grade Book List

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  • January--Jesse
  • February--Babbitt
    (R: Tex)*
  • March--Helen Keller: The Story of My Life
  • April--A Boy at War
    (R: Lord of the Flies)*
  • May--The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • June--Up Close: Oprah Winfrey
    (R: The Moves Make the Man)*
  • July--A Day No Pigs Would Die
  • August--The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
  • September--Backwater
  • October--The Catcher in the Rye
  • November--Hope Was Here
  • December--Black Mirror
    (R: Gulliver’s Travels; A Lesson Before Dying)*

* R = Replacement Book

 

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