Children's Books on Perseverance and Diligence
Addy Saves the Day by Connie Porter
Annabelle’s Un-Birthday by Steven Kroll
Awful Thursday by Ron Roy
Book of Virtues by William Bennett
Boy Who Cried Wolf by Aesop
Boy Who Held Back the Sea by Thomas Locker
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Brink
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
Children’s Book of Virtues by William Bennett
Cold and Hot Winter by Johanna Hurwitz
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Felicia the Critic by Ellen Conford
Figment Your Dog Speaking by Laura Hawkins
Fish Face by Patricia R. Giff
Freya’s Fantastic Surprise by Hathorn
House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert DeJong
John Henry by Ezra Keats
Journey to Freedom by Courtni Wright
Liar, Liar Pants on Fire by Miriam Cohen
Like Some Kind of Hero by Jan Marino
Matilda Who Told Such Dreadful Lies by Hilaire Belloc
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert O’Brien
Pinocchio by C. Collodi
Sing Down the Moon by Scott O’Dell
Sukey and the Mermaid by Robert San Souci
Thief’s Daughter by Alan Marks
Tillie and the Wall by Leo Lionniv
The Ugly Duckling adapted by James Ertel
(other copy exists which is adapted by Walt Disney)
Undercover Tailback by Matt Christopher
Value of Determination-Story of Helen Keller by Ann Johnson
Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
– Gene Bedley