Books of Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Values & Virtues

  • Richard Scarry's Please and Thank You Book
    By Richard Scarry

    A series of stories featuring Huckle, Lowly, Pig Will, Pig Won't, and other characters who demonstrate the good will generated by nice manners.

  • 爱德华的奇妙之旅
    By 迪卡米洛, Kate DiCamillo

    从前,在埃及街旁的一所房子里,住着一只名叫爱德华·图雷恩的瓷兔子。那小兔子很是自鸣得意,而且理由充足:他为一个名叫阿比林的女孩儿所拥有,她对他关怀备至 ...

  • The Giving Tree
    By Shel Silverstein

    From Shel Silverstein, New York Times bestselling author of Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic, comes a poignant picture book about love and acceptance, cherished for...

  • Saint Francis of Assisi: A Life of Joy
    By Robert F., Jr. Kennedy

    He turned away from his life of wealth and privilege to live with lepers, the "untouchables" of his society. He preached the idea of the sanctity of all life, becoming...

  • Timothy Cox Will Not Change His Socks
    By Robert Kinerk

    That Timothy! What ever has gotten into him! One morning he decides to accomplish the impossible -- to go an entire month without changing his socks. Ever. No matter what....

  • Uglies
    By Scott Westerfeld, Rodrigo Corral

    Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that?Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty. In...

  • 中华崇智故事
    By 钱杰林

    “中华道德文明故事新编丛书”以弘扬社会主义核心价值观为导向,以中华传统道德文化立意,系统整理、汇集我国古今具有崇高道德品质的人物故事,小故事阐发大道理,深入浅出地阐释社会主义核心价值观的精神实质,寓教于乐,潜移默化地引导、帮助青少年树立正确的世界观、人生观和价值观,教育、感化、启迪、激发青少年向上向善,弘扬中华道德文化,树立中华民族意识,增强中华民族凝聚力,振奋民族精神。本册以古今智慧人物的故事讲述了崇智对人类社会发展、文明进步的重要意义,引导青少年慕贤而思齐,崇善智者,开启智慧,为人类社会的进步勤于学习,精于钻研,勇于实践。

  • 大人物小故事:道德礼仪篇
    By 田战省主编

    本书精心筛选了从古至今,世界不同领域内七十多位大人物年少时或成人后有关道德礼仪方面的小故事,为读者逐一展现出大人物们高尚的道德品德,既可以丰富知识,又可以净化心灵,明白事理,学会做人。

  • The Minister's Daughter
    By Julie Hearn

    "Powers of the air, be here now. So mote it be." Nell is a wild child. Conceived on May Morning, she is claimed by the piskies and faeries...

  • 姓王的樱桃树
    By 王重阳著

    本书共有80篇故事,分为10个专辑,以作者曾经生活的老村古寨为原点,以故事小说为载体,以地理方位为主线,利用魔幻主义的手法,从少年儿童的视角出发,深入挖掘了村里村外的轶闻和趣事,借助南河滩、西口子、北河渠、苇子坑、砖瓦岗、封土岭、袁家湾、黑龙潭、长半坡、杨柳湾等这些真真假假的地方,创作了大雄、东风、春来、茜茜、梁爷、周爷、袁爷、宗四爷、大鹏叔、长葛叔、佟木匠、凌风雪、盲阿婆等那些虚虚实实的故事,塑造了一个与众不同的中原腹地的文学故乡。

  • One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II
    By Lita Judge

    When author/illustrator Lita Judge found hundreds of tracings of feet in her grandmother’s attic, she was intrigued and moved to share the story behind them./DIV DIVOne Thousand Tracings tells that...

  • No Easy Answers: Short Stories about Teenagers Making Tough Choices
    By Donald R. Gallo

    This anthology features stories about individuals who find themselves in situations that test their strength of character. They are called upon to make moral choices, face the consequences of their...

  • Fables

    Winner of the Caldecott MedalA pig flying through marshmallow clouds? A camel pirouetting through the desert? Where else could a reader find such marvelous things but in a fable? From...

  • Doctor All-Knowing: A Folk Tale from the Brothers Grimm
    By Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

    How clever are you? And how sharp-sighted? Are you as clever as Doctor All-Knowing -- keen to change his sad life (and feed his poor daughter,...

  • Joe Louis, My Champion
    By William Miller

    It's the spring of 1937, and anticipation for the heavyweight title fight between Joe Louis and James Braddock is at a fever pitch. Sammy can hardly contain his excitement. He...

  • Bucking the Sarge
    By Christopher Paul Curtis

    Luther T. Farrell has got to get out of Flint, Michigan.As his best friend Sparky says, “Flint’s nothing but the Titanic.”And his mother, a.k.a. the Sarge, says, “Take my advice...

  • Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter
    By Diane Stanley

    0nce upon a time a miller's daughter was given an impossible task by a cruel and greedy king. She had to spin straw into gold. And who should show up...

  • 中华守信故事
    By 王跃平, 阮殿文

    “中华道德文明故事新编丛书”以弘扬社会主义核心价值观为导向,以中华传统道德文化立意,系统整理、汇集我国古今具有崇高道德品质的人物故事,小故事阐发大道理,深入浅出地阐释社会主义核心价值观的精神实质,寓教于乐,潜移默化地引导、帮助青少年树立正确的世界观、人生观和价值观,教育、感化、启迪、激发青少年向上向善,弘扬中华道德文化,树立中华民族意识,增强中华民族凝聚力,振奋民族精神。本册以浅显易懂、真实鲜活的古今诚信故事引导青少年树立崇高理想,以传统道德文明故事中的主人公为榜样,明心立志,严于律己,做一个诚实守信的人,内修自己,外信于人,在强大自己、为自己立业的同时,为国家、社会作出贡献。

  • Shattering Glass
    By Gail Giles

    When Rob, the charismatic leader of the senior class, decides to turn the class nerd into Prince Charming, his cruel challenge leads to violence and death. Vigorous and controversial, Shattering...

  • Pigs, Pigs, Pigs!
    By Leslea Newman

    "The pigs sit politely but hardly eat lightly.In fact they all pig out in style."Hooray! The pigs are coming to town! With great excitement the townspeople prepare a feast that...