21st century junior library. Character education

Trust plays an important role in bonding people together. Readers will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning what being trustworthy entails and exploring how they can earn the trust of their friends and family members.

Explains the virtue of sportsmanship and describes ways to practice sportsmanship at home, with friends, at school, and on the playing field.

Explains the virtue of loyalty and describes ways to show it in the home, school, and community.

Teaches young learners the importance of being a good citizen by helping out neighbors and other areas of the community, obeying the laws, and learning about voting.

Teaches young readers the value of being trustworthy, including telling the truth, not hiding mistakes, keeping promises, and not stealing.

Explains the virtue of responsibility and how readers can practice it at home, in school, in the community, and with each other.

Describes respect as a virtue and suggests ways in which children can recognize and practice being respectful.

Describes caring as a virtue and suggests ways in which caring can be shown, such as recycling, donating to charity, helping others, and listening.

Teaches young learners the value of fairness, including taking turns and sharing, treating others well, and following rules.