Reading Lists
Sharing
Picture Books | Juvenile Fiction | Juvenile Non-Fiction | Juvenile Video
Picture Books
Boelts, Maribeth
Little Bunny’s
Cool Tool Set (JE BOE)
Little Bunny usually
shares, but when he takes his new tool set to preschool for show-and-tell,
he doesn't even want his best friend to use it.
Dyer, Sarah
Five Little Friends
(JE DYE)
Five little fiends steal
pieces of the world to admire, but give them back when they realize
its beauty comes from being connected.
Hayward, Linda
Mine! A Sesame
Street Book About Sharing (JE HAY)
After fighting over their
toys, Little Bert and Little Ernie discover the advantages of sharing.
Hoberman, Mary
Ann
One of Each
(JE HOB)
Oliver Tolliver, who
lives alone in his little house with just one of everything, discovers
that it is more fun to have two of everything and share with a friend.
Hutchins, Pat
It’s My Birthday!
(JE HUT)
Billy is reluctant to
share his birthday presents with the other little monsters, but then
something happens to make him change his mind.
Johnston, Tony
Slither McCreep
and His Brother, Joe (JE JOH)
Young snake Slither McCreep,
angry because his brother Joe will not share his toys with him, reacts
by breaking them and then feels remorse.
Lewin, Betsy
Chubbo’s Pool
(JE LEW)
A selfish hippopotamus
who will not share his pool with the other animals learns a lesson about
cooperation and sharing.
Maccarone, Grace
Sharing Time Troubles
(JE READ MACCARONE)
Sam searches through
all of his toys but can't find anything good enough to take to school
for show and tell until his troublesome little brother appears.
McCourt, Lisa
Chicken Soup for
Little Souls: The Best Night Out with Dad (JE MCC)
When he realizes that little Vincent's father can't afford to pay for
circus tickets, Danny must decide whether to share his tickets or to
use them himself.
McKissack, Pat
Messy Bessy’s
Closet (JE READ MCKISSACK)
Messy Bessey learns a
lesson about sharing when she cleans out her closet.
Rix, Jamie
The Last Chocolate
Cookie (JE RIX)
When Maurice takes the
last chocolate chip cookie at the table and his mother tells him to
offer it to everyone else first, he travels around the world and into
space to fulfill that requirement.
Russo, Marisabina
The Big Brown Box
(JE RUS)
As he plays in a very
large box in his room and turns it into a house, then a cave, then a
boat, Sam is reluctant to let his little brother Ben join him, but then
he finds the perfect way for them to share.
Spurr, Elizabeth
The Biggest Birthday
Cake in the World (JE SPU)
The richest and fattest
man in the world wishes for the biggest birthday cake in the world,
and on his birthday discovers the joy of sharing.
Juvenile Non-Fiction
Johnson, Spencer
The Value of Sharing:
the Story of the Mayo Brothers (JUV 921 MAYO)
The Mayo brothers, knowing the importance of sharing, enter a career
in which they can share their knowledge, skills, and money with sick
people and other doctors.
Juvenile Video
Learning to
Share (JUV 177 LEARNING [VIDEO])
Like most kids, Elmo
sometimes has trouble taking turns and sharing his toys. Even with this
best friend Zoe. With a little help form Sesame Street favorites Big
Bird, Cookie Monster, and Oscar, and special guest Katie Couric, Elmo
discovers that sharing with friends makes playtime twice as much fin.
Filled with songs an silliness, Learning To Share is a very special
introduction to the Sesame Street Kids' Guide To Life - a new
home video series that helps make growing up a lot more fun. Plus, Katie
Couric gives parents some helpful TIPS for guiding kids through learning
how to share.
Spike's Big
Blue Bubble Babble Balloon Machine (JUV SPIKE’S [VIDEO])
The kids in Quigley's
Village learn the importance of sharing when they all enter a contest
to win the Big Blue Bubble Babble Ballon Machine and all promise to
share it--no matter who wins. Teaches Christian values through use
of puppets, music and dialogue.