Here are a few suggestions to read with your child when discussing the 7 Habits. In these stories, the characters display traits from the habits. After reading, ask your child which habit was used and how.
Habit 1: Be Proactive (I'm in Charge of Me)
The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
When Sophie Gets Angry by Molly Bang
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Catcher by Bruce Coville
Someday a Tree by Eve Bunting
Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream by Deloris Jordan
Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind (Have a Plan)
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
Whistle for Wille by Ezra Jack Keats
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
Pancakes, Pancakes by Eric Carle
Where Do You Think You're Going Christopher Columbus? by Jean Fritz
Bobby Baseball by Robert Kimmel Smith
The School Story by Andrew Clements
Habit 3: Put First Things First (Work then Play)
The Week Mom Unplugged the TVs by Terry Wolfe Phelan
Irving Black's Strange Snack by Roz Rosenbluth
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
The TV Kid by Betsy Cromer Byars
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter
Froggy Gets Dressed by Johnathon London
The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Habit 4: Think Win-Win (Everybody Wins)
Alexander and the Wind -Up Mouse by Leo Lionni
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
The Very Clumsy Click Beetle by Eric Carle
Let's Be Enemies by Janice May Udry
The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss
Dragon Stew by Tom McGowen
Law of the Great Peace by John Bierhart
The Checker Players by Alan Venable
Hiawatha, Messenger of Peace by Dennis Brindell Fradin
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood (Listen Before You Talk)
Marrying Malcolm Murgatroyd by Mame Farrell
Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Veronica Knows Best by Nancy K. Robinson
The Bully of Barkham Street by Mary Stolz
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Are You My Mother by P.D. Eastman
Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino
Habit 6: Synergize (Together is Better)
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
Clifford's Spring Clean-Up by Norman Bridwell
How the Second Grade Got $8205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty by Nathan Zimelman
The View From Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
The Chalk Box Kid by Clyde Robert Bulla
Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw (Balance Feels Best)
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan
The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Wind in the Long Grass: A Collection of Haiku edited by William Higginson
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! by Mo Willems
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D. B. Johnson
Me I Am! by Jack Prelutsky