The following is a suggested reading list for primary-age children. These books illustrate elements of the 7 Habits and the universal principles they represent.

Habit 1: Be Proactive

• King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood
  

• Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
  

• The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
  

• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Vorst
  

• Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
  

Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind

• Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
  

• The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
  

• Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen Cronin
  

• Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni
  

• Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams
  

Habit 3: Put First Things First

• Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London
  

• The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
  

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
  

• Are You My Mother? by PD Eastman
  

• The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
  

Habit 4: Think Win-Win

• Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
  

• The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
  

• Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni
  

• The Very Clumsy Click Beetle by Eric Carle
  

• Let's Be Enemies by Janice May Udry
  

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood

• The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
  

• The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Sciezka
  

• Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
  

• Jamaica's Find by Juanita Havill
  

• Alejandro's Gift by Richard E Albert
  

Habit 6: Synergize

• Swimmy by Leo Lionni
  

• Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall
  

• A Chair for My Mother by Vera B Williams
  

• Clifford's Spring Clean-Up by Norman Bridwell
  

• How the 2nd Grade Got $8205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty by Nathan Zimelman
  

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

• Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! by Mo Willems
  

• Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
  

• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
  

• Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by DB Johnson
  

• Me, I Am! by Jack Prelutsky