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Tackle Reading, Have Fun, and Build Strong Character

Every one of us wants to help instill strong character in children. Many of us try to be worthy role models. But we're human and we can't always be. Children should get examples of good character from television, movies and music. Often they do not. In fact, much of our culture offers the opposite.

However, determination, leadership, teamwork and character are apparent in many children's books. The following titles point out and underscore the benefits of these American and worldwide human values. Here is a chance to help your kids build their character -- and ENJOY reading.

Bud, Not Buddy
Ages 10 & Up
By Christopher Paul Curtis
Yearling Books; ISBN: 0-385-32306-9

Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Ages 9 -12 yrs.
By Russell Freedman
Clarion Books, ISBN: 0395629780

Hatchet
Ages 9 -12 yrs.
By Gary Paulsen
Simon Pulse, ISBN: 0689826990

Ice Story: Schackelton’s Lost Expedition
Ages 9 -12 yrs.
By E.C. Kimmel
Clarion Books, ISBN: 0395915244

In the Year of The Boar and Jackie Robinson
Ages 9 -12 yrs.
By Bette Bao Lord, Illustrated by Mark Simont
Harpercollins Juvenile Books, ISBN: 0060240040

Incident At Hawk's Hill
Ages 9 -12 yrs.
By Allan W. Eckert, Illustrated by John Schoener
Little Brown & Co, ISBN: 0316209481

Lyddie
Ages 10 & Up
By Katherine Patterson
Puffin, ISBN: 0140349812

M.C. Higgins The Great
Ages 10 & Up
By Virginia Hamilton
Simon Pulse, ISBN: 0020434901

Shiloh
Ages 9 -12 yrs.
By Phyllis Reynolds Nalor
Vintage Books, ISBN: 0679735429

The Contender
Ages 10 & Up
By Robert Lipsite
HarperCollins, ISBN: 0064470393

The Examination
Ages 10 & Up
By Malcolm Bosse
Sunburst, ISBN: 0374422230

This booklist was developed for the official launch of Tackle Reading, USA Football’s public awareness campaign that utilizes the game of football as a vehicle to promote reading, character development, and parent involvement. Read more about USA Football and its inaugural partners.

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