Commitment

=**Being committed to their own learning, persevering and showing self-discipline and responsibility.**=

//The Little Engine That Could//
A little blue engine comes to the rescue of a train that is loaded with toys, dolls, and good things to eat, but cannot get over the mountains to deliver the cargo to waiting children.

//Katy and the Big Snow// Katy is a crawler tractor who saves the city when it is snowed in by a blizzard.

//Brave Irene// Plucky Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, braves a fierce snowstorm to deliver a new gown to the duchess in time for the ball.

//The Wednesday Surprise//
School Library Journal (September 1998) A loving story about a proud granddaughter and her successful efforts to teach her grandmother to read. A plug for literacy is just the bonus; the real focus is on the lessons old and young share when they learn to read each other's hearts. A joyful surprise for any day of the week. (June, 1989)

//Winners Never Quit//
Mia must learn the hard way that being a team player is more important than winning or losing when she quits the soccer team because she couldn't score a goal.

//Horton Hatches the Egg//
A lazy bird hatching an egg wants a vacation, so she asks Horton, the elephant, to sit on her egg--which he does through all sorts of hazards until he is rewarded for doing what he said he would.



//Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie// In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper's return to an island off the coast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie must keep the lights burning by herself.