Classic Books to Help Improve Self-Esteem and Respect for Young Readers
Here are 50 classic books that will help with building self-esteem, character and respect. We should not underestimate the ability of these older, well written books to give uplifting messages and examples to young people as they read and learn about these fictional and historic stories. I have reviewed hundreds of books and selected these as the best ones that provide these important life building lessons, showing how wisdom and understanding are gained and utilized in life. The main links below are to the smaller font pdf files, and links for larger font pdf, and epub files are also provided. Many of these are illustrated. In addition, available for older students and adults is this excellent free online course from Yale University: The Science of Well-Being. And don’t miss these other reading resource pages: 70 Classic Story Books for Young People to Read and Enjoy, 50 Best Classic Books for Children and Young People, and McGuffey Readers – From Primer & First Reader Through High School.
- Adrift in New York, Tom and Florence Braving the World, by Horatio Alger – large font – epub
- Adventures in the Far West, by William Kingston – large font – epub
- Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll – large font – epub
- Anne of Green Gables, by LM Montgomery – large font – epub
- Arthur Brown, The Young Captain by Elijah Kellogg – large font – epub
- Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, edited by Charles W Elliot – large font – epub
- Behind the Line, A Story of College Life and Football, by Ralph Barbour – large font – epub
- Biographical Memoir Of Thomas Edison, by Arthur Kennelly
- Bound to Rise, Or, Up the Ladder by Horatio Alger – large font – epub
- Boy Wanted, A Book of Cheerful Counsel, by Nixon Waterman – large font – epub
- Brave and Bold, Or, The Fortunes of Robert Rushton by Horatio Alger – large font – epub
- Budd Boyd’s Triumph, by William P. Chipman – large font – epub
- Cattle-Ranch to College, by Russell Doubleday – large font – epub
- Charlotte’s Web, by EB White – large font – epub
- Dan, the Newsboy, by Horatio Alger – large font – epub
- Do and Dare, a Brave Boy’s Fight for Fortune, by Horatio Alger – large font – epub
- From Farm Boy to Senator, by Horatio Alger – large font – epub
- Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know, by Asa Don Dickinson – large font – epub
- Heidi, by Johanna Spyri – large font – epub
- Helping Himself, Or, Grant Thornton’s Ambition, by Horatio Alger – large font – epub
- Just Sixteen, by Susan Coolidge – large font – epub
- Life of Thomas Alva Edison, Library of Congress – large font
- Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder – large font – epub
- Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott – large font – epub
- Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens – large font – epub
- Personal Recollections Of Joan Of Arc, Vol 1, by Mark Twain – large font – epub
- Personal Recollections Of Joan Of Arc, Vol 2, by Mark Twain – large font – epub
- Peter and Wendy, by JM Barrie – large font – epub
- Peter Pan, by JM Barrie – large font – epub
- Phil, the Fiddler, by Horatio Alger – large font – epub
- Pollyanna, by Eleanor H Porter – large font – epub
- Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks, by Horatio Alger – large font – epub
- Redskin and Cow-Boy, A Tale of the Western Plains by GA Henty – large font – epub
- Stan Lynn A Boy’s Adventures in China, by George Fenn – large font – epub
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade), by Mark Twain – large font – epub
- The Basket Woman, A Book of Indian Tales for Children, by Mary Austin – large font – epub
- The Children’s Book of Thanksgiving Stories, by Asa Don Dickinson – large font – epub
- The Chronicles Of Narnia, CS Lewis – large font – epub
- The Great Depression, Character, Citizenship – 4 stories of children who lived during the great depression
- The House With Sixty Closets, A Christmas Story for Young Folks and Old Children – large font – epub
- The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling – large font – epub
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by CS Lewis – large font – epub
- The Little Prince, By Antoine De Saint-Exupery – large font – epub
- The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett – large font – epub
- The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln, by Wayne Whipple – large font – epub
- The Telegraph Messenger Boy or, The Straight Road to Success, by Ellis – large font – epub
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L Frank Baum – large font – epub
- The Young Woodsman, by J. Macdonald Oxley – large font – epub
- Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson – large font – epub
- Wolf Ear the Indian, A story of the great uprising of 1890-91, by Ellis – large font – epub
– love learning -your best ed lessons guide, Scott
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