What Stories Does My Son Need?
A Guide to Books and Movies that Build Character in Boys
Michael Gurian - Author
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In an annotated list including movies such as High Noon and Glory, and books such as The Giving Tree and To Kill a Mockingbird, therapist and educator Gurian highlights the particular ethical lessons two hundred great stories can impart to boys and young men.
Introduction: The Stories a Boy Needs
100 Movies
Preschool/Kindergarten Babe Bambi Beauty and the Beast Free Willy Iron Giant, The Lassie Come Home Lion King, The Miracle on 34th Street Mulan Peter Pan Pinocchio Prince of Egypt, The Swiss Family Robinson Sword in the Stone, The
Elementary School Lower Grades 1-3: Captains Courageous Cool Runnings E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial It's a Wonderful Life Old Yeller Pride of the Yankees, The Princess Bride, The Shane Treasure Island Where the Red Fern Grows Willow
Upper Grades 4-6: Bear, The Beethoven Lives Upstairs Black Stallion, The Brian's Song Empire of the Sun Forrest Gump Gods Must Be Crazy, The Iron Will Karate Kid My Bodyguard Never Cry Wolf Rudy Scrooged Simon Birch Sound of Music, The Ten Commandments, The Three Wishes To Kill a Mockingbird Wargames
Middle School Apollo 13 Ben-Hur Bridge on the River Kwai, The Chariots of Fire Color Purple, The Dances with Wolves Dead Poets Society Edward Scissorhands Elephant Man, The Field of Dreams Gandhi Glory Grapes of Wrath, The High Noon Hoosiers Lucas Mask Men Don't Leave Mr. Holland's Opus Places in the Heart Rocky Searching for Bobby Fischer Silverado Stand by Me Vision Quest White Squall
High School Accidental Tourist, The Accused, The Blood In, Blood Out Boyz N the Hood Braveheart Bronx Tale, A Casablanca Contact Deer Hunter, The Edge, The Gallipoli Good Will Hunting Hamlet In and Out Inside Moves Judgment at Nuremberg Kramer vs. Kramer Life Is Beautiful Matrix, The Man for All Seasons, A Mississippi Burning October Sky Paths of Glory Prince of Tides, The Saving Private Ryan Scent of a Woman Schindler's List Shawshank Redemption, The Simple Plan, A Unforgiven
100 Books
Preschool/Kindergarten Aesop's Fables Boy Who Held Back the Sea, The Butter Battle Book, The Drummer Boy Emperor's New Clothes, The Giving Tree, The Grouchy Ladybug, The Island Baby Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket, The My Little Book About God Paper Crane, The Plane Song Snowy Day, The Stevie What Is God? Where the Wild Things Are Yes! Yo?
Elementary School Lower Grades 1-3: Firestorm at Kookaburra Station Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Like Jake and Me Little Prince, The Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man Minstrel in the Tower, The Mint Cookie Miracles Stories Julian Tells, The Stuart Little When Dinosaurs Die Wind in the Willows, The Wingman
Upper Grades 4-6: Black Beauty Bridge to Terabithia Charlotte's Web Chronicles of Narnia, The Curse of the Blue Figurine, The Defeat of the Ghost Riders Gathering of Days, A Indian in the Cupboard, The Island of the Blue Dolphins Phantom Tollbooth, The Sees Behind Trees Stuck in Neutral Whipping Boy, The
Middle School Animal Farm Bless the Beasts and the Children Call of the Wild, The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Education of Little Tree, The Grapes of Wrath, The Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Hatchet Hobbit, The If Rock and Roll Were a Machine Johnny Tremain Jonathan Livingston Seagull Kim Lord of the Flies Master Puppeteer, The Moves Make the Man, The Nothing But the Truth Old Man and the Sea, The Ordinary Genius: The Story of Albert Einstein Pearl, The Red Pony, The Robinson Crusoe Running Loose Shiloh Trilogy, The Sounder Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes Stotan! Walt Whitman Wizard of Earthsea, A
High School Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The American Mystic, An Billy Budd Black Like Me Brave New World Catcher in the Rye, The Chinese Handcuffs Chosen, The David Copperfield Diary of a Young Girl, The Ender's Game Exodus Great Expectations Jungle, The Night Of Mice and Men One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Painted Bird, The Red Badge of Courage, The Scarlet Letter, The Separate Peace, A Siddartha Sophie's World Stranger in a Strange Land Things Fall Apart To Kill a Mockingbird Tuesdays with Morrie Watership Down
Alphabetical Index of All Movies Alphabetical Index of All Books
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