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Merry christmas space face

Marshall, James

Buddy McGee eagerly awaits a promised Christmas visit from his friend, a thing from outer space. In the end, Buddy is satisfied, but Grannie's neighbors are not!

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christmas, conflict resolution, decision making, family, fantasy, friendship, goal setting, grandparents, holidays, neighbors, patience, respect, verbal communication

Babar and father christmas

Brunhoff, Jean de

Babar, the elephant, is off to help Santa with Christmas. He gets to explore the North Pole and Santa's Workshop. Throughout the story, we get to see the true meaning of Christmas.

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animals, christmas, conflict resolution, decision making, elephant, family, giving, goal setting, helping, holidays, nonverbal communication, sharing, teamwork, verbal communication

Keeping a christmas secret

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds

Michael slips and gives away the secret of what his father's Christmas gift is. He is very upset with himself, so he decides to surprise the whole family with a small but important present.

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assertiveness, christmas, confidence, conflict resolution, creativity, decision making, disappointment, family, goal setting, holidays, parents, presents, self esteem, surprises, verbal communication

Emmet otter's jug-band christmas

Hoban, Russell

Emmet and his mother are poor and each want to get the other something special for Christmas. They each enter a contest to win money but lose. However, both tried hard and are touched by the effort.

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christmas, competition, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, holidays, love, presents, unselfish, verbal communication

Mike mulligan and his steam engine

Burton, Virginia Lee

This story is about Mike and his steam engine, Mary Anne. They were the best digging team around. But soon gas, electric and diesel engines were invented and she was no longer the best. Mike still thought she was a great steam engine and together they dug the site for the new town hall, where today Mary Anne sits proudly.

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assertiveness, careers, change, conflict resolution, decision making, goal setting, peer resistance, progress, self esteem, transportation

Bartholomew and the oobleck

Seuss, Dr.

A king is very bored with the usual elements that come from the sky, so he summons his magicians to make something new and it gets out of hand.

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boredom, change, decision making, goal setting, magic, nature, royalty

Pigs in the mud in the middle of the road

Plourde, Lynn

There are pigs blocking the road!Grandma knows what to do though -- shoo them out of the way!The whole family moves the pigs, hens, sheep, and bulls out of the way so their car can get through.

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animals, assertiveness, bull, car, chaos, family, goal setting, grandparents, nonverbal communication, parents, pig, problem solving, sheep, siblings, transportation, verbal communication

Mousekin's christmas eve

Miller, Edna

Mousekin is startled one night to find that the warm home he once inhabited is now empty. He sets out in the snow in search of a new home. Mousekin is delighted when he finds a warm home with a Christmas tree and plenty of food.

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animals, change, christmas, courage, critical thinking, goal setting, holidays, loss, mouse, problem solving, shelter, snow, stress management, survival, worry

All alone after school

Stanek, Muriel

Josh learns how to take care of himself after school when his mother takes a new job and cannot afford a babysitter. Josh learns how to be confident while he's alone by knowing important phone numbers, always keeping the door locked and staying away from the stove. After his mother gives him a lucky charm, Josh learns to overcome his fear of being alone after school.

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change, goal setting, growing up, learning, responsibilities, stress management, trust, working mother

Fire diary

Rosenblatt, Lily

A young girl loses everything she has in a fire. In her diary, she works through her feelings of loss and pain. She also plans strategies to escape fires in the future.

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change, fear, feelings, fire, goal setting, grief, loss, memories, prevention, sadness

Bimwili and the zimwi

Aardena, Verna

Bimwili, a young Swahili girl, finds a shell at the seashore. Leaving it behind, she returns to fetch it and is captured by a shape-changing ogre. She must match wits with him in order to go home

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assertiveness, change, critical thinking, decision making, fantasy, goal setting, growing up, loneliness, self esteem, teamwork, verbal communication

When i grow up

Goennel, Heidi

A young boy and girl envision all of the things they will be able to do when they grow up. These things include driving, going to the prom, getting a job and travelling.

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change, decision making, dreams, goal setting, growing up, self esteem

Island boy

Cooney, Barbara

Matthais learns many skills with age. He always returns to his island home and eventually watches new generations of families grow and learn the island ways

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change, conflict resolution, death, decision making, family, generations, goal setting, growing up, learning, multicultural

The mango tooth

Pomerantz, Charlotte

Posy is a little girl who is in the tooth-loosing stage. She names each tooth according to what she eats when she looses it. She gets a dime for each tooth and two dimes for the animal cracker tooth.

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assertiveness, change, counting, creativity, family, goal setting, growing up, teeth

My ol' man

Polacco, Patricia

Patricia Polacco tells the story of her childhood summers at her dad's house. As a traveling car salesman, her father brought home many stories to share with his children. Together they experience a magic rock that has the power to change their outlook on life.

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careers, change, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, divorce, family, goal setting, grandparents, magic, seasons, storytelling, summer, verbal communication

Hercules: The story of an old-fashioned fire engine

Gramatky, Hardie

A fire engine seems to be the most modern vehicle of the times, but is soon replaced by the car. The car is more modern and sophisticated.

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assertiveness, car, change, competition, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, determination, fire engine, goal setting, self esteem, stress management, transportation

Trouble with trolls

Brett, Jan

Treva takes her dog with her to visit her cousin in the mountains. Unfortunately, nasty trolls, who want to steal Tuffi, confront Treva. Treva refuses to give up, which leads to quite an adventure.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, challenges, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, dog, goal setting, nonverbal communication, persistence, pets, refusal skills, stress management, trolls, verbal communication

We're making breakfast for mother

Neitzel, Shirley

It's Mother's Day so the kids are making breakfast. They remember everything from the silver tray to the jam for toast. On the way to Mother's room, things begin to fall apart. Mother loves her surprise anyway, and everyone enjoys going out for breakfast.

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celebration, cooking, family, food, goal setting, holidays, mother's day, nutrition, parents, restaurant, surprises

Merry christmas, strega nona

dePaola, Tomie

Strega Nona has a huge Christmas feast to prepare. How will she finish with untrustworthy Big Anthony as her only helper?Big Anthony will suprise us in the end!

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assertiveness, celebration, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, holidays, italian, multicultural, surprises, traditions, verbal communication

An early american christmas

dePaola, Tomie

A Christmas family moves into a not so spirited town. See how their joy and traditions eventually rub off on the town and gives them the Christmas spirit.

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celebration, christmas, faith, family, goal setting, history, holidays, pride, snow, verbal communication

The chanukkah tree

Kimmel, Eric A.

The citizens of Chelm are tricked by a salesman selling Christmas trees. All the citzens of Chelm are Jewish and celebrate Hanukkah. The salesman tells them that Hanukkah trees are the latest trend in America. They believe him, buy the tree, and find out they were tricked. The citizens make the best of it by continuing the Hanukkah tree for the birds to enjoy.

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birds, celebration, closeness, community, deception, disappointment, goal setting, hanukkah, hard work, holidays, Jewish, multicultural, snow, teamwork, weather

Little jim's gift: An appalachian christmas story

Houston, Gloria

Little Jim wants a tool set for Christmas so that he can prove to his father that he is a man. Father does not find time for Christmas until a church event opens his eyes to the season.

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caring, christmas, family, giving, goal setting, holidays, imitation, parents, peer resistance, performance, recognition, santa, seasons, self esteem, understanding, verbal communication, winter

Babushka baba yaga

Polacco, Patricia

Because the villagers are afraid of her, the legendary Baba Yaga disguises herself so she can become a loving grandmother.

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assertiveness, caring, change, community, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, feelings, goal setting, grandparents, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, self esteem

Meet guguze

Vangheli, Spiridon

Through a collection of eight short stories, young Guguze and his family enjoy adventures from season to season.

Two-ton secret

Christian, Mary Blount

Deke King and his friend open a detective business. A construction company owner hired them to find all of his bulldozers that were stolen. After looking over the site and the clues, Deke solved the mystery and found the bulldozers.

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assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, goal setting, investigation, mystery, nonverbal communication, robbery, verbal communication

General store

Field, Rachel

A little girl wants to own her own store one day. She realizes that there will be many responsibilities and duties for a store owner.

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careers, dreams, goal setting, growing up, responsibilities, rhyme, self esteem

Farmer palmer's wagon ride

Steig, William

Farmer Palmer and his mule Ebenezer travel to town to buy some supplies. On their way home, they encounter obstacles they never thought possible.

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accidents, adventures, animals, careers, determination, farm, goal setting, homesickness, mule, nature, pig, self esteem, shopping, storm, stress management, weather

The biggest truck

Lyon, David

Truck driver Jim gets up when everyone else is going to sleep. He will drive seven hours to Woosterville to deliver strawberries. Drive along with Jim and his big truck.

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careers, determination, differences, food, goal setting, nonverbal communication, nutrition, sleep, sounds, transportation, travel, verbal communication

Summer business

Martin, Charles E.

A bunch of children on an island decide to work for the summer. They sell painted rocks, have a flea market, lemonade stand, dog-sit, and take people across the river. They earn enough money to go to the fair and have a wonderful time together.

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assertiveness, beverage, careers, conflict resolution, cooperation, decision making, friendship, goal setting, island, responsibilities, seasons, stress management, summer, teamwork, transportation, verbal communication

Daniel's duck

Bulla, Clyde Robert

Daniel wants to learn to carve wood. So he carves a duck and takes it to the fair. People at the fair laugh at his duck, but the town woodcarver finds a lot of potential in his work.

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careers, competition, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, self esteem, verbal communication

Michael

Bradman, Tony

Michael is different from his classmates. He misbehaves, always runs late, and does not do very well in his classes. His teachers believe he will have trouble all through life. He proves them wrong when he grows up to be an astronaut.

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astronaut, careers, differences, goal setting, growing up, misbehavior, school

Morgan and the artist

Carrick, Donald

An artist finds his own style through the help of his studio spirit, Morgan. With success and fame, the artist becomes afraid to change and quickly loses his success. Morgan helps him regain his inspiration and sense of art.

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art, careers, change, conflict resolution, courage, fear, goal setting, helping, peer resistance, self esteem, success, verbal communication

When eric's mom fought cancer

Vigna, Judith

A young boy copes with his mother's cancer. Going through a range of emotions, he finally comes to more of an understanding about her illness.

Soo ling finds a way

Behrens, June

A little girl is worried because a new laundromat business is moving across the street from her grandfather's old laundry business. She sets out to help her grandfather stay in business.

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asian american, assertiveness, business, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, goal setting, grandparents, helping, multicultural, stress management, verbal communication

Mud for sale

Nelson, Brenda

Max sees that all of his friends are selling something. He wants to sell something too, so he comes up with the idea of selling mud. It is a big success.

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assertiveness, business, creativity, decision making, feelings, friendship, goal setting, helping, imagination, jealousy

Willy the wimp

Browne, Anthony

Willy is called Willy the Wimp by the local gorilla gang. One day he sees an ad in his comic book on how to stop being a wimp. He starts exercising, eating healthy, and lifting weights to the point where the gorilla gang becomes afraid of Willy.

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animals, assertiveness, body image, bully, conflict resolution, exercise, goal setting, gorilla, growing up, health, running, self esteem

The kidnapping of the coffee pot

Saari, Kaye

The coffee pot is kidnapped so the shoes, lawnmower and kerosene lamp go to the junk man to get her back.

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bravery, careers, decision making, feelings, friendship, goal setting, happiness, helping, kidnapped, robbery

The evil spell

McCully, Emily Arnold

Little Edwin bear has his first major role in a play. Edwin's struggles with stagefright and remembering his lines.

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assertiveness, bravery, conflict resolution, embarrassment, family, goal setting, memory, peer resistance, performance, refusal skills, self esteem, stagefright, stress management, verbal communication

Once when I was scared

Pittman, Helena Clare

A young boy recalls an imaginative tale once told to him by his grandfather. The story is about how his grandfather had to cross two hills and go through the dark woods to get hot coals for their fire. He would get so scared and run so fast that he thought he was an eagle. Grandfather gives his grandson two eagle feathers to use when he gets scared.

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birds, bravery, conflict resolution, courage, eagle, family, fear, feelings, goal setting, grandparents, imagination, self esteem, storytelling, verbal communication

Bad day at riverbend

Allsburg, Chris Van

The small town of Riverbend is under siege by omnipresent forces in this wonderful tale.

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assertiveness, bravery, community, conflict resolution, cowboys, critical thinking, decision making, fight, ghosts, goal setting, mystery, nonverbal communication, stress management, verbal communication

The angel with a mouth-organ

Mattingly, Christobel

Ingrid asks her mother to tell the story about their glass angel on their Christmas tree. The mother describes her childhood during World War II and shows how the angel came to symbolize a new beginning in their lives.

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angel, assertiveness, bravery, christmas, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, hard work, history, holidays, nonverbal communication, self esteem, spiritual, stress management, verbal communication, war

Angel mae

Hughes, Shirley

The event of a birth in her family and preparations for a Christmas play cause Mae to be anxious. Mae's courage helps her to make decisions to solve her problems.

How my library grew, by dinah

Alexander, Martha

There is a new library being built near Dinah's house. She watched it get larger and could not wait for it to open. When it did she wanted to get a card of her own, so Dinah learned how to write her name and got her own library card.

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assertiveness, books, goal setting, imagination, library, nonverbal communication, verbal communication

Hooray for diffendoofer day!

Prelutsky, Jack

Everyday the students at Diffendoofer School learn many new things. They become worried though, when they discover that they must pass a special test. They pass with no problems and Diffendoofer Day is declared!

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books, celebration, cooking, critical thinking, differences, excitement, feelings, goal setting, happiness, party, reading, relief, school, teaching, worry

Someday with my father

Buckley, Helen E.//Eagle, Eleen

A little girl has many dreams of things she would like to do with her father. She is not able to do them because she has a broken leg. She will have fun when the cast comes off.

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body image, bones, coping, dreams, family, feelings, fishing, goal setting, illness, injury, parents, recreation, self esteem, support

Bones, bones, dinosaur bones

Barton, Byron

Six small paleontologists search for bones. They dig, find, load and take the bones to a museum where they carefully put the bones together to form the dinosaur Tyrannosaurus Rex.

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bones, critical thinking, decision making, dinosaur, goal setting, nonverbal communication, problem solving, teamwork, verbal communication

Mary louise loses her manners

Cuneo, Diane

Mary Louise loses her manners during breakfast one day and goes on a journey to find them all around town. Through the journey, the importance of manners becomes a reality for Mary Louise while at the restaurant, doctor's office, and library.

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behavior, body parts, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, exercise, family, five senses, goal setting, library, listening, manners, nonverbal communication, parents, restaurant, siblings, sleep, verbal communication

Where the river begins

Locker, Thomas

Two young boys ask their grandfather about the source of the river that runs by his place. They go on a camping trip to the top of the mountain in order to find the answer.

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bodies of water, camping, discovery, family, goal setting, grandparents, nature, peace, pond, rain, recreation, river, sea, siblings, weather

Tim in danger

Ardizzone, Edward

Ginger, a little boy, runs away to live on a ship, and Tim and Charlotte go after him. They both join the crew on another ship and work. Their ship collides with Ginger's ship. Ginger comes aboard. They all work and go back home to their parents.

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assertiveness, birthday, boat, bodies of water, critical thinking, decision making, family, fog, food, goal setting, holidays, nutrition, ocean, parents, stress management, train, transportation, verbal communication, weather

My daddy was a soldier: A world war II story

Ray, Deborah Kogan

While Jeannie's daddy is away fighting in the Pacific, Jeannie plants a Victory garden, collects scraps to help the war effort, and sends her daddy letters. She awaits his safe return.

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