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Numbers

Reiss, John J

Numbers are everywhere!There are 6 birthday candles, 13 cakes, 14 bananas, 15 grapefruit and 19 radishes. Counting is fun if you do it with food.

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colors, counting, food, numbers, nutrition, sequence

A little girl spends time with her grandfather. They go shopping for food, share a meal together and grow fruit in the garden. An apple tree becomes a good way for the girl to remember her grandfather forever.

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change, coping, death, family, food, friendship, grandparents, illness, nutrition, summer

Bunny rabbit rebus

Adler, David A.

A little rabbit is hungry, but his mom does not have any food in their cupboards. So, little rabbit and his mom go to a neighbor to get some food. In return for the food, they must do many favors.

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animals, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, food, hunger, neighbors, nutrition, poverty, rabbit, sharing, teamwork

The easter egg farm

Auch, Mary Jane

Pauline, the hen, is trying to lay eggs, but the henhouse is too noisy!She concentrates very hard and finally lays a very unusual egg. Pauline keeps laying eggs, each with a different design and pattern. The eggs are so beautiful that people come from all around to view her eggs.

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assertiveness, birds, careers, cooperation, decision making, easter, farm, food, holidays, individuality, nutrition, pets, self esteem, uniqueness

Baby-o

Carlstrom, Nancy White

As an Indonesian extended family prepares for a trip to the market, the preparation and responsibilities of the family members are explained. We see the family and their goods on a bus during their journey through the hills to the market. The family completes a successful day at the market and returns home.

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baby, bus, cooperation, family, food, goal setting, grandparents, indonesian, multicultural, nutrition, parents, preparation, responsibilities, siblings, transportation, travel

Jam day

Joosse, Barbara M.

An annual family reunion involving berry picking and jam making, reminds Ben that he is part of a big family, even though his immediate family is small. It is also a noisy family of grandparents, cousins, uncles, and aunts.

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cooperation, critical thinking, family, food, grandparents, memories, noise, nutrition, party, self esteem, sounds, traditions

Jam: A true story

Mahy, Margaret

A father stays home with the children. The father finds a plum tree, so the family begins making jam.

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careers, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, family, food, nutrition, parents, stress management, verbal communication

Lionel in the spring

Krensky, Stephen

Lionel's spring activities include plans to plant a vegetable garden, celebrate his parents anniversary, play with his friend, and participate in spring cleaning.

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assertiveness, celebration, cooperation, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, family, food, garden, imagination, nutrition, parents, seasons, siblings, spring, vegetables, verbal communication

Sugar

Nottridge, Rhoda

What is sugar? Where does sugar come from? How is sugar used? How does sugar affect our bodies? The history and definition of sugar is explained throughout this book. Also included is an explanation of how sugar is used in the kitchen along with instructions for using sugar in the kitchen.

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cooking, farm, food, generations, hard work, history, machines, nutrition, overweight, taste

In my momma's kitchen

Nolen, Jerdine

This little girl loves to be in her momma's kitchen. There's always something going on. From college announcements, to family dinners, to late nights of singing, everything happens in the kitchen. It is the most special place in the house.

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accidents, african american, animals, birthday, caring, cat, celebration, clothing, cooking, family, food, friendship, love, multicultural, night, nutrition, parents, playing, pretend, school, siblings, verbal communication, wedding

I know an old lady who swallowed a pie

Jackson, Alison

With rhythm and rhyme, an old lady swallows an entire pie at a family's Thanksgiving dinner. After eating them out of house and home, the old lady is finally full.

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cooking, fly, food, health, holidays, hunger, insects, nonverbal communication, nutrition, overeating, overweight, rhyme, rhythm, thanksgiving

Vegetable soup

Morris, Ann

The directions and ingredients for making vegetable soup is described in this book. While listing the ingredients, there is an explanation of how they will help the soup taste when it is done.

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cooking, five senses, nutrition, taste, vegetables, water

Pasta

Haycock, Kate

What is pasta?What is pasta made from?How does pasta effect the body?Explore the history of pasta and the various types of pasta through this story. Learn how to make and cook your own pasta from step-by-step instructions that are included.

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cooking, exercise, food, health, italian, machines, multicultural, nutrition, running, walking

Mr. Sugar came to town

Rohmer, Harriet//Gomez, Cruz

When Mr. Sugar first came to town, Alicia and Alfredo could not get enough of his sweet treats. However, in the weeks that followed, the children gained weight and developed cavities. The children realized that Mr. Sugar was not really a good friend because he encourages them to only eat sweets.

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assertiveness, consequences, critical thinking, decision making, food, health, mexican, multicultural, nutrition, refusal skills, teeth

A boy went out to gather pears

Hoffmann, Felix

A boy goes out to get some pears, but they would not fall so he waits. The owner of the tree must stop the boy from picking his pears.

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conflict resolution, consequences, critical thinking, decision making, determination, food, listening, nutrition, refusal skills

Sophie and jack help out

Taylor, Judy

When papa was not able to plant the garden, Sophie and Jack were quick to help. Their garden was full of surprises. The carrots looked like tomatoes, and in the place of corn there were pumpkins. The reader is invited to participate in figuring out what went wrong.

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assertiveness, confusion, family, food, garden, goal setting, helping, nature, nutrition, parents, siblings, surprises, verbal communication

Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

Viorst, Judith

Alexander has what everyone has experienced at least one time -- a bad day. Nothing goes right the entire day for Alexander. He gets gum in his hair in the morning and has to eat lima beans for dinner. His mom tells him that there are good days and bad days.

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conflict resolution, coping, family, feelings, food, frustration, moods, nutrition, parents, peer resistance, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Oliver and amanda's christmas

Van Leeuwen, Jean

It is eight days before Christmas and Oliver's family is busy getting prepared for the holiday. They make gifts for each other, chop down a tree, hang their stockings, and make Christmas cookies. On Christmas morning, they open their gifts and play with them.

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anticipation, christmas, conflict resolution, decision making, food, holidays, nutrition, preparation, presents, refusal skills, self esteem, verbal communication

Ernest and celestine's picnic

Vincent, Gabrielle

Ernest and Celestine plan to go on a picnic, but it is raining outside. They decide to pretend it is a sunny day and they go on the picnic anyway. While they are on their picnic, they make a new friend who invites them to his house.

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animals, bear, conflict resolution, creativity, decision making, food, friendship, goal setting, imagination, mouse, nonverbal communication, nutrition, picnic, rain, verbal communication, weather

The pie wagon

Budd, Lillian

A skinny man sells pies to the people of the town. A little girl buys a pie then his wagon goes to the next town.

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careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, food, nutrition, verbal communication

Becca backwards, becca frontwards: A book of concept pairs

McMillan, Bruce

Through the use of photographs, a little girl named Becca, displays opposites. For example, a full glass of milk and an empty glass of milk are opposites.

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concepts, food, learning, nutrition, opposites

Autumn: An alphabet acrostic

Schnur, Steven

The autumn season is described using the alphabet. From apple cider to weather, each letter of the alphabet describes what happens from September to December.

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acrostic, alphabet, animals, autumn, barn, birds, cat, colors, concepts, farm, food, fox, holidays, horse, mouse, nutrition, owl, plants, quilt, seasons, sequence, sleep, snow, squirrel, thanksgiving, weather

In the rain with baby duck

Hest, Amy

In order to get to Grandpa's house for the traditional pancake breakfast, Baby duck has to walk in the rain. Baby duck doesn't like the rain but his grandpa shows him a way to enjoy it.

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compromise, conflict resolution, duck, exercise, family, food, generations, grandparents, jumping, learning, nutrition, parents, play, problem solving, rain, song, traditions, umbrella, verbal communication, walking, water, weather

Reese's pieces count by fives

Pallotta, Jerry

Counting by fives is not always an easy task, but with the help of construction vehicles and Reese's Pieces candy, the task can be accomplished. First, count to ten by ones then to one hundred by fives. Hopefully a tasty snack will await you in the end.

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comparisons, construction, cooperation, counting, food, hard work, numbers, nutrition, sequence, transportation, truck

The market lady and the mango tree

Watson, Pete//Watson, Mary

The children in the village see many things they want to buy. However, they have no money, so they must wait until the mangos fall off the trees. Once mangos have fallen, anyone can eat them. A clever market lady tries to gather all the mangos so she can sell them.

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african american, careers, community, food, multicultural, nutrition

The bee tree

Polacco, Patricia

A little girl is bored with reading. Her grandpa takes her on a chase which leads to a honey tree. The whole town goes with them and enjoys the honey with biscuits and tea. Grandpa uses the chase to teach his granddaughter that adventure, wisdom and knowledge must be pursued and can be found in books just as easily.

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adventures, bee, beverage, books, community, conflict resolution, exercise, family, food, goal setting, grandparents, insects, learning, nature, nutrition, reading

Zeralda's ogre

Ungerer, Tomi

The people in a small town, terrified by a child-eating ogre, begin to hide all of their children. One day, the hungry ogre comes across a young village girl. He gets so excited he falls and gets hurt. The young girl takes pity on him and cooks for him.

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community, fear, feelings, food, helping, hunger, nutrition, ogre, verbal communication

Knoxville, Tennessee

Giovanni, Nikki

A young girl likes summer best because of the fresh corn from her daddy's garden, the okra, barbecue, and homemade ice cream from the church picnic, and the gospel music from the church homecoming. She also likes to go to the mountains with her grandmother where she feels safe and warm.

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african american, church, community, family, food, garden, grandparents, multicultural, music, nutrition, picnic, seasons, sleep, summer

Uncle willie and the soup kitchen

DiSalvo-Ryan, DyAnne

A little boy has an Uncle Willie who works at a soup kitchen during the day. The little boy doesn't understand what a soup kitchen is so Uncle Willie takes him to work. They prepare and serve a meal to the poor people of the community.

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author's note, community, family, food, helping, hunger, nutrition, parents, poverty

Texas star

Cole, Barbara Hancock

Cold winter weather is coming, so Mama decides to have a quilting party even though Papa does not think another quilt is needed. When the snow comes and the family cuddles under the quilt, Papa admits maybe another quilt was needed.

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community, family, food, friendship, helping, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, party, seasons, self esteem, siblings, snow, teamwork, verbal communication, weather, winter

Nobody stole the pie

Levitin, Sonia

In the town of Little Digby, there is a Lollyberry tree that grows delicious berries. Each year, they have a festival and eat a big lollyberry pie. Everyone takes a little piece throughout the day and think nothing of it. By the time of celebration, there is only one piece left for the mayor. Nobody admits to stealing the pie, but the mayor knows everybody stole the pie.

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assertiveness, community, conflict resolution, deception, decision making, food, nutrition, party, peer resistance, robbery, verbal communication

The perfect pancake

Kahl, Virginia

A Good Wife makes only one perfect pancake for each person in town until one day a beggar comes along and tricks her into cooking enough until everyone was satisfied.

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community, deception, food, friendship, hunger, neighbors, numbers, nutrition, overeating, rhyme

The boy who ate around the world

Drescher, Henrick

Mo thinks his dinner is lizard guts and worms when it is really string beans and cheese souffle. He decides to become a monster and eat around it. Mo eats everything in sight including his parents and the world. When Mo becomes lonely he decides to spit out all that he ate so he can have his parents and friends back.

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community, conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, family, food, hunger, imagination, loneliness, monsters, neighbors, nutrition, overeating, parents, pretend, verbal communication

Jalapeno hal

Harper, Jo

Jalapeno Hal is a cowboy who is the roughest and toughest man in all of Texas. Hal and his friend Kit have a plan to get the whole town hopping.

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community, cowboys, food, mischief, nutrition

One hundred is a family

Ryan, Pam Munoz

Families can be made up of one to one hundred people joined by heritage, community, friendship, and love, all working together for a better life.

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community, counting, exercise, family, farm, food, generations, neighbors, numbers, nutrition, recreation, traditions

Forri the baker

Myers, Edward

An unpopular baker named Forri comes up with a plan to use bread to save the village of Ettai from its invading neighbors and becomes a hero.

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careers, community, deception, food, helping, humor, nutrition, protection, teamwork, war

It takes a village

Cowen-Fletcher, Jane

Young Yemi's responsibility is to look after her brother, Kokou, while at the market with her mother. Yemi quickly loses sight of her brother, but Kokou is safe with the neighbors in the community. Yemi learns that It takes a village to raise a family.

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africa, african, animals, community, conflict resolution, family, feelings, food, friendship, lost, multicultural, neighbors, nutrition, parents, shopping, siblings, traditions, verbal communication

The orange book

McGuire, Richard

Fourteen oranges grow on a tree. Many different things happen to these oranges. Some become a snack, some are used in a juggling act, and others are made into juice.

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colors, counting, food, numbers, nutrition, plants

On market street

Lobel, Arnold

A little boy goes to the market to buy gifts for his friend. He buys gifts that begin with each letter of the alphabet. The market is rich with colorful foods.

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alphabet, colors, food, giving, kindness, nutrition, presents, sequence

Vegetables in the garden

de Bourgoing//Jeunesse, Gallimard

Carrots, radishes, beets, potatoes and zucchini are a few of the incredible edibles in this book.

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colors, food, garden, nutrition, vegetables

Growing vegetable soup

Ehlert, Lois

Shows the process of planting, growing, and eating colorful vegetables for food.

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colors, food, garden, nutrition, plants, seasons, summer, sun, vegetables

The lemon drop jar

Widman, Christine

A little girl visits her Aunt Emma, and they enjoy lemon drop candies together. Aunt Emma tells the story about how she got a lemon drop jar when she missed the sun while away at school.

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autumn, colors, family, feelings, food, happiness, nutrition, seasons, storytelling, sun, train, transportation, travel

Sam and the tigers: A new telling of little black sambo

Lester, Julius

A boy named Sam picks out bright clothes for his first day of school. On his way to school he runs into some tigers who want to eat him but he trades his bright clothes for his life. His bright clothes cause such a ruckus among the tigers that they fight each other and Sam gets his clothes back.

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adventures, african american, anger, animals, art, author's note, clothing, colors, conflict resolution, elephant, fable, family, feelings, fight, food, fox, giraffe, hunger, lion, monkey, multicultural, numbers, nutrition, school, tiger, umbrella, wolf

Black, white, just right!

Davol, Marguerite W.

A little girl who has a white father and a black mother compares the differences between them. Mama like to dance ballet and walk fast along the street. Papa likes to dance to rap and stroll along the street. They have different tastes in food and art, but all is just right in this special family.

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african american, art, body parts, colors, comparisons, dancing, differences, diversity, exercise, family, food, height, love, multicultural, nutrition, parents, pets, similarities, sizes, walking

Aunt flossie's hat (and crab cakes later)

Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald

Susan and Sarah spend a Sunday afternoon with their Aunt. As they try on her old hats, Aunt Flossie tells a story associated with each one. Afterwards, they celebrate with their favorite food - crab cakes.

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assertiveness, child care, clothing, conflict resolution, decision making, family, food, goal setting, imagination, memories, nutrition, self esteem

Old mother hubbard and her dog

Ness, Evaline

An old lady owns a dog and buys it fish, shoes, and even a hat. The dog does many interesting things like dance and read the news.

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animals, cat, clothing, companion, dancing, dog, exercise, food, nutrition, pets, rhyme

Just us women

Caines, Jeanette

A young girl goes on a long trip with her aunt to North Carolina. They prepare their maps, their lunch, and plan all the fun things that they will do together. The trip is unique because they are just women spending time together.

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assertiveness, closeness, critical thinking, decision making, family, farm, food, gender, geography, goal setting, maps, nonverbal communication, nutrition, preparation, restaurant, shopping, stress management, travel, verbal communication

Papa small

Lenski, Lois

The small family work together to get the housework completed. They also eat together, go to the supermarket together, and go to church together.

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baby, car, church, family, food, helping, nutrition, parents, shopping, siblings, support, teamwork, transportation

The snow lady

Hughes, Shirley

Sam and Barney build a snow lady that resembles their elderly neighbor, mean Mrs. Dean. Sam decides that it would only be polite to invite lonely Mrs. Dean to Christmas dinner.

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acceptance, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, food, friendship, holidays, neighbors, nonverbal communication, nutrition, peer resistance, play, recreation, seasons, verbal communication, winter

Arthur's christmas

Brown, Marc

Arthur worries about what to get Santa for Christmas. He searches everywhere for the perfect gift. Finally, he sees Santa eating at several different places and decides to make Santa's favorite foods.

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christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, food, holidays, nutrition, peer resistance, presents, refusal skills, santa, stress management

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