Browse Items · Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Tags: nutrition

First
Prev
14
15
16
17
18
Next
Last

Sort by:

Weekend girl

Hest, Amy

Sophie always spends a weekend with her grandparents when her parents take a trip to honeymoon cottage. Every year her grandparents have a special surprise, so she can hardly wait for this year's surprise.

Tags

animals, beach, bodies of water, car, dancing, dog, exercise, family, feelings, five senses, food, grandparents, marriage, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, picnic, poetry, sadness, sea, seasons, self esteem, smell, summer, taste, transportation, travel, verbal communication, walking, weather

The world's biggest birthday cake

Greene, Carol

A group of kids bake the world's biggest birthday cake for their friend in an old water tower by heating it with a volcano. They decorate it with hedges, a pond, a zoo, a circus, and a brass band.

Tags

animals, birthday, bodies of water, celebration, circus, food, friendship, music, nutrition, party, plants, pond, smell, teamwork, zoo

Moose and friends

Latimer, Jim

Moose and his friends confront many situations and must decide what to do about them. Together, as a group, they solve their problems.

Tags

animals, birthday, conflict resolution, critical thinking, crow, decision making, food, fox, holidays, nonverbal communication, nutrition, reading, skunk, stress management, teamwork, valentine's day, verbal communication

Slumber party!

Caseley, Judith

Zoe decides to have a slumber party for her birthday celebration. She invites four of her friends, and they celebrate with pizza and chocolate cake. After a couple of conflicts at bedtime, they all fall asleep with the help of Zoe's mom.

Tags

animals, bedtime, birthday, celebration, creativity, family, fear, feelings, food, friendship, nutrition, parents, party, preparation, restaurant, sleep, storytelling, teeth

The tale of johnny town-mouse

Potter, Beatrix

When Timmy Willie accidently finds himself in a hamper headed for town, he finds shelter with Johnny Town-Mouse. But he is homesick and soon returns home to his country garden. Johnny Town-Mouse comes to visit and learns that he prefers his townhouse.

Tags

animals, birds, cat, community, differences, fear, food, garden, homesickness, mouse, nutrition

Petunia beware!

Duvoisin, Roger

Petunia is a goose who eats everyone else's food and never touches her own because she thinks the other food is better. Petunia decides to go up a windy hill to get the better grass, but others warn her not to because of wild animals. After escaping from the wild animals, she realizes that her grass is just as good.

Tags

animals, birds, conflict resolution, coping, curiosity, food, goose, greed, nutrition, peer resistance, selfishness, verbal communication

The tale of the faithful dove

Potter, Beatrix

When Mr. Tidler's wife is trapped in a chimney, she lays an egg. He brings her food and she and her baby survive and escape from the chimney with the help of a boy named Tom.

Tags

animals, birds, conflict resolution, escape, feelings, food, helping, mouse, nutrition, rescue, sadness

Where's my share?

Greeley, Valerie

A robin asks where's the wheat milled into flour, where's the flour baked into bread, where's my share?

Tags

animals, birds, farm, food, forest, nutrition, robin, seasons

The everything book

Fleming, Denise

An educational book with a little bit of everything from nursery rhymes to counting plus colors, fruits, seasons, alphabet, and animals.

Tags

alphabet, animals, autumn, birds, bluejay, body parts, cardinal, cat, chicken, colors, counting, cow, dog, feelings, firefly, fish, food, fruit, guinea pig, insects, morning, night, nutrition, pets, poetry, rabbit, robin, seasons, sequence, shapes, sizes, sparrow, spring, summer, toys, train, transportation, winter

The mouse feast

Sugita, Yutaka

A cat and owl become greedy house guests of a mouse then dream about eating their host.

Tags

animals, assertiveness, birds, cat, food, greed, mouse, nutrition, owl

There was an old woman

Kellogg, Steven

Retelling of the tale of the old woman who swallows a fly, a spider, a bird, a cat, a dog, a cow, and a horse. This version tries to explain her crazy appetite.

Tags

animals, birds, cat, fame, fly, food, goal setting, insects, nutrition, spider

Get out of bed!

Munsch, Robert

Any stays up too late watching television and does not make it to breakfast with her family. They decide to take Amy to school in her bed because she was going to be late. At school the principal tries to wake her up but she keeps sleeping. Her teacher covers reading, math, and art, and her friends go to the gym, recess, and lunch-- all while Amy sleeps!The next day, Amy's habit is hilariously contagious!

Tags

animals, art, bedtime, birds, cat, dog, dreams, exercise, family, food, math, nutrition, parents, play, reading, school, siblings, sleep, sounds, teaching, television, working mother

The little red hen

Galdone, Paul

The little red hen lived with a cat, dog, and mouse, but was the only one who ever did any work. She planted wheat, took it to the mill to ground into flour, and made a cake. Even though she asked for help, no one helped her with anything. But once the cake was made, they all wanted a piece. After the hen finished the cake herself, she had three eager helpers whenever there was work to be done.

Tags

animals, assertiveness, birds, cat, cooperation, decision making, dog, food, helping, laziness, mouse, nutrition, refusal skills, responsibilities, sharing, shelter, verbal communication

Hard scrabble harvest

Ipcar, Dahlov

After the farmer plants his crops, he needs to keep a close eye on them. He puts up a scarecrow to scare the birds, then chases the chickens out of his field. When autumn comes, he harvests his crops and makes a big Thanksgiving dinner.

Tags

animals, autumn, birds, careers, celebration, chicken, farm, food, garden, holidays, nutrition, plants, scarecrows, seasons, thanksgiving

Iktomi and the ducks

Goble, Paul

An arrogant Indian loses his horse. While he is looking for his horse, he goes duck hunting and fools the ducks long enough to kill them. Because he does not like noises, he tries to stop two trees from creaking. While he does this, he becomes stuck and a wolf eats the Indian's ducks.

Tags

animals, assertiveness, beliefs, birds, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, duck, food, goal setting, horse, imagination, multicultural, native american, nature, noise, nutrition, plants, self esteem, sounds, wolf

Cowboy small

Lenski, Lois

Cowboy Small takes care of his horse Cactus and rides him around the ranch. He does jobs like fixing the fence and rounding up the cows.

Tags

animals, bedtime, careers, cow, cowboys, critical thinking, decision making, food, nutrition, ranch, responsibilities, sleep, stress management, verbal communication, water

Bedtime for frances

Hoban, Russell

It's France's bedtime but she isn't very tired, so she makes up an alphabet song, imagines a tiger, sees a giant, and learns that the wind has a job before she falls asleep.

Tags

animals, badger, bedtime, family, food, giants, hygiene, night, nutrition, responsibilities, sleep

Tomorrow on rocky pond

Reiser, Lynn

A child can't wait to go fishing on Rocky Pond so she can see animals and have picnics. It's a day full of adventure and fun.

Tags

adventures, amphibians, animals, beaver, birds, boat, bodies of water, clothing, deer, dragonfly, duck, exercise, family, fish, fishing, five senses, food, frog, geography, insects, listening, maps, moose, nature, nonverbal communication, nutrition, observation, owl, parents, picnic, pond, rabbit, recreation, siblings, smell, spider, swimming, taste, touch, transportation, walking, woods

Two by two: The untold story

Hewitt, Kathryn

Noah builds a boat to sail two of every animal for forty days and forty nights. It starts out as a pleasure trip until the rain becomes a problem. All the animals fight but in the end, they learn a valuable lesson never to be forgotten again.

Tags

animals, assertiveness, bear, boat, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, feelings, fight, flood, food, frustration, goal setting, happiness, nutrition, parents, pig, rabbit, rain, sea, siblings, stress management, sun, transportation, vacation, weather, wolf

The la-di-da hare

Lewis, J. Patrick

Honeypot Bear and Commodore Mouse set sail to visit the La-di-da Hare on the Island of Oh. Upon arriving, the duo is greeted warmly by the Hare who insists they wear native Bermuda shorts and Hawaiian shirts!Bear and Mouse have so much fun together that they decide to stay with the La-di-da Hare and together admire the beauty of the Island of Oh.

Tags

animals, assertiveness, bear, boat, bodies of water, decision making, feelings, food, friendship, fun, happiness, hare, island, love, mouse, nutrition, sand, sea, transportation, verbal communication

Wish again, big bear

Margolis, Richard J.

As big bear catches a fish to eat, the fish says he will grant him three wishes if bear does not eat him. On his third wish, the bear wishes for a friend, then realizes the fish is his friend and he cannot eat him.

Tags

animals, bear, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, fish, food, friendship, magic, nutrition, refusal skills, self esteem, verbal communication

The wonderful pumpkin

Hellsing, Lennart

Little Bear and Big Bear bite on a seed when eating. They go out and decide to plant the seed. It grows and grows. Then it becomes their home. The bears enjoy some wild adventures together as their relationship grows stronger and stronger.

Tags

adventures, animals, assertiveness, autumn, bear, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, feelings, fish, food, fox, happiness, insects, nutrition, rain, sea, seasons, stress management, summer, weather, worm

Jamberry

Degen, Bruce

A boy and his bear friend love berries. They rhyme about berry picking while walking in the forest and decide what they are going to do with their berries.

Tags

animals, assertiveness, bear, exercise, food, forest, nonverbal communication, numbers, nutrition, recreation, rhyme, sequence

Bear circus

du Bois, William Pene

At Koala Park, grasshoppers are eating all of the food. The koala bears are without food and don't know what to do. They get help from the kangaroos and find circus equipment. They put on a show.

Tags

airplane, animals, assertiveness, bear, conflict resolution, critical thinking, feelings, food, happiness, insects, nutrition, sadness, transportation, verbal communication

Blueberries for sal

McCloskey, Robert

Little Sal is picking blueberries with her mom and she wanders off. She finds a bear who is looking for her baby. The bear and Sal wander around together to help the bear find her baby and Sal find her mom.

Tags

animals, baby, bear, critical thinking, family, fear, feelings, food, helping, lost, nutrition, parents, problem solving

Ben and the bear

Riddell, Chris

When a young boy encounters a harmless playful bear, the two become best friends. They go back to Ben's house and eat lunch, dance, and clean up their mess. Then the bear goes home and tells the boy that they will have lunch at his house the next day.

Tags

animals, bear, cleanliness, conflict resolution, dancing, decision making, exercise, food, friendship, helping, imagination, nonverbal communication, nutrition, play, responsibilities, verbal communication

Frank and ernest

Day, Alexandra

Frank and Ernest run Mrs. Miller's diner for a few days while she is out of town. Mrs. Miller is nervous at first because there is a lot of responsiblity in running a diner. Frank and Ernest do a great job and have a lot of fun too.

Tags

animals, bear, elephant, food, fun, language, nutrition, responsibilities, restaurant

Deep in the forest

Turkle, Brinton

This picture book illustrates a story similar to that of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. When a little girl and her parents go out, a bear goes into their house and eats their food, sits on their chairs, and sleeps in their beds. (wordless book)

Tags

animals, bear, conflict resolution, curiosity, decision making, family, food, forest, nature, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, sleep

Colors to know

Gundersheimer, Karen

A tiny person plays with different objects as she learns about colors.

Tags

animals, bear, birds, colors, duck, food, learning, nutrition, snow, weather

Buzzy bear and the rainbow

Marino, Dorothy

Buzzy Bear is determined to find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, despite what everyone has told him. In his mind, he finds the treasure - it is a tree full of honey.

Tags

animals, bear, beliefs, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, determination, food, goal setting, nutrition, peer resistance, rainbow

The bear

Briggs, Raymond

One night while Tilly is sleeping a bear comes into her room. The next morning Tilly tells her parents about the bear, but they don't think the bear is real. Tilly takes care of the bear all through the day. While Tilly is sleeping, the bear exits through the window to return back to his home.

Tags

animals, bath, bear, bedtime, beverage, family, food, helping, imagination, love, night, nutrition, parents, verbal communication

One fine day

Bang, Molly

From morning until bedtime, a child plays with toys to experience one fine day of activities.

Tags

animals, beach, bear, car, cat, cleanliness, clouds, colors, five senses, food, friendship, hygiene, nutrition, play, rain, shadows, sleep, sounds, sun, toys, wind

Little witch's big night

Hautzig, Deborah

Little witch is punished because she has been too good. She has to stay home on Halloween night. But by staying home, she makes new friends and has very nice time by giving her new friends rides on her broomstick.

Tags

animals, bat, feelings, food, friendship, halloween, happiness, holidays, nutrition, sadness, sympathy, witches

Bread and jam for frances

Hoban, Russell

Frances, the badger, likes only one kind of food, jam on toast. After two days, she tries a different food after observing her friends' lunches at school.

Tags

animals, badger, change, conflict resolution, decision making, family, food, nutrition, parents, refusal skills, school, verbal communication

The old man and his door

Soto, Gary

One day, a man brings el puerto (a door) to the neighbor's barbeque instead of el puerco (a pig). On his way to the picnic, the door becomes very useful when he carries many things on it. Once he gets to the barbeque, his wife tells him about the pig and it is all a big joke.

Tags

animals, attention, conflict resolution, food, helping, humor, language, listening, mexican, multicultural, neighbors, nutrition, pig, spanish, verbal communication

Lonesome lester

Luttrell, Ida

Lester, the prairie dog, lives alone and often feels lonely. He does have various visitors - ants who eat his food, Aunt Martha who waxes his whole house without asking, and finally a nice, respectful mother rabbit and her baby. Lester discovers the difference between good and bad company and how to be peacefully alone and satisfied.

Alligator arrived with apples: A potluck alphabet feast

Dragonwagon, Crescent

It is a Thanksgiving feast and animals from all the letters of the alphabet bring all kinds of food to the potluck. The alligator brings apples, a bear brings bread and butter, and the cat comes with cherry cobbler.

Tags

alphabet, animals, celebration, food, holidays, nutrition, rhyme, sequence, thanksgiving

We're growing together

Ransom, Candice F.

Candice's mother marries Howard and they move to a new house. When Candice asks how long they will live there, Howard replies forever and she wonders how long that is. One day Candice realizes how long forever is.

Tags

acceptance, animals, birthday, car, cat, change, christmas, conflict resolution, cow, exercise, family, farm, feelings, food, garden, grandparents, holidays, marriage, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, pig, plants, relationship, seasons, self esteem, spring, stars, stress management, summer, transportation, valentine's day, verbal communication, walking

The awful aardvarks shop for school

Lindbergh, Reeve

This morning the aardvarks are going to the mall for back-to-school shopping. They have a list prepared for backpacks, lunch boxes, school supplies, and more. However, while following their list, they continue to add new items, making for a crazy and chaotic day.

Tags

aardvark, animals, autumn, bear, behavior, books, chaos, clothing, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, food, glasses, misbehavior, nutrition, rabbit, rhinoceros, rhyme, running, school, shopping, skating, skiing, sports, worry

The great gum drop robbery

Hoban, Russell

Three boys imagined that they were deep sea diving. The oldest boy wants a gum drop, but the middle boy would not share. While they were fighting, the other boy took all the gumdrops and ate them. Finally on the way back home, they all made up and had dinner with their parents.

Tags

anger, argument, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, food, imagination, nutrition, parents, play, recreation, sharing, siblings, verbal communication

Where the wild things are

Sendak, Maurice

Max gets sent to his room without dinner. There he dreams about a new world of his own where he sails to an island and becomes the king of all the beasts. After all of his fun frolicking with the beasts, he comes home where a hot meal is waiting for him.

Stone soup

Ross, Tony

A wolf goes to a hen's house to eat her up. She tells him she will make him some Stone Soup first. While she makes the soup and he waits, she has him do her chores. Finally, he realizes that she tricks him and he leaves.

Tags

anger, animals, birds, chicken, critical thinking, deception, decision making, feelings, food, nutrition, verbal communication, wolf

Nicolas, where have you been?

Lionni, Leo

The field mice and birds compete for the bright red berries. The birds usually get the berries first and this angers the mice, especially Nicolas. One day, Nicolas is swooped up by a big, mean bird and dropped into a nest of nice birds that bring him berries and they share stories. He returns to tell the other mice that not all birds are bad.

Tags

acceptance, anger, animals, appreciation, bias, birds, change, conflict resolution, cooperation, food, friendship, mouse, nutrition, prejudice, sharing, stereotypes, verbal communication

Raising yoder's barn

Yolen, Jane

A boy and his family lose their barn to a fire but their Amish community works together to raise the barn again.

Tags

accidents, amish, author's note, barn, communication, community, conflict resolution, construction, cooperation, family, farm, feelings, fire, food, goal setting, helping, lightning, nutrition, prayer, pride, religion, verbal communication, weather, work

The scrambled states of america

Keller, Laurie

The fifty states decide to hold a party so that they can meet the other states in the country. The states decide that they are bored with their places on the map and want to switch to new locations. At first, everything is new and exciting, but eventually the states realize where they really belong.

Tags

alphabet, american, assertiveness, bodies of water, boredom, colors, counting, critical thinking, dancing, feelings, food, friendship, geography, goal setting, maps, morning, music, nutrition, party, shapes, storytelling, verbal communication, weather

Love as strong as ginger

Look, Lenore

While her mother and father go to work in Chinatown, a young girl learns how to make rice dumplings and crab and shrimp soup with her grandma. They then take a bus to Grandma's work where she cracks crabs in a factory for a few pennies per day. Grandma prepares a crab meal at the end of a hard working day, made with love as strong as ginger. Katie appreciates her "Gnin Gnin" (grandmother) and all she does so Katie can follow her dress, becoming whoever she wants to be in America.

Pierrot's abc garden

Lobel, Anita

Pierrot is a lonely clown who decides to visit his friend, Pierrette. He decides to get a basket and take her several things from his garden. Each item begins with a different letter from the alphabet.

Tags

alphabet, clowns, dreams, food, garden, goal setting, happiness, loneliness, nonverbal communication, nutrition, picnic, pig, reunion, sequence, sheep, stress management, verbal communication, zebra

A apple pie

Greenaway, Kate

This alphabet book discusses several actions that are done with an apple pie (e.g., I jumped for it).

Tags

alphabet, assertiveness, food, nutrition, sequence, verbal communication

Alphabet soup: A feast of letters

Gustafson, Scott

Otter has a housewarming party and invites twenty-six friends to create a potluck soup. Each animal and a food represents a letter from the alphabet. For example, N-Newt was a nearby neighbor, who brought a net full of ninety-nine noodles.

Tags

alphabet, celebration, community, food, neighbors, nutrition, party, sequence

Eating the alphabet: Fruits and vegetables from a to z

Ehlert, Lois

There are fruits and vegetables from A-Z. A is for apple, asparagus, avocado, apricot and artichoke. B is for brussel sprout, bean, blueberry, broccoli and banana.

Tags

alphabet, colors, food, fruit, nutrition, photograph, sequence, variety, vegetables

First
Prev
14
15
16
17
18
Next
Last

Browse Items (893 items total)