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The birthday swap

Lopez, Loretta

Lori wants to find her older sister the perfect gift for her birthday. At the market, Lori learns that it's not easy to find the right gift. Little does Lori know that the best gifts can come to us when we least expect them. Why is this the year of the best birthday party ever?

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animals, birthday, celebration, church, dancing, decision making, dog, exercise, family, food, giving, language, market, mexican, multicultural, nutrition, party, presents, shopping, siblings, sleep, spanish, surprises, verbal communication

There was an old lady who swalled fly guy

Arnold, Tedd

Buzz take Fly Guy with him to visit Grandma. During Grandma's excited hug, she accidentally swalllows Fly Guy! She proceeds to swallow animal after animal in an attempt to catch Fly Guy and all the animals she swallows until Fly Guy finally escapes, followed by the rest.

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animals, barn, birds, cat, cow, dog, family, feelings, five senses, fly, goat, grandparents, happiness, light, repetition, rhyme, sadness, sight, spider

Bearsie bear and the surprise sleepover party

Waber, Bernard

Bearsie bear is all snuggly in his bed when Moosie moose arrives. This is when all the chaos starts. After Moosie moose arrives, Goosie goose, Foxie fox, Cowsie cow, and finally Porkie porcupine stop by for a visit. Everyone jumps out when Porkie porcupine gets into bed. In the end, they all sleep peacefully during the surprise sleepover party.

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animals, bear, bedtime, birds, celebration, chaos, cold, conflict resolution, cow, feelings, fox, goose, moose, night, party, porcupine, sleep, surprises, temperature, verbal communication

Felice

Brown, Marcia

Felice is a small striped cat living in Venice with no home or food. A boy starts to feed the cat and adopts him. He decides to name the cat, Felice.

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adoption, animals, assertiveness, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, pets

The third-story cat

Baker, Leslie

A house cat, Alice, longs to visit the park across the street. One day, Alice escapes her comfortable apartment. She meets a streetwise cat and has a hair-raising day. After Alice's adventures, she gladly goes home - until tomorrow.

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animals, cat, conflict resolution, courage, curiosity, nonverbal communication, safety

Cinderella's rat

Meddaugh, Susan

Cinderella's fairy godmother turns a rat into a coachboy. The coachboy loves that he has more food to eat and less enemies (cats). But what will he do when someone wants to harm his sister (a rat)?

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animals, cat, challenges, conflict resolution, critical thinking, fantasy, godmother, humor, magic, protection, rat, siblings, stress management, surprises, verbal communication

When the wind blew

Brown, Margaret Wise

An old lady lives with seventeen cats and a kitten. On a windy day she brings the cats in the house. She gets a toothache and her kitten soothes it.

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animals, cat, conflict resolution, illness, nonverbal communication, pets, stress management, teamwork, teeth, verbal communication

The carp in the bathtub

Cohen, Barbara

Leah and Henry want to save the carp that their mom will want to cook for dinner. They try to hide the carp in the tub and also in a bucket. Their dad explains that fish are for eating so he gives them a cat as a pet.

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animals, cat, community, fish, food, holidays, Jewish, multicultural, nutrition, passover, pets, shelter, traditions

When mindy saved hanukkah

Kimmel, Eric A.

Mindy, a mouse-sized girl, bravely faces a cat in the synagogue to retrieve a candle for her tiny family's Hanukkah menorah. Her mission allows her family to celebrate their special holiday together.

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animals, bravery, cat, celebration, family, fear, hanukkah, height, holidays, Jewish, multicultural, sizes

Oliver, amanda and grandmother

Van Leeuwen, Jean

Through five short stories, Grandmother Pig shows Oliver and Amanda how much fun she is to be around.

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animals, assertiveness, caring, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fun, grandparents, helping, love, parents, pig, self esteem, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

Here is the arctic winter

Dunphy, Madeleine

The animals of the fascinating world of the arctic show their land. Nature and the environment are the themes.

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animals, caribou, cod, fish, fox, hare, nature, owl, polar bear, seal, whale, winter, wolf

Over in the ocean: In a coral reef

Berkes, Marianne

Count one through 10 while using rhymes to talk about different activities between mother fishes and their babies. Move to the rhythm of this poem about ocean creatures !

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animals, author's note, counting, dolphin, fish, illustrator's note, music, numbers, ocean, octopus, pattern, poetry, repetition, rhyme, rhythm, song, starfish

Old macdonald had a farm

Pearson, Tracey Campbell

Old MacDonald has a pretty typical day of feeding his animals and doing his chores.

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animals, bat, careers, cat, cow, dog, family, farm, goose, mule, pig, responsibilities, sheep, song, verbal communication

Anatole

Titus, Eve

Anatole finds a way to leave something in return for getting food. He becomes the greatest cheese taster by his secret identity, working late at night in the factory.

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animals, careers, food, giving, mouse, nutrition, secrets

The tale of ginger and pickles

Potter, Beatrix

Ginger and Pickles have to close their store when they run out of money, but Henny Penny opens it back up for business.

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animals, business, careers, cat, dog, dolls, mouse, poverty, rabbit, shopping

Officer buckle and gloria

Rathmann, Peggy

A policeman shares his safety tips with school children. His dull speeches become entertaining when his dog performs tricks on stage behind him. The children pay attention and improve their safety skills.

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animals, careers, conflict resolution, dog, listening, nonverbal communication, performance, safety, school, speech, verbal communication

The twenty elephant restaurant

Hoban, Russell

A man decides to build eighteen tables and seventy-two chairs in order to open a restaurant. People come from miles around to see his dancing elephant waiters.

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animals, careers, determination, elephant, food, nutrition, restaurant

D.W's library card

Brown, Marc

Arthur's little sister, D.W., finally gets her first library card. However, in oder to get it she must first learn to write her full name. She finds hilarious ways to take care of her first library book until Arthur shows her the tricks of the trade.

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animals, anteater, books, day, dog, family, frog, library, morning, parents, practice, rabbit, reading, siblings, writing

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 chocolate cow

Obligado, Lilian

Pierre is worried that his father might sell Melody, his cow. Melody can no longer give milk and Pierre's father has no need for her. Pierre decides to do all he can for Melody so she will produce milk. He feeds her the best food, and she turns into a very special cow.

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animals, author's note, beverage, careers, cow, family, farm, food, mountains, multicultural, nutrition, parents, siblings, swiss, traditions

The maid and the mouse and the odd-shaped house

Zelinsky, P.

A maid and her mouse make changes to their odd-shaped house. The shape eventually looks like a cat.

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animals, careers, cat, change, conflict resolution, mouse, shelter

The little farm

Lenski, Lois

Farmer Small describes the various chores he does on his farm to keep it running smoothly. He tells what he feeds his animals and how he takes care of his fields.

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animals, birds, careers, chicken, cow, farm, food, hard work, pig, responsibilities

All i see

Rylant, Cynthia

A boy, Charlie, watches a man named Gregory paint pictures of a whale by the lake each day. Eventually, the two meet and paint together by the lake what each sees. An artistic friendship develops.

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animals, art, bodies of water, careers, cat, embarrassment, feelings, friendship, lake, nonverbal communication, observation, shyness, whale

Mr. MacGregor's breakfast egg

MacDonald, Elizabeth

As Mr. Cameron tries to deliver corn to Mr. MacGregor, a herd of cattle gets in his way. In front of the cattle is a group of boys on their bicycles and in front of them is a bus. Mr. MacGregor has to wait a long time for his corn.

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animals, birds, careers, chicken, cow, duck, family, food, nutrition, parents, sheep, siblings

Noah's ark

Haley, Gail E.

Noah dreams about an empty zoo with extinct animal signs, so he builds an ark to save the animals from the badly polluted environment.

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animals, boat, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dreams, environment, helping, verbal communication, zoo

The jolly postman or other people's letters

Ahlberg, Janet//Ahlberg, Allan

This postman delivers mail to all of your favorite fairy tale characters. From the Three Bears to Cinderella, the jolly postman keeps them all in touch with their friends through letters.

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animals, bear, careers, correspondence, friendship, party, wolf

Good luck, mrs. k.!

Borden, Louise

Mrs. K teaches Ann's third grade class. In class they are explorers, scientists, poets, and astronauts. They are always learning something new. One day, Mrs. K doesn't come to school. The students learn that she is in the hospital with cancer. For the rest of the year the third grade has a substitute. On the last day of school, Mrs. K comes back to surprise her students.

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animals, basketball, cancer, dancing, discovery, exercise, geography, guinea pig, hospital, illness, insects, learning, letters, listening, math, pets, practice, reading, school, science, sign language, skating, spelling, sports, surprises, teaching, travel, verbal communication, worm

Lights out!

Himmelman, John

The Badger Scouts are ready for bed, but when their counselor turns out the light strange things begin to happen. The boys think that they hear and see all sorts of monsters. After getting flashlights, glasses of water, and a last trip to the bathroom, the boys are really ready for bed.

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animals, bat, bedtime, camping, fear, feelings, friendship, imagination, insects, light, lion, monsters, mosquito, night, noise, preparation, shadows, sleep, wolf

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

Georgie and the robbers

Bright, Robert

A small ghost named Georgie lives in the Whittkaker house. When the house is threatened by robbers, the friendly ghost and his animal friends work together to scare the robbers away.

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animals, assertiveness, bravery, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, friendship, ghosts, nonverbal communication, robbery, self esteem, teamwork, verbal communication

Arthur's camp-out

Hoban, Lillian

Arthur is bored one spring day so he decides to go on a field trip to collect specimens. He finds himself in some difficult situations and quickly discovers how quickly his bravery can wear off. Even though things don't go as planned, he still manages to have some fun, thanks to his friends.

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adventures, amphibians, animals, assertiveness, bat, bravery, dreams, exploration, family, fear, feelings, flowers, friendship, frog, frustration, insects, peer resistance, seasons, siblings, snake, spring

The busy world of Richard Scarry: A big operation

Scarry, Richard

After contracting his third sore throat of the year, Huckle is told that his tonsils need to be taken out. Afraid of the hospital and the word operation, Huckle tries to sneak out. His friend, Lowly, takes Huckle around the hopital to show how others are brave. Huckle decides that he too is brave and will go through with the operation.

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animals, bravery, cat, diseases, family, fear, feelings, food, friendship, goat, happiness, health, hospital, illness, insects, lion, mouse, nonverbal communication, pig, rabbit, raccoon, refusal skills, stress management, worm

Terrible things

Bunting, Eve

This story paints the bleak picture of the Terrible Things which takes each of the animals in a clearing. The Terrible Things are equated to hunters.

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animals, bravery, death, nonverbal communication, verbal communication

Selina, the mouse and the giant cat

Bohdal, Susi

A little girl named Selina has a fantastic dream about a mouse that becomes her friend and a cat that comes to eat him. Selina runs away from the cat in fear, but eventually must face the cat and protect the mouse.

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animals, assertiveness, bravery, cat, confidence, conflict resolution, decision making, fear, feelings, friendship, loyalty, mouse, peer resistance

Mama talks too much

Russo, Marisabina

It's Saturday morning, which means Celeste and her Mama make a trip to the market!As they walk through their urban neighborhood, Celeste and her Mama stop every few minutes. Mama always stops to talk, talk, talk with her friends. Will they ever make it to the market?

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animals, boredom, car, community, counting, dog, exercise, food, friendship, gossip, illness, market, multicultural, neighbors, patience, pets, shopping, sounds, transportation, walking

The house of wisdom

Heide, Florence Parry//Gilliland, Judith Heide

The House of Wisdom, an ancient library in Baghdad, is the center for new ideas and a quest for knowledge from all parts of the world. As scholars study and translate the ancient manuscripts, one boy, Ishaq, learns the wisdom on Aristotle through his expedition and a special book.

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africa, animals, arab, author's note, books, camel, critical thinking, culture, greek, history, language, library, market, multicultural, reading, russian, ship, time, transportation, travel, wealth

Nate the great and the crunchy christmas

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman//Sharmat, Craig

When Annie's dog, Fang, is unhappy, everyone is unhappy, especially Nate the Great. When Fang's Christmas mail turns up missing, Nate agrees to help solve the mystery of the missing card. Join Nate the Great in solving this holiday case in time for Fang to have a crunchy Christmas.

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adventures, animals, bones, christmas, dog, elves, excitement, feelings, friendship, frustration, hanukkah, happiness, helping, holidays, investigation, letters, lost, sadness, seasons, show, weather, winter

I know how we fight germs

Rowan, Kate

How do we get sick?Join Sam and his mom as they talk about germs and their bodies. Help them figure out how bodies fight off enemy germs.

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animals, body parts, caring, cat, chicken pox, cleanliness, clothing, cold, critical thinking, diseases, elephant, family, garden, health, hygiene, illness, imagination, numbers, parents, plants, pretend, rescue, school, science, sizes, teaching, verbal communication

Whose nose is this?

Van Gelder, Richard

People and animals have noses. Can you guess which nose belongs to whom?What is that nose used for?

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animals, anteater, bat, body parts, cow, dog, elephant, hippopotamus, horse, learning, monkey, nonverbal communication, pig, seal, whale

Coral island

Mordivnoff, Nicolas

Terii dreams of growing bigger so he can become a pearl-shell diver like his Uncle Teopu. Uncle Teopu always tells Terii that he will grow bigger when Teopu's hat is all worn out. Whe Terii saves the hat from Kaveka, Uncle Teopu let Terii paddle the canoe. After he saves Teopu from a shark, Terii is ready to become a diver.

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activities, animals, assertiveness, beach, birds, boat, bodies of water, careers, cat, celebration, dog, dreams, exercise, feelings, fishing, food, fun, growing up, happiness, horse, island, nonverbal communication, nutrition, party, relief, running, sea, shark, swimming, verbal communication, walking

Madeline's rescue (Le sauvage de madeline)

Bemelmans, Ludwig

In an orphanage, a little girl named Madeline falls in a pond and is saved by a dog. The children want to keep the dog, but the school does not allow pets. After the inspection, they keep the dog anyway.

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animals, assertiveness, bodies of water, conflict resolution, decision making, disobedience, dog, fear, peer resistance, pets, pond, problem solving, refusal skills, school, stress management, teamwork, verbal communication

Turtle tale

Asch, Frank

A young turtle on the way to a pond comes in contact with many new experiences. His new experiences take him from being a young turtle to a wise old turtle.

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animals, birds, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, fish, fox, pond, rabbit, reptiles, turtle

Just my dad and me

Komaiko, Leah

A little girl wants to go to the ocean with her father, but she soon realizes that their whole family will be joining them. She escapes to another place where she is the only person in the world.

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animals, bodies of water, family, fish, nonverbal communication, ocean, parents, siblings, whale

Madeline in america: An other holiday tales

Bemelmans, Ludwig

Madeline's grandfather passes away and leaves all of his inheritance to Madeline, but it is in Texas instead of Paris. Madeline takes her friends to Texas and they enjoy the inheritance. Then they find out Madeline does not get it till she is 21 So it is back to Paris.

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airplane, animals, bodies of water, car, christmas, family, french, grandparents, helicopter, holidays, horse, multicultural, ocean, stress management, transportation, travel

Today i'm going fishing with my dad

Sharp, N.L.

A young boy is preparing to go fishing with his dad. Preparations include cleaning Dad's tackle box, digging for worms, and preparing lunch. However, as they approach the lake, the boy reveals that he really hates to go fishing because of the mosquitoes, the heat, he has to be quiet all the time, and he has to go to the bathroom in the trees. But because he likes to spend time with his dad, he goes fishing with him.

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animals, bodies of water, family, fishing, food, insects, lake, mosquito, nutrition, parents, preparation, recreation, sports, worm

Amos camps out

Seligson, Susan//Schneider, Howie

Amos is a dog that rides his couch everywhere, even camping. He has a good time camping and even uses his couch to scare a bear away from camp.

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animals, bear, bodies of water, camping, dog, fish, food, lake, nonverbal communication, nutrition, recreation

An ocean world

Sis, Peter

A whale sails new seas and after several unsuccessful attempts, makes a friend.

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animals, bodies of water, critical thinking, decision making, determination, feelings, friendship, goal setting, loneliness, ocean, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem, stress management, whale

Queenie, one of the family

Graham, Bob

A rescued hen becomes a member of a young girl's family. Even though they take the hen back to the farm where she lives, the hen returns to the house everyday so that her chicks can grow up along with the family.

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