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Hot hippo

Hadithi, Mwenye

The Hippo asks Ngai, the omniscent, if he can live in the water. Ngai allows Hippo to do this if he only eats plants and not the fish. In the end, they are both happy.

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animals, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, fish, folktale, food, goal setting, hippopotamus, nature, plants, respect, verbal communication

The story of the three kingdoms

Myers, Walter Dean

A shark, elephant, and a hawk believe that each rules the earth. One day people show up and want to figure out why the animals will not share. They sit around and talk, coming up with stories to help get the animals to cooperate.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, elephant, fable, fish, hawk, intelligence, nonverbal communication, sharing, shark, verbal communication

The tiger-skin rug

Rose, Gerald

A really skinny tiger does not feel part of the jungle, so he leaves home to live with a human family as a rug. He protects the family when robbers come into the house.

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acceptance, animals, assertiveness, change, decision making, differences, feelings, happiness, loneliness, robbery, self esteem, shelter, tiger

Oliver pig at school

Van Leeuwen, Jean

Through four short stories, Oliver pig takes us along on his exciting first day of school and how he makes friends.

Three little pigs and the big bad wolf

Rounds, Glen

The three little pigs leave home to seek their fortunes. Along the way, the big bad wolf tries to eat them. They rely on each other when their homes are destroyed and they are almost eaten by the wolf.

Waiting-for-papa stories

Roberts, Bethany

The rabbit children are frightened because their father went out early and has not yet returned. To calm them down, mama rabbit tells the anxious children waiting-for-papa stories.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, family, fear, feelings, parents, rabbit, self esteem, storytelling, verbal communication

Salt boy

Perine, Mary

Salt boy wants to learn to rope horses. His father will not teach him until he is older and has learned to respect animals. Salt boy saves a lamb from drowning with a rope and his father agrees that he has grown up.

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animals, assertiveness, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, growing up, helping, horse, parents, respect, self esteem, sheep

What are we going to do about andrew

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

Andrew is a child with an unique ability--he can change into a hippopotamus and fly. His parents have a hard time dealing with this so Andrew runs away. Andrew returns a couple of days later, and all problems get worked out.

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animals, conflict resolution, decision making, family, friendship, hippopotamus, parents, running away, verbal communication

The mouse and the egg

Mayne, William

A grandfather is unhappy that all he ever eats are eggs. So the mouse overhears him and made him thankful for eggs by performing a magic trick. The old couple is satisfied and content with what they had in the end.

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animals, decision making, family, feelings, food, goal setting, grandparents, happiness, magic, mouse, nutrition, sadness

Albert's play

Tryon, Leslie

Through determination, a cast of animals put on a play. The animals are successful and everything goes right.

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animals, decision making, determination, equality, feelings, goal setting, happiness, nonverbal communication, play, rhyme, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Tell me, little boy

Foster, Doris Van Liew

A young boy and a rabbit have a conversation about which animal they would be if they had a choice. The boy lists many animals but cannot make his mind. The rabbit decides he wants to be the Easter Bunny.

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animals, birds, critical thinking, decision making, elephant, horse, lion, monkey, owl, rabbit, reptiles, turtle, verbal communication

Babar the king

Brunhoff, Jean de

Babar, now king, decides to build a beautiful city. With the help of a teacher, he is able to bring things back from his honeymoon to build the city with. All the elephants make the city and the rest of the animals are confused by all the commotion.

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animals, change, community, cooperation, decision making, elephant, goal setting, helping, royalty, teamwork, verbal communication

Splash!

McDonnell, Flora

It is a hot day for all of the animals. Baby elephant has an idea. He leads everyone down to the water for a cool drink. When everyone has had a drink, the fun begins. Splash!Everyone is cool and wet.

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animals, baby, birds, bodies of water, decision making, elephant, family, fun, parents, playing, rhinoceros, rhythm, tiger, water, weather

Flip and the morning

Dennis, Wesley

Flip, a young horse, always wakes the other animals. Willie the goat tells Flip about a wooden duck that lives in a swamp and that anyone who comes into contact with the duck receives wisdom. Willie made oup the story so Flip would leave. Flip does leave to search for the duck and actually finds one. He races back and wakes up Willie to show him the duck.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, bodies of water, decision making, duck, fear, feelings, horse, self esteem, swamp

Emmett's pig

Stolz, Mary

Emmett is very fond of pigs and dreams of having one of his own. Unfortunately, he lives in the city.

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animals, decision making, dreams, goal setting, patience, pets, pig, responsibilities

The king's procession

McCrea, James//McCrea, Ruth

As the king's procession rides through the village, Pipin, the tall boy, is made fun of becauses he rides a donkey. The king makes a proclamation to give Pipin a new grand pony, but Pipin chooses to keep his donkey.

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animals, decision making, donkey, feelings, horse, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, pony, royalty, sadness, seasons, self esteem, winter

Sylvester and the magic pebble

Steig, William

Sylvester the donkey finds a magic pebble which grants him whatever he wishes. He runs into a lion and wishes that he is a rock. He turns into a rock and is unable to wish himself back. A year later, his parents find the rock while picnicing and wishes to see Sylvester again, which brings him back.

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animals, change, coping, critical thinking, decision making, donkey, family, feelings, happiness, imagination, lion, loneliness, magic, parents, picnic, self esteem

Harry and lulu

Yorinks, Arthur

Just like any other little girl, Lulu wants a dog. Her parents give her a stuffed poodle named Harry instead of a real pet. At first, Lulu doesn't like Harry at all!But when he comes to life and they have an adventure together, Lulu discovers what a good friend he is.

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anger, animals, architecture, bodies of water, decision making, dog, family, feelings, french, friendship, multicultural, parents, pets, reading, river, sleep, toys, travel, verbal communication

Night owls

Denslow, Sharon Phillips

William and his aunt are both night owls. They stay up late and experience the wonder of a midsummer night.

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animals, decision making, dog, family, five senses, goal setting, night, nonverbal communication, play, seasons, sleep, summer, verbal communication

Grandfather's christmas camp

McCutcheon, Marc

Mr. Biggins, a three-legged dog, is lost in the mountain on Christmas Eve. Grandfather and Lizzie dress warmly, pack a small bag, and head up the mountain to find their dog. They camp overnight in an igloo and find two surprises on Christmas Day.

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animals, assertiveness, camping, christmas, critical thinking, decision making, dog, exercise, family, feelings, frustration, grandparents, happiness, holidays, lost, mountains, nutrition, raccoon, seasons, shelter, sledding, snow, verbal communication, walking, weather, winter

The day Gogo went to vote

Sisulu, Elinor Batezat

Thembi's grandmother is very old and almost never leaves the house. When she learns that black people in South Africa can vote for the first time in the next election, Gogo decides that she will go out and vote too!

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african, assertiveness, car, conflict resolution, decision making, family, feelings, goal setting, grandparents, happiness, holidays, multicultural, parents, transportation, verbal communication

Fiona's flea

Keller, Beverly

Fiona finds a stray dog with fleas. Although her parents will not let her keep the dog, she manages to keep one of its fleas. This leads her on a search to find a home for the flea - a flea circus.

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animals, assertiveness, circus, conflict resolution, decision making, dog, family, insects, parents, peer resistance, pets, self esteem

Henry and mudge

Rylant, Cynthia

Henry is upset because he does not have any brothers or sister to play with. His parents decide to buy him a dog. He names the dog Mudge and they have many adventures together.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, dog, family, friendship, growing up, parents, pets, play, responsibilities

Why noah chose the dove (Por que noe eligio la paloma)

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

All of the animals on the ark are arguing who is the best and who should be Noah's messenger. The dove is the only one not trying to endorse itself. Therefore, Noah picks the dove to be his messenger.

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animals, conflict resolution, decision making, dog, fox, lion, religion, verbal communication, wolf

The old woman who named things

Rylant, Cynthia

An old woman begins to name her life's belongings because she is lonely and has outlived her friends. When a stray puppy comes to her house one afternoon, the old woman is afraid to become too attached to it. In the end, she does go looking for her new companion.

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aging, animals, car, conflict resolution, decision making, dog, feelings, food, friendship, garden, happiness, hunger, memories, pets, sadness, transportation

Higglety pigglety pop

Sendak, Maurice

Jennie is a dog who has a great master. She receives lots of love and gives a lot of love. Unfortunately, Jennie is not satisfied and runs away to find her fortune.

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animals, assertiveness, critical thinking, decision making, dog, feelings, fortune, goal setting, happiness, pets, refusal skills, running away

Foxie the singing dog

D'Aulaire, Ingri//D'Aulaire, Edgar

Foxie's master always teases her with a bone instead of feeding her. She follows her master to the city and gets lost. In her new home she gets fed well and she performs. Later, she becomes homesick and goes home to her original master.

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animals, change, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, dog, feelings, food, homesickness, loneliness, lost, performance

Farmer's market

Johnson, Paul Brett

Every Saturday, Laura's family goes to the market to sell their vegetables. On one lucky Saturday, Laura and her friend Betsy find a delicious surprise!

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animals, community, decision making, dog, excitement, family, farm, food, friendship, money, nutrition, parents, play, shopping, siblings, vegetables, verbal communication, work

David and dog

Hughes, Shirley

David takes his stuffed dog everywhere. One day he loses his dog and is very upset. Later that day, David goes to a fair and find his dog.

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animals, conflict resolution, decision making, dog, family, feelings, kindness, sadness, siblings

Rover

Rosen, Michael

This dog has three pet humans for whom he is responsible. He loves them and takes care of them. Sometimes they all go to the beach together. The littlest human, Rover, wanders away. No one can find her but the dog. When she is found, the dog promises never to let her out of his sight again.

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animals, beach, caring, crab, crustaceans, decision making, dog, family, feelings, friendship, goal setting, lost, love, parents, pets, playing, rescue, sand, seasons, sports, summer, vacation

Emily and the klunky baby and the next-door dog

Lexau, Joan M.

Emily tries to run away when her mother shows more interest in taxes than in her. Emily is not able to cross the street alone so she, her baby brother, and the next-door dog end up running around the block. Emily fears she is lost and wants to go home when she realizes she is in front of her house.

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animals, assertiveness, baby, decision making, dog, family, fear, feelings, noise, parents, running away, seasons, siblings, winter

Henry and mudge and the forever sea

Rylant, Cynthia

Henry, the dog Mudge, and Henry's dad go to the beach for the day. They swim and play. When a wave carries Henry's toy into the ocean, Mudge risks his life to retrieve it.

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adventures, animals, beach, bodies of water, decision making, dog, exercise, family, helping, ocean, parents, pets, play, rescue, safety, swimming

The cloud eater

Reeves, Katherine

Henry and his dog, Laura, live and travel with the circus. When a problem occurs with their newest member, a giraffe, Henry has to do some critical thinking to solve the problem. Henry becomes friends with the cloud eater in the process.

The winter noisy book

Brown, Margaret Wise

Muffin, a dog, explores the sounds of winter. Muffin makes several guesses what the sounds are, and eventually figures them out.

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animals, curiosity, decision making, dog, five senses, noise, observation, seasons, snow, weather, winter

Something queer is going on

Levy, Elizabeth

Jill's dog Fletcher is not on the front steps when Jill arrives home from school, so Jill and her friend Gwen search the neighborhood for Fletcher. They believe Mr. Fernbach has Fletcher and convince Jill's mother to follow Mr. Fernbach to his studios. Fletcher is found in the studios where he is being used in a dog food commercial.

Ginger jumps

Ernst, Lisa Campbell

Ginger, a circus dog, has been living with clowns, acrobats, and aerialists all her life. She eventually learns tricks and gets to perform. The only thing she really wants is a family. The death defying jump that Ginger performs lands her in the arms of her new owner.

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animals, circus, conflict resolution, decision making, dog, exercise, fear, feelings, happiness, jumping, self esteem

Mama's perfect present

Goode, Diane

Two sweet spirited, young siblings and their mischievous dog exercise their muscles and goodwill as they search for the perfect present for Mama. They experience a comic escapade through the city blocks of markets and vendors.

Mattie's little possum pet

Luttrell, Ida

Mattie takes in a possum for a new pet. She thinks that the possum is a sweet, innocent little pet, but her cat and dog know otherwise.

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animals, assertiveness, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, dog, misunderstanding, nonverbal communication, opossum, pets, verbal communication

Up a tree

Lubell, Winifred//Lubell, Cecil

A cat named Kira, who is very set in her ways is chased up a tree by the neighbor's dog. Kira's family tries to get her to come down but she won't until she's ready -see what the reason is.

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animals, cat, chaos, critical thinking, decision making, dog, family, neighbors, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

An angel for solomon singer

Rylant, Cynthia

Solomon Singer, alone and lonely, wanders the streets of New York City dreaming of things he will never have. He dreams of a fireplace, porch swing, a purple wall, a cat, and his boyhood home in Indiana. One night he wanders into a small restaurant where he reads on the menu that this is the place where all dreams come true.

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animals, birds, cat, community, critical thinking, decision making, depression, dog, feelings, food, loneliness, nonverbal communication, sadness, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Hot fudge

Howe, James

Two dogs and one cat are crazy about fudge!On a saturday morning, the Monroes leave the animals alone in the house with the delicious fudge. The animals have to guard the house and overcome their temptations to eat the fudge.

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affection, animals, cat, decision making, dog, family, food, nutrition, peer resistance

Flash the dash

Freeman, Don

A dog named Flash was lazy. He decides to get a job to impress his mate. One day, he goes back to being lazy and then receives a telegram that he has become a father.

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animals, baby, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, dog, family, laziness

Carl's afternoon in the park

Day, Alexandra

Carl, the family dog, takes care of the baby and a puppy. He takes them on a big adventure in the park.

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adventures, animals, baby, child care, creativity, decision making, dog, nonverbal communication, sleep

Taking care of melvin

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

Melvin is a dog who does everything except take care of himself. He does other people's wash, food, shopping, and polishing. When he gets sick, he makes everyone do the same for him in return. He soon realizes he just needs to be himself and not a crowd pleaser.

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animals, critical thinking, decision making, diseases, dog, friendship, growing up, illness, peer resistance, self esteem, stress management

The spooky tail of prewitt

Peet, Bill

Prewitt's tail is very different than the other peacocks. His tail is scary, and everyone wants him to leave. He scares the tiger off who chases him, and soon, he becomes the leader of the group.

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animals, bias, birds, conflict resolution, decision making, differences, feelings, nonverbal communication, peacock, peer resistance, sadness, self esteem, stereotypes, tiger, verbal communication

Where can elephant hide?

McPhail, David

The elephant hates hide and seek because he can never find a place to hide. All of his animal friends try and try to find him a hiding place just in time to dodge the hunters.

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animals, assertiveness, body image, critical thinking, decision making, differences, elephant, feelings, friendship, frustration, helping, hiding, sadness, safety, teamwork

School

McCully, Emily Arnold

A group of mice go to school and their little brother who is too young for school follows them.

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animals, conflict resolution, decision making, determination, family, imitation, mouse, nonverbal communication, school, siblings

Whistle for willie

Keats, Ezra Jack

Peter wants to learn how to whistle to make his dog, Willie, come.

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animals, challenges, conflict resolution, decision making, determination, discovery, dog, goal setting, learning, pets, self esteem

Beneath the ghost moon

Yolen, Jane

A colony of mice take revenge on the creepy-crawlers who tear up their Halloween costumes. They scare these mean creatures out of the farmyard so that they can live together in peace.

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animals, assertiveness, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, destruction, farm, fear, goal setting, halloween, holidays, moon, mouse, night, nonverbal communication, peace

Little runner of the longhouse

Baker, Betty

Little Runner pretends that he is grown up like the other men of the tribe. He pretends to hunt and trade like his elders.

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animals, assertiveness, bodies of water, critical thinking, dancing, decision making, deer, family, games, multicultural, native american, parents, river, self esteem, snow, weather

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