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Anatole and the cat

Titus, Eve

While working as the Cheese Taster at M'sieu Duval's factory, Anatole the Mouse is forced to face his biggest fear: a cat. When the cat threatens Anatole's job, Anatole puts his brain to work and comes up with a plan that saves his job and makes him the most respected mouse in all France.

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animals, bravery, careers, cat, critical thinking, decision making, fear, feelings, french, heroism, mouse, multicultural

The terrible tiger

Prelutsky, Jack

A hungry tiger is always eating people, including a grocerer, a baker, and a farmer. One day the tiger makes the mistake of eating the tailor and he learns his lesson.

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animals, assertiveness, careers, fear, feelings, food, greed, hunger, learning, peer resistance, refusal skills, tiger

Stella's bull

Arrington, Frances

Mary Wilson is afraid of Stella's bull, even though she has never actually seen it before. Mary overcomes her fear by facing the bull eye-to-eye.

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animals, bull, conflict resolution, courage, decision making, fear, feelings, happiness

The seal mother

Gerstein, Mordicai

A man finds a seal that sheds her skin and becomes a beautiful woman. He falls in love with her and makes her stay for seven years. They have a son who realizes that his father takes his mother's seal skin. The boy finds the skin and gives it to his mother, who then returns to the sea.

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animals, assertiveness, bodies of water, bravery, change, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, environment, family, fear, feelings, love, ocean, parents, sadness

Arthur's loose tooth

Hoban, Lillian

Arthur, the chimp, is worried about losing his tooth because he is afraid of the sight of blood. His sister proves that she is brave by conquering her fear of the dark. Arthur pulls out his tooth to prove he is brave, too.

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animals, ape, assertiveness, bravery, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, feelings, goal setting, self esteem, siblings, teeth

The take-along dog

Porte, Barbara Ann

Sam and Abigail take Benton, their dog, everywhere because their mother doesn't like him. However, she learns to like Benton when he scares away another dog to protect her.

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animals, assertiveness, bravery, dog, family, feelings, library, park, picnic, sports, swimming, verbal communication

Nessa's fish

Luenn, Nancy

Nessa and her grandmother catch enough fish to feed the whole camp. However, during the night, Nessa's grandmother becomes sick and Nessa must protect her and the fish from wild animals.

The supreme souvenir factory

Stevenson, James

Only Chester, the dog, who gets a job at the Supreme Souvenier Factory can save the factory from being taken over by greedy Mr. Sashwayte.

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animals, assertiveness, bravery, careers, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, dog, feelings, friendship, goal setting, greed, teamwork

The star rocker

Slate, Joseph

Old Cassie lives on a floating raft. One night, she tries to quiet the fears of her animal friends, by singing a lullaby near the pond.

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animals, bedtime, bodies of water, fear, feelings, friendship, music, nature, night, pond, song, stress management, verbal communication

Hooray for pig!

Stevens, Carla

With the help of his friends, Pig overcomes his fear of water and learns to swim.

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animals, assertiveness, bodies of water, decision making, exercise, fear, feelings, friendship, goal setting, peer resistance, pig, recreation, refusal skills, self esteem, stress management, swimming

The way home

Richardson, Judith Benet

Savi, a baby elephant, is left at the beach, because he did not want to return home with his mother. He becomes scared and finally follows a trail of bananas home.

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.

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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

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.

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

The wish-tree

Ciardi, John

A boy dreams on the eve of his sixth birthday about finding his wish tree. He must keep going up and up to higher levels until he discovers the message, You must take care of your wish. Then on his birthday, he gets the dog he'd been hoping for.

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animals, birds, birthday, colors, critical thinking, crow, dog, feelings, happiness, holidays, nonverbal communication, wish

Knots on a counting rope

Martin, Bill Jr.//Archambault, John

Sitting around a campfire, Boy-Strength-of-Blue-Horses and his grandfather talk about special events like the night that the boy was born and the special meanings of them.

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animals, birth, colors, family, feelings, grandparents, horse, love, multicultural, native american, storytelling, weather, wind

Honk!The story of a prima swanerina

Edwards, Pamela Duncan

Mimi Swan loves the ballet. She practices her dancing all of the time and shows that she is very persistent. Mimi Swan dances her way into the Paris Opera House to perform in a production of Swan Lake.

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.

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

Casper and the rainbow bird

Hyman, Robin//Hyman, Inge

One day, Casper flies all the way to town. Through a window, Casper sees Rainbow, a bright, colorful bird who lives in a cage in the city. Rainbow is afraid to leave the comfort of her cage, but Rainbow overcomes her fear and lives with Casper in the forest after Casper proves that he is a true friend.

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adventures, animals, beauty, birds, colors, critical thinking, crow, differences, environment, feelings, flowers, forest, freedom, friendship, giving, growing up, happiness, nonverbal communication, parrot, rain, rainbow, self esteem, verbal communication, weather

Petunia's treasure

Duvoisin, Roger

Petunia the goose finds a treasure chest. Before she opens it, she tells her friends about it and they all beg her for gifts. She finds that the chest had nothing in it and that money is not always that important.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, friendship, goose, greed, money, peer resistance, self esteem, verbal communication

This is the bird

Shannon, George

The existence of and passing down of a cherished family heirloom depicts one family's history of women. This carved wooden bird is given to the women of each generation, and it brings with it memories of its owners and their lives.

Squawk to the moon, little goose

Preston, Edna Mitchell

A little goose thought the moon disappeared. While watching the moon, a fox grabbed her, but she tricked him and ran home.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, critical thinking, escape, fear, feelings, fox, goose, moon, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, self esteem

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.

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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

All the way home

Marshall, James

Juliet, George and their mom went to the park. Juliet cries and George grins all the way home. A bird, cat and dog follow them, each one making its own noise.

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animals, birds, cat, critical thinking, dog, family, feelings, happiness, noise, nonverbal communication, parents, park, sadness, siblings, sounds

Paul and arthur search for the egg

Rockwell, Anne

Paul and Arthur the bull, hear a crying seagull. The seagull has lost her egg and Paul and Arthur take on the responsibility of finding it. When they do, a baby gull is born and the mother gull is very happy.

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animals, assertiveness, baby, birds, birth, bull, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, goal setting, lost, responsibilities, sadness, seagull, verbal communication

Buzzy bear in the garden

Marino, Dorothy

Buzzy bear helps his father work on their garden. After making so many mistakes, Buzzy finally catches on and turns out to be a good gardener.

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ambition, anger, animals, bear, birds, family, feelings, garden, helping, parents, pride, woodchuck

It's a perfect day

Pizer, Abigail

All of the animals in the farm partake in their perfect day by making their sounds of happiness. For example, a cow goes moo-moo.

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animals, bee, birds, cat, chicken, cow, day, dog, duck, farm, feelings, goose, happiness, insects, mouse, nonverbal communication, pig, sounds

Little rabbit goes to sleep

Johnston, Tony

A little rabbit can't fall asleep because he is afraid of the dark. But his grandfather helps him get over his fear by appreciating the moon, stars, and crickets of the night. He is no longer afraid.

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animals, bedtime, conflict resolution, cricket, family, fear, feelings, grandparents, insects, moon, rabbit, sleep, stars

Tell me something happy before I go to sleep

Dunbar, Joyce

Willa is having a hard time falling asleep because she is afraid that she will have bad dreams. So she asks her brother Willouhgby to tell her something happy to help her have good dreams instead. Willoughby helps Willa out and they both eagerly await the morning.

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animals, bedtime, clothing, conflict resolution, dreams, fear, feelings, food, happiness, love, morning, night, rabbit, siblings, sleep, toys

How do dinosaurs say goodnight?

Yolen, Jane//Teague, Mark

Do dinosaurs say goodnight in the same way that people say goodnight?A dinosaur says goodnight to Papa in quite a different way than when Mamma comes in to turn off the light.

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affection, animals, bedtime, decision making, dinosaur, emotions, family, feelings, frustration, night, parents, resolution, rhyme, rules, sleep, verbal communication

Through the mickle woods

Gregory, Valiska

Three mythical stories told by a wise old bear help a mourning king go on with his life after his wife, the queen, dies.

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animals, bear, beauty, death, discovery, feelings, loss, mythical, royalty, sadness

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.

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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

A starlit somersault downhill

Willard, Nancy

Friendship is very important to this little rabbit who wants to nap with his bear friend. Unfortunately for the rabbit, he learns he cannot rest as long and as peacefully as the bear can. He learns that he is meant to be free doing somersaults downhill in the snow.

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animals, anticipation, assertiveness, bear, birds, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, happiness, nature, nonverbal communication, owl, rabbit, sadness, seasons, sleep, winter

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.

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

How do you say it today, jesse bear?

Carlstrom, Nancy White

For Jesse Bear, every month has a fun activity or holiday to celebrate. From January to December, Jesse Bear wishes his family and friends many special moments.

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animals, bear, christmas, easter, family, feelings, flowers, fourth of july, halloween, holidays, kite, love, month, parade, seasons, thanksgiving, valentine's day, 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.

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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.

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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

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.

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

Let's count it out, jesse bear

Carlstrom, Nancy White

Join Jesse Bear on his trip to an amusement park. Jesse Bear counts everything from his shoes to the bumper cars to the stars in the sky.

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activities, adventures, affection, animals, beach, bear, birds, clowns, counting, excitement, feelings, fun, happiness, love, numbers, poetry, rain, rhyme, stars, weather

What a scare, jesse bear

Carlstrom, Nancy White

For Jesse, Halloween is an exciting time to carve pumpkins, trick or treat, and scare others. With confidence, Jesse trick or treats but soon gets frightened by all the many costumes. With his own mask he overcomes his fear and scares everyone else. What a scare, Jesse Bear!

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animals, bear, clothing, family, fear, feelings, halloween, holidays, preparation, stress management

I lost my bear

P. Feiffer, Jules

Oh no, a little girl lost her teddy bear!Her family doesn't have time to help her, so she becomes a detective. In the process of searching for her bear, she finds many of her other missing toys before finding her bear.

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animals, bear, critical thinking, family, feelings, frustration, goal setting, happiness, helping, lost, missing, parents, play, sadness, siblings, toys

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.

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

Let's go swimming

Watanabe, Shigeo

Bear asks his father to take him to the swimming pool on a hot day. At first Bear is frightened but then he realizes that swimming is fun.

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animals, bear, exercise, family, fear, feelings, friendship, parents, swimming

Bear party

du Bois, William Pene

The bears in Koala Park are not nice to each other. They have a party and make up. After the costume party, they do not recognize each other so they all keep part of their costumes on to recognize each other.

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anger, animals, assertiveness, bear, conflict resolution, decision making, differences, feelings, nonverbal communication, party, recreation, verbal communication

We're going on a bear hunt

Rosen, Michael

A group of bear hunters must go through grass, a river, mud, a forest, a snowstorm and a cave before they even see a bear. After finding it, the bear chases them back into their homes.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, cave, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, fear, feelings, forest, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, recreation, river, safety, verbal communication

Bear

Schoenherr, John

A young bear wakes one morning to find that his mother is gone. He goes through many adventures trying to find her and learns to live on his own.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, bear, change, coping, courage, family, fear, feelings, growing up, independence, loneliness, parents, self esteem, stress management

Oregon's journey

Rascal

A dwarf, Duke, listens to a bear, Oregon, and releases him into the forest. They have a long journey there together but eventually make it.

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animals, bear, clowns, decision making, dwarfs, feelings, forest, happiness, nonverbal communication, relationship, verbal communication

The singing chick

Stenmark, Victoria

The song of a very cheerful chick cannot be stopped, even after becoming lunch. Soon the fox, the wolf, and the bear are all singing his happy song.

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animals, bear, birds, family, feelings, happiness, parents, sadness, sequence, sky, sounds, sun, wolf

Buzzy bear's winter party

Marino, Dorothy

Buzzy bear wants to see his first snow fall. He helps the little woodland creatures and birds get food and then makes a surprise for his father when he returns home.

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animals, bear, birds, chipmunk, creativity, feelings, food, happiness, love, rabbit, seasons, squirrel, surprises, weather, winter

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.

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

Flicka, ricka, dicka: The big red hen

Lindman, Maj

Flicka, Ricka, and Dicka offer to care for their Aunt's hens while she is away. One of the hens disappear and the girls find her and a great surprise!

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