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Q.T. pie catches the rainbow

Sanders, Stephanie

Now that Q.T. Pie is finished with her chores, she can join her friends outside for play. But when it starts to rain, she must find something fun to do indoors. With help from her mom, Q.T. discovers how to catch a rainbow inside her own house!With colored beads strung in her hair, Q.T. can now wear her very own rainbow.

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african american, bicycle, body parts, clouds, colors, creativity, exercise, food, games, god, kite, light, multicultural, play, rain, rainbow, responsibilities, spiritual, weather

The umbrella day

Cooney, Nancy Evans

Missy does not like carrying an umbrella with her when she is playing outside. When it does rain, her imagination takes over and she has various imaginary adventures with her umbrella. In the end, Missy finds that it is fun to have her umbrella with her on a rainy day.

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adventures, conflict resolution, creativity, imagination, play, rain, weather

Punch in new york

Provensen, Alice

Mr. Punch is separated from his fellow puppets when he is stolen by a thief. He has many adventures in New York City then is finally reunited with his puppet show. The puppets perform for the richest man in the world.

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adventures, creativity, dolls, performance, puppets, robbery, separation, stress management, verbal communication

Henry and mudge and the long weekend

Rylant, Cynthia

Henry and his dog Mudge are having a boring weekend until his mother comes up with an idea. They build a castle in their basement, which turns a boring weekend into something great.

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animals, boredom, creativity, decision making, dog, family, parents, play, seasons, verbal communication, winter

Anno's magical abc: An anamorphic alphabet

Anno, Masaichiro//Anno, Mitsumasa

Children's eyes are opened to the excitement of seeing and learning the alphabet in a different way. Although initially distorted, the letters can be easily viewed when using a silver tube as directed.

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alphabet, angel, creativity, japanese, letters, magic, multicultural, mystery, pirates, sequence, ship, transportation

Popcorn at the palace

McCully, Emily Arnold

Based on real events, Maisie Ferris, a girl from the mid-1800s, and her family don't really fit in with their neighbors in the small town of Galesburg, Illinois with their new ideas. They take one of their American creations, popcorn, to England and impress everyone with their corn that turns to snow.

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american, animals, assertiveness, author's note, boat, carriage, cow, creativity, dolls, english, family, farm, food, garden, history, horse, imagination, multicultural, neighbors, nutrition, pioneers, royalty, self esteem, snow, spiritual, transportation, travel

I'm flying

Wade, A.

This is a story about a boy who finds a solution for getting rid of things he doesn't like -- he ties balloons to them so they float away. He then floats away to a place where everything is peaceful and there are no problems.

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assertiveness, balloon, creativity, decision making, peace, problem solving, stress management, verbal communication

Rain makes applesauce

Scheer, Julian//Bileck, Marvin

Each page has a new saying, which is always responded to by the phrase "and the rain makes applesauce". The little girl in the story says that it is silly, but finally by the end of the book she begins to believe that rain does make applesauce.

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creativity, critical thinking, food, honesty, imagination, nutrition, rain, weather

My perfect neighborhood

Komaiko, Leah

A young girl goes out into her neighborhood and finds many extraordinary things. What do you think about grown ups lining up for recess and poodles getting married?

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adventures, creativity, fun, imagination, neighbors, nonverbal communication, uniqueness, verbal communication

The paper crane

Bang, Molly

A restaurant owner loses business when the road changes. An old man comes to the restaurant and pays for his meal by making a paper crane. The crane dances when he claps his hands. The crane becomes famous and attacts many customers to the restaurant.

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birds, careers, conflict resolution, crane, creativity, dancing, exercise, food, imagination, music, nutrition

Happy to be nappy

Hooks, Bell

A whimsical rhythm of sweet jive jumps from watercolored illustrations on different pages to portray portraits of little girls who celebrate their African American culture. Hooray for the frizzy, fuzzy, nappy, twisty hair!Hooray for the sizzling semblance and fantastic flare that shines in every hair on every head. Beauty lies everywhere.

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african american, appearance, appreciation, awareness, beauty, body parts, caring, celebration, child care, cleanliness, closeness, colors, comparisons, confidence, creativity, culture, day, differences, family, feelings, fun, happiness, health, hope, images, individuality, multicultural, parents, play, pride, rhythm, self confidence, self esteem, shapes

Jahdu

Hamilton, Virginia

Jahdu uses creativity to outwit his shadow in order to recover his magic dust.

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assertiveness, body image, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, magic, shadows, verbal communication

The magic school bus at the waterworks

Cole, Joanna

A class takes a field trip to the waterworks. The trip is magical because the children actually become the size of raindrops. They go through the water purification cycles and learn all about water.

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adventures, bodies of water, bus, creativity, critical thinking, imagination, magic, school, transportation, travel, verbal communication

Which one is whitney?

Stevenson, James

Whitney is a clever fish who shows his mom how clever he is. He helps without knowing it and outsmarts some egotistical mackerels.

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creativity, fish, mackerel

If...

Perry, Sarah

This imaginative book takes you through different If... scenerios that will help you think and learn about new situations.

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animals, cat, creativity, critical thinking, dog, fantasy, frog, imagination, insects, learning, literal interpretation, mice, perspective, pretend, vision, whale, worm

Minerva louise at school

Stoeke, Janet Morgan

Minerva Louise is a chicken on a mission. She ends up finding a really fancy barn, which is really a school. Minerva Louise goes exploring through the school and then returns home. She wants to go back to the fancy barn because it is a wonderful place to get ideas.

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adventures, animals, birds, chicken, creativity, curiosity, exploration, farm, learning, nonverbal communication, school

Roberto the insect architect

Laden, Nina

Being an architect is tough when you are a termite. But with hard work and dedication, Roberto is determined to become one.

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acceptance, accomplishment, ambition, ant, architecture, assertiveness, bee, beetle, bias, buildings, butterfly, careers, caring, creativity, critical thinking, dedication, determination, disappointment, discrimination, dreams, flea, fly, friendship, goal setting, habitat, hard work, insects, ladybug, museum, newspaper, patience, photograph, self confidence, self esteem, spider, technology, termite, tick, time, tools

And to think that i saw it on mulberry street

Seuss, Dr.

A young boy walking home from school fantasizes about events on Mulberry Street. Although he tells his father a fantastic tale about an elephant pulling a brass band, a policeman, a trailer and the mayor, he later admits that all he saw was a horse and wagon.

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animals, creativity, critical thinking, deception, decision making, elephant, family, fantasy, horse, imagination, parents, rhyme, verbal communication

Halloween pie

O'Malley, Kevin//O'Tunnell, Michael

An old witch makes Halloween pie and puts a spell on it so she is protected when she flies on her broom. Several graveyard creatures smell her pie and eat it-- only to have the spell cast upon them.

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autumn, consequences, creativity, ghosts, halloween, holidays, hunger, nonverbal communication, protection, recipe, repetition, seasons, vampires, verbal communication, witches

Lucy's christmas

Hall, Donald

Lucy is a very creative girl who begins making Christmas presents for her family in August. She thinks of new things to make throughout the year and helps her younger sister too. Her family gets a new stove and celebrates a traditional Christmas.

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christmas, creativity, family, friendship, holidays, parents, preparation, presents, sharing, siblings, traditions

A village full of valentines

Stevenson, James

Every animal living in various villages celebrates Valentine's Day in a different way. All the animals learn how to appreciate the many ways to celebrate this fun holiday.

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acceptance, animals, appreciation, assertiveness, communication, conflict resolution, cooperation, creativity, differences, diversity, friendship, holidays, love, valentine's day, verbal communication

My friend the piano

Cowen, Catherine

Even though this little girl thinks she is a wonderful piano player, mother insists on lessons. But the piano is friends with the young girl and wants her to continue playing her own music. To avoid being sold, they take off on an exciting adventure.

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adventures, conflict resolution, creativity, differences, feelings, friendship, instruments, music, practice, relationship, sounds

Dark closets and noises in the night

Colman, Penny

Ever since they moved into their new house, Susan and Alex are scared to sleep in their own rooms. Alex is scared of his dark closet, and Susan is fearful of the noises that go bump in the night. Each uses their imagination and creative minds to solve their problems.

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accomplishment, bedtime, change, coping, creativity, critical thinking, family, fear, feelings, goal setting, happiness, imagination, moving, night, nonverbal communication, problem solving, siblings, stress management

Thumbs up, rico!

Testa, Maria

Rico, a boy with Down Syndrome, overcomes many obstacles. See how he does it in three different stories.

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art, basketball, challenges, coping, creativity, differences, disability, diseases, down syndrome, family, friendship, siblings, sports

The painter

Catalanotto, Peter

A young girl loves to spend time with her father but he plays with her only at mealtimes. Between meals, he paints in his studio. She wants to play with her father but he says no. When she asks to paint, she spends time with her daddy and becomes a painter too.

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art, careers, creativity, dancing, disappointment, exercise, family, feelings, happiness, love, magic, nonverbal communication, parents, sadness, self esteem, success

Sad days, glad days: A story about depression

Hamilton, Dewitt

Amanda Martha's mother has a disease called depression. Amanda and her father call them sad days, glad days, mostly in-between days. Amanda wants a cuddly pet and when an alley cat comes along she finally gets a chance.

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animals, art, assertiveness, cat, conflict resolution, confusion, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, depression, diseases, family, feelings, fish, flowers, food, happiness, love, nature, nutrition, parents, pets, responsibilities, sadness, self esteem, verbal communication

Christina katerina and the great bear train

Gauch, Patricia Lee//Primavera, Elise

When Christina's family goes to visit her mom and new baby sister, Christina makes a train out of boxes and baskets for her teddy bears. She travels around the block. Just when she thinks she may be lost, her father comes to get her.

Lost!A story in string

Fleischman, Paul

A grandmother tells the story of a mountain girl who is lost in a blizzard. As she tells this story to her granddaughter, she uses string to illustrate it. Even you can learn how to make the string pictures!

Abel's moon

Hughes, Shirley

Abel Grable returns from his work greeted by his family. When he tells them all about his adventures, his children only want to hear more. Before he sets out on his next outing for work, he writes his stories down. As he is away, his children take his writing table and create a certain machine that lets them be with their dad all the time while he's gone.

Fox outfoxed

Marshall, James

It's Halloween and Fox and his friends are looking forward to it, until Fox's little sister wants to come along. They scare her away, but she plays a trick on them. This makes them wish they had been nicer to her.

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animals, creativity, deception, disappearance, fear, feelings, food, fox, halloween, holidays

The puddle pail

Kleven, Elisa

Ernst and Sol, two crocodile brothers, set out for the beach one morning. Sol suggests that they should start collecting various items along the beach. To Sol's disapproval, Ernst decides he wants to collect puddles. By the end of his tale, Ernst finds a creative use for his puddle collection.

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beach, celebration, clouds, collection, creativity, crocodile, dog, easter, food, holidays, moon, night, sand, shapes, siblings, stars, verbal communication, water

Boxes!boxes!

Fisher, Leonard Everett

Boxes are used around the house in many ways.

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creativity, shapes

The seasons of arnold's apple tree

Gibbons, Gail

Throughout the four seasons, Arnold has fun doing different activities with his apple tree. Arnold shares the seasonal holidays with the tree, as the tree shares all that it has to offer with Arnold.

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creativity, decision making, holidays, nature, nonverbal communication, plants, seasons, sharing

Good ethan

Fox, Paula

Ethan is told not to cross the street. While playing with the ball, it rolls across the street. Ethan must find a way to get the ball without crossing the street.

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conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, disobedience, goal setting, listening, peer resistance, play, recreation, safety

Dress up and let's have a party

Charlip, Remy

John dressed up in his mother's pots and pans while she baked a cake. He called his friends to come and dress up with him. Each friend came in a different creative costume. They ate the cake when it was done and went home.

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assertiveness, clothing, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, family, food, friendship, imagination, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, party, self esteem, verbal communication

The wild baby goes to sea

Lindgren, Barbro

A ten year old boy uses his imagination one day to take a sailing trip. He gathers all his friends together and takes an adventurous trip.

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adventures, assertiveness, creativity, decision making, friendship, imagination, rhyme, transportation, travel

Meet m and m

Ross, Pat

Mandy and Mimi are best friends. They do everything together. One dya they get in a fight which makes them both miserable. They quickly Plan to continue their fun.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, coping, creativity, decision making, fight, friendship, peer resistance, problem solving, refusal skills, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

My old tree

Gauch, Patricia Lee

A little boy imagines a tree. A tree that he can build and spend time alone there or with some of his friends.

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creativity, critical thinking, decision making, friendship, goal setting, imagination, independence, nature, nonverbal communication, plants, verbal communication

Sing, pierrot, sing

dePaola, Tomie

The local mime has fallen in love with the princess. When he goes to serenade her, he realizes she is already taken. Everyone laughs at him, but in the end, he realizes who his real friends are. (A Wordless Book)

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, creativity, decision making, friendship, goal setting, love, nonverbal communication, relationship, self esteem, song, stress management

Mr. brimble's hobby

Rice, Eve

The Brimble family has many adventures together. Mr. Brimble buys so many new musical instruments that the family is forced to move out!

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adventures, assertiveness, conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, family, hobby, moving, music, recreation, refusal skills, self esteem, verbal communication

The pirates of bedford street

Isadora, Rachel

Joey loves to go to the movies. He and his sister go to see a pirate movie. He keeps the movies alive in his imagination.

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creativity, family, imagination, pirates, recreation, siblings

The backward day

Krauss, Ruth

A young boy decides that it is Backward Day and does everything backward all morning. His parents play along until the little boy announces that Backward Day is over.

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assertiveness, change, creativity, decision making, family, imagination, nonverbal communication, opposites, parents, play, self esteem

Witch hazel

Schertle, Alice

A boy makes a scarecrow out of a witch hazel branch. The scarecrow, Hazel, has special powers only the boy knows of. Hazel saves a pumpkin to make a large harvest moon with it.

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assertiveness, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, family, halloween, holidays, imagination, magic, moon, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, scarecrows

All the pretty horses

Jeffers, Susan

A small girl is having trouble sleeping during the night. Her mother comes into her room and begins to tell her about the horses that she can have when she wakes up.

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animals, bedtime, creativity, dreams, family, fantasy, horse, images, imagination, parents, sleep

Bored - nothing to do!

Spier, Peter

While the boys are bored one day, they take apart many things around their house in order to build an airplane which really flies.

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airplane, boredom, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, disobedience, family, imagination, play, recreation, siblings, transportation

Oh, the thinks you can think

Seuss, Dr.

This book encourages readers to use their imaginations.

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creativity, differences, imagination, self esteem

Sparky: The story of a little trolley car

Gramatky, Hardie

A trolley's imagination keeps his repetitive job exciting but also gets him into trouble sometimes. At last the town council decides to turn him into a diner. He saves the day and is rewarded in the end.

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conflict resolution, creativity, decision making, differences, goal setting, helping, imagination, self esteem, transportation

Up and up

Hughes, Shirley

A little girl wants to fly. She makes it off the ground, but so many people are frightened that she will hurt herself, so they chase her. One man even attempts to get her into his hot air balloon. She gets away from him by popping his balloon and they both fall to the ground. (Wordless)

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creativity, critical thinking, determination, goal setting, nonverbal communication, problem solving, safety, transportation

Herbert's treasure

Low, Alice

Herbert collects treasures from the dump, until his whole room is filled with things. His mother wants all the junk out of his room. One day, Herbert's problems are solved by finding a key that fits a door from the dump. He decides to build a castle, with the door and wood he finds, to store all his treasures. This satisfies both his mother and himself.

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conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, determination, family, parents, problem solving, toys

Patchwork tales

Roth, Susan//Phang, Ruth

Right before bedtime, a little girl asks her grandma to tell her stories about her quilt.

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bedtime, creativity, curiosity, family, grandparents, memories, quilt, self esteem, storytelling, verbal communication

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