Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Oscar de mejo's abc | by de Mejo, Oscar

The alphabet is brought to life in colorful illustrations of patriotic words. The history and culture of American life influences the representation of each of the letters of the alphabet.

Keywords: alphabet, baseball, christmas, dancing, exercise, fourth of july, history, holidays, independence, kite, sequence, skating, sports

Dealing with dealing with feelings: I'm frustrated | by Crary, Elizabeth

Unable to rollerskate like his brother and sister, Alex becomes frustrated. What should he do?Keep practicing, give up, or set goals?Alex's mom gives him eight suggestions of how to deal with his problem. After working really hard, Alex learns how to skate and deal with his frustration!

Keywords: author's note, colors, communication, envy, excitement, exercise, family, feelings, frustration, garden, happiness, helping, neighbors, patience, reading, self confidence, siblings, skating

Bunnies and their sports | by Carlson, Nancy

After a good night's rest, bunnies participate in a variety of sports such as swimming, basketball, weight-lifting, tennis, or jogging.

Keywords: animals, baseball, basketball, biking, climbing, exercise, football, rabbit, running, skating, skiing, soccer, sports, swimming

A winter day | by Florian, Douglas

A family spends a winter day together. After a breakfast of pancakes, everyone puts on their coats, boots, and hats. While outside, they skate, sled, and make snowballs. They warm their toes by the fire when they go inside for their evening meal.

Keywords: appreciation, clothing, exercise, family, food, nature, nutrition, recreation, relaxation, seasons, skating, snow, weather, winter

First snow | by McCully, Emily Arnold

A scared little mouse discovers the joys of sledding in the first snow of winter (A Wordless Book)

Keywords: animals, assertiveness, decision making, exercise, family, grandparents, mouse, parents, seasons, self esteem, siblings, skating, sledding, snow, weather, winter

Things to play with | by Rockwell, Anne

Bicycle, pinwheels, balloons, sand, slides, and kites are some of the things to play with in the park. Noisy things to play with in the yard, things to play with at school, and things to play with at a party are some of the other areas described.

Keywords: beach, bicycle, books, exercise, five senses, games, jumping, kite, noise, park, party, play, school, seasons, skating, snow, sounds, sports, toys

Wheels go round | by Nikola-Lisa, W.

Wheels are used for lots of fun activities. Children ride their scooters, bikes, and skates. Faster and faster the children keep on rolling through the country and through the town. Going up hill. Going down.

Keywords: airplane, bicycle, biking, bus, car, exercise, numbers, shapes, skating, train, transportation, truck

Rabbits on roller skates | by Wahl, Jan

Rabbits skate into all sorts of mischief. They go over bridges, down hills, and through water as they dodge the police and end up at Championship Skate Night.

Keywords: adventures, animals, competition, exercise, mischief, performance, rabbit, skating

Good luck, mrs. k.! | by 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.

Keywords: 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

Shoes | by Winthrop, Elizabeth

There are different types of shoes for various purposes such as skating, swimming, walking, and skipping. We can do many fun activities in so many fun shoes -- especially with your own feet.

Keywords: body parts, bones, clothing, exercise, fishing, skating, skipping, swimming, walking

Oops! | by Kline, Suzy

A little girl has many accidents throughout a day. But other people have accidents too!

Keywords: beverage, cat, clothing, skating, working mother

Let's be enemies | by Udry, Janice May

John is mad at his best friend James because James always wants to be the boss. John decides to tell James that they are enemies. In the end, they decide to go skating and share a pretzel.

Keywords: assertiveness, bully, conflict resolution, decision making, exercise, food, friendship, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, play, refusal skills, sharing, skating, stress management, verbal communication

My feet | by Aliki

The ways that we use our feet are explained in an amusing way. Running, skipping, walking, and kicking are discussed, as well as the different parts of our feet and how we use them.

Keywords: appearance, body parts, dancing, differences, exercise, family, health, jumping, parents, play, seasons, skating, skipping, summer, winter

Six hogs on a scooter | by Spinelli, Eileen

The hog family wants to go to the opera. But when father Hog's car breaks down, they must find a different mode of transportation. After unsucessfully trying a scooter, roller skates, and other ideas, the six hogs take the bus. By the time they get to the opera, the show is over.

Keywords: animals, balloon, bath, bus, car, cleanliness, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, dog, entertainment, exercise, family, feelings, humor, music, night, opera, pig, skating, sleep, taxi, transportation, travel, wagon

Meet the marching smithereens | by Hayes, Ann

Join the parade as the drum major leads the rest of the marching smithereens down the street towards the cheering crowd. Each animal plays a different instrument to make a sound the crowd loves.

Keywords: alligator, animals, band, bear, beaver, crocodile, elephant, exercise, fun, giraffe, hippopotamus, instruments, kangaroo, lion, mice, monkey, moose, mouse, music, nonverbal communication, parade, rabbit, raccoon, rhinoceros, rhythm, skating, sounds, tiger, turtle, verbal communication, walking, zebra

Pippa mouse: Six read aloud,read alone stories | by Boegehold, Betty

Pippa is a field mouse involved in various activities with her family and animal friends. Pippa works, plays, skates, and prepares for Christmas.

Keywords: animals, birds, christmas, duck, exercise, fox, friendship, holidays, mouse, play, preparation, skating, squirrel

Dogs don't wear sneakers | by Numeroff, Laura

Many different animals try to do unusual things such as dogs that wear sneakers. The reader is asked to imagine other funny scenarios with animals.

Keywords: animals, beach, bicycle, biking, cleanliness, dog, exercise, food, hygiene, nutrition, running, skating, swimming, taxi, transportation

Chimps don't wear glasses | by Numeroff, Laura

Chimps don't wear glasses. And many other animals don't do silly human activities but when imagination is put to work anything can happen. For example, have you ever seen yaks wearing tuxedos and hippos on boats, and others who ride in parades full of floats?

Keywords: animals, boat, camel, car, chimpanzee, chipmunk, cooking, creativity, dancing, dog, dreams, exercise, feelings, ferret, food, giraffe, hamster, happiness, hippopotamus, horse, imagination, kangaroo, lion, lizard, llama, mouse, otter, panda, pig, reindeer, reptiles, rhyme, seal, skating, squirrel, tiger, transportation, turtle, weasel, wolf, yak, zebra

Iris and walter | by Guest, Elissa Haden

Iris is disappointed when her family moves to the country. There are no other children to play with and it is very boring for her. No one can seem to cheer Iris up, and then Grandpa comes along. He asks her to take a walk down the road. Will this walk help Iris find what she has been missing?

Keywords: animals, boredom, change, climbing, dancing, disappointment, discovery, exercise, family, friendship, fun, grandparents, gymnastics, happiness, insecurity, loss, moving, music, parents, play, sharing, skating, stress management, walking, wilderness

Mrs. armitage on wheels | by Blake, Quentin

Mrs. Armitage starts out with just a bike, but ends up with a one of a kind contraption!After a great deal of additions and improvements, Mrs. Armitage's bike can't take any more. She is forced to junk the bike and start over with roller skates.

Keywords: animals, bicycle, biking, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, dog, exercise, inventions, skating, travel

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