Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Little red cowboy hat | by Lowell, Susan

Little Red Cowboy Hat is sent to her Grandma's house to cheer her up. Along the way Little Red runs into a wolf but escapes. When she arrives at Grandma's, Little Red finds the wolf in Grandma's bed!Fortunately Grandma saves Little Red before she is eaten by the wolf.

Keywords: animals, bravery, canyon, conflict resolution, courage, cowboys, desert, family, feelings, flowers, grandparents, horse, love, parents, self esteem, snake, verbal communication, wolf

The cat and the cook and other fables of krylov | by Heins, Ethel

Twelve fables from Ivan Krylov of Russia are presented. Some of the fables include The Cat and the Cook, The Swan, the Pike, and the Crab, and The Miser. Many of these fables feature animals with a valuable moral built in.

Keywords: animals, author's note, bear, birds, butterfly, cat, conflict resolution, crab, critical thinking, crustaceans, decision making, donkey, eagle, fable, fish, food, goal setting, goat, goblins, insects, monkey, nutrition, spider, swan, verbal communication, wolf

The story of the three little pigs | by Brooke, L. Leslie

A Mother pig sends her three little pigs out to seek their fortune. In the process, two little pigs are eaten by a wolf. The third little pig outsmarts the wolf, then eats him for dinner.

Keywords: adventures, animals, assertiveness, challenges, critical thinking, deception, decision making, food, fortune, pig, problem solving, stress management, surprises, wolf

Red riding hood | by Galdone, Paul

Little Red Riding Hood goes off to visit her grandmother. A wolf spots her and beats her to her grandmother's house. The wolf is after both the grandmother and Red Riding Hood, but a hunter ends up killing the wolf and saving them both.

Keywords: animals, clouds, death, family, feelings, grandparents, happiness, parents, seasons, shadows, summer, sun, violence, weather, wolf

Sam and the tigers: A new telling of little black sambo | by Lester, Julius

A boy named Sam picks out bright clothes for his first day of school. On his way to school he runs into some tigers who want to eat him but he trades his bright clothes for his life. His bright clothes cause such a ruckus among the tigers that they fight each other and Sam gets his clothes back.

Keywords: adventures, african american, anger, animals, art, author's note, clothing, colors, conflict resolution, elephant, fable, family, feelings, fight, food, fox, giraffe, hunger, lion, monkey, multicultural, numbers, nutrition, school, tiger, umbrella, wolf

Sheep in wolves' clothing | by Kitamura, Satoshi

Three sheep go to the beach for the last swim of the year and ask some wolves to watch their fleecy coats. When they return from their swim, they find that their wool is gone. They hire a detective to solve the mystery of their stolen wool.

Keywords: adventures, animals, beach, boat, car, clothing, conflict resolution, crime, critical thinking, fight, golf, investigation, mystery, nonverbal communication, robbery, sand, sheep, sports, transportation, trick, verbal communication, water, wolf

Here is the arctic winter | by Dunphy, Madeleine

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

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

The jolly postman or other people's letters | by 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.

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

Lights out! | by 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.

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

Boat ride with lillian two blossom | by Polacco, Patricia

Mabel and Will go on an adventure with Lillian Two Blossom. She answers many of their questions about the world and nature on a magical boat ride.

Keywords: boat, bodies of water, fishing, goat, moon, multicultural, nonverbal communication, raccoon, rain, reindeer, seasons, sun, weather, wind, wolf

Animal action abc | by Pandell, Karen

Come work out with the animals while you learn your ABCs. See all the kids stretching, reaching, crawling, and moving just like the cats, bears, elephants, and whales that are pictured nearby.

Keywords: activities, alphabet, amphibians, animals, birds, crane, duck, elephant, exercise, frog, giraffe, hippopotamus, kangaroo, nonverbal communication, penguin, sequence, tiger, whale, wolf

Asleep, asleep | by Ginsburg, Mirra

Everyone and everything sleeps. Sometimes children must be reminded of this so they can fall back to sleep like the boy in the story.

Keywords: animals, bedtime, bee, birds, family, fish, fox, insects, nonverbal communication, parents, sleep, weather, wind, wolf

Under the moon | by French, Vivian

Three classic fairytales are retold. An old lady cleans the cobwebs from the sky. A young boy is tricked by a Mother Wolf, and a log produces an Apple Child with magical abilities.

Keywords: animals, assertiveness, cleanliness, disobedience, magic, moon, sky, wolf

Beware of the storybook wolves | by Child, Lauren

Herb loves being read storybooks by his mother, as long as she takes the books out of his room when she is done. Tonight though, his mother gets distracted and forgets the book. As Herb is just about to fall asleep, two wolves jump out of the book with the intention of eating him. Herb must now find a way to keep them from eating him. With the help of a fairy godmother (from another book!), Herb escapes the hungry wolves.

Keywords: animals, bedtime, books, caterpillar, critical thinking, dreams, fable, fear, feelings, five senses, food, godmother, magic, peer resistance, smell, storytelling, stress management, telephone, witches, wolf

Red riding hook | by de Regniers, Beatrice Schenk

Red Riding Hood's grandmother is sick so she takes her a little cake to eat. On her way there she stumbles upon a mean, hungry wolf. Will the wolf get to grandma's house before Red Riding Hood?

Keywords: animals, exercise, family, grandparents, hunger, illness, walking, wolf, woods

Adam and the wolf | by Gunthorp, Karen

Despite warnings not to go looking for strawberries because of the wolf, Adam goes anyway and finds a pleasant and unexpected friend.

Keywords: animals, decision making, discovery, disobedience, food, friendship, nutrition, surprises, wolf, woods, worry

Dream wolf | by Goble, Paul

This Native American story describes some boys who are alone in the wild at night. They meet a wolf who has close kinship to a tribe until the white men drives the wolves away. The boys bring the wolves back.

Keywords: animals, birds, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, deer, feelings, happiness, loss, multicultural, native american, nonverbal communication, rabbit, reunion, river, wolf

The wolf's chicken stew | by Kasza, Keiko

Mr. Wolf loves to eat, so when he sees a chicken he decides to make chicken stew. He feeds the chicken for several weeks to fatten her up. When it is time to make the stew, his plan backfires and instead he makes dinner for the chicken.

Keywords: animals, birds, chicken, deception, food, mischief, nutrition, wolf

The cave of snores | by Haseley, Dennis

A shepherd boy seeks help in the cave of snores when bad magic takes away his father's shores. Those snores are what protects the sheep and other shepherds.

Keywords: animals, careers, cave, critical thinking, goal setting, magic, nonverbal communication, problem solving, self esteem, sheep, sleep, wolf

Raven and river | by Carlstrom, Nancy White

The river ice begins to crack as spring descends upon the Alaskan tundra. The raven knows it is time to wake up, so he flies about alerting his animal friends of spring's arrival. The melting ice brings new life and excitement to the animals who live along side the river.

Keywords: animals, bear, beaver, birds, bodies of water, celebration, happiness, hare, hibernation, ice, nature, nonverbal communication, raven, river, seasons, sleep, snow, spring, squirrel, winter, wolf

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