Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Fire truck | by Sis, Peter

Matt has a love for fire trucks, enough to want to be one. He dreams of becoming a fire truck, and does everything a fire truck does before he gets back to the reality of being a little boy.

Keywords: dreams, feelings, fire engine, food, happiness, numbers, nutrition, rescue, sequence, transportation

Henry the sailor cat | by Calhoun, Mary

Henry the cat stows away on a boat. Henry is discovered by a father and his son. When a storm starts, the father falls overboard. Henry helps the son rescue his father.

Keywords: adventures, animals, boat, bodies of water, cat, critical thinking, family, nonverbal communication, parents, rescue, sea, storm, transportation, weather

The emperor and the kite | by Yolen, Jane

A little Chinese princess is ignored by her brothers and sisters and especially by her father, the emperor. No one realizes her importance until she is able to save her father's life using her kite.

Keywords: chinese, critical thinking, family, feelings, kite, loneliness, multicultural, parents, rescue, royalty, siblings, stress management

Regards to the man in the moon | by Keats, Ezra Jack

Louie and his dad decide to use some old junk and their imagination to get out of this world. Louie's friends make fun of him but he has a great fantasy. He invites his friends to try it the next day.

Keywords: conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, exploration, family, fantasy, friendship, imagination, monsters, nonverbal communication, parents, peer resistance, rescue, verbal communication

Baby owl's rescue | by Curtis, Jennifer Keats

What if you found a baby owl in your backyard? Would you know what to do? Where would you go to find help? Join young Maddie and Max as they learn a valuable lesson. Includes For Creative Minds section.

Keywords: author's note, baseball, noise, owl, parents, rescue, siblings, sounds, sports, tree, truck

If i were a toad | by Paterson, Diane

A duck is captured and taken by a cruel lord, but one of the servants saves the duck. The servant falls in love with another servant who protect her from the lord, and they get married.

Keywords: birds, conflict resolution, decision making, duck, family, love, marriage, rescue, royalty

Holiday for edith and the bears | by Wright, D.

A doll, Edith, and Little Bear are told about boats by Big Bear. Little Bear is told not to go on a boat, but he and Edith disobey and get lost in the big ocean. Big Bear saves them and they learn their lesson about going on a boat by themselves.

Keywords: animals, assertiveness, bear, boat, bodies of water, critical thinking, decision making, disobedience, dolls, goal setting, learning, lost, ocean, refusal skills, rescue, safety, transportation, verbal communication

The trouble with mom | by Cole, Babette

Nobody's parents like one child's mom who is a witch. Then one day she puts out a fire and everyone learns to appreciate her.

Keywords: conflict resolution, differences, family, fire, nonverbal communication, parents, rescue, verbal communication, witches

The owl scatterer | by Norman, Howard

Owls overrun the village of Big Footprint Lake. Little does the town know that the old lonely man by the lake can help them. Jake scatters the owls and reminds the town of how useful he is!

Keywords: assertiveness, birds, bodies of water, chaos, community, conflict resolution, goal setting, heroism, lake, loneliness, nonverbal communication, owl, rescue

Rainbow fish to the rescue | by Pfister, Marcus

Rainbow Fish and his friends are playing flash-tag with their shiny scales. When a striped fish comes to play, they won't let him join their game. Suddenly a shark appears, so Rainbow Fish and his friends risk their lives to save the lonely striped fish.

Keywords: assertiveness, bodies of water, colors, decision making, feelings, fish, friendship, games, loneliness, loyalty, rescue, sadness, safety, sea, shark

The ghost of skinny jack | by Lindgren, Astrid

Grandma tells two children the story of skinny Jack, a farmhand that becomes a ghost. The children then journey home but it gets dark and the little girl thinks she is grabbed by skinny Jack. When her father comes and rescues her from the ghost, a hazlenut branch strikes her in her back.

Keywords: church, family, fear, feelings, ghosts, grandparents, night, parents, rescue, siblings, storytelling, superstition

The christmas train | by Gantschev, Ivan

Translated from German, this is a true story of a young girl whose wise actions saved many passengers on a train.

Keywords: assertiveness, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, german, multicultural, rescue, train, transportation

I know how we fight germs | by Rowan, Kate

How do we get sick?Join Sam and his mom as they talk about germs and their bodies. Help them figure out how bodies fight off enemy germs.

Keywords: animals, body parts, caring, cat, chicken pox, cleanliness, clothing, cold, critical thinking, diseases, elephant, family, garden, health, hygiene, illness, imagination, numbers, parents, plants, pretend, rescue, school, science, sizes, teaching, verbal communication

Subway sparrow (Gorrion del metro) | by Torres, Leyla

When a sparrow flies on the D train, four people help figure out a way to get the sparrow off the train. The problem is that the four people on the train speak different languages. The teens on the train speak English, a man speaks Spanish, and a woman speaks Polish. Through various forms of communicating, the four of them come up with a strategy to help the sparrow.

Keywords: american, birds, caring, communication, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, goal setting, helping, hispanic, multicultural, nonverbal communication, polish, problem solving, rescue, sparrow, train, transportation, verbal communication

Shadow the deer | by Radcliffe, Theresa

Shadow, the deer, leaves her fawn to search for food in the forest. She senses danger and returns just in time to save her fawn from a hungry fox.

Keywords: animals, bat, birds, conflict resolution, deer, food, forest, fox, heroism, hunger, nature, nonverbal communication, owl, rescue, safety

The chick and the duckling | by Ginsburg, Mirra

The chick does everything the duck does. The chick finds out the hard way that he is not a good swimmer and it saved by the duck. The chick never tries to swim again.

Keywords: birds, decision making, fear, feelings, friendship, rescue, safety

Bently and egg | by Joyce, William

A frog becomes jealous of the egg laid by a close friend. He gradually learns to love the egg after saving it from a little boy.

Keywords: amphibians, birds, conflict resolution, decision making, duck, feelings, friendship, frog, jealousy, love, nonverbal communication, rescue, self esteem

The tale of the mandarin ducks | by Paterson, Katherine

A duck is captured and taken by a cruel lord, but one of the servants saves the duck. The servant falls in love with another servant who protects her from the lord, and they get married.

Keywords: birds, conflict resolution, decision making, duck, family, japanese, love, marriage, multicultural, rescue, royalty

Little tiny rooster | by Lipkind, William//Mordvinoff, Nicolas

A little tiny rooster is disliked by the other chickens. One night a meeting is held to find a night watch man. The little rooster volunteers but is told he's too small. He does it anyway and saver the day.

Keywords: assertiveness, birds, chicken, determination, farm, goal setting, heroism, peer resistance, performance, rescue, self esteem, sizes, stress management, uniqueness, verbal communication

The paper bag princess | by Munsch, Robert

Prince Ronald and Princess Elizabeth's castle is burned down by a dragon, who then steals the prince. Elizabeth chases after the dragon to free her prince.

Keywords: appearance, assertiveness, caring, conflict resolution, critical thinking, deception, determination, dragons, marriage, relationship, rescue, royalty, self confidence, verbal communication

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