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Nightfall: Country lake

Cunningham, David

Imagine the sights and sounds of summertime by a country lake. During bright mornings, hot afternoons, and clear summer nights, the lake is full of life and beauty. Watch deer drink out of the lake and listen to frogs croak with delight as summer arrives.

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amphibians, animals, beauty, birds, bodies of water, cat, deer, five senses, frog, insects, lake, nonverbal communication, owl, peace, seasons, sounds, summer, sun

Barnyard song

Greene, Rhonda Gowler

When some barnyard animals catch the flu, it is up to the farmer to nurse them back to health and restore the barnyard song to its usual splendor.

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animals, autumn, barn, bee, birds, careers, cat, chicken, cow, decision making, doctor, dog, donkey, duck, farm, farmer, five senses, food, goose, horse, illness, insects, medicine, mule, nature, noise, nonverbal communication, nutrition, pets, poetry, rhyme, sheep, sounds, turkey, verbal communication, work

Miss spider's tea party

Kirk, David

Miss Spider is planning to have eight for tea. But what is she to do when the bugs are too scared to eat her cake?Ask Miss Spider how she makes friends with every moth, tick, and flea -- just by having cake and tea.

Dealing with feelings: I'm scared

Crary, Elizabeth

Tracy can not wait to meet her new neighbors. Her smile disappears when she sees that her new neighbors own her worst fear, a big dog!What will Tracy do?Is she going to watch from her window, sing a happy song, or ask someone to hold her hand when she meets her new neighbors?No matter what Tracy decides, she will soon overcome her fears by getting a puppy of her own!

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anger, animals, author's note, bee, bicycle, cooking, dog, family, fear, feelings, food, friendship, happiness, insects, neighbors, play, sadness, siblings, song

Buz

Egielski, Richard

Buz is swallowed with a spoonful of cornflakes. While he is being chased by pills, follow Buz on his exciting adventure through the human body.

Shout! Shout it out!

Fleming, Denise

Children love to shout and show what they know, so let them do both! A mouse demonstrates to children how to identify numbers, letters, animals, and modes of transportation.

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alphabet, animals, bee, birds, boat, bus, car, cat, chicken, colors, cow, dog, duck, fly, goat, hamster, horse, identification, insects, letters, numbers, pig, rabbit, sheep, train, transportation, truck, verbal communication

Hobnob

Wilson, Christopher

Two brothers, Hob and Nob, live next door to each other and share everything. One day they have a disagreement over material things and they stop speaking. They finally realize it is not materials that are important, so their brotherly friendship is restored.

The year of the ranch

McLerran, Alice

A family moves from their house in town to a homestead ranch in 1919 The family feels many uncertainties about the move and has several adjustments to make. Together they make the best of their situation while Papa pursues his farming dreams.

The mud family

James, Betsy

Susi and her family are in desperate need of rain to save their corn and land. If it does not rain soon Susi and her family will have to move to a different place. Susi runs away to a secluded place and prays to her mud family to bring rain to the canyon. Eventually, the rain does come bringing Susi back to the family that needs her most of all.

Truman's aunt farm

Rattigan, Jama Kim

Truman's Aunt Fran sends him an aunt farm for his birthday. Hundreds of aunts appear at Truman's house. He cares for them until he runs out of room. Truman puts a sign in his yard which says that the aunts are free to good homes. Girls and boys line up at Truman's house and each take an aunt home.

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ant, birthday, caring, celebration, family, humor, insects, misunderstanding, presents, surprises

Dragon kite of the autumn moon

Reddix, Valerie

Every year, Tad-Tin and his grandfather make a special kite to fly on Kite's Day. This year Grandfather is sick, so it is up to Tin to sacrifice his special Dragon kite in order to carry all their misfortune away.

Fishing at long pond

George, William T.

A girl goes on her first fishing trip with her grandfather. While fishing, they see the wildlife around the pond, and she catches her first bass. At the end of the day, they go home and eat their fish.

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animals, beaver, birds, bodies of water, deer, family, fish, fishing, food, grandparents, insects, nature, nutrition, osprey, pond, recreation, self esteem, worm

The cat and the cook and other fables of krylov

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.

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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

Nature walk

Florian, Douglas

Two children and a guide walk along a nature trail and see a cottontail, a bluejay, a hidden lake, some pinecones, a bullfrog, plus some other things.

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amphibians, animals, ant, birds, bluejay, exercise, frog, insects, lake, nature, rabbit, walking

Pretend you're a cat

Marzollo, Jean

A series of questions ask children to use their imaginations so they can leap like a cat, beg like a dog, and act like many other animals.

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acting, animals, bear, bee, birds, cat, chicken, cow, dog, exercise, fish, five senses, horse, imagination, insects, jumping, pig, play, pretend, running, seal, snake, sounds, squirrel

The leaf man

Joyce, William

When the Old Lady is too sick to take care of the garden, the brave bugs realized that they must summon the Leaf Men to save the garden from the destruction made by the evil Spider Queen. The Leaf Men save the garden and the Old Lady's heart returns so she can once again grow her garden.

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aging, ant, bravery, cricket, environment, flowers, garden, goblins, insects, lost, moon, mystery, nature, spider, storm, toys, weather

A good place to hide

Slobodkin, Louis

Susan needs a good hiding place to get away from her brothers that want to show her a spider - her least favorite thing! After asking a lot of people where to hide, she finds a hiding place all on her own. When everyone goes to find her, nobody can!

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critical thinking, disappearance, helping, hiding, insects, refusal skills, siblings, spider, stress management

The invisible princess

Ringgold, Faith

Mama and Papa Love are two of Captain Pepper's slaves. They are going to have a baby, but they fear for it's life. With the help of the Powers of Nature, their baby is saved. For years Mama and Papa Love live peacefully until Captain Pepper threatens their child once again. By asking for help from the Powers of Nature, the slaves are able to live happily and peacefully with out any fear of Captain Pepper.

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baby, bee, blindness, death, decision making, family, farm, fear, feelings, freedom, friendship, insects, loss, love, nature, parents, peace, plants, slavery, tree, trust, water

They thought they saw him

Strete, Craig

A little chameleon is very smart. He uses his wisdom to hide from all the different animals that try to capture and eat him. By changing colors quickly he is able to outsmart the animals.

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animals, birds, chameleon, change, colors, community, critical thinking, deception, desert, escape, fox, insects, jungle, owl, reptiles, snake

A firefly named torchy

Waber, Bernard

A very special firefly deals with his uniqueness. It is not easy to be different, but this story shows it is okay to be different.

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acceptance, critical thinking, dancing, decision making, firefly, growing up, insects, self esteem, stress management, uniqueness, verbal communication

All upon a stone

George, Jean Craig

A mole cricket is lonely and wants to find others. He struggles to the top of a large stone and signals the other mole crickets. In the end he discovers he was happy where he was originally.

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cricket, dancing, feelings, friendship, goal setting, insects, loneliness, self esteem, separation, verbal communication

Nicholas cricket

Maxner, Joyce

Nick the cricket plays the banjo every night. All of the critters come out to dance in the still evening.

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animals, cricket, dancing, exercise, insects, music, night, nonverbal communication, recreation, rhyme, verbal communication

Grasshopper on the road

Lobel, Arnold

A grasshopper travels down a long road and meets different insects and sees their homes. He meets beetles, a worm, butterflies, a housefly and some dragonflies.

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assertiveness, critical thinking, curiosity, differences, insects, refusal skills, shelter

Have you seen the crocodile?

West, C.

A parrot looks for a crocodile, and on the way, a dragonfly, frog, bumble bee, butterfly, and hummingbird join in the search. The crocodile is much closer than they realize, and they all get eaten by the crocodile.

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assertiveness, bee, birds, butterfly, crocodile, dragonfly, food, frog, hummingbird, hunger, insects, parrot, reptiles, verbal communication

A pocket of cricket

Caudill, Rebecca

Jay, a six year old boy, finds a cricket and makes him his pet. On the first day of school, Jay takes Cricket to school in his pocket. When Cricket chirps in class, Jay's teacher asks him to take it out for show and tell. Jay is very proud to show off his cricket.

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cricket, decision making, insects, noise, pets, refusal skills, school, self esteem, verbal communication

Maggie and the pirate

Keats, Ezra Jack

Maggie has a cricket in a cage that is stolen. Maggie and her friends look for the pirate who stole the cricket and find him but the cricket is dead. The pirate gives Maggie a new cricket, and they all become friends.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, cricket, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, insects, nonverbal communication, pirates, robbery, verbal communication

The mushroom center disaster

Bodecker, N.M.

A beetle finds a home in a community of insects and small woodland creatures and makes many friends. One day the discarded remnants of a human's picnic makes a mess of their mushroom house neighborhood. Through a series of town meetings, the creatures come up with creative ways to use the rubbish to make a park.

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assertiveness, community, conflict resolution, cooperation, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, environment, friendship, goal setting, insects, neighbors, picnic, stress management, teamwork, verbal communication

I know an old lady who swallowed a pie

Jackson, Alison

With rhythm and rhyme, an old lady swallows an entire pie at a family's Thanksgiving dinner. After eating them out of house and home, the old lady is finally full.

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cooking, fly, food, health, holidays, hunger, insects, nonverbal communication, nutrition, overeating, overweight, rhyme, rhythm, thanksgiving

Bug city

Ipcar, Dahlov

A family of bugs go about their everyday life working, shopping, and having fun. They encounter worms, lightening bugs, butterflies, and other insects throughout the day.

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ant, beetle, butterfly, community, family, fun, humor, insects, parents, play, self esteem, shopping, verbal communication

The bee tree

Polacco, Patricia

A little girl is bored with reading. Her grandpa takes her on a chase which leads to a honey tree. The whole town goes with them and enjoys the honey with biscuits and tea. Grandpa uses the chase to teach his granddaughter that adventure, wisdom and knowledge must be pursued and can be found in books just as easily.

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adventures, bee, beverage, books, community, conflict resolution, exercise, family, food, goal setting, grandparents, insects, learning, nature, nutrition, reading

Inspector hopper

Cushman, Doug

Inspector Hopper and his partner McBugg work as a team to solve several mysterious case. Join them as they look for Mrs. Ladybug who strangely disappears. Find out what happens to the officer's boat. And discover how they catch a thief with additional help.

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adventures, caterpillar, clouds, critical thinking, grasshopper, hunger, insects, investigation, ladybug, light, missing, moon, mosquito, mystery, rat, sky, snail, spider, worm, worry

This is the hat

Van Laan, Nancy

Cumulative verses describe an old man's hat as it becomes a home for a spider, a mouse and many other creatures. The hat eventually returns to the old man.

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animals, clothing, insects, mouse, shelter, spider, verbal communication

Mary ann

James, Betsy

A moving of a best friend is sad for a young girl. She befriends a praying mantis and names it after her best friend. She must cope with the death of the mantis and the surprise at the end.

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celebration, change, critical thinking, death, friendship, insects, loneliness, loss, moving, praying mantis, surprises, verbal communication

Good luck, mrs. k.!

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.

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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

Lights out!

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.

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

Darkness and the butterfly

Grifalconi, Ann

Osa is afraid of the dark, but learns that the dark is nothing to fear after visiting the wise woman in the woods.

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african american, butterfly, dreams, fear, insects, multicultural, nature, night, woods

Butterfly house

Bunting, Eve

A young girl and her grandfather save a caterpillar and keep it while it goes through its changes. They build it a beautiful house and care for it until it turns into a butterfly. Although it was hard for her to let it go, she has mysterious visitors surprise her every spring, even when she grows up to be a grandmother herself.

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aging, art, author's note, butterfly, caterpillar, change, cocoon, colors, feelings, flowers, freedom, friendship, garden, grandparents, growing up, happiness, insects, nature, pets, sadness

The very hungry caterpillar

Carle, Eric

A caterpillar hatches from it's egg and is very hungry. It eats a variety of food for seven days. After it is full, the caterpillar builds a cocoon and becomes a butterfly.

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butterfly, caterpillar, change, cocoon, critical thinking, Days of The Week, decision making, five senses, food, growing up, hunger, insects, moon, shelter, sizes, sun, taste

The ant bully

Nickle, John

Lucas is different than the other kids and he is often bullied by one boy in particular, Sid. Sid takes Lucas' hat and sprays him with water and to take out his frustrations, Lucas in turn bullies the ants. To teach Lucas a lesson the ants take him to their queen ant. The Queen ant has the wizard ant shrink Lucas so he can live and work as an ant so he can appreciate what they do. Lucas gathered food, defended the colony, and attended to the queen. The queen has Lucas turned back into his normal size and when Lucas wakes up, he sees that the ants have decided to teach Sid a lesson because how he is ant size.

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ant, bath, beetle, bully, courage, family, food, glasses, hard work, insects, misbehavior, nutrition, parents, protection, revenge, spider, teamwork, television, tobacco, wasp, water, work

Arthur's camp-out

Hoban, Lillian

Arthur is bored one spring day so he decides to go on a field trip to collect specimens. He finds himself in some difficult situations and quickly discovers how quickly his bravery can wear off. Even though things don't go as planned, he still manages to have some fun, thanks to his friends.

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adventures, amphibians, animals, assertiveness, bat, bravery, dreams, exploration, family, fear, feelings, flowers, friendship, frog, frustration, insects, peer resistance, seasons, siblings, snake, spring

The busy world of Richard Scarry: A big operation

Scarry, Richard

After contracting his third sore throat of the year, Huckle is told that his tonsils need to be taken out. Afraid of the hospital and the word operation, Huckle tries to sneak out. His friend, Lowly, takes Huckle around the hopital to show how others are brave. Huckle decides that he too is brave and will go through with the operation.

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animals, bravery, cat, diseases, family, fear, feelings, food, friendship, goat, happiness, health, hospital, illness, insects, lion, mouse, nonverbal communication, pig, rabbit, raccoon, refusal skills, stress management, worm

Frank was a monster who wanted to dance

Graves, Keith

Frank wants to dance. He puts on his best clothes and some ants in his pants and heads to the theatre. Once on stage, Frank dazzles the audience with his dancing. Everyone is impressed, until Frank starts to fall apart--literally!It doesn't matter to him, he can dance!

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ant, body parts, clothing, dancing, entertainment, excitement, exercise, fear, feelings, gymnastics, happiness, insects, monsters, performance, rhyme, self esteem, sports

Little white duck

Whippo, Walt

A little white duck and his friends, little green frog, little black bug, and little red snake enjoy spending their time playing and swimming in the water.

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amphibians, birds, bodies of water, colors, duck, feelings, frog, happiness, insects, music, nonverbal communication, playing, pond, sadness, snake, song, sounds, swimming

Today i'm going fishing with my dad

Sharp, N.L.

A young boy is preparing to go fishing with his dad. Preparations include cleaning Dad's tackle box, digging for worms, and preparing lunch. However, as they approach the lake, the boy reveals that he really hates to go fishing because of the mosquitoes, the heat, he has to be quiet all the time, and he has to go to the bathroom in the trees. But because he likes to spend time with his dad, he goes fishing with him.

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animals, bodies of water, family, fishing, food, insects, lake, mosquito, nutrition, parents, preparation, recreation, sports, worm

What do you see?

Domanska, Janina

Different animals discover that the world is not just wet, dry, green, and dark. A bird flying overhead sees that the environment is different for everyone.

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amphibians, animals, bat, birds, colors, fly, frog, insects, perspective, spider

The wildlife 123: A nature counting book

Thornhill, Jan

Through the use of beautiful animals and wildlife, children learn how to count with numbers and words. The sequence is 1-20, 25, 50, 100, and 1000 Nature notes describe the animals in great deal at the end of the book.

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alphabet, animals, birds, counting, fish, insects, nature, numbers, sequence

Cold little duck, duck, duck

Peters, Lisa

When a little duck comes back to soon for spring, he finds himself in the dead of winter. So the little duck imagines what it would be like if it were spring. To his surprise when he wakes the ice is melting and other ducks are around him.

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animals, bear, beetle, birds, bodies of water, cold, duck, flowers, ice, insects, letters, mistake, nonverbal communication, pond, rhyme, seasons, sounds, spring, swimming, winter, worm

Hosie's alphabet

Baskin, Leonard

All the letters of the alphabet are associated with many different animals, birds, and insects.

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animals, birds, crow, eagle, fly, insects, mole, octopus, rhinoceros, spider, whale

Old black fly

Aylesworth, Jim

An old black fly bothers a crazy mixed-up family by flying around and interrupting every aspect of their lives. The fly progresses through the alphabet by landing first on an apple pie, a baby, cookies, then a dog.

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alphabet, animals, baby, birds, birthday, cat, clothing, concepts, death, dog, family, fly, food, grandparents, insects, nutrition, parents, parrot, seasons, sequence, summer

Cricket boy

Ziner, Feenie

Hu Sing's father is asked to come to the emperor's palace to fight his champion cricket against the emperor's own champion. In trying to protect the cricket, Hu Sing accidentally kills it, and then kills himself, until he has a strange dream.

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assertiveness, beliefs, chinese, competition, conflict resolution, cricket, death, decision making, dreams, family, grandparents, grief, insects, loss, multicultural, parents, respect, royalty, self esteem, verbal communication, vision

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