Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Dear peter rabbit | by Ada, Alma Flor

Through a series of letters between friends, we learn the stories of Goldilocks, The Three Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, and Peter Rabbit.

Keywords: animals, bear, birthday, correspondence, friendship, pig, rabbit, wolf

Letitia rabbit's string song | by Hoban, Russell

Letita is the spring queen and Miss Green tells her she must find a song to put Mr. Brumus, who is in charge of winter, to sleep. With the help of a magic string and her own creativity, she finds a song.

Keywords: animals, bee, conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, goal setting, insects, rabbit, seasons, song, spring, verbal communication, winter, wolf

The singing chick | by Stenmark, Victoria

The song of a very cheerful chick cannot be stopped, even after becoming lunch. Soon the fox, the wolf, and the bear are all singing his happy song.

Keywords: animals, bear, birds, family, feelings, happiness, parents, sadness, sequence, sky, sounds, sun, wolf

Voices of the wild | by London, Jonathan

The ways of wild animals are vividly described with beautiful poetry.

Keywords: animals, bear, beaver, birds, deer, eagle, five senses, loon, lynx, moose, night, otter, owl, poetry, reptiles, turtle, wolf

Dinner at the panda place | by Calmenson, Stephanie

Mr. Panda opens his restaurant and the animals come in by one's, two's, all the way to ten's to dine in his restaurant, Panda Palace. After all the patrons are seated and the restaurant is full, one more guest arrives, a tiny mouse. Will Mr. Panda be able to find room for him?

Keywords: animals, baseball, bear, birds, careers, chicken, conflict resolution, counting, critical thinking, crocodile, elephant, food, fun, giraffe, lion, monkey, mouse, penguin, pig, reptiles, restaurant, rhyme, sports, stress management, taxi, transportation, verbal communication, wolf

Ziggy piggy and the three little pigs | by Asch, Frank

A new character is added to the story of the three little pigs, changing the tale to four little pigs. The fourth pig saves his brothers from the wolf by being resourceful.

Keywords: anger, animals, beach, boat, celebration, conflict, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, destruction, family, goal setting, hard work, homeless, intelligence, pig, problem solving, rescue, running away, safety, security, shelter, siblings, stress management, wolf, worry

Stone soup | by Ross, Tony

A wolf goes to a hen's house to eat her up. She tells him she will make him some Stone Soup first. While she makes the soup and he waits, she has him do her chores. Finally, he realizes that she tricks him and he leaves.

Keywords: anger, animals, birds, chicken, critical thinking, deception, decision making, feelings, food, nutrition, verbal communication, wolf

I look like a girl | by Hamanaka, Sheila

A girl uses her imagination to become a tiger, dolphin, horse, jaguar, and wolf. She needs nature to become independent so she can follow her dream.

Keywords: adventures, ambition, animals, appearance, beauty, beliefs, birds, dancing, dolphin, dreams, forest, horse, jaguar, jungle, nature, sea, sounds, tiger, wolf

Hog-eye | by Meddaugh, Susan

What would happen to you if you skipped school?Would you have a good story to tell your parents and would they believe you?This little pig's story has lots of adventure.

Keywords: adventures, animals, assertiveness, critical thinking, family, mischief, nonverbal communication, parents, pig, school, storytelling, stress management, truth, verbal communication, wolf

Beware of boys | by Blundell, Tony

A young boy is captured by a seemingly clever wolf while walking in the woods one day. When the wolf threatens to eat the boy, the boy creatively sends the wolf running in circles and ends up stumping him and escaping!

Keywords: adventures, animals, assertiveness, critical thinking, food, forest, nutrition, survival, wolf

Dracula's cat | by Wahl, Jan

Dracula and his companion go on an adventure to scare Agatha. To their dismay, they are too late and confront a bat. Together they work to save the bat. They learn that pets can be our best friends.

Keywords: adventures, animals, bat, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, exercise, fear, feelings, food, happiness, horse, jumping, monsters, mythical, owl, pets, sadness, stress management, verbal communication, walking, weather, wind, wolf

The best place | by Meddaugh, Susan

After talking with a bird on his lovely screen porch, an old wolf realizes that he may be missing out on some wonderful places because he's spent so much time admiring his porch with the beautiful view. Determined to see the world, the old wolf sells his house to a young rabbit family and sets out on his travels. However, after a trip down a river, an afternoon in the hot desert, and a tour of London drowned in rain, the wolf realizes that his front porch really is the best place in the world. However, the rabbits have settled and will not give the wolf his house back. Saddened he runs far…

Keywords: adventures, anger, animals, appreciation, behavior, celebration, companion, conflict, cooperation, embarrassment, exploration, family, feelings, food, forgiveness, friendship, happiness, hard work, helping, misunderstanding, moving, neighbors, nutrition, rabbit, raccoon, sadness, teamwork, weather, wolf

Dark night | by Monfreid, Dorothee de

Felix is walking home in the dark woods when he hears a fox howling, so he climbs into a nearby tree and hides. A tiger comes along and scares the fox, but then an alligator comes along and scares the tiger, which frightens Felix even more. Felix doesn't know how to get home, but then he finds a door which leads to a rabbit's house. The rabbit offers to help him get home and they make it home safely, and end up scaring the fox, tiger and alligator themselves!

Keywords: alligator, animals, critical thinking, decision making, escape, fear, feelings, fox, goal setting, numbers, rabbit, sounds, surprises, teamwork, tiger, wolf

Once upon a time | by Prater, John

A boy, his cat, and his mother observe what happens around them. The boy tells the story of what he sees and does throughout the day.

Keywords: activities, animals, bear, family, nonverbal communication, observation, parents, rhyme, verbal communication, wolf

Swine lake | by Marshall, James

A hungry wolf wanders into an unfamiliar area as he is walking around town. He smells his favorite food, pigs, and looks around to find out from where the smell is coming. The wolf looks up and sees that the ballet Swine Lake is playing inside of a theater. He gets a ticket and takes his seat with the intention of eating the dancing pigs in th show. He ends up becoming entranced by the love story and finds that he is not hungry anymore. The next day he goes to see the show again but this time when a monster in the show is about to appear on stage, the wolf jumps from his seat to the stage and…

Keywords: accomplishment, acting, animals, assertiveness, dancing, entertainment, hunger, monsters, music, newspaper, photograph, pig, squirrel, theatre, wolf

Mice, morels & monkey business: Likely lessons from Aesop's Fables | by Wormell, Christopher

Character building lessons are presented in a condensed version of Aesop's Fables. Bright illustrations and simple explanations of these famed lessons present self development messages that range from Be prepared to Be careful what you wish for.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, ant, awareness, birds, boar, bull, camel, cat, conflict resolution, courage, crab, crane, critical thinking, crow, deception, decision making, deer, determination, dog, dolphin, eagle, fable, fly, fox, friendship, frog, grasshopper, identity, lion, monkey, mouse, nonverbal communication, peacock, peer resistance, reptiles, sheep, turtle, verbal communication, wolf

Hello, hello! | by Schlein, Miriam

How do you say hello or greet someone? Learn how some animals say hello to one another including lions, polar bears, wolves, monkeys, beavers, zebras, penguins, and elephants. Some animals say hello by nuzzling, some touch hands or hug, and some kiss.

Keywords: affection, animals, assertiveness, beaver, elephant, friendship, lion, monkey, nonverbal communication, penguin, polar bear, relationship, science, self esteem, verbal communication, wolf, zebra

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