Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Tale of a tail | by Bodnar, Judit Z.

A fox catches fish for his dinner. WHen his friend, the bear, finds out he wants to know where the fox got all his fish. The bear takes his friend's advice and spends all night trying to catch fish. At dawn, he does not think he has caught any, but then he realizes he has caught a lot of fish on the way home.

Keywords: animals, assertiveness, author's note, bear, birds, bodies of water, correspondence, critical thinking, exercise, feelings, fish, fishing, food, fox, goal setting, happiness, hungarian, hunger, ice, lake, multicultural, nonverbal communication, recreation, refusal skills, sadness, seasons, snow, sounds, stream, verbal communication, walking, winter

My friend the piano | by Cowen, Catherine

Even though this little girl thinks she is a wonderful piano player, mother insists on lessons. But the piano is friends with the young girl and wants her to continue playing her own music. To avoid being sold, they take off on an exciting adventure.

Keywords: adventures, conflict resolution, creativity, differences, feelings, friendship, instruments, music, practice, relationship, sounds

The noon balloon | by Brown, Margaret Wise

A little kitten jumps in a hot air balloon to avoid being chased by mice. While up in the balloon, she explains all the sites she sees and sounds she hears until she is ready to land.

Keywords: animals, cat, conflict resolution, fear, mouse, nonverbal communication, sounds, travel

The phantom of the lunch wagon | by Pinkwater, Daniel

Old Mr. Wigger knows what has happened but no one will listen, not even the owner of the lunch wagon. Until the phantom strikes again.

Keywords: animals, cat, critical thinking, fear, food, goal setting, listening, noise, phantom, sounds, stress management

Old macdonald | by Souhami, Jessica

The traditional animals on Old MacDonald's farm are revealed by lifting up some flaps. Maybe you'll discover a new visitor to his farm!

Keywords: airplane, alien, animals, carriage, cow, duck, farm, letters, pig, sheep, sounds, transportation, truck, wagon

When will sarah come? | by Howard, Elizabeth F.

Jonathon's big sister Sarah is off to her first day of school. While she's gone, Jonathon tries to keep himself busy until she returns. He builds blocks with his grandma, rides his fire truck, and blows bubbles. He hears many sounds outside, but none of them are Sarah. When will Sarah come?Finally, Jonathon sees a yellow school bus. Sarah is finally home and now they can play together.

Keywords: african american, animals, anticipation, bear, bus, colors, conflict resolution, decision making, family, feelings, fire engine, grandparents, growing up, happiness, multicultural, nonverbal communication, patience, photograph, play, school, siblings, sounds, transportation, tree, truck, wagon

Carolina shout! | by Schroeder, Alan

Delia who lives in Charleston, South Carolina and hears music wherever she goes. But her sister, Bettina, cannot hear music. So Delia shows her that music is everywhere. You just have to listen, especially along the streets and harbor of this historical city.

Keywords: african american, author's note, boat, conflict resolution, exercise, family, food, games, history, multicultural, nonverbal communication, nutrition, rhyme, shopping, siblings, song, sounds, transportation, verbal communication, wagon

When uncle took the fiddle | by Gray, Libba Moore

Stretching and yawning with slumberous faces a family seems so sleepy and sluggish... until Uncle puts the rappa-tap-tap back in their step with the cheerful music he plays on his fiddle. Soon every generation of the family is singing, dancing, and frolicking around the house.

Keywords: animals, baby, cat, dancing, dog, entertainment, exercise, family, fun, generations, grandparents, instruments, music, neighbors, parents, rhyme, siblings, sleep, sounds

Ghost's hour, spook's hour | by Bunting, Eve

A young boy wakes up around midnight to no electricity, scary sounds, and the howling wind. He gets really scared, but his parents comfort him.

Keywords: bedtime, companion, family, fear, feelings, night, parents, pets, protection, sounds

The secret box mystery | by Nixon, Joan Lowery

Michael John brings in a secret science project that makes wierd noises. It gets loose and a new classmate helps him catch the mystery animal. The new boy gains acceptance by the students.

A child's treasury of nursery rhymes | by Denton, Kady MacDonald

A collection of nursery rhymes provides children with rhyming skills and patterns. Over 100 nursery rhymes are remembered through illustrations, songs, and verse.

Keywords: african american, alphabet, animals, baby, cat, chinese, cow, dancing, Days of the Week, duck, exercise, family, french, goose, market, multicultural, parents, poetry, rhyme, rhythm, royalty, running, sequence, sheep, sounds, spanish, whale

Little baby bobby | by Van Laan, Nancy

Baby Bobby is in for a wild ride when his buggy starts to roll down the hill through town. Everyone he passes begins to chase after him, but he enjoys the ride and ends up happily in the sand at the playground.

Keywords: baby, community, family, feelings, happiness, nonverbal communication, playground, rhyme, rhythm, sounds

Pretend you're a cat | by 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.

Keywords: 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

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

Sounds my feet make | by Blanchard, Arlene

A girl's feet make different sounds depending on what shoes she wears, how she moves, and where she is.

Keywords: body parts, clothing, exercise, family, five senses, seasons, sounds, walking

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

Hi tom | by Ward, Nanda

Tom lives far away from school and wishes he had a friend with whom to walk from school. He feels he has friends calling out to him when he echoes his names from on top of Hermit Mountain. Little did he know that a Hermit lived on the mountain and was disturbed by his echoes. Tom's echoes eventually lead to a friendship between the two.

Keywords: echo, exercise, friendship, frustration, loneliness, mountains, school, sleep, sounds, walking

Trilby's trumpet | by Stapler, Sarah

Trilby's brother hides his trumpet because he plays it too loudly. The reader must help Trilby find his trumpet.

Keywords: assertiveness, decision making, determination, family, goal setting, lost, music, noise, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, problem solving, self esteem, siblings, sounds

Arthur's first sleepover | by Brown, Marc

Arthur is having his first sleepover in a tent in his backyard. Arthur and his friends Buster and Brian plan to watch for spaceships and aliens during the night. Arthur's sister plays a trick on the boys, and they come up with a plan to get her back.

Keywords: bedtime, camping, critical thinking, deception, excitement, family, fear, fun, night, parents, recreation, shadows, siblings, sounds, teasing, verbal communication

Papa lucky's shadow | by Daly, Niki

Sugar's grandpa, Papa Lucky, has always been a terrific dancer. Papa Lucky teaches Sugar how to dance. She becomes Papa Lucky's dancing shadow after grandma dies.

Keywords: dancing, death, exercise, family, grandparents, shadows, sounds

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