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The sneetches: And other stories

Seuss, Dr.

One group of sneetches believe they are better than the others. As each changes to become like the other, they realize the unimportance of it. Other stories include The Zax, Too Many Daves, and What Was I Scared Of? Which story teaches you how to get along with others?

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aggression, assertiveness, community, competition, conflict resolution, cooperation, peer resistance, rhyme, storytelling, war

The snow cat

Khalsa, Dayal Kaur

Elsie, who lives alone in a snow-covered house on the edge of the woods, makes a friend when a huge snow cat comes to play with her.

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animals, cat, creativity, decision making, feelings, friendship, imagination, loneliness, nature, woods

The snow goose

Gallico, Mary//Gallico, Paul

A young, naive girl attempts to understand her environment in the midst of war. She does this through the love of the birds who live in this area.

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autumn, birds, bodies of water, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, fog, goose, happiness, history, loss, love, nonverbal communication, rain, sadness, sea, seasons, snow, spring, summer, sun, verbal communication, war, weather, winter

The snow lady

Hughes, Shirley

Sam and Barney build a snow lady that resembles their elderly neighbor, mean Mrs. Dean. Sam decides that it would only be polite to invite lonely Mrs. Dean to Christmas dinner.

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acceptance, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, food, friendship, holidays, neighbors, nonverbal communication, nutrition, peer resistance, play, recreation, seasons, verbal communication, winter

The snow party

de Regniers, Beatrice Schenk

On a snowy, windy night at a Dakota farm, a lonely man and woman wishes for company, music, and a party. Suddenly all their wishes start to come true.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, food, friendship, loneliness, nonverbal communication, nutrition, party, snow, verbal communication, weather

The snow speaks

Carlstrom, Nancy White

When the first snow falls, the children know that winter is just beginning. To each child the snow means many different things. As Christmas nears, the snow means Christmas.

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christmas, five senses, holidays, nature, nonverbal communication, sight, snow, sounds, vision, winter

The snowman

Briggs, Raymond

A boy builds a snowman which comes alive in the middle of the night. The boy and the snowman spend all night together. When the boy wakes up in the morning, his friend has melted.

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bedtime, change, coping, critical thinking, feelings, friendship, imagination, night, nonverbal communication, play, seasons, snow, weather, winter

The snowy day (Un dia de nieve)

Keats, Ezra Jack

Peter has a fun day in the snow including adventures of making snow angels and climbing snowy mountains.

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adventures, decision making, friendship, memories, mountains, play, recreation, seasons, snow, weather, winter

The someday house

Shelby, Anne

Follow the path of a child's dream world as she describes many wonderful places to live from the mountains to a bakery to the moon.

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bodies of water, dancing, dreams, exercise, fishing, food, games, moon, mountains, music, nutrition, ocean, play, recreation, river, travel, tree

The song of the day birds and the night birds

Ipcar, Dahlov

Among the different types of birds, we see which kinds of birds live in the day and the night. We are able to see what they do, sing, and eat while in their environment.

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birds, bluejay, comparisons, day, differences, diversity, environment, music, night, sparrow, uniqueness, verbal communication

The sorcerer's apprentice

Willard, Nancy

The apprentice of an old and wise sorcerer misuses the powers of magic and suffers the consequences. Unable to control the sorcerer's magic, the apprentice soon finds herself overwhelmed by the spell she has cast.

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disobedience, dragons, emergency, fantasy, mischief, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, responsibilities

The sorely trying day

Hobin, Russell

Father comes home after a long day of work. Things in the house are hectic and all the children blame each other and the pets. Eventually, they share the blame and apologize to each other.

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animals, argument, cat, conflict resolution, day, dog, family, mouse, parents, problem solving, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

The spider who created the world

MacDonald, Amy

Nobb, the spider, needs a place to set her egg but the sun, moon, and cloud don't want her around. Her only friend, Air, offers her a place but Air can't hold an egg so Nobb uses her net to catch the sun, moon, and cloud and uses pieces of them to create a home for her egg. When she had created the world the egg hatched and from it came all the creatures of the world.

The spider who never gave up

Flores, Travis

Sparkey the spider tries hard to overcome his inability to spin a web. With encouragement from his mom and his friends and a strong will to never give up, Sparkey finally achieves his goal of spinning the perfect web. Read about the real life struggle of Sparky, as he tries one medicine after another in hope of beating Cystic Fibrosis.

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author's note, bravery, challenges, determination, diseases, dreams, encouragement, family, feelings, insects, parents, pride, self confidence, spider, trust

The spirit of tio fernando: A day of the dead story

Levy, Janice

Fernando, a little boy from Mexico, loses his favorite uncle. The family celebrates a holiday called Day of the Dead. Fernando must find the perfect gift to remember his uncle. What does he choose?

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celebration, critical thinking, death, family, flowers, food, holidays, instruments, language, mexican, multicultural, music, parents, spanish, theatre

The spooky tail of prewitt

Peet, Bill

Prewitt's tail is very different than the other peacocks. His tail is scary, and everyone wants him to leave. He scares the tiger off who chases him, and soon, he becomes the leader of the group.

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animals, bias, birds, conflict resolution, decision making, differences, feelings, nonverbal communication, peacock, peer resistance, sadness, self esteem, stereotypes, tiger, verbal communication

The squiggle

Schaefer, Carole Lexa

A young girl walking with her class finds a piece of string on the sidewalk. In her imagination, the string becomes a cloud, fireworks, a dragon, and more.

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assertiveness, chinese, clouds, dragons, feelings, fireworks, happiness, imagination, moon, multicultural, mythical, nonverbal communication, play, school, verbal communication

The star counters

Luttrell, Ida

A king thinks that the stars in the sky are made of gold. He believes they all belong to him. He counts them every night to make sure that none are missing. When he gets tired of this, he tries to find an animal to count them for him.

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animals, assertiveness, bodies of water, conflict resolution, counting, cow, feelings, fox, moods, nonverbal communication, numbers, pond, refusal skills, royalty, seasons, sky, spring, stars, turtle, verbal communication

The star rocker

Slate, Joseph

Old Cassie lives on a floating raft. One night, she tries to quiet the fears of her animal friends, by singing a lullaby near the pond.

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animals, bedtime, bodies of water, fear, feelings, friendship, music, nature, night, pond, song, stress management, verbal communication

The stars in my geddoh's sky

Matze, Claire Sidhom

Alex enjoys a brief but special visit of his grandfather to the United States from the Middle East. They spend a lot of time together as Alex learns of his grandfather's homeland, customs, religion, and language.

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arab, baseball, companion, correspondence, excitement, family, feelings, grandparents, islam, language, market, nonverbal communication, prayer, presents, religion, reunion, sadness, stars, surprises, symbols, teaching, traditions, verbal communication

The stars will still shine

Ryland, Cynthia

The promises of a new year are given through rhyme and soft illustrations.

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animals, appreciation, awareness, birds, church, cow, encouragement, flowers, garden, home, light, love, new year, self esteem, storm, stress management

The steam train crew

McLean, Andrew//McLean, Janet

The steam train needs to be on time today for Mary's party. But, Alf and Norm decide to get off to pick blackberries, only to lose the train!They finally catch it and make it on time.

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australian, celebration, companion, critical thinking, decision making, multicultural, party, responsibilities, time, train, transportation, verbal communication

The steamroller

Brown, Ness

A little girl gets a steamroller for Christmas from her parents. She rides it from the first moment, but does not know how to stop. She runs over everything and everyone in her path. Until she gets a new present that will help her.

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christmas, decision making, family, helping, holidays, imagination, nonverbal communication, parents, transportation

The steel pan of Harlem

Bootman, Colin

The city of Harlem has rats everywhere in houses, subways, restaurants, stores and business, and the citizens are fed up! One day, a steel pan man comes to the subway station and when he plays his music everyone is entranced, even the rats. He tells the mayor that he will fix the rat problem if the mayor pays him a million dollars. The mayor reluctantly agrees and the man keeps his promise. However, the mayor, does not keep his end of the bargain, so he is given what he deserves!

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african american, anger, animals, body parts, cat, citizen, conflict resolution, dancing, exercise, feelings, frustration, instruments, magic, money, multicultural, music, neighbors, politics, rat, subway, transportation, trust

The stingy baker

Greeson, Janet

Jan is a stingy baker. When a woman enters his cookie shop and asks for a bakers dozen, Jan refuses to give her an extra free cookie. The woman puts an evil spell on Jan. When Jan finally gives her a bakers dozen of cookies, the spell is broken.

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careers, family, folktale, food, greed, numbers, nutrition, parents

The stinky cheese man and other fairly stupid tales

Scieszka, Jon//Smith, Lane

A collection of about fifteen different children's stories. All the stories have a humorous twist to them.

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activities, adventures, change, chaos, humor, storytelling

The storekeeper

Pearson, Tracey Campbell

The storekeeper has many daily activities starting from early in the morning when the shop opens, until the store closes and it is time to go home.

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careers, decision making, nonverbal communication, responsibilities, verbal communication

The storm

Harshman, Marc

A young boy confined to a wheel chair because of an accident, doesn't like the way people see and talk about him. He wants people to see past the wheelchair and see him. A tornado comes through Indiana and he shows how strong and able he truly is.

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acceptance, animals, chicken, critical thinking, death, differences, disability, family, farm, feelings, goal setting, handicap, horse, nonverbal communication, parents, problem solving, relief, sadness, safety, school, self esteem, storm, stress management, tornado, weather

The storm book

Zolotow, Charlotte

A little boy watches a storm as it rolls in. He and his mother watch the storm until the end when a rainbow comes out.

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family, observation, parents, rainbow, storm, weather

The story about ping

Flack, Marjorie//Wiese, Kurt

To avoid getting a spanking for being the last duck to cross the bridge, Ping stayed overnight on the river bank. He loses his family and is captured by a little boy. He is held hostage on the little boy's boat. Finally the little boy sets Ping free and he is reunited with his family.

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assertiveness, birds, change, chinese, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, discipline, family, fear, feelings, goal setting, lost, multicultural, self esteem, shelter, transportation

The story of a castle

Goodall, John S.

This book traces the life of a castle from the twelfth to the twentieth century.

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history, nonverbal communication, royalty, shelter

The story of a farm

Goodall, John S.

A Wordless Book

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art, change, english, farm, history, traditions

The story of a fierce bad rabbit

Potter, Beatrix

A fierce bad rabbit learns a lesson after bullying the good rabbit.

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animals, bully, escape, rabbit

The story of an English village

Goodall, John S.

This very detailed book shows the development of an English village from the 14th century to the present day. (A Wordless Book)

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appearance, community, english, multicultural, nonverbal communication, storytelling

The story of babar the little elephant

Brunhoff, Jean de

Babar is an elephant who has a wonderful adventure. After his mother died tragically from a hunter, Babar goes into the city, where he lives with a little old lady. Upon returning to the forest, Babar is elected king and is married to Celeste, another young elephant. The two set off for their honeymoon.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, celebration, critical thinking, death, decision making, elephant, friendship, grief, love, marriage, nature, royalty, self esteem, stress management

The story of bentley beaver

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

From being scared to go to school to being scared of dying, this book narrates Bentley Beaver's life. He grows up with his parents and then begins his own family. Bentley reflects on his life with a song.

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family, fear, feelings, grandparents, growing up, love, music, parents, school, siblings, song

The story of edward

Dumas, Philippe

Once in the real world, a donkey tried to pretend he is not a donkey. When he is discovered, he dances the waltz to capture his bride.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, coping, dancing, death, determination, donkey, exercise, goal setting, love, marriage, recreation, self esteem, verbal communication

The story of ferdinand

Leaf, Munro

Ferdinand is a bull who likes to smell flowers and be by himself. He grows up and is chosen to be in the bull fights. He enters the ring and sits down to sniff the flowers.

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animals, assertiveness, bull, conflict resolution, cow, fight, five senses, growing up, jumping, nonverbal communication, plants, refusal skills, running, self esteem, smell, verbal communication

The story of frog belly rat bone

Ering, Timothy Basil

A boy discovers an unexpected treasure at the junk yard. After some of the treasure is stolen, he makes a creature to stand guard. As they patiently wait, their treasure blooms into a gorgeous garden for them to enjoy.

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animals, anticipation, critical thinking, dedication, excitement, flowers, garden, goal setting, patience, plants, prevention, problem solving, protection, rabbit, rat, robbery, teamwork

The story of holly and ivy

Godden, Rumer

Ivy is a little girl who is an orphan. She longs for a family. Holly is a doll who wishes for a child to own her and a childless couple wait for a child to love. These four people come together in Appleton at Christmas time.

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christmas, conflict resolution, dolls, family, holidays, love, parents, self esteem, stress management, toys

The story of main street

Goodall, John S.

An English main street is shown from medieval times to present day. The illustrations are half hidden to the reader. (A Wordless Book)

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community, family, grandparents, parents

The story of may

Gerstein, Mordicai

May gets lost and is found by her Aunt Jane. She is informed that she has a father and trys to find him.

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assertiveness, autumn, colors, critical thinking, family, grandparents, lost, parents, plants, rain, seasons, siblings, snow, spring, summer, verbal communication, weather, wind, winter

The story of miss moppet

Potter, Beatrix

Miss Moppet's adventure chasing a mouse is disappointing. She must learn to stop teasing the mouse.

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animals, cat, deception, escape, mouse

The story of mrs. lovewright and the purrless cat

Segal, Lore

Mrs. Lovewright felt lonely so she thought that a cat would make everything better. Instead, she was let down, because the cat was a loner and did not enjoy the company of others. Instead of friends, they became housemates.

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animals, cat, decision making, feelings, friendship, loneliness, patience, peer resistance, refusal skills, stress management

The story of noodles

Compestine, Ying Chang

The Kang family decides to switch up their usual annual cooking contest recipe from dumplings to 'noodles' with the help from their three rambunctious sons.

The story of paper

Compenstine, Ying Chang

Paper is invented by three boys who had the need to write something down. The boys use bugs to make symbols in the dirt. Combining different home techniques such as making rice cakes and scrapping clothes, paper was invented. The three boys are successful and praised.

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ant, author's note, body parts, chinese, counting, fable, fabric, fruit, game, grasshopper, insects, inventions, language, math, multicultural, numbers, recipe, siblings, symbols, teaching, toys, trees, village, water, work, worm, writing

The story of the dancing frog

Blake, Quentin

A woman, Gertrude, finds a dancing frog by the river and becomes famous with her frog.

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amphibians, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dancing, decision making, exercise, fame, frog, goal setting, nonverbal communication

The story of the four little children who went round the world

Lear, Edward

Four children decide to take an adventure around the world on a boat. They come to find many different lands with strange scenery.

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adventures, apathy, boat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, exploration, family, nonverbal communication, numbers, siblings, transportation, verbal communication

The story of the kind wolf

Nickl, P.

A wolf ventures away from his stereotypical role of being fierce, and shows his kindness and care for the forest animals.

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assertiveness, decision making, goal setting, peer resistance, self esteem

The story of the three kingdoms

Myers, Walter Dean

A shark, elephant, and a hawk believe that each rules the earth. One day people show up and want to figure out why the animals will not share. They sit around and talk, coming up with stories to help get the animals to cooperate.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, elephant, fable, fish, hawk, intelligence, nonverbal communication, sharing, shark, verbal communication

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