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Desert song

Johnston, Tony

Desert activities are not done when the sun goes down. The bats come out of their cave at night to hunt and move from their daily slumber. The coyote howls alone as the moon shines above. The insects search for sweet fruit. The desert holds many secrets for those who listen to the song.

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animals, bat, beetle, birds, cave, coyote, desert, insects, night, owl, sand, snake, sounds

Dinner at the panda place

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?

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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

Albert's ballgame

Tryon, Leslie

Pleasantville is the place where the games take place on Old Field. Every spring two teams meet to play baseball. The ball is thrown, caught, hit, and pitched. In the end, one team wins and the other team loses.

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activities, animals, baseball, community, competition, cooperation, exercise, running, seasons, sports, spring, teamwork

Early morning in the barn

Tafuri, Nancy

When the rooster crows on the farm, all the barnyard animals rise, eat, and enjoy the morning sunrise. The animal noises help the children distinguish one farm animal from another.

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animals, barn, farm, food, imagination, noise, sequence, sounds

Tractor

Brown, Craig

A tractor pulls many different types of machines in order to plant and cultivate a crop of food. Once the corn grows, the farmer uses another machine to harvest it for market.

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animals, barn, careers, farm, food, learning, machines, market, plants, rain, sun, tractor, transportation, wagon, weather, work

Bread and jam for frances

Hoban, Russell

Frances, the badger, likes only one kind of food, jam on toast. After two days, she tries a different food after observing her friends' lunches at school.

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animals, badger, change, conflict resolution, decision making, family, food, nutrition, parents, refusal skills, school, verbal communication

Ambrose

Porter, Sue

Ambrose, the badger, buys a pair of skates. He loses control and takes a whole group of animals along for a ride. Ultimately everyone ends up at the ocean to swim and play.

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animals, badger, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, exercise, ocean, play, recreation, self esteem, skating, swimming

Flicka, ricka, dicka: The big red hen

Lindman, Maj

Flicka, Ricka, and Dicka offer to care for their Aunt's hens while she is away. One of the hens disappear and the girls find her and a great surprise!

Snow bear

George, Jean Craighead

Bessie finds a new friend while exploring an ice ship-- a baby polar bear. She and Snow Bear play together like best pals. Bessie's brother and Snow Bear's mother watch carefully because they are both concerned and worried about their friendship. Will Bessie and Snow Bear's happiness be enough to keep them together?

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animals, baby, challenges, cold, conflict, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, eskimo, family, fear, friendship, fun, gender, hunting, ice, multicultural, nature, ocean, opposites, perspective, playing, polar bear, ship, stereotypes, transportation, winter, worry

The strange appearance of howard cranebill jr.

Drescher, Henrik

Mr. and Mrs. Cranebill found a basket on their doorstep with a baby in it. The baby had an unusually long nose. After some time, the baby turned into a stork and flew away.

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acceptance, animals, baby, birds, body image, change, differences, growing up, multicultural, mythical, storks

Baby duck and the bad eyeglasses

Hest, Amy

Baby duck dislikes her new eyeglasses. She believes they look bad and hinder her ability to play. Her grandpa convinces her that her glasses are not so terrible after all.

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animals, baby, birds, boat, bodies of water, change, colors, conflict resolution, counting, dancing, duck, embarrassment, exercise, family, glasses, grandparents, health, lake, music, nonverbal communication, numbers, parents, park, play, reading, self esteem, sight, song, sun, verbal communication, vision, walking

The little island

Brown, Margaret Wise

A kitten comes to an island and learns that the island is part of the world, just like he is. The island enjoys being both part of the world and on its own as the seasons change.

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animals, assertiveness, autumn, cat, change, fish, individuality, island, nature, relationship, seasons, self esteem, spring, summer, winter

Little tricker the squirrel meets big double the bear

Kesey, Ken

It is autumn, and Big Double the Bear is eating everything in sight to prepare for hibernation. Little Tricker the squirrel must save his friends and his home from the very hungry bear.

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animals, assertiveness, autumn, bear, critical thinking, food, hibernation, hunger, preparation, seasons, shelter, squirrel, stress management, verbal communication

A symphony of whales

Schuch, Steve

A young girl named Glashka has the gift of hearing whale songs in her dreams. Upon discovering thousands of trapped blue whales in a freezing channel, it is up to Glashka and her small community to save them.

Twitchell the wishful

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

Twitchell Mouse wants everything his friends have. One day, he gets everything he thinks he wants. Then with the help of his friend, Twitchell discovers that he is happiest with his own things.

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animals, australian, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, greed, happiness, learning

The old man and his door

Soto, Gary

One day, a man brings el puerto (a door) to the neighbor's barbeque instead of el puerco (a pig). On his way to the picnic, the door becomes very useful when he carries many things on it. Once he gets to the barbeque, his wife tells him about the pig and it is all a big joke.

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animals, attention, conflict resolution, food, helping, humor, language, listening, mexican, multicultural, neighbors, nutrition, pig, spanish, verbal communication

Henry and the red stripes

Christelow, Eileen

Henry the Rabbit decides to paint himself with red stripes. Because of the stripes, a fox sees Henry and kidnaps him. Eventually, Henry is reunited with his parents and learns a lesson.

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animals, art, colors, decision making, fox, friendship, learning, parents, rabbit, reunion, verbal communication, woods

Before the storm

Yolen, Jane

On this hot summer day not much activity is taking place. The dog is laying around trying to keep cool and the children were not active. When one of the children gets the hose out, everyone became excited to be cooled off. A storm came through and it rained all day. The rain caused the children to wish for the hot summer sun.

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animals, art, beverage, books, boredom, family, parents, rain, reading, seasons, siblings, storm, summer, sun, verbal communication, water, weather

Caleb and kate

Steig, William

Caleb and Kate get into an argument, so Caleb leaves to go for a long walk in the woods where he meets a witch who puts a spell on him to changes him into a dog. In the end, burglars end up cutting off Caleb's foot (where the witch put the spell on him) in order to change him back to a man.

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animals, argument, change, conflict resolution, coping, dog, exercise, magic, nature, nonverbal communication, walking, witches, woods

Arthur's great big valentine

Hoban, Lillian

Arthur, the chimp, and his best friend, Norman, get in a fight. After awhile, they start feeling bad about fighting. They each make a Valentine for the other, becoming best friends once again.

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animals, ape, argument, conflict resolution, feelings, friendship, holidays, sadness, valentine's day, verbal communication

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

And it rained

Raskin, Ellen

A pig, a parrot, and a monkey try to have tea, but their tea party is ruined by a rain storm. They all come up with ideas to solve the problem, but only one works.

Bright fawn and me

Leech, Jay//Spencer, Zane

Bright Fawn is a young Indian girl who is left in the care of her older sister. Bright Fawn's sister is upset at this, but learns to appreciate her younger sister. The tribe trades, dances, and plays games.

Charlie anderson

Abercrombre, Barbara

A cat has two homes. He sleeps at two little girls' houses, but he goes to his real house during the day. He discovers it is nice to have two places to call home.

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animals, appreciation, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, divorce, nonverbal communication, self esteem, shelter

Scarecrow

Rylant, Cynthia

A scarecrow is more than just borrowed parts to make up a man. This scarecrow gets to see everything from vegetables growing to all the different animals that surround him. He sees how many of the simple things in life are the greatest.

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animals, appreciation, beliefs, birds, celebration, contentment, emotions, observation, patience, self confidence, self esteem, vegetables, weather

Which is willy?

Bright, Robert

Willy the penguin wants to be different. He goes to the city, but he is too different than the people there. So he goes back to the South Pole and discovers he is different because of what he is inside.

Twenty-two, twenty-three

Raskin, Ellen

A mouse wants to join the other animals in a special celebration but must choose what to wear. The mouse finally chooses a blouse and is invited for a Christmas and New Year gathering on Twenty-two, Twenty-three.

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animals, ape, bear, celebration, christmas, clothing, conflict resolution, fox, holidays, mouse, new year, rabbit, rhyme, skunk, verbal communication

Geraldine's big snow

Keller, Holly

Geraldine the pig is waiting for a big snow which was predicted on the radio. It finally comes while she is sleeping. When she wakes up she is happy and runs outside to go sled riding.

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animals, anticipation, patience, pig, play, recreation, snow, weather

Peter's pony

Kingman, Lee

Peter, a young boy, lives far up a mountainside on a farm with his mother and father. They live far from any town and Peter looks forward to starting school in town so he can make and have friends. Before the beginning of the school year Peter receives a pony that takes him to school. Peter discovers that his new pony can perform tricks and was once famous.

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animals, anticipation, barn, excitement, family, farm, friendship, happiness, loneliness, mountains, parents, pets, pony, relationship, responsibilities, rules, school, self esteem

Lonesome lester

Luttrell, Ida

Lester, the prairie dog, lives alone and often feels lonely. He does have various visitors - ants who eat his food, Aunt Martha who waxes his whole house without asking, and finally a nice, respectful mother rabbit and her baby. Lester discovers the difference between good and bad company and how to be peacefully alone and satisfied.

Bearabics: A hip-hop counting story

Parker, Vic

Where's all that music coming from?It's bear doing his bearobics!Everyone wants to get in on the action, so kangaroos start hopping, penguins start sliding, and ants start marching. Soon everyone is doing that cool bearobics thing.

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amphibians, animals, ant, bear, birds, counting, dancing, exercise, frog, gorilla, insects, kangaroo, mouse, music, nonverbal communication, numbers, ostrich, penguin, rabbit, reptiles, rhythm, snake, tiger

Words in our hands

Litchfield, Ada B.

Gina, Diane, and Michael's parents are all deaf. Communication isn't easy, especially when they move to a new town. Soon the family finds some new friends at a school where people know sign language.

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anger, animals, change, coping, deafness, disability, dog, family, feelings, moving, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, siblings, sign language

Goodbye, max

Keller, Holly

Ben's dog dies, and he's mad at his parents for not letting him stay home with Max. His parents get a new a puppy but Max rejects it until the end.

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anger, animals, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, death, decision making, dog, feelings, memories, nonverbal communication, sadness, verbal communication

The witness

Westall, Robert

Did you know that a cat might have been involved in the story of Christmas?Through a cat's eye, we see the events that took place around the birth of Jesus.

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angel, animals, birth, cat, christmas, donkey, holidays, ox, vision

The great kapok tree

Cherry, Lynne

A man begins to chop the Kapok tree down but then falls asleep. All the animals and creatures of the rainforest persuade the man while he is asleep to save the tree.

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amphibians, animals, anteater, bee, birds, critical thinking, decision making, destruction, forest, frog, insects, monkey, plants, sleep, snake, verbal communication

Miss Bindergarten gets ready for kindergarten

Slate, Joseph

An alphabet of animal students get ready for kindergarten and so does their teacher Miss Bindergarten. There are many activities and tasks for each student to do before arriving at school to hear Good morning, Kindergarten!

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alphabet, animals, biking, bus, clothing, disability, exercise, food, fun, health, jumping, morning, rhyme, routine, school, sequence, teeth, toys, transportation

Alligator arrived with apples: A potluck alphabet feast

Dragonwagon, Crescent

It is a Thanksgiving feast and animals from all the letters of the alphabet bring all kinds of food to the potluck. The alligator brings apples, a bear brings bread and butter, and the cat comes with cherry cobbler.

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alphabet, animals, celebration, food, holidays, nutrition, rhyme, sequence, thanksgiving

Whistling dixie

Vaughan, Marcia

Much to her mother's dismay, Dixie Lee brings home an alligator, a snake, and an owl to be pets and to protect her family from spooky creatures. The creatures prove themselves by scaring away all the spooky creatures, and Dixie Lee is allowed to keep her pets.

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alligator, animals, bodies of water, feelings, friendship, happiness, heroism, owl, protection, snake, swamp

Feliciana feydra leroux: A cajun tall tale

Thomassie, Tynia

Feliciana Feydra LeRoux is her grandpa's favorite grandchild, and he lets her do just about anything, except what she most wants to do--go alligator hunting with the boys. Determined to show her grandfather that she can handle the hunt, Feliciana sneaks out only to come face to face with an alligator and become a hero.

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alligator, amphibians, animals, cajun, courage, crab, cricket, critical thinking, crustaceans, decision making, determination, family, fear, french, frog, grandparents, insects, multicultural, parents, reptiles, verbal communication

A beastly circus

Parish, Peggy

This alphabet book uses animals and various circus-like activities for each letter.

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alligator, amphibians, animals, baboon, birds, chipmunk, circus, crab, crustaceans, dolphin, elephant, frog, gorilla, hippopotamus, hyena, jaguar, kangaroo, lion, mink, mythical, newt, nonverbal communication, octopus, ostrich, panda, quail, rabbit, rhinoceros, sequence, skunk, snake, tapir, unicorns, verbal communication, vulture, wasp, worm, yak, zebra

What can rabbit hear?

Cousins, Lucy

What can rabbit hear?

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airplane, animals, bedtime, bee, birds, clouds, duck, insects, nonverbal communication, pond, rabbit, sheep, sounds

Good times on grandfather mountain

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs

Old Washburn is an old man who always looks on the bright side of life and is a terrific whittler. He uses this talent to make instruments. His music draws the attention of runaway animals.

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aging, animals, chicken, cow, feelings, hobby, music, pig, relaxation

Barney bipples magic dandelions

Chapman, Carol

Barney Bipple is given a dandelion to make wishes with. But he makes his wishes too complicated. He must wish away the complicated wishes and wish only for simple things.

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aging, animals, car, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, growing up, plants, sadness, wish

african american, animals, birds, boredom, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dancing, decision making, exercise, family, feelings, forest, games, giants, imagination, inventions, island, jungle, library, lost, magic, maps, monsters, multicultural, mythical, park, penguin, photograph, playing, rain, siblings, sun, verbal communication, weather

Farmer hoo and the baboons

Chittum, Ida

A truckload of baboons were mistakenly taken to Appleton Hoo's farm instead of Happleton Zoo. The baboons get out of their cage and get into much mischief. They finally ended up back at the zoo.

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adventures, animals, ape, assertiveness, conflict resolution, farm, nonverbal communication, verbal communication, zoo

Andreas in king's park

Sundin-Wickman

Andreas, Matt, and Ruff are great friends who do everything together. When Ruff runs off, Matt and Andreas use clever thinking and courage to find their dog.

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adventures, animals, birds, chicken, dog, duck, food, friendship, pets

Pet of the met

Freeman, Don//Freeman, Lydia

A wonderful introduction to the Opera through the adventures of a mouse, his family, and a cat.

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adventures, animals, cat, family, friendship, mouse, music, opera

The looking book: A hide-and-seek counting story

Hoberman, Mary Ann

Nod sets out to look for his lost cat. He finds Pistachio on page 28 in a box.

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adventures, animals, cat, conflict resolution, determination, goal setting, lost, numbers, rhyme

Up and down on the merry-go-round

Martin, Bill Jr.//Archambault, John

A little girl describes her adventure on a merry-go-round using the sights and sounds around her.

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adventures, animals, bear, clowns, colors, disappointment, feelings, five senses, freedom, happiness, humor, music, ostrich, pig, sight, sounds

The cow who fell in the canal

Krasilovsky, Phyllis

Hendrika is a cow on a farm in Holland. Bored with her everyday routine, Hendrika longs to see the city. One day, she gets that chance and stirs up a lot of commotion in the city.

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adventures, animals, appreciation, community, cow, dutch, farm, feelings, happiness, multicultural, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, sadness, self esteem

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