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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

As the crow flies: A first book of maps

Hartman, Gail

The eagle has its favorite place to go, just like the rabbit, crow, horse, and seagull. All the animals do different things during their daily routines, but live in harmony under the same sky.

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activities, animals, birds, closeness, community, critical thinking, crow, day, direction, eagle, environment, geography, maps, moon, nonverbal communication, rabbit, self esteem

Hurry!

Haas, Jesse

Hurry!Hurry!If the grass gets wet, then the hay will spoil. Grandpa, Grandma, and Nora work hard to gather the hay before the gray clouds bring the rain. Cooperation and commitment help the family successfully gather the hay.

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accomplishment, ambition, animals, barn, challenges, cooperation, crisis, decision making, determination, five senses, hard work, horse, problem solving, protection, rain, relief, responsibilities, smell, sounds, sun, transportation, wagon, weather, wind, worry

Martha calling

Meddaugh, Susan

Martha, the dog, has a special feature of being able to talk. When she hears of a radio contest, she calls in and wins a family vacation. Dogs aren't allowed on vacations until she changes their minds.

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acceptance, animals, conflict resolution, dog, uniqueness, vacation

We're growing together

Ransom, Candice F.

Candice's mother marries Howard and they move to a new house. When Candice asks how long they will live there, Howard replies forever and she wonders how long that is. One day Candice realizes how long forever is.

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acceptance, animals, birthday, car, cat, change, christmas, conflict resolution, cow, exercise, family, farm, feelings, food, garden, grandparents, holidays, marriage, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, pig, plants, relationship, seasons, self esteem, spring, stars, stress management, summer, transportation, valentine's day, verbal communication, walking

The awful aardvarks shop for school

Lindbergh, Reeve

This morning the aardvarks are going to the mall for back-to-school shopping. They have a list prepared for backpacks, lunch boxes, school supplies, and more. However, while following their list, they continue to add new items, making for a crazy and chaotic day.

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aardvark, animals, autumn, bear, behavior, books, chaos, clothing, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, food, glasses, misbehavior, nutrition, rabbit, rhinoceros, rhyme, running, school, shopping, skating, skiing, sports, worry

Baron brady's boots

Hughes, Peter

Baron Brady spends each day angrily collecting taxes from his poor tenants. A lesson from a new shoe maker teaches the Baron that it is fun to be good tempered, rather than always be angry.

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anger, assertiveness, careers, collection, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, happiness, learning, self esteem, verbal communication

It's a shame about the rain

Hazen, Barbara Shook

A little boy and his family have plans to go camping, but they are cancelled because of the rain. The little boy gets angry and disappointed, but has a fun day at home after all.

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anger, camping, conflict resolution, disappointment, family, feelings, learning, rain, recreation, sadness, weather

Sheila rae the brave

Henkes, Kevin

When brave Sheila Rae becomes lost and scared, her younger sister Louise comes to her rescue.

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anger, assertiveness, conflict resolution, family, fear, feelings, lost, siblings

George and martha round and round

Marshall, James

George and Martha are two hippos who learn about friendship, not hurting others' feelings, using their imagination, and learning forgiveness in five short stories.

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anger, animals, caring, feelings, forgiveness, friendship, hippopotamus, imagination, learning

Christina katerina and the time she quit the family

Gauch, Patricia Lee

Christina becomes intolerant of her annoying family and decides to change her name to Agnes. She disowns her family. After days of doing what she wants, she decides her family needs her and rejoins the family.

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anger, assertiveness, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, family, feelings, individuality, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

The great gum drop robbery

Hoban, Russell

Three boys imagined that they were deep sea diving. The oldest boy wants a gum drop, but the middle boy would not share. While they were fighting, the other boy took all the gumdrops and ate them. Finally on the way back home, they all made up and had dinner with their parents.

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anger, argument, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, food, imagination, nutrition, parents, play, recreation, sharing, siblings, verbal communication

Angelina and alice

Holabird, Katharine

Angelina and Alice were very good friends and they did everything together. One day when Angelina tried to do a handstand on the playground and fell, everyone laughed including Alice. Angelina was very mad at Alice for laughing. But when Angelina needed a partner in gymnastics class, Alice volunteered and they had a great performance.

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anger, conflict resolution, exercise, feelings, friendship, gymnastics, performance, play, recreation, self esteem, sports, teamwork

Where the wild things are

Sendak, Maurice

Max gets sent to his room without dinner. There he dreams about a new world of his own where he sails to an island and becomes the king of all the beasts. After all of his fun frolicking with the beasts, he comes home where a hot meal is waiting for him.

Spinky sulks

Steig, William

Spinky gets mad at his family and will not communicate with them. He sits outside all day and will not eat any of their food.

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anger, animals, decision making, disobedience, dog, family, feelings, food, goal setting, nonverbal communication, pets

Louie's search

Keats, Ezra Jack

Louie goes out to search for a father and sees all kinds of people. Finally, he finds a music box. A man thinks he stole it so he chases Louie and takes him home. Louie's mom and the man end up getting married.

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anger, conflict resolution, decision making, discovery, family, fear, feelings, marriage, music, nonverbal communication, parents, robbery, verbal communication

Charlie's house

Schermbrucker, Revina

Charlie is a young, poor boy. The shabby house he lives in was not made properly so Charlie decides to make a house of his own that is perfect with only one bedroom.

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anger, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, goal setting, imagination, poverty, shelter