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The christmas ghost

Buck, Pearl S.

A small boy shares the spirit of Christmas with his family and neighborhood. One of the older neighbors tells him about a ghost who walks each Christmas Eve. In turn, the boy learns about friendship, believing, and remembering.

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christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, faith, family, friendship, ghosts, holidays, memories, neighbors, nonverbal communication, sharing, verbal communication

The collector of moments

Buchholz, Quint

A violin player becomes quick friends with an artist, Max, who moves into the apartment above her family's. She is curious about the secrets that were held in his imaginative paintings. When Max does share his paintings with her, she is amazed at what she sees.

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anticipation, appreciation, art, beach, bodies of water, collection, companion, creativity, critical thinking, curiosity, ferry, friendship, imagination, instruments, music, nonverbal communication, ocean, sea, secrets, self esteem, sharing, snow

Georgia's bones

Bryant, Jen

A young girl, Georgia, is fascinated with shapes, colors, and objects. Her family does not share nor comprehend her love for art, so they deem her different. With her strong will and determination, Georgia moves to New York to discover a life as an artist. The illustrations help the reader detail the beauty of her work as they take us through the life of Georgia O'Keffe.

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adventures, art, assertiveness, biography, bones, careers, collection, critical thinking, decision making, environment, excitement, family, farm, flowers, goal setting, hobby, images, nature, pride, relationship, self esteem, travel, verbal communication, wildlife

A boy and his bunny

Bryan, Sean

One morning a boy wakes up to discover that he has found himself a new friend. Fred the bunny is on his head. The boy's mother is unsure about his new friend, but he assures her that he can accomplish many things with Fred on his head.

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alligator, animals, conflict resolution, french, language, nonverbal communication, parents, rabbit, rhyme, sledding, sleep, transportation, understanding, verbal communication

I'm going to sing: Black American spirituals volume two

Bryan, Ashley

Black American Spirituals are a representation of the resilience and bravery of enslaved Blacks. Although these songs represent suffering and sadness, they also demonstrate creativity, heritage, and expression. Ultimately, spirituals connect people to each other, their culture, and their goals.

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african american, art, drawing, feelings, happiness, history, hope, multicultural, music, sadness, singing, slavery, spiritual

Walk together children: Black American spirituals volume one

Bryan, Ashley

Black American Spirituals are a representation of the resilience and bravery of enslaved Blacks. Although these songs represent suffering and sadness, they also demonstrate creativity, heritage, and expression. Ultimately, Spirituals connect people to each other, their culture, and their goals.

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african american, art, drawing, feelings, happiness, history, hope, multicultural, music, publisher's note, sadness, singing, slavery, spiritual, walking

Beautiful blackbird

Bryan, Ashley

Colorful birds in the forest want to be like the blackbird. The blackbird teaches the other birds that each one is beautiful in its own unique way and that beauty does not come from a color.

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african, assertiveness, beauty, birds, colors, comparisons, dancing, differences, envy, exercise, feelings, multicultural, poetry, rainbow, rhyme, rhythm, self esteem

The cat's purr

Bryan, Ashley

A cat and a rat are friends. However, the rat tricks the cat and plays the special cat drum which only cats play. The cat seeks revenge on the rat and ends up swallowing the drum, and that's how the cat first started to purr.

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animals, assertiveness, cat, conflict, conflict resolution, critical thinking, friendship, mouse, nonverbal communication, revenge, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Winter fox

Brutschy, Jennifer

A little girl gets a pet rabbit and discovers that a fox has eaten her pet. She goes with her father to hunt the fox, but feels sorry for it when she sees its hungry eyes. Then she asks her father not to kill it.

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animals, assertiveness, death, disappearance, feelings, fox, hunting, loss, pets, rabbit, sadness, seasons, snow, verbal communication, weather, winter

Little bear's pancake party

Brustlein, Janice

A small bear is searching for pancakes. He goes for a walk and encounters all of his animal friends who try and help. Finally, the bear throws a party for his friends and they make pancakes.

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animals, bear, conflict resolution, critical thinking, food, friendship, goal setting, helping, nonverbal communication, nutrition, sharing, teamwork, verbal communication

Babar comes to america

Brunhoff, Laurent de

Babar, the elephant, visits America. Babar and other elephants visit their old friends, meet new friends, and sight see throughout America. Although Babar is sad to leave, he will always treasure the memories.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, elephant, feelings, friendship, learning, memories, nonverbal communication, sadness, travel, verbal communication

Babar and that rascal arthur

Brunhoff, Laurent de

Babar, his family, and cousin Arthur go on vacation. Arthur sneaks off to find adventure. After parachuting off a plain, Arthur is lost. Many animals try to help Arthur find his way home.

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adventures, animals, camel, critical thinking, elephant, family, lost, verbal communication, worry

Babar's anniversary album

Brunhoff, Jean de//Brunhoff, Laurent de

Maurice Sendak pays homage to Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff. This anniversary album consists of his six favorite stories about Babar and his adventures.

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adventures, animals, critical thinking, elephant, family, friendship, goal setting, imagination, love, parents, self esteem, siblings

Babar and father christmas

Brunhoff, Jean de

Babar, the elephant, is off to help Santa with Christmas. He gets to explore the North Pole and Santa's Workshop. Throughout the story, we get to see the true meaning of Christmas.

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animals, christmas, conflict resolution, decision making, elephant, family, giving, goal setting, helping, holidays, nonverbal communication, sharing, teamwork, verbal communication

Babar and the ghost

Brunhoff, Jean de

Babar, his friends, and family go on a hike. A storm comes so they go into a castle. The children find a ghost that only they can see, and it follows them home.

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animals, critical thinking, elephant, family, fear, feelings, ghosts, mythical, parents, play, siblings, storm, stress management

Babar and his children

Brunhoff, Jean de

Babar, the king of Celesteville, and his wife are expecting a baby. There is not just one baby but triplets. The babies experience many adventures growing up.

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animals, baby, elephant, family, growing up, helping, royalty, stress management

Babar the king

Brunhoff, Jean de

Babar, now king, decides to build a beautiful city. With the help of a teacher, he is able to bring things back from his honeymoon to build the city with. All the elephants make the city and the rest of the animals are confused by all the commotion.

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animals, change, community, cooperation, decision making, elephant, goal setting, helping, royalty, teamwork, verbal communication

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

Babar and zephir

Brunhoff, Jean de

Zephir the monkey goes home to visit his family. While he is there, someone kidnaps princess Isabelle and Zephir goes to find her.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, monkey, nonverbal communication, royalty, travel, verbal communication

The travels of babar (Le voyage de babar)

Brunhoff, Jean de

King Babar and his wife, Celeste, go on a trip but their balloon they are traveling in, crashes. They find different people to help them get back. When they arrive home they must help the other elephants regain their kingdom.

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accidents, adventures, animals, elephant, rescue, rhinoceros, travel

Le couronnement de babar

Brunhoff, Jean de

The story is about the famous elephant Babar and his adventures in getting married. It illustrates how he introduces his bride to family and friends, the wedding ceremony, and the celebration afterwards. This book was entirely in French and the pictures tell the story.

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acceptance, adventures, animals, celebration, conflict resolution, decision making, friendship, language, love, marriage, multicultural, nonverbal communication, verbal communication, wedding

Fox song

Bruchac, Joseph

Jamie remembers her grandmother and all the things that they did together. These memories help Jamie deal with the loss of her grandmother.

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change, coping, critical thinking, death, family, grandparents, loss, love, memories, multicultural, native american, traditions

Food and festivals: West Africa

Brownlie, Alison

Describes the West African culture of food, including the kinds of food grown and eaten, and various feast days like Ramadan, Easter, naming ceremonies, and yam festivals.

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africa, african, baby, beach, bodies of water, camel, cattle, celebration, ceremony, chicken, community, cooking, dancing, family, farm, food, friendship, fruit, ghana, goat, hard work, holidays, language, multicultural, music, muslim, parade, preparation, religion, respect, river

Gorilla

Browne, Anthony

Neglected by a busy father, a young girl receives a gorilla stuffed animal from her father. Gorillas are her favorite animal and soon she and her gorilla are off on a magical trip.

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animals, careers, conflict resolution, family, friendship, gorilla, imagination, love, magic, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, verbal communication

Voices in the park

Browne, Anthony

A typical day's walk through the park is seen through the eyes of a grouchy woman, an unhappy man, a lonely boy, and a happy young girl. An intriguing look at how friendships are made and torn apart.

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anger, animals, ape, assertiveness, confusion, depression, dog, exercise, family, feelings, food, friendship, happiness, jumping, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, peer resistance, playground, running, sadness, verbal communication

Changes

Browne, Anthony

A little boy is told by his father that things are going to change. The boy imagines the tea kettle growing a tail and other ridiculous things to explain what his father said. However, when his mother and father arrive home with a new baby he realizes what his father meant about things changing.

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baby, birth, change, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, family, imagination, parents, siblings

The tunnel

Browne, Anthony

Rose and Jack are brother and sister who just do not get along!One day their mother makes them go out to play together. When they stumble upon a tunnel that leads to an imaginary world, they come home getting along just fine.

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bravery, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, family, fear, feelings, fight, imagination, nonverbal communication, siblings, verbal communication

Willy the wimp

Browne, Anthony

Willy is called Willy the Wimp by the local gorilla gang. One day he sees an ad in his comic book on how to stop being a wimp. He starts exercising, eating healthy, and lifting weights to the point where the gorilla gang becomes afraid of Willy.

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animals, assertiveness, body image, bully, conflict resolution, exercise, goal setting, gorilla, growing up, health, running, self esteem

Willy's pictures

Browne, Anthony

Follow along as Willy includes himself in fun remakes of classic paintings. Then challenge yourself to match Willy's art to the original masterpiece.

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art, differences, gorilla, history, humor, images, monkey, nonverbal communication, perspective, similarities

Zoo

Browne, Anthony

This family goes to the zoo for the day. There is a lot of arguments that go on during the day with the family. It is not a positive day.

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argument, conflict resolution, family, fight, nonverbal communication, parents, peer resistance, siblings, zoo

Piggy book

Browne, Anthony

Mrs. Piggott was taken for granted by her two sons and husband. Mrs. Piggott got fed up and left all the work up to the men of the household. After a few day of disaster, Mrs. Piggott came back to a house full of appreciative men.

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animals, appreciation, assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, family, peer resistance, pig

Willy and hugh

Browne, Anthony

Willy the monkey is alone. One day, Willy becomes friends with Hugh. They do things together like go to the zoo.

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animals, conflict resolution, feelings, friendship, loneliness, monkey, sadness, sizes

Willy the champ

Browne, Anthony

Willy is a monkey that tries to succeed at many different things. Everytime Willy tries something, he is made fun of. Willy accidentally beats up the bully and becomes the champ.

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animals, disappointment, feelings, friendship, insecurity, monkey, peer resistance

Willy the dreamer

Browne, Anthony

Willy the ape dreams. Willy dreams the same things you or I might dream and his dreams show a very colorful imagination.

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adventures, animals, ape, bedtime, dreams, fantasy

That flag

Brown, Tameka Fryer

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anger, author's note, bias, change, clothing, comparisons, conversation, differences, family, feelings, flag, friendship, games, hatred, history, illustrator's note, jump rope, learning, museum, neighbors, parents, quiet, racism, reading, recess, respect, sadness, school, technology, television, war

One stormy night

Brown, Ruth

A little dog wanders around the area one stormy night. The dog observes everything that is going on. He finally rests in the morning.

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animals, curiosity, dog, night, noise, nonverbal communication, rain, storm, weather

Toad

Brown, Ruth

A dirty toad has a slimy, mucky day in the swamp. It turns out that being disgusting pays off when a monster spits out the toad because of its terrible taste. You can't judge a toad by appearance alone.

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amphibians, appearance, bodies of water, conflict resolution, five senses, habitat, insects, jumping, pond, self esteem, smell, swamp, taste, toad

Our puppy's vacation

Brown, Ruth

It is puppy's first vacation and everything is new and full of adventure. Puppy meets some challenges and makes unexpected friends.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, curiosity, decision making, dog, friendship, nonverbal communication

Hickory

Brown, Palmer

There is a family of mice that live in an old grandfather's clock. One of the mice named Hickory decides that he wants to move out into the field. Hickory lives out there and makes friends with a grasshopper named Hop.

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adventures, animals, caring, family, friendship, goal setting, mouse, parents, peer resistance, siblings

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

Let's go swimming with mr. sillypants

Brown, Mary K.

Mr. Sillypants enrolls himself in swimming lessons. When he thinks about what he has done, he gets scared. When he goes to bed, he dreams that he is a fish. When he wakes up, he feels a little better about taking swimming lessons.

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animals, dreams, exercise, fear, fish, learning, stress management, swimming

Afro-bets: Book of shapes

Brown, Margery

Langston makes cookies by rolling dough in the shape of a circle. Once he is finished making cookies, he stacks them in a rectangular box. Next, he makes diamond cookies.

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african american, food, multicultural, nutrition, shapes

Afro-bets: Book of colors

Brown, Margery

Colors tell us many things. Red means danger and says stop. Yellow is the color of a banana. Purple is the color of grapes. When you mix certain colors, they make new colors.

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african american, colors, food, multicultural, nutrition, safety

Wheel on the chimney

Brown, Margaret Wise//Gergely, Tibor

A stork builds a nest on a chimney during spring. Soon the stork is joined by another stork and they have babies. Suddenly it grows cold, so the storks head south for the winter. In the spring, the storks move back and the cycle starts over again.

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birds, birth, decision making, family, goal setting, nonverbal communication, seasons

Christmas in the barn

Brown, Margaret Wise//Cooney, Barbara

The story of Christmas begins with Mary and Joseph being refused at the inn, so they experience the birth of a special baby in the barn.

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animals, barn, birth, christmas, conflict resolution, holidays, nonverbal communication, religion, rhyme, spiritual, storytelling, verbal communication

The dead bird

Brown, Margaret Wise//Charlip, Remy

A group of young children find a dead bird. They decide to bury the bird. They take the bird to the woods to give it a proper burial. The children mourned, sang, and planted flowers around the dead bird's grave. The children came back to visit the grave, until they forgot.

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birds, death, decision making, grief

A home in the barn

Brown, Margaret Wise

In the winter, it is too cold for the animals to be outside but the barn is warm. All the horses, cattle, mice, birds, and cats stay there together to keep away from the cold. Even though there are a lot of animals in the barn, they all get along and help to keep each other warm.

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