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Jeremy's tail

Ball, Duncan

Jeremy shows a great deal of determination in finding the donkey all by himself. He constantly shows this pride by telling people not to tell him where the donkey may be.

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adventures, animals, blindness, critical thinking, decision making, donkey, goal setting, moving, refusal skills, rules, self esteem, stress management, travel, verbal communication, walking

April has a very vivid imagination which turns her house into a magical house. April's sister does not believe in the magic and when she is around it disappears for April too. One day when Meredith is struggling with her dance steps, April helps her to see the magic.

Stringbean's trip to the shining sea

Williams, Vera B.

Stringbean sends postcards to his Ma, Pa, and Grandpa. His postcards describe his trip to the Pacific Ocean.

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adventures, bodies of water, circus, communication, family, grandparents, mountains, ocean, parents, sight, travel, vacation

Tough cookie

Wisniewski, David

After discovering that his long time partner, Chips, has been eaten by Fingers, Tough Cookie travels to the Top of the Jar to find Fingers and put him away for good. Pecan Sandy shows how she can be a smart cookie in the end.

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adventures, body parts, bravery, challenges, community, confidence, conflict resolution, courage, death, feelings, food, friendship, humor, imagination, prejudice, problem solving, revenge, teamwork

Friends go adventuring

Heine, Helen

Three barnyard friends set out for a change of scenery. Through their adventures, they decide that they would all be better off at home.

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adventures, animals, bicycle, boredom, bravery, chicken, cow, environment, exercise, exploration, farm, friendship, helping, homesickness, mouse, pig, running, running away

The knight of the golden plain

Hunter, Mollie

A young boy daydreams that he is a fearless knight as a knight, he slays dragons and witches and helps a princess regain her voice.

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adventures, bravery, conflict resolution, dragons, dreams, mythical, nonverbal communication, witches

The three golden keys

Sis, Peter

A man returns to his hometown of Prague. He goes through adventures to find three keys that open the door to house of his childhood. Legends are revealed and the city comes alive.

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adventures, bravery, community, history, memories, multicultural, polish, storytelling

Bossyboots

Cox, David

Abigail is a little girl who bosses everyone around. On her stagecoach ride to Narrabri, a robber tries to steal all of the passengers' valuables. However, when he encounters Abigail, she yells at him and calls him Bossyboots. He listens to her and gives up all the loot.

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adventures, assertiveness, bully, conflict resolution, critical thinking, refusal skills, robbery, travel, verbal communication

The perilous pit

Protopopescu, Orel Odinov

Little Katie throws her peach pit over her shoulder. The pit then travels all over town causing adventures for everyone.

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adventures, car, food, nonverbal communication, storytelling, transportation

The detective of london

Kraus, Robert//Kraus, Bruce

After being asked to search for the missing bones, the detective of London sets out to find clues. Through many adventures, he locates them and saves the day. All in a day's work.

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adventures, careers, critical thinking, determination, discovery, english, goal setting, investigation, multicultural, mystery, verbal communication

Little toot on the thames

Gramatky, Hardie

A small tug boat feels insignificant until his adventures lead him to a situation in which he becomes the hero and is happy.

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adventures, boat, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, determination, fantasy, goal setting, helping, ocean, self esteem, stress management, transportation

Amanda pig on her own

Van Leeuwen, Jean

A collection of four short stories tell the adventurous tales of a young pig and her family. Often having a moral or value, the pigs usually resolve their problems well.

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 cat at night

Ipcar, Dahlov

A cat on a farm starts exploring at night after everyone goes to bed. We see all of his adventure in the night. We experience what the cat does.

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adventures, animals, cat, exploration, farm, night

It's spring

Minarik, Else Holmelund

Pit and Pat are very excited because it is spring. These cats use all their energy to jump over various things.

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adventures, animals, bodies of water, cat, excitement, exercise, friendship, happiness, jumping, moon, mountains, nonverbal communication, plants, river, seasons, spring, sun, verbal communication

Find waldo now

Handford, Martin

As Waldo travels through time, look for him in every era. Waldo visits the cavemen, Egyptians, Romans, Vikings, Middle Ages, Aztecs, and many more!His red and white striped shirt are tough to find!

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adventures, challenges, critical thinking, discovery, egyptian, exploration, future, history, multicultural, native american, nonverbal communication, time, travel

The seasons and someone

Kroll, Virginia

Have you ever wondered what the seasons are like in the northern most parts of the world?As a little girl passes through the seasons, you experience the changes of the land with her.

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adventures, change, excitement, feelings, geography, nonverbal communication, sadness, seasons, summer, winter

The wishing chair

Dupre, Rick

Eldon grows up from his childhood into this teenage years. He realizes that his wishes could come true through his actions and what he does for others.

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adventures, change, critical thinking, decision making, growing up, helping, learning, moving, responsibilities, self esteem, wish

The dragon of an ordinary family

Mahy, Margaret

The Belsakis were an ordinary family until the son receives a pet dragon. It grows too big which fores them to leave. It takes the family to the isles of magic which is full of wonderful things. The family returns without the dragon to live an ordinary life again.

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adventures, christmas, conflict resolution, dragons, family, holidays, island, neighbors, nonverbal communication, stress management, verbal communication

Santa calls

Joyce, William

A little girl and her brother take a trip to visit Santa in Toyland due to invite by Santa himself. As a result of the little girl's kidnapping, the brother and sister's relationship strengthens and the girl's Christmas wish comes true.

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adventures, christmas, conflict resolution, family, holidays, santa, siblings

Molasses flood

Lent, Blair

Charley loves molasses!One day the tank of molasses explodes and covers all the streets of Boston. His family stocks up on molasses and eats it all the time. Charley finally becomes sick of eating molasses.

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adventures, community, food, nutrition, rain, snow, weather

Great waldo search

Handford, Martin

Waldo and his wizard friend journey through a fantasy. It is filled with goblins, giants, monks, dwarfs, mermaids, knights, and hunters. In the end, Waldo will see the truth about himself.

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adventures, companion, critical thinking, dwarfs, fantasy, giants, goblins, mermaids, mythical, nonverbal communication, royalty, truth

Jackie's lunch box

Hines, Anna Grossnickle

While Jackie's sister is at school, Jackie is lonely because she must play by herself. When it is lunchtime, Jackie gets out her lunchbox and eats with her mom. Then Jackie takes a nap until her sister comes home. When her sister gets home, she has a surprise for Jackie.

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adventures, counting, dolls, family, food, helping, nutrition, parents, play, school, siblings, sleep

On halloween night

Wolff, Ferida

An adventurous travel through Halloween night which uses thirteen holiday objects such as crows, witches, and bats describe the scary evening.

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adventures, birds, counting, ghosts, halloween, holidays, moon, night, nonverbal communication, numbers, owl, sounds, traditions, witches

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

Friends

Heine, Helme

Three friends go off on many adventures together. They stick together and look out for each other, especially when disaster strikes.

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adventures, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, friendship, imagination, self esteem, teamwork

The tyrannosaurus game

Kroll, Steven

A group of children relate their adventures with a tyrannosaurus. The created story is passed on to others in the group to continue.

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adventures, communication, creativity, dinosaur, imagination, sequence, storytelling, verbal communication

A forest of boxes

Gunthorp, Karen

Davy the mouse is curious to see what lies beyond his area of the forest. One day he leaves and what an adventure he has when he goes to the city and thinks he is in a forest of boxes.

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adventures, community, curiosity, discovery, forest, independence, travel

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

Throw a kiss, harry

Chalmers, Mary

Harry is a little cat who has been misbehaving all day and getting himself into trouble. He gets stuck on top of a house and the fire department gets him down. His mother tells him to throw them a kiss, but he will not. Finally when he leaves, he blows a kiss.

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adventures, affection, conflict resolution, curiosity, family, nonverbal communication, parents, refusal skills, rescue, safety, verbal communication

Across the blue mountains

Clark, Emma Chichester

Miss Milberry lives happily at the base of the blue mountains with her beautiful garden and her animals, but she is curious about what it is like on the other side of the mountains. Miss Milberry takes a long trip trying to get to the other side, but she ends up at a place that looks very familiar.

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adventures, animals, birds, cat, curiosity, dog, food, forest, garden, mountains, nutrition, plants, travel

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

Gold fever

Kay, Verla

In a rhyming story a farmer joins a group of miners to look for gold. They travel through praries, deserts, and mountains panning for gold but never find much. The farmer, after finding no gold, leaves the miners to go back home to his farm and family.

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adventures, animals, author's note, bear, beverage, birds, camping, careers, clothing, desert, discovery, exploration, family, farm, food, hard work, hunger, mountains, nutrition, parents, rhyme, rocks, siblings, snake, tools, travel, vulture, water

Fanny's dream

Buehner, Carolyn

Fanny Agnes is a young farm girl who dreams of marrying a prince. When her fairy godmother does not arrive the day of the ball, Fanny decides to marry Hebert, a local farmer. As Fanny gets older, she realizes that Herbert really is her prince.

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adventures, animals, decision making, determination, dreams, fairy, family, fantasy, farm, feelings, godmother, happiness, love, marriage, mythical, nonverbal communication, pig, self esteem, sheep, verbal communication

Miss rumphius

Cooney, Barbara

Miss Rumphius was once a little girl who wanted to travel, see far away places, and eventually return home to live by the sea. She fulfills her life's goals of traveling and living by the sea. As an older woman, she seeks a way to complete her legacy.

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adventures, bodies of water, decision making, determination, goal setting, growing up, responsibilities, sea, self esteem, travel, verbal communication

The patchwork cat

Bayley, Nicole//Mayne, William

The cat sets out to retrieve her patchwork quilt that has been thrown away.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, determination, nonverbal communication, persistence

Dinosaur dream

Nolan, Dennis

Wilbur meets a baby dinosaur and travels back in time to take him home. He has the adventure of a lifetime and experiences more than he has ever dreamed.

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adventures, assertiveness, conflict resolution, dinosaur, dreams, goal setting, history, time, travel

The color box

Dodds, Dayle Ann

Alexander the monkey discovers a box which introduces him to a world of color. Each new color is an adventure and a discovery for Alexander.

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adventures, animals, decision making, discovery, mischief, monkey, nonverbal communication, sight

The paper princess

Kleven, Elisa

A little girl draws and cuts out a princess, but the wind blows her away. The princess then meets many new friends and has many new adventures as she tries to find her way back to the little girl.

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adventures, affection, art, critical thinking, dolls, feelings, friendship, goal setting, loss, weather, wind

Ten little mice

Dunbar, Joyce

The activities of ten little mice are shown in a clever way to show a simple lesson of subtraction. One by one, the mice go back to their cozy nest.

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adventures, animals, escape, friendship, mouse, nonverbal communication, numbers, sequence, stress management, verbal communication

Mouse views: What the class pet saw

McMillan, Bruce

Someone leaves the mouse house open!The class pet is wandering around school. Let's follow along on his journey and discover all that there is to see.

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adventures, animals, critical thinking, decision making, escape, mouse, nonverbal communication, perspective, school

Night of the gargoyles

Bunting, Eve

The gargoyles come to life at night. They leave their perches to explore the world. The gargoyles scare the watchman because they have no love for humans. Before the day comes, they return to their perches and wait for night.

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adventures, exploration, fantasy, night, nonverbal communication, play

Company's coming

Yorinks, A.

One day, aliens land in Moe and Shirley's yard. They seem friendly, so Shirley invites them to dinner. Moe becomes distressed and calls the FBI. The entire country becomes unnecessarily threatened by these harmless visitors.

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adventures, alien, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, feelings, fly, food, insects, misunderstanding, nutrition, presents, protection

Hannah's cold winter

Marx, Trish

A family in Budapest, Hungary enjoys taking family trips to the zoo to see the hippos. When the war hits their city, they save the hippos by collecting all the straw things that they can to feed them.

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adventures, animals, family, giving, hippopotamus, hungarian, multicultural, travel, war, zoo

Oliver and amanda and the big snow

Van Leeuwen, Jean

Join Amanda and Oliver in four fun-filled adventures after a big snowstorm hits their town. They enjoy playing in the snow, making a snowfort, sledding down snow-covered hills, and building a snowpig.

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adventures, animals, body parts, exercise, family, feelings, fun, games, happiness, nonverbal communication, parents, pig, running, seasons, sledding, snow, verbal communication, walking, weather, winter

Clipper ship

Lewis, Thomas P.

Adventures aboard the Rainbird, a clipper ship, are given from the perspective of the captain's young son as he journey's from New York around South America to California. On the voyage the captain becomes ill so his wives assume the duties of captain on the ship.

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adventures, assertiveness, boat, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, illness, parents, seasons, siblings, stress management, transportation, travel, winter

The forty-niner

de Mejo, Oscar

Homer sets out from Scotland to find gold in California. He has all sorts of crazy adventures before he is successful. He experiences everything from meeting an outer space Captain to marrying the Captain's daughter.

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adventures, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, fantasy, marriage

The halloween party

Anderson, Lonzo

A young boy is on his way to a Halloween party, when he sees two witches and follows them. He ends up at a Halloween party with witches, ogres, and gremlins and has a wonderful time. He returned home that night by way of broomstick, only to wonder if it was a dream or not.

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adventures, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, fantasy, fear, halloween, holidays, party

Dracula's cat

Wahl, Jan

Dracula and his companion go on an adventure to scare Agatha. To their dismay, they are too late and confront a bat. Together they work to save the bat. They learn that pets can be our best friends.

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adventures, animals, bat, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, exercise, fear, feelings, food, happiness, horse, jumping, monsters, mythical, owl, pets, sadness, stress management, verbal communication, walking, weather, wind, wolf

Anna banana and me

Blegvad, Lenore

A fearless little girl named Anna Banana has a very active imagination. Anna has a friend who is a small boy. Together they experience many exciting adventures. They both confront their fears and overcome them.

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adventures, assertiveness, conflict resolution, decision making, fear, friendship, imagination, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, self esteem, verbal communication

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