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My two uncles

Vigna, Judith

Homosexuality is a topic that is very difficult for most people to accept. This book examines how to deal with differences.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, differences, family, gender, grandparents, homosexuality, nonverbal communication, relationship, sexuality, stress management, verbal communication

A little boy, Miles, has a hard time when his parents divorce. He does not like his stepmother and is mean to her because she is not his real mother. After they spend the day together, however, they become friends and he realizes that he can be nice to her and his mother will not mind.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, divorce, family, nonverbal communication, parents, refusal skills, self esteem, verbal communication

Nobody wants a nuclear war

Vigna, Judith

A mother discovers that her son and daughter have built a shelter in case of a nuclear attack. She explains to them about World War II, and how people are trying to keep the world a peaceful place to live.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, history, peace, preparation, self esteem, shelter, stress management, verbal communication, war

Saying goodbye to daddy

Vigna, Judith

A young girl copes with the death of her father. Her mother and grandfather help her through the painful grieving after the car accident.

When eric's mom fought cancer

Vigna, Judith

A young boy copes with his mother's cancer. Going through a range of emotions, he finally comes to more of an understanding about her illness.

Mommy and me by ourselves again!

Vigna, Judith

Disappointed when her mother's ex-boyfriend forgets her birthday, Amy is comforted by her family when they give her a surprise birthday party and a special gift.

My big sister takes drugs

Vigna, Judith

This is a story about a boy name Paul and how his older sister, Tina, begins to take drugs to deal with the pressure when their family moves. Tina ends up getting arrested and has to go to a drug hospital. Paul learns how bad drugs are and realizes that Tina's friends were not true friends by giving her drugs.

Germs are not for sharing

Verdick, Elizabeth

Learn about the different things you can do to prevent germs from spreading and why it is so important. germs are not for sharing because they can spread and make you sick.

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awareness, body parts, cleanliness, five senses, health, hygiene, illustrator's note, prevention, repetition, routine, sharing, touch

Moon glows

Ver Dorn, Bethea

This book is about all of the things that are happening outside while children are trying to fall asleep.

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bedtime, moon, night, sleep

Food: Its evolution through the ages.

Ventura, Piero

Let's learn a brief history of our food systems throughout time.

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farm, food, history, learning, nutrition, technology

Wombat stew

Vaughan, Marcia K.

A dingo catches a wombat and wants to make stew. A lot of other animals help to make the stew, but they all end up tricking the dingo.

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animals, critical thinking, dancing, deception, dingo, food, koala, lizard, nonverbal communication, platypus, revenge, song

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

Badger's parting gifts

Varley, Susan

When Badger dies, the rest of the animals are very sad. It is not until they remember all of the good times with Badger that they get over their sadness.

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animals, change, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, death, decision making, feelings, goal setting, loss, memories, nonverbal communication, presents, sadness, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Amanda pig, schoolgirl

VanLeeuwen, J. Amanda

Amanda is very excited for her first day of school. She makes many new friends and tries to help a girl smile in her class. Amanda plays with toys, goes outside for recess, and realizes how much fun school really is.

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animals, bus, change, family, feelings, growing up, happiness, helping, parents, pig, play, sadness, school, shyness, siblings, toys, transportation

An apple pie for dinner

VanHecke, Susan

Wishing to bake an apple pie, Old Granny Smith sets out with a full basket, trading its contents for a series of objects until she get the apples she needs.

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animals, author's note, cat, cooking, dog, fable, five senses, food, hunger, illustrator's note, money, nutrition, recipe, smell, tree

Meet guguze

Vangheli, Spiridon

Through a collection of eight short stories, young Guguze and his family enjoy adventures from season to season.

Erika's story

Vander Zee, Ruth

After being thrown from a train as a baby during the Holocaust, Erika finds safety, love, and peace in the family that saves her.

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adoption, assertiveness, author's note, bravery, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, family, fear, feelings, germany, history, hope, identity, Jewish, loss, love, memories, multicultural, parents, prejudice, pride, rescue, sadness, self esteem, separation, storytelling, survival, train, transportation, verbal communication, war

Zathura: A space adventure

VanAllsburg, Chris

Danny and Walter Budwing have a typical brotherly relationship. It isnﾒt until Danny finds an old game that takes the boys away to another galaxy that the brothers finally reach a new appreciation for one another.

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accidents, adventures, alien, anger, apology, challenges, change, chaos, conflict, decision making, destruction, earth, family, fear, feelings, fight, robot, sounds, stars, verbal communication

Something to crow about

Van Woerkom, Dorothy

Ralph, a rooster, living alone, finds three eggs on his porch one morning. He decides to keep the chicks and brave being a single parent.

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birds, change, chicken, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, discovery, family, parents, stress management

Becky and the bear

Van Woerkom, Dorothy

Becky's father and brother go hunting for some food while she stays at home with Granny. Becky wishes she was old enough to go hunting and be brave. When Granny has to leave, Becky is left behind to finish some chores and is chased by a large bear.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, bravery, conflict resolution, decision making, family, food, grandparents, nutrition, parents, recreation, responsibilities, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

Oliver the mighty pig

Van Leeuwen, Jean

Oliver gets a new cape for his birthday and becomes Mighty Pig to the rescue in four short stories adout his adventures. Oliver fights fires and braves dragons during his quest to save everyone from danger until he has to conquer the hardest task of all which is to have patience while his cape is being washed.

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adventures, baby, birthday, bravery, celebration, clothing, disguise, dreams, family, feelings, fire, identity, imagination, jumping, parents, patience, pig, pretend, rescue

Amanda pig and her best friend lollipop

Van Leeuwen, Jean

Amanda and Lollipop are best friends. Lollipop is very shy and will only speak to Amanda. The two friends share secrets, dolls, and their childhood. Amanda and Lollipop have very different personalities that compliment each other. Amanda is very vocal and excited, whereas Lollipop is very shy and quiet.

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activities, animals, baby, bedtime, caring, companion, cooperation, differences, dolls, friendship, opposites, pig, secrets, self esteem, shyness, support, verbal communication

Oliver and amanda's christmas

Van Leeuwen, Jean

It is eight days before Christmas and Oliver's family is busy getting prepared for the holiday. They make gifts for each other, chop down a tree, hang their stockings, and make Christmas cookies. On Christmas morning, they open their gifts and play with them.

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anticipation, christmas, conflict resolution, decision making, food, holidays, nutrition, preparation, presents, refusal skills, self esteem, verbal communication

Oliver, amanda and grandmother

Van Leeuwen, Jean

Through five short stories, Grandmother Pig shows Oliver and Amanda how much fun she is to be around.

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animals, assertiveness, caring, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fun, grandparents, helping, love, parents, pig, self esteem, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

Too hot for ice cream

Van Leeuwen, Jean

On their way to the park, Elizabeth and her sister, Sarah, stop to buy ice cream. However, it is such a hot day that the ice cream melts all over them. Before they make it to the park, it begins to rain so they decide to turn around and go back home.

Going west

Van Leeuwen, Jean

A little girl's family moves west in order to start a farm. They face hard weather and are lonely but soon make friends.

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assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, farm, friendship, goal setting, loneliness, moving, nonverbal communication, pioneers, verbal communication, weather

Tales of amanda the pig

Van Leeuwen, Jean

This book contains five stories about Amanda the pig. Amanda learns to finish her food before going outside, she learns to have fun on a rainy day, she overcomes her fear of monsters, and she learns to get along and play with her brother.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, fear, feelings, food, learning, monsters, nonverbal communication, nutrition, pig, play, rain, siblings, verbal communication, weather

Oliver pig at school

Van Leeuwen, Jean

Through four short stories, Oliver pig takes us along on his exciting first day of school and how he makes friends.

Across the wide dark sea: The mayflower journey

Van Leeuwen, Jean

A young boy and his family leave England with many other people to search for a new life in a new land. They dream of finding a place where they can worship God in their own way. During their journey, everyone endures many hardships, but they find what they are looking for.

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animals, assertiveness, author's note, autumn, birds, boat, bodies of water, cat, death, dog, english, family, fear, feelings, food, garden, goal setting, god, happiness, illness, multicultural, native american, nonverbal communication, nutrition, ocean, parents, pilgrims, religion, seasons, self esteem, siblings, snow, spring, storm, transportation, travel, verbal communication, weather, wind, winter

More tales of amanda pig

Van Leeuwen, Jean

Amanda pig and her family experience five short stories. One describes Amanda playing with her brother and another describes how she organized a birthday party for her dad.

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

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.

Mama rocks, papa sings

Van Laan, Nancy

A new baby learns how to count to ten. With each experience, the baby and her parents sing in Creole. Come along to enjoy the sights and sounds of the Haitian culture.

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affection, awareness, baby, beliefs, careers, carnival, celebration, creole, culture, dancing, exercise, family, five senses, food, history, language, multicultural, music, numbers, nutrition, rhythm, sounds, verbal communication

Little baby bobby

Van Laan, Nancy

Baby Bobby is in for a wild ride when his buggy starts to roll down the hill through town. Everyone he passes begins to chase after him, but he enjoys the ride and ends up happily in the sand at the playground.

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baby, community, family, feelings, happiness, nonverbal communication, playground, rhyme, rhythm, sounds

Possum-come-a-knockin'

Van Laan, Nancy

A rhyming story of a visitor coming to someone's home. The family members were each doing their own thing and stopped to answer the door but no one was there.

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animals, conflict resolution, confusion, critical thinking, deception, decision making, family, nonverbal communication, opossum, rhyme, verbal communication

This is the hat

Van Laan, Nancy

Cumulative verses describe an old man's hat as it becomes a home for a spider, a mouse and many other creatures. The hat eventually returns to the old man.

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animals, clothing, insects, mouse, shelter, spider, verbal communication

La boda: A mexican wedding celebration

Van Laan, Nancy

Little Maria learns all about La Boda, a mexican wedding, from her grandmother, in a bilingual manner. She becomes part of the celebration and is happy to learn about and be part of her first wedding.

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celebration, ceremony, church, dancing, family, feelings, fireworks, food, happiness, language, mexican, multicultural, music, nutrition, party, presents, turkey, wedding

Harry hoyle's giant jumping bean

Van Horn, William

Harry has a house with seventy-two rooms filled with his many collections of things, including a dangerous giant jumping bean. In trying to make room for a new collection, the jumping bean escapes and destroys Harry's collection.

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assertiveness, collection, conflict resolution, decision making, destruction, shelter

Whose nose is this?

Van Gelder, Richard

People and animals have noses. Can you guess which nose belongs to whom?What is that nose used for?

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animals, anteater, bat, body parts, cow, dog, elephant, hippopotamus, horse, learning, monkey, nonverbal communication, pig, seal, whale

Tails

Van Fleet, Matthew

Check out these rhyming, interactive pages with texture. Colorful 3-dimensional pictures come to life with humor on every page (A Board Book).

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alligator, animals, bear, counting, five senses, fox, humor, monkey, numbers, opposites, pig, raccoon, reptiles, rhyme, sequence, tiger

The wreck of the zephyr

Van Allsburg, Chris

A young boy's dream of being the greatest sailor brings him to ruin when he misuses his ability to sail his boat above land.

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assertiveness, boat, bodies of water, careers, determination, magic, mischief, peer resistance, sea, storm, transportation, verbal communication, weather

Two bad ants

Van Allsburg, Chris

The ants discover a delicious crystal and head out at dark to retrieve some more. Two ants liked these crystals so much that they stay and fall asleep. They awake to a horrible danger and are finally rescued by the returning ants.

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ant, community, conflict resolution, decision making, insects, nonverbal communication, rescue, safety, sleep

The widow's broom

Van Allsburg, Chris

Minna Shaw rescues a fallen witch and in return is given the witch's old broom. Neighbors think the broom is evil, but it helps the widow with her chores. The neightbors try to destroy the broom, which later comes back to haunt them.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, decision making, destruction, neighbors, nonverbal communication, rescue, responsibilities, witches

Just a dream

Van Allsburg, Chris

Walter shows little concern for the environment. One night he dreams about a future Earth that is devastated by pollution. He gains a better understanding of the environment and makes changes in his life when he wakes up.

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appreciation, change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, dreams, environment, nonverbal communication, pollution, sleep, verbal communication

Polar express

Van Allsburg, Chris

On Christmas Eve, one little boy who had not lost the meaning of Christmas went on a train to the North Pole to visit Santa Claus's workshop and his reindeer. The boy was given a bell from Santa's sleigh, but the only ones who could hear it ring were those who still believe in Santa. On the way home he loses it, but when he wakes up the next morning, it is under his pillow.

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beliefs, christmas, decision making, holidays, individuality, lost, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, santa, self esteem, sleep, traditions

The wretched stone

Van Allsburg, Chris

A sailor keeps a journal about the journeys of his ship and crew mates. They discover an unusual island where they come upon a stone which has a beautiful glow. However, the stone brings danger to the ship until the glow turns gray.

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assertiveness, boat, careers, conflict resolution, decision making, discovery, island, nonverbal communication, stress management, travel

The z was zapped

Van Allsburg, Chris

This is an alphabet book that takes each letter and uses a verb to make something happen to it.

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alphabet, sequence

Winter rescue

Valgardson, W.D.

Thor wants to stay inside and watch cartoons on T.V. One day his grandfather needs help ice fishing and Thor is volunterred to help. Thor goes with grandfather, and the two ice fish for the entire day in the bitter cold. Thor ends up saving a man who falls through the ice.

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accidents, bodies of water, clothing, cold, culture, emergency, fishing, food, ice, injury, lake, neighbors, nutrition, recreation, rescue, snow, storytelling, technology, television, weather, wind, winter

The daddy machine

Valentine, Johnny

Sue and her sister do not have a dad. They want a dad, so they build a dad-making machine. The machine goes haywire, but it is really the girls' imaginations running away with them.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, goal setting, imagination, machines, neighbors, parents, siblings, verbal communication

The duke who outlawed jelly beans

Valentine, Johnny

This collection of modern fairy tales includes references to homosexuality and independence. A grand duke is left in charge of a kingdom. He makes all types of silly decrees but when they begin to affect homelife, children fight against his purpose.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, goal setting, homosexuality, independence, royalty, self esteem, verbal communication

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