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I eat fruit!

Tofts, Hannah

Young children will enjoy looking at fruit as you name them. Then you talk about them in your own language- a perfect book for sharing. Each page opens to an extended vocabulary about each fruit from whole strawberry with its stalk, its seeds, and sweet slices to a whole peach with its soft and fuzzy skin, pit, and slices. Which fruit do you like?

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colors, five senses, food, fruit, nonfiction, nutrition, pattern, touch

I eat fruit

Tofts, Hannah

Explains how one fruit can come in different forms. For example oranges are displayed as juicy, halves, seeds, peels and segments. Enjoy many bright photographs of fruits, including pages that fold out to create a very interactive book.

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colors, comparisons, cooking, fruit, math, measurement, nonfiction, photograph, plants

Meet the gizmos

Tocco, John V.

Pong, a young Chinese Gizmo, journeys to the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time. She is welcomed by Gizmos from other parts of the world, such as Russia, Africa and America. The other Pong is given a tour of the station while sharing the creative and imaginary world of the other Gizmos. The Gizmos do a fabulous job in working as a team to welcome Pong into her new space.

Moving day

Tobias, Tobi

A young girl is involved in moving to a new house and town. She confides her feelings to her new stuffed bear, which makes her feel better.

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change, community, coping, feelings, friendship, moving, sadness, shelter, stress management, verbal communication

Jane, wishing

Tobias, Tobi

Jane wishes she could change her name, hair, eye color, the number of children in her family, and even who her best friend is. In the end, Jane realizes all her wishes will not come true, and she decides to be happy anyway.

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acceptance, appearance, body image, family, grandparents, parents, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication, wish

Pot luck

Tobias, Tobi

Rachel and her grandmother prepare for a special dinner guest, Sophie, who is grandmother's oldest friend. The two of them go to market, cook, bake, and prepare a feast for Grandmother's special guest from the old country. They go through a lot of work to make sure everything is perfect.

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cooking, family, food, friendship, grandparents, nutrition, preparation

Anatole

Titus, Eve

Anatole finds a way to leave something in return for getting food. He becomes the greatest cheese taster by his secret identity, working late at night in the factory.

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animals, careers, food, giving, mouse, nutrition, secrets

Anatole and the cat

Titus, Eve

While working as the Cheese Taster at M'sieu Duval's factory, Anatole the Mouse is forced to face his biggest fear: a cat. When the cat threatens Anatole's job, Anatole puts his brain to work and comes up with a plan that saves his job and makes him the most respected mouse in all France.

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animals, bravery, careers, cat, critical thinking, decision making, fear, feelings, french, heroism, mouse, multicultural

Anotole and the pied piper

Titus, Eve

Anotale, a mouse, has to be a hero and save the children of his village from a musician. The musician steals the children so he can use them in his symphony. The mice end up escaping because they trick one of the musicians.

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animals, assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, cooperation, deception, decision making, escape, goal setting, mouse, music, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, robbery, verbal communication

Pumpkin pumpkin

Titherington, Jeanne

A little boy plants a pumpkin seed and watches it grow from a tiny sprout to a huge orange pumpkin. In the end, he picks the pumpkin and carves it for Halloween. However, he does save six seeds for planting next spring.

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food, garden, halloween, holidays, nature, plants

A place for ben

Titherington, Jeanne

Ben wants a place of his own. When his brother's crib is moved into his room, Ben begins to search for a place of his own. Ben puts some of his things in the garage, but he still feels like something is missing. He needs visitors. When his little brother, Ezra, comes to visit, Ben is happy. Ben decides that Ezra isn't so bad after all.

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companion, conflict resolution, family, frustration, independence, jealousy, loneliness, parents, sharing, siblings

Cinnamon, mint, & mothballs

Tiller, Ruth

For this young girl, a trip to grandmother's house is an adventure. There are all kinds of things for her to explore--a kitchen, bedrooms, parlors, and a dark cellar. It is the perfect place for a child's imagination to grow.

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adventures, amphibians, animals, autumn, cat, exploration, family, frog, grandparents, imagination, seasons, shelter

The wildlife 123: A nature counting book

Thornhill, Jan

Through the use of beautiful animals and wildlife, children learn how to count with numbers and words. The sequence is 1-20, 25, 50, 100, and 1000 Nature notes describe the animals in great deal at the end of the book.

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alphabet, animals, birds, counting, fish, insects, nature, numbers, sequence

My uncle

Thorne, Jenny

An uncle decides to take up climbing until he is bothered by wild animals. He then tries fishing instead and he likes it.

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animals, assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, mountains, nature, play, recreation

Siggy's spaghetti works

Thomson, Peggy

Siggy takes a group of students through his spaghetti factory. He shows them how to make spaghetti from start to finish. The children get to test the pasta during their tour. Siggy tells the students of the history of spaghetti and then they all dine on spaghetti.

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business, food, hard work, history, italian, learning, machines, multicultural, nutrition, presentation, taste, train, transportation, verbal communication

Polar bear night

Thompson, Lauren

Take a quiet journey through the stillness of the night where stars form a blanket of light over sleeping animals. Then let the warmth of mother bear's fur guide you into a deep slumber.

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animals, bear, family, listening, moon, mountains, night, observation, sea, seal, sight, sleep, snow, stars, walrus, whale

Mouse's first christmas

Thompson, Lauren

Upon the arrival of his first Christmas Eve, a little mouse explores his house which is full of Christmas surprises. His Christmas discoveries culminate in the appearance of the one and only Santa!

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angel, animals, christmas, discovery, exploration, five senses, food, holidays, illusion, love, mouse, music, nonverbal communication, nutrition, presents, santa, surprises, traditions, tree

The paradise garden

Thompson, Colin

Peter likes to sit and enjoy the wildlife and gardens around his house. Peter escaped and lived in the wild on his own. He plants seeds and picks fruits and vegetables. Peter feels lonely when the trees dies so he returns home.

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death, fruit, garden, home, listening, loneliness, quiet, seeds, trees, vegetables, wildlife

The paper bag

Thompson, Colin

A man moves into the town dump after it closes. He watches nature heal itself from the polluted earth.

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assertiveness, change, coping, environment, illness, moving, nature, nonverbal communication, shelter, verbal communication

Looking for atlantis

Thompson, Colin

A young child learns about life by looking at it the way his grandfather did. He learns about himself at the same time.

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acceptance, critical thinking, death, feelings, grandparents, learning, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, sadness, stress management, verbal communication

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

Putting the world to sleep

Thomas, Shelley Moore

As nighttime falls, bedtime is right around the corner. A soothing lullaby sets the mood for sleep, through a warm stanza repetition. A glowing fireplace, shining stars, and yawning baby signal a farewell to daylight.

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animals, baby, bedtime, cricket, day, dog, fire, insects, moon, mountains, night, nonverbal communication, owl, repetition, sea, sleep, stars, tree

"Stand back" said the elephant. I'm going to sneeze!

Thomas, Patricia

When an elephant announces that he is going to sneeze, all of the animals panic. If he sneezes, chaos will erupt by feathers flying off birds and stripes leaving zebras. Fortunately, the mouse has a plan, and it is up to him to save the animals from the elephant's devastating sneeze.

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animals, bear, bee, chaos, consequences, critical thinking, crocodile, elephant, giraffe, health, helping, hippopotamus, hygiene, illness, insects, kangaroo, manners, monkey, mouse, preparation, problem solving, zebra

African dancing

Thomas, Mark

Children explore African dance with music and movement.

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african, dancing, exercise, feelings, fun, happiness, instruments, learning, music, nonverbal communication, performance, photograph, sadness, storytelling

I have heard of a land

Thomas, Joyce Carol

Moving across country must have been very hard. Pioneers often picked up their belongings and moved on toward a common goal: starting a new life!

Lights on the river

Thomas, Jane Resh

Teresa and her family are migrant farm workers whose home is wherever there is work. With no permanent home, Teresa carries with her a wooden box containing a single candle from her grandmother that reminds her of the place she considers home.

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christmas, family, farm, grandparents, hispanic, holidays, memories, moving, multicultural, parents, plants, shelter, siblings, travel, verbal communication

Saying goodbye to grandma

Thomas, Jane Resh

Suzie's grandma died so Suzie goes with her family to her grandparents' house for the funeral. The family experiences many emotions in different ways when dealing with her death.

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acceptance, change, coping, critical thinking, empathy, family, feelings, grandparents, loneliness, loss, love, nonverbal communication, sadness, self esteem, verbal communication

Willie blows a mean horn

Thomas, Ianthe//Toulimin-Rothe, Ann

Willie spends a night watching his father play jazz on his trumpet. Willie wants to be like his father and his appreciation for music causes him to dream to be a jazz player like his father

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appreciation, careers, dreams, family, goal setting, growing up, music, nonverbal communication, parents

Eliza's daddy

Thomas, Ianthe

Eliza's mother and father are divorced so she spends every Saturday with her father. She is curious about his new family and wants to visit them more often.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, curiosity, divorce, family, goal setting, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, travel

Green beans

Thomas, Elizabeth

Dorthea's Gramma has very proper and strict ways of doing things including growing green beans. When Gramma leaves for a trip, she leaves Dorthea and her father in charge but they forget to take care of the beans. Everyone is surprised when Gramma returns.

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assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, dancing, disappointment, exercise, family, five senses, food, frustration, garden, grandparents, hard work, helping, hobby, nutrition, obedience, peer resistance, persistence, plants, rain, seasons, spring, stress management, summer, sun, taste, travel, trust, vacation, weather, worry

Farmer schulz's ducks

Thiele, Colin

After the growing traffic from a nearby city turns the road next to Anna's farm into a dangerous highway, Anna devises a way for her ducks to safely cross the road.

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assertiveness, birds, change, child care, community, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, duck, family, farm, health, parents, refusal skills, safety, verbal communication

Museum shapes

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Children will love learning about shapes through works of art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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art, colors, concepts, creativity, critical thinking, discovery, images, museum, shapes, stars, symbols, vocabulary

The puppy who wanted a boy

Thayer, Jane

Petey, the puppy, wants to find a boy for Christmas, but he has a hard time because there is a shortage of boys without dogs. However, right before Christmas, he finds a boys orphanage who wants him.

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animals, assertiveness, christmas, decision making, dog, goal setting, holidays, orphan, pets, refusal skills

Gus was a friendly ghost

Thayer, Jane

Gus, the ghost, asked mouse to stay with him when the family that Gus lived with went away for the summer. The family came back and mouse did not want to share the house, but Gus insisted that he must.

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animals, assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, ghosts, mouse, peer resistance, sharing, shelter, travel, verbal communication

The popcorn dragon

Thayer, Jane

Dexter, the dragon, likes to blow smoke and show off. His friends get tired of him always showing off and Dexter becomes very lonely. One day when he is dreaming, he hears fireworks going off. Dexter awakes to corn popping off the cobs -- caused by his hot breath while sleeping!

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animals, dragons, elephant, five senses, food, friendship, giraffe, mythical, nutrition, zebra

Owly

Thaler, Mike

Owly, a baby owl, asks his mother questions about the woods and she in turn helps him to discover the answers on his own.

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baby, birds, critical thinking, discovery, family, growing up, nature, owl, parents, woods

The clown's smile

Thaler, Mike

After the smile flies off the clown, he must chase it from the lion tamer to the mayor's wife. After staying away for awhile, the smile comes back to the clown.

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adventures, change, circus, clowns, coping, feelings, lost, nonverbal communication

Moonkey

Thaler, Mike

Monkey falls in love with the moon and will do anything to get to the moon. Monkey's friends try to help him reach the moon, but in the end, Monkey decides that he belongs with the jungle animals.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, goal setting, jungle, love, monkey, moon, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, self esteem, verbal communication

It's me, hippo!

Thaler, Mike

This story consists of four chapters which relate the troubles that hippo has when building a house, when he is painting a landscape scene, when he is healthy while all of his friends are ill, and finally when hippo's friends throw him a surprise party.

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animals, art, careers, change, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, feelings, friendship, frustration, health, hippopotamus, illness, party, peer resistance, shelter, surprises, verbal communication

The gingerbread doll

Tews, Susan

Rebecca lived during the Depression when times were hard, so when she gets a gingerbread doll instead of the porcelain doll she has always wanted, she understands and loves the doll. When times get better, Rebecca eventually gets a porcelain doll, but remembers the love she had for her gingerbread doll.

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acceptance, appreciation, christmas, dolls, family, grandparents, holidays, love, memory, moving, parents, poverty, siblings, storytelling, toys

Thumbs up, rico!

Testa, Maria

Rico, a boy with Downs Syndrome, overcomes many obstacles. See how he does it in three different stories.

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art, basketball, challenges, coping, creativity, differences, disability, diseases, family, friendship, siblings, sports

If you take a pencil

Testa, Fulvio

When you take a pencil and begin to draw, your imagination will soar. You may go from drawing cats, to birds, to fish, to sailors, and to treasure chests, where the biggest treasure is the pencil in your hand.

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adventures, animals, art, birds, cat, creativity, fish, imagination

Never satisfied

Testa, Fulvio

Two boys walk around their neighborhood complaining that nothing exciting ever happens. They are unaware of the odd events going on around them.

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adventures, awareness, boredom, critical thinking, disappointment, neighbors, nonverbal communication, play, refusal skills, verbal communication

"L" is for library

Terry, Sonya

Children with a friendly tabby cat, a dog, and ducklings move through the library stacks from A-Z as they discover many things to do and see in a library. You can learn about the Caldecott award, the Dewey Decimal System, and URL Web address.

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alphabet, animals, birds, books, calendar, cat, children, computer, dog, duck, library, onomatopoeia, sequence, technology

The lady's chair and the ottoman

Tennyson, Noel

A little ottoman has always desired to be near the lady's chair. After being patient, the ottoman is at last reunited with the lady's chair.

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anticipation, feelings, goal setting, patience

Fox's dream

Tejima, Keizaburo

A fox, who is on his own, struggles to survive during the winter. He is cold, hungry, and misses his family. In the end, he meets a friend and realizes that he is no longer alone.

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animals, family, feelings, fox, hunger, loneliness, sadness, seasons, survival, winter

Swan sky

Tejima, Keizaburo

During the winter, a young swan becomes ill and is unable to fly to her summer home. Her family stays with her until she dies, then they fly to their summer home and grieve the loss of their daughter.

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caring, change, conflict resolution, coping, death, family, feelings, grief, illness, loss, sadness, seasons, summer, travel, winter

Woodpecker forest

Tejima, Keizaburo

A young woodpecker hatches out of his egg and matures until he is ready for his first flight. He is frightened to fly, but the image of his father comforts him.

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birds, birth, family, fear, feelings, growing up, parents, woodpecker