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Yuck

Stevenson, James

A little witch, Emma, wants to be like the older witches, but is always excluded. One day, out of frustration, Emma gets together with the animals in the woods and makes a plan. The animals pretend to be under Emma's spell and all the other witches think she is a hero.

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animals, critical thinking, feelings, goal setting, jealousy, magic, nature, peer resistance, self esteem, teamwork, witches, woods

Yard sale

Stevenson, James

The animals of Mud Flat are having a yard sale. Items in the sale include a broken clock, an old footstool, and half an accordion. At the end of the day everyone is happy with their purchases.

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community, conflict resolution, confusion, decision making, feelings, happiness, money, party, peer resistance, persistence, verbal communication

Emma

Stevenson, James

Emma wants to fly like the witches, but they are mean and will not let her. Finally she comes up with a plan to make her the center of attention.

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feelings, friendship, jealousy, mythical, witches

The worst person in the world

Stevenson, James

Thanks to the ugliest thing in the world, Mr. Worst ends up looking at things in a good way instead of complaining about everything.

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assertiveness, decision making, feelings, friendship, happiness, peer resistance, sadness

Higher on the door

Stevenson, James

A little boy dreams of what it will be like when he is older.

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dreams, family, growing up, self esteem

We hate rain

Stevenson, James

Two children are upset because it rains for two days. Their grandpa tells them a story about when he was young, it rained for weeks and his house flooded. Finally, a man walks in the door and the children see it has stopped raining.

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family, feelings, grandparents, rain, sadness, stress management, weather

Brrr!

Stevenson, James

Whenever his grandchildren complain about the cold, Grandpa tells about the really cold winters he experienced when he was young.

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assertiveness, critical thinking, decision making, family, grandparents, memories, peer resistance, play, seasons, snow, storytelling, stress management, winter

Worse than willie

Stevenson, James

Mary Ann and Louie thought that nothing could be worse than their new baby brother. After talking to their Grandpa, they discovered that their new baby brother is not so bad after all.

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baby, change, coping, critical thinking, family, feelings, grandparents, imagination, jealousy, siblings

That dreadful day

Stevenson, James

Two children, Mary Ann and Louie, tell their grandpa how terrible their first day of school was. Grandpa tells them a story about his own horrible day at school with an evil teacher named Mr. Smeal, but the next few days were lots of fun.

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family, fear, feelings, grandparents, memories, refusal skills, school, self esteem, storytelling, stress management, verbal communication

What's under my bed?

Stevenson, James

Mary Ann and Louie's grandpa tell them a scarey story. Later one night, they run to tell him that something is under their bed. The grandpa shares another story about when he was young and what he would do when he was scared at bedtime.

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bedtime, family, fear, feelings, grandparents, imagination, memories, sleep, storytelling, verbal communication

That terrible halloween night

Stevenson, James

Marry Ann and Louie try to scare their grandpa on Halloween. Instead he tells them a story about a terrible Halloween he had years ago. He went into an old, rundown house and was scared by terrible creatures.

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family, fear, feelings, grandparents, halloween, holidays, memories, storytelling, verbal communication

Worse than the worst

Stevenson, James

When Warren comes for a brief visit, he acts like his great-uncle and proves even more difficult to get along with.

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conflict resolution, discipline, family, frustration, misbehavior, mischief, relationship, selfishness, similarities, stress management

The worst person's christmas

Stevenson, James

The worst person dislikes Christmas, but has a change of heart due to the kindness of his neighbors.

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assertiveness, christmas, decision making, feelings, holidays, loneliness, neighbors, self esteem

Could be worse!

Stevenson, James

Everything is always the same at Grandpa's house, even down to what he says. One morning at breakfast, Grandpa tells a fascinating and unrealistic story, breaking his normal routine.

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change, critical thinking, family, fantasy, grandparents, storytelling, verbal communication

There's nothing to do

Stevenson, James

Mary Ann and Louie are really bored, but a story about their Grandpa and his brother when they were young and bored, keeps them busy for awhile.

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boredom, decision making, family, feelings, grandparents, memories, storytelling

If I owned a candy factory

Stevenson, James

A boy imagines owning a candy factory. On each of his friends' birthdays, he gives them a carload of their favorite candy. He then invites all the kids in the world to come to the party.

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birthday, decision making, food, friendship, goal setting, holidays, imagination, party, presents

Oh no, it's waylon's birthday!

Stevenson, James

These three short animal stories describe a different birthday for an elephant, rest for a hippo, and fun for a bunch of penguins.

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animals, birthday, celebration, elephant, hippopotamus, penguin, sleep, squirrel

Howard

Stevenson, James

Howard the duck misses his annual migration and spends the winter in New York City making friends.

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birds, decision making, duck, friendship, nature, seasons, shelter, stress management, winter

Are we almost there?

Stevenson, James

Two boys are so excited to go to the beach that they fight all the way in the car. Their father gets angry and tells them to stop. After that, all the father hears is Are we there yet?.

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argument, beach, car, conflict resolution, family, parents, patience, siblings, transportation, travel

The most amazing dinosaur

Stevenson, James

Wilfred, a rat, takes on an adventure when he stumbles upon an old museum. He meets many friends there and has great fun exploring the exhibits. When Mr. Thrawl the owner sees them, their adventure comes crashing down. Will they ever have a warm place to sleep again?

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animals, birds, celebration, challenges, cleanliness, decision making, dinosaur, fear, feelings, food, friendship, happiness, history, loneliness, museum, owl, presentation, sadness, snail, squirrel

The night after christmas

Stevenson, James

A doll and teddy bear are thrown out after Christmas, because their owners received new toys for Christmas. A dog befriends them and finds them a new home.

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animals, bear, change, christmas, coping, critical thinking, dog, dolls, feelings, friendship, holidays, loneliness, nonverbal communication, sadness, self esteem, stress management

Will you please feed our cat?

Stevenson, James

Maryann and Louie's grandpa had to take car of his neighbors' pets when he was a young boy. He describes the escapades of feeding hundreds of cats, a rabbit, fish and gerbils.

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animals, cat, critical thinking, decision making, family, fish, gerbil, goal setting, grandparents, pets, rabbit, responsibilities, stress management

Mr. hacker

Stevenson, James

Mr. Hacker decides to leave his home in the city for a country house. At first he is lonely, but eventually he becomes friends with a cat he calls Ellis, and a dog he names Jarvis.

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animals, cat, change, coping, decision making, dog, feelings, friendship, goal setting, loneliness, moving, pets, self esteem, shelter, stress management

Happy Valentine's Day, Emma!

Stevenson, James

Emma is a kind-hearted witch, who makes valentines for the animals in the forest. Two mean witches play tricks on Emma but she gets sweet revenge and a surprise.

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animals, caring, creativity, deception, forest, holidays, kindness, mythical, revenge, surprises, valentine's day, witches

The supreme souvenir factory

Stevenson, James

Only Chester, the dog, who gets a job at the Supreme Souvenier Factory can save the factory from being taken over by greedy Mr. Sashwayte.

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animals, assertiveness, bravery, careers, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, dog, feelings, friendship, goal setting, greed, teamwork

No need for money

Stevenson, James

Convinced that crossing the river on the back of a donkey is too slow, some animals try to find a faster way to get to school.

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animals, bodies of water, decision making, donkey, goal setting, poverty, river, school, transportation

National worm day

Stevenson, James

Episodes in the lives of a worm, snail, beetle and rhinoceros are depicted in this book.

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animals, beetle, differences, insects, mollusks, rhinoceros, self esteem, snail, worm

The great big especially beautiful easter egg

Stevenson, James

A grandfather tells his grandchildren an Easter story about what he did to win a girl's heart.

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adventures, easter, family, feelings, grandparents, holidays, love, monsters, mythical, rabbit, storytelling

No friends

Stevenson, James

Mary and Louie have just moved into a new neighborhood. They are worried because they do not have any friends. Their grandpa tells them about when he moved to a new neighborhood when he was young.

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acceptance, change, coping, family, feelings, friendship, grandparents, loneliness, memories, moving, peer resistance, self esteem, storytelling

When I was nine

Stevenson, James

A man looks back and remembers when he was a young boy and the fun times he had.

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aging, growing up, memories, nature, nonverbal communication

Don't make me laugh

Stevenson, James

Do not laugh or smile,

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accidents, alligator, animals, dancing, dog, elephant, feelings, food, happiness, hippopotamus, humor, illness, rules

Grandpa's house

Stevenson, Harvey

Woody spends an exciting summer weekend visiting Grandpa. Together they go canoeing, out for breakfast, and to the beach, as well as share many other special memories.

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airplane, alligator, animals, beach, dog, family, feelings, grandparents, happiness, horse, love, nonverbal communication, parents, stress management, transportation, turtle, vacation, verbal communication

Tony and the toll collector

Stevenson, Eric

Tony sees Mr. Morton everyday at the Toll Booth. When he comes the next year, Mr. Morton is not there. He searches for him and finds him as a crossing guard.

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careers, change, friendship, money, safety

Molly mccullough and tom the rogue

Stevens, Kathleen

Tom roams the countryside charming the farmers' wives and tricking farmers out of fruits and vegetables. He meets his match in a plain-faced, sharp tongued farmer's daughter.

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assertiveness, critical thinking, deception, decision making, farm, food, fruit, nonverbal communication, nutrition, robbery, vegetables

Cook-a-doodle-doo!

Stevens, Janet//Crummel, Susan Stevens

Inspired by his hunger, Rooster decides to become a cook. Aided by his friends Turtle, Iguana, and Pig, the four chefs follow a recipe. Cooking terms like sifting, measuring, and beating are learned through their silly misunderstandings as they make the best strawberry shortcake ever.

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animals, books, chicken, communication, cooking, counting, five senses, food, hunger, iguana, math, numbers, nutrition, pig, recipe, sequence, teamwork, time, turtle

The great fuzz frenzy

Stevens, Janet & Grummel, Susan Stevens

When a dog drops a tennis ball into a Prairie Dog hold, it travels down, down, down to their home. Once they've overcome their fear, the Prairie Dogs begin to collect the fuzz from the ball to adorn themselves. When word of this gets out, more prairie dogs come in search of fuzz, and a fight begins. The fight is ended by the largest of the Prairie Dogs, Big Bark, as he takes all of the fuzz to adorn himself. Just as the prairie dogs are about to get mad at Big Bark, Eagle swoops down and picks him up by the fuzz to carry him off. Big Bark then uses his loud bark to scare the eagle and protect the other prairie dogs.

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acceptance, animals, ant, appreciation, birds, bully, community, dog, eagle, feelings, fight, imagination, insects, investigation, prairie dog, pretend

Tops and bottoms

Stevens, Janet

Hare and Bear decide to become business partners. Due to Bear's laziness, Hare tricks him three times. This is a great book because it shows children proper eating habits (with vegetables), and it provides a moral.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, discipline, fable, food, goal setting, habit, hare, laziness, manners, nutrition, persistence, teamwork, vegetables, verbal communication

Anna, grandpa, and the big storm

Stevens, Carla

Anna is annoyed with her grandfather who is staying with her family. He takes her to school one day in the midst of a big snow storm. They are standed and have a chance to get to know each other better.

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assertiveness, bravery, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, feelings, grandparents, growing up, snow, stress management, teamwork, weather

Hooray for pig!

Stevens, Carla

With the help of his friends, Pig overcomes his fear of water and learns to swim.

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animals, assertiveness, bodies of water, decision making, exercise, fear, feelings, friendship, goal setting, peer resistance, pig, recreation, refusal skills, self esteem, stress management, swimming

Floyd, a cat's story

Stern, Peter

Floyd, the cat, has everything, but he is not happy. One Friday his whole world changes when he finds a box.

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animals, cat, change, feelings, goal setting, greed, happiness, nonverbal communication, sadness

Mufaro's beautiful daughters: An African tale

Steptoe, John

The king of Zimbabwe is choosing a new wife. Mufaro sends his two beautiful daughters to be considered. The main difference between the daughters is that one has a kind temperment and the other has a bad temper.

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african, differences, family, feelings, folktale, jealousy, marriage, nonverbal communication, parents, plants, royalty, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication, zimbabwe

Creativity

Steptoe, John

Charles speaks English and Hector speaks Spanish. They learn that even though they speak different languages, they both come from African ancestors. Charles helps Hector adjust to life in the U.S. through fun activities.

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africa, african american, basketball, clothing, cooking, creativity, culture, curiosity, english, family, fishing, friendship, helping, home, identity, immigrants, language, learning, moving, multicultural, parents, puerto rican, relationship, school, slavery, spanish, sports

Train ride

Steptoe, John

A group of young boys take a trip on a train to go to a place that has mysterious games. They had a lot of fun on their trip.

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assertiveness, critical thinking, decision making, games, play, train, transportation, travel

Creativity

Steptoe, John

Hector is a new student in Charles' class from Puerto Rico. Hector has trouble adjusting to his new school at first, but Charles recognizes his differences as being creative, and helps him feel welcome.

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african american, confusion, family, feelings, friendship, language, multicultural, parents, peer resistance, puerto rican, self esteem, siblings, spanish, stress management

My special best words

Steptoe, John

A young black girl shares special words during the day with her younger brother, her baby sitter, and her single father.

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african american, assertiveness, baby, caring, child care, family, multicultural, parents, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

Daddy is a monster...sometimes

Steptoe, John

Bweela and her brother, Javaka, think their dad turns into a monster when they do something wrong. But at other times he is not so bad.

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anger, argument, assertiveness, disobedience, family, fear, feelings, monsters, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

Stevie

Steptoe, John

A young African American boy feels jealous and angry when his mother accepts a new babysitting job for a younger child. It is only until the boy moves away that he realizes how much fun he had with him.

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