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Bimwili and the zimwi

Aardena, Verna

Bimwili, a young Swahili girl, finds a shell at the seashore. Leaving it behind, she returns to fetch it and is captured by a shape-changing ogre. She must match wits with him in order to go home

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assertiveness, change, critical thinking, decision making, fantasy, goal setting, growing up, loneliness, self esteem, teamwork, verbal communication

Rachel and Josh's mother works the graveyard shift at the factory. The children play with their Nana and she helps them with their homework then gets them ready for bed. They share a special time with their mom in the morning before school, cherishing their time with her by the dawn's early light.

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careers, caring, child care, family, grandparents, hard work, love, nonverbal communication, parents, siblings, stress management, verbal communication, working mother

On the day his daddy left

Adams, Eric J.//Adams, Kathleen

On the day his daddy leaves town, Danny wakes up early to write down a secret question, then he slips it into his pocket. He shows and talks about the secret question to his teacher, his mom, his friend, and even his dad. Each person tries to reassure Danny that his parent's divorce is not his fault. Danny's secret question flies away in the wind, but he still keeps asking other questions -- and he always will.

A day in the life of a dentist

Adamson, Heather

Dr. Fong provides readers with an outline of what she does in her job as a dentist. Starting at the beginning of her day, Dr. Fong describes the various articles of clothing that she and the other office staff wears. This includes office managers and hygienists, who help the dentist when she cares for her patients. After eating her lunch, Dr. Fong demonstrates various techniques, including x-ray imaging and models, that she uses to visualize a patient's mouth. Finally, Dr. Fong shows the tools she uses when examining a patient and describes the importance of visiting dentists, like her, regularly!

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appearance, careers, critical thinking, dentist, education, hard work, helping, history, hygiene, nonverbal communication, responsibilities, role model, routine, teamwork, teeth, tools, verbal communication, work

The number on my grandfather's arm

Adler, David A.

A little girl's grandpa comes over to her house to babysit her. She sees a number on his arm. She asks about it and he tells her about when he was young and in a concentration camp in Germany.

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assertiveness, child care, coping, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, german, grandparents, history, Jewish, multicultural, nonverbal communication, self esteem, verbal communication

Chanukah in chelm

Adler, David A.

Mendal, the caretaker of the Chelm synagogue must find a table to set the menorah on. He searches the synagogue and cannot find one. Rabbi Nachman sends him to a carpenter to get one. Preparation for Hanukkah in this town of Chelm is remarkably eventful and fun.

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author's note, beliefs, church, critical thinking, customs, dancing, exercise, folktale, food, hanukkah, holidays, humor, Jewish, multicultural, nutrition, prayer, preparation, religion, traditions, verbal communication, winter

Bacteria Joe

Adler, Sigal

One night, a boy does not brush his teeth and eats chocolate before going to bed. Bacteria Joe comes along and begins eating away at any remaining sugars and sweets in the boy's mouth. After causing cracks to form in the boy's teeth, Bacteria Joe is finally washed away, and the boy promises his Mom that he will always brush his teeth twice a day in order to maintain a healthy smile and prevent tooth decay!

Hard to be six

Adoff, Arnold

This is one little boy's story of coming to accept his age. He feels inferior to his big ten year old sister and he longs to be old like her. It is not until he talks to his grandmother and sees his grandfather's grave that he realizes that life at any age is hard.

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african american, aging, birthday, change, death, family, grandparents, holidays, loss, love, multicultural, parents, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

Ma nda la

Adoff, Arnold

This is a picture book with only the words Ra, Ma, La and Ha. The pictures tell the story of a boy and his parents who have a crop which they are planting. The pictures depicts the growth of the crops.

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family, food, goal setting, multicultural, nonverbal communication, plants, teamwork, verbal communication

Ludlow laughs

Agee, Jon

Ever since Ludlow was born, he has been a big grump who never laughs or smiles. Suddenly he begins having the funniest dreams in the world and laughs hysterically all night long. His laughter becomes so contagious that a local radio station decides to broadcast Ludlow's laughter around the world. One night, Ludlow did not laugh in his sleep, but he did wake up with a huge smile on his face!

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anger, dreams, feelings, happiness, health, morning, multicultural, neighbors, night, nonverbal communication, radio, sadness, sleep, stress management, technology, verbal communication

The incredible painting of Felix Clousseau

Agee, Jon

A man's paintings come to life. This causes some people problems, so he is imprisoned. When one of his paintings helps the king, he is released.

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art, careers, conflict resolution, coping, royalty, self esteem, verbal communication

Peepo!

Ahlberg, Janet//Ahlberg, Allan

A baby boy watches his family do lots of activities all day long.

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activities, baby, counting, family, five senses, growing up, nonverbal communication, observation, verbal communication, vision

It was a dark and stormy night

Ahlberg, Janet//Ahlberg, Allan

An eight-year-old boy named Antonio is kidnapped by thieves. The chief orders Antonio to tell a story, which he cleverly uses for his escape. His story includes all sorts of adventures.

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adventures, animals, bear, courage, critical thinking, deception, escape, imagination, storytelling, verbal communication

Louella mae, she's run away!

Alarcon, Karen Beaumont

Louella Mae has disappeared and her family goes on a wild search around the farm to find her. At the end, not only is her location discovered, but also the fact that Louella Mae is really a pig!

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animals, critical thinking, disappearance, family, farm, feelings, lost, mystery, nonverbal communication, pig, rhyme, stress management, verbal communication, worry

Bonnie mcsmithers you're driving me dithers

Alderson, Sue Ann

Bonnie is trying to entertain herself. In the process she makes mischief and irritates her mother. Mommy's anger disturbs Bonnie. She doesn't understand why Mommy gets mad and why she doesn't play with her. Bonnie confronts her and then Mommy realizes that her daughter needs her very much.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, frustration, games, imagination, love, mischief, parents, self esteem, verbal communication

My dad has HIV

Alexander, Earl//Rudin, Sheila//Sejkora, Pam

The virus (called HIV) is explained in this gentle and descriptive story about a young girl whose father is living with HIV. The facts about the virus are described in a way that children can understand. The story helps children to know that a person with HIV can lead a normal life.

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acceptance, aids, awareness, careers, communication, differences, diseases, family, fear, feelings, food, health, hygiene, illness, love, medicine, nutrition, parents, presentation, sadness, school, science, sleep, support, verbal communication

The house gobbaleen

Alexander, Lloyd

After a stroke of bad luck, Tooley calls up on the Friendly Folk to help him improve his luck. When Hooks comes to the door, Tooley invites him in the house despite warnings from his cat. Hooks takes advantage of Tooley and makes his luck even worse than before-until the house gobbaleen scares Hooks away.

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adventures, anger, animals, cat, change, depression, fantasy, fear, feelings, friendship, greed, mythical, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, relief, sadness, self esteem, superstition, verbal communication

The fortune tellers

Alexander, Lloyd

A carpenter who is unhappy with his life, goes to a fortune teller. The fortune teller tells him that he will be rich and famous. The carpenter does become rich and famous by becoming a fortune teller himself.

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assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, dreams, fantasy, feelings, fortune, goal setting, sadness, verbal communication

You're a genius, blackboard bear

Alexander, Martha

Anthony wants to go to the moon. His only problem is that he does not know how to build a spaceship. When Anthony goes to sleep, his friend blackboard bear builds a spaceship. Together they pack the spaceship for their trip. Anthony begins to get worried about the trip and decides he will stay safely at home while blackboard bear goes to the moon himself.

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animals, astronomy, bear, bedtime, conflict resolution, dreams, helping, moon, night, preparation, sleep, stars, travel, verbal communication

No ducks in our bathtub

Alexander, Martha

David endlessly tries to convince his mother to allow him to have a pet. However, all of his choices are inappropriate. Finally, they agree on fish, so he waits for the fish eggs to hatch. Only, the eggs aren't fish eggs after all.

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animals, bath, birds, compromise, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fish, frog, goal setting, obedience, parents, pets, pond, stress management, verbal communication

When the new baby comes, i'm moving out

Alexander, Martha

Oliver is becoming a big brother, and is dreading the arrival of his new sibling. He becomes angry and jealous and threatens to leave his mother. However, she is able to convince him that he is loved and needed at home.

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argument, assertiveness, baby, conflict, conflict resolution, family, jealousy, love, parents, siblings, verbal communication

How my library grew, by dinah

Alexander, Martha

There is a new library being built near Dinah's house. She watched it get larger and could not wait for it to open. When it did she wanted to get a card of her own, so Dinah learned how to write her name and got her own library card.

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assertiveness, books, goal setting, imagination, library, nonverbal communication, verbal communication

Move over, twerp

Alexander, Martha

A little boy gets on the school bus and gets bullied out of his seat. He tries to build muscles, but that does not work. He cleverly calls himself Supertwerp and all the big kids love it and no one ever asks him to move again.

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bully, conflict resolution, decision making, peer resistance, refusal skills, school, self esteem, verbal communication

Marianthe's story one: Painted words. Marianthe's story two: Spoken memories

Aliki

When a child moves to a new school it can be frightening. Mari not only moved to a new school, but a new culture as well. Mari uses painted pictures to communicate her words and recalls her life through spoken memories.

Christmas tree memories

Aliki.

One Christmas eve, a family gathers in front of their Christmas tree. Each ornament brings back a memory. The family shares rememberences of friends, places, events and their own family through the stories of each decoration.

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christmas, family, friendship, holidays, memories, self esteem, traditions, verbal communication

We are best friends

Aliki.

Two young boys must deal with the idea of one best friend moving away. Luckily, each meets a new friend. They are able to keep their friendship through letters.

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correspondence, critical thinking, feelings, friendship, games, loneliness, memories, missing, moving, nonverbal communication, playground, sadness, verbal communication

The stupids take off

Allard, Harry//Marshall, James

The Stupid family go on a trip to escape from their bizarre uncle. While on their trip, they run into more bizarre relatives. They have one adventure after another until they reach home.

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adventures, family, humor, imagination, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, travel, verbal communication

Bertie and the bear

Allen, Pamela

A bear was chasing Bertie. So, the king chased the bear and everyone in the knigdom ran along and made noise. The bear was flattered by all the attention.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, conflict resolution, fear, nonverbal communication, royalty, teamwork, verbal communication

Bad day at riverbend

Allsburg, Chris Van

The small town of Riverbend is under siege by omnipresent forces in this wonderful tale.

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assertiveness, bravery, community, conflict resolution, cowboys, critical thinking, decision making, fight, ghosts, goal setting, mystery, nonverbal communication, stress management, verbal communication

There's a little bit of me in jamey

Amadeo, Diana M.

Jamey has leukemia and becomes very sick. His brother feels like his family cares more about Jamey than they do him. His mother assures him that he is loved just as much as Jamey. When Jamey needs a bone marrow transplant he agrees to be the donor.

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bravery, caring, decision making, envy, family, fear, feelings, grandparents, illness, love, moods, parents, sadness, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication, worry

Ready, set, brush! A pop-up book

American Dental Association

Elmo and his gang teach you how to brush your teeth. First, Elmo teaches you about how much toothpaste to use, and Marvin Monster helps you learn about where you should brush. Then Zoe reminds you to brush your tongue, and you learn about rinsing from the Cookie Monster. Next, Martha Monster visits the dentist for a checkup, and he tells her that she, and all of her friends, do a great job of taking care of their mouth by brushing and rinsing twice a day!

Tom in the middle

Amoss, Berthe

Tom's little brother, John, follows him everywhere. Sometimes, he becomes a pest. His big brother Mark can do almost anything. Tom gets mad one day and goes away, but gets scared and comes back home.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, goal setting, happiness, refusal skills, sadness, siblings, verbal communication

The santero's miracle: A bilingual story

Anaya, Rudolfo

Don Jacobo and his grandson carve a figurine of a saint from wood for the Christmas season. A large snow storm comes and closes the roads. This creates problems for Don Jacobo's family who wants to visit their family. It is also a problem for his sick neighbor who needs to to go the the hospital.

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carving, christmas, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, grandparents, helping, holidays, language, mexican american, miracle, multicultural, snow, spanish, stress management, traditions, verbal communication, weather

Truffles is sick

Anbolt, Catherine

Truffles wakes up sick and is covered with spots. He has to stay in and take awful medicine. By the end of the day, Truffles realizes that being sick and resting is not so bad after all.

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animals, chicken pox, diseases, dog, illness, medicine, sleep, verbal communication

Lizzie demands a seat! Elizabeth Jennings fights for streetcar rights

Anderson, Beth

One hundred years before Rosa Parks took her stand, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jennings tried to board a streetcar in New York City on her way to church. Though there were plenty of empty seats, she was denied entry, assaulted, and threatened all because of her race -- even though New York was a free state at that time. Lizzie decided to fight back. She told her story, took her case to court -- where future president Chester Arthur represented her -- and won! Her victory was the first recorded in the fight for equal rights on public transportation, and Lizzie's case set a precedent.

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african american, author's note, beauty, clothing, conflict, conflict resolution, courage, decision making, history, law, nonverbal communication, persistence, politics, spiritual, transportation, verbal communication, writing

Blaze and the gypsies: Blaze escapes from the horse thieves

Anderson, C.W.

A young boy named Billy and his pony, Blaze, meet a group of gypsies on a road. The gypsies steal Blaze. Billy searches for Blaze, while Blaze searches for home.

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adventures, animals, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, pets, pony, robbery, verbal communication

Turkey pox

Anderson, Laurie Halse

Charity's favorite holiday finally arrives, Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, she and her family are unable to travel to Nana's for dinner because Charity has come down with the chicken pox. However, Nana solicits the help of four snowplow drivers and she and the turkey arrive just in time for dinner!

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affection, chicken pox, cooking, critical thinking, disappointment, excitement, family, feelings, grandparents, holidays, illness, nonverbal communication, parents, thanksgiving, turkey, verbal communication

Two hundred rabbits

Anderson, Lonzo//Adams, Adrienne

A boy wants to perform in front of the king at a festival. He first has to find a special talent. He tries to sing, juggle, and finally he comes up with something the king will love.

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animals, conflict resolution, decision making, determination, imagination, magic, performance, rabbit, recreation, royalty, verbal communication

The auction

Andrews, Jan

A boy named Tom visits his grandfather's farm the day before it's suppose to be auctioned off. He is very sad and relives old memories with his grandfather. This helps them both deal with the pain.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, cow, family, feelings, grandparents, parents, sadness, stress management, verbal communication

Very last first time

Andrews, Jan

Eva, a little girl who lives in an Inuit Village in Canada, makes her first trip under the ice on the Seabed looking for mussels. While under the ice, she makes many discoveries and has an adventure.

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bodies of water, canadian, critical thinking, family, feelings, food, happiness, mollusks, multicultural, mussel, nutrition, ocean, parents, sadness, seasons, stress management, verbal communication, winter

Sophie and the new baby

Anholt, Laurence

A new baby is coming, and Sophie's going to be a big sister!She helps her mother and father prepare for the arrival of the baby, but when her little brother is born, she wishes that her family could give him back!Sophie slowly begins to realize that having a new brother might not be so bad after all.

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acceptance, affection, anticipation, appreciation, attention, autumn, baby, birth, carriage, change, cold, conflict resolution, confusion, decision making, disappointment, dolls, family, feelings, giving, jealousy, loneliness, moon, morning, night, nonverbal communication, parents, patience, pregnancy, preparation, resentment, seasons, secrets, snow, spring, sun, verbal communication, walking, winter, woods

Picasso and the girl with the ponytail

Anholt, Laurence

Sylvette is a shy young girl, until she meets Picasso. He has moved to France for the summer to work on his art. Seeing Sylvette through his window, he decides to use her as his new model. All summer they work together and become good friends. Picasso helps Sylvette unlock her secrets and artistic talent.

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anger, animals, art, author's note, beauty, biography, careers, dog, encouragement, feelings, french, friendship, fun, goat, happiness, history, monkey, multicultural, nonverbal communication, owl, photograph, sadness, seasons, secrets, shyness, summer, verbal communication

All in a day

Anno, Mitsumasa

Eight children from eight different countries are shown at the same time each day over two days. The contrasts and similarities of the children and their activities are described.

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australian, autumn, chinese, cold, family, food, holidays, multicultural, new year, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, seasons, siblings, spring, summer, verbal communication, weather, winter

Friends from the other side

Anzaldua, Gloria

Prietita is a young girl who befriends a young immigrant from Mexico. He lives with his mother in a shed. When the police come, Prietita hides them so they won't be taken away. This story is in English and Spanish.

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assertiveness, caring, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, friendship, immigrants, mexican, multicultural, nonverbal communication, parents, poverty, pride, verbal communication

Bayou lullaby

Appelt, Kathi

A young girl is put to sleep by her parents telling a lullaby.

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alligator, amphibians, animals, birds, boat, bodies of water, cajun, crawfish, cricket, crustaceans, dragonfly, family, frog, heron, insects, language, moon, mosquito, multicultural, nature, parents, rhyme, sleep, stream, tadpole, transportation, verbal communication

Tim and ginger

Ardizzone, Edward

Tim and Ginger are best friends. One day Ginger goes off on his own. Tim realizes that something is wrong. He searches to find Ginger. After Tim saves him, Ginger saves Tim. Both boys are heroes.

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adventures, boat, challenges, decision making, friendship, heroism, stress management, transportation, verbal communication

Tim in danger

Ardizzone, Edward

Ginger, a little boy, runs away to live on a ship, and Tim and Charlotte go after him. They both join the crew on another ship and work. Their ship collides with Ginger's ship. Ginger comes aboard. They all work and go back home to their parents.

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assertiveness, birthday, boat, bodies of water, critical thinking, decision making, family, fog, food, goal setting, holidays, nutrition, ocean, parents, stress management, train, transportation, verbal communication, weather

Tim all alone

Ardizzone, Edward

Tim, a little boy, comes home after being at sea to find his parents have moved. He goes out looking for them. He travels on different boats and stays with different people. Then, one day by luck, he finds his parents.

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assertiveness, boat, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, goal setting, happiness, parents, rain, refusal skills, sadness, sea, transportation, verbal communication, weather, wind

Little tim and the brave sea captain

Ardizzone, Edward

Tim wants to be a sailor, so he stows away on a boat. He stays on the boat until a storm overturns it, and then he heads for home.

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assertiveness, boat, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, feelings, goal setting, happiness, parents, rain, refusal skills, sadness, sea, self esteem, transportation, verbal communication, weather

Ship's cook ginger

Ardizzone, Edward

Two young boys longed to be at sea, so their parents took them on a trip. Their parents were called off on an emergency but the boys stayed. They encounter a series of problems, but the crew and the boys survive.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, crisis, critical thinking, decision making, fear, friendship, goal setting, responsibilities, stress management, travel, verbal communication, weather

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