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Cornrows

Yarbrough, Camille

The traditions and history of African American family life are shared throughout history.

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african american, critical thinking, customs, family, farm, hard work, history, multicultural, parents, self esteem, siblings, traditions

Cosmic chickens

Delaney, Ned

Three chickens from outer space help Hank save his farm from the greedy Mr. Sneezle.

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assertiveness, birds, chicken, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, fantasy, farm, greed, helping, stress management, verbal communication

A little girl tells about her visit with her grandma. She wishes she too could live in the cotton mill town. She tells of all the things they do until it is time for her to return home. She enjoys picking berries and peaches, gardening, and fishing.

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bodies of water, books, family, fishing, food, garden, generations, grandparents, morning, nutrition, overeating, recreation, responsibilities, self esteem, sleep, travel, woods

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

Count and see

Hoban, Tana

Sequential photographs show the numbers, 1 through 100

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counting, numbers, photograph, sequence

Count down to fall

Hawell, Fran

Count backwards from ten to one during one of the most colorful times of the year. Learn about bright, colorful leaves and the trees from which they fall. Watch the animals frolicking in the crisp, autumn air as they get ready for the approaching cold winter.

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animals, bear, beaver, cat, chipmunk, counting, deer, fall, frog, moon, native american, opossum, owl, raccoon, seasons, squirrel, tortoise, tree

Count on your fingers African style

Zaslavsky, Claudia

This beautifully illustrated four color picture book takes children through the markets, showing traditional finger counting of various African people - the Maasai, the Kamba, and the Taita in Kenya, the Zulu of South Africa, and the Mende of Sierra Leone. This book examines the role that numbers play in creating a common language across cultural boundaries.

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africa, african, author's note, body parts, cattle, chicken, counting, cow, food, fruit, games, language, learning, market, multicultural, nonverbal communication, numbers, parents, play, school, siblings, verbal communication

Count your way through Ireland

Haskins, Jim & Benson, Kathleen

Count your way through Ireland as you learn to count in their original language, Gaelic. Enjoy many sports, foods, and musical instruments of Ireland and handcrafted goods from lace to waterford crystal.

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colors, flag, geography, history, ireland, island, language, maps, multicultural, numbers, poetry, religion, sequence, symbols, vocabulary

Count!

Fleming, Denise

Colorful animals teach counting from one to ten and then by tens to fifty. Suggested activities are mentioned along with the numbers.

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animals, colors, counting, critical thinking, numbers, sequence

Counting out way to Maine

Smith, Maggie

A family recalls its summer vacation to Maine through number. From packing one baby to backing sixteen blueberry pies to catching twenty fireflies the trip is remembered.

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beach, bodies of water, counting, family, feelings, food, happiness, nonverbal communication, nutrition, ocean, parents, pets, seasons, siblings, summer, vacation, verbal communication

Country angel christmas

dePaola, Tomie

The country angels are given the task to prepare the Christmas celebration this year. Ari, Pip, and Kira, the youngest of the angels, want to help but no one will let them. Even though they were pushed away, the young angels end up saving the celebration.

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angel, celebration, christmas, critical thinking, helping, holidays, preparation, stars, worry

Country crossing

Aylesworth, Jim

The sights and sounds of the country railroad crossing during the first part of the twentieth century are recounted. First there is only the wind blowing with animals standing around. As a car approaches the crossing, the gate is lowered to signal the approach of a noisy train.

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animals, birds, car, cricket, five senses, history, insects, noise, owl, sounds, train, transportation, vision

Country fair

Cooper, Elisha

At the county fair, there are many animals to see, events and contests to try, and lots of food to eat. But the fair can't last forever -- soon all the tents have to come down.

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animals, assertiveness, competition, cow, fair, farm, five senses, food, goal setting, pig, preparation, puppets, rabbit, sheep, transportation, truck

Cowboy bunnies

Loomis, Christine

Little rabbits acting as cowboys spend their day playing, eating, swimming, and having fun. When they grow tired, their parents put them to bed.

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animals, bedtime, cowboys, dancing, decision making, exercise, food, illness, music, nutrition, play, rabbit, ranch, rhyme

Cowboy dreams

Khalsa, Dayal Kaur

A woman remembers her wish as a child to be a cowboy with a real horse. She recalls how she would pretend to be a cowboy and the cowboy songs she used to sing.

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animals, cowboys, horse, imagination, memories, nonverbal communication, pretend, song, stress management, wish

Cowboy small

Lenski, Lois

Cowboy Small takes care of his horse Cactus and rides him around the ranch. He does jobs like fixing the fence and rounding up the cows.

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animals, bedtime, careers, cow, cowboys, critical thinking, decision making, food, nutrition, ranch, responsibilities, sleep, stress management, verbal communication, water

Cows can't fly

Milgrim, David

A little boy's drawing of flying cows becomes a reality. He tries to tell his parents, teacher, and some others but no one believes him. He is the only one that is lucky enough to see the cows and now he wonders what else can fly.

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animals, art, assertiveness, cow, family, fantasy, imagination, parents, self esteem, sky, stress management, verbal communication, wind

Crackle creek

Monsell, Mary Elise

A new newspaper comes to Crackle Creek. A fierce storm hits and floods the town, destroying one of the presses. The rival editors help each other.

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animals, community, conflict resolution, decision making, flood, goal setting, illness, newspaper, storm, stress management, weather

Crafty chameleon

Hadithi, Mwenye

Chameleon is bullied by Leopard and Crocodile, so he comes up with a plan to teach them a lesson. Chameleon outsmarts his bullies and they never bother him again.

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animals, assertiveness, bully, chameleon, conflict resolution, critical thinking, crocodile, decision making, leopard, peer resistance, refusal skills, reptiles, self esteem, stress management

Crash!Bang!Boom!

Spier, Peter

This book depicts many things that make sounds in our world.

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critical thinking, five senses, hearing, listening, nonverbal communication, sounds

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

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

Cricket boy

Ziner, Feenie

Hu Sing's father is asked to come to the emperor's palace to fight his champion cricket against the emperor's own champion. In trying to protect the cricket, Hu Sing accidentally kills it, and then kills himself, until he has a strange dream.

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assertiveness, beliefs, chinese, competition, conflict resolution, cricket, death, decision making, dreams, family, grandparents, grief, insects, loss, multicultural, parents, respect, royalty, self esteem, verbal communication, vision

Crickwing

Cannon, Janell

Crickwing is different from all the other cockroaches. He likes to create sculptures and has a twisted wing. Crickwing is tired of being bullied by the bigger animals in the forest and mistakenly takes his anger out on the leaf-cutter ants, learning a valuable lesson in return.

Crictor

Ungerer, Tom

Madam Bodot was given a pet snake for her birthday and she named it Crictor. She treated Crictor like her child. She fed him and took him everywhere with her. Crictor becomes the heroic snake of the town when he saves Madam Bodot.

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assertiveness, birthday, community, conflict resolution, heroism, pets, presents, reptiles, responsibilities, snake

Crossing the new bridge

McCully, Emily Arnold

A village's bridge is destroyed so the villagers have no way to leave the village. They find a family of bridge builders to make a new one. Once the bridge is finished, everyone is happy again.

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assertiveness, bodies of water, community, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, happiness, lake, moods, parents, siblings, verbal communication

Crow boy

Yashima, Taro

This is the story of a boy who does not communicate with anyone and spends much of his time alone. He finally meets a friendly teacher who realizes how special he is. By performing crow sounds, he shows everyone that he is from far away, and they sympathize with him.

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birds, crow, differences, nonverbal communication, school, self esteem, understanding

Crown: An ode to the fresh cut

Barnes, Derrick

A boy goes to the barbershop to get a haircut. As he sits there, he notices everyone around him, gaining confidence with each unique style. Once his haircut is complete, the boy feels ready to accomplish anything with a newfound conviction and trust in himself.

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african american, author's note, body parts, careers, confidence, friendship, instruments, multicultural, music, perspective, pride, self confidence

Cully cully and the bear

Gage, Wilson

Cully Cully wants a new bearskin, so he goes out to hunt a bear. He shoots an arrow at the bear and misses. The bear chases Cully Cully. They start to run around a tree and forget who is chasing who. They get tired and finally both give up and go home.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, conflict resolution, confusion, fear, feelings, nonverbal communication

Curious clownfish

Madder, Eric

A curious clownfish wants to explore the other creatures of the ocean. He goes out on an adventure and finds out what creatures are friendly and what creatures are dangerous.

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bodies of water, conflict resolution, curiosity, decision making, exploration, fish, friendship, goal setting, ocean, verbal communication

Curious george

Rey, H.A.

Curious George, an African monkey, becomes quite adventurous as he travels on boats, to zoos, and many other places. After taking in the sights and getting into mischief, George is captured and must live at the zoo.

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accidents, animals, assertiveness, boat, curiosity, loneliness, mischief, monkey, refusal skills, self esteem, transportation, travel, verbal communication, zoo

Curious george flies a kite

Rey, Margaret

Curious George travels about the neighborhood getting into trouble. He decides to fly a kite and gets swept away. His owner saves him and his friend is happy that his kite is saved.

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animals, community, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, mischief, monkey, play, recreation, verbal communication

Curious george gets a medal

Rey, H.A.

Curious George is home alone and his mischief leads him on quite an adventure. In the end, he goes on his biggest adventure yet and becomes a hero.

Curious george goes to the hospital

Rey, Margret//Rey, H.A.

Curious George needs to go to the hospital. While he is there, he succeeds in making a sad girl very happy and creates a lot of mischief.

Curious george learns the alphabet

Rey, H.A.

Curious George begins to look through books and wants to read them. His owner teaches him the alphabet by giving him examples of words that begin with each letter.

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alphabet, animals, books, curiosity, learning, reading, verbal communication

Curious george plays baseball

Rey, Margaret//Shalleck, Allan J.

Curious George goes to a baseball game to see his friend Jimmy play. He soon interferes with the game, and everyone becomes angry with him. Curious George climbs a pole for safety. A foul ball is headed straight towards Jimmy's mother, but George snatches the ball out of the sky. Curious George becomes the hero of the day.

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anger, animals, baseball, exercise, feelings, forgiveness, monkey, sports

Curious George rides a bike (Georges fait du velo)

Rey, H.A.

Curious George, a monkey from Africa, receives a new bicycle from a man who wears a yellow hat. He has many interesting adventures on his new bike, including riding into a rock when he watches boats travel down the river.

Curious maggie

Gunthorp, Karen

Maggie, the duck, is curious to see what is beyond the farmyard where she lives. On an adventure outside of the farmyard, Maggie discovers what trouble is.

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adventures, awareness, birds, curiosity, decision making, duck, exploration, farm, travel

Cyrus the unsinkable sea serpent

Peet, Bill

Cyrus the serpent wants to have more fun, so he decides to follow a ship and destroy it. But he eventually saves it and makes sure it gets to its final destination.

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animals, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, fish, monsters, pirates, rescue, shark, ship, transportation

D.W. all wet

Brown, Marc

D.W. goes to the beach with her parents and brother, but will not go near the water. When she goes for a piggy-back ride on her brother's back, he throws her in the water. First she screams in fear, but then she likes playing in the water.

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assertiveness, beach, bodies of water, conflict resolution, decision making, exercise, family, fear, feelings, peer resistance, play, refusal skills, siblings, swimming, verbal communication

D.W. the picky eater

Brown, Marc

D.W. does not like much food, especially spinach. When she goes out to dinner, she throws a tantrum which embarrasses her parents. From then on she has to stay home with a babysitter until she agrees to try new things and eat what's on the menu. When she does this, she finds out she likes spinach.

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family, five senses, food, grandparents, learning, nutrition, parents, restaurant, siblings, taste

D.W's library card

Brown, Marc

Arthur's little sister, D.W., finally gets her first library card. However, in oder to get it she must first learn to write her full name. She finds hilarious ways to take care of her first library book until Arthur shows her the tricks of the trade.

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animals, anteater, books, day, dog, family, frog, library, morning, parents, practice, rabbit, reading, siblings, writing

Dabble duck

Ellis, Ann Leo

Dabble Duck is Jason's pet. Jason's mom want to get rid of Dabble. But when Dabble helps save a hurt dog, Jason's allowed to keep Dabble.

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birds, decision making, dog, family, friendship, nonverbal communication, parents, pets

Dad and me in the morning

Lakin, Patricia

A young boy talks about going to watch the sunrise with his dad. He shares all the ways they can communicate with one another.

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beauty, decision making, disability, family, love, nonverbal communication, parents, sun, understanding, verbal communication

Daddy has a pair of striped shorts

Otey, Mimi

Daddy likes to wear bright mismatched clothes all over town. His daughter feels embarrassed sometimes. Her daddy is also a preacher that everyone loves including his daughter despite his original way of dressing.

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clothing, critical thinking, family, love, parents, restaurant, uniqueness, 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

Daddy makes the best spaghetti

Hines, Anna Grossnickle

A little boy and his dad go to the grocery store to get food for dinner. They decide to make spaghetti, so they buy noodles and sauce. When they get home, he helps his mom make dinner and then they eat. After they do the dishes, it is bedtime so his dad carries him to bed.

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bedtime, family, food, nutrition, parents, siblings

Daddy's roommate

Willhoite, M.

A young boy learns that a family divorce can be a tragic event. When his father moves in with another man, the boy learns that the two grown men are gay. Finally the boy learns to love each of them even though he feels uncomfortable at times.

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assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, divorce, goal setting, homosexuality, loss, love, peer resistance, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Daddy's wedding

Willhoite, Michael

Daniel's daddy marries a man. A commitment ceremony is viewed through the eyes of a child.

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acceptance, awareness, baseball, celebration, ceremony, companion, divorce, family, grandparents, homosexuality, love, marriage, parents, relationship, sexuality, sports, wedding

Daisy

Powell, E. Sandy

Daisy is a nine year old girl who grows up in an abusive environment. She lives with her father who drinks, did not want to work, and both physically and mentally abuses her. Daisy's tutor saw the bruises and Daisy is able to confide in her what was happening. She is placed in a foster home.

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alcoholism, child abuse, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, diseases, family, fear, feelings, foster care, imagination, injury, parents, trust, verbal communication

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