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The pig in the pond

Waddell, Martin

Neligan's pig jumps into the pond on a hot summer day. Neligan sees his pig and decides to go for a swim himself. All the other animals jump in for one giant splash!

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animals, bodies of water, conflict resolution, exercise, friendship, pig, play, pond, recreation, seasons, summer, swimming

River parade

Day, Alexandra

A young boy goes boating with his father. The boy's toys fall in the river so his father puts them on a string to keep them together. The boy also falls in the river and joins his toys on the string.

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boat, bodies of water, conflict resolution, decision making, exercise, family, nonverbal communication, parents, play, river, safety, swimming, toys, transportation, verbal communication

Henry the castaway

Taylor, Mark

Henry and his dog set out on an exploratory adventure. When they become shipwrecked, they learn survival skills and how to be brave.

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accidents, adventures, animals, assertiveness, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, dog, goal setting, nonverbal communication, ocean, pets, self esteem, stress management, survival, verbal communication

Step into the night

Ryder, Joanne

As nighttime appears, so do many creatures. Each creature is an individual and must find a way to survive.

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animals, critical thinking, decision making, nature, night, self esteem, survival

A river dream

Say, Allen

Mark is sick in bed. He opens a box from his uncle and finds many wonderful things to prepare him for a boat trip with his uncle.

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boat, family, goal setting, illness, nature, presents, recreation, surprises, transportation

When David's mother and father are separated, David and his dad only see each other during their special Saturday morning breakfasts. All winter, David's dad comes every Saturday except for one. After sulking all morning, David goes downstairs in his house and is pleasantly surprised to see his mom and dad eating breakfast together.

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change, coping, disappointment, divorce, family, feelings, food, happiness, love, nutrition, parents, sadness, seasons, separation, siblings, surprises, winter

Zorina ballerina

Gianni, Enzo

Zorina is considered too young to dance with the other elephants at the circus. The clowns, realizing how much Zorina wants to dance, teaches her. Modoc, the star elephant, becomes sick from eating too many peanuts. Zorina surprises everyone and dances so well that she becomes a star.

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animals, circus, clowns, dancing, elephant, exercise, performance, persistence, surprises

The face at the window

Hanson, Regina

Catching sight of Miss Nella in her window is supposed to be very bad, Dora's friends tell her. When Dora tries to steal a mango from Miss Nella by throwing a stone, Dora is frightened by the sight of Miss Nella in her window. Dora soon discovers that Miss Nella isn't evil. She is just lonely and sick and has no one there to make it better for her.

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apology, communication, curiosity, empathy, five senses, food, language, loneliness, rain, song, storm, superstition, weather, witches, worry

What makes a shadow?

Bulla, Clyde Robert

Where do shadows come from?They come from light!When the sun shines on something, because it can't shine through it, it leaves a dark spot from the object. This dark spot is the shadow. Even your body can cast a shadow.

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airplane, animals, body parts, car, clouds, exercise, light, night, puppets, shadows, sun, transportation

The moon jumpers

Udry, Janice May

A group of children, who call themselves the moon jumpers, love to play outside at night under the moon. They dance, play tag, make a camp and pretend they are on an island. When their mother calls them in to go to sleep, they dream of tomorrow's sun.

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bedtime, camping, dancing, dreams, exercise, island, jumping, moon, night, nonverbal communication, play, running, sleep, sun, verbal communication

How tom beat captain najork and his hired sportsman

Hoban, Russell

Tom is always fooling around. His aunt decides to teach him a lesson. She has Captain Najork come to compete with Tom. Tom ends up teaching the captain a lesson by always winning.

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assertiveness, competition, critical thinking, family, learning, play, success

A near thing for captain najork

Hoban, Russell

Tom finds that Captain Najork is not as hard to beat at games after all. Tom wins at more than games.

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competition, conflict resolution, determination, games, imagination, play, recreation, success

Ollie knows everything

Levine, Abby

When the O'Hares take a trip to New York, Ollie seems to know everything. When he gets lost on the subway, he is able to finds his way back to the hotel.

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animals, family, lost, rabbit, subway, transportation, travel, vacation

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

Gullible's troubles

Shannon, Margaret

Gullible believes everything he hears when his aunt, uncle, or cousin tells him stories. For example, he believes that there are monsters in the basement. When his family tries to trick him again, the joke ends up being on them.

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animals, beliefs, clothing, critical thinking, deception, family, garden, gerbil, helping, monsters, relationship, shadows, soccer, sports, storytelling, trick

Midnight moon

Watson, Clyde

This book tells children that when they fall asleep, the sandman takes them to visit the man in the moon. Sandman tells stories of all the wonderful things he has seen on earth. Then the children go back to their beds.

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bedtime, critical thinking, moon, night, nonverbal communication, sleep, storytelling, verbal communication

The wonderful tree: A story of the seasons

Holl, Adelaide

A young boy's interest in nature leads his grandfather into a discussion about the seasons. Changes in the trees, celebrations, and life events are shared through the grandfather's stories.

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autumn, celebration, family, grandparents, nature, seasons, snow, spring, storm, storytelling, summer, weather, winter

Josefina

Winter, Jeanette

Josefina spends her whole life shaping soft clay into a story. She looks out at the world and makes what she sees until her story is complete.

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creativity, family, feelings, flowers, fun, happiness, imagination, love, nonverbal communication, sadness, storytelling, verbal communication

I was born about 10,000 years ago

Kellogg, Steven

A young boy tells some tall tales by claiming that he's been alive for 10,000 years. He explains how he ate part of the apple with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, how he married Queen Elizabeth, and how he flew to the moon. Even though he stretches the truth quite a bit, it's fun to learn about some important events in history.

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adventures, creativity, faith, history, imagination, learning, moon, pretend, pride, royalty, storytelling

Tyrannosaurus tex

Birney, Betty

A friendship grows between a group of cowboys and a giant beast. It is an exciting legend.

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cowboys, decision making, dinosaur, friendship, storytelling, verbal communication

Milo and the magical stones

Pfister, Marcus

Milo lives in a cave on a small island. One cold winter day, he discovers a glowing rock to keep his cave warm. When he tells the other mice about it, do they become greedy and take all of the rocks, or do they take only what they need?You choose the ending and decide what the mice will do.

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animals, cave, decision making, feelings, friendship, greed, happiness, island, mouse, peer resistance, rocks, sadness, seasons, sharing, storytelling, summer, winter

Go to sleep, nicholas joe

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

Nicholas Joe refuses to go to bed. Instead he visits parents and children all over the United States, putting them to bed, and listening to their bedtime excuses.

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bedtime, determination, family, health, parents, sleep, storytelling, travel

Milo y las piedras magicas

Pfister, Marcus

Milo lives in a cave on a small island. One cold winter day, he discovers a glowing rock that keeps his cave warm. When he tells the other mice about it, do they become greedy and take all the rocks, or do they take only what they need?You get to chose the ending and decide what the mice will do.

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animals, decision making, feelings, friendship, greed, happiness, island, language, mouse, multicultural, peer resistance, rocks, sadness, seasons, sharing, spanish, storytelling, summer, winter

Mouse tales

Lobel, Arnold

Papa Mouse is asked to tell bedtime stories to his two children.

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animals, bedtime, conflict resolution, decision making, family, imagination, mouse, parents, storytelling, verbal communication

The chinese siamese cat

Tan, Amy

In this beautifully illustrated book, Ming Miao tells her kittens the tale of why they look like siamese cats, but are truely Chinese. This tale goes back thousands of years to their ancestor, Sagwa Miao of China.

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animals, asian, cat, chinese, conflict resolution, multicultural, peer resistance, problem solving, resolution, royalty, self esteem, storytelling, verbal communication

It's mine!

Lionni, Leo

Three have trouble sharing. Each exclaim, It's mine! When a storm comes, they pull together to share a piece of high ground to avoid the flood. They realize that sharing things, including hopes and fears, is the best way.

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amphibians, argument, conflict resolution, fear, feelings, fight, friendship, frog, sharing, storm, weather

One lucky girl

Lyon, George Ella

It is just a normal Sunday for a young boy and his family. The boy's family and neighbors relax in the shade away from the hot sun while his baby sister takes a nap in her crib inside their trailer. Suddenly the sky turns black and the air becomes very still. A tornado!The storm quickly sweeps through the neighborhood. A huge mess is left when the tornado is gone. Everyone is okay, but the boy's baby sister is missing. Will the boy and his family ever find her?

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animals, baby, baseball, buildings, family, horse, lost, neighbors, sports, storm, tornado, weather

Rose meets mr. wintergarten

Graham, Bob

Rose's nice cheerful family moves next door to Mr. Wintergarten, a man who has not seen daylight in years. When Rose's ball goes over the fence, despite many warnings, she retrieves it. She brings cookies to Mr. Wintergarten and becomes his friend. Mr. Wintergarten is less lonely.

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aging, assertiveness, bias, conflict resolution, decision making, depression, feelings, friendship, goal setting, loneliness, neighbors, peer resistance, self esteem, stereotypes, stress management

Star of fear, star of hope

Hoelstlandt, Jo

Helen doesn't understand why her best friend, Lydia, has to wear a yellow star. On the eve of Helen's birthday, Nazis begin rounding up Jews. Their friendship is lost forever.

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assertiveness, bias, change, confusion, decision making, family, friendship, history, Jewish, loss, missing, nonverbal communication, parents, separation, stereotypes, stress management, verbal communication

My yellow ball

Lillegard, Dee

Five times a young girl throws her ball into the sky. With each throw, her imagination grows more and more as her ball travels to different parts of the world where it encounters various people and animals. On her last throw, the ball strikes a star and the girl makes a delightful wish.

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animals, birds, chimpanzee, coyote, desert, fish, geography, hawk, imagination, jungle, octopus, pets, play, recreation, seal, stars, swordfish, toys, travel, tuna

The star counters

Luttrell, Ida

A king thinks that the stars in the sky are made of gold. He believes they all belong to him. He counts them every night to make sure that none are missing. When he gets tired of this, he tries to find an animal to count them for him.

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animals, assertiveness, bodies of water, conflict resolution, counting, cow, feelings, fox, moods, nonverbal communication, numbers, pond, refusal skills, royalty, seasons, sky, spring, stars, turtle, verbal communication

How many stars in the sky?

Hort, Lenny

While their mom is gone, a boy and his dad go out to count the stars in the sky.

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astronomy, counting, family, night, nonverbal communication, parents, sky, stars

Half a moon and one whole star

Dragonwagon, Crescent

As Susan starts to fall asleep, she hears all the sounds of summer. She hears people talking and the animals outside moving. When she wakes, she knows that another beautiful summer day will greet her.

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animals, appreciation, five senses, hearing, imagination, moon, nonverbal communication, rhyme, seasons, sleep, sounds, stars, summer

Hometown hero

Aiello, Barbara//Shulman, Jeffrey

Scott Whittaker recounts the events between Thanksgiving and Christmas in his diary. He starts a karate club at school and meets Bill Walters, a homeless man who was the quarterback of the local high school football team in 1967 The book ends with questions and answers about asthma.

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accomplishment, appearance, assertiveness, asthma, community, decision making, diseases, exercise, football, friendship, holidays, karate, kindness, peer resistance, school, shelter, sports, surprises

Bicycle race

Crews, Donald

There are 12 bikers competing in the bicycle race. Who will win this exciting road race?Practice counting your numbers during this exercise experience!

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bicycle, biking, colors, competition, counting, determination, exercise, numbers, sports

Fox under first base

Latimer, Jim

Fox has a habit of stealing baseballs. With the help of his bear friend, he learns the error of his ways and returns the balls. In turn, he receives a baseball autographed by Shoeless Joe Jackson.

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animals, baseball, bear, exercise, fox, honesty, presents, robbery, sports

Something queer at the ball park

Levy, Elizabeth

When Jill's lucky baseball bat is stolen at practice, her best friend Gwen uses her detective skills to help her recover the bat.

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baseball, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, friendship, helping, robbery, self esteem, sports, teamwork

Let's play as a team!

Halliman, P. K.

Kids like to play as a team no matter what they do -- football, soccer, baseball and all kinds of sports. When they're done playing, it doesn't matter who wins or loses as long as they all had a great time while they were playing. Join these kids in their fun-filled day of teamwork.

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acceptance, baseball, basketball, change, cooperation, decision making, disability, excitement, exercise, football, friendship, fun, games, kindness, play, playground, recreation, responsibilities, rules, running, soccer, sports, success, teamwork

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

Grandma's gone to live in the stars

Haynes, Max

A much cared about Grandmother says good bye to everyone and the things she loved, before going to live with the stars. Grandma says good bye to her son, daughter, grandchildren, cat, dog, garden, town, and earth as she wears her angel wings to the stars.

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angel, closeness, coping, death, empathy, family, garden, grandparents, grief, illness, loss, nonverbal communication, sleep, spiritual, stars, stress management, verbal communication

Brother to the wind

Walter, M.P.

This is a story about following dreams and trusting one's spirituality.

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decision making, dreams, peer resistance, spiritual

Daniel's gift

Helldorfer, M.C.

This is the story of a young shepard and his vision to get him to the site where baby Jesus lay.

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assertiveness, baby, christmas, conflict resolution, determination, dreams, holidays, spiritual

Fernando's gift: El regalo de fernando

Keister, Douglas

Fernando and Carmina, friends who live with their families in the Costa Ricaru rain forest, discover their climbing tree is cut down. As a present, Fernando gives her a new tree to plant and replace the destroyed rain forest environment.

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environment, family, farm, food, friendship, language, multicultural, nature, nutrition, school, south american, spanish, tree

Polar bear, polar bear, what do you hear?

Martin, Bill Jr.

Zoo animals make animal sounds for each other, while the children make the animal sounds for the zoo keeper.

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animals, five senses, hearing, imitation, sounds, verbal communication, zoo

Toot, toot

Wildsmith, Brian

Let's count up to five and watch the animals on each page increase by one. Do you know what noises the animals make?

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animals, cat, chicken, counting, cow, dog, duck, noise, sequence, sheep, sounds, train

Listen to the rain

Martin, Bill Jr.//Archambault, John

Using a rhyme, this book introduces the beautiful sequences of sound that are produced by a rainstorm.

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critical thinking, five senses, hearing, listening, nonverbal communication, rain, rhyme, self esteem, sight, sounds, weather

The bell ringer and the pirates

Coerr, Eleanor

Pio is a young Indian who lives on a mission. The people at the mission discover that pirates will arrive in two days so they hide in the hills. Pio stays behind to ring the bells so his friends and family know when the pirates come and leave.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, friendship, helping, multicultural, native american, pirates, refusal skills, sounds

Jungle sounds

Emberley, Rebecca

A picture display of jungle animals with paper cutouts. A glossary of animals and their sounds are included.

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animals, five senses, imagination, jungle, nature, noise, sounds

Five live bongos

Lyon, Ella

Five brothers and sisters make a giant drum set from a bunch of junk. They gather this junk from their garage and from a garbage dump. They play music all day long.

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conflict resolution, decision making, family, feelings, five senses, happiness, music, nonverbal communication, siblings, sounds, verbal communication

The cow buzzed

Zimmerman, Andrea G.

Something is amiss on this farm. All the farm animals have a cold and sound quite differently when they cough and sneeze!

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animals, cat, cow, dog, farm, five senses, fun, humor, illness, pig, sounds

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