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Demi's find the animal abc

Demi.

Can you find an animal for each letter of the alphabet?Each page is very colorful, eye-catching, and exciting.

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alphabet, animals, birds, camel, porcupine, rabbit

Demi's count the animals 1-2-3

Demi.

Can you count from number one to one hundred while viewing animals and learning a number rhyme?

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animals, assertiveness, counting, numbers, rhyme, sequence

The ornery morning

Demuth, Patricia Brennan

Farmer Bill wakes up one morning and soon discovers that every animal on the farm refuses to do any work.

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animals, assertiveness, careers, cat, chicken, conflict resolution, cow, disobedience, dog, farm, horse, responsibilities, sheep

Please don't cry mom

DenBoer, Helen

Stephen becomes worried when he notices that his mother is sad all of the time and won't get out of bed. He and his father must learn about depression and how to help her cope with this illness.

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conflict resolution, coping, depression, emotions, family, feelings, parents, sadness

When growing up, Amanda loved her Grandfather and his stories. But now that Amanda is old, she feels lonely. One day at the park she befriends a lonely boy. She is able to give the boy something very special. Then he gives her something in return.

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aging, author's note, death, family, feelings, folktale, fossil, giving, grandparents, hope, loneliness, memories, multicultural, native american, park, rocks, self esteem, sharing, storytelling, verbal communication, worry

Hedgehog haven: A story of a British hedgerow community

Dennard, Deborah

A young male hedgehog is learning about the ways of nature and how to survive within it. Through close encounters with danger, he learns how to change his life to survive. This young hedgehog takes many adventures to learn that every place and time is not always safe.

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animals, baby, birds, bug, butterfly, england, fish, flowers, food, goldfish, hedgehog, horse, insects, maps, mollusks, multicultural, night, noise, owl, plants, rabbit, snail, sparrow, stream, tractor

Flip and the morning

Dennis, Wesley

Flip, a young horse, always wakes the other animals. Willie the goat tells Flip about a wooden duck that lives in a swamp and that anyone who comes into contact with the duck receives wisdom. Willie made oup the story so Flip would leave. Flip does leave to search for the duck and actually finds one. He races back and wakes up Willie to show him the duck.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, bodies of water, decision making, duck, fear, feelings, horse, self esteem, swamp

Flip

Dennis, Wesley

Flip is an early riser and often awakens the other barnyard animals. The animals make up a story to keep Flip busy in the mornings. Flip shocks the animals when he comes back to tell them he saw an imaginary duck.

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animals, barn, communication, conflict resolution, horse, storytelling

Night owls

Denslow, Sharon Phillips

William and his aunt are both night owls. They stay up late and experience the wonder of a midsummer night.

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animals, decision making, dog, family, five senses, goal setting, night, nonverbal communication, play, seasons, sleep, summer, verbal communication

Would they love a lion?

Denton, Kady MacDonald

Trying to get noticed with a new baby in the house, Anna pretends to be different animals. But even a lion, the biggest, loudest animal of all, still needs a nap!

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animals, attention, baby, bear, change, coping, dinosaur, elephant, five senses, lion, nonverbal communication, pretend, rabbit, sleep, sounds

A child's treasury of nursery rhymes

Denton, Kady MacDonald

A collection of nursery rhymes provides children with rhyming skills and patterns. Over 100 nursery rhymes are remembered through illustrations, songs, and verse.

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african american, alphabet, animals, baby, cat, chinese, cow, dancing, Days of The Week, duck, exercise, family, french, goose, market, multicultural, parents, poetry, rhyme, rhythm, royalty, running, sequence, sheep, sounds, spanish, whale

Mice squeak, we speak

dePaola, Arnold L.

Everyone knows that people communicate through talking. What about animals? How do animals communicate? Looking at different animals we can see that each kind of animal communicates in its own unique way using different sounds.

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animals, bat, bear, bee, birds, cat, chicken, colors, communication, cow, coyote, cricket, dog, dove, duck, fly, frog, horse, insects, lion, monkey, mouse, multicultural, owl, parrot, pig, rhythm, sheep, sounds, speech

Bill and pete to the rescue

dePaola, Tomie

Bill and Pete are best friends who leave the Nile in search for Pete's cousin, Little Jane Allison Crocodile. Little Jane has been stolen and taken to the United States. Bill and Pete get separated when Pete helps a rich lady retrieve her purse. Bill joins forces with alligators from the swamp to save cousin Jane- just as Pete escapes the rich lady!

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adventures, alligator, amphibians, animals, birds, bodies of water, crime, crocodile, disappearance, escape, family, friendship, lost, parents, rescue, separation, swamp, zoo

Oliver button is a sissy (Oliver button es un nena)

dePaola, Tomie

Despite Oliver's teasing classmates, he does not give up doing what he likes -- tap dancing. All of his dedication and hard work pays off in the end.

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ambition, bias, bully, conflict resolution, dancing, dolls, exercise, goal setting, peer resistance, practice, reading, school, self esteem, stereotypes, verbal communication

Bill and pete go down the nile

dePaola, Tomie

Bill and his friend Pete go on a field trip down the Nile. They are in for a surprise when they encounter a jewel thief and save the precious jewel from being stolen.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, crocodile, egyptian, history, multicultural, nonverbal communication, robbery, school, verbal communication, water

The night of las posadas

dePaola, Tomie

Lupe and Roberto are going to play the roles of Mary and Joseph in a reenactment of the night that Jesus Christ was born. Lupe's aunt, Sister Angie, is in charge of the production. However, Sister Angie becomes sick and Lupe and Roberto must proceed to the village. There is a bad snowstorm and the couple gets stranded in the snow. Friends of Sister Angie come to the rescue and play the role of Mary and Joseph, then disappear. Lupe and Roberto finally arrive and close the production. Later, Sister Angie wanders the church and finds the cloaks of the carving of Mary and Joseph covered in fresh snow.

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animals, anticipation, author's note, baby, birthday, christmas, church, confusion, donkey, excitement, family, feelings, happiness, holidays, language, multicultural, nonverbal communication, preparation, sadness, seasons, snow, spanish, transportation, truck, verbal communication, weather, winter, worry

Jingle the christmas clown

dePaola, Tomie

Jingle and Il Circo Riccolo, the little circus, venture off to perform their circus at a little town, as they do every Christmas, on their way to the city. To their surprise, the town is poor, almost abandoned, and can't afford the circus. See how Jingle brightens their Christmas.

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animals, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, giving, goal setting, holidays, italian, monkey, multicultural, sharing, verbal communication

Art lesson (La clase de dibujo)

dePaola, Tomie

Tommy wants to be an artist when he grows up, but when he has his very first art lesson in first grade, he is very disappointed. He learns to compromise, and he is happy in the end.

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art, assertiveness, compromise, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dedication, holidays, skills, thanksgiving, verbal communication

Bill and pete

dePaola, Tomie

Bill, a crocodile, and Pete, his bird friend, have numerous adventures on the Nile River. Some of these include Bill's first day of school, an encounter with a bad guy, and various situations at home.

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adventures, assertiveness, birds, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, crocodile, friendship, goal setting, reptiles, river, school

Days of the blackbird: A tale of northern italy

dePaola, Tomie

Gemma and her father, Duke Gemma, love to sit in their courtyard where birds of all colors decorate the trees and sing beautiful songs. When her father becomes ill, Gemma realizes that the only hope for her father's recovery comes from the bird songs. Unfortunately, it is winter and all of the birds fly south, all except the Duke's favorite bird, La Colomba. La Colomba withstands the cold wind and snow in order to sing the Duke back to health.

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author's note, birds, blackbird, colors, family, hope, illness, italian, month, multicultural, music, seasons

Bonjour, mr. satie

dePaola, Tomie

Mr. Satie has to decide whose paintings are better - Henri or Pablo. His decision ends up uniting the two artists and ending their feud.

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art, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fight, french, honesty, multicultural, travel, uniqueness, verbal communication

An early american christmas

dePaola, Tomie

A Christmas family moves into a not so spirited town. See how their joy and traditions eventually rub off on the town and gives them the Christmas spirit.

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celebration, christmas, faith, family, goal setting, history, holidays, pride, snow, verbal communication

Merry christmas, strega nona

dePaola, Tomie

Strega Nona has a huge Christmas feast to prepare. How will she finish with untrustworthy Big Anthony as her only helper?Big Anthony will suprise us in the end!

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assertiveness, celebration, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, holidays, italian, multicultural, surprises, traditions, verbal communication

The knight and the dragon

dePaola, Tomie

A not-so-mean dragon and an inexperienced knight both learn how to fight one another and, then, decide to battle it out. Who will be defeated?Be ready for a surprise ending.

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conflict resolution, cooperation, dragons, fight, nonverbal communication, royalty, teamwork

Nana upstairs and nana downstairs

dePaola, Tomie

Tommy loves both Nana Downstairs because she is always in the kitchen and a great-grandma, Nana Upstairs, because she is always in bed. Both of them eventually die, and Tommy grows up and learns how to deal with death.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, death, feelings, food, friendship, grief, loss, sadness, stress management, verbal communication

Now one foot, now the other

dePaola, Tomie

Bobby loves to hear his grandfather tell the story of how he taught Bobby to walk. When his grandfather suffers from a stroke, Bobby teaches his grandfather how to walk.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, family, goal setting, grandparents, growing up, helping, illness, nonverbal communication, storytelling, teaching, walking

Sing, pierrot, sing

dePaola, Tomie

The local mime has fallen in love with the princess. When he goes to serenade her, he realizes she is already taken. Everyone laughs at him, but in the end, he realizes who his real friends are. (A Wordless Book)

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, creativity, decision making, friendship, goal setting, love, nonverbal communication, relationship, self esteem, song, stress management

Big anthony and the magic ring

dePaola, Tomie

Big Anthony steals Strega Nona's magic ring and wishes to be handsome. Be ready for a surprise when he realizes it's more of a hassle than fun.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, curiosity, dancing, decision making, escape, italian, language, magic, mischief, night, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Tom

dePaola, Tomie

Tommy and his grandfather share the same name. At the same time they enjoy sharing time together and playing jokes on one another. One day, Tom gives Tommy some chicken legs because he is a butcher. He takes the chicken legs to school and gets in trouble for scaring a girl.

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careers, deception, disobedience, family, food, grandparents, nutrition, school, verbal communication

Tony's bread

dePaola, Tomie

In order to win the hand of Serafina, Angelo helps Tony the Baker, who is Serafina's father, create the best tasting bread in Milano, Italy. The bread is a success, and Angelo and Serafina marry.

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careers, celebration, folktale, food, italian, multicultural, nutrition, wedding

Pancakes for breakfast

dePaola, Tomie

A little old lady attempts to have pancakes for breakfast but is hindered by a scarcity of supplies and participation of her pets.

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food, nonverbal communication, nutrition, pets

The clown of god: An old story

dePaola, Tomie

Giovanni loves to juggle. He juggles every day to make people laugh. He goes to great extremes to turn peoples' frowns upside down.

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assertiveness, critical thinking, giving, happiness, italian, nonverbal communication, religion, sharing, verbal communication

Strega nona meets her match

dePaola, Tomie

Strega Nona cures all the townspeople of aches, lovesickness, and other ailments. One day, her friend, Strega Amelia, steals her customers and opens a high-tech office. In the end, good old-fashioned ways win out.

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conflict resolution, decision making, goal setting, greed, helping, italian, language, loyalty, multicultural, technology, verbal communication

Helga's dowry: A troll love story

dePaola, Tomie

Helga, a beautiful troll, sets out to earn her dowry to marry Lars. Her plan doesn't work out like she had hoped. Be ready for a funny ending.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, decision making, greed, laziness, loyalty, marriage, self esteem, selfishness, stress management, trolls, verbal communication, wedding

Strega nona: Her story as told to Tomie dePaola

dePaola, Tomie

A little girl name Nona is born, and her Grandma Concetta says that she will teach her the ways of a strega who gives cures and advice on many things. Nona grows up and attends the convent school and the Academy of Stregas in the city. Nona eventually returns to the country to take her Grandma's place after she retires.

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birth, decision making, grandparents, health, illness, italian, language, magic, multicultural, school, secrets, storytelling

Big anthony, his story

dePaola, Tomie

Big Anthony is born, and from the beginning cannot seem to pay attention. This gets him in trouble, where ever he travels.

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attention, behavior, forgetful, italian, multicultural

The popcorn book

dePaola, Tomie

Where does popcorn come from?This book gives the history of popcorn along with some helpful hints for storing, preparing, and popping popcorn.

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celebration, food, history, multicultural, native american, nutrition, plants, recipe

Watch out for the chicken feet in your soup

dePaola, Tomie

Joey and Eugene go to visit Joey's grandma. She feeds them a lot of food and they bake together.

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family, food, nutrition, preparation, recipe

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

Stage struck

DePaola, Tomie

Tommy knows the story of Peter Rabbit by heart. When his class decides to put on the production he wants to be cast in the roll of Peter. Tommy is so excited he does not pay attention to his teacher and as a result gets cast as Mopsy. However, Tommy has a plan to keep him in the spotlight.

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acting, ambition, animals, attention, confidence, conflict, cooperation, creativity, dancing, disappointment, forgiveness, friendship, garden, humor, independence, listening, mouse, obedience, parents, performance, rabbit, school, self confidence

The crayon box that talked

DeRolf, Shane

While walking through a toy store, a little girl overhears a box of crayons arguing. Yellow and green don't like red and no one likes orange, but for no apparent reason. After buying the box of crayons, she takes them home and begins to draw a picture. Using every color in the box, the little girl created a picture. As she completed her drawing and began to walk away, she heard the crayons resolve their hatred and realize the beauty they make when they all work together.

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argument, beauty, clouds, colors, community, conflict, diversity, friendship, opinions, relationship, resolution, walking

Gabrielle and selena

Desbarats, Peter

Gabrielle and Selena are tired of the same routine everyday. They switch places for the evening, and their parents play a trick on them. Be ready for a funny ending.

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assertiveness, boredom, conflict resolution, critical thinking, curiosity, differences, friendship, magic, play, verbal communication

My house

Desimini, Lisa

A house is described and beautifully illustrated as it changes throughout a day and the seasons.

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autumn, change, clouds, fog, night, rain, seasons, shadows, shelter, snow, spring, summer, weather, wind, winter

Dot, el perron bombero

Desimini, Lisa

Dot, a fire dog, lives everyday with the firefighters. She puts on gear with the firemen when the alarm sounds. She saves a kitten. She does everything the firemen do.

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animals, careers, dog, fire, fire engine, language, multicultural, nonverbal communication, rescue, safety, spanish, stress management, transportation, water

A star shines through

Desnitskaya, Anna

A young girl and her mother find change when they leave Russia for Israel. They leave a big city apartment during the war for a different apartment with a different language and different food. They make a cardboard star by cutting and gluing it so they can place the star in the window. When the girl returns from music lessons in the evening, she recognizes the star shining brightly.

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art, author's note, change, city, community, differences, food, home, language, loss, music, night, perspective, stars, war

Na-ni

Deveaux, Alexis

Na-ni waits all day with much excitement for the mailman to bring his mom's welfare check. He is going to get a bike!But, his plans fall through when a thief breaks into his mailbox and steals it.

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anticipation, community, fly, goal setting, neighbors, robbery, sun, verbal communication

Hattie the bad

Devlin, Jane

Hattie had a reputation for being bad. All her school classmates love her because she does exciting bad things, but her parents don't agree. When her friends aren't allowed to play with her anymore, she decides to be good. But just when she is about to get an award for the Best-Behaved Child ever, she does something that shocks everyone.

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assertiveness, behavior, competition, decision making, excitement, feelings, goal setting, misbehavior, mischief, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, recognition, sadness, self esteem, technology, television

Jamie's turn

DeWitt, Jamie

Eleven year old Jamie helps his stepfather, Butch, pick corn one autumn day. When the corn picker becomes plugged up, Butch attempts to climb off the tractor but gets caught and is seriously injured. Jamie saves Butch's life by turning the corn picker off and running for help. Jamie keeps the farm running while Butch recovers from the accident.

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accidents, animals, assertiveness, author's note, baby, bravery, car, challenges, coping, courage, cow, crisis, decision making, disability, emergency, family, farm, fear, feelings, food, friendship, hard work, health, injury, love, maturity, motorcycle, neighbors, nonverbal communication, nutrition, pig, respect, responsibilities, safety, siblings, stepfather, transportation, truck

I lost my tooth in africa

Diakite, Penda

Amina and her parents take a trip to Mali to visit family. On the way, Amina realizes that her tooth is loose! While visiting her father's family, Amina loses the tooth and places it under a calabash tree. She receives a hen and a rooster from the African Tooth Fairy.

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africa, african, airplane, animals, birds, body parts, cattle, change, chicken, community, cooking, cow, culture, differences, donkey, family, food, games, garden, goat, grandparents, language, loss, maps, morning, multicultural, music, night, parents, pattern, pheasant, play, prayer, recipe, singing, sleep, song, storytelling, teeth, traditions, travel, tree, vacation, village, wish

Loon chase

Diehl, Jean Heilprin

A boy discovers that his domesticated dog still has powerful instincts similar to animals in the wild. There is a surprise encounter between the dog and a mother loon: the bigger animal doesn't necessarily prevail. In his moment of wonder, the boy finally meets the loon himself.

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animals, birds, bodies of water, critical thinking, dog, family, fear, feelings, independence, lake, loon, multicultural, native american, nature, parents, play, relief, teamwork, transportation

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