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Rabbit pirates: A tale of the spinach man

Cox, Judy

The Spinach Main is a French cafe owned by two rabbits, and former pirates, Monsieur Lapin and Monsieur Blanc. When a fox begins dining at the cafe, business begins to slow. Troubles escalate further when the fox makes multiple attempts to capture and eat the two. Realizing the trouble their business was in, the two devise a plan to keep the fox out of their hair forever.

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adventures, animals, argument, beverage, bravery, bully, challenges, cooking, courage, decision making, escape, fear, fight, fox, french, multicultural, rabbit, restaurant

Rip van winkle: Adapted from washington irving

Locker, Thomas

Rip Van Winkle drinks the brew of Henry Hudson and sleeps for twenty years. When he awakens, his own daughter does not recognize him.

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beverage, conflict resolution, family, folktale, parents, sleep

Summer business

Martin, Charles E.

A bunch of children on an island decide to work for the summer. They sell painted rocks, have a flea market, lemonade stand, dog-sit, and take people across the river. They earn enough money to go to the fair and have a wonderful time together.

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assertiveness, beverage, careers, conflict resolution, cooperation, decision making, friendship, goal setting, island, responsibilities, seasons, stress management, summer, teamwork, transportation, verbal communication

Sun dance water dance

London, Jonathan

A group of children enjoy a beautiful summer day by swimming, playing in the hot sun, picnicking, and skipping rocks. Their day ends as they look up at the stars and dream of what tomorrow will bring.

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animals, beverage, body parts, colors, constellation, dancing, day, dreams, exercise, five senses, friendship, imagination, lizard, moon, night, picnic, rocks, seasons, sky, snake, stars, summer, sun, swimming, taste, temperature, water

Sweet tooth

Palatini, Margie

Stewart has a sweet tooth that repeatedly gets him into trouble. Stewart tells his sweet tooth that it is time for him to be healthy. Stewart eats healthy and practices oral hygiene. Stewart then pulls out the "sweet tooth" and the tooth fairy visits.

Tea and whoppers

Walton, Marilyn J.

Karen goes to Gwendolyn's house for a tea party. They tell stories, drink tea, and eat whoppers.

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beverage, celebration, food, friendship, nutrition, party, storytelling

The bear

Briggs, Raymond

One night while Tilly is sleeping a bear comes into her room. The next morning Tilly tells her parents about the bear, but they don't think the bear is real. Tilly takes care of the bear all through the day. While Tilly is sleeping, the bear exits through the window to return back to his home.

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animals, bath, bear, bedtime, beverage, family, food, helping, imagination, love, night, nutrition, parents, verbal communication

The bear at the hunter's ball

Hacks, Peter

A bear goes to a party disguised as a hunter and participates in some senseless drinking. All those at the party decide to go bear hunting.

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alcohol, animals, bear, beverage, food, party, play, recreation, verbal communication

The bee tree

Polacco, Patricia

A little girl is bored with reading. Her grandpa takes her on a chase which leads to a honey tree. The whole town goes with them and enjoys the honey with biscuits and tea. Grandpa uses the chase to teach his granddaughter that adventure, wisdom and knowledge must be pursued and can be found in books just as easily.

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adventures, bee, beverage, books, community, conflict resolution, exercise, family, food, goal setting, grandparents, insects, learning, nature, nutrition, reading

The boston coffee party

Rappaport, Doreen

During the Revolutionary War, a group of women boycott a local merchant's store and get all the coffee in the warehouse.

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assertiveness, beverage, conflict resolution, decision making, gender, goal setting, greed, history, independence day, peer resistance, refusal skills, teamwork, verbal communication, war

The busy body book

Rockwell, Lizzy

An introduction to the human body, how it functions, and its need for exercise. Kids have a variety of phyical activities and sports to enjoy while keeping their different body systems fit, healthy, and happy.

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beverage, body parts, bones, food, games, hard work, nonfiction, nutrition, picnic, skating, sleep, soccer, sports, vocabulary

The chocolate cow

Obligado, Lilian

Pierre is worried that his father might sell Melody, his cow. Melody can no longer give milk and Pierre's father has no need for her. Pierre decides to do all he can for Melody so she will produce milk. He feeds her the best food, and she turns into a very special cow.

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animals, author's note, beverage, careers, cow, family, farm, food, mountains, multicultural, nutrition, parents, siblings, swiss, traditions

The cow is mooing anyhow

Geringer, Laura

A young girl's mother brings her breakfast to her at the kitchen table. When the mother leaves, the girl's imagination goes wild. She imagines there are many different animals in the kitchen with her during breakfast. When her mother reappears, all of the animals seem to disappear except for the cow.

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alphabet, animals, beverage, birds, chaos, cow, crab, crustaceans, dragonfly, family, food, fox, goat, goose, iguana, imagination, insects, kangaroo, monkey, noise, nutrition, owl, parents, reptiles, seal, taxi, transportation, verbal communication

The edible pyramid: Good eating every day

Leedy, Loreen

The Edible Pyramid restaurant opens as the maitre d' explains the food pyramid menu to the customers. The maitre d' discusses which foods are included in each group. He also discusses how many servings from each group should be eaten everyday.

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beverage, food, numbers, nutrition

The ghost-eye tree

Martin, Bill Jr.//Archambault, J

A brother and sister go to get milk, but they must first pass a scary tree. On the way home, they think they see a ghost.

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assertiveness, autumn, beverage, confidence, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, fear, feelings, food, ghosts, imagination, seasons, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

The hole story

Merriam, Eve

There are many kinds of holes. There are holes for seeds which grow plants for food. There are holes for drinking and eating our food. There are holes for windows that allow us to see. Holes are also used out at sea. Without holes where would we be?

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beverage, birthday, bodies of water, clothing, colors, food, holidays, nutrition, plants, sea, shapes, ship, sports, transportation

The itch book

Dragonwagon, Crescent

On a hot summer day in the Ozarks, the itch begins. It's an itch epidemic and no one can escape it. Finally, without even discussing it, the whole town shows up at King Creek for a social picnic full of cold, itch-freeing water.

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animals, beverage, community, conflict resolution, cow, dog, food, horse, nonverbal communication, nutrition, picnic, swimming, verbal communication, water

The king at the door

Cole, Brock

Little Baggit tells the innkeeper that the king is at the door. When the innkeeper looks out and sees that it is just an old man in a patched shirt, he doesn't believe it is the king. Little Baggit gives the king food, drink, a coat, a hat, and a donkey because the king promises him that he'll come back for him the next day- and he does.

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animals, assertiveness, beverage, clothing, decision making, donkey, food, nutrition, royalty, travel, verbal communication

The lady who put salt in her coffee

Schwartz, Amy//Hale, Lucretia

A lady puts salt in her coffee one morning by mistake and did not know what to do. Her family calls a chemist and an herb lady. They both were unsuccessful. At last, a wise lady from Boston suggests making a fresh cup.

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accidents, assertiveness, beverage, careers, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, evil, family, garden, helping, teamwork

The little princess

Burnett, Frances Hodge

Young Sara is forced to attend Miss Minchin's select seminary for young girls in London when her father gets shipped off to war. Miss Minchin, the director of the seminary becomes a bit apprehensive about Sara's stay with them because her father said that she is to have the very best of everything. When a note arrives that says Sara's father died, things change for the worse. Poor Sara is forced to live the life of a slave. She eventually meets up with an Indian gentleman who helps her to gain her life back.

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adventures, aging, beverage, celebration, change, child care, conflict resolution, death, emotions, family, food, hard work, hindu, hunger, indian, learning, loss, love, mistake, multicultural, nonverbal communication, orphan, party, persistence, problem solving, relationship, resentment, school, sharing, slavery, sleep, storytelling, support, war

The mellops strike oil

Ungerer, Tomi

During a picnic, the Mellops family drinks water from a spring and finds it tastes like oil. The family looks for the possibility of oil in the area. When they find that there is oil, they build a derrick. A forest fire sends the family home to take baths.

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bath, beverage, camping, cleanliness, decision making, discovery, environment, family, feelings, fire, fuel, goal setting, hygiene, picnic, recreation, verbal communication, water

The milk makers

Gibbons, Gail

In preparation for the dairy cows to make milk they must eat a lot of grass and drink water. The cows are then milked twice a day. The milk is then taken to the dairy where it is prepared for people to buy it in stores.

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animals, barn, beverage, cow, farm, food, machines, nutrition

The old ladies who liked cats

Greene, Carol

The order of the community is safe and secure until one night the mayor makes a law banning cats outside at night. Due to this, the community order is lost, and the town is invaded. The old ladies who liked cats point out the problem to the mayor who then lets the cats out at night so order can return.

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aging, bee, beverage, boat, bodies of water, cat, community, cow, food, forest, health, law, neighbors, night, nutrition, pets, plants, protection, rules, sea, transportation

The oreo cookie counting book

Albee, Sarah

From 10 to 1, it's Oreo counting fun. Practice counting down from 10 to 1 with the help of Oreo cookies. Oh, some friends have come along to help. Turn the page and find out how many Oreos are left.

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activities, animals, baby, bear, beverage, birthday, cat, celebration, counting, dog, elephant, food, magic, numbers, nutrition, rabbit, sequence, sharing, zoo

The queen and rosie randall

Oxenbury, Helen

A young girl is hostess at the Queen's royal tea party.

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beverage, conflict resolution, decision making, party, play, responsibilities, royalty, stress management

The science book of the senses

Ardley, Neil

Includes all kinds of health and science experiments that will test your five senses. From reading with your fingers to tasting sweet and sour foods, all your senses will be used during this learning experience.

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beverage, blindness, cold, five senses, hearing, hearing impaired, learning, science, sight, smell, taste, touch, vision

The teeny tiny teacher

Calmenson, Stephanie

The teeny tiny teacher and her teeny tiny students have a school day full of teeny tiny things. However, they are frightened by a voice coming from the closet asking for the bone the teacher found on their teeny tiny walk. Find out who the voice belongs to.

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alliteration, beverage, bones, fear, feelings, folktale, food, ghosts, learning, mystery, park, routine, school, science, sizes, teaching, verbal communication, walking

Things that sometimes happen

Avi

This collection of short stories are exaggerated to intrigue your imagination. The stories are full of odd events involving animals, traveling, and much more.

This is the matzah

Levine, Abby

A Jewish family shops, cooks, and prepares for Passover. The traditions and the meanings behind them are explained in a rhyme.

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alcohol, beverage, celebration, ceremony, cooking, drugs, family, food, grandparents, hebrew, Jewish, multicultural, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, party, religion, responsibilities, reunion, shopping, siblings, verbal communication

Vegetable dreams

Jeffers, Dawn

Erin dreams about having a garden. Her parents allow her to share a garden with her neighbor, Mr. Martinez. Erin cares for her garden everyday and enjoys eating and canning the fresh food with her family. She learns that she loves learning and the friendship developed with Mr. Martinez more than the vegetables themselves.

What happens to a hamburger?

Showers, Paul

What happens to your favorite foods after you eat them?They go through your body's digestive system. Your body uses what it needs to help you grow and then gets rid of the rest when you go to the bathroom.

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beverage, body parts, bones, critical thinking, food, health, hunger, nutrition, sequence, taste, teeth, water

What happens to your food?

Smith, Alastair

What happens to food after we eat it?It goes on a long and interesting journey through our bodies. Learn what happens as we follow the process of digestion for solid and liquid foods.

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beverage, body parts, decision making, five senses, food, health, nutrition, sequence, sight, smell, taste, teeth

What was it before it was orange juice?

Moncure, Jane Belk

A boy asks his mother, What was orange juice before it was orange juice? Describes how orange juice starts as a tiny seed. The tiny seed then grows into an orange tree and is eventually manufactured into juice.

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beverage, farm, food, nutrition, plants

When it's six o'clock in San Francisco: A trip through time zones

Omololu, Cynthia Jaynes

Starting at 6 a.m. in San Francisco, travel across each time zone to learn what is going on in that location. Each time zone holds a descriptive excerpt about a life of a kid living there, accompanied by details of a meal that is eaten there too!

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activities, africa, australia, bedtime, beverage, china, clock, comparisons, Days of The Week, europe, food, french, grandparents, language, morning, multicultural, nonfiction, north america, numbers, onomatopoeia, pakistan, rain, sequence, soccer, south america, sports, time, united states, weather, zone

Where's Jamela?

Daly, Niki

A young girl named Jamela is upset when hearing the news from her mother that they will be moving to a new house. When itﾒs time to leave, everyone wonders where Jamela is and begin to search for her everywhere. Suddenly, she jumps out of a box from the back of the truck and agrees to go with her mother. On reaching her new house, she starts to like it and settles down in her room.

X-rays and other fun things

Scarry, Richard

Huckle and Lowly are learning all sorts of fun things. First, they visit the doctor and learn about x-rays. Then they learn about making bread. Finally, they practice safety outside playing in the sun and while walking to the grocery store.

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beach, beverage, bones, car, caring, cooking, doctor, farm, food, health, hunger, learning, nutrition, safety, summer, sun, water

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