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Mousekin's birth
Miller, Edna
Mousekin grew from conception to birth. Once in the outside world, Mousekin wonders what the world has in store for him.
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animals
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birth
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family
,
future
,
goal setting
,
growing up
,
mouse
,
nonverbal communication
Amos & boris
Steig, William
Amos is a mouse who gets stranded in the middle of the ocean. Boris the whale, comes to his rescue and they become the best of friends. Each helps the other to survive.
Tags
animals
,
bodies of water
,
death
,
differences
,
elephant
,
friendship
,
helping
,
mouse
,
ocean
,
similarities
,
sizes
,
survival
,
whale
Scuttle the stowaway mouse
Soule, Jean//Soule, Nancy
A mouse stows away on a pirate ship but it is attacked and begins to sink. He grabs some treasures and returns safely to land to make a prosperous living.
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animals
,
assertiveness
,
bodies of water
,
critical thinking
,
decision making
,
goal setting
,
mouse
,
pirates
,
robbery
,
safety
,
ship
The church mice and the moon
Oakley, Graham
Two church mice are kidnapped for use as astronauts. As they are about to be launched to the moon, their caretaking cat rescues them.
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animals
,
astronaut
,
careers
,
cat
,
child care
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kidnapped
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moon
,
mouse
,
robbery
Anotole and the pied piper
Titus, Eve
Anotale, a mouse, has to be a hero and save the children of his village from a musician. The musician steals the children so he can use them in his symphony. The mice end up escaping because they trick one of the musicians.
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animals
,
assertiveness
,
careers
,
conflict resolution
,
cooperation
,
deception
,
decision making
,
escape
,
goal setting
,
mouse
,
music
,
nonverbal communication
,
refusal skills
,
robbery
,
verbal communication
Anatole and the cat
Titus, Eve
While working as the Cheese Taster at M'sieu Duval's factory, Anatole the Mouse is forced to face his biggest fear: a cat. When the cat threatens Anatole's job, Anatole puts his brain to work and comes up with a plan that saves his job and makes him the most respected mouse in all France.
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animals
,
bravery
,
careers
,
cat
,
critical thinking
,
decision making
,
fear
,
feelings
,
french
,
heroism
,
mouse
,
multicultural
Matthew's dream
Lionni, Leo
Matthew is a poor smart mouse. He does not know what to do with his life. He ends up becoming a professional painter as the result of a dream he had after going to the art museum. He becomes a very famous artist.
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animals
,
art
,
careers
,
colors
,
decision making
,
dreams
,
goal setting
,
mouse
,
poverty
Cat's colors
Cabrera, Jane
What is cat's favorite color? Cat visits the ten most popular colors to try and decide which color is his favorite. In the end the decision is easy. Cat's favorite color is orange, which is the color of his mom!
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animals
,
bat
,
bee
,
birds
,
cat
,
clouds
,
colors
,
cow
,
critical thinking
,
decision making
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family
,
feelings
,
flowers
,
happiness
,
kindness
,
lobster
,
love
,
mouse
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nature
,
parents
,
sand
,
sheep
,
sky
,
sun
,
worm
Cat up a tree
Hassett, John//Hassett, Ann
Nana Quimby saves the day when she executes a creative plan to rescue stranded cats from a tree outside her window. The old woman called the firehouse, police station, library, and zoo for help but no one was willing to lend a hand.
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animals
,
careers
,
cat
,
community
,
counting
,
critical thinking
,
library
,
mice
,
mouse
,
technology
,
telephone
,
tree
,
zoo
The tale of the pie and the patty pan
Potter, Peter
Duchess the Dog is scared that Ribby the Cat will feed her mouse pie. Unknowingl, Dog eats the mouse pie and mass confusion occurs.
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animals
,
cat
,
confusion
,
decision making
,
dog
,
mouse
,
party
The church mice adrift
Oakley, Graham
The church mice lose their home to the rats. Together with the cat, they make a plan to gain their home back.
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animals
,
assertiveness
,
cat
,
conflict resolution
,
creativity
,
critical thinking
,
decision making
,
friendship
,
goal setting
,
helping
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mouse
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neighbors
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rat
,
shelter
,
teamwork
,
verbal communication
Joey and the birthday present
Kumin, Maxine W.//Sexton, Anne
Joey is a mouse who lives on a farm. He meets a city mouse who is a boy's pet, and they become good friends. They play and do things together until the city mouse has to leave.
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animals
,
cat
,
conflict resolution
,
critical thinking
,
dog
,
family
,
grandparents
,
mouse
,
nonverbal communication
,
peer resistance
,
pets
,
refusal skills
,
self esteem
,
stress management
,
summer
,
taste
,
verbal communication
,
water
Mr. t.w. anthony woo
Ets, Marie Hall
Mr. T.W. Anthony Woo is a friendly mouse that keeps the cobbler of Shooshko company. The cobbler's sister wants the dog and cat to catch the mouse and be rid of him. Instead, the cat, dog, and mouse cooperate to get rid of the cobbler's sister and live in peace.
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animals
,
argument
,
cat
,
conflict resolution
,
cooperation
,
dog
,
mouse
,
peace
,
verbal communication
Chato's kitchen
Soto, Gary
Chato, the coolest low-riding cat in East L.A., feels very fortunate when he learns a family of mice accepts his invitation to dinner. Chato and his best friend, Novio Boy, prepare an extravagant meal excluding the main dish. When the two cats open the door and see a surprise guest, they realize that their plan is ruined.
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animals
,
birds
,
cat
,
conflict resolution
,
critical thinking
,
deception
,
decision making
,
dog
,
fear
,
feelings
,
food
,
goal setting
,
happiness
,
hunger
,
mouse
,
nonverbal communication
,
nutrition
,
self confidence
,
self esteem
,
sparrow
,
stress management
,
surprises
,
verbal communication
The porcupine mouse
Pryor, Bonnie
Louie and Dan are two mice brothers that move out into the world on their own. They learn how important a good breakfast is, how scary cats are, and how best friends are important.
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animals
,
assertiveness
,
cat
,
conflict resolution
,
critical thinking
,
decision making
,
family
,
fear
,
feelings
,
food
,
friendship
,
helping
,
mouse
,
nonverbal communication
,
nutrition
,
self esteem
,
siblings
,
verbal communication
Miss flora mcflimsey's halloween
Mariana.
Miss Flora McFlimsey is a doll who decides to take an adventure on a witch's broom on All Hallows' Eve. The adventure is ruined when she must return home to rid her house of five goblins.
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animals
,
cat
,
fear
,
feelings
,
goblins
,
halloween
,
holidays
,
mouse
,
owl
,
sadness
,
witches
A summertime song
Haas, Irene
One summer evening a frog jumps into Lucy's room and invites her to a magical birthday party. Lucy goes outside and joins her animal friends in celebrating owl's birthday. While outside in the garden, Lucy discovers an old doll she recognizes as her grandmother's and returns it to the delighted woman.
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animals
,
birds
,
birthday
,
car
,
cat
,
celebration
,
critical thinking
,
dolls
,
fear
,
feelings
,
frog
,
goal setting
,
happiness
,
mouse
,
owl
,
surprises
,
taxi
,
toys
,
transportation
,
verbal communication
,
worm
The mouse god
Kennedy, Richard
A barnyard cat is very vain and musses his hair when he chases the barnyard mice. He comes up with a plan to get rid of all the mice at once so he doesn't have to catch them.
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animals
,
cat
,
critical thinking
,
goal setting
,
god
,
mouse
,
song
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
The rose in my garden
Lobel, Arnold
Many different types of flowers are shown. Within the flowers is a sleeping bee, a scared fieldmouse, and a cat chasing the mouse.
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animals
,
beauty
,
bee
,
cat
,
garden
,
insects
,
mouse
,
plants
,
rhyme
The tailor of gloucester
Potter, Beatrix
When the tailor of Glouchester falls ill, he worries that he will not get the mayor's waistcoat finished and not make any money to use for food. But some helpful mice come to the rescue and surprise the tailor on Christmas morning.
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animals
,
careers
,
cat
,
christmas
,
clothing
,
helping
,
holidays
,
illness
,
mouse
,
poverty
The complete story of the three blind mice
Ivimey, John W.
Three mice leave home to have some fun. They found the farmer's house and were chased by his cat. The chase results in the mice running into thorns and being blinded.
Tags
animals
,
cat
,
conflict resolution
,
critical thinking
,
farm
,
five senses
,
mouse
,
sight
The story of miss moppet
Potter, Beatrix
Miss Moppet's adventure chasing a mouse is disappointing. She must learn to stop teasing the mouse.
Tags
animals
,
cat
,
deception
,
escape
,
mouse
Cat and mouse in the snow
Bogacki, Tomacz
When two friends, Cat and Mouse, go outside one day to play in the green meadow, they are very surprised to find snow instead of grass. Together, they discover the fun of playing in the cold, white snow.
Tags
animals
,
cat
,
climbing
,
cold
,
colors
,
family
,
friendship
,
monsters
,
mouse
,
playing
,
running
,
seasons
,
siblings
,
sledding
,
snow
,
weather
,
winter
The full belly bowl
Aylesworth, Jim
After being captured by a fox, a wee man is rescued and nurtured by a very old man for three days. In appreciation of the old man's kindness, a bowl is left on his porch with a note about its special powers. The beautiful full, belly bowl multiplies any item placed in it. This brings both happiness and trouble to the old man.
Tags
animals
,
appreciation
,
art
,
caring
,
cat
,
correspondence
,
fable
,
food
,
fox
,
greed
,
helping
,
hunger
,
insects
,
magic
,
money
,
mouse
,
nutrition
,
sleep
,
spider
,
wealth
The supermarket mice
Gordon, Margaret
The mice of the supermarket are happy and content until one day a cat invades their space. Although they make a few mistakes, the mice learn how to deal with the cat.
Tags
animals
,
cat
,
conflict resolution
,
mouse
,
problem solving
,
stress management
The everywhere cat
Corbin, William
A cat goes everywhere, except when there are mice to be caught and a cat is needed - he is nowhere.
Tags
animals
,
assertiveness
,
cat
,
mouse
,
responsibilities
New baby
McCully, Emily Arnold
The youngest mouse in a big family finds it very hard to adjust to the new baby. She was used to being the center of attention and now has competition. If she shows the adults that she is still a baby, she thinks she will get more attention. It backfires, but the baby pays attention to her.
Tags
animals
,
baby
,
change
,
coping
,
family
,
feelings
,
growing up
,
jealousy
,
mouse
,
nonverbal communication
,
self esteem
,
siblings
Punky: Mouse for a day
Moreton, John
When John's uncle gives him a pet mouse for a present, John is disappointed. Then he finds out that Punky the mouse is really a mystery mouse. Punky changes everyday into a new and exciting animal.
Tags
animals
,
change
,
conflict resolution
,
critical thinking
,
decision making
,
family
,
mouse
,
mystery
,
pets
,
presents
Chimps don't wear glasses
Numeroff, Laura
Chimps don't wear glasses. And many other animals don't do silly human activities but when imagination is put to work anything can happen. For example, have you ever seen yaks wearing tuxedos and hippos on boats, and others who ride in parades full of floats?
Tags
animals
,
boat
,
camel
,
car
,
chimpanzee
,
chipmunk
,
cooking
,
creativity
,
dancing
,
dog
,
dreams
,
exercise
,
feelings
,
ferret
,
food
,
giraffe
,
hamster
,
happiness
,
hippopotamus
,
horse
,
imagination
,
kangaroo
,
lion
,
lizard
,
llama
,
mouse
,
otter
,
panda
,
pig
,
reindeer
,
reptiles
,
rhyme
,
seal
,
skating
,
squirrel
,
tiger
,
transportation
,
turtle
,
weasel
,
wolf
,
yak
,
zebra
The christmas gift
McCully, Emily Arnold
A family of mice celebrate Christmas. They go to their grandparents and open gifts. Unfortunately, one of the children break all of their toys, so Grandpa takes him up to the attic and gives him his old train set.
Tags
animals
,
christmas
,
family
,
grandparents
,
holidays
,
mouse
,
nonverbal communication
,
presents
,
sharing
,
toys
,
traditions
,
transportation
,
travel
Little elephant and big mouse
Cantieni, Benita
Little Elephant explains to Big Mouse how things are different in size and how things are seen differently because of their size.
Tags
animals
,
companion
,
differences
,
elephant
,
friendship
,
mouse
,
perspective
,
sizes
Bizzy bones and the lost quilt
Martin, Jacqueline Briggs
Bizzy loses his favorite quilt. He cannot sleep and is very sad. Some other mice find it with a hole in it. They help Bizzy repair it and Bizzy makes new friends.
Tags
animals
,
assertiveness
,
conflict resolution
,
cooperation
,
decision making
,
friendship
,
goal setting
,
helping
,
loneliness
,
loss
,
mouse
,
quilt
,
sadness
,
sleep
,
teamwork
The conversation club
Stanley, Diane
Peter the field mouse moves into a new house and is invited to be a member in the local Conversation Club. When he attends, he finds that everyone is speaking at once and nothing can be understood. With that, Peter decides to organize his own club - the Listening Club.
Tags
animals
,
assertiveness
,
cooperation
,
friendship
,
goal setting
,
listening
,
mouse
,
moving
,
neighbors
,
peer resistance
,
refusal skills
,
self esteem
Picnic
McCully, Emily Arnold
A family of mice go on a picnic. When one of the children fall out of the car, the family discovers that he is missing and they go to find him.
Tags
animals
,
courage
,
critical thinking
,
determination
,
family
,
fear
,
feelings
,
loneliness
,
lost
,
mouse
,
picnic
,
transportation
,
travel
Blueberry ramble
Hurd, Thacher
When its spring cleaning time, everyone joins in - even the mouse family. Baby mouse gets into mischief upsetting the cow. The mouse family goes on a picnic to get Baby away from home.
Tags
animals
,
baby
,
cleanliness
,
cow
,
mouse
,
seasons
,
shelter
,
spring
Frederick
Lionni, Leo
While the other mice are gathering corn, nuts, wheat and straw for the winter, Frederick gathers sun rays, colors, and words. The other mice think that Frederick is lazy, but during the long winter days, his words warm the other mice.
Tags
animals
,
assertiveness
,
autumn
,
colors
,
conflict resolution
,
creativity
,
critical thinking
,
food
,
imagination
,
individuality
,
laziness
,
mouse
,
nature
,
nutrition
,
peer resistance
,
responsibilities
,
seasons
,
self esteem
,
sharing
,
shelter
,
uniqueness
,
verbal communication
,
winter
A very special house
Krauss, Ruth//Sendak, Maurice
A little boy uses his imagination to create a special place to visit.
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animals
,
companion
,
creativity
,
imagination
,
lion
,
mouse
,
play
,
shelter
,
storytelling
,
turtle
,
verbal communication
Mouse soup
Lobel, Arnold
A mouse tricks a weasel into getting some ingredients he needs from other stories to make a delicious mouse soup.
Tags
animals
,
assertiveness
,
conflict resolution
,
creativity
,
critical thinking
,
deception
,
decision making
,
food
,
imagination
,
mouse
,
nutrition
,
problem solving
,
weasel
The gondolier of venice
Kraus, Robert
Gregory the mouse wants to help save Venice because it is sinking. Gregory rounds up his other gondelier friends and they put floats under the city. Then they tie it down to keep Venice afloat and still.
Tags
animals
,
bodies of water
,
conflict resolution
,
creativity
,
critical thinking
,
decision making
,
friendship
,
italian
,
mouse
,
multicultural
,
problem solving
,
teamwork
Doctor De Soto
Steig, William
Dr. De Soto, a dentist who is a mouse, confronts his most dangerous patient of all - a fox!
Tags
animals
,
careers
,
critical thinking
,
dentist
,
fox
,
mouse
,
stress management
,
teeth
Carmine the crow
Holder, Heide
Carmine is old and has little energy. He saves a swan and in return, she gives him magical stardust. He gives it all away to make others happy. In despair, he finds one more speck and he wishes to be young again.
Tags
amphibians
,
animals
,
birds
,
conflict resolution
,
crow
,
feelings
,
frog
,
kindness
,
loneliness
,
magic
,
mouse
,
nonverbal communication
,
rabbit
,
sadness
,
verbal communication
Tillie and the wall
Lionni, Leo
Unlike the other mice, Tillie has always been curious about the wall they live next to. She imagines what could be on the other side of the wall and is determined to find out .
Tags
animals
,
assertiveness
,
conflict resolution
,
critical thinking
,
curiosity
,
decision making
,
determination
,
exploration
,
goal setting
,
imagination
,
mouse
,
problem solving
,
shelter
Beneath the ghost moon
Yolen, Jane
A colony of mice take revenge on the creepy-crawlers who tear up their Halloween costumes. They scare these mean creatures out of the farmyard so that they can live together in peace.
Tags
animals
,
assertiveness
,
clothing
,
conflict resolution
,
critical thinking
,
decision making
,
destruction
,
farm
,
fear
,
goal setting
,
halloween
,
holidays
,
moon
,
mouse
,
night
,
nonverbal communication
,
peace
School
McCully, Emily Arnold
A group of mice go to school and their little brother who is too young for school follows them.
Tags
animals
,
conflict resolution
,
decision making
,
determination
,
family
,
imitation
,
mouse
,
nonverbal communication
,
school
,
siblings
Broderick
Ormondroyd, Edward
Broderick, the mouse, is determined to be famous, so he goes against his friends advice and becomes a famous surfer.
Tags
animals
,
assertiveness
,
beach
,
careers
,
conflict resolution
,
determination
,
friendship
,
goal setting
,
mouse
,
peer resistance
,
play
,
self esteem
,
sports
,
swimming
,
verbal communication
The diary of a church mouse
Oakley, Graham
Humphrey, a church mouse, makes a New Year's Resolution to write the story of his life. Instead he keeps a journal because he would not know what happens in the last chapter.
Tags
animals
,
assertiveness
,
critical thinking
,
determination
,
goal setting
,
holidays
,
memories
,
mouse
,
new year
,
nonverbal communication
,
peer resistance
,
storytelling
Mice twice
Low, Joseph
A cat gets hungry and askes a mouse over to eat for dinner. Mouse brings a dog with her. The mouse and the cat try to outsmart each other but the mouse wins in the end.
Tags
alligator
,
animals
,
cat
,
dog
,
friendship
,
mischief
,
mouse
,
reptiles
,
surprises
Dreams
Keats, Ezra Jack
Roberto and his paper mouse saves a cat from a dog. The dog traps the cat but when the paper mouse falls, it makes a big shadow and scares away the dog.
Tags
animals
,
cat
,
conflict resolution
,
critical thinking
,
dog
,
dreams
,
escape
,
mouse
,
nonverbal communication
,
rescue
,
shadows
,
verbal communication
Johnny maple-leaf
Tresselt, Alvin
Johnny Maple-Leaf begins his life as a small brown bud. As time passes and the seasons change, he grows and develops into a mature leaf. Throughout his life, he encounters many animals. The other leaves help to keep him company, whether in the trees or on the ground.
Tags
animals
,
autumn
,
birds
,
dog
,
duck
,
forest
,
fox
,
goose
,
growing up
,
mouse
,
nature
,
owl
,
plants
,
rain
,
robin
,
seasons
,
self esteem
,
spring
,
squirrel
,
summer
,
weather
,
wind
,
winter
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