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Baby duck and the bad eyeglasses

Hest, Amy

Baby duck dislikes her new eyeglasses. She believes they look bad and hinder her ability to play. Her grandpa convinces her that her glasses are not so terrible after all.

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animals, baby, birds, boat, bodies of water, change, colors, conflict resolution, counting, dancing, duck, embarrassment, exercise, family, glasses, grandparents, health, lake, music, nonverbal communication, numbers, parents, park, play, reading, self esteem, sight, song, sun, verbal communication, vision, walking

All the better to see you with!

Wild, Margaret

Kate is small, quiet, and no trouble at all compared to her four big, noisy, feisty brothers and sisters. It takes a while for her parents to notice that Kate is nearsighted and needs glasses.

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beach, doctor, family, five senses, ocean, park, siblings, sight, vision

A winter walk

Barash, Lynne

A mother explains to her daughter that winter is more than just cold and gray. In fact, winter has the colors of blue, orange, green, and red. You can be happy in the wintertime too.

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animals, child care, critical thinking, happiness, learning, nonverbal communication, rabbit, sight, snow, stress management, verbal communication, winter

Frannie is lonely without friends her age in her neighborhood. When Laura moves in down the street, Frannie is excited but then sad because Laura is hearing impaired and cannot talk. The girls soon learn to communicate through sign language and become close friends.

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feelings, five senses, friendship, handicap, happiness, hearing impaired, loneliness, neighbors, nonverbal communication, sadness, sight, sign language

A new green day

Portis, Antoinette

On one summer’s day, a girl is attentive to all the sights and sounds around her. Whether it’s the subtle noise of crickets at night or the loud boom of thunder during a storm, there are many things in the environment, big and small, that influence her experiences.

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adventures, amphibians, animals, appreciation, awareness, colors, comparisons, cricket, day, earth, five senses, insects, lightning, mollusks, night, plants, play, rain, shadows, sight, snail, space, stars, stream, tadpole, walking, weather, worm

A is for annabelle

Tudor, Tasha

A young girl discovers her grandmother's old doll named Annabelle. As the young girl plays with Annabelle, she sees all the things the doll has in alphabetical order, from her cloak, dresses and earings to her slippers, umbrella, and veil.

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alphabet, clothing, dolls, play, sight, toys

A helpful alphabet of friendly objects

Updike, John

Poems are provided with various pictures of objects which begin with each letter of the alphabet such as apple, bird, jam, egg, nickel, oatmeal, toy and zero.

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african american, alphabet, animals, asian, birds, bluejay, cat, clothing, colors, dog, environment, five senses, food, italian, multicultural, nutrition, pets, plants, poetry, rabbit, rhyme, self confidence, self esteem, sight, sounds, taste, touch

A good morning's work

Zimelman, Nathan

When Mitsuo hoes his garden, he finds rare things in nature which he tries not to harm. All the while, his dad makes sure he's working.

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asian, beauty, critical thinking, decision making, family, garden, hard work, multicultural, nature, nonverbal communication, parents, plants, responsibilities, sight, sun, verbal communication

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Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

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Baby duck and the bad eyeglasses

All the better to see you with!

A winter walk

A very special friend

A new green day

A is for annabelle

A helpful alphabet of friendly objects

A good morning's work