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Meet the gizmos

Tocco, John V.

Pong, a young Chinese Gizmo, journeys to the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time. She is welcomed by Gizmos from other parts of the world, such as Russia, Africa and America. The other Pong is given a tour of the station while sharing the creative and imaginary world of the other Gizmos. The Gizmos do a fabulous job in working as a team to welcome Pong into her new space.

I have heard of a land

Thomas, Joyce Carol

Moving across country must have been very hard. Pioneers often picked up their belongings and moved on toward a common goal: starting a new life!

Lights on the river

Thomas, Jane Resh

Teresa and her family are migrant farm workers whose home is wherever there is work. With no permanent home, Teresa carries with her a wooden box containing a single candle from her grandmother that reminds her of the place she considers home.

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christmas, family, farm, grandparents, hispanic, holidays, memories, moving, multicultural, parents, plants, shelter, siblings, travel, verbal communication

Eliza's daddy

Thomas, Ianthe

Eliza's mother and father are divorced so she spends every Saturday with her father. She is curious about his new family and wants to visit them more often.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, curiosity, divorce, family, goal setting, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, travel

Green beans

Thomas, Elizabeth

Dorthea's Gramma has very proper and strict ways of doing things including growing green beans. When Gramma leaves for a trip, she leaves Dorthea and her father in charge but they forget to take care of the beans. Everyone is surprised when Gramma returns.

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assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, dancing, disappointment, exercise, family, five senses, food, frustration, garden, grandparents, hard work, helping, hobby, nutrition, obedience, peer resistance, persistence, plants, rain, seasons, spring, stress management, summer, sun, taste, travel, trust, vacation, weather, worry

Gus was a friendly ghost

Thayer, Jane

Gus, the ghost, asked mouse to stay with him when the family that Gus lived with went away for the summer. The family came back and mouse did not want to share the house, but Gus insisted that he must.

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animals, assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, ghosts, mouse, peer resistance, sharing, shelter, travel, verbal communication

Swan sky

Tejima, Keizaburo

During the winter, a young swan becomes ill and is unable to fly to her summer home. Her family stays with her until she dies, then they fly to their summer home and grieve the loss of their daughter.

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caring, change, conflict resolution, coping, death, family, feelings, grief, illness, loss, sadness, seasons, summer, travel, winter

Mississippi bridge

Taylor, Mildred D.

Jeremy Simms, a young white boy, lives in a small town in Mississippi that is segregated. One foggy, rainy day, a bus full of people (mostly whites since some black people had been thrown off to make room for the whites), heads across the bridge and, because of the weather, crashes through the railing and into the water below. Blacks and whites, together, come to the rescue.

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african american, assertiveness, cooperation, equality, family, fear, fog, helping, heroism, multicultural, obedience, parents, rain, siblings, travel, verbal communication, weather

Henry explores the mountains

Taylor, Mark

Henry and his dog, Angus, go exploring in the mountains. Henry ends up stopping a forest fire and being a hero.

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adventures, animals, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, dog, exploration, fire, mountains, nature, nonverbal communication, pets, prevention, safety, travel, verbal communication, woods

Annushka's voyage

Tarbescu, Edith

When Tanya and Annushka's mother dies, their father has no choice but to leave Russia for the streets paved with gold. Several years later, the girls' father sends two tickets for their own voyage to America. Before the girls leave, their grandmother gives them each a Sabbath candlestick which will light their way to the New World. Tanya and Annushka's voyage is filled with many sick and sleepless nights. The girls unite with their father by raising their candlesticks.

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animals, author's note, birds, bodies of water, colors, cow, death, doctor, dolls, excitement, family, feelings, grandparents, happiness, horse, illness, immigrants, island, Jewish, letters, loneliness, loss, lost, multicultural, nonverbal communication, ocean, pigeon, prayer, russian, ship, smell, stress management, traditions, train, travel, verbal communication, writing

We're back!A dinosaur's story

Talbott, Hudson

Prehistoric dinosaurs travel in the twentieth century and are confused by what they see in the city. Their mission, though, is to become part of an exhibit at the Museum of Natural History in New York.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, confusion, critical thinking, decision making, dinosaur, feelings, goal setting, history, museum, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, self esteem, stress management, travel, verbal communication

Rabbit's morning

Tafuri, Nancy

This picture book shows a rabbit's day and his travels through the countryside where he sees other animals.

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animals, nature, rabbit, travel

Gotta go!Gotta go!

Swope, Sam

A bug crawls all the way out of her skin! She sleeps then she blossoms into a beautiful butterfly. On her journey, she repeats her chant, Gotta Go! Gotta Go To Mexico! to all the insects and animals along her way. When her destination is reached, she flutters and dances around in the warm sky with her companion. A bug returns, lays her eggs, and the cycle of life is repeated again and again.

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adventures, aging, animals, ant, appearance, author's note, baby, birth, butterfly, caterpillar, challenges, change, cocoon, colors, companion, confidence, courage, cycle, dancing, discovery, environment, farm, flowers, food, forest, grasshopper, growing up, happiness, hibernation, insects, mexican, migration, morning, nature, nonverbal communication, overeating, relationship, reproduction, rhyme, seasons, sleep, travel, verbal communication, weather, winter

The fourth wise man

Summers, Susan

Atraban is the fourth wise man who is to go see the new born King of the Jews. He never meets the Messiah, but during his travels he is able to help many people with the gifts he carries for the King. After years of travel, Artaban still hasn't met his King, but before both men die Artaban hears the voice of the Messiah.

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animals, astronomy, author's note, baby, birth, camel, charity, desert, determination, egyptian, faith, family, geography, giving, god, hebrew, helping, history, horse, hunger, illness, Jewish, learning, maps, multicultural, presents, religion, stars, travel, wealth

Subway

Suen, Anastasia

The subway is underground uptown. People walk to it, hop on it, and ride it. Some play music, others watch out the windows. When it comes to stops, some get off, others continue to ride the subway until they reach their destination.

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direction, exercise, hopping, moving, music, night, nonverbal communication, rhyme, subway, symbols, transportation, travel, walking, weather, wind

Window music

Suen, Anastasia

The train trip of a little girl and her family is described through colorful illustrations and rhyming words. She travels over streets, past horses at play, around growing fruit trees, and through a city to the final stop.

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adventures, american, animals, car, family, food, grandparents, horse, ocean, plants, rhyme, sounds, train, transportation, travel, tree

Grandfather's christmas tree

Strand, Keith

A young couple embarks on their own to an unknown land to build their life. When times get hard for their family, they adjust their lifestyles to make things work.

The greatest potatoes

Stowell, Penelope

Cornelius Vanderbilt sets out on a mission to find the best potato dish ever. He travels around and finds none that are good enough. Vanderbilt goes to Cary Moon's Restaurant, where George Crum is the head chef. Crum makes many dishes that Vanderbilt does not like. Crum decides to make the potatoes so crispy and salty, so he will not like them. Vanderbilt loves them and that is how the potato chip is invented.

Inspector mouse

Stone, Bernard//Steadman, Ralph

Some mice find their store empty. Toothy Mouse and Inspector Mouse travel to the club and the pier to find their stolen cheese.

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animals, assertiveness, decision making, food, goal setting, mouse, nutrition, peer resistance, problem solving, robbery, travel

Easter surprise

Stock, Catherine

On Easter vacation, a family drives to their cabin for a week. They color Easter eggs, go on an Easter egg hunt, and find their Easter baskets.

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easter, family, food, holidays, nutrition, parents, seasons, siblings, spring, traditions, travel

The tower of life: How Yaffa Eliach rebuilt her town in stories and photographs

Stiefel, Chana

Yaffa loved helping her Grandma Alte in her photography studio in Poland. Many people had their photographs made during special events and celebrations, then they were mailed overseas to relatives before the Jewish New Year. After the Holocaust when 3500 Jewish souls were murdered by Nazi soldiers, Yaffa worked for 17 years to recover 6000 photographs and stories about people from Eishyshok, which is now a different town in Lithuania. Yaffa became a professor of history who rebuilt the lives of those lost by connecting with their loved one's photographs from six continents.

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books, careers, chicken, children, communication, correspondence, death, history, museum, photograph, photography, Poland, polish, time, travel, united states, war

The gardener

Stewart, Sarah

Lydia takes a train to go live with her Uncle Jim who doesn't smile. Lydia uses flowers and plants to bring joy to everyone. She writes home to her mother, father, and grandmother to describe to new experiences.

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community, cooking, correspondence, depression, diary, family, feelings, flowers, garden, grandparents, happiness, neighbors, parents, sadness, train, transportation, travel, work

The worst person in the world at crab beach

Stevenson, James

A crabby man leaves his home for a vacation. At his hotel, he meets crabby people. He actually likes the crabby people, because they are worse than he is, even though he will not admit it.

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beach, feelings, friendship, sadness, travel, vacation

The sea view hotel

Stevenson, James

Hubert and his family go on vacation to a beach. Hubert expects to play with other youngsters, but there are none. He never expects a grown-up could be fun too!

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activities, animals, friendship, fun, goal setting, helping, mouse, play, shelter, stress management, travel, vacation

Rolling rose

Stevenson, James

Rose rolled out the door one day in her walker because no one was paying attention to her. She and her friends toured the area in their walkers until rain set in and they had to return home where everyone was happy to see that they were safe.

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conflict resolution, decision making, friendship, rain, safety, travel, weather

Are we almost there?

Stevenson, James

Two boys are so excited to go to the beach that they fight all the way in the car. Their father gets angry and tells them to stop. After that, all the father hears is Are we there yet?.

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argument, beach, car, conflict resolution, family, parents, patience, siblings, transportation, travel

Train ride

Steptoe, John

A group of young boys take a trip on a train to go to a place that has mysterious games. They had a lot of fun on their trip.

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assertiveness, critical thinking, decision making, games, play, train, transportation, travel

Doctor De Soto goes to Africa

Steig, William

Dr. and Mrs. De Soto travel all the way to Africa to fix an elephant's tooth. When the elephant's enemy kidnaps Dr. De Soto, the elephant worries that Dr. De Soto will never get away.

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african, animals, careers, dentist, determination, elephant, escape, jungle, missing, monkey, mouse, multicultural, stress management, teeth, travel, worry

Brave irene

Steig, William

A little girl has to go through the snow to take a dress to her mother who made it for one of her customers.

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careers, clothing, family, helping, snow, travel, weather

Gorky rises

Steig, William

Gorky the frog invents a magical potion that allows him to fly through the country side and town.

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amphibians, frog, goal setting, imagination, magic, travel

Amy's travels

Starke, Kathryn

Come along with Amy on her wonderful journey to all seven continents on earth. Read about the desert in Asia, the rainforest and jungles of Africa, the mountains of South America, and the cities of Europe. Feel the bitter cold of Antarctica, go on a safari, and meet people around the world who speak different languages. Traveling to brand new places is one of the most exciting ways to learn, and it's a trip you'll never forget!

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africa, america, animals, antarctica, asian, australia, bodies of water, camel, change, culture, desert, differences, europe, exploration, geography, home, honduran, jungle, kangaroo, kenyan, koala, language, maps, mountains, moving, multicultural, rainforest, river, safari, seasons, south american, spanish, transportation, travel, united states

A joyful day!

Stanbridge, Bobette

Cheerful bird has many nature-filled adventures with her tree friends and rock friends. Also meet Miss Annie Elephant who changes colors with her mood, and Selina Butterfly who changes patterns.

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adventures, animals, bear, birds, butterfly, change, circus, colors, dreams, elephant, feelings, flowers, friendship, images, insects, instruments, moods, mouse, music, nature, pattern, performance, plants, rules, travel, tree, turtle

Six hogs on a scooter

Spinelli, Eileen

The hog family wants to go to the opera. But when father Hog's car breaks down, they must find a different mode of transportation. After unsucessfully trying a scooter, roller skates, and other ideas, the six hogs take the bus. By the time they get to the opera, the show is over.

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animals, balloon, bath, bus, car, cleanliness, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, dog, entertainment, exercise, family, feelings, humor, music, night, opera, pig, skating, sleep, taxi, transportation, travel, wagon

Peter spier's circus

Spier, Peter

The circus comes to town. Everyone is introduced, performs and when finished, they all pack up and the circus moves on.

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animals, careers, circus, community, critical thinking, performance, travel

Townsfolk and countryfolk

Sopko, Eugen

Three well educated men go to the country to help the simple folk. The three cannot take care of themselves in the country and decide to go back to town.

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astronomy, careers, community, doctor, farm, rain, time, travel, weather

Mandy's grandmother

Skorpen, Leisel

When her grandmother comes to town, Mandy thinks she is sad and mean. After awhile, they begin to understand one another and learn from each other.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, feelings, grandparents, learning, patience, refusal skills, sadness, sharing, travel, understanding, verbal communication

Rainbow rhino

Sis, Peter

Rainbow Rhino and his bird friends go on a journey and find places that match their respective colors and stay there. They soon discover that their old home behind the mountain is the best because they are together with all their colors.

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animals, appreciation, assertiveness, birds, colors, community, decision making, friendship, multicultural, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, rainbow, rhinoceros, self esteem, travel

The goose that almost got cooked

Simont, Marc

Emily the goose gets separated from her flock during their migration to Lake Artok. She drops in on a farm with other geese. As more and more geese begin to disappear, Emily realizes that her life is in danger.

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animals, birds, bodies of water, contentment, critical thinking, disappearance, farm, fear, feelings, friendship, fun, goose, lake, loneliness, migration, travel

In the time of the drums

Siegelson, K.

Raised by his grandmother Twi, a young boy named Mentu learns of the toils and tragedies of slavery and how one day he too will have to be strong in the cotton fields. As Mentu grows, Twi shares her talks of living in Africa through the use of drums. When Twi's spirit calls her home to Africa, Mentu's day to be strong arrives.

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africa, african, aging, author's note, beliefs, boat, bodies of water, customs, escape, family, fear, garden, grandparents, hard work, history, island, language, memories, mischief, music, running away, ship, slavery, spanish, storytelling, transportation, travel, verbal communication, water

Truck song

Siebert, Diane

A rhymed text and several illustrations describe the journey of a transcontinental truck.

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critical thinking, rhyme, song, transportation, travel, truck

Train song

Siebert, Diane

This song book describes how trains work, where trains go, and what trains serve, as well as information about engineers and ticket buyers.

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careers, critical thinking, decision making, music, nonverbal communication, song, train, transportation, travel

How I learned geography

Shulevitz, Uri

A war occurs and a boy and his family must flee from their homeland. Food is scarce and there is no entertainment. One day, Father brings home a map. The little boy studies the map. He learns geography and allows his imagination to take him to faraway places. He forgets about his hunger and his sadness.

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author's note, family, fantasy, feelings, forgiveness, geography, history, hunger, imagination, kazakhstan, learning, maps, market, multicultural, parents, photography, Poland, poverty, rhyme, sadness, seasons, stress management, summer, travel, war, winter

Love, your bear pete

Sheldon, Dyan

Brenda loses her teddy bear, Pete, on a bus. She thinks he's gone forever, but soon starts to receive postcards from him. Pete is traveling all over the world and having many adventures. He soon realizes he misses Brenda too much and returns home.

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adventures, animals, bear, coping, correspondence, exploration, friendship, homesickness, loneliness, lost, multicultural, sadness, separation, travel, vacation

The someday house

Shelby, Anne

Follow the path of a child's dream world as she describes many wonderful places to live from the mountains to a bakery to the moon.

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bodies of water, dancing, dreams, exercise, fishing, food, games, moon, mountains, music, nutrition, ocean, play, recreation, river, travel, tree

Sheep in a jeep

Shaw, Nancy

Sheep in a jeep create havoc and learn a lesson of how catastrophies come from fooling around.

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animals, critical thinking, disobedience, nonverbal communication, rhyme, safety, sheep, travel

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

Oh say can you say?

Seuss, Dr.

Oh say can you say is filled with tongue twisters to make the reading fun and challenging. The story features pages of rhymes ranging from animals to people.

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beach, birds, boat, bones, books, christmas, colors, dinosaur, dog, duck, family, fish, island, money, monkey, music, parrot, pig, poetry, rain, reading, rhyme, storm, travel, umbrella, water, whale

Marvin k. mooney, will you please go now!

Seuss, Dr.

The speaker describes many examples of ways for Marvin K. Mooney to leave town.

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assertiveness, travel, verbal communication

Scrambled eggs super!

Seuss, Dr.

Peter T. Hooper is bored of regular scrambled eggs. He goes on a search to gather different kinds of rare and exotic eggs from many different animals to make a better kind of scrambled eggs.

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adventures, animals, birds, boredom, conflict resolution, creativity, food, goal setting, imagination, nutrition, rhyme, travel

Kenny's window

Sendak, Maurice

Kenny has a dream one night while he is sleeping. He dreams that if he answers seven questions correctly, his dream will come true. There is an unexpected ending to the story when Kenny changes his mind.

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adventures, critical thinking, decision making, dreams, fantasy, garden, night, sleep, surprises, travel

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