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Dial-a-croc

Dumbleton, Mike

Vanessa wakes up one morning pondering ideas of how to make money. So she goes and catches a crocodile and starts a service called Dial-a-Croc. When she finally sees how homesick the crocodile is, she lets him go, no strings attached!

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assertiveness, careers, crocodile, feelings, homesickness, nonverbal communication, reptiles, sadness

Ten little mice

Dunbar, Joyce

The activities of ten little mice are shown in a clever way to show a simple lesson of subtraction. One by one, the mice go back to their cozy nest.

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adventures, animals, escape, friendship, mouse, nonverbal communication, numbers, sequence, stress management, verbal communication

Tell me something happy before I go to sleep

Dunbar, Joyce

Willa is having a hard time falling asleep because she is afraid that she will have bad dreams. So she asks her brother Willouhgby to tell her something happy to help her have good dreams instead. Willoughby helps Willa out and they both eagerly await the morning.

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animals, bedtime, clothing, conflict resolution, dreams, fear, feelings, food, happiness, love, morning, night, rabbit, siblings, sleep, toys

The secret friend

Dunbar, Joyce

Gander is writing a letter to his secret friend. As Gander adds special touches to the letter, Panda becomes jealous. He does not know this secret friend and he is worried it might be Gander's new best friend. Little does Panda know, he is Gander's only best friend.

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animals, birds, caring, correspondence, feelings, friendship, goose, happiness, jealousy, nonverbal communication, panda, secrets, self esteem, sharing, writing

Eggday

Dunbar, Joyce

Dora the duck, announces to Pogson the pig, Humphrey the horse, and Gideon the goat that tomorrow is Eggday!There will be a big competition to see who has the best egg. Pogson, Humphrey, and Gideon are so excited about Eggday, but they don't know how to lay their own eggs. Can a pig lay an egg?Can a horse?Or a goat?The animals learn a lesson from Hetty Hen, and Dora has a fun surprise!

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animals, chicken, competition, duck, goat, horse, pig, repetition, rhyme, sounds

Seven sillies

Dunbar, Joyce

Six barnyard animals are tricked by a frog to jump into a pond.

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amphibians, animals, bodies of water, deception, farm, frog, mouse, pig, pond, self esteem, sheep, verbal communication

Lollopy

Dunbar, Joyce

Sophie, a young girl, takes her toy rabbit into the woods - disobeying her mother. She accidentally leaves him in the woods where he is hurt. Then some other rabbits try to fix him up. When Sophie gets back, she tells him never to go to the woods again.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, disobedience, family, friendship, nature, parents, rabbit, toys, woods

The bowl of fruit

Dunbar, Joyce

Pand and Gander have a big bowl of fruit to share. They each take their favorite fruit, but Gander's pomegranate takes much longer to eat than Panda's pear. As Panda finishes his piece, he takes another, and another. By the time Gander is done with his pomegranate there are only a few cherries left. Even though sharing is hard, the friends share the last few cherries.

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animals, conflict resolution, food, friendship, fun, goose, greed, hunger, nutrition, panda, sharing, verbal communication

Panda's new toy

Dunbar, Joyce

Panda just got a new toy and he is having a lot of fun playing with it. Gander wants to try it too, but Panda is unwilling to share. When Gander decides to play with another toy, Panda wants that one too. The friends talk about it and decide that sharing and working together are more fun than being selfish.

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animals, argument, birds, conflict resolution, cooperation, feelings, fight, friendship, goose, jealousy, panda, playing, sadness, selfishness, sharing, toys, verbal communication

Dog blue

Dunbar, Polly

A young boy named Bertie loves the color blue. Bertie also loves dogs, but he does not have a blue dog. He pretends that he has a blue dog, until he actually finds a real dog! Although his new dog is black and white, Bertie loves him and decides to name him Blue.

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animals, closeness, colors, conflict resolution, dreams, excitement, feelings, friendship, goal setting, happiness, humor, imagination, nonverbal communication, pets, play, pretend, relationship, verbal communication

I walk at night

Duncan, Lois

A cat enjoys spending time with its owner, but yearns for adventures of the night. The cat waits for night to fall so that all the memories will come back again. When morning dawns, the cat returns to being a familiar pet.

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adventures, animals, attention, author's note, bedtime, birds, cat, cleanliness, critical thinking, dreams, fish, love, loyalty, memories, morning, night, nonverbal communication, sleep, tree, walking

Here is the arctic winter

Dunphy, Madeleine

The animals of the fascinating world of the arctic show their land. Nature and the environment are the themes.

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animals, caribou, cod, fish, fox, hare, nature, owl, polar bear, seal, whale, winter, wolf

Ollie

Dunrea, Oliver

An egg named Ollie does everything he can think of to keep from hatching. Two other geese want Ollie to hatch, but he refuses. Finally the geese tell him to not hatch. This gets Ollie motivated to hatch and break out of his shell.

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animals, birds, birth, farm, five senses, goose, mouse, peer resistance, pig, refusal skills, sheep

Deep down underground

Dunrea, Olivier

One mole digs deep underground and affects all the other animals down there because of his noise.

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animals, ant, five senses, insects, mole, nature, nonverbal communication, reptiles, snake, sounds

The painter who loved chickens

Dunrea, Olivier

A painter who loves chickens lives in the city, but longs to live on a farm. He paints pictures for people to buy, but paints his chickens for himself. One day he paints an extraordinary picture and a true art lover buys it. This changes his life forever.

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art, birds, careers, change, chicken, farm, love, penguin, success, verbal communication

Eppie m. says...

Dunrea, Olivier

Ben Salem worships his older sister, Eppie M., and will do anything she proposes. Since Eppie M. knows the effect she has on her brother, the things she proposes are off-the-wall. Ben ends up in some ludicrous situations.

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challenges, chaos, exploration, family, mischief, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, siblings, trust, verbal communication

Our house on the hill

Dupasquier, Philippe

Every month of the year, this family has seasonal traditions that they do together.

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family, seasons, traditions

The wishing chair

Dupre, Rick

Eldon grows up from his childhood into this teenage years. He realizes that his wishes could come true through his actions and what he does for others.

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adventures, change, critical thinking, decision making, growing up, helping, learning, moving, responsibilities, self esteem, wish

My book of gymnastics: Health and movement

Durrant, Amanda

The different components of gymnastics such as posture, stretching, sliding, turning, and spinning are described. Activities to develop each of these components are included.

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activities, exercise, gymnastics, moving, sports

Ida B. Wells, voice of truth

Duster, Michelle

Ira B. Wells was an educator, feminist, and anti-lynching civil rights leader who founded many important clubs for African Americans. Even when faced with threats and criticisms, Ida B. Wells still kept writing, speaking, and traveling to challenge the racist and sexist norms of her time and leading the fight for justice and equality as a leader who made a difference for us all.

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african american, author's note, careers, change, children, correspondence, courage, education, equality, justice, leadership, loss, marriage, multicultural, newspaper, organizations, photograph, politics, racism, slavery, suffrage, teaching, technology, train, transportation, travel, truth

Snowy and woody

Duvoisin, Roger

Snowy, the white bear, and Woody, the brown bear, work together to solve their problems and keep each other safe.

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animals, bear, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, exercise, ocean, snow, swimming, teamwork, weather

Petunia's treasure

Duvoisin, Roger

Petunia the goose finds a treasure chest. Before she opens it, she tells her friends about it and they all beg her for gifts. She finds that the chest had nothing in it and that money is not always that important.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, friendship, goose, greed, money, peer resistance, self esteem, verbal communication

Petunia beware!

Duvoisin, Roger

Petunia is a goose who eats everyone else's food and never touches her own because she thinks the other food is better. Petunia decides to go up a windy hill to get the better grass, but others warn her not to because of wild animals. After escaping from the wild animals, she realizes that her grass is just as good.

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animals, birds, conflict resolution, coping, curiosity, food, goose, greed, nutrition, peer resistance, selfishness, verbal communication

A for the ark

Duvoisin, Roger

The book tells the alphabet by going over the animals on the ark in alphabetical order.

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animals, birds, insects, octopus, rain, reptiles, snake, verbal communication, weather

Veronica's smile

Duvoisin, Roger

Veronica, the hippo, is bored. When she starts helping all the farm animals, she becomes very useful and fulfilled.

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animals, assertiveness, bravery, conflict resolution, farm, helping, hippopotamus, self esteem

Veronica and the birthday present

Duvoisin, Roger

A cat and a hippo from two different farms develop a friendship. They find ways to see one another, but they are interrupted several times by their different owners.

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animals, birthday, cat, conflict resolution, exercise, farm, hippopotamus, holidays, walking

The happy hunter

Duvoisin, Roger

Mr. Bobbin goes hunting, but is unable to kill the animals. Instead, he admires them. Then when Mr. Bobbin is too old to hunt, the animals go to visit him.

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aging, animals, appreciation, decision making, nature, recreation, verbal communication

The crocodile in the tree

Duvoisin, Roger

A crocodile lives on a farm. The animals are scared of the crocodile at first. The crocodile makes friends with the farmer's wife.

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assertiveness, birds, chicken, conflict resolution, critical thinking, crocodile, decision making, farm, feelings, food, happiness, helping, nonverbal communication, nutrition, reptiles, sadness

Petunia's christmas

Duvoisin, Roger

Petunia is a goose that wants to save her friend from being eaten Christmas Day. She uses many resources to get this done.

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assertiveness, baby, birds, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, goose, holidays, nonverbal communication, parents, seasons, wedding, winter

The house of four seasons

Duvoisin, Roger

A family buys a house and fixes it up. They decide to paint it many colors. They have some trouble getting the colors they want, but in the end, everything works out.

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assertiveness, autumn, colors, conflict resolution, critical thinking, disappointment, family, parents, seasons, shopping, siblings, spring, summer, verbal communication, winter

Veronica

Duvoisin, Roger

Veronica, a hippopotamus, goes into the city to be different. While she is there, she gets into all sorts of trouble. Everything works out in the end.

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animals, comparisons, conflict resolution, day, decision making, exercise, family, goal setting, hippopotamus, parents, siblings, sleep, walking

Easter treat

Duvoisin, Roger

Santa travels in-cog-ni-to to a town during Easter time to see what it is like. When he says that he is Santa Claus, no one believes him at first.

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airplane, conflict resolution, critical thinking, easter, fly, holidays, playground, presents, santa, transportation

Petunia, I love you

Duvoisin, Roger

Raccoon hopes to eat Petunia for a goose dinner, but while walking in the forest, they end up as good friends.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, decision making, food, forest, freedom, friendship, goal setting, goose, kindness, nutrition, raccoon

Petunia takes a trip

Duvoisin, Roger

Petunia realizes she is too heavy to fly so she starts doing calisthenics to get into shape. When she does fly, she gets blown into the city and she sees how small she is in proportion to other things. She misses her home and takes a train back there.

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birds, body image, conflict resolution, coping, curiosity, exercise, feelings, goose, jumping, self esteem, sizes, stress management, transportation, travel

Pigwig and the crusty diamonds

Dyke, John

Pigwig, a pig, goes to a party. At the party, diamonds are stolen by Crusty, and Pigwig goes out and finds them.

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animals, assertiveness, baby, cat, conflict resolution, decision making, family, party, pig, teamwork, transportation

My nest is best

Eastman, P. D.

Mrs. Bird is discontent with her home and demands to have a new one. Mr. Bird searches and explores many options for his family. The attempts to build a new nest all fail. Finally Mrs. Bird realizes her old nest truly is the best!

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animals, birds, contentment, family, feelings, five senses, home, marriage, touch

Go dog go!

Eastman, P.D.

This story depicts dogs in many different places and situations.

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animals, dog, nonverbal communication, rhyme

Are you my mother?(Eres tu mi mama?)

Eastman, P.D.

A baby bird hatched out of the egg and found no mother in the nest. The bird went out searching for his mother. After asking various animals, the bird returns to the nest where his mother is waiting to give him a worm. Written in Spanish and English.

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animals, birds, conflict resolution, decision making, english, family, fear, language, lost, multicultural, nonverbal communication, parents, security, spanish

Who is at the door?

Eberstadt, Isabel//Eberstadt, Frederick

Nell's mother is going to clean the cellar, so she asks Nell to take care of the phone and the door. People keep coming to the door and Nell lets them all in.

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decision making, family, parents, responsibilities, trust

Oasis of the stars

Economakis, Olga

A desert family has to move constantly to be near a water supply. The young son of the family decides he is tired of moving. Using ingenuity, he digs a hole until he hits water. The family builds a well and the boy has his wish granted.

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assertiveness, bodies of water, conflict resolution, desert, determination, family, goal setting, hard work, nature, self esteem, travel

An African princess

Edmonds, Lyra

Lyra is a young girl who lives in the city and who comes from a line of African princesses. She is teased by her classmates and starts to wonder whether or not she is a princess. Her family goes to visit her aunt who confirms that she is an African princess.

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african american, airplane, assertiveness, conflict resolution, family, feelings, history, learning, multicultural, parents, royalty, self esteem, teasing, travel, vacation

The witch's egg

Edmondson, Madeleine

A mean, old witch, Agatha, discovers a great friendship with a bird she hatched. When the bird flew south, Agatha was very sad. Finally the bird comes back because he missed Agatha too. Although the bird would always leave for the winter, he would be back to see Agatha each spring.

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birds, change, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, friendship, loneliness, seasons, spring, winter

Chicken man

Edwards, Michelle

The summer that Rody worked in the kibbutz chicken coop, the hens laid more eggs than ever before. When Rody gets moved from job to job, the chickens become very unhappy. So they do something to get Rody back.

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birds, chicken, conflict resolution, feelings, happiness, love, nonverbal communication, sadness, seasons, song, summer, unselfish, verbal communication

Alfe-bet: A hebrew alphabet book

Edwards, Michelle

This book displays the Hebrew alphabet with Hebrew letters and English sounds.

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alphabet, hebrew, Jewish, multicultural, sequence

Papa's latkes

Edwards, Michelle

A Jewish family deals with the recent death of their mother and wife, while trying to keep their Chanukan traditions alive. Each family member deals with their emotions. They work as a single parent family to move on, while embracing their traditions of the past.

Honk!The story of a prima swanerina

Edwards, Pamela Duncan

Mimi Swan loves the ballet. She practices her dancing all of the time and shows that she is very persistent. Mimi Swan dances her way into the Paris Opera House to perform in a production of Swan Lake.

Some smug slug

Edwards, Pamela Duncan

A smug slug strolls on soil toward a slope. A sparrow, spider, swallow tail and other animals attempt to stop the slug from slithering up the slope, but it does not listen. Unfortunately the slop was a frog. Gulp!

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adventures, animals, birds, death, feelings, frog, insects, nature, sadness, snake, soil, sparrow, spider, squirrel

Barefoot: Escape on the underground railroad

Edwards, Pamela Duncan

A boy runs along the pathway of the Underground Railroad until he needs to take a rest. While he is resting, his pursuers are getting closer. They get too close and the boy can not run from his hiding place. Is he bound to be captured or can someone or something help him?

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amphibians, animals, critical thinking, deer, escape, fear, freedom, frog, hiding, history, running away, secrets, slavery, transportation, underground railroad

Four famished foxes and fosdyke

Edwards, Pamela Duncan

A mother fox leaves her four children at home for five days. They must feed themselves. Three of the siblings plan different ways to catch meat. The fourth fox is a vegetarian and saves the day by cooking a feast for all of them.

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alliteration, animals, assertiveness, chicken, cooking, critical thinking, dog, duck, family, food, fox, french, goal setting, health, individuality, multicultural, nutrition, parents, self esteem, sequence, siblings, verbal communication

Dinorella: A prehistoric fairy tale

Edwards, Pamela Duncan//Cole, Henry

Do you remember what happened to Cinderella?Well, Dinorella not only goes to the ball, but she defends the duke against a hungry deinonychus. The dinosaur dames, Dora and Doris, want the jewels but Dinorella has but one dazzling jewel.

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assertiveness, courage, critical thinking, decision making, dinosaur, empathy, fable, fantasy, happiness, heroism, laziness, love, nonverbal communication, party, peer resistance, selfishness

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