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Four fur feet

Brown, Margaret Wise

A furry animal travels around the world and lets the reader follow him.

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animals, travel

Four-ring three

Bourne, Mariam Anne

A little girl wants to modernize her home by having a telephone. Her only problem is that she has to convince her father that it is not an invention that will soon be gone.

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assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, family, inventions, nonverbal communication, parents, peer resistance, refusal skills, telephone, verbal communication

Fox tries to earn enough money to buy a Greek fishing hat by helping out all his friends and neighbors. But, his generosity keeps him from earning the money, so his friends pull through for him in the end.

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animals, bear, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, fox, frustration, giving, hard work, presents, rabbit, raccoon, stress management, unselfish, verbal communication

Fox and his friends

Marshall, Edward

A fox is asked to watch his sister but he does not watch her and she wanders off. At the end, he learns his lesson and realizes that he needs to be more responsible.

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animals, assertiveness, child care, conflict resolution, family, fox, friendship, lost, responsibilities, siblings

Fox at school

Marshall, Edward

Fox learns important lessons from his friends on how to be a friend. For example, he learns how not to be greedy and how not to be too proud.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, fox, friendship, goal setting, greed, learning, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, pride, refusal skills, school, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Fox be nimble

Marshall, James

In three humorous stories, fox learns a lesson in bravery, showing off, humility and responsibility.

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balloon, fear, feelings, humor, misbehavior, parade, responsibilities, storytelling

Fox in a box

Hurd, Edith Thacher

Joe decides to go hunting for a fox because he wants a pet. He catches one with the help of a lion. When Joe brings the fox home in a box, the fox isn't very happy. Joe returns him to the woods where the lion and the fox help him find an owl who will happily be his pet.

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animals, birds, feelings, fox, kindness, lion, neighbors, owl, pets, sadness, woods

Fox in love

Marshall, Edward

Fox falls in love with many girls. He goes to the fair with each of them, but pretty soon they all find out he has other girlfriends. Because all of the girls are upset, he has to enter the dance contest with his sister and they win second place.

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animals, assertiveness, competition, conflict resolution, dancing, decision making, exercise, family, feelings, fox, frustration, goal setting, love, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, siblings

Fox in socks

Seuss, Dr.

A tongue twisting book which is about a fox who tries to play many games, but ends up hanging out with his blue socks.

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animals, clothing, decision making, fox, games, goal setting, rhyme

Fox on stage

Marshall, James

Fox and his friends are bored, so they decide to put on a scary play for the neighborhood. The play goes wrong and instead of being scary it is the funniest play the neighbors have ever seen.

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actor, animals, boredom, careers, fox, fun, humor, neighbors, performance, play, rain, weather

Fox on the job

Marshall, James

Fox needs a job so he tries four different places. Because of his honesty, fear and clumbsiness, he loses his first three jobs. He then finds the perfect job where he can dream all day.

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accidents, animals, fear, feelings, food, fox, honesty, nutrition, sleep

Fox outfoxed

Marshall, James

It's Halloween and Fox and his friends are looking forward to it, until Fox's little sister wants to come along. They scare her away, but she plays a trick on them. This makes them wish they had been nicer to her.

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animals, creativity, deception, disappearance, fear, feelings, food, fox, halloween, holidays

Fox song

Bruchac, Joseph

Jamie remembers her grandmother and all the things that they did together. These memories help Jamie deal with the loss of her grandmother.

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change, coping, critical thinking, death, family, grandparents, loss, love, memories, multicultural, native american, traditions

Fox under first base

Latimer, Jim

Fox has a habit of stealing baseballs. With the help of his bear friend, he learns the error of his ways and returns the balls. In turn, he receives a baseball autographed by Shoeless Joe Jackson.

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animals, baseball, bear, exercise, fox, honesty, presents, robbery, sports

Fox's dream

Tejima, Keizaburo

A fox, who is on his own, struggles to survive during the winter. He is cold, hungry, and misses his family. In the end, he meets a friend and realizes that he is no longer alone.

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animals, family, feelings, fox, hunger, loneliness, sadness, seasons, survival, winter

Foxie the singing dog

D'Aulaire, Ingri//D'Aulaire, Edgar

Foxie's master always teases her with a bone instead of feeding her. She follows her master to the city and gets lost. In her new home she gets fed well and she performs. Later, she becomes homesick and goes home to her original master.

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animals, change, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, dog, feelings, food, homesickness, loneliness, lost, performance

Fraction action

Leedy, Loreen

Miss Prime's class is learning about fractions. After class they all go home and practice using their new knowledge by dividing fruit and selling lemonade. The next day the class has a test, but even Miss Prime doesn't always have the right answer.

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alligator, animals, cat, chicken, critical thinking, dog, food, hippopotamus, learning, math, numbers, nutrition, practice, problem solving, rabbit, school, sharing, teaching

Frank and ernest

Day, Alexandra

Frank and Ernest run Mrs. Miller's diner for a few days while she is out of town. Mrs. Miller is nervous at first because there is a lot of responsiblity in running a diner. Frank and Ernest do a great job and have a lot of fun too.

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animals, bear, elephant, food, fun, language, nutrition, responsibilities, restaurant

Frank and ernest on the road

Day, Alexandra

Frank and Ernest drive a truck. They learn truck language along the way. They use funny words that have a real meaning to truck drivers.

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careers, humor, language, transportation, travel, truck, verbal communication

Frank and ernest play ball

Day, Alexandra

Frank and Ernest are a bear and an elephant who need jobs. Mr. Palmer lets them manage his baseball team. They do not know very much about baseball so they are always looking up baseball terms in the baseball dictionary.

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animals, assertiveness, baseball, bear, careers, elephant, language, learning, recreation, responsibilities, song, sports, teamwork, verbal communication

Frank was a monster who wanted to dance

Graves, Keith

Frank wants to dance. He puts on his best clothes and some ants in his pants and heads to the theatre. Once on stage, Frank dazzles the audience with his dancing. Everyone is impressed, until Frank starts to fall apart--literally!It doesn't matter to him, he can dance!

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ant, body parts, clothing, dancing, entertainment, excitement, exercise, fear, feelings, gymnastics, happiness, insects, monsters, performance, rhyme, self esteem, sports

Frankie Stein

Schaefer, Lola

Frankie is born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank N. Stein and grows up with monster changes to his hair and skin with his parents' help. Frankie learns how to walk like a Frankenstein and learns about his family tree so he can become more scary.

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affection, differences, family, growing up, halloween, holidays, identity, monsters, onomatopoeia, parents, self esteem, sounds

Franklin has a sleepover

Bourgeois, Paulette

Franklin and Bear are excited for their first sleepover at Franklin's house. It's fun to play games, have a campfire, and campout in the livingroom with your friend. However, when it's time to go to bed, Bear and Franklin realize how scary sleepovers can be.

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animals, anticipation, bear, bedtime, camping, conflict resolution, critical thinking, emotions, excitement, fear, feelings, food, friendship, games, growing up, happiness, health, homesickness, parents, playing, pretend, sadness, safety, separation, toys, traditions, turtle

Frannie's fruits

Kimmelman, Leslie

A little girl and her family operate a fruit and vegetable stand near the beach with the help of their dog, Frannie. She enjoys seeing all the different customers come in and buy different things.

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animals, beach, careers, dog, food, fruit, helping, market, nutrition, vegetables

Franny B. Kranny, there's a bird in your hair!

Lerner, Harriet//Goldhor, Susan

Franny B. Kranny loves her wild and crazy hairstyle, but her parents say that she needs to get her hair done before the family reunion. Initially she is upset, but then a bird decides to make her new hairstyle its home. Everyone, including Franny, loves the hairstyle. They want her to keep it, but Franny decide it's now time to cut it.

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appearance, beauty, birds, body parts, bus, careers, cleanliness, embarrassment, family, feelings, hygiene, preparation, pride, reunion, sleep, teeth, television, transportation

Fred

Simmonds, Posy

The night that Sophie and Nick bury their beloved cat, they find all of his cat friends outside. They find out their cat was famous and the other cats wanted to have a party to say goodbye.

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animals, assertiveness, cat, change, coping, death, friendship, loss, nonverbal communication, party, pets, self esteem

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.

Frederick's alligator

Peterson, Ester Allen

Frederick always told everyone that he had wild animals in his closet, under his bed and in his room. One day, he finds an egg and puts it in a box under his bed and an alligator hatches out of it. He shows everyone who did not believe him and then he sets the alligator free.

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alligator, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, honesty, peer resistance, reptiles

Frederick's fables

Lionni, Leo

Many animals go through several adventures. Some of them learn lessons, solve conflicts, and make discoveries.

Free fall

Wiesner, David

After falling asleep with a book, a boy dreams of a magical adventure. He travels to a kingdom, a forest, and a city where he meets animals and many characters. (A Wordless Book)

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adventures, animals, beauty, bedtime, books, dragons, dreams, excitement, fun, magic, sleep, travel

Freedom river

Rappaort, Doreen

John Ripley shows courage and perseverence in Southern Ohio through his actions. John crosses the Ohio River into the slave state of Kentucky to help other African Americans escape to freedom. John listens to nature as he rows a slave family across the Ohio River to freedom along the Underground Railroad.

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african american, author's note, baby, boat, bodies of water, cabin, community, courage, escape, family, fear, feelings, fight, freedom, happiness, history, illustrator's note, listening, maps, money, multicultural, night, parents, prayer, quiet, relationship, rhythm, river, running, sadness, safety, secrets, slavery, transportation, underground railroad, woods, work, worry

Freedom school, yes!

Littlesugar, Amy

Jolie shows courage in her community by protecting the school that will educate her and others. Jolie is afraid others will burn down the school. Jolie never gives up hope, and learns about famous African Americans who were brave and made a difference in their community, just like Jolie.

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african american, anger, art, body parts, books, bravery, buildings, careers, change, church, community, courage, education, family, fire, freedom, god, hard work, history, music, neighbors, poetry, quilt, relationship, religion, running, school, slavery, song, spiritual, stars, teaching

Freight train

Crews, Donald

This book illustrates and identifies the different colors of the rainbow. Each car of a freight train represents a different color. Freight trains move quickly and travel far distances.

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colors, moving, rainbow, shapes, train, transportation

Frida's office day

Lewis, Thomas P.

Frida cat goes in to work with her father and helps out in the office in the morning. She also spends the afternoon with him in the big city and has a great time.

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animals, assertiveness, careers, cat, critical thinking, family, helping, parents, verbal communication

Friday night at hodges's cafe

Egan, Tim

When three tigers walk into an elephant's cafe and start causing trouble, a duck fights back. As the tigers ask to eat each animal in the cafe, a food fight begins. When a pie hits the head tiger and he gets a taste of it, the good food is appreciated.

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animals, birds, chaos, conflict resolution, duck, elephant, fight, five senses, food, fun, nonverbal communication, nutrition, pig, taste, tiger, verbal communication

Friday night is papa night

Sonneborn, Ruth A.

A family waits for their Papa to return home. Their Papa must work two jobs to provide for the family so he only comes home on Friday nights. They wait extra long that night, but finally Papa does come home and everything is all right once more.

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careers, family, fear, feelings, goal setting, nonverbal communication, parents, poverty, responsibilities, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Fridge-opolis

Coffey, Melissa

Lots of recycling and composting ideas fill the pages of the microwave, dishwasher, and refrigerator storage. The mayo, meats, and cheeses spoil and the tofu was swimming in goo. So many foods are rancid and decaying. And just when things couldn't get any worse....a food fight erupts in Fridge-opolis! Enjoy the Food for Thought at the end of it all.

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cleanliness, community, conservation, five senses, food, onomatopoeia, problem solving, recycling, safety, science, smell

Friend or frog

Priceman, Marjorie

Kate is a little girl whose best friend is a frog. When the frog causes too much trouble, her mom tells her to get rid of it. As Kate tries to find a decent home for her frog, he escapes.

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amphibians, critical thinking, decision making, escape, feelings, friendship, frog, nonverbal communication, pets, sadness, swamp, verbal communication

Friends

Heine, Helme

Three friends go off on many adventures together. They stick together and look out for each other, especially when disaster strikes.

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adventures, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, friendship, imagination, self esteem, teamwork

Friends from the other side

Anzaldua, Gloria

Prietita is a young girl who befriends a young immigrant from Mexico. He lives with his mother in a shed. When the police come, Prietita hides them so they won't be taken away. This story is in English and Spanish.

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assertiveness, caring, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, friendship, immigrants, mexican, multicultural, nonverbal communication, parents, poverty, pride, verbal communication

Friends go adventuring

Heine, Helen

Three barnyard friends set out for a change of scenery. Through their adventures, they decide that they would all be better off at home.

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adventures, animals, bicycle, boredom, bravery, chicken, cow, environment, exercise, exploration, farm, friendship, helping, homesickness, mouse, pig, running, running away

Frog and toad

Lobel, Arnold

Frog and Toad are friends, and they have many adventures together. They run, play and swim together. They cheer each other up when they are feeling down.

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adventures, amphibians, feelings, friendship, frog, play, recreation, self esteem, toad

Frog and toad all year

Lobel, Arnold

This book contains five short stories about Frog and Toad who are best friends. Each story depicts a season of the year.

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amphibians, autumn, decision making, friendship, goal setting, helping, neighbors, seasons, spring, summer, winter

Frog and toad are friends

Lobel, Arnold

The friendship and adventures of frog and toad unfold with many activities that strengthen their relationship.

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adventures, amphibians, assertiveness, conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, friendship, frog, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, self esteem, toad, verbal communication

Frog and toad together

Lobel, Arnold

Frog and Toad are two friends that have many adventures together, including after baking cookies, trying not to eat the whole batch.

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adventures, amphibians, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, food, friendship, frog, goal setting, nonverbal communication, nutrition, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem, stress management, toad, verbal communication

Frog goes to dinner

Mayer, Mercer

A boy goes to a fancy dinner with his family and in his pocket brings along his pet frog. When the frog gets loose, all kinds of disasters happen.

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amphibians, chaos, disobedience, family, food, frog, nonverbal communication, nutrition, pets

Frog on his own

Mayer, Mercer

A frog and his friends do not always like to do the same things. So Frog goes his own way for the day.

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amphibians, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, friendship, frog, independence, nonverbal communication

Frog, where are you?

Mayer, Mercer

A little boy is looking for his frog. When he finds it, the frog has started a family. He gets to take a new frog home and he is happy (A Wordless Book).

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amphibians, birth, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, friendship, frog, goal setting, happiness, lost, nonverbal communication, pets

Froggy gets dressed

London, Jonathan

When Froggy wakes up and decides to play in the snow, he needs to get dressed. Each time he goes out, he forgets to put something on and must come back inside. At last Froggy is ready to play, or is he?

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amphibians, clothing, forgetful, frog, seasons, snow, weather, winter

Froggy's first kiss

London, Jonathan

Froggy discovers the truth behind having a crush. His clumsiness and confusion lead him to discover his one true love, his mother.

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affection, amphibians, attention, decision making, family, feelings, friendship, frog, giving, happiness, holidays, love, moods, nonverbal communication, parents, play, playground, school, shyness, teaching, teasing, valentine's day

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