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Tshepo rides the bus

Xaba-Mashiri, Zodwa

It is Tshepo's birthday and Auntie Sonto is taking him to the town on the bus. Tshepo loves to ride the bus. However, Auntie Sonto refuses to buy a bus ticket for Tshepo because she says Tshepo is too young.

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africa, african american, anger, assertiveness, birthday, bus, celebration, conflict resolution, embarrassment, family, feelings, holidays, multicultural, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, refusal skills, relationship, stress management, transportation

From the tops of the trees

Yang, Kao Kalia

Four year old Kalia wants to know what is beyond the fences of the Ban Sinai Refugee Camp where many Hmong families are held in Thailand after fleeing the Secret War in Laos. Kalia and her cousins play together by racing with chickens and riding a pet dog. One day, Kalia's father picks her up to hold her in his arms as he climbs a tall tree in the camp. This gives Kalia a chance to see a new and different world.

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animals, body parts, clothing, Days of The Week, dog, fear, feelings, food, hmong, hygiene, perspective, refugee, sewing, Thailand, travel, tree, war

Umbrella

Yashima, Taro

A little girl named Momo impatiently waits for a rainy day to use her brand new umbrella. When she finally uses her umbrella, she stands tall and carries it with pride because she now feels grown up.

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anticipation, feelings, growing up, japanese, multicultural, pride, rain, umbrella, weather

A song for ba

Yee, Paul

A young, ambitious boy spends a lot of time with his grandfather learning how to sing and follow in the footsteps of his father who travels with a Chinese opera troupe. Wei, the little boy, loves to go to the opera and watch his father perform hoping one day, he too, will be a star. Through difficult times and financial loss, a young boy comes to the rescue of both his father and his cultural background.

Bears in pairs

Yektai, Niki

Several different bears are described by their activities, feelings, and different colors.

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activities, animals, bear, colors, differences, feelings, happiness, party, sadness

Father's rubber shoes

Yeo, Yumi

Yungsu's family moves from Korea to America. When Yungsu goes into his new town and sees children playing, he missed his friends from Korea. Yungsu tells his mother that he wants to go back to Korea, but his father explains that their life will be better in America.

Raising yoder's barn

Yolen, Jane

A boy and his family lose their barn to a fire but their Amish community works together to raise the barn again.

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accidents, amish, author's note, barn, communication, community, conflict resolution, construction, cooperation, family, farm, feelings, fire, food, goal setting, helping, lightning, nutrition, prayer, pride, religion, verbal communication, weather, work

Dove isabeau

Yolen, Jane

Dove Isabeau is a young beauty whose stepmother is a jealous witch. One day, the witch turns Isabeau into a dragon. A young man saves her by risking his own life. In the end, Dove Isabeau saves her lover's life and they live happily ever after.

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animals, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dragons, family, feelings, jealousy, love, magic, problem solving, stepmother, stress management, verbal communication, witches

The girl who loved the wind

Yolen, Jane

Danina's father does not want her to experience life's harshnesses or sorrows. She is surrounded only by beauty. Then, the wind comes and tells her of another world. She accepts it's challenge by setting out to discover the real world and broadening her sheltered life.

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adventures, assertiveness, beauty, change, conflict resolution, curiosity, decision making, discovery, family, feelings, happiness, parents, refusal skills, sadness, security, verbal communication, wind

Grandad bill's song

Yolen, Jane

Jon loses his grandad and needs help showing his emotions. He doesn't know if he's reacting in the right way. Jon's family shows him that everyone reacts to the death of a loved one differently, and no reaction is right or wrong.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, curiosity, death, differences, empathy, family, feelings, grandparents, loss, memories, nonverbal communication, parents, sadness, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

The emperor and the kite

Yolen, Jane

A little Chinese princess is ignored by her brothers and sisters and especially by her father, the emperor. No one realizes her importance until she is able to save her father's life using her kite.

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chinese, critical thinking, family, feelings, kite, loneliness, multicultural, parents, rescue, royalty, siblings, stress management

All those secrets of the world

Yolen, Jane

Janine's father goes off to World War II. She wonders why her mother is so upset. Janine spends the day playing with her cousin in Chesapeake Bay where she learns the secrets of near and far. Two years later her father returns and she shares her secrets with him.

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conflict resolution, family, feelings, history, parents, play, sadness, secrets, war

How do dinosaurs say goodnight?

Yolen, Jane//Teague, Mark

Do dinosaurs say goodnight in the same way that people say goodnight?A dinosaur says goodnight to Papa in quite a different way than when Mamma comes in to turn off the light.

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affection, animals, bedtime, decision making, dinosaur, emotions, family, feelings, frustration, night, parents, resolution, rhyme, rules, sleep, verbal communication

It happened in pinsk

Yorinks, A.

Irv Irving is not happy with his life. He wants fame and fortune. One day, Irv loses his identity and everyone mistakes him for someone else. After he finally retrieves his identity, he realizes what he has and becomes content.

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acceptance, assertiveness, boredom, change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, fame, feelings, fortune, frustration, individuality, jealousy, mistake, misunderstanding, refusal skills, uniqueness, verbal communication

Company's coming

Yorinks, A.

One day, aliens land in Moe and Shirley's yard. They seem friendly, so Shirley invites them to dinner. Moe becomes distressed and calls the FBI. The entire country becomes unnecessarily threatened by these harmless visitors.

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adventures, alien, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, feelings, fly, food, insects, misunderstanding, nutrition, presents, protection

Harry and lulu

Yorinks, Arthur

Just like any other little girl, Lulu wants a dog. Her parents give her a stuffed poodle named Harry instead of a real pet. At first, Lulu doesn't like Harry at all!But when he comes to life and they have an adventure together, Lulu discovers what a good friend he is.

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anger, animals, architecture, bodies of water, decision making, dog, family, feelings, french, friendship, multicultural, parents, pets, reading, river, sleep, toys, travel, verbal communication

Ugh

Yorkins, Arthur

Many, many years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, there was a boy named Ugh who was looked down on and treated like a slave by his siblings. Ugh tells them he will be famous one day. After seeing a wheel, he invents the bicycle, and because of this becomes the boy king.

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anger, assertiveness, bicycle, cave, change, chores, confidence, critical thinking, differences, dinosaur, family, feelings, happiness, inventions, jealousy, moon, sadness, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication, whale

Rip Squeak and his friends

Yost-Filgate, Susan

When the family living in the cottage pack up their bags one morning and leave, the excitement begins. Rip Squeak and his sister, Jesse, make two unlikely new friends and discover a whole world that's been right under their noses!

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acting, adventures, animals, cat, feelings, frog, imagination, instruments, loneliness, mouse, puppets, toys, umbrella

Turtle spring

Zagwyn, Deborah Turney

One summer, as young Clee finds herself lost in the shuffle with the arrival of a new baby brother, Uncle Fishtank Hal comes to the rescue when he asks her to care for his special southern-breed turtle. For Clee, caring for the turtle is like therapy to cope with the new changes in her life. That is until the turtle dies due to the harsh cold winter and Clee is forced to bury him out in the yard. Without the turtle, Clee spends time with her new brother and learns to enjoys his company. In spring however, the turtle springs back to like in the compost pile and Clee gains a new outlook on the changes in her life.

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affection, author's note, autumn, baby, caring, change, closeness, cold, coping, disappointment, environment, excitement, family, feelings, friendship, geography, grief, guilt, happiness, hibernation, jealousy, loneliness, nonverbal communication, parents, radio, reptiles, sadness, seasons, siblings, snow, spring, stress management, summer, surprises, survival, technology, telephone, turtle, weather, wind, winter

Beni's family treasury: Stories for the jewish holidays

Zalben, Breskin Jane

Beni is so excited because he's finally old enough to really understand his Jewish heritage and the traditions of his faith. In his quest for understanding, he encounters a number of situations, from learning the beauty of togetherness after reconciling with his feuding cousin, Max, to recreating the Pukim in a play with his friends and cousins. Through all of this, Beni truly begins to see the magical feeling of togetherness and heritage that his religion encompasses.

Let's eat!

Zamorano, Ana

Every day Mama cooks a meal for the family to eat together, but usually someone can't be there. But when Mama comes home after having the baby everyone is there to celebrate, and she is happy.

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baby, family, feelings, food, grandparents, happiness, language, multicultural, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, refusal skills, sadness, siblings, spanish, stress management, verbal communication

The character in the book

Zemach, Kaethe

Although the character in this book enjoys his life immensely, he is ecstatic to receive an invitation to visit his Auntie in another book. There's just one problem: he can't figure out how to get out of his book! After many attempts, he is finally able to hop, skip, whirl, twirl, skate, scoot, and crawl his way through his book and into some new adventures in his Auntie's book.

To hilda for helping

Zemach, Margot

Hilda's sister gets jealous when her father gives Hilda a medal for helping out around the house. She tells Hilda that she hopes she loses the medal. Hilda says that if she loses it and it gets buried, it will grow into a tree full of medals.

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accomplishment, assertiveness, consequences, family, feelings, fight, growing up, helping, jealousy, parents, seasons, self esteem, siblings, summer, verbal communication

Pete's chicken

Ziefert, Harriet

Pete's picture of a chicken doesn't make it to the classroom bulliten board. Is it really that funny?

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animals, art, chicken, colors, creativity, exercise, feelings, peer resistance, play, rabbit, sadness, school, self esteem, uniqueness

Mean murgatroyd and the ten cats

Zimelman, Nathan

Arabella takes her ten cats for a walk every day, but Mean Murgatroyd, the dog next door, scares them away. Arabella comes up with a great idea for dealing with Murgatroyd.

The best single mom in the world: How I was adopted

Zisk, Mary

A girl tells the story of her single mother's decision to adopt her from overseas. She discusses their time together and their happy life as a family.

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adoption, beauty, birth, caring, child care, decision making, family, feelings, friendship, garden, grandparents, happiness, love, parents, sharing, soccer, sports, storytelling, travel, work, working mother

A tiger called thomas

Zolotow, C.

A tiger family moves and Thomas worries that no one will like him in his new home.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, family, feelings, moving, self esteem, shelter, worry

The sky was blue

Zolotow, C.

As a little girl looks through old pictures in a photo album, her mom explains to her that the sky will always be blue, the grass will always be green, and everything will be just the same when she grows up.

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change, clothing, colors, dolls, family, feelings, growing up, happiness, history, memories, nature, nonverbal communication, parents, sky, traditions, verbal communication

Something is going to happen

Zolotow, C.

An entire family wakes up one November morning with the feeling that something exciting is going to happen. They are all thrilled when they open the front door to find the first snow of the year.

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anticipation, excitement, family, feelings, seasons, snow, weather, winter

Who is ben?

Zolotow, Charlotte

On a dark night, Ben contemplates where he came from and where he will go after he dies.

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birth, death, faith, family, feelings, happiness, nonverbal communication, parents, peace, self esteem, verbal communication

When the wind stops

Zolotow, Charlotte

A little boy questions the beginning and end of nature, and his mother helps him to understand that there truly is no end.

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assertiveness, autumn, bodies of water, conflict resolution, confusion, contentment, critical thinking, exercise, family, feelings, happiness, moon, nature, nonverbal communication, ocean, parents, play, rain, sadness, seasons, self esteem, spring, summer, sun, verbal communication, water, weather, wind, winter

Our tree named Steve

Zweibel, Alan

In a letter to his children, a father reflects upon the importance of a good friend and the value of a place to feel safe and secure. The father recalls various memories of his family as it has grown in relationship to a favorite tree that had been part of their lives since they built their home. The tree seems to help the family through many events but does not withstand a huge storm. The father uses the wood to build a tree house to continue its importance to the family.

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aging, appreciation, camping, caring, change, community, conflict resolution, correspondence, critical thinking, death, decision making, dedication, destruction, dog, emotions, family, feelings, friendship, goal setting, happiness, home, jumping, loss, moving, neighbors, parents, peace, plants, rain, relationship, sadness, safety, seasons, siblings, sleep, spring, storm, storytelling, summer, swinging, tree, verbal communication, weather, winter, writing

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