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Very shy

Hazen, Barbara Shook

A girl becomes shy when she is not around her family. One day, she meets a boy who has just moved into her school. She becomes friends with the new boy and overcomes her shyness.

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assertiveness, change, confidence, coping, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, goal setting, imagination, moving, nonverbal communication, school, self esteem, shyness, verbal communication

Tight times

Hazen, Barbara Shook

A young boy does not understand why in tight times he cannot get a dog.

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animals, assertiveness, coping, critical thinking, dog, family, feelings, frustration, hunger, pets, poverty

Seven brave women

Hearne, Betsy

A young girl tells the story of her family's history. She explains how each of her female ancestors played a very important role in the shaping of this family's history.

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aging, airplane, anger, animals, art, author's note, basketball, boat, careers, coping, farm, feelings, flowers, german, god, grandparents, history, horse, hospital, instruments, loneliness, loss, medicine, multicultural, music, native american, parents, school, science, sports, storytelling, transportation, war

Chrysanthemum

Henkes, Kevin

A little mouse girl has a long name and other kids make fun of it. The teacher has a similar name, so she helps to change their attitudes quickly.

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acceptance, animals, conflict resolution, coping, differences, mouse, nonverbal communication, school, self esteem, stress management, uniqueness, verbal communication

The princess in the kitchen garden (Prinses van de moestuin)

Heymans, Annemie//Heymans, Margriet

Because her mother died, Hannah takes care of her father and brother. Hannah decides to run away because she feels unappreciated. She goes to Mama's old kitchen garden. Her family reunites in an amazing way!

When andy's father went to prison

Hickman, Martha Whitmore

Andy Wilson's father is sent to jail for stealing. In order to be closer to him, Andy and his family move to a new city. Andy has to deal with the added pressure of a new school and a father who is in prison. He actually seems to cope and deal with the situation very well.

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assertiveness, bus, change, coping, decision making, family, feelings, food, frustration, games, happiness, nutrition, parents, prison, sadness, self esteem, transportation, verbal communication

The rain door

Hoban, Russell

Harry goes through the rain door and meets a man and his horse, Lightening. They are chased by a thundering lion and the man sprays water on it to keep it away. They create a rain storm

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animals, coping, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, folktale, horse, imagination, lion, rain, weather

Barkley

Hoff, Syd

Barkley is a talented dog that does tricks for the circus. Soon, Barkley is too old and another dog takes his place. Barkley feels all alone and no longer useful. The circus owner calls Barkley back to teach the new dogs.

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aging, animals, change, circus, conflict resolution, coping, dog, feelings, helping, learning, loneliness, self esteem

Nana

Hoopes, Lyn Littlefield

In dealing with the recent death of her Nana, a girl escapes to nature, which brings back memories of things Nana taught her about the fern and chickadee. Through her memories she realizes that Nana will always be with her.

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birds, change, chickadee, coping, death, family, feelings, grandparents, loss, memories, memory, nature, plants, sadness

Alfie gives a hand

Hughes, Shirley

Alfie goes to a birthday party. He helps a friend calm down by holding her hand, but he has to put down his precious blanket first.

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birthday, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, friendship, helping, holidays, party

Angel mae

Hughes, Shirley

The event of a birth in her family and preparations for a Christmas play cause Mae to be anxious. Mae's courage helps her to make decisions to solve her problems.

An evening at alfie's

Hughes, Shirley

A babysitter encounters a crisis situation when a water pipe bursts. She solves the problem by enlisting aid from others.

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assertiveness, child care, conflict resolution, cooperation, coping, crisis, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, imagination, stress management, teamwork

The black dog who went into the woods

Hurd, Edith Thacher

When Black Dog doesn't come home, his family searches the nearby woods and calls their neighbors looking for him. That night, each of the family members dreams about Black Dog. The next morning they realize it was Black Dogs way of saying good-bye to them as he died.

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animals, coping, death, dog, dreams, family, feelings, loss, neighbors, pets, sadness

Alicia has a bad day

Jahn-Clough, Lisa

Since Alicia is typically a very happy little girl that likes to be silly, she does not like the miserable feeling she experiences one morning. Alicia first handles her emotions by sitting and moping. Later she goes outside to write about her dark and dreary feelings in her notebook, only to be interrupted by a storm. After some alone time under her bed and a lick from her dog, Alizie realizes the world is not so lugubrious and goes outside to play.

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anger, animals, awareness, clouds, coping, creativity, dog, emotions, feelings, hope, language, pets, playing, rain, sadness, weather, wood

Time for uncle joe

Jewell, Nancy

A little girl remembers her uncle who has died. She talks about what they did together, and the things that remind her of his coming and going.

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coping, death, family, feelings, grief, memories, seasons

One of three

Johnson, Angela

This book describes daily reflections by the youngest of three sisters. She discusses family relationships, and unfortunately she thinks that three girls is one girl too many.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, family, growing up, peer resistance, relationship, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

Now let me fly

Johnson, Dolores

A family moves from Africa to America. They suffer hardships in anticipation of a different future.

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african american, assertiveness, change, coping, family, feelings, grief, moving, multicultural, parents, peer resistance, sadness, self esteem, separation, slavery, stress management, travel

Better with two

Joosse, Barbara M.

An old lady, and her dog have a regular routine everyday. And when Laura, the girl next door sees Mrs. Brady alone instead of with Max she wonders why. When Laura finds out Max died, she finds comfort in her mom and then consoles Mrs. Brady, because two is better than one.

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animals, change, coping, death, dog, family, feelings, friendship, loss, neighbors, nonverbal communication, parents, pets, sadness

Dinah's mad, bad wishes

Joosse, Barbara M.

When Dinah is sent to her room, she and her mother both work out their frustratrions in different ways. Dinah wishes bad things would happen to her mother, but then she changes her mind, and the two of them reconcile.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, family, feelings, fight, frustration, parents, stress management, verbal communication

Losing uncle tim

Jordan, Mary Kate

A little boy tells a story of how he watches his Uncle Tim, who he looks up to and likes to spend time with, die of AIDS. He learns about death and funerals and inherits some of his favorite toys of his uncle's.

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change, coping, death, diseases, family, illness, loss, stress management, toys, verbal communication

George shrinks

Joyce, William

George wakes up one day to find he has shrunk. He spends the day trying to complete the tasks his parents have left for him to do.

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body image, challenges, change, coping, creativity, family, imagination, parents, problem solving, responsibilities

When violet died

Kantrowitz, Mildred

Saddened by her pet's death, Eva suddenly thinks of a way to make life go on forever.

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birds, coping, critical thinking, death, feelings, grief, pets, verbal communication

Waiting to sing

Kaplan, Howard

A young boy loves playing the piano but especially listening to his father play while his mother sings along. The boy's mother also listens to him play. Shortly after the boy, his sister, and his father come back from a vacation at the beach, the mother dies. Playing the piano helps the young boy and his father cope with their loss.

A letter to amy

Keats, Ezra Jack

Peter writes an invitation to Amy to attend his birthday party. It is an adventure trying to mail the invitation in the wind and rain. Peter thinks Amy may never come to his party.

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adventures, birthday, conflict resolution, coping, correspondence, critical thinking, friendship, holidays, party, peer resistance, rain, verbal communication, weather

Peter's chair

Keats, Ezra Jack

Peter has a new baby sister. He is upset because his crib, chair, and other furniture have been painted pink. Peter runs away and becomes very frightened to be by himself. When his mom calls him home, he is very happy and tells his father that he wants to paint his favorite chair pink for his little sister.

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assertiveness, baby, change, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, feelings, happiness, jealousy, loneliness, nonverbal communication, parents, refusal skills, running away, siblings

Charley, charlotte and the golden canary

Keeping, Charles

Charley and Charlotte are great friends who are separated when Charlotte is forced to move. Charley finds a canary that they always looked at together at the pet store. After Charley buys the canary, it flies out of the cage to Charlotte. Charley and Charlotte are reunited.

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birds, canary, change, conflict resolution, coping, feelings, friendship, loneliness, moving, pets, play, sadness

Harry and tuck

Keller, Holly

Harrison and Tucker are twin brothers who are very close and act alike as they are growing up. When they go to kindergarten, they end up in different classrooms. Although they are upset intially, they learn to develop differences and like it.

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acceptance, change, conflict resolution, coping, differences, fear, feelings, friendship, growing up, loneliness, nonverbal communication, school, self esteem, siblings, uniqueness, verbal communication

I've got chicken pox

Kelley, True

Jess is excited to have the chicken pox because she gets to miss school. Unfortunately, this happiness quickly ends when she realizes it isn't fun to be stuck home without your friends.

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bedtime, chicken pox, coping, critical thinking, diseases, friendship, health, illness, learning, medicine, sadness, self esteem, truth, verbal communication

Julian

Khalsa, Dayal Kaur

Julian, a high-spirited farm dog, makes life very uncomfortable for the house cat, Victoria, until he helps save her lost kitten.

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animals, cat, conflict resolution, coping, dog, feelings, friendship, lost, pets, stress management

I want a dog

Khalsa, Dayal Kaur

When her parents refuse to get her a dog, May creates an imaginary dog out of a roller skate.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, coping, creativity, critical thinking, determination, dog, family, goal setting, growing up, imagination, parents, play, responsibilities

Grandpa's hammer

Kidd, Ronald

Grandpa always say that it take two things to make dreams come true: faith and a hammer. After Grandma passes away, Grandpa sets aside his hammer and nearly loses his faith. His granddaughter tries everything she can think of to bring back his faith but nothing seems to work. One day, Grandpa visits a Habitat for Humanity worksite with a neighbor and realizes that he can made dreams come true for others.

Miss spider's tea party

Kirk, David

Miss Spider is planning to have eight for tea. But what is she to do when the bugs are too scared to eat her cake?Ask Miss Spider how she makes friends with every moth, tick, and flea -- just by having cake and tea.

Simon's soup

Komoda, Beverly

Simon, the cat, prepares soup for dinner for his monkey friends, but he keeps getting interrupted during his preparations.

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animals, cat, conflict resolution, coping, food, friendship, goal setting, monkey, preparation, refusal skills, stress management, teamwork

Leo the late bloomer

Kraus, Robert

Leo is a young tiger that is developing slowly. His father watches him over a season and notices that Leo does not grow. One day, Leo blooms and he is the best tiger in the whole kingdom.

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acceptance, animals, body image, change, conflict resolution, coping, differences, family, food, growing up, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, tiger, verbal communication

Where are you going, little mouse

Kraus, Robert

A mouse runs away from home to find a better family. While searching, he starts to miss his family. When darkness comes, he calls his parents to come pick him up. They really do love him and he loves them too.

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conflict resolution, coping, decision making, family, feelings, loneliness, love, nonverbal communication, parents, running away, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

A green christmas

Kroeber, Theordora

A family moves to California from Colorado. The little boy and girl have to adjust to a green Christmas, which they do not like. But then, they receive a letter from Santa Claus that cheers them up.

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change, christmas, coping, family, feelings, holidays, moving, verbal communication

Helen the fish

Kroll, Virginia

Hannah's big brother gets her a goldfish for her third birthday. Hannah takes great care of her and names her Helen. Three years later, Helen dies. As time goes by, Hannah's hurt goes away.

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birthday, change, coping, death, family, feelings, fish, loss, pets, sadness, siblings

Remember the secret

Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth

Because she has already discovered the wonders of God, Suzy understands the true meaning of her friend's death.

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acceptance, coping, courage, death, feelings, god, loss, nonverbal communication, preparation, secrets, self esteem, spiritual, understanding, verbal communication

River friendly river wild

Kurtz, Jane

A little girl remembers how her family survived a flood. The once friendly river that she loved turned wild and drove the community to evacuation. The little girl thought she would only be gone a couple of days. Days turned into weeks. When she returns, her family starts over, but where is the cat, Kiwi, that she left behind?

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angel, anger, animals, appreciation, author's note, bodies of water, books, cat, challenges, charity, clothing, cold, community, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, destruction, diary, dolls, emergency, emotions, environment, fear, feelings, fish, flood, goal setting, grief, history, homeless, kindness, machines, memories, nature, nonverbal communication, rain, relief, rescue, river, sadness, shelter, spring, storm, stress management, verbal communication, weather, worry

My name was hussein

Kyuchukov, Hristo

Hussein is a young boy who lives in Bulgaria. He and his family are Muslim and are forced to give up their identities when soldiers come. Hussein is renamed Harry but he holds onto his real name and faith traditions. A pictorial view of this is depicted throughout the story as Hussein tries to understand what is happening around him.

The rich man and the shoemaker

La Fontaine

A poor, old, but happy shoemaker sings all day long to keep his rich neighbor from sleeping. A rich man gives the shoemaker a bag of gold to keep quiet. The gold causes him to worry constantly and the shoemaker loses all his friends. The shoemaker realizes he is unhappy, returns the gold, and decides to go back to making shoes and friends.

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assertiveness, careers, change, clothing, coping, decision making, feelings, friendship, greed, happiness, money, neighbors, poverty, refusal skills, shoes, singing, sleep

Who owns the moon?

Levitin, Sonia

Abel, Nagel and Zeke are farming friends who argue about everything, including who owns the moon. The farmers go to a teacher in the city to settle their argument about the moon. The teacher tells the three men that they each own the moon two nights a week and the remaining nights they are to share it.

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argument, compromise, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, friendship, greed, moon, nature, sharing, stress management, verbal communication

Words in our hands

Litchfield, Ada B.

Gina, Diane, and Michael's parents are all deaf. Communication isn't easy, especially when they move to a new town. Soon the family finds some new friends at a school where people know sign language.

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anger, animals, change, coping, deafness, disability, dog, family, feelings, moving, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, siblings, sign language

Lonesome lester

Luttrell, Ida

Lester, the prairie dog, lives alone and often feels lonely. He does have various visitors - ants who eat his food, Aunt Martha who waxes his whole house without asking, and finally a nice, respectful mother rabbit and her baby. Lester discovers the difference between good and bad company and how to be peacefully alone and satisfied.

Come a tide

Lyon, George Ella

Snow and rain come together and cause a flood. This story explains how one family overcomes the flood.

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conflict resolution, cooperation, coping, decision making, family, flood, hard work, rain, snow, teamwork, weather

Snow day

Maestro, Betsy

Today is a snow day!Since the roads are covered with snow, school is cancelled. City workers and people in their homes must clear away the snow.

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change, conflict resolution, cooperation, coping, decision making, goal setting, hard work, nature, nonverbal communication, school, seasons, snow, teamwork, weather, winter

The pumpkin man and the crafty creeper

Mahy, Margaret

Mr. Parkins raises pumpkins and is surprised when a plant talks to him. The plant insists on going home with Mr. Parkins and ends up being unthankful and ungrateful. Mr. Parkins peaceful existence is no longer peaceful.

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assertiveness, change, coping, feelings, plants, verbal communication

Dusty

Malone, Nola Langner

Dusty, a cat, and a little girl form a friendship. Dusty grows up and soon must leave. The girl tries to cope with her loss.

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animals, cat, change, coping, feelings, friendship, growing up, hunger, loss, nonverbal communication, pets, rain, sadness, sleep, stress management, weather

Gracias, Rosa

Markel, Michelle

When Kate gets a new babysitter, she is not too excited because Rosa speaks Spanish. Soon Kate and Rosa learn to communicate and share each other's traditions.

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assertiveness, change, child care, communication, coping, dolls, language, learning, multicultural, self esteem, sharing, south american, spanish, verbal communication

George and martha back in town

Marshall, James

A series of stories about seven hippos who are best friends. The story depicts the trials and tribulations of their friendship.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, friendship, goal setting, hippopotamus, honesty, peer resistance, refusal skills, verbal communication

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