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The big alfie out of doors storybook

Hughes, Shirley

Alfie enjoys the outdoors. He goes camping, plays on big trees, and just about anything one could imagine to do in the outdoors.

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animals, camping, cow, decision making, family, imagination, parents, play, sheep, siblings, verbal communication

The cat who loved to sing

Hogrogian, Nonny

A cat goes through a series of trades with many people. Each trade makes the person happy and in the end, the cat gets what it wanted.

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animals, cat, change, decision making, dog, feelings, happiness, nonverbal communication, sadness, self esteem, sheep, verbal communication

The cave of snores

Haseley, Dennis

A shepherd boy seeks help in the cave of snores when bad magic takes away his father's shores. Those snores are what protects the sheep and other shepherds.

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animals, careers, cave, critical thinking, goal setting, magic, nonverbal communication, problem solving, self esteem, sheep, sleep, wolf

When news arrives that everyone has to return to the place where they were born to pay tax, a local donkey dealer sells all of his donkeys, including Arrod, a wild and proud donkey. Arrod believes only a king is good enough to have him, but he leads the way to Bethlehem when Joseph, a poor carpenter, and his pregnant wife, Mary, buys him.

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adventures, animals, baby, birth, christmas, donkey, family, feelings, happiness, holidays, lion, nonverbal communication, ox, parents, pride, relief, sheep, snake, travel, verbal communication

The crippled lamb

Lucado, Max

A little lamb named Joshua has one leg that doesn't work well so he always limped when he walked. His best friend, Abigail, was an old cow who encouraged Josh with her voice in a kind and friendly way. Abigail also told Josh about God who has a special place for those who feel left out. When all the other sheep are moved to a new meadow, a shepherd tells Josh to go back to the stable and spend the night. Josh gains companions when a young woman with her baby, Jesus, is born in that stable. Even shepherds come to the door to see God's son.

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animals, baby, cattle, correspondence, differences, disability, faith, fear, feelings, friendship, god, royalty, sheep, storytelling, surprise

The day the goose got loose

Lindbergh, Reeve

The goose gets loose and causes all kinds of racket around the farm. If the brother hadn't known why the goose got loose who knows what might have happened?

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adventures, animals, bull, chaos, cow, critical thinking, family, goose, horse, parents, problem solving, sheep, siblings

The emperor's old clothes

Lasky, Kathryn

A farmer is on his way home from the market and discovers the emperor's old clothes along the road. He tries them on and feels wonderful!When he gets back to his farm and beloved animals, he discovers how hard it is to do his chores in his new clothes and finds it is better to just be himself and wear his regular clothes.

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animals, birds, clothing, contentment, cow, exercise, farm, feelings, food, goat, happiness, royalty, self esteem, sheep, walking

The glaciers are melting!

Love, Donna

Chicken Little may have thought the sky was falling but Peter Pika is sure the glaciers are melting and is off to talk tot he Mountain Monarch about it. Joined along the way by friends Tammy Ptarmigan, Sally Squirrel, Mandy Marmot, and Harry Hare, they all wonder what will happen to them if the glaciers melt. Where will they live, how will they survive? When Wiley Wolverine tries to trick them, can the Mountain Monarch save them? More importantly, can the Mountain Monarch stop the glaciers from melting?

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adaptation, alliteration, animals, arctic, author's note, biology, birds, change, chipmunk, comparisons, compass rose, conflict, critical thinking, eagle, environment, fight, geography, glacier, habitat, hare, ice, illustrator's note, mammals, map, marmot, math, mountains, numbers, percentage, recycle, science, sheep, sizes, snow, squirrel, wolverine

The greatest blessings

Isaacs, Mark

Fame, Fortune, and Power are brothers who decide how well all people in their kingdom will fare in life - especially Boy who is an abused and abandoned child. In this tale, Boy spurns the three brothers in favor of family, friendship, and brotherhood.

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animals, cow, fable, fame, family, fortune, friendship, horse, royalty, sheep

The little lamb's first christmas

Walther, Clara Mae

A young lamb witnesses the birth of Christ. Joy fills the stable, as Mary and Joseph spend the night.

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baby, barn, birth, christmas, god, nonverbal communication, religion, sharing, sheep, verbal communication

The nursery collection

Hughes, Shirley

A Grandmother tells her granddaughter the story of the house beginning with great-great-great-great grandpa. Grandmother explains how the house was built, what food were grown to eat, and the ways of life throughout the years.

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animals, baby, change, cooperation, cow, family, farm, food, garden, grandparents, hard work, history, horse, memories, nutrition, parents, sheep, storytelling, verbal communication

The ornery morning

Demuth, Patricia Brennan

Farmer Bill wakes up one morning and soon discovers that every animal on the farm refuses to do any work.

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animals, assertiveness, careers, cat, chicken, conflict resolution, cow, disobedience, dog, farm, horse, responsibilities, sheep

The seals on the bus

Hort, Lenny

A group of people get onto a bus that takes them around to different places in town. At each stop a different type of animal gets on. Each animal has a distinctive sound that goes with the rhyme. Finally the people flee off the bus from the animals.

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animals, birds, bus, conflict resolution, decision making, escape, excitement, feelings, fish, goose, monkey, noise, nonverbal communication, rabbit, repetition, seal, sheep, skunk, snake, song, sounds, tiger, transportation

The shepherd boy

Franklin, Kristine L.

A child has a huge summer job monitoring fifty sheep. Ben takes the sheep to their feeding grounds and saves a lost lamb in the process.

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animals, challenges, courage, seasons, sheep, summer

The tale i told sasha

Willard, Nancy

Follow along in an adventure as a yellow ball rolls out of sight and into a place where all lost things are found. Discover a quiet, small, and plain house where its rooms run far and wide and adventure lurks in the shadows.

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adventures, animals, balloon, bee, beetle, birds, butterfly, colors, cow, direction, disappearance, discovery, fish, flowers, horse, images, imagination, insects, light, lost, maps, mythical, perspective, shadows, sheep, tiger

The tightrope walker

Gervais, Benadette//Pittau, Francisco

Phil dreams of walking on a tightrope. He practices on the edge of his bed and on the clothesline. Phil walks a tightrope that takes him over fields, past Louises's house, past the city, out to the sea, into the mountains, and back home just in time for bed.

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adventures, animals, bear, bedtime, bodies of water, cat, cow, dreams, exercise, friendship, goal setting, gymnastics, imagination, moon, mountains, night, nonverbal communication, play, sea, sheep, sleep, sports, stars, whale

The very busy spider

Carle, Eric

A spider is busy working on its web. As the day goes by different animals come and visit but the spider doesn't have time to talk. By the end of the day, the spider feasts on a fly and has a good night's rest after a hard day's work.

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animals, cat, cow, dog, fly, goat, hard work, horse, insects, pig, sheep, spider

There's a cow in the road!

Lindbergh, Reeve

As this girl gets ready for school, a cow and many other animals show up outside of her house. When the bus finally comes, there is chaos with people, cars, and animals in the neighborhood.

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animals, bus, car, chaos, cleanliness, cow, goat, goose, horse, hygiene, neighbors, pig, rhyme, school, sheep, time, transportation

Tomorrow's alphabet

Shannon, George

Join in and guess the product that will be made tomorrow from the clue given today. For example, A is for seed, tomorrow's apple.

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alphabet, animals, birds, body parts, concepts, dog, flowers, food, future, insects, sheep

Toot, toot

Wildsmith, Brian

Let's count up to five and watch the animals on each page increase by one. Do you know what noises the animals make?

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animals, cat, chicken, counting, cow, dog, duck, noise, sequence, sheep, sounds, train

Truck duck

Rex, Michael

Transportation comes in many forms. Rhyming words keep the beat.

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animals, bear, birds, boat, car, chimpanzee, cow, crab, crow, duck, fish, goat, jeep, keys, license, maps, moose, motorcycle, rhyme, sheep, signs, taxi, tractor, train, transportation, truck

Turkey trouble

Silvano, Wendi

Turkey is in trouble. Bad trouble. The kind of trouble where it's Thanksgiving...and you're the main course! But Turkey has an idea- what if he doesn't look like a turkey? What if he looks like another animal instead? After many hilarious attempts, Turkey comes up with the perfect disguise to make this Thanksgiving the best ever!

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animals, barn, birds, celebration, cow, disguise, farm, farmer, holidays, horse, humor, pig, rooster, sheep, thanksgiving, turkey

Waiting for the evening star

Wells, Rosemary

As Berty grows up, life on the farm is full of simplicity, hardwork, and tradition. Berty's older brother, Luke, has aspirations of traveling to see the world. This makes life a little more complicated for Berty so he wishes upon an evening star.

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animals, birds, conflict resolution, cow, decision making, dreams, duck, family, farm, goal setting, grandparents, growing up, horse, nature, neighbors, parents, responsibilities, sheep, siblings, stars, teamwork, traditions, verbal communication, war, wish

Wake up farm!

Tresselt, Alvin

Many different farm animals begin to wake each other up and start their days. Finally, the little boy who lives on the farm wakes and begins his day. This farm is full of many sights and sounds.

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barn, bee, birds, cat, chicken, chipmunk, cow, dog, donkey, duck, farm, five senses, food, goose, horse, morning, night, nutrition, pig, sheep, sky, sleep, sounds, stars, sun, turkey

Warm as wool

Sanders, Scott Russell

Imagine sleeping in a cabin without clothing during the bitter, cold winter. Betsy Ward's three children do not have warm clothing. So Betsy buys sheep in order to give her children some warm clothing.

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animals, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, feelings, goal setting, health, parents, sadness, seasons, sheep, winter, wool

What baby wants

Root, Phyllis

When mama goes to bed, it is up to grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, sister, and brother to help care for baby. Baby won't stop crying and everyone tries to help figure out what baby wants.

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affection, animals, baby, birds, caring, cow, family, flowers, goose, grandparents, helping, noise, problem solving, sheep, siblings, sleep, sounds

What can rabbit hear?

Cousins, Lucy

What can rabbit hear?

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airplane, animals, bedtime, bee, birds, clouds, duck, insects, nonverbal communication, pond, rabbit, sheep, sounds

What!Cried granny: An almost bedtime story

Lum, Kate

It is Patrick's first time to sleep over at Granny's house. When it is time for him to go to bed, Patrick tells his Granny that he does not have a bed, so Granny chops down some trees for wood and makes him a bed. Patrick then tells his Granny that he did not have a pillow at her house, so Granny collected feathers from her chickens and made him a pillow. Granny also has to make Patrick a blanket and teddy bear, but by the time she is finished, it is morning.

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animals, bedtime, chicken, dog, family, frustration, grandparents, hard work, night, preparation, sewing, sheep, sleep, tools, tree

Where is the green sheep?

Fox, Mem

Sheep of many sizes, shapes and colors are busy doing many things. They are playing, sleeping, working, eating, bathing and reading just to name a few. But there is a problem to be solved. Where is the green sheep?

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animals, bicycle, biking, birthday, boat, bodies of water, car, diving, exercise, feelings, fishing, food, happiness, holidays, juggling, mythical, ocean, playground, pond, pool, rain, sadness, sheep, skateboarding, skiing, sports, sun, superstition, surfing, swimming, swinging, train, transportation, weather, wind

Who bop?

London, Jonathon

Join this celebration of dance and jazz music!A cat named Jazz-Bo leads a band that plays at the sock hop. All the animals gather together for a fun time of dance and rhyme.

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animals, assertiveness, body parts, cat, celebration, chaos, dancing, diversity, dog, exercise, feelings, frog, happiness, hare, instruments, lion, party, rhyme, rhythm, sheep, snake

Wild and tame animals

Ipcar, Dahlov

Wild animals are tamed by humans to be used as pets and for work purposes in different parts of the world.

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animals, camel, cat, cow, dog, donkey, elephant, goat, horse, pets, pig, reindeer, sheep, woods

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Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Browse Items (131 items total)

The big alfie out of doors storybook

The cat who loved to sing

The cave of snores

The christmas donkey

The crippled lamb

The day the goose got loose

The emperor's old clothes

The glaciers are melting!

The greatest blessings

The little lamb's first christmas

The nursery collection

The ornery morning

The seals on the bus

The shepherd boy

The tale i told sasha

The tightrope walker

The very busy spider

There's a cow in the road!

Tomorrow's alphabet

Toot, toot

Truck duck

Turkey trouble

Waiting for the evening star

Wake up farm!

Warm as wool

What baby wants

What can rabbit hear?

What!Cried granny: An almost bedtime story

Where is the green sheep?

Who bop?

Wild and tame animals