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A sweater for Duncan (Un sueter para Duncan)

Malone, Margaret

Little Duncan penguin is proud of his fuzzy coat. He sticks out his chest as he waddles among the other penguins. He knows he is the handsomest one in the frozen south. Trouble jumps in when his fuzz flies off in clumps and floats on the wind like butterflies. His mother agrees to knit him a sweater, but will that solve the problem? The sweater is just too small. What is he to do? Finally, his mother leads him to a mirror like a piece of ice, where a happy surprise awaits. He is all grown up and is again the handsomest penguin in the frozen south.

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animals, antarctica, author's note, clothing, family, identity, knitting, language, mirror, multicultural, nonverbal communication, parents, penguin, problem solving, self confidence, self esteem, sewing, spanish, surprises

Birthday presents

Rylant, Cynthia

The celebration of a little girl's birthday begins as soon as she is born. As each year passes, her personality, behavior, and presents change. Her parents celebrate the special moments of growing up by surrounding her with love, presents, and memories.

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animals, baby, birth, birthday, cat, celebration, conflict resolution, family, feelings, food, growing up, happiness, health, illness, love, moon, nonverbal communication, presents, sadness, sky, stars, toys, verbal communication

Aunt nancy and old man trouble

Root, Phyllis

Aunt Nancy won't be bothered by Old Man Trouble and his mean tricks. Instead, she turns every bad situation into a good one, ruining his fun so he'll leave her alone.

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animals, bodies of water, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, feelings, goal setting, happiness, nonverbal communication, patience, sadness, seasons, spring, stress management, summer, verbal communication

Kite flier

Haseley, Dennis

A young man leaves home, marries, and begins to fly kites. He teaches his son the joy of kite flying, and with each changing event in their lives, a new kite is launched. When the son wants to travel, too, they make a very symbolic kite for both of them.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, death, feelings, freedom, happiness, kite, loneliness, loss, nonverbal communication, play, sadness, stress management, traditions, travel, weather, wind

Natalie spitzer's turtles

Willner-Pardo, Gina

Jess is afraid of losing her best friend Molly, because there is a new girl in her class. Jess becomes close with the new girl's turtles. It's not too long until Jess learns what a true friend is and that you can have more than one.

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animals, fear, feelings, friendship, happiness, jealousy, play, reptiles, sadness, school, turtle

All about you

Anholt, Catherine//Anholt, Laurence

Everyone is different, no one is quite the same. Discover all about you!How do you feel today?Are you hungry?Each time it's a new story.

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amphibians, animals, bat, bath, bear, bedtime, birds, camel, cat, celebration, cleanliness, climbing, cow, dancing, dog, donkey, duck, exercise, family, feelings, fish, food, frog, goat, goose, gorilla, grandparents, happiness, hygiene, jumping, library, mole, monkey, moose, nutrition, ox, parents, party, picnic, pool, running, sadness, school, seal, sheep, siblings, skipping, sleep, sliding, snail, walrus, whale, wolf, zoo

Ouch!

Berger, Melvin

Do you wonder how your body quits bleeding when you have a cut or why the new skin under a scab is pink?A group of students finds answers to these questions when they complete their science fair project. This is a great resource for information on cuts, bleeding, and how wounds heal.

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biking, body parts, doctor, exercise, fear, feelings, happiness, health, injury, jumping, music, nurse, parents, playground, running, sadness, school, science

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.

Lucy dove

Del Negro, Janice

Lucy Dove is up for a challenge. In the town she lives in, there is a rich laird. He was told by a fortune teller that a pair of trousers sewn by the light of the full moon in the graveyard of old St. Andrew's Church would bring him good luck. The rich laird proclaims that a sackful of gold will be awarded to whoever sews the trousers. St. Andrew's churchyard is believed to be haunted by some fearsome thing and anyone who enters the churchyard is said to never be seen again. Despite these factors, Lucy takes on the laird's challenge. As Lucy sits and sews in the graveyard, she is greeted by the fearsome thing that everyone had talked about. The monster runs after Lucy as she carries the finished trousers in her hands. Finally, Lucy gets the trousers to the laird and receives her well deserved bag of gold.

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anticipation, bravery, church, clouds, cold, exercise, fear, feelings, fortune, happiness, monsters, moon, mythical, nonverbal communication, relief, running, stress management, verbal communication, weather, worry

Spring is here

Lenski, Lois

Look at all the signs of spring and how two children enjoy these seasonal things.

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feelings, happiness, play, seasons, spring

Yard sale

Stevenson, James

The animals of Mud Flat are having a yard sale. Items in the sale include a broken clock, an old footstool, and half an accordion. At the end of the day everyone is happy with their purchases.

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community, conflict resolution, confusion, decision making, feelings, happiness, money, party, peer resistance, persistence, verbal communication

Fortune

Stanley, Diane

Omar is a poor young man living in Persia. He travels to a city seeking fortune and wealth. For awhile, he is blinded by his desires, but he eventually learns lessons of loyalty and realizes his fortune is to stay where he in the country.

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assertiveness, decision making, feelings, fortune, happiness, loyalty, multicultural, persian, responsibilities

The missing piece

Silverstein, Shel

A circle is missing a piece. She rolls along singing and looking for her missing piece. She comes across several pieces that do not fit, butshe finally finds her missing piece.

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assertiveness, body image, feelings, goal setting, happiness, loneliness, lost, self esteem, shapes

Sometimes i feel awful

Prestine, Joan Singleton

A young girl has a day full of different moods. Although she starts out happy, she begins to feel different throughout the day. She does not want to share with her friend and gets upset when he plays with her toys. She learns what she should have said to make her family and friends understand.

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aggression, anger, art, communication, dog, fear, feelings, food, friendship, frustration, happiness, jealousy, loneliness, moods, parents, patience, pets, sadness, selfishness, sharing, shyness, siblings

The man who took the indoors out

Lobel, Arnold

A man is enjoying the outdoors and decides it is not fair that the things inside his house cannot enjoy the outside. So he took the indoor things out and they have many adventures.

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adventures, conflict resolution, feelings, happiness, imagination, nature, nonverbal communication, verbal communication

The first song ever sung

Melmed, Laura Krauss

A boy asks different people and thinks about the first song ever sung. He gets many different answers. They are all okay with him and make him happy.

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feelings, happiness, history, song

White wave

Wolkstein, D.

A Chinese farmer finds a shell with a moon goddess in it. She eases his loneliness, but then he becomes greedy and she must leave. He eventually learns and has a happy life.

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chinese, decision making, feelings, goddess, greed, happiness, learning, loneliness, moon, multicultural, nonverbal communication, self esteem, verbal communication

My mama sings

Peterson, Jeanne Whitehouse

A mother sings songs to her little boy just like her mama used to sing to her. One day when the mother comes home from a bad day at work, the little boy makes up a song about his mother. This makes his mother very happy.

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african american, dedication, family, feelings, happiness, love, multicultural, seasons, song, spiritual, spring, summer, winter, working mother

Dealing with dealing with feelings: I'm frustrated

Crary, Elizabeth

Unable to rollerskate like his brother and sister, Alex becomes frustrated. What should he do?Keep practicing, give up, or set goals?Alex's mom gives him eight suggestions of how to deal with his problem. After working really hard, Alex learns how to skate and deal with his frustration!

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author's note, colors, communication, envy, excitement, exercise, family, feelings, frustration, garden, happiness, helping, neighbors, patience, reading, self confidence, siblings, skating

The scarebird

Fleischman, Sid

A lonely man builds a scarecrow, puts clothes on him and plays chess with him. Eventually, a young man comes along and offers to be a hired hand. The old man gives the young man some clothes, a job, his friendship.

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clothing, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, friendship, loneliness, respect, self esteem

Jake and rosie

Lillie, Patricia

Jake is upset to find that his very best friend and neighbor is not at home. He worries that she will not ever return and he will not have anyone to play with. However, Rosie soon comes home and shows Jake a fun surprise.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, loneliness, neighbors, play, sadness, self esteem, stress management, worry

Emma

Stevenson, James

Emma wants to fly like the witches, but they are mean and will not let her. Finally she comes up with a plan to make her the center of attention.

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feelings, friendship, jealousy, mythical, witches

Leon and albertina

Davenier, Christine

Leon falls in love with Albertine, but he's not sure how to get her attention. Leon takes the advice of his friends, but no matter how hard he tries, Albertine does not notice him. What will it take for Leon to win the love of Albertine?

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animals, attention, chicken, exercise, feelings, friendship, fun, gender, gymnastics, helping, honesty, love, pig, sadness, self esteem, sports

The worst person in the world

Stevenson, James

Thanks to the ugliest thing in the world, Mr. Worst ends up looking at things in a good way instead of complaining about everything.

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assertiveness, decision making, feelings, friendship, happiness, peer resistance, sadness

Yertle the turtle

Seuss, Dr.

Yertle the turtle is the king of all turtles and everything that he can see. In order to see more things, therefore becoming more powerful, he would stack turtles to stand on. Finally, the stack of turtles got so high that Yertle came crashing down and set all the other turtles free.

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assertiveness, feelings, freedom, goal setting, greed, refusal skills, reptiles, self esteem, turtle

My mama says there aren't any zombies, ghosts, vampires, creatures, demons, monsters, fiends, goblins, or things

Viorst, Judith

A little boy dreams of and is sure he sees monsters, vampires, ghost, zombies, demons, and goblins at night. His mom always tells him that there are not any of those things that really exist. He does not know if can always believe his mom, because sometimes his mom is wrong and makes mistakes. Although, his mom does not make a mistake this time.

Dark closets and noises in the night

Colman, Penny

Ever since they moved into their new house, Susan and Alex are scared to sleep in their own rooms. Alex is scared of his dark closet, and Susan is fearful of the noises that go bump in the night. Each uses their imagination and creative minds to solve their problems.

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accomplishment, bedtime, change, coping, creativity, critical thinking, family, fear, feelings, goal setting, happiness, imagination, moving, night, nonverbal communication, problem solving, siblings, stress management

A woggle of witches

Adams, Adrienne

A small group of witches prepare for their favorite night of the year, Halloween. The witches become frightened of the children that are dressed up in costumes.

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assertiveness, clothing, conflict resolution, decision making, differences, fear, feelings, halloween, holidays, night, self esteem, witches

Tom goes to kindergarten

Wild, Margaret//Tegge, David

Tom is anxious and excited for his first day of kindergarten. When he finally arrives, he does not want his family to leave and insists they stay with him. The next day, Tom feels grown up but now his parents do not want to leave kindergarten.

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baby, bear, change, family, fear, feelings, fun, growing up, homesickness, panda, parents, polar bear, pretend, school, security, work

The amazing bone (El hueso prodigioso)

Steig, William

A hungry fox ruins Pearl the Pig's beautiful day. A talking magic bone saves the day.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, fear, feelings, fox, friendship, heroism, hunger, imagination, magic, pig, seasons, spring, stress management

The story of bentley beaver

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

From being scared to go to school to being scared of dying, this book narrates Bentley Beaver's life. He grows up with his parents and then begins his own family. Bentley reflects on his life with a song.

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family, fear, feelings, grandparents, growing up, love, music, parents, school, siblings, song

The good-bye book

Viorst, Judith

A boy doesn't want his parents to go to a restaurant and leave him with a sitter. He begs and pleads with them and won't say good-bye. When he realizes the sitter is nice and fun, he says good-bye.

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child care, conflict resolution, family, fear, feelings, food, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, verbal communication

Polar bear scare

Newton, Jill

Three polar bears chase a little rabbit. The rabbit does not know why they are chasing him, but he runs away. The bears simply want to play a game of tag.

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animals, bear, cold, conflict resolution, fear, feelings, games, rabbit, recreation, running away, verbal communication

Dealing with feelings: I'm scared

Crary, Elizabeth

Tracy can not wait to meet her new neighbors. Her smile disappears when she sees that her new neighbors own her worst fear, a big dog!What will Tracy do?Is she going to watch from her window, sing a happy song, or ask someone to hold her hand when she meets her new neighbors?No matter what Tracy decides, she will soon overcome her fears by getting a puppy of her own!

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anger, animals, author's note, bee, bicycle, cooking, dog, family, fear, feelings, food, friendship, happiness, insects, neighbors, play, sadness, siblings, song

Where's our mama

Goode, Diane

After arriving in the Paris train station, the two young children lose their mother while she goes looking for her lost hat. A young man helps them search for their mother and eventually returns to the the trainstation to find her.

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clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, feelings, loneliness, lost, parents, transportation

Jessica

Henkes, Kevin

Ruthie did not have a pet but she had an imaginary friend, Jessica. Ruthie's parents tried to tell her that there was no Jessica. When Ruthie went to kindergarten, she met a real friend named Jessica.

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decision making, family, feelings, friendship, imagination, loneliness, parents, pets, pretend, school

Mean soup

Everitt, Betsy

Horace feels really mean at the end of a bad day. His mother helps him to make Mean Soup so he feels better.

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conflict resolution, decision making, family, feelings, food, helping, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, stress management, verbal communication

Sarah's unicorn

Coville, Bruce//Coville, Katherine

A little girl named Sarah lives with her mean Aunt Meg who is a witch. One day when Sarah was sent to the forest to find toads, Sarah meets a friendly unicorn named Oakhorn. The unicorn with his magic horn broke the spell over Aunt Meg which made her nice again.

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amphibians, assertiveness, conflict resolution, family, fear, feelings, friendship, imagination, magic, mythical, self esteem, toad, unicorns, verbal communication, witches

Sportsercise: A school story about exercise-induced asthma

Gosselin, Kim

This book looks at exercise and how it can induce asthma. It explains that some children may have this problem, but encourages them to participate in physical activities.

Buz

Egielski, Richard

Buz is swallowed with a spoonful of cornflakes. While he is being chased by pills, follow Buz on his exciting adventure through the human body.

Mouse mess

Riley, Linnea

A little mouse wakes up after a family goes to bed. He tries everything from crackers to peanut butter and makes a big mess while he is at it!

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, colors, decision making, excitement, feelings, five senses, food, greed, happiness, mouse, nutrition, rhyme, smell, taste, touch

The secret in the matchbox

Willis, Val

Dragons and secrets are two things every child loves to read about. Bobby wants someone with whom to share his secret. When his secret is finally let out...so is the dragon.

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conflict resolution, decision making, dragons, excitement, fear, feelings, mythical, peer resistance, refusal skills, verbal communication

The wave of the sea-wolf

Wisniewski, David

A young princess takes you on many adventures and helps you understand the value of presents.

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anticipation, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, day, decision making, excitement, family, fear, feelings, goal setting, mythical, nonverbal communication, presents, royalty, siblings, time, verbal communication

Devil in the drain

Pinkwater, Daniel

All of his life, a boy has been afraid of the devil in his drain. When he confronts the devil, he tells him that he is not afraid of him and that he is mean. Not believing him, the boy takes revenge by turning on the water.

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assertiveness, death, devils, fear, feelings, fish, mythical, nonverbal communication, self esteem, verbal communication, water

Waffle

Raschka, Chris

Waffle is a worrier. He is fearful and doubts himself until he finds confidence within.

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alliteration, colors, confidence, decision making, fear, feelings, self esteem, wish, worry

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

Make a wish, molly

Cohen, Barbara

A young Russian Jewish girl has difficulties assimilating with the American culture. Making friends is difficult for Molly when other children cannot understand her background. A special birthday celebration finally brings the girls together.

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birthday, change, conflict resolution, feelings, holidays, Jewish, multicultural, peer resistance, self esteem, stereotypes, traditions

Tim tadpole and the great bullfrog

Flack, Marjorie

Tim is a tadpole who feels sorry for himself because he can only swim and not jump. A bullfrog tells Tim not to be discouraged. Tim soon matures into a bullfrog and is able to jump.

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amphibians, assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, exercise, feelings, frog, growing up, jealousy, jumping, nature, sadness, self esteem, stress management, swimming

The best-ever good-bye party

Hest, Amy

Jessica's best friend Jason is moving away and she is sad. She gives him a party, but they have a fight about him moving, finding new friends, and having better parties. The two make up and admit that they will miss each other.

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change, conflict resolution, feelings, friendship, moving, nonverbal communication, party, sadness

She come bringing me that little baby girl

Greenfield, Eloise

A little boy's mother brings him home a new sister instead of a new baby brother. All of the attention goes to the new baby at first. In the end, the little boy becomes a protective big brother and thinks it is pretty neat to have a little sister.

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baby, change, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, family, feelings, goal setting, insecurity, jealousy, parents, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

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