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How many snails?

Gigante, Paul Jr.

Learn to count the number of objects in a scene. How many snails do you see?

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counting, critical thinking, numbers, sequence

Stories about rosie

Voigt, Cynthia

Rosie's four adventures are quite eventful for a dog that loves chaos.

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animals, dog, excitement, family, fun, nonverbal communication, parents, pets, play, siblings

I'll never love anything ever again

Delton, Judy

A young boy develops allergies and isn't able to keep his dog. He copes with the separation although it isn't easy.

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coping, dog, illness, pets, sadness, truth, verbal communication

Iva dunnit and the big wind

Purdy, Carol

A pioneer woman named Iva Dunnit tries to save her house from the Big Wind. Her children use their wits and work with their mother to save their property from the wind storm.

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barn, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, family, farm, parents, pioneers, siblings, stress management, survival, weather, wind

The lord's prayer

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

This story depicts Jesus giving the Lord's prayer to his disciples at the last supper.

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prayer, religion, spiritual

A child's good night book

Brown, Margaret Wise

Animals, children, and plants go through different rituals as they prepare for bed each night.

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goal setting, moon, night, preparation, sleep, sounds

Happy birthday, crystal

Gordon, Shirley

Two girls get together to celebrate Crystal's birthday. They play many games and open presents.

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birthday, friendship, games, party, play, presents

I can read with my eyes shut

Seuss, Dr.

This book points out the importance of reading things that interest you.

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critical thinking, reading, recreation, rhyme

While Buglar Bill is out stealing, he takes a box. When he gets home, he finds that there is a baby in the box. When Burglar Betty is robbing Bill, she discovers that he has her baby. They decide to stop stealing and get married.

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goal setting, relationship, robbery

The feathered ogre

Lorenz, Lee

A terrible ogre comes to live at the edge of a peaceful kingdom. When he kidnaps the princess, a small piper volunteers to rescue her. In his efforts to do so, many secrets of the town are revealed and several spells are broken, allowing the people to live happily ever after.

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community, fantasy, goblins, monsters, rescue, royalty, secrets, sharing

And my mean old mother will be sorry, blackboard bear

Alexander, Martha

Anthony is tired of his mean mother always yelling at him, so he runs away with his bear. After some fun, he misses his mother, his bed, his pillow, and food. He happily returns to his home.

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adventures, conflict resolution, decision making, family, running away, safety

A secret house

Gauch, Patricia Lee

A little girl dreams about a secret house by the sea. She wishes that she could live there with her doll.

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bodies of water, creativity, dolls, dreams, goal setting, imagination, nonverbal communication, sea, shelter

Shapes

Reiss, John J.

Common objects are shown together representing different shapes.

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shapes

The house that jack built

Galdone, Paul

Jack's house is a lot more than just his house. Many animals and people have a connection to this seemingly simple house.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, cat, community, conflict resolution, cooperation, cow, crow, dog, feelings, marriage, mouse, nonverbal communication, running away, sadness, scarecrows, self esteem, shelter, teamwork, worry

Stories from the big chair

Wallace-Brodeur, R.

Molly is tired of her younger sister, Susan. She tells stories about Susan for one week and realizes she's not so bad afterall.

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conflict resolution, family, siblings, storytelling, understanding

A teeny tiny baby

Schwartz, Amy

Have you ever wondered what goes on in the mind of a newborn baby?Listen to the thoughts of this baby as he talks about all the different places he likes to go. Where does he like to sleep?

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baby, bedtime, curiosity, family, parents, play, sleep

When summer ends

Fowler, Susi

A young child is sorry to see the summer end but remembers all the good things the other seasons bring.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, seasons, summer, weather

Working wheels

Webber, H.

This picture book shows different types of objects and vehicles that use wheels.

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critical thinking, nonverbal communication, transportation

The moon was best

Zolotow, C.

A mother reflects about her trip to Paris as she shows her daughter beautifully enlarged photos of her favorite places.

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family, french, memories, moon, multicultural, parents, travel, verbal communication

As i was crossing boston common

Farber, Norma

While a turtle is crossing the Boston Common, he sees a man with many animals. All of these uncommon animals are in alphabetical order.

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alphabet, animals, assertiveness, critical thinking, diversity, imagination, reptiles, sequence, turtle

Anno's faces

Anno, Mitsumasa

See-through plastic cards move to reveal a variety of fruits and vegetables, which have smiles and frowns on them.

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feelings, food, fruit, happiness, nutrition, sadness, vegetables, vision

The quarreling book

Zolotow, C.//Lobel, A.

The inclement weather causes a father to be in a bad mood. He takes his feelings out on the mother, then the mother takes it out on the children. The quarreling continues with other characters, but is resolved at the end of the book.

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conflict resolution, family, moods, nonverbal communication, parents, verbal communication, weather

Clifford's abc

Bridwell, Norman

Clifford discovers the alphabet and many different objects. (A Wordless Book).

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alphabet, animals, dog

I'm going on a bear hunt

Sivulich, Sandra Stroner

A young boy goes on an imaginary bear hunt.

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animals, bear, imagination, nonverbal communication

The baby's lap book

Chorao, Kay

A collection of short children's verses and rhymes are presented in this book.

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baby, nonverbal communication, rhyme, verbal communication

In my garden

Maris, Ron

A girl shows us all around her garden. There is lots to see and do in her garden.

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amphibians, birds, frog, garden

Circus

Ehlert, Lois

A very interesting circus with many performing animals and other acts are described.

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activities, actor, animals, attention, birds, circus, performance, verbal communication

Colors

Reiss, John J.

Familiar objects that share the same color are depicted next to the name of the color.

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colors

Merry-go-round

Heine, Helme

Katie shows Auntie Dumpling, Uncle Plod, and Mr. Brian how to have an interesting and unique holiday.

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adventures, assertiveness, conflict resolution, family, goal setting, holidays, verbal communication

Elfabet

Yolen, Jane

An elf, an activity, flowers, animals, and objects represent each letter of the alphabet.

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alphabet, animals, elves, exercise, flowers, plants, play

In the haunted house

Bunting, Eve

Take an adventure through a haunted house with lots of witches, ghosts, and vampires.

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ghosts, halloween, holidays, vampires, witches

More hugs

Ross, Dave

This book depicts many ways of giving and receiving hugs, as well as the many types of hugs possible.

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affection, caring, nonverbal communication, self esteem, stress management

Sail away

Crews, Donald

A family enjoys a day of sailing in their sailboat. During their sail, they observe how the weather changes throughout the day.

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activities, boat, bodies of water, change, family, observation, transportation, weather

Please don't cry mom

DenBoer, Helen

Stephen becomes worried when he notices that his mother is sad all of the time and won't get out of bed. He and his father must learn about depression and how to help her cope with this illness.

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conflict resolution, coping, depression, emotions, family, feelings, parents, sadness

The dinosaurs are back: And it's all your fault edward!

Hartmann, Wendy//Daly, Niki

Edward and his brother are going to bed when his brother starts talking about the rock under Edward's bed. He tries to scare Edward by telling him that it's really a dinosaur egg and that the dinosaurs are going to come back and terrorize the town. Edward's smarter than that though, and he turns the story around on his brother. Soon, his brother is too scared to sleep!

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community, critical thinking, dinosaur, fear, feelings, rocks, verbal communication

Hans and Peter

Petrides, Heidrun

A teacher brings an African priest into her classroom to talk about the discovery of America.

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african, careers, critical thinking, discovery, history, learning, multicultural, school

Biggest frog in australia

Roth, Susan L.

The biggest frog in Australia just woke up, and he is very thirsty!After he drinks all the water in the ground and the sky, there isn't any left for the other animals. The other animals now have to come up with a plan to get the water out of the frog!

The happy lion

Fatio, Louise

A lion in the zoo is happy because everyone comes to visit him. One day he decides to leave his cage and visit some of these friends. Outside of the cage, everyone is not so happy to see him. They are frightened of him, except for one boy who takes the lion back to the zoo.

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animals, conflict resolution, fear, feelings, friendship, lion, self esteem, shelter, stress management, zoo

The eensy-weensy spider

Hoberman, Mary Ann

Travel beyond the waterspout -- out into the garden, pond, brook, shoe store, and even the park with this determined spring-loving spider. Sing the all-time classic tune or just read with rhythm!This book will catch you in its colorful web and keep you on your toes as you advance beyond the traditional limits.

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acceptance, accidents, accomplishment, activities, adventures, affection, amphibians, anticipation, baby, bath, bedtime, beetle, birds, bodies of water, body parts, brook, bully, butterfly, caring, caterpillar, change, climbing, clothing, colors, community, companion, compromise, confidence, conflict resolution, cooperation, counting, courage, curiosity, cycle, dancing, decision making, determination, direction, discovery, dragonfly, duck, environment, exercise, family, fish, flowers, frog, fun, garden, grasshopper, injury, insects, instruments, language, morning, moving, music, nature, numbers, parade, parents, park, plants, pond, practice, rain, rhyme, routine, seasons, sharing, shopping, skipping, sleep, song, spider, spring, success, sun, swimming, travel, verbal communication, walking, weather, worm

Bat boy and his violin

Curtis, Gavin

Reginald loves playing the violin. His father only has time to worry about the Duke's losing streak. Reginald passionately plays the violin to improve the baseball team's losing streak. Find out what else Reginald's love for the violin improves.

Who's whose?

Ormerod, Jan

Three families come together every day of the week to do activities help each other out. Some observe activities, do chores with others, or run errands with their friends. With so many people doing things together it is hard to keep track of who's whose!

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acceptance, activities, african american, animals, behavior, cat, challenges, child care, community, cooperation, correspondence, Days of The Week, dog, exercise, family, food, grandparents, helping, multicultural, nutrition, parents, play, responsibilities, school, sharing, siblings, television

Mommy far, mommy near: An adoption story

Peacock, Carol Antoinette

Elizabeth is a young Chinese girl who has been adopted by an American family. Elizabeth begins to question her adoption and wonders why her mommy in China did not keep her. Elizabeth's mother explains the adoption to her and loves that she has a mother who is far away and one who is close.

Tarzan

San Souci, Robert

Family is defined differently when Tarzan is raised by a group of apes. Tarzan grows into a curious being. Confused by what he knows and what he is finding out, his confusion builds to power as he rules the apes. Can he forget his past to pursue his future?

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acceptance, adoption, africa, aggression, anger, animals, ape, appearance, assertiveness, author's note, challenges, conflict resolution, dancing, death, determination, differences, exploration, family, fight, growing up, jungle, kidnapped, lion, loyalty, multicultural, orphan, reading, survival, writing

A mother for choco (Une maman pour choco)

Kasza, Keiko

A lonely bird, Choco, tries to find his mother by going to a variety of animals and comparing features to see if they match. Choco finally comes across a bear who takes Choco as her baby.

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acceptance, adoption, animals, baby, bear, birds, conflict resolution, decision making, differences, family, parents, self esteem

The bird house

Rylant, Cynthia

A young girl goes everyday to watch the amazing blue house that an old woman lives in. The house is always surrounded by birds and one great barred owl. When the old woman finds the young homeless girl, she takes her in to live in the beautiful house.

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acceptance, adoption, beauty, birds, bluejay, cardinal, companion, curiosity, emotions, finch, garden, hawk, heron, homeless, investigation, loneliness, observation, owl, pheasant, sparrow, spelling, swallow, thrush, woodpecker

Metropolitan cow

Egan, Tim

Bennett Gibbons, the only calf in his neighborhood, often feels very bored and alone. When the Andersons, a family of pigs, move in next-door, Bennett instantly becomes friends with Webster, the youngest Anderson. Come join Bennett and Webster in the joy and pains of friendship.

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acceptance, adventures, anger, animals, apology, beliefs, boredom, caring, courage, cow, culture, equality, family, feelings, forgiveness, friendship, fun, happiness, loneliness, neighbors, nonverbal communication, parents, pig, play, sadness, self esteem, stereotypes, verbal communication

The adventures of connie and diego

Garcia, Maria

Connie and Diego are born multi-colored and get laughed at by their siblings. They travel to try to find a place where they fit in. They find that they are human beings and the place they belong is with their parents and family with the other humans.

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acceptance, adventures, appearance, differences, family, learning, parents, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

Today is shrew's day

Carrick, Malcolm

Shrew and Bullfrog are friends. Shrew is lively and Bullfrog is lazy. The book has many different stories about their lives and adventures together.

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acceptance, adventures, conflict resolution, decision making, friendship, laziness, sharing, verbal communication

Sophie and the new baby

Anholt, Laurence

A new baby is coming, and Sophie's going to be a big sister!She helps her mother and father prepare for the arrival of the baby, but when her little brother is born, she wishes that her family could give him back!Sophie slowly begins to realize that having a new brother might not be so bad after all.

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acceptance, affection, anticipation, appreciation, attention, autumn, baby, birth, carriage, change, cold, conflict resolution, confusion, decision making, disappointment, dolls, family, feelings, giving, jealousy, loneliness, moon, morning, night, nonverbal communication, parents, patience, pregnancy, preparation, resentment, seasons, secrets, snow, spring, sun, verbal communication, walking, winter, woods

Pushkin meets the bundle

Ziefert, Harriet M.

Pushkin lives with Kate and Michael. Kate and Michael took Pushkin everywhere and did everything with him. That is, until one day when Kate and Michael brought home a bundle. They started paying attention to the bundle and not to Pushkin. The bundle was a baby. Pushkin does everything in his power to get Michael and Kate's attention. The baby always cries, too. Finally, Pushkin decides to do some of his tricks and the baby started laughing. The baby and Pushkin were best friends from then on.

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acceptance, affection, baby, baseball, change, competition, conflict, conflict resolution, dog, exercise, family, gymnastics, jealousy, loss, nonverbal communication, parents, relationship

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