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The little brass band

Brown, Margaret Wise

A band gathers on a trail, then go into a town to play for people. When they are finished, they slowly go their separate ways.

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community, instruments, money, music, sounds, verbal communication

Miles gets a saxophone for his birthday. He loves to practice the saxophone, but his family won't let him because of the awful sounds he makes. The only ones who appreciated his music are the alligators.

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alligator, birthday, celebration, conflict resolution, family, instruments, music, noise, parents, presents, reptiles

The desert mermaid (La sirena del desierta)

Blanco, Alberto

The last of the desert mermaids is found living in an oasis in the Sonara desert. An Indian and his horse take her on a journey to find the roots of her ancestors. Here she finds the gift of song and can finally join the thousands of mermaids riding the waves.

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adventures, desert, goal setting, hispanic, history, mermaids, multicultural, music, rhythm, song

A long long song

Delessert, Etienne

Acrobats and musicians appear out of nowhere and perform on the front steps of a town hall. The show takes place in a small New England village. Those who see them perform never forget who they are.

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autumn, community, gymnastics, music, performance, seasons, snow, song, sports, spring, summer, weather, winter

Willie blows a mean horn

Thomas, Ianthe//Toulimin-Rothe, Ann

Willie spends a night watching his father play jazz on his trumpet. Willie wants to be like his father and his appreciation for music causes him to dream to be a jazz player like his father

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appreciation, careers, dreams, family, goal setting, growing up, music, nonverbal communication, parents

Everything to spend the night

Paul, Ann Whitford

A little girl packs her bag full of things she will need for an overnight at her grandparents. She brings, snacks, toys, clothes, a toothbrush, and many other things A through Z. She does forget one very important thing, her pajamas. She borrows some from her grandfather and says I love you!

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alphabet, animals, bedtime, body parts, cat, clothing, dancing, exercise, family, five senses, food, games, grandparents, imagination, love, music, night, nutrition, pretend, rhyme, teeth, toys

The frog who wanted to be a singer

Goss, Linda

Frog wants to do something no frog has ever done before; sing!He practices and practices until he gets so tired of keeping his talent to himself, he decides to go out into the forest to sing. What he finds is no one believes a frog can sing, so frog has to keep going until someone gives him a chance.

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amphibians, challenges, dreams, fear, feelings, frog, frustration, music, persistence, practice, racism, stereotypes

Bread is for eating

Gershator, David//Gershator, Phillis

When a little boy leaves bread on his plate, his mother reminds him how important bread is and the hard work that goes into making it. Through a song, children learn why they should not waste food, and how to be thankful for grain and bread.

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appreciation, awareness, careers, critical thinking, culture, decision making, farm, farmer, food, health, hispanic, hunger, language, machines, money, multicultural, music, nature, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, plants, poverty, rain, rainbow, snow, song, spanish, storytelling, sun, teaching, verbal communication, weather, winter

Today is monday

Carle, Eric

Today is Monday and it is string bean day. Tuesday is spaghetti day and Wednesday is ZOOOOP. Thursday is roast beef and Friday is fresh fish. It is time for all the hungry children to eat up!

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food, music, nutrition, sequence, song, time

Something queer in rock and roll

Levy, Elizabeth

A group of young friends start a music group and want to enter a contest. Their dog, Arnold, howls in their song It's a Dog's Life. A boy from another group sabotages them by feeding Arnold so much pizza that he will not howl anymore.

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animals, competition, conflict resolution, deception, dog, food, friendship, music, nutrition, pets, problem solving

Passover

Nerlove, Miriam

It is time for Passover and a father tells his son the tradition of Passover. He explains the different types of food that are eaten and the hunt that occurs after dinner. They then sing songs together.

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author's note, family, food, holidays, Jewish, multicultural, music, nutrition, parents, passover, siblings, song, traditions

Rosie's fiddle

Root, Phyllis

Rosie O'Grady loves being by herself, but people can't stay away when she plays her fiddle. She is so good that they say she could out-fiddle the devil himself!One day, the devil shows up to challenge Rosie to a contest, the devil's golden fiddle for Rosie's soul!

Hearing

Rius, Maria

Listen -- can you hear the birds chirping? Can you hear the chimes of the bells? Listen to the children sing and the waves splash. Your ears can hear so much if you use your sense to listen.

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animals, birds, body parts, dog, five senses, hearing, listening, music, school, sounds, train

Mama rocks, papa sings

Van Laan, Nancy

A new baby learns how to count to ten. With each experience, the baby and her parents sing in Creole. Come along to enjoy the sights and sounds of the Haitian culture.

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affection, awareness, baby, beliefs, careers, carnival, celebration, creole, culture, dancing, exercise, family, five senses, food, history, language, multicultural, music, numbers, nutrition, rhythm, sounds, verbal communication

Max found two sticks

Pinkney, Brian

On a day when Max did not feel like talking to anyone he found two sticks to play with. Max's imagination lead him to discover communication through music.

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african american, decision making, five senses, imagination, multicultural, music, noise, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, rhythm

Zin!Zin!Zin!A violin

Moss, Lloyd

How do different musical instruments sound when they are played?All the different instruments play together at the end in an orchestral performance. Do they receive an encore?

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five senses, instruments, music, performance, poetry, rhyme, sounds

Little lil and the swing-singing sax

Gray, Libba Moore

Little Lil lives with her mom Big Lil and her saxophone playing uncle. Everyone loves the sound of Uncle Sudi Man's sax!One day, Big Lil becomes ill and Uncle Sudi Man must sell his saxophone to pay for the medicine. Everyone is so sad until Little Lil saves the day!

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african american, art, critical thinking, dancing, family, feelings, happiness, illness, love, medicine, multicultural, music, nonverbal communication, parents, sadness, stress management

My friend the piano

Cowen, Catherine

Even though this little girl thinks she is a wonderful piano player, mother insists on lessons. But the piano is friends with the young girl and wants her to continue playing her own music. To avoid being sold, they take off on an exciting adventure.

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adventures, conflict resolution, creativity, differences, feelings, friendship, instruments, music, practice, relationship, sounds

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

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 hundred penny box

Mathis, Sharon B.

Michael greatly admires his great-great Aunt Dew. He likes to sit with her while she sleeps or sings her long song. She dances with him and helps him count her hundred pennies in a special box. When Michael's mother attempts to take the special box and other belongings of Aunt Drew, Michael takes a stand and defends his aging Aunt.

Annie's gift

Medearis, Angela Shelf

All of Annie's family members have musical talents; however, Annie cannot find hers. She feels despair until her father points out that everyone has unique talents, and hers is writing poetry.

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african american, critical thinking, family, goal setting, multicultural, music, parents, pride, self confidence, self esteem, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

A hanukkah treasury

Kimmel, Eric

Hanukkah is to me the time for lighting the menorah, spinning the dreidel, and remembering heros from the past. Poetry, music, and recipes help keep the Hanukkah tradition alive!

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acceptance, accomplishment, adventures, ambition, american, animals, anticipation, appreciation, assertiveness, beliefs, bias, bravery, celebration, ceremony, challenges, change, charity, closeness, communication, conflict, conflict resolution, cooking, courage, critical thinking, culture, customs, decision making, destruction, determination, discrimination, elephant, family, feelings, folktale, food, freedom, games, goal setting, god, grandparents, grief, hanukkah, happiness, hebrew, heroism, history, holidays, hope, immigrants, independence, individuality, israelian, Jewish, kindness, language, love, loyalty, memories, miracle, moose, moving, multicultural, music, parents, peace, pilgrims, poetry, polish, politics, poverty, prayer, prejudice, presents, racism, religion, russian, sadness, secrets, siblings, snow, song, spiritual, storytelling, toys, traditions, war, weather

When uncle took the fiddle

Gray, Libba Moore

Stretching and yawning with slumberous faces a family seems so sleepy and sluggish... until Uncle puts the rappa-tap-tap back in their step with the cheerful music he plays on his fiddle. Soon every generation of the family is singing, dancing, and frolicking around the house.

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animals, baby, cat, dancing, dog, entertainment, exercise, family, fun, generations, grandparents, instruments, music, neighbors, parents, rhyme, siblings, sleep, sounds

Bonaparte

Chall, Marsha Wilson

Jean Claude is going to boarding school, but no dogs are allowed at La School d'Excellence. Poor Bonaparte must find a way to be with Jean Claude!

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animals, architecture, assertiveness, bedtime, careers, caring, compromise, critical thinking, culture, determination, disappointment, dog, family, feelings, food, french, friendship, frustration, happiness, health, instruments, loneliness, love, monuments, multicultural, music, nutrition, parents, pets, problem solving, rules, sadness, school

The wheels on the bus

Kovalski, Maryann

A grandmother and her grandchildren wait for the bus. They begin singing The Wheels on the Bus and become so distracted with their singing that they miss the bus. They decide to take a taxi.

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anticipation, bus, conflict resolution, family, grandparents, music, song, taxi, transportation

Can you dance, dalila?

Kroll, Virginia

Dalila tries many different forms of dance, but it isn't until she dances in response to her own feelings that she truly becomes a star.

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dancing, exercise, family, feelings, grandparents, happiness, music, nonverbal communication, persistence, rhythm, self esteem, stress management

Abel's moon

Hughes, Shirley

Abel Grable returns from his work greeted by his family. When he tells them all about his adventures, his children only want to hear more. Before he sets out on his next outing for work, he writes his stories down. As he is away, his children take his writing table and create a certain machine that lets them be with their dad all the time while he's gone.

Your body from head to toe

Roca, Nuria

Your body can do so many things. When you were born, you were only a baby. Then as you grew, you learned how to walk, eat, hear, taste, smell, see, and touch things. It is important to take care of your body so that it can continue to sense the world around you.

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animals, baby, balloon, bath, bicycle, birth, body image, body parts, bones, cat, cold, dog, exercise, family, five senses, flowers, food, glasses, grandparents, growing up, hearing, hygiene, instruments, listening, mouse, music, puppets, rabbit, self esteem, sight, sign language, smell, swimming, taste, teeth, touch, toys

Once in a wood: Ten tales from aesop

Rice, Eve

Follow the Fox, the Lion, and other animals through the various lessons of life. Aesop's Fables teach many lessons about being clever and playing the fool.

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aggression, amphibians, animals, assertiveness, birds, cat, conflict resolution, cow, critical thinking, crow, deception, decision making, deer, dog, duck, fable, fear, feelings, fox, friendship, frog, goal setting, goat, helping, horse, lion, mischief, mouse, music, pig, pride, problem solving, refusal skills, sizes, song, storks, stress management, teaching, verbal communication

Ben's trumpet

Isadora, Rachel

Ben is a young boy who loves to go into the jazz club and listen to all of the different instruments. He especially likes the trumpet. He often pretends he is playing the trumpet until one day he actually receives one.

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african american, excitement, friendship, kindness, multicultural, music, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, presents, self esteem, teasing

Joshua's masai mask

Hru, Dakari

When Joshua is pressured by his parents to play his African instrument in the school talent show, he is embarrassed because it is not as cool as the rap his friends will do. His uncle then gives him a magical mask which makes Joshua seem cool to other people. When he realizes he would rather make music with his Kalimmba, he is a hit at the talent show.

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african american, competition, embarrassment, empathy, fable, family, instruments, magic, music, parents, performance, school

Pamela's first musical

Wasserstein, Wendy

It is Pamela's birthday, and her Aunt Louise is taking her to her first musical. Along the way, they stop at the Russian Tea Room for lunch. The musical captures Pamela's imagination, and she gets to meet everyone associated with the musical. At home, Pamela sets up her dolls and recreates the play.

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birthday, dancing, dolls, excitement, exercise, family, feelings, food, imagination, music, nutrition, performance

Lemonade serenade or the thing in the garden

Madden, Don

Woodrow and Miss Twig have cookies and lemonade every afternoon in Miss Twig's wild garden. One day, they hear a frightening noise. They discover a musical elf and soon invite him and his music to their afternoon party.

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beverage, conflict resolution, discovery, elves, fear, feelings, food, friendship, garden, imagination, music, mythical, noise, nonverbal communication, nutrition, party, self esteem, verbal communication

Trilby's trumpet

Stapler, Sarah

Trilby's brother hides his trumpet because he plays it too loudly. The reader must help Trilby find his trumpet.

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assertiveness, decision making, determination, family, goal setting, lost, music, noise, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, problem solving, self esteem, siblings, sounds

Roland, the minstrel pig

Steig, William

Roland, a singing pig, travels far away to play for the king. Little does he know that a sly fox wants to eat him.

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animals, deception, fox, goal setting, lion, music, pig, royalty, self esteem, song, verbal communication

Nicholas cricket

Maxner, Joyce

Nick the cricket plays the banjo every night. All of the critters come out to dance in the still evening.

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animals, cricket, dancing, exercise, insects, music, night, nonverbal communication, recreation, rhyme, verbal communication

Mr. brimble's hobby

Rice, Eve

The Brimble family has many adventures together. Mr. Brimble buys so many new musical instruments that the family is forced to move out!

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adventures, assertiveness, conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, family, hobby, moving, music, recreation, refusal skills, self esteem, verbal communication

Mozart tonight

Downing, Julie

Mozart look back on the events of his great operatic truimph, Don Giovanni. Events of his life are told and what led to this moment in his life.

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assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, hard work, history, music, nonverbal communication, verbal communication

Rachel's recital

Green, Melinda

Rachel's mother thinks Rachel is going to be a famous pianist, so she has Rachel take piano lessons once a week and practice for an hour everyday after school. But Rachel is in trouble when she finds she will be in a recital and doesn't know her piece.

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courage, decision making, disappointment, family, music, parents, practice, pretend, responsibilities, worry

One dancing drum

Kredenser, Gail//Mack, Stanley

Let's build a band by counting!Has numbers written in words and has 10 different instruments. This will help you recognize number words and colors.

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collection, colors, counting, instruments, music, numbers, sequence

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

To hell with dying

Walker, Alice

A little girl grows up and copes with the disease of alcoholism and the alcoholic she loves.

Dancin' in the kitchen

Gelsanliter, Wendy//Christian, Frank

Dinner at Grandma's house begins with dancing in the kitchen. Each family member has their own job and makes dinner preparation a celebration. Clean up starts as they dance their empty plates to the kitchen.

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animals, cat, celebration, cooking, dancing, family, feelings, food, grandparents, happiness, music, nonverbal communication, self esteem, siblings, teamwork, verbal communication

The queen always wanted to dance

Mayer, Mercer

A queen who likes to dance is forbidden by the king. She then begins to sing and is forbidden to do that as well. Finally, the king realizes he is wrong and allows the whole kingdom to sing and dance.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, consequences, dancing, decision making, disobedience, exercise, music, peer resistance, refusal skills, royalty, verbal communication

Bravo minski

Yorinks, A.

Minski was a great scientist whose best invention was his singing. Through this one invention, he becomes a great man.

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careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, goal setting, inventions, music, peer resistance, performance, self esteem, singing, verbal communication

Arthur's christmas wish

Wooding, S.

Arthur, a fat mouse, is granted one Christmas wish from his fairy Godfather. Godfather says his wish has to make someone happy. His wish, playing beautiful music on the piano, is granted.

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animals, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, fairy, giving, godfather, magic, mouse, music, presents, stress management, verbal communication

Apt. 3

Keats, Ezra Jack

Sam searches for the blind harmonica player in his apartment complex. They eventually get acquainted and take a walk together through the neighborhood.

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blindness, community, curiosity, disability, exercise, friendship, kindness, music, neighbors, nonverbal communication, secrets, verbal communication, walking

Knoxville, Tennessee

Giovanni, Nikki

A young girl likes summer best because of the fresh corn from her daddy's garden, the okra, barbecue, and homemade ice cream from the church picnic, and the gospel music from the church homecoming. She also likes to go to the mountains with her grandmother where she feels safe and warm.

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african american, church, community, family, food, garden, grandparents, multicultural, music, nutrition, picnic, seasons, sleep, summer

The little band

Sage, James

A diverse band of children march through a town, bringing enjoyment to the townspeople through their music.

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assertiveness, community, differences, music, nonverbal communication, stress management

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