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Gregory's shadow

Freeman, Don

Gregory needs his shadow in order for spring to come. He ends up losing his shadow for awhile; his shadow gets scared and hides in a barn. Gregory later adventured out and finds his shadow, causing spring to come.

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bravery, conflict resolution, fear, feelings, friendship, groundhog, holidays, loneliness, nonverbal communication, sadness, seasons, self esteem, shadows, spring, stress management, winter

Bear mouse

Freschet, Bernice

Follows the natural habitat of a mouse who must feed her family, dodge predators, and search for food during the winter.

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animals, family, food, habitat, mouse, seasons, winter

Red riding hood

Galdone, Paul

Little Red Riding Hood goes off to visit her grandmother. A wolf spots her and beats her to her grandmother's house. The wolf is after both the grandmother and Red Riding Hood, but a hunter ends up killing the wolf and saving them both.

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animals, clouds, death, family, feelings, grandparents, happiness, parents, seasons, shadows, summer, sun, violence, weather, wolf

The snow goose

Gallico, Mary//Gallico, Paul

A young, naive girl attempts to understand her environment in the midst of war. She does this through the love of the birds who live in this area.

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autumn, birds, bodies of water, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, fog, goose, happiness, history, loss, love, nonverbal communication, rain, sadness, sea, seasons, snow, spring, summer, sun, verbal communication, war, weather, winter

Wake up, bear...it's christmas

Gammell, Stephen

A bear who hibernates every year in the winter, decides that this winter he was going to wake up for Christmas. To his surprise, when he wakes up it is wonderful. He met a special guy dressed in a red suit that took him around to see things. The bear did not know it was Santa Claus.

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animals, bear, christmas, critical thinking, decision making, determination, goal setting, holidays, seasons, winter

The summer sands

Garland, Sherry

When a raging storm destroys the sand dunes that several animals and plants called home, a community works together to restore the dunes in a most creative way. Includes an author's note about the ecology of the coastal sand dunes and what is being done to preserve them.

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animals, autumn, beach, birds, bodies of water, christmas, clouds, cold, colors, community, cooperation, crab, crustaceans, environment, family, five senses, flowers, fun, games, grandparents, habitat, helping, holidays, hurricane, imagination, multicultural, native american, nonverbal communication, ocean, rain, relaxation, sand, sea, seasons, sounds, storm, storytelling, summer, vacation, verbal communication, water, weather, wind, winter

Dear rebecca, winter is here

George, Jean Craighead

Someone is writing a letter to a friend to remind her that winter is here again. She also reminds her that summer will be back.

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bodies of water, mountains, plants, rain, river, seasons, snow, summer, verbal communication, weather, winter

The story of may

Gerstein, Mordicai

May gets lost and is found by her Aunt Jane. She is informed that she has a father and trys to find him.

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assertiveness, autumn, colors, critical thinking, family, grandparents, lost, parents, plants, rain, seasons, siblings, snow, spring, summer, verbal communication, weather, wind, winter

The seasons of arnold's apple tree

Gibbons, Gail

Throughout the four seasons, Arnold has fun doing different activities with his apple tree. Arnold shares the seasonal holidays with the tree, as the tree shares all that it has to offer with Arnold.

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creativity, decision making, holidays, nature, nonverbal communication, plants, seasons, sharing

Farming

Gibbons, Gail

Farms are filled with exciting things!There are animals being born, crops being planted then harvested, and cleaning being done. During each season, there are different chores to do on the farm.

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animals, autumn, farm, plants, seasons, spring, summer, winter

Christmas on an island

Gibbons, Gail

Christmas is coming so everyone is busy making preparations on the island. On Christmas Eve, everyone gathers at church for a festive celebration.

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anticipation, celebration, christmas, excitement, friendship, holidays, island, kindness, neighbors, party, preparation, seasons, traditions, verbal communication, winter

Grandma and the pirates

Gilman, Phoebe

Grandma, her granddaughter, and a parrot are kidnapped by pirates and taken hostage aboard a ship. The three captives trick the pirates by telling them of hidden treasures. When the pirates get off the ship to search for the treasures, the captives sail away at last.

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adventures, family, food, grandparents, kidnapped, nutrition, pirates, seasons, summer

Lights for gita

Gilmore, Rachna

Gita is very excited about celebrating her favorite Hindu holiday, Divali, a festival of lights. But this year things are different and she must celebrate this special holiday in her new home. This transition is hard for Gita and made even more difficult by the seasonal rain. With the help from her parents, Gita must learn how to carry her beliefs and memories into her new home and make this year's Divali, a holiday to remember.

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

Berry song

Goade, Michaela

As a young Tlingit girl collects a variety of wild berries over the seasons in Alaska, she sings with her grandmother as she learns to speak to the land and listen when the land speaks back. Have you ever heard of dogberry, swamp berry, thimbleberry, lingonberry, or bunchberry?

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bodies of water, fish, food, forest, fruit, grandparents, herring, island, nutrition, rainforest, respect, salmon, seasons, siblings, singing, thanksgiving, woods

Whistling wings

Goering, Laura

Marcel, a young tundra swan, is tired from the first half of a winter migration. One thousand miles is a long way to fly- too long for Marcel, so he hides in the rushes to stay behind while his parents and the flock continue south. But with the lake nearly frozen over, he soon realizes that he is not cut out for life on the ice. Other animals offer advice about how to survive the winter, but their ways of living aren't right for the swan. Hungry and scared, he falls asleep- only to be awakened by a big surprise!

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affection, animals, birds, eagle, feelings, food, ice, lake, loneliness, migration, moon, muskrat, raccoon, sadness, seasons, sounds, swan, travel, winter

Our snowman

Goffstein, M.B.

A boy and his sister build a snowman. At night, they notice the snowman looks lonely. The girl and her father build a snowwoman to keep him company.

It's summertime

Good, Elaine W.

It is summertime and the leaves are green. The berries are almost ripe- just a few more days. It's fun to walk barefoot in the grass and go swimming when it is warm outside!

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colors, food, nutrition, plants, seasons, summer

Fall is here!I love it!

Good, Elaine W.

Fall is here!Leaves are falling off the trees, corn is being harvested, and the garden is being readied for the winter. Brilliant colors illustrate this wonderful story.

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autumn, colors, farm, food, garden, nutrition, plants, seasons

Trick-or-treat for diabetes: A halloween story for kids living with diabetes

Gosselin, Kim

Halloween is quickly approaching. Sarah is feeling sad because she knows that she cannot eat as many sweets as her friends. This is because Sarah has diabetes. Sarah and her mother eventually learn that Halloween is not all about candy; it's about having fun.

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author's note, autumn, bedtime, caring, diabetes, family, feelings, food, friendship, fun, games, grandparents, halloween, happiness, holidays, medicine, money, nonverbal communication, nurse, parents, party, sadness, school, seasons, verbal communication

What is red?

Gottlieb, Suzanne

Many illustrations and simple words show all the different colors, including the fun color red.

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colors, holidays, nature, nonverbal communication, seasons, weather

Up home

Grant, Shauntay

A young woman of African decent recalls her childhood in her native homeland of Preston, Canada. She remembers long hot days of summer playing with cousins, singing on Sunday mornings, climbing trees and picking blueberries. Gatherings with her family are special celebrations.

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african american, body parts, canada, celebration, church, climbing, clothing, cooking, family, flowers, food, friendship, fun, garden, glasses, grandparents, history, instruments, love, memory, multicultural, music, nutrition, park, quilt, seasons, song, spiritual, storytelling, woods

My mamma had a dancing heart

Gray, Libba Moore

A ballerina remembers how she developed a dancing heart just like her mother's. After each dance, both mother and daughter shared in a special moment for that season. For example, the autumn dance would be a leaf-kicking leg lifting, hand clapping, hello autumn ballet, and afterwards, they would press leaves and drink hot tea spiced.

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autumn, balloon, beach, dancing, exercise, kite, rain, seasons, snow, spring, summer, water, winter

Where's my share?

Greeley, Valerie

A robin asks where's the wheat milled into flour, where's the flour baked into bread, where's my share?

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animals, birds, farm, food, forest, nutrition, robin, seasons

City rhythms

Grifalconi, Ann

Jimmy's dad talks about keeping up with the rhythm of the city, but Jimmy doesn't understand what his dad means until the end of the summer when Jimmy makes the city rhythms his own.

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activities, african american, bedtime, community, family, five senses, multicultural, parents, rhythm, seasons, summer

Happy winter

Gundersheimer, Karen

Two sisters share their snowy days together. There are fun things to do outside and inside the house.

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cleanliness, clothing, day, family, food, fun, gymnastics, night, nutrition, parents, play, recipe, rhyme, seasons, siblings, snow, sports, weather, winter

Spring comes to the forest

Gunthorp, Karen

Several animals from the forest are excited because spring has arrived. The animals make sure all their friends wake up to begin their work.

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animals, badger, bear, beaver, birds, canary, excitement, feelings, forest, happiness, seasons, spring

Nobiah's well: A modern African folktale

Guthrie, Donna

Nobiah is an African American boy who is very generous. One day he fetches water for his mother, but by the time he gets home, his water is all gone. His generosity pays off when his friends build him a well in return.

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african american, animals, bear, beverage, family, helping, multicultural, parents, responsibilities, seasons, sharing, siblings, summer, water

The big snow

Hader, Berta//Hader, Elmer

Animals of the land prepare successfully for the big snow.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, friendship, goal setting, nonverbal communication, seasons, self esteem, snow, stress management, teamwork, weather, winter

Lucy's summer

Hall, Donald

Lucy spends her New Hampshire summer of 1910 doing a variety of things. She helps her mother can fruits and vegetables and make beautiful hats to sell. She attends a Fourth of July celebration where she meets an organ grinder with a monkey and a gypsy couple trying to sell picture frames. The highlight of Lucy's summer was taking the train into Boston with her mother. That was one day that Lucy will never forget.

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accomplishment, animals, autumn, clothing, cooperation, dolls, family, farm, food, fourth of july, fruit, gypsy, helping, history, holidays, love, monkey, nutrition, parents, school, seasons, shopping, siblings, summer, train, transportation, travel, vegetables, verbal communication

Ox-cart man

Hall, Donald

Descibes the daily activities of a farm family throughout the seasons of the year.

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family, farm, food, nutrition, responsibilities, seasons, work

Old home day

Hall, Donald

From the time when only plants and animals lived there, to the modern bicentennial celebration, the people who called the fictional village of Blackwater home remember its history.

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aggression, aging, american, animals, author's note, autumn, baby, barn, baseball, birds, birth, bodies of water, bones, careers, celebration, change, community, conflict, conflict resolution, cow, death, decision making, deer, family, farm, farmer, forest, future, generations, goal setting, grandparents, hard work, history, hunting, lake, love, marriage, memories, nature, neighbors, nonverbal communication, parade, parents, peer resistance, plants, pond, reunion, seasons, settlers, snow, sports, spring, summer, war, water, weather, wilderness, winter, work

It's pumpkin time!

Hall, Zoe

Halloween is on its way, and it is time to plant the pumpkin seeds. A little girl and her brother plant the seeds and watch them grow. The shoots pop up, grow into vines, flowers bloom, and at last the pumpkins are ready to be picked!

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autumn, colors, farm, food, halloween, holidays, nutrition, plants, seasons, summer

The surprise garden

Hall, Zoe

Three children eagerly wait to discover what marvelous plants will grow from the seeds they sowed.

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animals, author's note, bee, birds, bluejay, butterfly, celebration, colors, dog, family, flowers, food, garden, health, helping, insects, ladybug, nature, nonverbal communication, nutrition, party, pets, plants, rabbit, seasons, siblings, summer, sun, surprises, teamwork, verbal communication, water

Three young pilgrims

Harness, Cheryl

The pilgrims journey to America aboard the Mayflower. When they land, they meet Native Americans.

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boat, critical thinking, death, decision making, ocean, parents, seasons

My prairie christmas

Harvey, Brett

Christmas is a very special time for Elenore. This is her first Christmas on the prairie, and she doesn't think it will be as good as it was in Maine. But it ends up being better than ever, because her family pulls together to make everything work out.

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celebration, change, christmas, coping, critical thinking, family, feelings, giving, happiness, holidays, loss, moving, parents, pioneers, sadness, seasons, self esteem, siblings, stars, stress management, verbal communication, winter

Winter magic

Hasler, Eveline

Peter's mother tells him a story about winter magic. That night Peter dreams of winter magic and awakes. Peter's cat takes him out into the winter night and shows him the magic of winter.

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animals, cat, critical thinking, discovery, family, imagination, learning, magic, night, nonverbal communication, parents, seasons, winter

Count down to fall

Hawell, Fran

Count backwards from ten to one during one of the most colorful times of the year. Learn about bright, colorful leaves and the trees from which they fall. Watch the animals frolicking in the crisp, autumn air as they get ready for the approaching cold winter.

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animals, bear, beaver, cat, chipmunk, counting, deer, fall, frog, moon, native american, opossum, owl, raccoon, seasons, squirrel, tortoise, tree

Cool dog, school dog

Heiligman, Deborah

Tinka is a cool dog, a breaking-all-the-rules dog! A hall dog, a ball dog, a crash-into-the-wall dog! Join Tinka, a dandy, sandy Golden Retriever, as she unexpectedly visits her owner at school and helps his class learn to read.

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animals, autumn, books, disobedience, dog, family, feelings, glasses, learning, loneliness, parents, reading, sadness, school, seasons, toys, tree

Gather up, gather in

Helldorfer, M.C.

Let's enjoy the frosts of autumn, the snow of winter, the renewal of spring, and the warmth of summer. What do we all look forward to during each season of the year?

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animals, autumn, bodies of water, christmas, food, goal setting, halloween, holidays, mice, nutrition, ocean, pond, rain, seasons, snow, spring, squirrel, summer, thanksgiving, verbal communication, weather, wind, winter

The wonderful pumpkin

Hellsing, Lennart

Little Bear and Big Bear bite on a seed when eating. They go out and decide to plant the seed. It grows and grows. Then it becomes their home. The bears enjoy some wild adventures together as their relationship grows stronger and stronger.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, autumn, bear, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, feelings, fish, food, fox, happiness, insects, nutrition, rain, sea, seasons, stress management, summer, weather, worm

In coal country

Hendershot, Judith

Papa is a coal miner who works at night and Mamma works at home. They are hard working people who live near the Block Diamond Mine. They go through each season and recall a special memory.

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animals, appreciation, assertiveness, autumn, birds, bodies of water, christmas, exercise, family, food, games, goose, holidays, memories, mule, nutrition, parents, river, seasons, self esteem, sports, summer, train, transportation, verbal communication, walking, winter

The baby dances

Henderson, Kathy

A baby is born and as she grows she learns to do many new things. As her brother watches her grow during her first year, he shares his observations. She sits, walks, runs, and finally dances as her brother looks on.

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accomplishment, activities, autumn, baby, birth, change, dancing, family, growing up, parents, poetry, rain, seasons, siblings, spring, summer, sun, walking, weather, winter

Oh!

Henkes, Kevin

Oh!How white everything is in the morning when it snows. Everyone wants to play in the snow. Squirrels, cats, dogs, rabbits, and children get excited to play in the snow. When the sun goes down, the snow looks blue and play time is over for everyone.

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animals, birds, cat, dog, fun, play, playing, rabbit, seasons, snow, squirrel, sun, weather, winter

Grandpa and bo

Henkes, Kevin

Young Bo spends the summer with his grandfather in the country and has a wonderful time. They walk, fish, and make things together. They celebrate Christmas together -- a very special summer Christmas!

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adventures, birds, christmas, conflict resolution, decision making, family, goal setting, grandparents, holidays, recreation, relaxation, seasons, summer, travel

Lester's dog

Hesse, Karen

Two boys are afraid to go by the house where the fierce dog, Lester, hides under the porch. On their adventure they cross busy streets then find a baby kitten. They try to save the kitten and find an excellent home for it.

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adventures, animals, birds, car, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dog, exercise, family, feelings, happiness, helping, insects, nonverbal communication, parents, robin, running, safety, seasons, self esteem, shelter, stress management, summer, transportation, walking

Come on, rain!

Hesse, Karen

A heat wave hits Tess's town and she's sizzling like a hot potato. Mamma's plants are all dying and all Tess wishes for is a little bit of rain. As she feels the rain coming, she runs to get her friends and they all change into bathing suits. The rain comes down in big drops and the girls dance, laugh, and play in the cool raindrops.

Weekend girl

Hest, Amy

Sophie always spends a weekend with her grandparents when her parents take a trip to honeymoon cottage. Every year her grandparents have a special surprise, so she can hardly wait for this year's surprise.

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animals, beach, bodies of water, car, dancing, dog, exercise, family, feelings, five senses, food, grandparents, marriage, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, picnic, poetry, sadness, sea, seasons, self esteem, smell, summer, taste, transportation, travel, verbal communication, walking, weather

Nana's birthday party

Hest, Amy

Maggie and Brette visit their grandmother to help her set up for her birthday party. This is their annual visit to see each other, sleep in the same room that their mom slept in, and spend some precious time with their grandmother. Challenges always seem to occur when they need to get their grandmother a present.

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assertiveness, birthday, family, fog, food, grandparents, holidays, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, presents, seasons, self esteem, verbal communication, weather, wedding, winter

Mr. George Baker

Hest, Amy

Harry enjoys spending time with his older next door neighbor, Mr. Baker. Harry likes to wait for the bus with Mr. George Baker. Harry learns about Mr. Baker's life as a musician and learns that a person is never too old to learn to read.

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african american, aging, autumn, body parts, books, bus, clothing, dancing, education, embarrassment, friendship, fun, generations, happiness, hard work, instruments, learning, love, marriage, multicultural, music, school, seasons, shoes, tobacco, transportation, walking

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