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Dinosaurs divorce

Brown, Laurene Krasny//Brown, Marc

Divorce can be a scary thing for children. Questions and concerns about divorce can be answered with help from the dinosaurs. Dinosaurs explain everything from why parents divorce to celebrating holidays with two families to satisfy the inquisitive young mind.

Arthur's computer disaster

Brown, Marc

Arthur is captivated by a new computer game and plays it while his mom is gone, even though she asked him not to. While he is playing with his friend, they both reach for the mouse and the screen suddenly goes blank. Find out if he can fix the computer before his mom gets home, or if he gets the nerve to confront his wrong doing!

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apology, computer, conflict, conflict resolution, consequences, critical thinking, disappointment, disobedience, family, games, honesty, misbehavior, playing, respect, technology, working mother

Arthur's baby

Brown, Marc

Arthur finds out he is going to have a baby brother or sister. At first, he feels left out and doesn't like his baby sister. Then when he has to help his sister, he realizes that he loves the baby.

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baby, birth, caring, conflict resolution, family, parents, siblings

Arthur's pet business

Brown, Marc

Arthur's parents say he may have a puppy if he proves that he is responsible. Arthur decides to get a job pet sitting a neighbor's dog and eventually many pets. Finally when the neighbor comes home, she finds her dog and new puppies. She pays Arthur ten dollars and gives him one of the new puppies to care for himself.

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animals, birth, conflict resolution, decision making, dog, goal setting, neighbors, peer resistance, pets, responsibilities, stress management, verbal communication

Arthur's birthday

Brown, Marc

Arthur is having a birthday party and invites all his friends. He discovers that Muffy is having a party the exact same day. All their friends do not know which party to go to. Arthur writes new invitations and creates a surprise party for Muffy at his house.

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birthday, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, friendship, party, peer resistance, refusal skills, stress management, verbal communication

Arthur's christmas

Brown, Marc

Arthur worries about what to get Santa for Christmas. He searches everywhere for the perfect gift. Finally, he sees Santa eating at several different places and decides to make Santa's favorite foods.

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christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, food, holidays, nutrition, peer resistance, presents, refusal skills, santa, stress management

The true francine

Brown, Marc

Francine and all of her friends, including the new girl, Muffy, get the meanest teacher for third grade. Francine gets in trouble for cheating when it was really Muffy who cheats. Francine is kept from playing in the big softball game until at the last minute Muffy tells the truth.

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conflict resolution, deception, decision making, exercise, feelings, friendship, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, self esteem, softball, sports, stress management, teamwork, telephone, television, truth, verbal communication

D.W. all wet

Brown, Marc

D.W. goes to the beach with her parents and brother, but will not go near the water. When she goes for a piggy-back ride on her brother's back, he throws her in the water. First she screams in fear, but then she likes playing in the water.

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assertiveness, beach, bodies of water, conflict resolution, decision making, exercise, family, fear, feelings, peer resistance, play, refusal skills, siblings, swimming, verbal communication

Arthur's eyes

Brown, Marc

Arthur's friends tease him when he gets glasses. Soon other children get glasses, and Arthur learns to wear his glasses with pride.

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body image, body parts, change, conflict resolution, decision making, differences, five senses, friendship, glasses, growing up, nonverbal communication, pride, self esteem, teasing, verbal communication, vision

Arthur's nose

Brown, Marc

Arthur does not like his nose! Although his friends and family like Arthur's nose just the way it is, he feels that it is always getting in the way and decides to get a new nose!

Felice

Brown, Marcia

Felice is a small striped cat living in Venice with no home or food. A boy starts to feed the cat and adopts him. He decides to name the cat, Felice.

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adoption, animals, assertiveness, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, pets

Skipper john's cook

Brown, Marcia

A new cook is hired on a ship, because the old cook just fixed beans. After a few days, the crew finds out all the new cook does is fry fish and make beans just like the olde cook. Once again, the crew looks for a new cook.

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careers, conflict resolution, food, nutrition, peer resistance, ship, transportation, verbal communication

How, hippo!

Brown, Marcia

A little hippo's mother teaches him to talk. Anytime he was with his mother he was not afraid, but one day he went to play alone and a crocodile grabbed him. When the little hippo shouted, his mother rescued him.

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animals, conflict resolution, crocodile, decision making, family, fear, feelings, hippopotamus, parents, reptiles, rescue, safety, verbal communication

Willie's adventures

Brown, Margaret Wise

A trilogy of stories about a small boy named Willies. The reader follows Willie through his adventures of getting a new pet, having a new suit, and visiting Grandma by himself for the first time.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, decision making, family, goal setting, grandparents, growing up, learning, nonverbal communication, pets, responsibilities, self esteem, travel, verbal communication

Noisy book

Brown, Margaret Wise

A dog gets something in his eye, so they have to cover both eyes with a bandage. The dog has to use his ears to sense what is going on.

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animals, appreciation, blindness, change, conflict resolution, dog, five senses, illness, sympathy

When the wind blew

Brown, Margaret Wise

An old lady lives with seventeen cats and a kitten. On a windy day she brings the cats in the house. She gets a toothache and her kitten soothes it.

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animals, cat, conflict resolution, illness, nonverbal communication, pets, stress management, teamwork, teeth, verbal communication

The noon balloon

Brown, Margaret Wise

A little kitten jumps in a hot air balloon to avoid being chased by mice. While up in the balloon, she explains all the sites she sees and sounds she hears until she is ready to land.

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animals, cat, conflict resolution, fear, mouse, nonverbal communication, sounds, travel

The little fir tree

Brown, Margaret Wise

A fir tree is cut down to be used as a Christmas tree for a boy with a handicap. After the holidays, the tree is replanted in the forest. Every year, the boy's father digs up the tree to be decorated. One year, the boy goes to the forest by himself to decorate a tree.

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change, christmas, conflict resolution, disability, family, forest, growing up, handicap, holidays, illness, nature, parents, plants, song, traditions, verbal communication

Christmas in the barn

Brown, Margaret Wise//Cooney, Barbara

The story of Christmas begins with Mary and Joseph being refused at the inn, so they experience the birth of a special baby in the barn.

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animals, barn, birth, christmas, conflict resolution, holidays, nonverbal communication, religion, rhyme, spiritual, storytelling, verbal communication

Toad

Brown, Ruth

A dirty toad has a slimy, mucky day in the swamp. It turns out that being disgusting pays off when a monster spits out the toad because of its terrible taste. You can't judge a toad by appearance alone.

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amphibians, appearance, bodies of water, conflict resolution, five senses, habitat, insects, jumping, pond, self esteem, smell, swamp, taste, toad

Willy and hugh

Browne, Anthony

Willy the monkey is alone. One day, Willy becomes friends with Hugh. They do things together like go to the zoo.

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animals, conflict resolution, feelings, friendship, loneliness, monkey, sadness, sizes

Piggy book

Browne, Anthony

Mrs. Piggott was taken for granted by her two sons and husband. Mrs. Piggott got fed up and left all the work up to the men of the household. After a few day of disaster, Mrs. Piggott came back to a house full of appreciative men.

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animals, appreciation, assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, family, peer resistance, pig

Zoo

Browne, Anthony

This family goes to the zoo for the day. There is a lot of arguments that go on during the day with the family. It is not a positive day.

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argument, conflict resolution, family, fight, nonverbal communication, parents, peer resistance, siblings, zoo

Willy the wimp

Browne, Anthony

Willy is called Willy the Wimp by the local gorilla gang. One day he sees an ad in his comic book on how to stop being a wimp. He starts exercising, eating healthy, and lifting weights to the point where the gorilla gang becomes afraid of Willy.

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animals, assertiveness, body image, bully, conflict resolution, exercise, goal setting, gorilla, growing up, health, running, self esteem

The tunnel

Browne, Anthony

Rose and Jack are brother and sister who just do not get along!One day their mother makes them go out to play together. When they stumble upon a tunnel that leads to an imaginary world, they come home getting along just fine.

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bravery, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, family, fear, feelings, fight, imagination, nonverbal communication, siblings, verbal communication

Changes

Browne, Anthony

A little boy is told by his father that things are going to change. The boy imagines the tea kettle growing a tail and other ridiculous things to explain what his father said. However, when his mother and father arrive home with a new baby he realizes what his father meant about things changing.

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baby, birth, change, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, family, imagination, parents, siblings

Gorilla

Browne, Anthony

Neglected by a busy father, a young girl receives a gorilla stuffed animal from her father. Gorillas are her favorite animal and soon she and her gorilla are off on a magical trip.

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animals, careers, conflict resolution, family, friendship, gorilla, imagination, love, magic, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, verbal communication

Le couronnement de babar

Brunhoff, Jean de

The story is about the famous elephant Babar and his adventures in getting married. It illustrates how he introduces his bride to family and friends, the wedding ceremony, and the celebration afterwards. This book was entirely in French and the pictures tell the story.

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acceptance, adventures, animals, celebration, conflict resolution, decision making, friendship, language, love, marriage, multicultural, nonverbal communication, verbal communication, wedding

Babar and zephir

Brunhoff, Jean de

Zephir the monkey goes home to visit his family. While he is there, someone kidnaps princess Isabelle and Zephir goes to find her.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, monkey, nonverbal communication, royalty, travel, verbal communication

Babar and father christmas

Brunhoff, Jean de

Babar, the elephant, is off to help Santa with Christmas. He gets to explore the North Pole and Santa's Workshop. Throughout the story, we get to see the true meaning of Christmas.

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animals, christmas, conflict resolution, decision making, elephant, family, giving, goal setting, helping, holidays, nonverbal communication, sharing, teamwork, verbal communication

Babar comes to america

Brunhoff, Laurent de

Babar, the elephant, visits America. Babar and other elephants visit their old friends, meet new friends, and sight see throughout America. Although Babar is sad to leave, he will always treasure the memories.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, elephant, feelings, friendship, learning, memories, nonverbal communication, sadness, travel, verbal communication

Little bear's pancake party

Brustlein, Janice

A small bear is searching for pancakes. He goes for a walk and encounters all of his animal friends who try and help. Finally, the bear throws a party for his friends and they make pancakes.

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animals, bear, conflict resolution, critical thinking, food, friendship, goal setting, helping, nonverbal communication, nutrition, sharing, teamwork, verbal communication

The cat's purr

Bryan, Ashley

A cat and a rat are friends. However, the rat tricks the cat and plays the special cat drum which only cats play. The cat seeks revenge on the rat and ends up swallowing the drum, and that's how the cat first started to purr.

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animals, assertiveness, cat, conflict, conflict resolution, critical thinking, friendship, mouse, nonverbal communication, revenge, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

A boy and his bunny

Bryan, Sean

One morning a boy wakes up to discover that he has found himself a new friend. Fred the bunny is on his head. The boy's mother is unsure about his new friend, but he assures her that he can accomplish many things with Fred on his head.

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alligator, animals, conflict resolution, french, language, nonverbal communication, parents, rabbit, rhyme, sledding, sleep, transportation, understanding, verbal communication

The christmas ghost

Buck, Pearl S.

A small boy shares the spirit of Christmas with his family and neighborhood. One of the older neighbors tells him about a ghost who walks each Christmas Eve. In turn, the boy learns about friendship, believing, and remembering.

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christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, faith, family, friendship, ghosts, holidays, memories, neighbors, nonverbal communication, sharing, verbal communication

Amy belligera and the fireflies

Buckley, Paul

A witch casts a spell causing every bug not to be able to speak except for one. That one bug visits the witch and tells her that no other bug except for him can speak. So the witch makes the bugs' tails light up so they do not have to speak to communicate.

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assertiveness, compromise, conflict resolution, critical thinking, five senses, insects, nonverbal communication, speech, verbal communication

The pie wagon

Budd, Lillian

A skinny man sells pies to the people of the town. A little girl buys a pie then his wagon goes to the next town.

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careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, food, nutrition, verbal communication

Elf owl

Buff, Mary//Buff, Conrad

Desert life is described through animals, plants, and the weather patterns. There is always a need for water in the desert.

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animals, conflict resolution, desert, environment, nature, nonverbal communication, nutrition, plants, stress management, survival, water, weather

Daniel's duck

Bulla, Clyde Robert

Daniel wants to learn to carve wood. So he carves a duck and takes it to the fair. People at the fair laugh at his duck, but the town woodcarver finds a lot of potential in his work.

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careers, competition, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, self esteem, verbal communication

The christmas coat

Bulla, Clyde Robert

Two brothers, Otto and Hans, are always fighting. Their mother wishes they would act like loving brothers. The brothers accidentally rip a jacket while fighting and must work together to repair it. The mother has her wish granted.

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conflict resolution, family, siblings, teamwork

Smoky night

Bunting, Eve

A riot breaks out in a young boys neighborhood which leads to his apartment building catching on fire. This tragedy brings together people from different backgrounds when they share in the trauma of both losing their cats and having their homes taken over by fire.

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animals, cat, community, conflict, conflict resolution, death, destruction, fire, forgiveness, loss

The man who could call down owls

Bunting, Eve

A man has control over the owls. He is one in the same with them. A stranger takes the man's owl clothes, but the owl man turns into an owl and wins the confrontation.

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assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, nonverbal communication, owl, robbery, verbal communication

The wednesday surprise

Bunting, Eve

Wednesday nights are special for Anna, because she gets to see her grandmother. Together they read book after book and plan a surprise for Anna's father on his birthday.

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birthday, books, conflict resolution, family, goal setting, grandparents, self esteem

Summer wheels

Bunting, Eve

A kid without a father learns from the bicycle man about trust. From other kids he learns honesty and friendship.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, friendship, honesty, individuality, nonverbal communication, parents, trust, verbal communication

Clancy's coat

Bunting, Eve

Some old friends have a conflict, but they come back together when one of them needs help.

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change, clothing, conflict resolution, death, friendship, helping, nonverbal communication, stress management, trust, verbal communication

A day's work

Bunting, Eve

Fransico takes his grandfather out to look for work. His grandfather does not speak English, so Fransico must translate. Fransico accepts a gardening job for his grandfather by telling the man he is a great gardener. When the man comes at the end of the day, he finds the job done incorrectly. Fransico's lie teaches him an invaluable lesson.

The little princess

Burnett, Frances Hodge

Young Sara is forced to attend Miss Minchin's select seminary for young girls in London when her father gets shipped off to war. Miss Minchin, the director of the seminary becomes a bit apprehensive about Sara's stay with them because her father said that she is to have the very best of everything. When a note arrives that says Sara's father died, things change for the worse. Poor Sara is forced to live the life of a slave. She eventually meets up with an Indian gentleman who helps her to gain her life back.

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adventures, aging, beverage, celebration, change, child care, conflict resolution, death, emotions, family, food, hard work, hindu, hunger, indian, learning, loss, love, mistake, multicultural, nonverbal communication, orphan, party, persistence, problem solving, relationship, resentment, school, sharing, slavery, sleep, storytelling, support, war

Mr. grumpy's motor car

Burningham, John

Mr. Grumpy decides to take a ride in his car. The neighborhood children and animals want to go with him. They all crowd into his car and go for a ride.

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conflict resolution, decision making, neighbors, self esteem, travel, verbal communication

The shopping basket

Burningham, John

Steve is sent to the store with a list. On his way home, he is approached by many animals demanding his food. He tricks the animals and goes home with all of his groceries.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, food, refusal skills, stress management, verbal communication

Avocado baby

Burningham, John

The Hargrave family is very weak. Mrs. Hargrave has a baby who will not eat and is also very weak. One day the baby's mother feeds him avocado pears. The baby becomes so strong that he can move furniture, defend other children, and scare burglars.

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assertiveness, baby, conflict resolution, critical thinking, food, nonverbal communication, nutrition

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