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Bonjour, lonnie

Ringgold, Faith

Lonnie is an orphan who learns his family heritage through the help of the Love Bird. He eventually finds his adoptive parents.

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adoption, african american, author's note, birds, culture, family, french, grandparents, Jewish, language, love, multicultural, orphan, parents, war

Masoko's life changes dramatically when her parents move from California back to their native country, Japan. Masako feels like she will never belong in this new country where her life is so completely different.

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change, clothing, culture, customs, differences, family, food, homesickness, independence, japanese, language, loss, love, market, marriage, multicultural, nutrition, parents, relationship, travel

A gift for abuelita: Celebrating the day of the dead

Luenn, Nancy

Rosita and her grandmother are very close. Rosita's grandmother teaches Rosita how to braid, garden, and make tortillas. When Rosita's grandmother dies, Rosita feels a great loss without her around and misses her terribly. Her family tells Rosita that she can make a gift to give to her grandmother on the Day of the Dead. Rosita braids a cord that is filled with love and memories for her grandmother.

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author's note, change, culture, death, family, food, garden, grandparents, language, loss, love, mexican american, multicultural, nutrition, parents, presents, reunion, siblings, spanish, stress management, traditions, verbal communication

A house for hermit crab

Carle, Eric

Hermit crab outgrew his shell in January so he must find a new home. Month by month he collects friends to make his home better. As he outgrows his shell, Herman is sad because he will have to leave his friends. A smaller homeless crab comes along and promises to take care of Herman's friends and home.

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change, crab, crustaceans, feelings, friendship, growing up, happiness, moving, ocean, sadness, shelter

The house on east 88th street

Waber, Bernard

The Primms moved into their new house only to find Lyle, the crocodile, in their bathtub. They were afraid at first, but eventually they became good friends with Lyle.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, crocodile, fear, feelings, friendship, hygiene, refusal skills, reptiles, shelter, verbal communication

Cornelius

Lionni, Leo

Cornelius, the crocodile, is able to walk upright by standing on his head. The other crocodiles become jealous when Cornelius brags about his skill.

Have you seen the crocodile?

West, C.

A parrot looks for a crocodile, and on the way, a dragonfly, frog, bumble bee, butterfly, and hummingbird join in the search. The crocodile is much closer than they realize, and they all get eaten by the crocodile.

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assertiveness, bee, birds, butterfly, crocodile, dragonfly, food, frog, hummingbird, hunger, insects, parrot, reptiles, verbal communication

There's a crocodile under my bed

Schubert, Ingrid

Peggy finds out that a crocodile is not such a bad friend after all. The two become good friends and enjoy many adventures together.

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adventures, assertiveness, critical thinking, crocodile, fear, feelings, friendship, imagination, reptiles, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

The puddle pail

Kleven, Elisa

Ernst and Sol, two crocodile brothers, set out for the beach one morning. Sol suggests that they should start collecting various items along the beach. To Sol's disapproval, Ernst decides he wants to collect puddles. By the end of his tale, Ernst finds a creative use for his puddle collection.

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beach, celebration, clouds, collection, creativity, crocodile, dog, easter, food, holidays, moon, night, sand, shapes, siblings, stars, verbal communication, water

The important book

Brown, Margaret Wise

An informative book that shows various characteristics of many everyday objects.

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critical thinking, self esteem

Little mouse's painting

Wolkstein, D.

Little mouse paints a picture and her friends Bear, Squirrel, and Porcupine all see their images in it. Mouse tells them that they are seeing things, but when she takes the painting home she sees it from a new perspective.

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animals, art, bear, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, differences, friendship, mouse, porcupine, self esteem, squirrel, verbal communication

Working cotton

Williams, Sherley Ann

Shelan tells of working the cotton fields as a little girl. She tells the different accomplishments of each person in her family in the field. Shelan wishes she could pick cotton as fast as her parents and sisters.

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critical thinking, family, farm, five senses, food, goal setting, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, responsibilities, self esteem, siblings, teamwork, touch, verbal communication, vision

The toll-bridge troll

Wolff, Patricia Rae

Everyday on his walk to school, Trigg must cross the toll bridge where a mean troll lives. The troll will not let Trigg pass, so Trigg must think of ways to outsmart the troll.

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bridge, conflict resolution, critical thinking, frustration, goal setting, learning, money, problem solving, repetition, riddles, school, trick, trolls

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

Owly

Thaler, Mike

Owly, a baby owl, asks his mother questions about the woods and she in turn helps him to discover the answers on his own.

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baby, birds, critical thinking, discovery, family, growing up, nature, owl, parents, woods

The adventures of tommy

Wells, H.G.

Tommy was fishing for sharks when he saw a rich man fall into the sea. Tommy saved his life and teh rich man thanked him by giving Tommy an elephant named Augustus.

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critical thinking, decision making, nonverbal communication, verbal communication

Amazing mr. pelgrew

Schlein, Miriam

Steven tries to discover what Mr. Pelgrew does for a living. He has a fascination with guessing his neighbor's occupation. Mr. Pelgrew is a police officer.

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birds, careers, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, duck, friendship, helping, neighbors

If anything ever goes wrong at the zoo

Henderick, Mary Jean

A little girl named Leslie always goes to the zoo.After Leslie tells the zookeepers to send the animals to her house if anything should go wrong at the zoo, a series of zoo emergencies results in some unusual house guests for the family.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, crisis, decision making, family, responsibilities, zoo

The little airplane

Lenski, Lois

Pilot Small with the cooperation of a mechanic readies his airplane for flight. He then takes off , enjoys the landscape, runs into trouble, fixes the clogged fuel line and return to the airport.

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airplane, crisis, critical thinking, decision making, preparation, skills, teamwork, transportation, travel, weather, wind

A pocket of cricket

Caudill, Rebecca

Jay, a six year old boy, finds a cricket and makes him his pet. On the first day of school, Jay takes Cricket to school in his pocket. When Cricket chirps in class, Jay's teacher asks him to take it out for show and tell. Jay is very proud to show off his cricket.

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cricket, decision making, insects, noise, pets, refusal skills, school, self esteem, verbal communication

Maggie and the pirate

Keats, Ezra Jack

Maggie has a cricket in a cage that is stolen. Maggie and her friends look for the pirate who stole the cricket and find him but the cricket is dead. The pirate gives Maggie a new cricket, and they all become friends.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, cricket, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, insects, nonverbal communication, pirates, robbery, verbal communication

Boxes!boxes!

Fisher, Leonard Everett

Boxes are used around the house in many ways.

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creativity, shapes

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

Good ethan

Fox, Paula

Ethan is told not to cross the street. While playing with the ball, it rolls across the street. Ethan must find a way to get the ball without crossing the street.

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conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, disobedience, goal setting, listening, peer resistance, play, recreation, safety

Dress up and let's have a party

Charlip, Remy

John dressed up in his mother's pots and pans while she baked a cake. He called his friends to come and dress up with him. Each friend came in a different creative costume. They ate the cake when it was done and went home.

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assertiveness, clothing, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, family, food, friendship, imagination, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, party, self esteem, verbal communication

The wild baby goes to sea

Lindgren, Barbro

A ten year old boy uses his imagination one day to take a sailing trip. He gathers all his friends together and takes an adventurous trip.

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adventures, assertiveness, creativity, decision making, friendship, imagination, rhyme, transportation, travel

Meet m and m

Ross, Pat

Mandy and Mimi are best friends. They do everything together. One dya they get in a fight which makes them both miserable. They quickly Plan to continue their fun.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, coping, creativity, decision making, fight, friendship, peer resistance, problem solving, refusal skills, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

My old tree

Gauch, Patricia Lee

A little boy imagines a tree. A tree that he can build and spend time alone there or with some of his friends.

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creativity, critical thinking, decision making, friendship, goal setting, imagination, independence, nature, nonverbal communication, plants, verbal communication

Sing, pierrot, sing

dePaola, Tomie

The local mime has fallen in love with the princess. When he goes to serenade her, he realizes she is already taken. Everyone laughs at him, but in the end, he realizes who his real friends are. (A Wordless Book)

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, creativity, decision making, friendship, goal setting, love, nonverbal communication, relationship, self esteem, song, stress management

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

The pirates of bedford street

Isadora, Rachel

Joey loves to go to the movies. He and his sister go to see a pirate movie. He keeps the movies alive in his imagination.

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creativity, family, imagination, pirates, recreation, siblings

The backward day

Krauss, Ruth

A young boy decides that it is Backward Day and does everything backward all morning. His parents play along until the little boy announces that Backward Day is over.

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assertiveness, change, creativity, decision making, family, imagination, nonverbal communication, opposites, parents, play, self esteem

Witch hazel

Schertle, Alice

A boy makes a scarecrow out of a witch hazel branch. The scarecrow, Hazel, has special powers only the boy knows of. Hazel saves a pumpkin to make a large harvest moon with it.

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assertiveness, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, family, halloween, holidays, imagination, magic, moon, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, scarecrows

All the pretty horses

Jeffers, Susan

A small girl is having trouble sleeping during the night. Her mother comes into her room and begins to tell her about the horses that she can have when she wakes up.

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animals, bedtime, creativity, dreams, family, fantasy, horse, images, imagination, parents, sleep

Bored - nothing to do!

Spier, Peter

While the boys are bored one day, they take apart many things around their house in order to build an airplane which really flies.

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airplane, boredom, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, disobedience, family, imagination, play, recreation, siblings, transportation

Oh, the thinks you can think

Seuss, Dr.

This book encourages readers to use their imaginations.

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creativity, differences, imagination, self esteem

Sparky: The story of a little trolley car

Gramatky, Hardie

A trolley's imagination keeps his repetitive job exciting but also gets him into trouble sometimes. At last the town council decides to turn him into a diner. He saves the day and is rewarded in the end.

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conflict resolution, creativity, decision making, differences, goal setting, helping, imagination, self esteem, transportation

Up and up

Hughes, Shirley

A little girl wants to fly. She makes it off the ground, but so many people are frightened that she will hurt herself, so they chase her. One man even attempts to get her into his hot air balloon. She gets away from him by popping his balloon and they both fall to the ground. (Wordless)

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creativity, critical thinking, determination, goal setting, nonverbal communication, problem solving, safety, transportation

Herbert's treasure

Low, Alice

Herbert collects treasures from the dump, until his whole room is filled with things. His mother wants all the junk out of his room. One day, Herbert's problems are solved by finding a key that fits a door from the dump. He decides to build a castle, with the door and wood he finds, to store all his treasures. This satisfies both his mother and himself.

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conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, determination, family, parents, problem solving, toys

Patchwork tales

Roth, Susan//Phang, Ruth

Right before bedtime, a little girl asks her grandma to tell her stories about her quilt.

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bedtime, creativity, curiosity, family, grandparents, memories, quilt, self esteem, storytelling, verbal communication

The pile of junk

Schlein, Miriam

An elderly lady, who lives by herself, decides to clean her house and get rid of all her junk. She puts all the junk outside. People walking by see her pile of junk and find something of use to them. Soon everything is gone and the old lady wonders where her pile of junk went.

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aging, cleanliness, community, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, shelter

Bear's bargain

Asch, Frank

Bear wishes he could fly like Little Bird, and Little Bird wants to be big and strong like Bear. Both of them got their wishes fulfilled in a very creative and imaginative way.

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acceptance, animals, bear, birds, body image, cooperation, creativity, critical thinking, imagination, nonverbal communication, self esteem

The cowboy and the black-eyed pea

Johnston, Tony

After her father dies, Farethee Well, is left with a huge herd of longhorns on a big Texas farm to find a husband to help her run it. She must determine whether or not he is a real cowboy by his sensitivity while riding a horse with a blackeyed pea under the saddle.

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animals, cowboys, death, decision making, horse, loss, marriage, rain, weather

I had trouble getting to solla sollew

Seuss, Dr.

A creature is experiencing trouble and decides to get away from his troubles. Eventually he must face and deal with his troubles.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, coping, courage, decision making, problem solving

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

Tim to the lighthouse

Ardizzone, Edward

One night, Tim noticed the light from the lighthouse was not flashing past his window. So Tim, the captain, and their friends braved the storm only to find robbers who wanted the ship to crash so they could get their goods. The children help save the lighthouse.

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adventures, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, fear, friendship, helping, refusal skills, robbery

Sarah and simon and no red paint

Ardizzone, Edward

Two children and their family are rather poor. Their father is a painter and he needs a tube of red paint to finish a painting, but he has no money left. The children try to help him get the red paint.

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conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, family, helping, poverty, teamwork

Arthur babysits

Brown, Marc

Arthur is asked to babysit for the Tibble twins who are a challenge. Once he finally gets the twins under control, he likes the job.

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courage, family, ghosts, goal setting, responsibilities, siblings, stress management, success

My grandmother's journey

Cech, John

Karie's grandmother tells her about her hard life in Russia during World War II. This is a true story.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, determination, family, goal setting, grandparents, multicultural, peer resistance, russian, self esteem, stress management

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

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