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Bunny rabbit rebus

Adler, David A.

A little rabbit is hungry, but his mom does not have any food in their cupboards. So, little rabbit and his mom go to a neighbor to get some food. In return for the food, they must do many favors.

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animals, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, food, hunger, neighbors, nutrition, poverty, rabbit, sharing, teamwork

Snow day

Maestro, Betsy

Today is a snow day!Since the roads are covered with snow, school is cancelled. City workers and people in their homes must clear away the snow.

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change, conflict resolution, cooperation, coping, decision making, goal setting, hard work, nature, nonverbal communication, school, seasons, snow, teamwork, weather, winter

Barrels to the moon

Berson, Harold

People in a town in France want to try to bring the moon closer by hooking it to a church steeple so they can always look at it. No matter how hard they try, they do not succeed.

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community, cooperation, decision making, french, goal setting, moon, multicultural, teamwork, verbal communication

Mr. Grumpy allows all the neighborhood children and animals to go fishing with him, as long as they obey him. No one listens to Mr. Grumpy and the boat tips over. Mr. Grumpy laughs and invites everyone home for hot tea.

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cooperation, feelings, listening, neighbors, recreation, respect

The easter egg farm

Auch, Mary Jane

Pauline, the hen, is trying to lay eggs, but the henhouse is too noisy!She concentrates very hard and finally lays a very unusual egg. Pauline keeps laying eggs, each with a different design and pattern. The eggs are so beautiful that people come from all around to view her eggs.

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assertiveness, birds, careers, cooperation, decision making, easter, farm, food, holidays, individuality, nutrition, pets, self esteem, uniqueness

If all the seas were one sea

Domanska, Janina

A good book for beginners that discusses realizing that all the world is one.

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cooperation, imagination

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.

Tillie and mert

Luttrell, Ida

Tillie and Mert are best friends. They do everything together. After going to a garage sale and buying many things, the friends decide to open their own store. Because they both cooperate and do what they are best at, they have the best store in town, even though they do not make much money.

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careers, conflict resolution, cooperation, feelings, friendship, happiness, self esteem, teamwork, verbal communication

Baby-o

Carlstrom, Nancy White

As an Indonesian extended family prepares for a trip to the market, the preparation and responsibilities of the family members are explained. We see the family and their goods on a bus during their journey through the hills to the market. The family completes a successful day at the market and returns home.

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baby, bus, cooperation, family, food, goal setting, grandparents, indonesian, multicultural, nutrition, parents, preparation, responsibilities, siblings, transportation, travel

The big concrete lorry

Hughes, Shirley

The Patterson's house is too small for them, but they cannot afford a larger home. Mr. Patterson decides to build an extension onto the house himself. When the concrete lorry delivers the concrete before it was expected, the neighborhood joins together to build the room.

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assertiveness, community, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, helping, neighbors, nonverbal communication, shelter, teamwork

Come a tide

Lyon, George Ella

Snow and rain come together and cause a flood. This story explains how one family overcomes the flood.

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conflict resolution, cooperation, coping, decision making, family, flood, hard work, rain, snow, teamwork, weather

Jam day

Joosse, Barbara M.

An annual family reunion involving berry picking and jam making, reminds Ben that he is part of a big family, even though his immediate family is small. It is also a noisy family of grandparents, cousins, uncles, and aunts.

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cooperation, critical thinking, family, food, grandparents, memories, noise, nutrition, party, self esteem, sounds, traditions

The araboolies of liberty street

Swope, Sam

A neighborhood is controlled by a mean man and woman who will not let anything fun happen. Soon the Araboolies move in and everything changes.

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assertiveness, change, community, conflict resolution, cooperation, coping, critical thinking, decision making, family, friendship, fun, multicultural, neighbors, refusal skills

Jam: A true story

Mahy, Margaret

A father stays home with the children. The father finds a plum tree, so the family begins making jam.

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careers, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, family, food, nutrition, parents, stress management, verbal communication

Maude and walter

Oneal, Zibby

Maude and Walter are brother and sister and they fight often. When separated, they miss each other and realize that they are not only related, but are also friends.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, cooperation, decision making, family, feelings, friendship, honesty, imagination, loneliness, siblings, verbal communication

The knight and the dragon

dePaola, Tomie

A not-so-mean dragon and an inexperienced knight both learn how to fight one another and, then, decide to battle it out. Who will be defeated?Be ready for a surprise ending.

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conflict resolution, cooperation, dragons, fight, nonverbal communication, royalty, teamwork

Kiki's play

Steiner, Charlotte

Kiki and her friends build a playhouse and a garden. Throughout every season, they play in their playhouse.

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cooperation, determination, friendship, garden, play, seasons, shelter, teamwork

Rosie and the rustlers

Gerrard, Roy

When a group of outlaws try to take Rosie's cattle, Rosie and her friends team up. They come up with a plan to capture the villians.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, cooperation, cow, critical thinking, decision making, determination, friendship, goal setting, robbery, self esteem, teamwork

Clara and the bookwagon

Levinson, Nancy Smiler

Clara lives on a farm and does not have time to go to school, but she wants to learn to read. Eventually the Bookwagon (a mobile library) comes to her farm and the librarian convinces her father to let her borrow books and she learns to read.

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assertiveness, books, conflict resolution, cooperation, decision making, determination, family, farm, goal setting, learning, parents, reading, responsibilities, self esteem, verbal communication

Lucky and the giant

Elkin, Benjamin

Lucky, the little boy, has to outsmart the giant, Elmo, in order to get his parents back. He does three tasks to get them back as well as the brook that the giant stole. In the end, the family is together again, and Elmo becomes their friend.

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conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, deception, forgiveness, friendship, giants, mythical, stress management, verbal communication

An evening at alfie's

Hughes, Shirley

A babysitter encounters a crisis situation when a water pipe bursts. She solves the problem by enlisting aid from others.

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assertiveness, child care, conflict resolution, cooperation, coping, crisis, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, imagination, stress management, teamwork

The mushroom center disaster

Bodecker, N.M.

A beetle finds a home in a community of insects and small woodland creatures and makes many friends. One day the discarded remnants of a human's picnic makes a mess of their mushroom house neighborhood. Through a series of town meetings, the creatures come up with creative ways to use the rubbish to make a park.

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assertiveness, community, conflict resolution, cooperation, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, environment, friendship, goal setting, insects, neighbors, picnic, stress management, teamwork, verbal communication

What can you make of it?

Brandenburg, Franz

The Fieldmouse family has a lot of junk that they take with them when they move - just in case they could use it someday. Their junk eventually takes over all the space in the house. The aunt and uncle suggest that they make an arts and crafts circus out of all the junk.

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animals, change, circus, conflict resolution, cooperation, creativity, critical thinking, family, mouse, moving, shelter

Lionel in the spring

Krensky, Stephen

Lionel's spring activities include plans to plant a vegetable garden, celebrate his parents anniversary, play with his friend, and participate in spring cleaning.

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assertiveness, celebration, cooperation, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, family, food, garden, imagination, nutrition, parents, seasons, siblings, spring, vegetables, verbal communication

The gardener

Stewart, Sarah

Lydia takes a train to go live with her Uncle Jim who doesn't smile. Lydia uses flowers and plants to bring joy to everyone. She writes home to her mother, father, and grandmother to describe to new experiences.

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community, cooking, correspondence, depression, diary, family, feelings, flowers, garden, grandparents, happiness, neighbors, parents, sadness, train, transportation, travel, work

Sugar

Nottridge, Rhoda

What is sugar? Where does sugar come from? How is sugar used? How does sugar affect our bodies? The history and definition of sugar is explained throughout this book. Also included is an explanation of how sugar is used in the kitchen along with instructions for using sugar in the kitchen.

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cooking, farm, food, generations, hard work, history, machines, nutrition, overweight, taste

In my momma's kitchen

Nolen, Jerdine

This little girl loves to be in her momma's kitchen. There's always something going on. From college announcements, to family dinners, to late nights of singing, everything happens in the kitchen. It is the most special place in the house.

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accidents, african american, animals, birthday, caring, cat, celebration, clothing, cooking, family, food, friendship, love, multicultural, night, nutrition, parents, playing, pretend, school, siblings, verbal communication, wedding

I know an old lady who swallowed a pie

Jackson, Alison

With rhythm and rhyme, an old lady swallows an entire pie at a family's Thanksgiving dinner. After eating them out of house and home, the old lady is finally full.

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cooking, fly, food, health, holidays, hunger, insects, nonverbal communication, nutrition, overeating, overweight, rhyme, rhythm, thanksgiving

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

Vegetable soup

Morris, Ann

The directions and ingredients for making vegetable soup is described in this book. While listing the ingredients, there is an explanation of how they will help the soup taste when it is done.

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cooking, five senses, nutrition, taste, vegetables, water

Pasta

Haycock, Kate

What is pasta?What is pasta made from?How does pasta effect the body?Explore the history of pasta and the various types of pasta through this story. Learn how to make and cook your own pasta from step-by-step instructions that are included.

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cooking, exercise, food, health, italian, machines, multicultural, nutrition, running, walking

Building

Cooper, Elisha

An empty lot is transformed by an architect, surveyors, and workers of all kinds. Big construction equipment moves earth and trucks deliver materials throughout the building process. The building stands between two other buildings not far from downtown. It stands empty now, waiting to be filled with people.

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architecture, buildings, careers, community, construction, determination, food, goal setting, hard work, sequence, sounds, tools

Mr. Sugar came to town

Rohmer, Harriet//Gomez, Cruz

When Mr. Sugar first came to town, Alicia and Alfredo could not get enough of his sweet treats. However, in the weeks that followed, the children gained weight and developed cavities. The children realized that Mr. Sugar was not really a good friend because he encourages them to only eat sweets.

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assertiveness, consequences, critical thinking, decision making, food, health, mexican, multicultural, nutrition, refusal skills, teeth

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

John patrick norman mchennessy-the boy who is always late

Burningham, John

On his way to school, a little boy is held up by various problems along the way which make him late to school. His teacher makes him write sentences because he thinks he is making up his excuses for being tardy.

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assertiveness, consequences, discipline, honesty, school, truth

A boy went out to gather pears

Hoffmann, Felix

A boy goes out to get some pears, but they would not fall so he waits. The owner of the tree must stop the boy from picking his pears.

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conflict resolution, consequences, critical thinking, decision making, determination, food, listening, nutrition, refusal skills

Small green snake

Gray, Libba Moore

Small green snake, an adventurous garter snake, learns a big lesson about obedience. Instead of napping with his family, he wanders off and experiences a series of dangerous occurrences.

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consequences, curiosity, discipline, family, learning, obedience, parents, self esteem, snake

Topsy-turvies: More pictures to stretch the imagination

Anno, Mitsumasa

Each page of this book stretches the imagination and gives the reader something to think about. Some of the things seen are upside down while others are right side up. (A Wordless Book)

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confusion, nonverbal communication, teamwork

Sophie and jack help out

Taylor, Judy

When papa was not able to plant the garden, Sophie and Jack were quick to help. Their garden was full of surprises. The carrots looked like tomatoes, and in the place of corn there were pumpkins. The reader is invited to participate in figuring out what went wrong.

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assertiveness, confusion, family, food, garden, goal setting, helping, nature, nutrition, parents, siblings, surprises, verbal communication

Cully cully and the bear

Gage, Wilson

Cully Cully wants a new bearskin, so he goes out to hunt a bear. He shoots an arrow at the bear and misses. The bear chases Cully Cully. They start to run around a tree and forget who is chasing who. They get tired and finally both give up and go home.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, conflict resolution, confusion, fear, feelings, nonverbal communication

Alfie's feet

Hughes, Shirley

After shopping with his mother, Alfie gets some boots. While splashing in puddles, Alfie discovers he has been wearing the boots on the wrong feet. After correcting the problem, he continues to play.

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assertiveness, clothing, conflict resolution, confusion, decision making, family, learning, nonverbal communication, parents, play, recreation

Tommy at the grocery store

Grossman, Bill

Little Tommy is left at the grocery store and mistaken for items in the store. Finally his mom comes back to get him.

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confusion, family, food, lost, parents

Zelda and ivy

Kvasnosky, Laura McGee

Zelda, the oldest sister, is always bossing Ivy around when they play. Zelda helps Ivy feel better by sharing her favorite toy with her.

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conflict resolution, family, play, sharing, siblings, toys, verbal communication

Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

Viorst, Judith

Alexander has what everyone has experienced at least one time -- a bad day. Nothing goes right the entire day for Alexander. He gets gum in his hair in the morning and has to eat lima beans for dinner. His mom tells him that there are good days and bad days.

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conflict resolution, coping, family, feelings, food, frustration, moods, nutrition, parents, peer resistance, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Funny, funny lyle

Waber, Bernard

Lyle the crocodile and his mother live with Mr. and Mrs. Primm and their son, Jushua. One day, Mrs. Primm tells them she is going to have a baby. Lyle's mother gets a job as a nurse. Finally, a beautiful baby girl is born.

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baby, careers, conflict resolution, crocodile, nonverbal communication, nurse, reptiles, self esteem, verbal communication

Eliza's daddy

Thomas, Ianthe

Eliza's mother and father are divorced so she spends every Saturday with her father. She is curious about his new family and wants to visit them more often.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, curiosity, divorce, family, goal setting, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, travel

Amber brown is not a crayon

Danziger, Paula

Justin is Amber Brown's best friend and companion in all sorts of imaginative and pretend play. Amber is sad when she discovers Justin is moving away. Third grade adds up to one terrible year.

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conflict resolution, friendship, memories, moving, school, verbal communication

Grandma without me

Vigna, Judith

Despite his parents divorce, a young boy figures out how to stay in touch with his grandmother.

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assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, coping, correspondence, critical thinking, decision making, divorce, family, grandparents, loss, nonverbal communication, parents, peer resistance, problem solving, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

My two uncles

Vigna, Judith

Homosexuality is a topic that is very difficult for most people to accept. This book examines how to deal with differences.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, differences, family, gender, grandparents, homosexuality, nonverbal communication, relationship, sexuality, stress management, verbal communication

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

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