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Moose and Magpie

Restrepo, Bettina

It isn't always easy being a moose but this young moose has a special joke-telling friend to keep him company and to help him find his way. Join Moose, Magpie, and other animal friends as they frolic through a year of changes.

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adaptation, animals, author's note, frog, groundhog, growing up, humor, hunting, joke, magpie, migration, moose, raccoon, seasons, skunk

Moonstick: The seasons of the sioux

Bunting, Eve

A young Sioux is taught the way of life by his father. The young boy is too young to do many things, but one day he will be able to do what he is taught. When the seasons change, he makes another notch in his moonstick.

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author's note, change, family, growing up, learning, moon, multicultural, native american, parents, poetry, rhyme, seasons, self esteem, spring, summer, traditions, verbal communication, winter

Monsoon

Krishnawami, Uma

A young girl in India waits with her family and friends for the monsoon season to begin. The importance of the monsoon in her culture is revealed to the radio, television, newspaper, and stories of the people.

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animals, author's note, cow, exercise, faith, family, feelings, food, games, hindu, india, language, market, monsoon, multicultural, newspaper, ox, radio, rain, seasons, taxi, television, temple, transportation, weather

Mommy, daddy, me

Hoopes, Lyn Littlefield

A boy and his parents sail to visit their grandfather one summer day.

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family, grandparents, parents, seasons, summer, transportation, travel

Mom and dad break up

Prestine, Joan Singleton

A young boy expresses his feelings about his parents' divorce. He feels angry, sad, and lonely at the same time, and often takes it out on his friends. But eventually, he learns to adjust to the change, and learns that he is not at fault for the break up of his parents.

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aggression, anger, art, biking, conflict resolution, coping, divorce, dreams, exercise, feelings, food, friendship, frustration, illness, loneliness, loss, parents, picnic, play, reading, sadness, seasons, self esteem, separation, skating, sledding, snow, winter

Missing mittens

Murphey, Stuart J.

When Farmer Bill begins to get dressed in his warm winter clothes, he finds he only has one mitten. Therefore, he has an odd number and he doesn't have a pair!When he checks on his animals in the barn he finds that they're missing mittens also. They find the footprints that lead to the mitten thief. Who could it be?

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animals, barn, chicken, clothing, confusion, cow, critical thinking, farm, goat, horse, math, missing, mystery, nonverbal communication, numbers, seasons, snow, stress management, verbal communication, winter

Miss maggie

Rylant, Cynthia

Nat is terrified to go into the house of Miss Maggie because he has heard that there is a snake inside her house. But he is so curious that he begins peeking through the windows. Even though Nat does not find a snake, he does find a good friend.

Miss Bridie chose a shovel

Conner, Leslie

In 1856, Miss Bridie traveled to America with only her family shovel. She finds many uses for her shovel and it proves to be the right choice. She carves her path through life with a simple everyday shovel.

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aging, baby, critical thinking, death, drought, exercise, family, farm, feelings, flood, flowers, garden, happiness, history, ice, immigrants, loss, marriage, parents, plants, sadness, seasons, ship, siblings, skating, tools, transportation, travel

Milo y las piedras magicas

Pfister, Marcus

Milo lives in a cave on a small island. One cold winter day, he discovers a glowing rock that keeps his cave warm. When he tells the other mice about it, do they become greedy and take all the rocks, or do they take only what they need?You get to chose the ending and decide what the mice will do.

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animals, decision making, feelings, friendship, greed, happiness, island, language, mouse, multicultural, peer resistance, rocks, sadness, seasons, sharing, spanish, storytelling, summer, winter

Milo and the magical stones

Pfister, Marcus

Milo lives in a cave on a small island. One cold winter day, he discovers a glowing rock to keep his cave warm. When he tells the other mice about it, do they become greedy and take all of the rocks, or do they take only what they need?You choose the ending and decide what the mice will do.

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animals, cave, decision making, feelings, friendship, greed, happiness, island, mouse, peer resistance, rocks, sadness, seasons, sharing, storytelling, summer, winter

Midnight snowman

Bauer, Caroline Feller

A girl lives in a town where it never snows; it only rains. Late one evening, snow finally falls so the whole town joins in to build the biggest snowman in the world.

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animals, critical thinking, dog, family, parents, rain, seasons, snow, teamwork, weather, winter

Meet guguze

Vangheli, Spiridon

Through a collection of eight short stories, young Guguze and his family enjoy adventures from season to season.

McBroom and the great race

Fleischman, Sid

Farmer McBroom is a successful farmer who has an evil neighbor, Heck Jones, who has tried to steal his farm several times. McBroom is tricked into betting his farm against his neighbor's farm in a race. McBroom overcomes the trickery to win the race and keep his farm.

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animals, assertiveness, chicken, critical thinking, deception, exercise, farm, goal setting, running, seasons, self esteem, spring, winter

Mathematickles

Franco, Betsy

Explore the magic of each season through mathematical equations. Discover things in nature that have mathematical qualities.

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autumn, change, counting, critical thinking, cycle, decision making, education, language, learning, math, nature, numbers, poetry, problem solving, riddle, seasons, sequence, spring, summer, winter

Marven of the great north woods

Lasky, Kathryn

A boy named Marvin leaves his family during the flu epidemic. He goes to a lumberjack camp in northern Minnesota and works and learns French while making some interesting friends. Marvin learns to ski, dance, and do the bookkeeping as a lumberjack.

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assertiveness, author's note, bedtime, cabin, careers, conflict resolution, counting, dancing, decision making, diseases, exercise, family, food, forest, french, friendship, language, money, numbers, nutrition, religion, seasons, shadows, skiing, snow, train, transportation, travel, verbal communication, weather, woods

Marco Flamingo/ Marco Flamenco

Jarkins, Sheila

Marco is just a regular flamingo with one problem, he wants to be a winter bird. Watch what happens when he travels north for the winter.

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birds, duck, firefly, flamingo, fly, goose, ice, insects, language, letters, migration, pelican, reading, research, seasons, skiing, sledding, snow, snowman, spanish, weather, winter

Major: The story of a black bear

McClung, Robert M.

A bear cub discovers the dangers and delights of the forest. The cub learns to hunt, fish, hibernate, and eventually chooses a mate.

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animals, baby, bear, critical thinking, decision making, family, growing up, nonverbal communication, plants, seasons, siblings, spring, winter, woods

Maisy's wonderful weather book

Cousins, Lucy

Follow Maisy as he experiences all the different kinds of weather and how to dress and have fun in each kind. sun, rain, snow and wind conditions require different clothing! Maisy calls each one a wonderful choice of weather day!

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animals, clothing, colors, rain, rainbow, rhyme, rhythm, seasons, snow, temperature, weather, wind

Lullaby for emily

Kherdian, David

A mother sings a lullaby which describes all things that her daughter, Emily, will do as she grows older. Some of the things the mother envisions Emily doing are picking blueberries for cereal, jams, and pies, making cider, playing in the meadow, planting a garden and playing in the snow.

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animals, autumn, baby, birds, exercise, feelings, food, garden, love, nutrition, pets, plants, play, seasons, sledding, sleep, snow, spring, summer, swimming, 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

Lucille's snowsuit

Lasky, Kathryn

Lucille wants desperately to go out and play with her older brother and sister in the snow. As Lucille works at putting on her snowsuit, she gets stuck, frustrated and hot. Her patience is wearing thin as she waits on her mom to help. Finally, Lucille joins the snow fun, but does her bad mood go away?

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clothing, conflict resolution, family, feelings, frustration, growing up, happiness, moods, nonverbal communication, parents, patience, sadness, seasons, siblings, sledding, snow, sports, swimming, temperature, winter

Louie's goose

Ehrlich, H.M.

Louie's toy goose goes everywhere he goes. Sometimes the goose needs to be fixed. Louie's mom and dad, and even the sun, fixes the goose.

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accidents, accomplishment, affection, animals, assertiveness, beach, birds, boat, bodies of water, caring, clams, coping, crab, critical thinking, crustaceans, decision making, disappointment, dog, exercise, family, feelings, goose, happiness, helping, ocean, parents, play, sadness, sand, seagull, seasons, self confidence, self esteem, song, summer, swimming, toys, verbal communication

Lots of ladybugs! Counting by fives

Dahl, Michael

Welcome to the everyday lives of ladybugs! As the ladybugs go through their daily routine, you can count by fives to experience many different adventures. The ladybugs pass through the bushes, the flowers, and the grass. Each ladybug has five sports so children can learn to count by fives as ladybugs are added one by one.

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bug, caterpillar, colors, counting, critical thinking, decision making, flowers, insects, ladybug, math, numbers, plants, seasons, summer, sun

Look up, look low

Hoban, Tana

Illustrations show scenes in nature from way up high and way down low.

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nature, opposites, seasons

Little tricker the squirrel meets big double the bear

Kesey, Ken

It is autumn, and Big Double the Bear is eating everything in sight to prepare for hibernation. Little Tricker the squirrel must save his friends and his home from the very hungry bear.

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animals, assertiveness, autumn, bear, critical thinking, food, hibernation, hunger, preparation, seasons, shelter, squirrel, stress management, verbal communication

Little swan

London, Jonathan

Ko-hoh cracks through his eggshell to find his parents towering over him. His trumpeter swan family stays close together as Ko-hoh and other cygnets learn how to feed themselves, to honk when predators are nearby, and to develop flight feathers. Little swan grows up and learns to migrate with his family.

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author's note, bear, birds, bodies of water, eagle, family, five senses, growing up, lake, migration, plants, pond, raven, safety, seasons, sounds, swan

Little sister and the Month brothers

Schenk de Regniers, Beatrice

A retelling of the Slavic folktale in which the Month brothers' magic helps Little Sister fulfill seemingly impossible tasks. Little Sister's tasks prove the undoing of her greedy stepmother and stepsister.

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animals, author's note, comparisons, cow, fable, feelings, flowers, food, hard work, month, peace, resentment, responsibilities, royalty, seasons, siblings, stepmother

Little red nose

Schlein, Miriam

A little boy feels something in the night, but he does not know what it is. The next day, he discovers that it was the coming of Spring and the sun kissed his nose and made it red.

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critical thinking, decision making, dreams, feelings, growing up, night, seasons, sleep, spring, sun

Little polar bear

De Beer, Hans

A baby polar bear wakes up to find himself in a world surrounded by color. He makes many friends, but becomes homesick. His friends help him develop a plan to get back home where everything is white.

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animals, baby, beach, birds, bodies of water, chameleon, climbing, critical thinking, eagle, exercise, family, friendship, goal setting, hippopotamus, homesickness, jungle, ocean, parents, polar bear, seasons, snow, summer, swimming, travel, whale, winter

Little jim's gift: An appalachian christmas story

Houston, Gloria

Little Jim wants a tool set for Christmas so that he can prove to his father that he is a man. Father does not find time for Christmas until a church event opens his eyes to the season.

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caring, christmas, family, giving, goal setting, holidays, imitation, parents, peer resistance, performance, recognition, santa, seasons, self esteem, understanding, verbal communication, winter

Little bear's friend

Minarik, Else Holmelund

Little Bear made a new friend named Emily one summer. They play with each other until Emily has to go back to school in the fall. Little Bear is sad to lose his friend.

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animals, autumn, bear, change, coping, feelings, friendship, happiness, imagination, nonverbal communication, school, seasons, summer, verbal communication

Listen, rabbit

Fisher, Aileen

A boy spends many days trying to be-friend a rabbit. His sister has pets, and he wants one too. He settles with watching the rabbit's babies grow up.

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animals, conflict resolution, decision making, five senses, friendship, goal setting, nature, nonverbal communication, patience, pets, rabbit, rhyme, seasons

Listen to a shape

Brown, Marcia

Different parts of nature make many different shapes and sounds. Children can use their imaginations to create shapes in nature.

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fire, imagination, nature, rain, seasons, shapes, spring, weather, wind, winter

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

Lionel in the fall

Krensky, Stephen

Lionel returns to school, meets his new teacher, rakes leaves with a friend, and goes trick-or-treating on Halloween. During these adventures, Lionel learns some new things about himself.

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assertiveness, autumn, change, critical thinking, fun, halloween, holidays, mischief, school, seasons, verbal communication

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.

Letitia rabbit's string song

Hoban, Russell

Letita is the spring queen and Miss Green tells her she must find a song to put Mr. Brumus, who is in charge of winter, to sleep. With the help of a magic string and her own creativity, she finds a song.

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animals, bee, conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, goal setting, insects, rabbit, seasons, song, spring, verbal communication, winter, wolf

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

Lemons are not red

Seegar, Laura Vaccaro

Experience the many vibrant colors while becoming acquainted with some of lifeﾒs common objects. Animals such as elephants and flamingos, foods such as carrots and eggplants, as well as objects like the moon and sky are illustrated here. Read all about these things and experience the rainbow of colors.

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animals, colors, concepts, deer, elephant, food, moon, night, nutrition, seasons, sky, snowman, winter

Lemonade parade

Brooks, B.

In summer, a few young children set up a lemonade stand. A father dresses up as different customers so the children will earn money.

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beverage, counting, family, food, helping, money, numbers, nutrition, parents, seasons, sleep, summer, sun

Laughing tomatoes and other spring poems

Alarcon, Francisco X.

A bilingual collection of humorous and serious poems about family, nature, and celebrations.

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affection, beliefs, birds, caring, celebration, cinco de mayo, community, day, environment, excitement, feelings, food, friendship, giving, happiness, holidays, loyalty, mexican, mexican american, morning, multicultural, nature, night, peace, plants, poetry, seasons, sharing, sky, spring, sun, unselfish, woods

Kumak's fish: A tall tale from the far north

Bania, Michael

One morning, Kumak and his family pack their fishing gear for an antarctic ice fishing adventure. With patience, the family fishes until Kumak finally catches a strong fish. The whole Alaskan community comes running to help Kumak and his family pull the fish out of the water. The community celebrates their new food supply when they see each fish holding on to the fist infront of it.

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author's note, bodies of water, community, dancing, eskimo, excitement, exercise, family, feelings, fish, fishing, grandparents, happiness, ice, lake, multicultural, parents, patience, running, seasons, siblings, sledding, snow, sports, spring, teamwork, transportation, verbal communication, village, weather, winter

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

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

Katy duck is a caterpillar

Capucilli, Alyssa

Katy Duck loves to dance. She especially loves dancing during springtime. When she arrives as Mr. Tutu's School of Dance, Mr. Tutu announces the dance recital will be a spring celebration. Katy Duck is so excited; however, when Mr. Tutu announces the parts, she is disappointed. Reluctantly, she practices her caterpillar moves. During the spring recital, her big entrance comes up so she slowly inches out. When she realizes new and exciting changes occur during springtime, she transforms into a beautiful butterfly!

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animals, autumn, birds, butterfly, cat, celebration, chicken, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dancing, decision making, dog, duck, exercise, insects, mouse, nonverbal communication, performance, practice, rabbit, seasons, spring, swan, turtle, verbal communication

Katy and the big snow

Burton, Virginia Lee

Katy is a steam shovel, which is a bull dozer and a snow plow combined. One winter the town has a big storm. It is all up to Katy to clear the roads so that people can be rescued.

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conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, neighbors, seasons, teamwork, verbal communication, weather

Johnny maple-leaf

Tresselt, Alvin

Johnny Maple-Leaf begins his life as a small brown bud. As time passes and the seasons change, he grows and develops into a mature leaf. Throughout his life, he encounters many animals. The other leaves help to keep him company, whether in the trees or on the ground.

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animals, autumn, birds, dog, duck, forest, fox, goose, growing up, mouse, nature, owl, plants, rain, robin, seasons, self esteem, spring, squirrel, summer, weather, wind, winter

Jack's garden

Cole, Henry

Jack has a garden where he plants seeds. Plants and flowers grow in the garden. The garden attracts insects and birds.

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bee, beetle, birds, bug, butterfly, critical thinking, flowers, insects, plants, rain, seasons, seed, sequence, summer, water

Jack mack

Smith, Robert Paul

John Mac Gregor is known around his town as Jack Mack. Jack Mack travels to his summer haystack or winter time shack on his yak with a black sack full of knick-knacks on his back.

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adventures, animals, community, neighbors, poetry, rhyme, seasons, summer, verbal communication, winter, yak

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

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