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Where the forest meets the sea

Baker, Jeannie

A boy travels with his father to a special place where no people are. While on this trip, the boy wonders what will happen in the future to nature and the environment.

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australian, bodies of water, critical thinking, family, fish, forest, multicultural, parents, sea

The seashore book

Zolotow, C.

A mother's story helps a little boy imagine the sights and sounds of the seashore, even though he's never seen the ocean.

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beach, bodies of water, family, five senses, imagination, mountains, nonverbal communication, parents, pretend, sea, sight, smell, sun, verbal communication

Ferryboat

Maestro, Betsy//Maestro, Giulio

A child describes his journey across a river on a ferryboat. He explains how cars and people can travel on it and describes the pretty sights in the water.

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bodies of water, river, transportation, travel

Where the river begins

Locker, Thomas

Two young boys ask their grandfather about the source of the river that runs by his place. They go on a camping trip to the top of the mountain in order to find the answer.

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bodies of water, camping, discovery, family, goal setting, grandparents, nature, peace, pond, rain, recreation, river, sea, siblings, weather

Look at the moon

Garelick, May

A boy looks at the moon and how bright it is. He wonders whether the same moon shines everywhere.

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bodies of water, critical thinking, farm, moon, nature, night, river, sea

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

Going for oysters

Adams, Jeanie

An Australian girl tells how she fishes for oysters and fish. It is a long and dangerous job. The whole family enjoys eating the fish that she catches.

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australian, bodies of water, family, fish, fishing, food, grandparents, multicultural, nutrition, recreation, river

A little girl tells about her visit with her grandma. She wishes she too could live in the cotton mill town. She tells of all the things they do until it is time for her to return home. She enjoys picking berries and peaches, gardening, and fishing.

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bodies of water, books, family, fishing, food, garden, generations, grandparents, morning, nutrition, overeating, recreation, responsibilities, self esteem, sleep, travel, woods

Madeline's rescue (Le sauvage de madeline)

Bemelmans, Ludwig

In an orphanage, a little girl named Madeline falls in a pond and is saved by a dog. The children want to keep the dog, but the school does not allow pets. After the inspection, they keep the dog anyway.

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animals, assertiveness, bodies of water, conflict resolution, decision making, disobedience, dog, fear, peer resistance, pets, pond, problem solving, refusal skills, school, stress management, teamwork, verbal communication

Fish in the air

Wiese, Kurt

Little fish owned everything that looked like a fish. One day he makes his dad buy him the biggest fish kite. The kite is caught by a gust of wind and little fish is taken into the air and dropped into a fish net in the nearest pond.

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assertiveness, bodies of water, change, conflict resolution, coping, family, fish, parents, pond, verbal communication, weather, wind

Little white duck

Whippo, Walt

A little white duck and his friends, little green frog, little black bug, and little red snake enjoy spending their time playing and swimming in the water.

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amphibians, birds, bodies of water, colors, duck, feelings, frog, happiness, insects, music, nonverbal communication, playing, pond, sadness, snake, song, sounds, swimming

Turtle tale

Asch, Frank

A young turtle on the way to a pond comes in contact with many new experiences. His new experiences take him from being a young turtle to a wise old turtle.

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animals, birds, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, fish, fox, pond, rabbit, reptiles, turtle

Watch the stars come out (Mira como salen las estrellas)

Levinson, Riki

A girl's grandma tells her a bedtime story on Friday night of her mother's journey to the New World. She tells the girl how much she is like her great grandmother.

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boat, bodies of water, courage, family, grandparents, ocean, siblings, similarities, stars, storytelling, transportation, travel

Just my dad and me

Komaiko, Leah

A little girl wants to go to the ocean with her father, but she soon realizes that their whole family will be joining them. She escapes to another place where she is the only person in the world.

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animals, bodies of water, family, fish, nonverbal communication, ocean, parents, siblings, whale

Tim in danger

Ardizzone, Edward

Ginger, a little boy, runs away to live on a ship, and Tim and Charlotte go after him. They both join the crew on another ship and work. Their ship collides with Ginger's ship. Ginger comes aboard. They all work and go back home to their parents.

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assertiveness, birthday, boat, bodies of water, critical thinking, decision making, family, fog, food, goal setting, holidays, nutrition, ocean, parents, stress management, train, transportation, verbal communication, weather

Madeline in america: An other holiday tales

Bemelmans, Ludwig

Madeline's grandfather passes away and leaves all of his inheritance to Madeline, but it is in Texas instead of Paris. Madeline takes her friends to Texas and they enjoy the inheritance. Then they find out Madeline does not get it till she is 21 So it is back to Paris.

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airplane, animals, bodies of water, car, christmas, family, french, grandparents, helicopter, holidays, horse, multicultural, ocean, stress management, transportation, travel

The thanksgiving story

Dalgliesh, Alice

The pilgrims voyage across the ocean from England to the new world. Many hardships await them in America, but they are determined to get there. After a long, cold winter and a beautiful spring, summer and autumn, the pilgrims celebrate Thanksgiving with the Indians.

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baby, boat, bodies of water, family, food, holidays, multicultural, native american, nutrition, ocean, parents, thanksgiving, transportation

Lobster boat

Guiberson, Brenda

Tommy and his uncle Russ spend the day out on the lobster boat pulling up traps and eventually selling what they catch.

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boat, bodies of water, careers, crustaceans, family, fishing, fog, food, lobster, nutrition, ocean, recreation, transportation, weather

My daddy was a soldier: A world war II story

Ray, Deborah Kogan

While Jeannie's daddy is away fighting in the Pacific, Jeannie plants a Victory garden, collects scraps to help the war effort, and sends her daddy letters. She awaits his safe return.

Sea tale

Haley, Gail E.

A love story is told between a mortal man and a mystical creature.

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boat, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, determination, love, mermaids, mythical, sea, transportation

Today i'm going fishing with my dad

Sharp, N.L.

A young boy is preparing to go fishing with his dad. Preparations include cleaning Dad's tackle box, digging for worms, and preparing lunch. However, as they approach the lake, the boy reveals that he really hates to go fishing because of the mosquitoes, the heat, he has to be quiet all the time, and he has to go to the bathroom in the trees. But because he likes to spend time with his dad, he goes fishing with him.

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animals, bodies of water, family, fishing, food, insects, lake, mosquito, nutrition, parents, preparation, recreation, sports, worm

Rain drop splash

Tresselt, Alvin

Learn how rain drops start, where they land, and eventually how they become puddles, lakes, rivers, and seas.

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bodies of water, lake, nature, rain, river, sea, weather

Katie Morag delivers the mail

Hedderwick, Mairi

Wednesdays are very hectic at the post office on the Isle of Struay, especially today with baby Liam teething. Katie Morag decides to help out by delivering the mail until she runs into some deep water. With her confidence and the help of her grandmother, Katie successfully solves her dilema.

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anger, baby, boat, bodies of water, conflict resolution, correspondence, critical thinking, family, feelings, goal setting, grandparents, happiness, island, lake, sadness, self esteem, teeth, transportation

Amos camps out

Seligson, Susan//Schneider, Howie

Amos is a dog that rides his couch everywhere, even camping. He has a good time camping and even uses his couch to scare a bear away from camp.

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animals, bear, bodies of water, camping, dog, fish, food, lake, nonverbal communication, nutrition, recreation

The castle builder

Nolan, Dennis

Christopher goes to the beach and builds a magnificant sand castle. When his castle becomes life size, Christopher becomes its ruler. He faces many conflicts as ruler. In the end, he is saved from danger and returns to the beach.

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assertiveness, beach, bodies of water, change, conflict resolution, coping, imagination, royalty, verbal communication

Gregory cool

Binch, Caroline

A young African-American boy visits an unfamiliar country. He is extremely apprehensive, but grows to love it. He misses it upon his return home.

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african american, bodies of water, conflict resolution, decision making, food, multicultural, nutrition, sea, self esteem, travel

Aunt chip and the great triple creek dam affair

Polacco, Patricia

For years, the people of Triple Creek have been glued to their televisions. That is until Aunt Chip opens up the world of reading to her young nephew. Reading spreads from child to child until one of them accidentally opens the dam. The flood that follows destroys the TV tower and the adults are lost without their TVs. Guess who teaches them to read?

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assertiveness, bodies of water, books, change, flood, learning, library, peer resistance, reading, sharing, teaching, technology, television, verbal communication

An ocean world

Sis, Peter

A whale sails new seas and after several unsuccessful attempts, makes a friend.

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animals, bodies of water, critical thinking, decision making, determination, feelings, friendship, goal setting, loneliness, ocean, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem, stress management, whale

Tom and pippo on the beach

Oxenbury, Helen

Tom goes to the beach with his dad and his stuffed monkey, Pippo. Tom's dad says he must wear a hat so that he will not get sick. Tom thinks Pippo should do the same. Tom lets Pippo wear his sun hat, and Tom wears a newspaper hat.

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beach, bodies of water, clothing, family, friendship, health, parents, play, protection, safety, sun

My little island

Lessac, Frane

A young boy and his friend, Lucca, travel to the Caribbean to visit the boy's island home.

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bodies of water, family, friendship, multicultural, nature, ocean, shelter, travel

My grandpa and the sea

Orr, Katherine

A little girl and her grandpa go fishing on a boat. Grandpa starts a sea moss farm when he loses his job as a fisherman.

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boat, bodies of water, careers, change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, farm, fish, friendship, goal setting, grandparents, island, nonverbal communication, recreation, sea, technology, verbal communication

The king's stilts

Seuss, Dr.

King Bistram's stilts are taken away and he becomes depressed. His kingdom, which is surrounded by the sea, is sabotaged by an awful lord. Because the king is so depressed, he neglects his duties and the city is in danger of becoming flooded, until his page boy comes to the rescue.

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assertiveness, bodies of water, chaos, critical thinking, decision making, depression, diseases, fantasy, feelings, imagination, nature, play, robbery, royalty, sea

Mcelligot's pool

Seuss, Dr.

As a boy fishes in Farmer McElligot's pool, he describes many of the fish he could possibly catch. The farmer tells him that he will never catch anything there. The boy is determined to be patient; if he waits long enough he may catch something.

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bodies of water, critical thinking, curiosity, determination, fish, fishing, goal setting, humor, imagination, nature, patience, recreation, refusal skills

The dragon's pearl

Lawson, Julie

Xiao Sheng finds a magic pearl. He and his mom are robbed. To save the pearl, Xiao swallows it and becomes a dragon.

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bodies of water, chinese, dragons, fantasy, giving, multicultural, river, song, water

Outside over there

Sendak, Maurice

Ida is supposed to take care of her baby sister while their father is at sea. One day when she is not paying attention, goblins come and kidnap her sister. Ida plays her horn to charm the goblins with her music and rescues her sister. From that day on, she never takes her eyes off her baby sister.

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assertiveness, bodies of water, child care, critical thinking, family, goblins, kidnapped, music, parents, refusal skills, responsibilities, robbery, sea, siblings, stress management

One morning in Maine

McCloskey, Robert

Sal, Jane and their father go to the beach to search for clams. During the day, Sal loses her tooth in the mud. She does not cry because she knows that when you lose your teeth you are starting to grow up. They take a boat trip to a nearby island to celebrate with ice cream cones.

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assertiveness, beach, bodies of water, change, critical thinking, decision making, discovery, family, fish, food, goal setting, growing up, island, loss, nutrition, ocean, responsibilities, self esteem, teeth, transportation

Sailing with the wind

Locker, Thomas

Elizabeth's uncle comes sail boating into two every two years to see her family. This year he takes Elizabeth on a sail boating trip to see the ocean.

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boat, bodies of water, family, feelings, happiness, ocean, parents, rain, river, shyness, transportation, travel, weather, wind, worry

The lost lake

Say, Allen

Luke and his father decide to hike to the lost lake. Luke's father used to go there when he was young. When they eventually find the lake, hundreds of people are there. They go off into the woods hoping to find another lake. In the morning they wake up to a dream come true.

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bodies of water, change, determination, divorce, dreams, family, goal setting, lake, nature, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, woods

My life with the wave

Cowan, Catherine

When a little boy brings an ocean wave home with him, he finds himself in trouble. He soon realizes that he has to take the wave back to the ocean where it belongs.

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anger, beach, bedtime, bodies of water, cat, clouds, conflict resolution, decision making, exercise, fear, feelings, fish, flood, imagination, night, ocean, rainbow, sand, sea, shadows, sun, swimming, train, transportation

Queenie, one of the family

Graham, Bob

A rescued hen becomes a member of a young girl's family. Even though they take the hen back to the farm where she lives, the hen returns to the house everyday so that her chicks can grow up along with the family.

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animals, baby, barn, birds, bodies of water, bravery, caring, chicken, child care, conflict resolution, courage, decision making, dog, family, farm, food, growing up, hospital, lake, nonverbal communication, parents, park, pets, pond, sharing, verbal communication

Over the deep blue sea

Ikeda, Daisaku

Akiko and Hiroshi are anxious to explore their new home. They meet a boy named Pablo who helps them explore the sea by swimming and by boat. Pablo becomes their good friend once he is able to accept the fact that Akiko and Hiroshi are not natives of the land.

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acceptance, boat, bodies of water, conflict resolution, decision making, exercise, family, feelings, friendship, happiness, multicultural, sea, siblings, swimming, transportation

Little leo

Politi, Leo

When Leo gets an Indian costume from his father, he doesn't realize all the attention he will receive. From California to Italy, many people admire the costume so much that his friends make their own.

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assertiveness, boat, family, grandparents, horse, italian, multicultural, native american, nonverbal communication, school, self esteem, train

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

Boat ride with lillian two blossom

Polacco, Patricia

Mabel and Will go on an adventure with Lillian Two Blossom. She answers many of their questions about the world and nature on a magical boat ride.

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boat, bodies of water, fishing, goat, moon, multicultural, nonverbal communication, raccoon, rain, reindeer, seasons, sun, weather, wind, wolf

Rachel and obadiah

Turkle, Brinton

Two children, Rachel and Obadia, want to earn money. They are able to earn money by sending the news of ship arrivals to Nantucket.

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assertiveness, boat, bodies of water, conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, nonverbal communication, ocean, patience, responsibilities, siblings, verbal communication

Through grandpa's eyes

MacLachlan, Patricia

John's grandfather is blind. John spends the day with him and tries to look at things in the same way his grandfather does.

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blindness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, disability, empathy, family, five senses, goal setting, grandparents, handicap, illness, self esteem, sight, vision

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

Fortunately

Charlip, Remy

Ned was invited to a party in Florida, but he lived in New York. His friend lends him an airplane but the engine explodes. It was an exchange of good fortune and bad luck from there on - until he ends up at his surprise birthday party - fortunately.

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assertiveness, birthday, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, fortune, holidays, nonverbal communication, party, problem solving, stress management, transportation, travel

Benjamin's 365 birthdays

Barrett, Judi

Benjamin was having his nineth birthday party. After he had opened his presents he realized how much he enjoyed opening gifts. So he decides to wrap something up every day and open it the next morning. He did that for all 365 days of the year.

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birthday, party, presents

The eleventh hour: A curious mystery

Base, Graeme

Detectives at an eleventh birthday party try to solve a mystery. Clues and answers are given in the end.

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birthday, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, determination, disappearance, excitement, goal setting, mystery, verbal communication

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