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Mr. tod's trap

Carrick, Malcolm

Mr. Tod does the hunting for the family. The only problem is that he cannot catch any rabbits. Mr. Tod has many clever ideas for traps. The traps work for Mr. Weasel, but Mr. Tod cannot catch rabbits with them. Mr. Tod and Mrs. Tod decide to switch roles. Mr. Tod is going to take care of the cubs while Mrs. Tod hunt for the rabbits.

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animals, conflict resolution, decision making, family, fox, hunger, parents, problem solving, rabbit, responsibilities, siblings, support, teamwork, verbal communication, weasel, working mother

The ASCPA completes guide to pet care

Carroll, David

The ASCPA Complete Guide to Pet Care is a great book that tells you everything you need to know about taking care of your pet to ensure a healthy life! It's a favorite among pet lovers everywhere.

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activities, adoption, aging, animals, birds, cat, conflict resolution, decision making, dog, exercise, goal setting, guinea pig, leadership, learning, nonfiction, rabbit, reptiles, responsibilities, verbal communication

Pulling my leg

Carson, Jo

Uncle Tom is willing to help pull the loose tooth. He says he will need a hammer, screwdriver, and pliers. As she is being tickled by her father and Uncle Tom, her loose tooth falls out. She is now able to eat porkchops at her grandmother's birthday. Uncle Tom decides that all of his tools were not necessary to remove her tooth.

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birthday, celebration, critical thinking, family, fun, grandparents, humor, love, parents, tooth fairy, verbal communication

You hold me and i'll hold you

Carson, Jo

This story deals with death through the eyes of a child. It displays different emotions and questions a child may have. It expresses worry and comfort provided by family members.

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coping, critical thinking, death, family, feelings, grief, nonverbal communication, self esteem, stress management, support, verbal communication

Big brother dustin

Carter, Alden R.

Dustin is so excited!His family is going to have a baby girl!Dustin's mom and dad teach him all about being a big brother. He even learns how to change diapers!When the baby finally arrives, Dustin shows what a great brother he is.

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baby, birth, child care, critical thinking, excitement, family, feelings, grandparents, happiness, hospital, love, new year, nonverbal communication, parents, siblings, verbal communication

Get to work trucks!

Carter, Don

In the morning trucks, such as dump trucks, bulldozers, cement mixers, tow trucks, cranes, and rollers, go to work. Learn about types of machines, sizes, colors, and numbers. At night, the trucks are finished working for the day.

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assertiveness, careers, colors, concepts, construction, crane, critical thinking, decision making, hard work, height, machines, morning, moving, night, numbers, progress, reptiles, responsibilities, rocks, sizes, transportation, truck, turtle, verbal communication, work

When grandpa came to stay

Caseley, Judith

Benny's grandpa visits after his grandma dies. They tell stories, play games, and talk. One day grandpa cries and Benny learns that it is okay to cry.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, death, family, feelings, grandparents, grief, stress management, verbal communication

Mama, coming and going

Caseley, Judith

With the birth of a new baby, mother does not know if she is coming or going. With the help of her daughter, they overcome the challenges.

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baby, confusion, family, helping, parents, siblings, verbal communication

The boy who dreamed of an acorn

Casler, Leigh

Three boys climb a mountain hoping to dream of power. The boy who dreams of an acorn does not understand his gift. He is unhappy with his gift until he realizes that he grows as the acorn grows and his heart stretches out like the branches of a tree.

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animals, bear, beliefs, critical thinking, dreams, eagle, love, nonverbal communication, plants, self esteem, verbal communication

Herbert binns and the flying tricycle

Castle, C.//Weevers, P.

Herbert Binns is a mouse who is an incredible inventor and makes a flying tricycle. There are three animals who are jealous of him and try to sabotage his invention, but fail to do so.

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animals, bicycle, careers, critical thinking, imagination, inventions, jealousy, mouse, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem, transportation, verbal communication

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

Quack!

Causky, Charles

Playful, humorous story in rhyme about domestic animals and the sounds they make.

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animals, critical thinking, fantasy, goat, rhyme, sounds, verbal communication

I'm not sleepy

Cazet, Denys

It is Alex's bedtime, but he is not tired. Alex's father tells Alex a bedtime story about a little boy's adventure to the jungle. By the end of the story, Alex is asleep in his bed.

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bedtime, critical thinking, family, goal setting, imagination, jungle, moon, parents, sleep, stars, storytelling, verbal communication

Never spit on your shoes

Cazet, Denys

Arnie comes home from his first day of school in the first grade. His mother makes him a snack and sits down to talk about his day. Arnie tells his mother about all the activities that took place at school. Arnie has a field trip the next Friday, and he begins to get ready for it. Arnie really enjoys school.

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animals, bat, bear, bus, dog, exercise, family, friendship, hippopotamus, parents, rabbit, rules, running, school, storytelling, transportation, verbal communication

Frosted glass

Cazet, Denys

Gregory has quite an imagination which he uses while drawing pictures. In class, they are to draw a still life of a flower vase. Gregory gets carried away, and his vase becomes a spaceship. Gregory thinks he will get in trouble for his drawing, but the teacher loves it and puts it up in the classroom.

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animals, art, creativity, dog, hippopotamus, imagination, pig, school, self esteem, sheep, verbal communication

Nothing at all!

Cazet, Denys

It's a morning on the farm with the animals waking for the day and the scarecrow quietly watching from the field. It's quiet on the farm until he gets a mouse inside of him.

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animals, birds, cat, chicken, cow, dog, farm, horse, morning, mouse, nutrition, scarecrows, sheep, verbal communication

A fish in his pocket

Cazet, Denys

On his way to school, Russell drops his math book in the pond. The teacher finds a fish in it when she opens it. Russell worries all day long about what to do with the fish. He finally comes up with a solution in art class.

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bodies of water, books, conflict resolution, death, fish, nonverbal communication, pond, problem solving, responsibilities, school, verbal communication

Saturday

Cazet, Denys

Barney is spending the weekend at his grandparents. His grandfather buys him a rocket model, helps him with his science project and tells him stories.

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family, grandparents, nonverbal communication, school, self esteem, verbal communication

Minnie and moo go dancing

Cazet, Denys

As Minnie and Moo sit watching the stars, they wish they could dance. When their wish comes true, they dress up as the farmer's twin sisters, Opal and Ruby, and attend a party at the farmer's house. They have a wonderful time at the party, but the fun ends when they are offered hamburgers. Fearing for their lives, the cows return to the barn.

Born in the gravy

Cazet, Denys

Margouita starts her first day of kindergarten. She tells papa all about her big day over an ice cream cone. She has one question that papa knows just how to answer.

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food, friendship, mexican, nutrition, racism, responsibilities, school, self esteem, song, stress management, verbal communication

Never poke a squid

Cazet, Denys

Arnie and Raymond come home from a Halloween celebration at school. Arnie's mother asks them all about the adventures of the day. They tell her about decorating the classroom, playing games, and marching in a parade. After their story, they go off to trick-or-treat.

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animals, calendar, celebration, chaos, conflict resolution, dancing, dog, family, food, friendship, frog, games, halloween, hippopotamus, holidays, language, math, parade, party, pig, rabbit, school, spanish, teaching, verbal communication

December 24th

Cazet, Denys

Emily and Louie vist Grandpa and give him a surprise gift. Grandpa tries to guess what the holiday gift could be. Eventually, he sees that it is his birthday gift.

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birthday, christmas, conflict resolution, family, grandparents, holidays, mystery, presents, verbal communication

Minnie and moo go to paris

Cazet, Denys

Minnie and Moo go to see Africa, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and a monsoon in China all in time to be milked in America by five. Moo's delighted to see new places and new faces during her journey.

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adventures, africa, america, animals, bus, china, companion, confusion, cow, culture, curiosity, determination, farm, food, france, friendship, glasses, multicultural, reading, recognition, transportation, travel, verbal communication

Throw a kiss, harry

Chalmers, Mary

Harry is a little cat who has been misbehaving all day and getting himself into trouble. He gets stuck on top of a house and the fire department gets him down. His mother tells him to throw them a kiss, but he will not. Finally when he leaves, he blows a kiss.

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adventures, affection, conflict resolution, curiosity, family, nonverbal communication, parents, refusal skills, rescue, safety, verbal communication

A christmas story

Chalmers, Mary

A little girl and her animal friends get ready for Christmas by putting up a tree. They have to go looking for a star for the top of the tree because they do not have one.

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animals, assertiveness, christmas, conflict resolution, decision making, friendship, holidays, nonverbal communication, plants, traditions, verbal communication

Easter parade

Chalmers, Mary

The Easter animals gather for a springtime parade and everyone receives an Easter basket.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, easter, holidays, nonverbal communication, parade, verbal communication

Ig lives in a cave

Chapman, Carol

This is a collection of stories about a caveboy named Ig. In each story he learns a new lesson. These lessons are about sharing, love, bravery, politeness, and becoming a big brother.

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bravery, conflict resolution, decision making, family, growing up, learning, refusal skills, self esteem, sharing, siblings, storytelling, verbal communication

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

Harlequin and the gift of many colors

Charlip, Remy//Supree, B.

Harlequin doesn't have a new costume for the carnival, so each of his friends give him a piece of cloth left over from theirs. His mom sews the cloth pieces onto his old suit and he's a hit at the party.

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carnival, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, friendship, giving, parents, party, sharing, verbal communication

Have you seen wilhelmina krumph?

Chasek, Judith

Everyday, Wilhelmina Krumph disappears when she should be washing her windows like all the other housewives. They follow her one day and discover that she rides a motorcycle along a dirt road everyday. They see what fun it is and join her.

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assertiveness, careers, decision making, independence, motorcycle, peer resistance, play, recreation, responsibilities, transportation, verbal communication

The great kapok tree

Cherry, Lynne

A man begins to chop the Kapok tree down but then falls asleep. All the animals and creatures of the rainforest persuade the man while he is asleep to save the tree.

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amphibians, animals, anteater, bee, birds, critical thinking, decision making, destruction, forest, frog, insects, monkey, plants, sleep, snake, verbal communication

Splash! A penguin counting book

Chester, Jonathan//Melville, Kirsty

While children learn about penguins, they also learn how to count. Penguin chicks go looking for their moms and dads who have gone swimming to find food. The parents return in time to keep the chicks safe from the storm.

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animals, author's note, baby, birds, bodies of water, counting, goal setting, ice, nonverbal communication, numbers, penguin, sea, sequence, sleep, snow, storm, swimming, verbal communication, weather

What planet are you from, Clarice Bean?

Child, Lauren

Clarice Bean is having a hard time coming up with an idea for her project on the environment. To make matters worse, she is paired up with her tag-along neighbor, Robert Granger. Her situation looks hopeless until her brother becomes an ecowarrior in an effort to free the tree from being cut down in their neighborhood. Robert and Clarice become ecowarriors themselves, saving the tree and their project.

Clarice Bean: That's me

Child, Lauren

A girl named Clarice is part of a typical modern family. She really wants peace and quiet but she has a peculiar sister who wears make-up and reads about boys and she has two brothers who hate and love being with her. Eventually, Clarice gets in big trouble and is sent to her room. At last! Peace and quiet.

Farmer hoo and the baboons

Chittum, Ida

A truckload of baboons were mistakenly taken to Appleton Hoo's farm instead of Happleton Zoo. The baboons get out of their cage and get into much mischief. They finally ended up back at the zoo.

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adventures, animals, ape, assertiveness, conflict resolution, farm, nonverbal communication, verbal communication, zoo

The baby's lap book

Chorao, Kay

A collection of short children's verses and rhymes are presented in this book.

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baby, nonverbal communication, rhyme, verbal communication

Ups and downs with oink and pearl

Chorao, Kay

This book includes three short stories. It describes details of an important friendship between Oink and Pearl. They grow closer with every adventure they encounter together.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, compromise, conflict resolution, friendship, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, refusal skills, verbal communication

Molly's moe

Chorao, Kay

A young girl who loses everything is challenged by her mother on a shopping trip not to lose anything. She keeps track of things until someone gives her an apple and she puts down her dinosaur friend. She finds later that she put him in a bag and he was not lost at all.

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challenges, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, lost, nonverbal communication, parents, responsibilities, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Ida and betty and the secret eggs

Chorao, Kay

Ida and Betty are summer friends. When playing, the girls find a bird's nest with eggs in it. A new girl moves into the neighborhood, and Betty makes friends with her. Ida becomes jealous of their friendship. The nest and eggs restore the original friendship when Betty's new friend shows her real personality.

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conflict resolution, friendship, jealousy, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, play, refusal skills, verbal communication

Henry and the red stripes

Christelow, Eileen

Henry the Rabbit decides to paint himself with red stripes. Because of the stripes, a fox sees Henry and kidnaps him. Eventually, Henry is reunited with his parents and learns a lesson.

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animals, art, colors, decision making, fox, friendship, learning, parents, rabbit, reunion, verbal communication, woods

Olive and the magic hat

Christelow, Eileen

While Olive and Otis pretend to do magic with their father's birthday present of a hat, it blows out the window. Mr. Foxley gets the hat and Olive and Otis must work to get it back in time for the birthday party.

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animals, assertiveness, birthday, clothing, conflict resolution, decision making, family, fox, holidays, magic, opossum, parents, presents, siblings, verbal communication

Five little monkeys sitting in a tree

Christelow, Eileen

While on a picnic, five little monkeys decide to tease Mr. Crocodile. One by one they fall from the tree. In the end, the monkeys are found in another tree.

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animals, assertiveness, bodies of water, crocodile, monkey, picnic, plants, reptiles, river, teasing, verbal communication

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed

Christelow, Eileen

Five little monkey experience the consequences of jumping on the bed because their mama called the doctor and the doctor said, No more monkeys jumping on the bed!

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animals, bedtime, concepts, counting, decision making, disobedience, excitement, exercise, family, feelings, happiness, health, injury, jumping, monkey, nonverbal communication, numbers, parents, playing, safety, siblings, verbal communication

Two-ton secret

Christian, Mary Blount

Deke King and his friend open a detective business. A construction company owner hired them to find all of his bulldozers that were stolen. After looking over the site and the clues, Deke solved the mystery and found the bulldozers.

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assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, goal setting, investigation, mystery, nonverbal communication, robbery, verbal communication

The devil take you, barnabas beane!

Christian, Mary Blount

Barnabas Beane is a wealthy, greedy, stingy old man who does not know the meaning of charity. John, an orphan boy, helps him to realize his folly through scare tactics that are based on hoof prints found in the snow.

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aggression, assertiveness, charity, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, devils, greed, verbal communication

Drawer in a drawer

Christiana, David

Fud is an drawer (one who draws) who sleeps in a drawer. He draws a box and the moon gets caught in it. He eventually sets the moon free.

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art, careers, critical thinking, imagination, moon, mystery, nonverbal communication, verbal communication

Thomasina and the trout tree

Clark, Joan

Tomasina spends a day going through the city looking for a piece of art called the Trout Tree. During her adventure, she meets several people who teach her that art can be found in everything and can be created by anyone. So, she decided to make her own trout tree.

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adventures, animals, appreciation, art, goal setting, goat, verbal communication

Why we go to the dentist

Clark, Rosalyn

Let's take a trip to the dentist to learn more about what dentists do in order to develop and maintain a healthy smile for each of their patients. First, the dentist takes x-ray images of the patient's teeth and performs a routine checkup on the teeth and gums. Next, the dentist explains how to properly clean your teeth using a toothbrush and floss each day. Now you know more about the dentist, and why it is so important to go for checkups on a regular basis.

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body parts, child care, cleanliness, critical thinking, dentist, diseases, diversity, education, germs, hygiene, nonverbal communication, routine, tools, verbal communication, vocabulary

Ella's trip to the museum

Clayton, Elaine

Ella and her class are going to the museum. She is very excited about being there. All of the art work seems to be calling to her. They ask her to fly with the angels, spin with the ballerinas, or dance with the statues. Her teacher wants Ella to enjoy the art, but doesn't understand that it is exactly what Ella is doing!

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art, behavior, creativity, dancing, exercise, flowers, imagination, learning, museum, plants, playing, school, seasons, spring, teaching, verbal communication

The growing-up feet

Cleary, Beverly

Jimmy and Janet want their feet to grow so they can get new shoes. Their mom buys them new red boots that stretch with their feet. They play all day in their new boots.

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clothing, conflict resolution, family, growing up, nonverbal communication, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

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