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My friends

Gomi, Taro

A little girl tells of all the things she has learned from her friends, animals, books, teachers, and schoolmates.

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activities, asian american, friendship, growing up, learning, multicultural, play, school, verbal communication

The moon over Oaxaca, Mexico is jealous of the sun. She plans for a fiesta one night so she can have fun like the sun. Afterwards though, she realizes that this causes imbalance in nature, so she never does it again.

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celebration, conflict resolution, jealousy, mexican, moon, multicultural, party, stars, sun

Teammates

Golenbock, Peter

Jackie Robinson becomes the first black player in the major leagues. He has to endure humiliation and prejudice from his own teammates, other players, and fans. Pee Wee Reese, a white player, comes to Jackie's support in a game at Crosley Field in Cincinnati which shocks the fans.

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african american, baseball, conflict resolution, exercise, multicultural, peer resistance, prejudice, racism, sports

Beastly feast

Goldstone, Bruce

The animals are going to have a feast. Each animal brings a food that rhymes with its name. From carrots to honey, all of the food is enjoyed by all of the animals. When the armadillos arrive with pillows the feast is over.

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animals, bear, bee, birds, cooperation, fish, flea, fly, food, friendship, insects, moose, mosquito, mouse, nutrition, parrot, rabbit, rhyme, sharing, sleep

Memorial day surprise

Golding, Theresa Martin

Marco and his mother are off to see the Memorial Day parade! Today, mother is in a hurry because she has a special surprise for Marco. She is in such a hurry that they don't have time to see Marco's grandfather. Once they reach the parade, Marco sees his two best friends which he believes is the surprise. Yet, they are not the surprise his mother has in store for him. Neither is the marching band, fire engine, Statue of Liberty, or candy. Marco could never imagine the surprise in store for him at the end of the parade!

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accomplishment, america, careers, celebration, disability, family, flag, food, freedom, grandparents, heroism, history, memorial day, memory, monuments, noise, parade, parents, pride, recognition, sounds

Just enough is plenty: A hanukkah tale

Goldin, Barbara Diamond

It is almost time for Hanukkah. Malka's family invites a peddler for dinner. They are surprised when they wake up in the morning and find that the peddler has left behind wonderful gifts.

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author's note, dancing, exercise, family, food, hanukkah, helping, holidays, Jewish, multicultural, nutrition, polish, poverty, presents, song

Cakes and miracles: A purim tale

Goldin, Barbara Diamond

Hershel is a blind boy who loves to play outside and catch frogs in the river. His mother is always angry when he comes home covered with mud. One day Hershel has a dream that he can see. After that, he is able to help his mom make three-cornered fat cakes and cookies to sell at the market so they can earn money.

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amphibians, angel, author's note, blindness, bodies of water, celebration, dancing, dreams, exercise, food, frog, handicap, holidays, Jewish, multicultural, nutrition, play, poverty, recipe, river, song, traditions

Catching the moon

Goldberg, Myla

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The nose

Gogol, Nikolai

A barber finds a nose in his bread and goes on a journey to discover how it got there.

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assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, history, multicultural, problem solving, russian, travel

Natural history

Goffstein, M.B.

The Earth and how humans are all interconnected is depicted through nature.

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conflict resolution, decision making, environment, helping, history, love, nature, peace, peer resistance, self esteem, sympathy

Fish for supper

Goffstein, M.B.

Take a look at grandmother's typical routine for a day. This routine includes mealtime and fishing.

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fishing, goal setting, grandparents, morning, night

Me and my captain

Goffstein, M.B.

Stuck on a shelf, a doll copes with her loneliness by dreaming that she will meet the toy captain from the shelf below. Through her vivid imagination, she makes the captain come alive and imagines the kind of life they will have together.

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dolls, dreams, friendship, imagination, loneliness, love, stress management

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.

Artists' helpers enjoy the evenings

Goffstein, M.B.

Five artist helpers are shades of color. They work as well as enjoy the masquerade ball.

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appreciation, art, careers, colors, conflict resolution, decision making, friendship, goal setting, nonverbal communication, party, self esteem

An artist

Goffstein, M.B.

Goffstein depicts how an artist's work is part of him and how his work is like a creation from God.

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art, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, environment, god, individuality, nonverbal communication, self esteem

A house, a home

Goffstein, Brooke

Through photographs, a story is depicted of a lonely house. The house can bring protection to people when it is cared for and given attention as a home.

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critical thinking, feelings, home, loneliness, nonverbal communication, photograph, protection, shelter

An actor

Goffstein, Brooke

A little boy speaks to the reader about his feature presentation and past character roles. He depicts his life as an actor.

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assertiveness, careers, nonverbal communication, verbal communication

Yes

Goffin, Josse

A boy takes a silent journey to see many different animals so he can find a home for the egg that he found. Each animal refuses the egg until a bird takes the top off the egg. The boy sees his book inside.

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animals, birds, boat, critical thinking, crocodile, decision making, dog, fish, nonverbal communication, penguin, reptiles, snake, transportation, travel, turtle, walking

Where is daddy?The story of a divorce

Goff, Beth

Jane's parents get a divorce. At first she is angry and she feels that it is her fault. Then she regains her faith and stability and realizes both of her parents love her and are not going to abandon her.

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change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, divorce, family, fear, feelings, guilt, insecurity, parents, self esteem, stress management

Whistling wings

Goering, Laura

Marcel, a young tundra swan, is tired from the first half of a winter migration. One thousand miles is a long way to fly- too long for Marcel, so he hides in the rushes to stay behind while his parents and the flock continue south. But with the lake nearly frozen over, he soon realizes that he is not cut out for life on the ice. Other animals offer advice about how to survive the winter, but their ways of living aren't right for the swan. Hungry and scared, he falls asleep- only to be awakened by a big surprise!

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affection, animals, birds, eagle, feelings, food, ice, lake, loneliness, migration, moon, muskrat, raccoon, sadness, seasons, sounds, swan, travel, winter

When i grow up

Goennel, Heidi

A young boy and girl envision all of the things they will be able to do when they grow up. These things include driving, going to the prom, getting a job and travelling.

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change, decision making, dreams, goal setting, growing up, self esteem

The circus

Goennel, Heidi

The circus is a great place to be!People and animals perform various tricks that the children wait each year to see.

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animals, anticipation, circus, clowns, dog, elephant, excitement, exercise, feelings, gymnastics, lion, memories, nonverbal communication, sports, tiger

No one else like you

Goeminne, Siska

There are seven billion people living in this world. Each person is different and uniquely original. See all the ways that people can move, act, do and be. People come in different colors, shapes, and sizes, and they wear a variety of clothing and feel a variety of emotions. People believe in different things. Not one of them is just like you.

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animals, beliefs, binoculars, body parts, cat, clothing, dog, family, fear, feelings, god, happiness, jumping, love, night, numbers, population, running, sadness, santa, siblings, singing, storytelling, swimming, technology, telephone, television, uniqueness, walking

The story of holly and ivy

Godden, Rumer

Ivy is a little girl who is an orphan. She longs for a family. Holly is a doll who wishes for a child to own her and a childless couple wait for a child to love. These four people come together in Appleton at Christmas time.

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christmas, conflict resolution, dolls, family, holidays, love, parents, self esteem, stress management, toys

Mouse house

Godden, Rumer

A family of mice get lucky when one of the children, Bonnie, escapes and becomes trapped in a doll mouse-house. Eventually, the little girl who owns the mouse-house puts the house away in the cellar for the family to live in.

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animals, critical thinking, escape, family, fear, goal setting, homesickness, mouse, nonverbal communication, parents, stress management, worry

Death of the iron horse

Goble, Paul

Native American legends guide their people. The story of an iron horse proved to come true when the Native Americans witnessed a train crash. In an attempt to keep the white men from stealing more land, the Native Americans burned the objects from the train.

Beyond the ridge

Goble, Paul

A grandmother takes a spritual journey of death while her family copes with their loss.

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conflict resolution, death, decision making, family, grandparents, multicultural, native american, self esteem, stress management

Dream wolf

Goble, Paul

This Native American story describes some boys who are alone in the wild at night. They meet a wolf who has close kinship to a tribe until the white men drives the wolves away. The boys bring the wolves back.

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animals, birds, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, deer, feelings, happiness, loss, multicultural, native american, nonverbal communication, rabbit, reunion, river, wolf

The girl who loved wild horses

Goble, Paul

A young Native American girl is lost in a lightening storm. Horses save her and a Poorqui tale is developed.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, horse, multicultural, native american, self esteem, storm, stress management

Iktomi and the ducks

Goble, Paul

An arrogant Indian loses his horse. While he is looking for his horse, he goes duck hunting and fools the ducks long enough to kill them. Because he does not like noises, he tries to stop two trees from creaking. While he does this, he becomes stuck and a wolf eats the Indian's ducks.

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animals, assertiveness, beliefs, birds, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, duck, food, goal setting, horse, imagination, multicultural, native american, nature, noise, nutrition, plants, self esteem, sounds, wolf

Berry song

Goade, Michaela

As a young Tlingit girl collects a variety of wild berries over the seasons in Alaska, she sings with her grandmother as she learns to speak to the land and listen when the land speaks back. Have you ever heard of dogberry, swamp berry, thimbleberry, lingonberry, or bunchberry?

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bodies of water, fish, food, forest, fruit, grandparents, herring, island, nutrition, rainforest, respect, salmon, seasons, siblings, singing, thanksgiving, woods

The little witch's black magic book of disguises

Glovach, Linda

How would you like to make disguises?These disguises are for any occasion.

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animals, bat, christmas, easter, fairy, ghosts, halloween, holidays, magic, mythical, rabbit, vampires, witches

Jimmy and joe have a real thanksgiving

Glendinning, Sally

Jimmy and Joe are going to invite an elderly woman to Thanksgiving dinner. When they find her unconcious in her house, they get help for her.

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african american, aging, critical thinking, feelings, helping, holidays, illness, injury, kindness, multicultural, thanksgiving, worry

The great big scary dog

Gleeson, Libby

Jen, her sister, and a friend decide to scare a dog with their dragon costume for the Chinese New Year's dance. When they roar and try to scare the dog, the dog is very friendly to the girls and allows them to pet him.

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animals, assertiveness, celebration, chinese, critical thinking, dog, dragons, family, fear, feelings, friendship, holidays, multicultural, mythical, neighbors, new year, nonverbal communication, parents, siblings

Leroy oops

Glasser, Barbara

A little boy named Leroy has a hard time behaving in class. He knows that if this class does not work, he will have to change schools. He has a hard time trying to fit in.

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acceptance, animals, conflict resolution, misbehavior, mouse, rules, school, verbal communication

Folks call me appleseed john

Glass, Andrew

Johnny Appleseed is one of America's favorite heroes. As he travels across the wilderness of a peaceful land, he meets people and leaves behind appleseeds.

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adventures, animals, bodies of water, cave, critical thinking, decision making, exploration, heroism, lake, native american, neighbors, nonverbal communication, plants, river, verbal communication, wolf

Keep your socks on, albert!

Glaser, Linda

Albert and his sister Shirley tell each other stories. They also go to the park and play.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, monkey, nonverbal communication, opossum, park, peer resistance, play, refusal skills, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

Zolo a b z: An alphabet book

Glaser, Byron // Higashi, Sandra

Learn your alphabet with a dog named Ozlo. Bright illustrations and imaginative characters form a rhythmic pattern of rhyme and fun words.

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adventures, alphabet, animals, birds, bug, dog, flamingo, future, letters, nonverbal communication, play, rhyme, rhythm

A day with daddy

Girimes, Nikki

A young African American boy living with his mother spends the day with his father. They spend time together doing a variety of activities that leave the boy satisfied with his life.

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african, baseball, basketball, family, food, happiness, memories, neighbors, nutrition, parents, play, playground, relationship, role model, sleep, sports, understanding

Alex, the kid with AIDS

Girard, Linda Walvoord

Alex has AIDS. In school, he begins as a visitor with special privileges and ends up making friends and being a part of the class. Alex realizes that although he is sick, he cannot misbehave in school.

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aids, conflict resolution, critical thinking, diseases, friendship, illness, misbehavior, school, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

At daddy's on saturdays

Girard, Linda Walvoord

Katie experiences feelings of loneliness and self-blame when her parents get divorced. Her fears of her father disappearing from her life are dispelled as she develops a special bond with him in his new home.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, divorce, family, fear, feelings, guilt, insecurity, loneliness, love, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Jeremy's first haircut

Girard, Linda Walvoord

Jeremy is three years old and has very long hair. He is scared to get a haircut because he thinks it will hurt. Finally, he agrees to let his parents cut his hair and decides it was fun.

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assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, decision making, family, fear, feelings, parents, refusal skills

You were born on your very first birthday

Girard, Linda Walvoord

The development of a growing baby is shown sleeping and moving. Body parts and special sounds develop from the inside environment of the mother's tummy until a new day when the baby is born. A nurse and doctors are there with the baby's parents in the hospital when the baby is born.

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balloon, bedtime, birth, birthday, body parts, doctor, excitement, family, hospital, love, new baby, nurse, onomatopoeia, parents, pregnancy, rainbow, relationship, reproduction, sizes, sleep

Adoption is for always

Girard, Linda Walvoord

Upon learning that she is adopted, Celia experiences feelings of insecurity about her birth-parents. Through openly talking with her parents, Celia learns that she is loved by her birth-parents and her parents, and accepts her feelings about adoption.

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acceptance, adoption, anger, assertiveness, conflict resolution, coping, family, fear, feelings, loneliness, parents, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

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

In my backyard

Giogas, Valarie

Baby dogs are puppies and they belong to a litter. Counting from one to ten, familiar backyard animals are introduced by baby and family group name. Each stanza also tells a bit more about each animal by providing clues as to what they eat, how they sound, or where they live.

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animals, baby, counting, deer, flowers, fox, garden, grasshopper, habitat, home, mole, porcupine, rabbit, raccoon, sequence, skunk, snake, squirrel

Mushroom in the rain

Ginsburg, Mirra

A mushroom provides shelter during the rain for an ant, a butterfly, mouse, sparrow, and a rabbit.

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animals, ant, assertiveness, birds, butterfly, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, fox, insects, mouse, plants, rabbit, rain, self esteem, shelter, sparrow, stress management, verbal communication, weather

The chick and the duckling

Ginsburg, Mirra

The chick does everything the duck does. The chick finds out the hard way that he is not a good swimmer and it saved by the duck. The chick never tries to swim again.

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birds, decision making, fear, feelings, friendship, rescue, safety

Asleep, asleep

Ginsburg, Mirra

Everyone and everything sleeps. Sometimes children must be reminded of this so they can fall back to sleep like the boy in the story.

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animals, bedtime, bee, birds, family, fish, fox, insects, nonverbal communication, parents, sleep, weather, wind, wolf

Four brave sailors

Ginsburg, Mirra

Four mice imagine the adventures they would encounter as sailors on a ship. They fear none of the threatening animals they encounter, except for the house cat that is outside their front door.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, bravery, cat, creativity, curiosity, fear, feelings, friendship, imagination, mouse, ship, teamwork, transportation

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