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The tale of the faithful dove

Potter, Beatrix

When Mr. Tidler's wife is trapped in a chimney, she lays an egg. He brings her food and she and her baby survive and escape from the chimney with the help of a boy named Tom.

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animals, birds, conflict resolution, escape, feelings, food, helping, mouse, nutrition, rescue, sadness

When Timmy Willie accidently finds himself in a hamper headed for town, he finds shelter with Johnny Town-Mouse. But he is homesick and soon returns home to his country garden. Johnny Town-Mouse comes to visit and learns that he prefers his townhouse.

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animals, birds, cat, community, differences, fear, food, garden, homesickness, mouse, nutrition

The tale of tom kitten

Potter, Beatrix

Tom Kitten has two siblings. Their mother cleans them all and puts on nice clothes because her friends were coming to tea. The kittens then go out to play and get dirty. Three ducks come by and take their clothes. Their mother is very angry and sends them up to their room.

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animals, cat, cleanliness, clothing, duck, family, misbehavior, siblings, verbal communication

The tale of little pig robinson

Potter, Beatrix

Robinson's trip to the market turns into a life changing experience. After a long trip to town, an adventure in the market, and a near excape on the high seas, he ends up on a tropical island paradise.

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adventures, animals, boat, bodies of water, cat, dog, escape, farm, fishing, island, laziness, lost, pig, sea, transportation

The tailor of gloucester

Potter, Beatrix

When the tailor of Glouchester falls ill, he worries that he will not get the mayor's waistcoat finished and not make any money to use for food. But some helpful mice come to the rescue and surprise the tailor on Christmas morning.

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animals, careers, cat, christmas, clothing, helping, holidays, illness, mouse, poverty

The story of miss moppet

Potter, Beatrix

Miss Moppet's adventure chasing a mouse is disappointing. She must learn to stop teasing the mouse.

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animals, cat, deception, escape, mouse

The tale of samuel whiskers

Potter, Beatrix

Tom is a kitten who climbs up a chimney and gets lost. Samuel Whiskers is a rat who found Tom and wanted to make him into pudding. His family rescues him and expels the rats. Tom is now afraid of rats.

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animals, cat, cooperation, critical thinking, family, fear, food, lost, nonverbal communication, parents, rat, verbal communication

The sly old cat

Potter, Beatrix

The cat plans a tea party to lure the unsuspecting Mr. Rat into becoming dessert. Thanks to some quick thinking on the part of Mr. Rat, the cat's party turns out other than he expected.

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animals, cat, escape, food, nutrition, rat

The tale of tuppenny

Potter, Beatrix

Tuppenny is a guinea pig who has very little hair. When the town barber comes up with a formula guaranteed to make hair grow, his friends make Tuppenny try it. His hair grows so much that cutting it does not help. He ends up joining the circus.

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animals, body parts, careers, decision making, determination, guinea pig, health, nonverbal communication, self esteem, uniqueness, verbal communication

The tale of the flopsy bunnies

Potter, Beatrix

The flopsy bunnies fell fast asleep in a ditch outside Mr. McGregor's garden. Mr. McGregor emptied lawn mowing clippings into the ditch and noticed ears standing up. He took the rabbits and dropped them in his sack. Luckily Mrs. Tittlemouse found them and nibbled a hole in the sack so they could escape.

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animals, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, garden, helping, rabbit, rescue, sharing, verbal communication

The tale of mrs. tiggy-winkle

Potter, Beatrix

Lucie often loses her handkerchiefs. She asks all of the the farm animals if they have seen them, but no one has. When she goes off to look for them, she finds Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle has washed all of them for her.

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animals, clothing, farm, garden, helping, hygiene, lost, rescue, responsibilities

The tale of two bad mice

Potter, Beatrix

Two mice raid a little girl's doll house, while the dolls are out one day. They break the dolls belongings and take some things. In the end, the two bad mice have to pay for everything they broke and clean up the mess they made.

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animals, conflict resolution, decision making, dolls, honesty, mischief, mouse, responsibilities, robbery

The tale of mrs. tittlemouse

Potter, Beatrix

Mrs. Tittlemouse tries to keep her house clean but visitors keep dropping in. Bees make a nest and she must get Mr. Toad to help her clean it out. Will she ever finish cleaning?

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animals, bee, beetle, butterfly, cleanliness, frog, insects, mouse, spider

The tale of flopsy bunnies

Potter, Beatrix

The Flopsy Bunnies are a large family who sometimes do not have enough lettuce to eat so they have to steal from Mr. McGregor. The lettuce makes the bunnies sleepy and while they are asleep, Mr. McGregor catches them. A mouse helps to set them free.

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animals, critical thinking, food, mouse, nonverbal communication, overeating, rabbit, sleep, verbal communication

The tale of pigling bland

Potter, Beatrix

Pigling Bland is a young pig who is sent to the market with his brother by his mother. His brother gets taken away and he gets picked up by Mr. Piperson who takes him to his home. There he meets Pig-wig who was stolen by Mr. Piperson. The two of them decide to run away together.

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animals, companion, conflict resolution, decision making, family, pig, running away, siblings, travel, verbal communication

The story of a fierce bad rabbit

Potter, Beatrix

A fierce bad rabbit learns a lesson after bullying the good rabbit.

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animals, bully, escape, rabbit

The tale of benjamin bunny

Potter, Beatrix

Benjamin and Peter Rabbit have an adventure trying to reclaim Peter's clothes from a scarecrow. They are trapped by a cat and punished by Mr. Bunny, but manage to bring some onions home to Mrs. Rabbit.

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adventures, animals, cat, clothing, food, nutrition, rabbit, scarecrows

Peter rabbit's abc

Potter, Beatrix

Illustrations from Beatrix Potter's stories form the basis for this alphabet story of letters.

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alphabet, amphibians, animals, bee, birds, cat, duck, food, fox, frog, insects, letters, mouse, nutrition, pig, rabbit

The tale of peter rabbit

Potter, Beatrix

Peter is a little rabbit who does not listen when his mother tells him to stay away from Mr. McGregor's garden. He goes to the garden and eats some vegetables until Mr. McGregor sees him and tries to catch him. Peter finally finds his way out, but then spends the evening in bed.

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animals, consequences, fear, garden, mischief, neighbors, nonverbal communication, rabbit, rules, vegetables, verbal communication

The tale of timmy tiptoes

Potter, Beatrix

Timmy Tiptoes is a squirrel who has a wife named Goody. When it is time to pick nuts to be stored for the winter, the other squirrels think Timmy stole their nuts so they push him into a hole. Timmy stays stuck there so Goody does not know where he is. Finally they find each other with the help of a chipmunk.

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animals, chipmunk, critical thinking, food, mischief, nutrition, overeating, preparation, seasons, spring, squirrel, verbal communication, winter, woods, worry

Cecily parsley's nursery rhymes

Potter, Beatrix

Beatrix Potter puts beautiful illustrations to classic nursery rhymes such as Three Blind Mice.

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animals, art, birds, cat, dog, goose, mouse, rabbit, rhyme

The tale of ginger and pickles

Potter, Beatrix

Ginger and Pickles have to close their store when they run out of money, but Henny Penny opens it back up for business.

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animals, business, careers, cat, dog, dolls, mouse, poverty, rabbit, shopping

The tale of mr. todd

Potter, Beatrix

When Tommy Brock kidnaps baby rabbits and plans on eating them for breakfast, Benjamin Bunny and Peter Rabbit must come up with a plan to rescue the babies. To their luck, Mr. Todd and Tommy Brock get into a fight and forget the breakfast.

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animals, baby, badger, fight, food, fox, rabbit, rescue

The tale of squirrel nutkin

Potter, Beatrix

Nutkin is a little squirrel with no manners. Nutkin and the other squirrels ask Old Brown the owl if they can gather nuts. Nutkin is very disrespectful and bothers Old Brown. Old Brown bites Nutkin's tail off. Nutkin learns a hard lesson.

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animals, conflict resolution, disobedience, food, island, learning, misbehavior, nonverbal communication, nutrition, owl, rhyme, squirrel, verbal communication

The tale of mr. jeremy fisher

Potter, Beatrix

After a near escape from a hungry trout, Jeremy Fisher has a nice meal with his friends.

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animals, bodies of water, escape, fish, fishing, food, frog, insects, nutrition, pond, reptiles, turtle, worm

Wag-by-wall

Potter, Beatrix

Wag-by-wall is an old clock found annoying by most people, but not to Sally Benson, a kind old woman. She cares for everything, especially a family of owls. When an owl knocks over the clock, out comes some gold!

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birds, caring, confidence, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, farm, nonverbal communication, owl, stress management, surprise, time, verbal communication

The tale of jemima puddle-duck

Potter, Beatrix

Jemima wants desperately to hatch her own eggs. She finds a nice place to lay them in Mr. Fox's den. She almost becomes dinner, but Shep the collie saves the day.

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animals, baby, birds, critical thinking, deception, dog, duck, escape, farm, fox, rescue

Appley dapply's nursery rhymes

Potter, Beatrix

A collection of short rhymes about animals, food, and their natural habitats personified into human actions.

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animals, danish, food, mouse, multicultural, nonverbal communication, rabbit, rhyme, verbal communication

Spike

Potter, Katherine

A young boy, who is often picked on, makes friends with an imaginary stick figure. His new found friend drastically changes his life.

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bully, friendship, imagination

The tale of the pie and the patty pan

Potter, Peter

Duchess the Dog is scared that Ribby the Cat will feed her mouse pie. Unknowingl, Dog eats the mouse pie and mass confusion occurs.

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animals, cat, confusion, decision making, dog, mouse, party

The house that makes shapes

Potts, Jim

A man releases a bunch of shapes and is then demanded to clean them up. He must discover a creative way and finally chooses to build a house out of the shapes.

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conflict resolution, decision making, exercise, nonverbal communication, park, ranch, shapes, verbal communication, walking

Daisy

Powell, E. Sandy

Daisy is a nine year old girl who grows up in an abusive environment. She lives with her father who drinks, did not want to work, and both physically and mentally abuses her. Daisy's tutor saw the bruises and Daisy is able to confide in her what was happening. She is placed in a foster home.

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alcoholism, child abuse, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, diseases, family, fear, feelings, foster care, imagination, injury, parents, trust, verbal communication

Just dessert

Powell, Polly

The apple family finish their dinner and desert, but Pasty wasn't quite full yet. Pasty wants that last piece of cake. Her mom tells her that she can not eat it. That piece of cake is on Pasty's mind all night long. After everyone was asleep, Pasty goes downstairs to get the cake. Pasty's journey to the cake provides her with obstacles of the mind.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, bear, bedtime, birds, cat, critical thinking, decision making, dog, family, fear, feelings, five senses, food, ghosts, goal setting, imagination, monsters, night, nutrition, parents, tiger, verbal communication

On friday something funny happened

Prater, John

Let's learn the days of the week!Each day is defined by the many activities that the family does.

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Days of The Week, family, fun, nonverbal communication, play, sequence, shopping, siblings, verbal communication

Once upon a time

Prater, John

A boy, his cat, and his mother observe what happens around them. The boy tells the story of what he sees and does throughout the day.

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activities, animals, bear, family, nonverbal communication, observation, parents, rhyme, verbal communication, wolf

Amy and the cloud basket

Pratt, Ellen

Amy wants to carry a basket, but men are the only ones that are allowed to carry baskets. Amy eventually gets her way.

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acceptance, assertiveness, bias, change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, determination, equality, gender, goal setting, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem, verbal communication

The terrible tiger

Prelutsky, Jack

A hungry tiger is always eating people, including a grocerer, a baker, and a farmer. One day the tiger makes the mistake of eating the tailor and he learns his lesson.

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animals, assertiveness, careers, fear, feelings, food, greed, hunger, learning, peer resistance, refusal skills, tiger

The mean old mean hyena

Prelutsky, Jack

The hynea prides himself on being the meanest animal who plays dirty tricks on the zebra, ostrich, elephant, and lion. The other animals try to take revenge on him, but he fools them and gets away.

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animals, conflict resolution, consequences, deception, elephant, humor, hyena, lion, mischief, ostrich, verbal communication, zebra

Hooray for diffendoofer day!

Prelutsky, Jack

Everyday the students at Diffendoofer School learn many new things. They become worried though, when they discover that they must pass a special test. They pass with no problems and Diffendoofer Day is declared!

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books, celebration, cooking, critical thinking, differences, excitement, feelings, goal setting, happiness, party, reading, relief, school, teaching, worry

What i did last summer

Prelutsky, Jack

During a summer, a little boy plays baseball and goes to the beach, a museum, and a county fair. By the end of the summer, he is ready to go back to school.

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assertiveness, baseball, beach, conflict resolution, decision making, fair, museum, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, play, recreation, rhyme, school, seasons, sports, summer, verbal communication

Someone special died

Prestine, Joan Singleton

A young girl deals with the death of someone close to her. She has many feelings of anger, sadness, and loneliness. She has many feelings of anger, sadness, and loneliness. She finds a way to feel better, though, when she makes a scrapbook to remember everything about this special person. She learns that everything dies.

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acceptance, aggression, anger, art, books, coping, death, feelings, loneliness, loss, memories, play, pretend, reading, sadness, toys

Sometimes i feel awful

Prestine, Joan Singleton

A young girl has a day full of different moods. Although she starts out happy, she begins to feel different throughout the day. She does not want to share with her friend and gets upset when he plays with her toys. She learns what she should have said to make her family and friends understand.

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aggression, anger, art, communication, dog, fear, feelings, food, friendship, frustration, happiness, jealousy, loneliness, moods, parents, patience, pets, sadness, selfishness, sharing, shyness, siblings

Moving is hard

Prestine, Joan Singleton

A young girl is sad that she has to move from her house. She must leave her friends, her school, and all of her favorite things, like playing baseball and running in the fields with her dog. She soon makes new friends, though, and learns her new apartment is not much different from her old neighborhood and begins to like it.

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acceptance, animals, baseball, books, bus, change, coping, dog, exercise, feelings, friendship, loneliness, loss, moving, neighbors, park, refusal skills, running, sadness, school, sports, transportation

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

It's hard to share my teacher

Prestine, Joan Singleton

Josh is having a hard time learning to share in school. He is especially frustrated when his teacher is busy helping other students. He wants to share his artwork with his teacher and his classmates. He ends up learning why sharing is so important.

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art, basketball, colors, conflict resolution, feelings, frustration, helping, nutrition, patience, school, self confidence, self esteem, sharing, sports, teaching

Squawk to the moon, little goose

Preston, Edna Mitchell

A little goose thought the moon disappeared. While watching the moon, a fox grabbed her, but she tricked him and ran home.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, critical thinking, escape, fear, feelings, fox, goose, moon, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, self esteem

One dark night

Preston, Edna Mitchell

A robber, ghost, witch, scarecrow and jack-o-lantern are all scared by a noise. They run to their homes to learn that the noise came from a mouse.

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animals, assertiveness, decision making, ghosts, halloween, holidays, mouse, scarecrows, witches

Emeline at the circus

Priceman, Marjorie

Emeline's second grade class takes a field trip to the circus. After the teacher, Mrs. Splinter, gives the class instructions on the proper behavior, the circus begins. Mrs. Splinter tells the class important information about everything they see at the circus icluding the elephants, tigers, acrobats, and even the clowns. In the meantime, Emeline gets out of her seat to buy some peanuts and an elephant picks her up to become part of the circus.

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accidents, animals, behavior, body parts, bravery, circus, clowns, elephant, fire, food, giraffe, hippopotamus, horse, instruments, language, learning, llama, monkey, nutrition, performance, rules, school, tiger

Friend or frog

Priceman, Marjorie

Kate is a little girl whose best friend is a frog. When the frog causes too much trouble, her mom tells her to get rid of it. As Kate tries to find a decent home for her frog, he escapes.

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amphibians, critical thinking, decision making, escape, feelings, friendship, frog, nonverbal communication, pets, sadness, swamp, verbal communication

Hot air

Priceman, Marjorie

On September 19, 1783, the first flight of a hot air balloon was recorded. People gathered in Versailles to watch the first passengers: a duck, a sheep and a rooster take off. The balloon almost crashes into a steeple; duck fills the basket with water; and a bird pops a hole in the balloon before they land in the woods.

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animals, balloon, birds, chicken, crowd, duck, france, history, inventions, multicultural, nonverbal communication, perspective, sheep, storytelling, transportation

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