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The biggest pumpkin ever

Kroll, Steven

Two mice fall in love with the same pumpkin and each one waters it, fertilizes it, and protects it from the frost. The pumpkin grows into the biggest pumpkin ever, wins the town contest, and is made into a jack-o-lantern that can be seen for miles.

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animals, community, competition, compromise, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, friendship, garden, mouse, plants, pride, water, weather

The biggest soap

Shaefer, Carole

Kessy loved to listen to stories told by his Mama and his cousins on laundry days. One laundry day, Kessy is asked to go to the store and bring back the biggest piece of laundry soap. Kessy returns and tells his story about the biggest soap.

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accidents, assertiveness, beach, cleanliness, clothing, colors, decision making, exercise, family, feelings, happiness, helping, injury, kindness, monsters, parents, peer resistance, play, running, sadness, storytelling, verbal communication, water

The biggest truck

Lyon, David

Truck driver Jim gets up when everyone else is going to sleep. He will drive seven hours to Woosterville to deliver strawberries. Drive along with Jim and his big truck.

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careers, determination, differences, food, goal setting, nonverbal communication, nutrition, sleep, sounds, transportation, travel, verbal communication

The bionic bunny show

Brown, Marc//Brown, Laurene Krasny

A bunny is portrayed as a Bionic Bunny on a television show. Follow the steps that show how a real bunny is made to look like an imaginary character.

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animals, assertiveness, careers, images, rabbit, self esteem, television, verbal communication

The bird house

Rylant, Cynthia

A young girl goes everyday to watch the amazing blue house that an old woman lives in. The house is always surrounded by birds and one great barred owl. When the old woman finds the young homeless girl, she takes her in to live in the beautiful house.

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acceptance, adoption, beauty, birds, bluejay, cardinal, companion, curiosity, emotions, finch, garden, hawk, heron, homeless, investigation, loneliness, observation, owl, pheasant, sparrow, spelling, swallow, thrush, woodpecker

The bird who was an elephant

Kamal, Aleph

A little bird flies around India, depicting the various customs. When the bird sees a palmist, he finds out he used to be an elephant years ago.

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animals, birds, customs, elephant, indian, multicultural, verbal communication

The bird, the monkey, and the snake in the jungle: a rebus book

Banks, Kate

The bird, the monkey, and the snake all share a tree for a home in the jungle. They don't always get along, but when their tree falls over, they must go in search of a new home. Just when it seems like every home is already taken, they meet the frog who offers to share his home. Now that there are four in the tree, they must all get along.

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animals, bat, birds, conflict resolution, crocodile, flowers, friendship, frog, homeless, jungle, monkey, moon, nature, reptiles, sharing, snake, spider, squirrel, stars, sun, tiger, tree

The bird's wedding

Matsumura, Masako

There are many things to prepare when two birds get married.

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birds, marriage, preparation, wedding

The birds

McCrea, James//McCrea, Ruth

Two birds like to go sailing everyday until they realize their umbrella is taken during hottest hours of the day. They catch the thief and compromise in order to make everyone happy.

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birds, boat, compromise, conflict resolution, critical thinking, disappearance, friendship, reptiles, sun, transportation, turtle, verbal communication

The birds' christmas tree

Brock, Emma L.

After the first snow, all the birds that do not fly south for the winter are left hungry. The birds learn to compromise and share when a christmas tree full of tasty treats is put up in town.

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birds, christmas, compromise, conflict resolution, greed, holidays, hunger, seasons, sharing, snow, teamwork, weather, winter

The birthday door

Merriam, Eve

It is Helen's birthday. She wakes up and there is an envelope with a clue inside it. Her parents made several clues, each of them rhyming directions to different doors in her home. The last one leads her to a dollhouse which looks just like her home.

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birthday, critical thinking, decision making, dolls, dreams, family, holidays, nonverbal communication, parents, presents, rhyme, shelter, surprises

The birthday pet

Javernick, Ellen

Danny can have a pet for his birthday and he knows exactly what he wants. The other members of his family think differently.

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animals, birds, birthday, cat, decision making, dog, family, food, hygiene, parents, pattern, pets, presents, rat, rhyme, turtle, walking

The birthday swap

Lopez, Loretta

Lori wants to find her older sister the perfect gift for her birthday. At the market, Lori learns that it's not easy to find the right gift. Little does Lori know that the best gifts can come to us when we least expect them. Why is this the year of the best birthday party ever?

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animals, birthday, celebration, church, dancing, decision making, dog, exercise, family, food, giving, language, market, mexican, multicultural, nutrition, party, presents, shopping, siblings, sleep, spanish, surprises, verbal communication

The black dog who went into the woods

Hurd, Edith Thacher

When Black Dog doesn't come home, his family searches the nearby woods and calls their neighbors looking for him. That night, each of the family members dreams about Black Dog. The next morning they realize it was Black Dogs way of saying good-bye to them as he died.

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animals, coping, death, dog, dreams, family, feelings, loss, neighbors, pets, sadness

The black snowman

Mendez, Phil

Jacob, a young African American boy, lives with his poverty striken family in the city. He dislikes his culture, life and heritage and is filled with hate. It takes some special magic to change his ideas.

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african american, anger, body image, change, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, growing up, magic, multicultural, nonverbal communication, poverty, seasons, self esteem, traditions, verbal communication

The blind hunter

Rodanas, Kristina

A blind African hunter teaches a young man how to see by using his other senses.

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africa, african, animals, birds, blindness, bodies of water, feelings, five senses, flowers, forgiveness, friendship, garden, happiness, humor, hunting, leopard, multicultural, nonverbal communication, pond, pride, respect, rhinoceros, song, storytelling, teaching, tree, village, wart hog

The blizzard's robe

Sabuda, Robert

The robe of the Blizzard lays over the land, bringing ice and darkness to everything it touches. But what would happen if one young girl destroyed the robe?Teune felt it was her duty to restore the robe she has destroyed. Will she be rewarded for her help or punished for bringing back the cold?In the end, Teune's efforts helps the People Who Fear the Winter Night to be remembered as the People of the Northern Lights.

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appreciation, arctic, art, careers, change, clothing, colors, community, decision making, dreams, eskimo, guilt, light, native american, nonverbal communication, sky, snow, stars, verbal communication, winter

The block book

Couture, Susan Arkin

Betsy and Ben are blocks who save all their junk. Then one day, it comes in handy when their neighbor's house burns down. They build a new one for their friend out of junk.

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caring, critical thinking, friendship, helping, independence, neighbors, nonverbal communication, shapes, toys, verbal communication

The blue balloon

Inkpen, Mike

A young boy finds a magical blue balloon. The boy and his dog try to burst the balloon but it never breaks. The balloon takes the boy on a wonderful trip to space.

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animals, balloon, clouds, critical thinking, dog, nonverbal communication, play, toys

The blue faience hippopotamus

Grant, Joan Marshall

A hippopotamus falls in love with an Egyptian princess. He finds a magician who turns him into a statue. The princess discovers the statue and there is a surprise ending.

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acceptance, animals, assertiveness, baby, change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, egyptian, fable, feelings, hippopotamus, love, magic, multicultural, stress management, surprises, verbal communication, wish

The blue ribbon day

Couric, Katie

Ellie and Carrie are best friends in the second grade. They do everything together and this year they are trying out for the soccer team. Carrie does not make the team and feels left out. She finds a new hobby, the science fair.

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challenges, competition, confidence, feelings, friendship, goal setting, hard work, school, science, soccer, sports

The blue-eyed pussy

Mathieson, Egon

A blue-eyed cat goes looking for the Land of Many Mice and gets laughed at and criticized along the way because of the color of his eyes.

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animals, assertiveness, bias, cat, colors, feelings, goal setting, happiness, refusal skills, self confidence, self esteem, stereotypes, travel, vision

The blueberry bears

Lapp, Eleanor

Bessie loves to pick blueberries in the woods behind her house. She picks so many blueberries that every container is filled. The bears go to Bessie's house to eat her blueberries because she picked all of the blueberries in the woods!

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animals, bear, food, nature, nutrition, woods

The blues of flats brown

Myers, Walter Dean

Flats the dog loved to play the blues on his guitar, but his master, A.J. Grubbs had another idea. He wanted Flats, and his friend Caleb, to become fighting dogs. Finally tired of Grubbs' abuse, Flats and Caleb run away. They decide to pursue Flats' musical career, but everywhere they go Grubbs finds them. In the end, their owner has a change of heart about Flats playing the blues.

The blushful hippopotamus

Raschka, Chris

Roosevelt's sister teases him when he makes mistakes and blushes, calling him a blushful hippopotamus. This makes him angry and sad, but his best friend helps him realize how special he really is.

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anger, animals, birds, conflict resolution, embarrassment, family, feelings, friendship, happiness, hippopotamus, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, sadness, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

The boat that mooed

Fry, Christopher

Tom Crunch lives on a boat with his Uncle Jack. The only problem is that Tom is very bored, because his Uncle doesn't talk to him. In a big fog, Tom ventures out on a small boat. He meets a friend and a swan to keep him company while they look for the sky and sun which are lost in the fog.

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birds, boat, fishing, fog, imagination, sounds, stress management, sun, swan, transportation, verbal communication, weather

The boats on the river

Flack, Marjorie

There are many, many different kinds of boats that float down the river. The river comes from the mountains, by the city, and out to the sea.

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boat, bodies of water, community, fog, mountains, river, sea, transportation, weather

The bobbin girl

McCally, Emily Arnold

Ten-year old Rebecca works all day in a hot and noisy cotton mill. She's grateful to be able to help her struggling family, but not all the girls at the boarding house feel the same way. Some girls are starting to get sick. Judith, an older girl that is Rebecca's idol, wants to protest the mill's recent paycut but the troublemakers are fired. Does Rebecca have the courage to join?

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assertiveness, business, careers, conflict resolution, coping, courage, critical thinking, decision making, family, history, illness, money, peer resistance, problem solving, sewing, verbal communication, work

The book that jack wrote

Scieszka, Jon

Jack writes about a series of events that occur in his book such as a cat eating a rat and a cow jumping over the moon.

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animals, assertiveness, cat, conflict resolution, cow, decision making, dog, exercise, feelings, food, happiness, insects, jumping, nonverbal communication, nutrition, rat, running, writing

The boston coffee party

Rappaport, Doreen

During the Revolutionary War, a group of women boycott a local merchant's store and get all the coffee in the warehouse.

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assertiveness, beverage, conflict resolution, decision making, gender, goal setting, greed, history, independence day, peer resistance, refusal skills, teamwork, verbal communication, war

The bowl of fruit

Dunbar, Joyce

Pand and Gander have a big bowl of fruit to share. They each take their favorite fruit, but Gander's pomegranate takes much longer to eat than Panda's pear. As Panda finishes his piece, he takes another, and another. By the time Gander is done with his pomegranate there are only a few cherries left. Even though sharing is hard, the friends share the last few cherries.

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animals, conflict resolution, food, friendship, fun, goose, greed, hunger, nutrition, panda, sharing, verbal communication

The boy and the cloth of dreams

Koralek, Jenny

A young boy has a cloth that keeps away bad dreams. When the cloth tears, the boy must learn to find courage. With his grandmother's help, he finds courage in an unusual situation.

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decision making, dreams, family, fear, feelings, grandparents, nonverbal communication

The boy in the drawer

Munsch, Robert

Shelly's room is a mess but it is not her fault. A little boy that is living in her sock drawer is causing all the problems. How can she get others to believe her?

The boy in the moon

Olsen, I.B.

The boy in the moon travels to earth to look for the man in the moon.

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astronomy, earth, exploration, moon, travel

The boy of the tree-year nap

Snyder, Dianne

The laziest boy in the village naps and daydreams instead of working. One day, a rich man and his daughter move into the town and the lazy boy begins to devise a plan to become rich without working. In the end, the boy is rich, but not the way he wanted.

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careers, community, deception, laziness, responsibilities, sleep

The boy on the beach

Daly, Niki

Joe loves the beach. He likes splashing his mom and playing in the sand. He doesn't like the big waves though. He would rather pretend to be in the water. When Joe's pretending game tosses him overboard, he becomes scared. A friendly lifeguard helps him find his parents and everyone is happy again.

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african american, beach, boat, bodies of water, exercise, family, fear, feelings, imagination, lost, love, multicultural, nonverbal communication, ocean, parents, photograph, playing, pretend, protection, safety, sand, storm, swimming, transportation, verbal communication, weather

The boy who ate around the world

Drescher, Henrick

Mo thinks his dinner is lizard guts and worms when it is really string beans and cheese souffle. He decides to become a monster and eat around it. Mo eats everything in sight including his parents and the world. When Mo becomes lonely he decides to spit out all that he ate so he can have his parents and friends back.

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community, conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, family, food, hunger, imagination, loneliness, monsters, neighbors, nutrition, overeating, parents, pretend, verbal communication

The boy who did not believe in spring

Clifton, Lucille

A young boy, King Shabazz, and his friend Tony Polito go looking for spring because they do not believe that it exists. They live in the city and search all over for signs of spring. They finally find springtime flowers and bird eggs.

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conflict resolution, nature, nonverbal communication, seasons, spring, 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

The boy who hated valentine's day

Wittman, Sally

Ben hates Valentine's Day because he didn't get any Valentines at the party last year. He decides to forge Valentines from the students in his class to give some to himself, but he ends up giving them all to the new boy who didn't get any Valentines either.

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caring, conflict resolution, critical thinking, deception, decision making, feelings, goal setting, holidays, nonverbal communication, party, peer resistance, sadness, school, self esteem, valentine's day, verbal communication

The boy who was followed home

Mahy, Margaret

Robert is followed home from school by a hippo. In the following days, more and more hippopotami follow him home. His father tries to remedy the problem by having a witch give him a pill.

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animals, conflict resolution, family, hippopotamus, medicine, parents, problem solving, school, self esteem, witches

The boy who would be a hero

Lewis, Marjorie

A boy grows up in a small village and trains to be a hero. After growing up he leaves the village to become a hero, but instead of rescuing a princess he is caught by a witch. He outwits the witch and returns to the village to be a farmer.

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accomplishment, assertiveness, careers, challenges, cleanliness, community, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, determination, family, hygiene, mythical, parents, problem solving, storytelling, success, witches

The boy who would not say his name

Vreeken, Elizabeth

Bobby Brown liked to pretend he was other characters in a story, so he always used a character's name when someone asked him his name. One day he got lost and people could not find his family, so finally he said his real name.

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community, conflict resolution, decision making, family, identity, imagination, lost, nonverbal communication, pretend, refusal skills, self esteem, verbal communication

The boy who wouldn't go to bed

Cooper, Helen

Not wanting to go to sleep, a little boy rides away in his car to find someone to stay up and play with him all night. As the determined little boy drives off, he encounters exciting things such as a lion and a parade of soldiers. After searching for someone to play with him, the little boy finds someone who is still awake.

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animals, assertiveness, bedtime, car, conflict resolution, disobedience, family, imagination, instruments, moon, music, night, parade, play, shadows, sizes, sleep, train, transportation

The boy who wouldn't talk

Bouchard, Lois Kalb

Carlos, a Puerto Rican boy, lives in America and is frustrated with learning the English language. He decides not to talk at all and just nod and draw pictures. He meets a blind boy who cannot see his pictures or nods, so Carlos must talk. Carlos is so happy to meet this boy that he begins to talk again.

The boy with two shadows

Mahy, Margaret

A young boy who takes good care of his shadow is asked by a witch to watch her shadow. The witch's shadow causes many problems.

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decision making, disobedience, problem solving, responsibilities, shadows, stress management, verbal communication, witches

The bracelet

Uchida, Yoshiko

Emi and her family had to go to a Japanese-American prison camp during the war. Laurie, Emi's best friend, gives her a bracelet to take to camp. Although Emi loses the bracelet and becomes afraid that she will forget her friend, she realizes that she will always have her memories of Laurie.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, friendship, history, japanese, memories, multicultural, nonverbal communication, verbal communication, war

The bravest babysitter

Greenberg, Barbara

Heather babysits Lisa on a rainy, stormy night. Terrified of lightning and thunder, Heather seeks comfort from Lisa. Lisa ends up babysitting Heather until the storm is over.

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assertiveness, bravery, child care, fear, feelings, rain, responsibilities, self esteem, weather

The bremen-town musicians

Plume, Ilse

Four animals were growing old and useless to their owners so they decide to run away and become musicians. Along their journey, they chase away robbers and find their place to stay forever.

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aging, animals, careers, conflict resolution, goal setting, music, robbery, self esteem, shelter, teamwork, travel

The bridge

Neville, Emily Cheney

Ben loves machines. When his family's bridge collapses, he is excited and happy to see a new bridge built with many machines.

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change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, machines, problem solving, safety, verbal communication

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