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Sail away

Crews, Donald

A family enjoys a day of sailing in their sailboat. During their sail, they observe how the weather changes throughout the day.

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activities, boat, bodies of water, change, family, observation, transportation, weather

Memorial

Crew, Gary

Storytime is a great time to recollect and gain lessons on past events. Take a stand with a young boy as he tries to preserve a memory.

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assertiveness, conservation, critical thinking, decision making, family, fight, generations, grandparents, history, memories, monuments, plants, storytelling, tree, war

Two friends, Bubba and Spike, go for a swim in the Preson Water Tower. Bubba's clothes are blown away so Spike has to go get some more clothes, leaving Bubba alone. The water tower seems to hold some power over the whole town, so what will happen when Bubba is left alone to face the tower?

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australian, bodies of water, challenges, community, critical thinking, exercise, fear, feelings, friendship, multicultural, seasons, summer, swimming

Can you find it?

Cressy, Judith

Go on an adventure around the world to many exciting places. Search through each painting for many objects. Create your own stories and imagine what life was like in each place.

Can you find it, too?

Cressy, Judith

Come enjoy history through a collection of famous paintings. Each has its own personality and story. Search through each painting for objects and colors. Get imaginative and create your own stories or interpretations about the paintings.

Trouble

Cresswell, Helen

Curious and energetic Emma is constantly being scolded by her mother who forgets what it is like to be a child. Her grandma comes and tells stories about how bad Emma's mom used to be. Emma feels better.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, decision making, family, feelings, grandparents, growing up, misbehavior, mischief, parents, stress management, verbal communication

Down down the mountain

Creedle, Ellis

Hetty and Hank want shoes, but there are no stores in the mountain and Pappy says they have no money. So Granny gives them an idea how to raise the money. They grow some turnips to take down the mountain. On the way they find most of the turnips away, but still have a happy ending.

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assertiveness, clothing, conflict resolution, family, food, goal setting, grandparents, poverty, responsibilities, sharing, teamwork, verbal communication

A fine, fine school

Creech, Sharon

Mr. Keeene knows he has a fine school with great teachers and students. Since everyone is learning so much, he decides to have school on Saturdays, then Sundays, and then eventually all summer. Eventually, one student named Tillie tells Mr. Keene that they are not learning anything outside of school. Everyone is relieved when Mr. Keene announces the return of a normal school year.

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careers, colors, Days of The Week, decision making, dog, family, happiness, holidays, learning, loneliness, play, pride, reading, repetition, school, shapes, siblings, skipping, summer, surprises, teaching, tree, worry, writing

Bike

Crawford, Ron

A little girl wants a bike for Christmas REALLY BAD!She dreams about riding her new bike. Christmas morning comes, and she thinks about her new bike as she opens her other presents. She thinks she is not getting it until, finally, her parents open the closet door to show her the best present ever.

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anticipation, bicycle, biking, christmas, excitement, exercise, feelings, holidays, love, parents, presents

In arctic waters

Crawford, Laura

An arctic adaptation of ﾓThis is the House that Jack Builtﾔ follows polar bears, walruses, seals, narwhals, and beluga whales as they chase each other around ﾓthe ice that floats in the Arctic waters.ﾔ Learn how these animals live in the cold, icy arctic region.

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adaptation, animals, arctic, author's note, bear, birds, bodies of water, exercise, fish, hunting, ice, owl, pattern, seal, swimming, teasing, walrus, whale

What the mailman brought

Craven, Carolyn

William Beauregard is sick in bed in a new town. He has missed school and will be missing another week. He puts a sign in his window that says Sick of this and soon starts receiving the most unusual packages from the most unusual mailman.

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feelings, illness, loneliness, nonverbal communication, presents, school

Dealing with dealing with feelings: I'm frustrated

Crary, Elizabeth

Unable to rollerskate like his brother and sister, Alex becomes frustrated. What should he do?Keep practicing, give up, or set goals?Alex's mom gives him eight suggestions of how to deal with his problem. After working really hard, Alex learns how to skate and deal with his frustration!

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author's note, colors, communication, envy, excitement, exercise, family, feelings, frustration, garden, happiness, helping, neighbors, patience, reading, self confidence, siblings, skating

Dealing with feelings: I'm scared

Crary, Elizabeth

Tracy can not wait to meet her new neighbors. Her smile disappears when she sees that her new neighbors own her worst fear, a big dog!What will Tracy do?Is she going to watch from her window, sing a happy song, or ask someone to hold her hand when she meets her new neighbors?No matter what Tracy decides, she will soon overcome her fears by getting a puppy of her own!

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anger, animals, author's note, bee, bicycle, cooking, dog, family, fear, feelings, food, friendship, happiness, insects, neighbors, play, sadness, siblings, song

Dealing with feelings: I'm furious

Crary, Elizabeth

When Matt sees his Reggie Jackson baseball card floating in the toilet, his jaw drops. He is furious that his little brother did that. One thing that will solve his problem is to hit his little brother, right?Wrong!His mother presents him with six ways to successfully handle his anger. After resolving his problems, Matt makes peace with his brother.

1, 2, buckle my shoe

Cranstoun, Margaret

Learn numbers one through ten by listening to this rhyming pattern.

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counting, nonverbal communication, numbers, rhyme, sequence, verbal communication

Cinnamon and the April shower

Crane Johnson, Amy

An April shower frightens Cinnamon Bear, her new cub, and their woodland friends. Solomon Raven explains the importance of rain for animal and forest survival.

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animals, bear, birds, bravery, cardinal, family, frog, helping, home, leadership, new baby, pride, rain, raven, seasons, shelter, spring, squirrel, storm, survival, tree, worm

The dragon in the clock box

Craig, M. Jean

Joshua tapes up a clock box and tells his family that there is a dragon egg in it. The dragon is born and flies away immediately so that Joshua's family could never see it.

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birth, conflict resolution, dragons, family, fantasy, imagination, mythical, nonverbal communication, verbal communication

The winter bear

Craft, Ruth

Three young children bundle up for a walk on a winter day. On the way home, they find a discarded cold, knitted bear. They take him home, clean him up, dress him warmly, and give him a new home.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, conflict resolution, exercise, love, nonverbal communication, play, seasons, shelter, verbal communication, walking, winter

Night driving

Coy, John

When a young boy goes on a trip with his dad, they drive all night to get to the mountains. During the trip, the little boy learns many things from his father as they share many activities along the way.

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animals, baseball, camping, car, companion, deer, family, food, moon, mountains, night, nutrition, parents, radio, restaurant, sports, stars, technology, transportation, travel, truck

The great snake escape

Coxe, Molly

Mirabel, a goose, and Maxie, a frog, worry when they find out a snake has escaped from the zoo. The snake actually shows up in time to help Mirabel and Maxie and another friendship is formed.

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amphibians, birds, conflict resolution, escape, fear, friendship, frog, goose, helping, reptiles, snake, zoo

Pick a pumpkin, Mrs. Millie!

Cox, Judy

Silly Mrs. Millie is at it again. In the fall, she takes her kindergarten class on a trip to pick pumpkins for their harvest party. The class has fun guessing the meanings of their favorite teacher's nonsense words. They go on a dragon (wagon) ride, pet the boats (goats), and drink apple spider (cider). Coupled with hilarious artwork in pen, pencil, and colored dyes by Joe Mathieu, this lighthearted text sets a class trip on its ear with subtle lessons in wordplay.

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animals, bus, clothing, farm, food, garden, goat, holidays, humor, mule, nutrition, play, scarecrows, school, sheep, spider, transportation, vocabulary

Rabbit pirates: A tale of the spinach man

Cox, Judy

The Spinach Main is a French cafe owned by two rabbits, and former pirates, Monsieur Lapin and Monsieur Blanc. When a fox begins dining at the cafe, business begins to slow. Troubles escalate further when the fox makes multiple attempts to capture and eat the two. Realizing the trouble their business was in, the two devise a plan to keep the fox out of their hair forever.

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adventures, animals, argument, beverage, bravery, bully, challenges, cooking, courage, decision making, escape, fear, fight, fox, french, multicultural, rabbit, restaurant

Bossyboots

Cox, David

Abigail is a little girl who bosses everyone around. On her stagecoach ride to Narrabri, a robber tries to steal all of the passengers' valuables. However, when he encounters Abigail, she yells at him and calls him Bossyboots. He listens to her and gives up all the loot.

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adventures, assertiveness, bully, conflict resolution, critical thinking, refusal skills, robbery, travel, verbal communication

Chameleon, chameleon

Cowley, Joy

Come follow this colorful chameleon through the woods to a new tree home to find food. See how the chameleon creeps by geckos, frogs, scorpions, and others to protect himself on his way to his new tree homw. Do you think this chameleon can make it to a new tree to find food without getting hurt by the other creatures on the way?

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author's note, caterpillar, chameleon, climbing, colors, conflict resolution, decision making, food, frog, gecko, goal setting, home, insects, nonverbal communication, photograph, protection, scorpion, tree

The duck in the gun

Cowley, Joy

A duck makes her nest in an army's cannon and will not come out. The war is postponed until the army gets the duck out. This postponement is just long enough for the two sides to become friends.

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birds, conflict resolution, decision making, duck, friendship, peace, stress management, verbal communication, war

Gracias, the thanksgiving turkey

Cowley, Joy

Miguel's dad, a truck driver, sends Miguel a turkey to fatten up for Thanksgiving. Miguel and his family care for and love the turkey, and they name her Gracias. When Thanksgiving arrives no one can eat Gracias the turkey, instead they eat chicken for Thanksgiving dinner!

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assertiveness, celebration, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, food, friendship, grandparents, hispanic, holidays, love, multicultural, nutrition, parents, spanish, support, thanksgiving, verbal communication

One stormy night

Cowley, Joy

One night as old men and women are going to sleep, the weather outside is stormy and noisy.

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bedtime, five senses, night, noise, rain, sleep, sounds, storm, weather

Big moon tortilla

Cowley, Joy

Marta Enos finishes her homework and accidentally knocks it out the window. She doesn't know what to do so she asks her grandmother for help. With a song and a warm tortilla, Grandmother helps Marta feel better.

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accidents, animals, author's note, birds, coping, decision making, desert, dog, eagle, family, feelings, food, glasses, grandparents, happiness, hard work, hunger, lion, multicultural, native american, nature, nutrition, problem solving, sadness, song, storytelling, stress management, symbols, vision

My friend the piano

Cowen, Catherine

Even though this little girl thinks she is a wonderful piano player, mother insists on lessons. But the piano is friends with the young girl and wants her to continue playing her own music. To avoid being sold, they take off on an exciting adventure.

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adventures, conflict resolution, creativity, differences, feelings, friendship, instruments, music, practice, relationship, sounds

It takes a village

Cowen-Fletcher, Jane

Young Yemi's responsibility is to look after her brother, Kokou, while at the market with her mother. Yemi quickly loses sight of her brother, but Kokou is safe with the neighbors in the community. Yemi learns that It takes a village to raise a family.

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africa, african, animals, community, conflict resolution, family, feelings, food, friendship, lost, multicultural, neighbors, nutrition, parents, shopping, siblings, traditions, verbal communication

Rain forest

Cowcher, Helen

A powerful change threatens the creatures of the tropical rain forest-machines. How long will they be able to survive?

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animals, birds, change, fear, flood, forest, machines, nonverbal communication, worry

Tigress

Cowcher, Helen

A tigress and her cubs kill animals for food. The sanctuary ranger and herdsmen must find a way to save the animals and the tigress so they develop a plan.

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animals, assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, decision making, nature, tiger

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

The foolish giant

Coville, Bruce//Coville, Katherine

Harry the giant may not be very bright, but he is definitely very kind. When a wizard threatens to take over the town, Harry risks getting turned into a stone toad. Instead, the wizard's plan backfires and he turns himself into a stone toad.

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appreciation, conflict resolution, critical thinking, deception, friendship, giants, greed, kindness, mythical, rocks, self esteem

Sarah's unicorn

Coville, Bruce//Coville, Katherine

A little girl named Sarah lives with her mean Aunt Meg who is a witch. One day when Sarah was sent to the forest to find toads, Sarah meets a friendly unicorn named Oakhorn. The unicorn with his magic horn broke the spell over Aunt Meg which made her nice again.

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amphibians, assertiveness, conflict resolution, family, fear, feelings, friendship, imagination, magic, mythical, self esteem, toad, unicorns, verbal communication, witches

Sarah and the dragon

Coville, Bruce

After an argument with her friend Oakhorn the unicorn, Sarah is kidnapped by a lonely dragon. In his castle, he is human and they become friends. The only way he can break the spell is to do something good while he is a dragon.

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conflict resolution, dragons, friendship, kidnapped, loneliness, mythical, nonverbal communication, royalty, verbal communication

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

Maisy's wonderful weather book

Cousins, Lucy

Follow Maisy as he experiences all the different kinds of weather and how to dress and have fun in each kind. sun, rain, snow and wind conditions require different clothing! Maisy calls each one a wonderful choice of weather day!

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animals, clothing, colors, rain, rainbow, rhyme, rhythm, seasons, snow, temperature, weather, wind

What can rabbit hear?

Cousins, Lucy

What can rabbit hear?

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airplane, animals, bedtime, bee, birds, clouds, duck, insects, nonverbal communication, pond, rabbit, sheep, sounds

Hooray for fish!

Cousins, Lucy

Come travel along with Little Fish to meet his many friends. As we count, identify colors, and look for opposites among the many examples, we learn it is okay to have friends different from you.

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acceptance, affection, colors, community, counting, differences, family, feelings, fish, friendship, moods, numbers, opposites, parents, rhyme, verbal communication

Toothful tales

Courtad, Jeanette

Incisa tells the story of how she and her friends, Cuspi, Mola, and Tongo, are attacked by a "sticky sweet" given to them by Grandma. After being covered in sugar, germs begin to attack as they make acid and dissolve holes in Incisa and her tooth friends. Then, Incisa, Cuspi, Mola, and Tongo get a pleasant surprise when Grandma brings other things to make the teeth happy; an electric toothbrush and floss! Finally, after a good cleaning, Incisa, and her friends, Cuspi, Mola, and Tongo, are once again, all shiny and bright just in time for lunch!

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body parts, cartoons, cleanliness, conflict resolution, consequences, critical thinking, decision making, education, family, food, germs, grandparents, hygiene, nonverbal communication, nutrition, problem solving, tools, verbal communication, vocabulary

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

How to... brush your teeth

Cottage Door Press

Learn from the tiger how your teeth develop over time, how teeth are classified, and why it is so important to take care of them regularly. The tiger gives you a step-by-step explanation of how to brush your teeth, and he reminds you how to brush for two minutes twice a day. Finally, the tiger explains other ways to care for your teeth that include proper nutrition and visits twice a year to the dentist.

Me and you

Cote, Genevieve

A rabbit and a pig both want to be like their friend. They try changing color, including their ears and tail in order to be like the other. After seeing each other, they realize that they like themselves just like they are.

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animals, art, comparisons, differences, friendship, individuality, love, pattern, pig, rabbit, self esteem

Nene

Coste, Marion

The female nene keeps watch over her eggs, while the male nene stays close by watching for danger. When the eggs finally hatch, the birds must keep close watch over the baby goslings so that no cats, rats, or mongooses eat the young. The family must stay in this area for a few months, waiting until the babies get their flying wings. Not all of the goslings survive the wait, but when all the new feathers grow in, the family flies from the land near the ocean to the mountain.

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animals, author's note, birds, birth, bodies of water, cat, challenges, change, escape, family, goose, habitat, mountains, ocean, parents, protection, rat, seasons, summer, survival, winter

Pemba Sherpa

Cossi, Olga

Perma, a nyuny pa,or old man, tells a story from when he had to gather firewood for school as young boy. One morning his sister Yang Ki says she wants to go with him. Yang Ki wants to be a Sherpa but girls aren't allowed. That morning she disobeys her brother and follows him, but when Pemba falls in a landslide, Yang Ki becomes the heroine and proves that girls can be brave and strong.

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assertiveness, climbing, courage, critical thinking, family, gender, goal setting, helping, heroism, injury, mountains, multicultural, obedience, problem solving, safety, siblings, village, walking

The meanest thing to say

Cosby, Bill

Little Bill meets a new boy at school who challenges him to play a game to find the meanest thing to say. When Bill learns a new strategy from his dad, he decides to avoid the game and ignore the criticism. Soon the new boy gets embaressed, but Bill reaches out to make him his friend.

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african american, anger, basketball, confidence, conflict, fight, flood, forgiveness, friendship, frog, frustration, games, grandparents, illness, jumping, noise, parents, school, sports, teaching, teasing, walking

A shot for baby bear

Corey, Dorothy

A baby bear is aftaid of getting a shot. His brother serves as a model so that baby bear is no longer afraid.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, conflict resolution, decision making, doctor, family, fear, illness, role model, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

Will there be a lap for me?

Corey, Dorothy

We follow Kyle through the experience of his mother's pregnancy and the birth of his new baby brother. Kyle questions and then finds his place in his growing family.

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baby, change, coping, family, love, missing, parents, pregnancy

Will it ever be my birthday?

Corey, Dorothy

Rabbit must first go to all his friends' birthday parties before it is time for his birthday again. Rabbit is impatient waiting but then happy when his own party day comes.

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animals, bear, birds, birthday, conflict resolution, duck, halloween, holidays, nonverbal communication, party, rabbit, verbal communication

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