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Cock-a-doodle-moo!

Most, Bernard

When a rooster can only whisper cock-a-doodle-doo, he must get help from the cow to wake everyone up on the farm. Unfortunately, the cow has trouble making the right sound. Eventually, the cow learns how to make a sound that will wake up the farm and she and the rooster work together.

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animals, cat, cow, dog, duck, farm, five senses, friendship, hearing, helping, learning, noise, pig, sleep, sounds, stress management, teamwork, verbal communication

Cock-a-doodle dudley

Peet, Bill

Dudley the rooster is the only one to wake up to the sun each day. When goose chases him into the forest, the sun doesn't rise the next day. Hector the horse rescues him, and the day goes on.

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animals, birds, chicken, conflict resolution, forest, fox, goose, horse, pig, rescue, self esteem, sun, turkey, verbal communication

Cluck's clock

Gray, Kes

Day begins on the farm at 4 o'clock in the morning. The chickens stretch and begin breakfast followed by laying their eggs from 6 to 8 oﾒclock. At 2 o'clock, they play a game of hide-and-seek, and then visit the horses before dinner. As the sun sets, the chickens return to the coop and await the fox. When the fox arrives, a chicken lures him to a hole in the door then dirt is thrown on him to scare him away. At midnight, the chickens say good night.

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animals, birds, chicken, day, dog, duck, exercise, farm, fear, feelings, fox, happiness, horse, morning, night, nonverbal communication, numbers, sequence, time, tractor, transportation, walking

Clowning around

Falwell, Cathryn

The antics of a circus clown includes magical appearances and word play. Bright colors bring magic to life.

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circus, clowns, fun, games, magic, rhyme

Clown

Blake, Quentin

Clown and his friends are thrown into a garbage can in the city by a woman who no longer wants them around. Clown, however, hops out of the garbage and wanders the city to look for someone to love them. By accident, Clown finds a family and he and his buddies live happily ever after. (A Wordless Book)

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baby, bear, birds, clowns, conflict resolution, critical thinking, disappointment, elephant, family, fear, feelings, friendship, goal setting, happiness, kindness, love, nonverbal communication, parents, sadness, siblings, toys

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs

Barrett, Judi

Grandpa tells a bedtime story about a town where all the food came from the sky in rain, snow, hurricane, and tornado forms. It becomes a disaster, and people flee to a new town.

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animals, change, community, conflict resolution, food, grandparents, grief, happiness, humor, hurricane, moving, nonverbal communication, rain, sadness, snow, storm, survival, tornado, weather

Clouds

Bauer, Marion

A boy spends his day outside with his cat exploring different types of clouds and the different things that clouds do. He also explains in a colorful and easy way, what clouds are made of and how we interact with clouds on an everyday basis, using weather terminology.

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animals, assertiveness, author's note, cat, clothing, clouds, communication, critical thinking, decision making, dinosaur, environment, health, nonverbal communication, rain, science, seasons, snow, spring, storm, summer, teaching, travel, verbal communication, vocabulary, volcano, walking, weather, wind, winter

Close your eyes

Banks, Kate

A tiger is afraid to close his eyes and go to sleep because of the darkness. His mom tells him all the things he can see in his sleep and assures him she will protect him.

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bedtime, birds, clouds, desert, dreams, fear, feelings, lost, moon, mountains, ocean, protection, rain, sight, sky, sleep, tiger, tree

Close your eyes

Marzollo, Jean

If you close your eyes, your imagination can take you anywhere. In this book, closing your eyes can first offer great things to imagine and then to dream about.

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dreams, imagination, relaxation, sleep

Clocks and more clocks

Hutchins, Pat

Mr. Higgins buys a clock for his attic. The clock in the attic does not show the same time as the clock in the hall. Mr. Higgins keeps buying more and more clocks until he finds one that shows the same time as all the other clocks

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conflict resolution, decision making, misunderstanding, time

Clive eats alligators

Lester, Alison

This book depicts several children's daily routines and each has a different favorite activity, food, work, etc.

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differences, food, individuality, nutrition, reptiles, responsibilities

Clipper ship

Lewis, Thomas P.

Adventures aboard the Rainbird, a clipper ship, are given from the perspective of the captain's young son as he journey's from New York around South America to California. On the voyage the captain becomes ill so his wives assume the duties of captain on the ship.

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adventures, assertiveness, boat, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, illness, parents, seasons, siblings, stress management, transportation, travel, winter

Clink Clank Clunk

Aroner, Miriam

Rabbit is taking a trip into town and is kind enough to pick up nine friends along the way. Much to his dismay, Rabbit's car begins to fall apart more and more with each friend that gets in! With a little teamwork and persistence though, the ten make it safely to town where Rabbit buys a new car.

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animals, beaver, birds, car, cow, crow, five senses, fox, friendship, mole, numbers, persistence, porcupine, rabbit, skunk, sounds, squirrel, teamwork, transportation, travel

Climbing kansas mountain

Shannon, George

Sam's father takes him to climb Kansas Mountain one day. The mountain in reality is a grain elevator. His father takes him to the top, and they both now share this place together.

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car, family, parents, seasons, summer, transportation

Clifford's christmas

Bridwell, Norman

Emily and Clifford prepare for Christmas. Clifford helps Santa save Christmas after he drops all of the presents in his waterbowl.

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christmas, friendship, holidays, preparation, presents, santa, seasons, winter

Clifford's abc

Bridwell, Norman

Clifford discovers the alphabet and many different objects. (A Wordless Book).

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alphabet, animals, dog

Clifford y el dia de accion de gracias

Bridwell, Norman

Emily goes to visit her grandmother for the Thanksgiving holiday. Clifford is staying with neighbors and becomes homesick. He decides to visit his mother as a surprise.

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animals, bodies of water, dog, family, food, grandparents, holidays, homesickness, language, nonverbal communication, parents, river, spanish, thanksgiving, train, transportation

Clifford the big red dog

Bridwell, Norman

Emily Elizabeth owns the biggest, reddest dog in the neighborhood. She talks about all the things they do together and how much she loves him. Even though he's big and red, she would never give him up for the world.

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animals, colors, dog, friendship, love, pets, play, self esteem

Click, clack, splish, splash

Cronin, Doreen

While a farmer is sleeping, a long sequence of farm animals are busy. Join in the fun with 4 chickens, 5 cows, 6 goats, 7 pigs, 8 sheep, and 9 mice then repeat it backwards. Enjoy the 1 to 10 counting rhyme as the farm animals take you on the journey to release some fish at the end.

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adventures, animals, birds, boat, chicken, counting, cow, duck, farm, fish, fishing, freedom, goat, math, mouse, pig, rhyme, sequence, sheep, sleep, transportation

Cleversticks

Ashley, Bernard

Ling Sung feels that he's not able to do anything at his school. One day by accident, his use of pretend chopsticks amazes his classmates and teachers.

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african american, asian, assertiveness, challenges, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, multicultural, parents, school, teaching

Clever cat

Collington, Peter

Tibs, the cat, is tired of waiting for his family to feed him every morning, so he decides to start doing it himself!This encourages Tibs to embark on different adventures around town. Everyone thinks that Tibs is such a clever cat, but a turn of events makes Tibs wonder...is he really that clever?

Clever bill

Nicholson, W.

In a child's haste to pack for visiting her aunt, she forgets a toy comes running after her.

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decision making

Clean your room, harvey moon!

Cummings, Pat

Harvey Moon's room is a mess. His mother makes him clean it up all day on Saturday and he must miss his favorite television shows. Although he was upset he had to clean, he feels a sense of accomplishment in the end.

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accomplishment, conflict resolution, decision making, family, feelings, goal setting, nonverbal communication, parents, responsibilities, stress management, verbal communication

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.

Clara and the bookwagon

Levinson, Nancy Smiler

Clara lives on a farm and does not have time to go to school, but she wants to learn to read. Eventually the Bookwagon (a mobile library) comes to her farm and the librarian convinces her father to let her borrow books and she learns to read.

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assertiveness, books, conflict resolution, cooperation, decision making, determination, family, farm, goal setting, learning, parents, reading, responsibilities, self esteem, verbal communication

Clap your hands

Cauley, Lorinda Bryan

Children and animals dance and play together as they clap their hands, stomp their feet, shake their arms, then take a seat.

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animals, dancing, exercise, friendship, jumping, play, rhyme

Clancy's coat

Bunting, Eve

Some old friends have a conflict, but they come back together when one of them needs help.

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change, clothing, conflict resolution, death, friendship, helping, nonverbal communication, stress management, trust, verbal communication

City,country

Robbins, Ken

A drive through the city and country is depicted through wonderful pictures as seen from the backseat of a car.

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car, community, opposites, transportation, travel

City sounds

Emberley, Rebecca

A combination of all the sounds heard in the city are condensed into this book. At the end, there is a glossary of sounds and where or when one hears them.

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critical thinking, hearing, imagination, listening, noise, sounds

City rhythms

Grifalconi, Ann

Jimmy's dad talks about keeping up with the rhythm of the city, but Jimmy doesn't understand what his dad means until the end of the summer when Jimmy makes the city rhythms his own.

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activities, african american, bedtime, community, family, five senses, multicultural, parents, rhythm, seasons, summer

City dog

Kuskin, Karla

A city dog goes to the country and experiences the sun, trees, and fields. The city dog runs, barks, and realizes the differences between the city and country.

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animals, community, confusion, curiosity, differences, dog, learning, moving, nonverbal communication, sun, travel

Circus!

O'Kelly, Mattie Lou

A farm family anticipates a day at the circus. The story describes the work to be done first, the trip to the circus, and finally the excitement of the circus.

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circus, conflict resolution, decision making, excitement, family, fear, feelings, helping, teamwork, travel, verbal communication

Circus

Ehlert, Lois

A very interesting circus with many performing animals and other acts are described.

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activities, actor, animals, attention, birds, circus, performance, verbal communication

Circle dogs

Henkes, Kevin

Two circle dogs live in a big, square house with Mama, Papa, Big Sister, and Baby. They like to run, dig, jump, and eat circle snacks. Most of all they like to sleep.

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animals, dog, dreams, family, morning, night, obedience, play, routine, shapes, sizes, sleep, sounds

Cinnamon, mint, & mothballs

Tiller, Ruth

For this young girl, a trip to grandmother's house is an adventure. There are all kinds of things for her to explore--a kitchen, bedrooms, parlors, and a dark cellar. It is the perfect place for a child's imagination to grow.

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adventures, amphibians, animals, autumn, cat, exploration, family, frog, grandparents, imagination, seasons, shelter

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

Cinderella's rat

Meddaugh, Susan

Cinderella's fairy godmother turns a rat into a coachboy. The coachboy loves that he has more food to eat and less enemies (cats). But what will he do when someone wants to harm his sister (a rat)?

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animals, cat, challenges, conflict resolution, critical thinking, fantasy, godmother, humor, magic, protection, rat, siblings, stress management, surprises, verbal communication

Cinder-Elly

Minters, Frances

A little girl lives with her two sisters in New York. They all get invited to a basketball game to see the prince play. Elly doesn't have anything to wear but her godmother comes and saves the day. Elly goes to the game, gets her prince, and teaches others the value of not being mean.

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assertiveness, basketball, biking, clothing, comparisons, conflict resolution, exercise, family, godmother, magic, parents, poetry, rhyme, siblings, sports

Chugga-chugga choo-choo

Lewis, Kevin

A freight train's day proves to be very busy. After a long day of traveling into tunnels and up steep mountains, even the train needs a rest.

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african american, bodies of water, colors, mountains, multicultural, night, rhyme, river, sleep, sounds, sun, toys, train, transportation, travel

Chrysanthemum

Henkes, Kevin

A little mouse girl has a long name and other kids make fun of it. The teacher has a similar name, so she helps to change their attitudes quickly.

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acceptance, animals, conflict resolution, coping, differences, mouse, nonverbal communication, school, self esteem, stress management, uniqueness, verbal communication

Christmas with grandfather

Wolf, Winfried

After the death of his father, Thomas is not looking forward to Christmas. Christmas at his grandfather's house in the country changes that when Thomas receives a special gift.

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animals, change, christmas, coping, death, deer, family, grandparents, holidays, horse, loss, presents, snow

Christmas tree memories

Aliki.

One Christmas eve, a family gathers in front of their Christmas tree. Each ornament brings back a memory. The family shares rememberences of friends, places, events and their own family through the stories of each decoration.

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christmas, family, friendship, holidays, memories, self esteem, traditions, verbal communication

Christmas time

Stock, Catherine

It is time for Christmas, so the family goes to look for a tree. They find one and take it home to decorate it. In preparation for the arrival of Santa, they also bake cookies, sing songs, and make hot cocoa.

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celebration, christmas, family, food, holidays, nutrition, preparation, santa, seasons, winter

Christmas on an island

Gibbons, Gail

Christmas is coming so everyone is busy making preparations on the island. On Christmas Eve, everyone gathers at church for a festive celebration.

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anticipation, celebration, christmas, excitement, friendship, holidays, island, kindness, neighbors, party, preparation, seasons, traditions, verbal communication, winter

Christmas is together-time

Schulz, Charles M.

Christmas is a busy time and involves many difficult, but worthwhile tasks.

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christmas, family, holidays, preparation, stress management

Christmas in the stable

Lindgren, Astrid

In this traditional story of the birth of Jesus, a child's imagination creates more modern images of the events.

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baby, birth, christmas, holidays, images, imagination, religion

Christmas in the barn

Brown, Margaret Wise//Cooney, Barbara

The story of Christmas begins with Mary and Joseph being refused at the inn, so they experience the birth of a special baby in the barn.

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animals, barn, birth, christmas, conflict resolution, holidays, nonverbal communication, religion, rhyme, spiritual, storytelling, verbal communication

Christmas in noisy village

Lindgren, Astrid//Wickland, Ilon

Noisy Village is rich with traditions for children. Noisy Village is a fun, happy, and busy place during Christmas.

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christmas, community, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, five senses, happiness, holidays, noise, sounds, traditions

Christmas in july

Yorinks, A.

Santa Claus's pants are given to a rich man by mistake. While searching for them, Santa is put in jail so Christmas does not occur. In July, when Santa is released, his pants are returned and Christmas occurs in July.

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assertiveness, change, christmas, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, holidays, peer resistance, refusal skills, santa, verbal communication

Christmas in catland

Goyder, Alice

Two sister cats and their family celebrate the holidays.

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animals, cat, christmas, family, goal setting, holidays

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