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Bravo minski

Yorinks, A.

Minski was a great scientist whose best invention was his singing. Through this one invention, he becomes a great man.

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careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, goal setting, inventions, music, peer resistance, performance, self esteem, singing, verbal communication

Brave irene

Steig, William

A little girl has to go through the snow to take a dress to her mother who made it for one of her customers.

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careers, clothing, family, helping, snow, travel, weather

Mr. Cox works days and Mr. Box works nights. They both rent a room at Mrs. Bouncer's boarding house - the same room!She changes the room every morning and every night so no one will know. Her plan works great until they both propose to her.

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careers, change, conflict resolution, confusion, marriage

Bonjour, mr. satie

dePaola, Tomie

Mr. Satie has to decide whose paintings are better - Henri or Pablo. His decision ends up uniting the two artists and ending their feud.

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art, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fight, french, honesty, multicultural, travel, uniqueness, verbal communication

Bonaparte

Chall, Marsha Wilson

Jean Claude is going to boarding school, but no dogs are allowed at La School d'Excellence. Poor Bonaparte must find a way to be with Jean Claude!

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animals, architecture, assertiveness, bedtime, careers, caring, compromise, critical thinking, culture, determination, disappointment, dog, family, feelings, food, french, friendship, frustration, happiness, health, instruments, loneliness, love, monuments, multicultural, music, nutrition, parents, pets, problem solving, rules, sadness, school

Bobby shafto's gone to sea

Taylor, Mark

This is a story about a man who had no experience on a ship. When he was forced to sail, he ruined everything. However, in the end, he managed to save the ship with his musical talent.

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boat, bodies of water, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, music, safety, sea, transportation, verbal communication

Boats speeding! Sailing! Cruising!

Hubbell, Patricia

Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate different kinds of boats and what they can do.

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airplane, animals, boat, careers, direction, ferry, fire, fishing, ice, lobster, penguin, radio, technology, toys, transportation, vocabulary, war, whale

Black cowboy, wild horses: A true story

Lester, Julius

Using his amazing tracking ability, black cowboy Bob Lemmons is accepted by a herd of wild horses allowing him to corral them. Based on a true story, the reader gets a glimpse of the struggles that faced the cowboys in the plains of the United States.

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acceptance, african american, american, animals, birds, careers, challenges, cowboys, food, freedom, heroism, history, horse, multicultural, nature, snake, storm, survival, vulture, weather, wilderness

Bitter bananas

Olaleye, Isaac

Yusuf is a boy who lives in a jungle in Africa. His favorite drink is palm sap, and he sells what he doesn't drink. A family of baboons begins to steal his sap, so he tries many things to keep the baboons away.

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african, animals, baboon, careers, decision making, fable, family, food, forest, jungle, learning, market, multicultural, nutrition, problem solving, rain, sounds, tree, weather

Birdie's lighthouse

Hopkinson, Deborah

Ten year-old Bertha, daughter of a lighthouse keeper, receives a diary for her birthday. She records significant family events such as their relocation to rugged Turtle Island and the time when her brother went to sea for a long time.

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author's note, birds, birthday, boat, bodies of water, bravery, calendar, careers, challenges, change, courage, diary, family, fishing, fog, growing up, hard work, helping, heroism, island, light, moving, ocean, recreation, responsibilities, sea, seagull, seal, ship, storytelling, stress management, transportation, verbal communication, weather, writing

Billy and the bad teacher

Clements, Andrew

Billy is having trouble with his teacher so he decides to write down all of his teacher's bad qualities. It's only when Billy decides to write down the qualities of a good teacher that he finds Mr. Adams, his teacher, is not so bad.

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assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, maturity, relationship, school, stress management

Before, now

Salmieri, Daniel

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animals, balloon, beach, bicycles, birds, bodies of water, books, buildings, car, careers, change, concert, dog, five senses, food, life, lightning, microscope, music, opposites, park, picnic, planet, playing, sand, technology, train, transportation, tree, umbrella, weather

Bartleby Speaks!

Cruise, Robin

Bartleby is a very quiet baby. He learns to crawl, walk and explore, but he still doesn't talk. His family and even the dog try to get him to talk by singing, dancing, playing instruments, but Bartleby still won't speak. On his birthday he speaks his first word: listen, and for the first time his family stops and listens.

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animals, balloon, bicycle, birthday, books, careers, celebration, dancing, dog, flowers, german, grandparents, growing up, instruments, italian, language, music, nonverbal communication, parents, toys, verbal communication

Baron brady's boots

Hughes, Peter

Baron Brady spends each day angrily collecting taxes from his poor tenants. A lesson from a new shoe maker teaches the Baron that it is fun to be good tempered, rather than always be angry.

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anger, assertiveness, careers, collection, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, happiness, learning, self esteem, verbal communication

Barnyard song

Greene, Rhonda Gowler

When some barnyard animals catch the flu, it is up to the farmer to nurse them back to health and restore the barnyard song to its usual splendor.

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animals, autumn, barn, bee, birds, careers, cat, chicken, cow, decision making, doctor, dog, donkey, duck, farm, farmer, five senses, food, goose, horse, illness, insects, medicine, mule, nature, noise, nonverbal communication, nutrition, pets, poetry, rhyme, sheep, sounds, turkey, verbal communication, work

Barn savers

High, Linda Oatman

A young boy gets out of bed early to head to work with his father. They work all day long restoring an old barn to keep it from being torn down. They are the barn savers.

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barn, careers, caring, clothing, cold, conservation, dedication, family, farm, hard work, hunger, parents, safety, sleep, teamwork, tools, truck, work

Bark, george

Feiffer, Jules

George's mother wants nothing more than for her puppy to bark but George can only meow, oink, quack, and moo. When his mother takes George to the vet, a cat, a pig, a duck, and a cow are all removed from deep inside of George. Finally, George is able to bark until he learns to speak!

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animals, careers, cat, communication, cow, dog, duck, family, frustration, listening, noise, parents, sounds, speech

Bard of avon: The story of william shakespeare

Stanley, Diane//Vennema, Peter

William Shakespeare's life is interesting and full of British history, as are his dramas.

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acting, biography, careers, english, history, multicultural, poetry, royalty, storytelling, success

Bantam of the opera

Auch, Mary Jane

Luigi, a bantam rooster, has big dreams of becoming a star singer one day. All the other roosters ridicule him, saying he is a show-off. Then one day he hides in a farmer's truck and takes a trip to the opera. Soon he is the star of the show.

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accomplishment, acting, ambition, animals, careers, chicken, courage, excitement, farm, goal setting, independence, music, opera, performance

Ballpark

Cooper, Elisha

This day of preparation at the ballpark shows all of the details behind the scenes. For example, you can see the laundry room, food vendors, press box, and playing field. The game of baseball is full of rituals and exciting surprises.

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activities, animation, awareness, baseball, bat, careers, clothing, entertainment, excitement, exercise, food, fun, images, machines, nutrition, park, photograph, play, practice, preparation, rain, sports, weather

Aunt lulu

Pinkwater, Daniel

Aunt Lulu, the librarian, grows tired of living in Alaska. So she moves to New Jersey and takes her fourteen sled dogs with her.

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animals, careers, change, decision making, dog, moving, pets, travel, weather

At the dentist

Schuh, Mari

Lena goes to see Dentist Doug and Deb, the hygienist, because her teeth need a checkup. During her appointment, Deb explains good dental hygiene to Lena and, soon after, Deb takes x-rays of her teeth and cleans them. After Dentist Doug checks for cavities, Lena goes home and continues to brush and floss every day in order to maintain her healthy smile.

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body parts, careers, child care, cleanliness, dentist, english, health, home, hygiene, language, protection, routine, spanish, teeth

At the crossroads

Isadora, Rachel

A little boy and the children in a poor South African village, sing and expect the arrival of their fathers who work in the mines. They sing, dance, make instruments, and sit in the dark until their fathers finally arrive.

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african american, anticipation, careers, celebration, community, family, multicultural, music, parents, poverty, reunion, stress management, verbal communication

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

Armien's fishing trip

Stock, Catherine

A boy struggles to find his own place among the hard working people of Kalk Bay in Southern Africa.

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african, assertiveness, bodies of water, careers, decision making, hard work, multicultural, ocean, peer resistance

Anthony's father

Elmer, Irene

Anthony's father is a magician. Anthony tells his teacher and class that he wants to be a magician too. The class does not believe in magic, so Anthony is determined to prove to them that he can do it. He makes dragons grow right in front of their eyes, but they are unable to see the dragons because they do not believe.

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beliefs, careers, critical thinking, dragons, family, goal setting, imagination, magic, parents, persistence, school, self esteem

Ant plays bear

Byars, Betsy

Ant is a young boy with a wild imagination. An imagination that allows him to be a bear and a dog. He also imagines a giant outside his window and experiences the careers of his dreams.

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animals, bear, bedtime, careers, cave, creativity, dog, exercise, family, fear, fun, games, giants, goal setting, parents, play, playing, pretend, running, siblings, sounds

Anotole and the pied piper

Titus, Eve

Anotale, a mouse, has to be a hero and save the children of his village from a musician. The musician steals the children so he can use them in his symphony. The mice end up escaping because they trick one of the musicians.

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animals, assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, cooperation, deception, decision making, escape, goal setting, mouse, music, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, robbery, verbal communication

Anna's art adventure

Sortland, Bjorn

Anna is at the museum with her uncle and comes into contact with many new friends. Anna befriends all of the painters whose art is inside the museum. All of these encounters take place because Anna needs to find a toilet.

Angelo

Macauley, David

A man is repairing when he comes upon an injured pigeon. He nurses the pigeon back to health and a friendship fast emerges. The pigeon helps the man fulfill his lifelong dream and is surprised to find an addition to the building.

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aging, ambition, birds, careers, church, death, food, friendship, health, italian, kindness, monuments, multicultural, music, pigeon, teamwork, work

Angelina ballerina

Holabird, Katharine

Angelina wants to be a ballerina. She never does her chores and dances all the time, annoying her parents and friends. Finally, her parents decide to enroll her in dance lessons. Angelina practices very hard for many years and eventually becomes a famous ballerina.

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animals, careers, conflict resolution, dancing, dedication, determination, exercise, friendship, hard work, mouse

Angela's airplane

Munsch, Robert

Angela loses her father at the airport and climbs into a plane. She starts pushing buttons and the plane takes off. Then she crashes the plane and promises never to fly again, but becomes a pilot later.

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airplane, careers, curiosity, injury, mischief, travel

And still the turtle watched

MacGill-Callahan, Shiela

Delaware Indians carve a rock into a turtle. The turtle watches man progress as centuries go by. Eventually, it is found by an archaelogist and taken to the New York City botantanical gardens for all generations to revere.

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archeology, careers, garden, history, native american, nonverbal communication, reptiles, traditions, turtle

And juan

Shannon, Terry

Juan wishes that his father would forget to say "...and Juan" when he calls on his brothers and him. As he continues to learn his culture and how to become a potter, Juan begins to feel as though he really belongs.

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art, careers, diversity, family, mexican, multicultural, parents, preparation, siblings, verbal communication

Anatole and the cat

Titus, Eve

While working as the Cheese Taster at M'sieu Duval's factory, Anatole the Mouse is forced to face his biggest fear: a cat. When the cat threatens Anatole's job, Anatole puts his brain to work and comes up with a plan that saves his job and makes him the most respected mouse in all France.

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animals, bravery, careers, cat, critical thinking, decision making, fear, feelings, french, heroism, mouse, multicultural

Anatole

Titus, Eve

Anatole finds a way to leave something in return for getting food. He becomes the greatest cheese taster by his secret identity, working late at night in the factory.

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animals, careers, food, giving, mouse, nutrition, secrets

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

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

Amelia to zora

Chin-Lee, Cynthia

Explore in an alphabet formula, biographies that examine different successes and triumphs of famous women in history from Amelia Earhart to Zora Neale.

Amelia bedelia

Parish, Peggy

Amelia Bedelia is left to do housework and she does it in her own style. When the Rogers family returns they almost fire her until they taste her lemon meringue pie!

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careers, conflict resolution, confusion, decision making, food, hard work, literal interpretation, nonverbal communication, nutrition, rhyme

Amazing mr. pelgrew

Schlein, Miriam

Steven tries to discover what Mr. Pelgrew does for a living. He has a fascination with guessing his neighbor's occupation. Mr. Pelgrew is a police officer.

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birds, careers, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, duck, friendship, helping, neighbors

Also an octopus or a little bit of nothing

Tokuda-Hall, Maggie

To write an interesting story, an octopus is made the character of this book with a creative twist. The octopus plays the ukulele and helps to build a spaceship. Did you know that every story starts with "just a little bit of nothing"?

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animals, body parts, careers, feelings, friendship, imagination, instruments, mollusks, music, octopus, rabbit, space, storytelling, travel

All i see

Rylant, Cynthia

A boy, Charlie, watches a man named Gregory paint pictures of a whale by the lake each day. Eventually, the two meet and paint together by the lake what each sees. An artistic friendship develops.

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animals, art, bodies of water, careers, cat, embarrassment, feelings, friendship, lake, nonverbal communication, observation, shyness, whale

Albert's alphabet

Tryon, Leslie

A duck, Albert the school carpenter, is asked to build an alphabet for the schools walking path. Albert relies on all the supplies in his workshop to build the alphabet.

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alphabet, animals, careers, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, duck, goal setting, inventions, nonverbal communication, school, self esteem, stress management

Albert

Napoli, Donna Jo

Each day Albert reaches out the window to check on the weather for his walk. One day when he reaches his hand out the window, two cardinals build a nest. Now Albert must stand there until the eggs hatch. Days pass and Albert longs to be outside. When the family of birds fly away, Albert walks a lot.

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animals, beverage, birds, cardinal, careers, caring, cat, dreams, encouragement, exercise, family, food, games, listening, morning, noise, radio, safety, surprises, walking, weather

After charlotte's mom died

Spelman, Cornelia

Charlotte lost her mother only six months ago, so she and her father still grieve a lot over the death. Charlotte gets into a fight at school and has to see a therapist, Anna. Anna helps Charlotte to bring out her emotions which establishes a better bond between her and her father.

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accidents, affection, aggression, author's note, car, careers, communication, conflict resolution, confusion, coping, death, depression, emotions, family, feelings, fight, guilt, helping, hope, listening, loss, parents, school, stress management, transportation, verbal communication

Action! How movies began

McCarthy, Meghan

Movies are an important part of our society today, but they have not always been what we see in theaters. From the Kinetoscope to black and white film, and from soundless productions to special effects, the movie industry has evolved over time to make what we see and enjoy today!

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african american, author's note, careers, colors, emotions, five senses, generations, history, inventions, movies, multicultural, nonfiction, photograph, photography, sequence, shadows, sounds, technology, time, vision

Abuela's weave

Castaneda, Omar S.

Esperanza works hard at weaving cloth to sell, then she and her grandmother travel to the city to sell the cloth.

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accomplishment, careers, clothing, family, grandparents

Abigail takes the wheel

Avi

Every morning Abigail and her brother go to school on board their father's boat. One morning they see an accident and decide to help one of the boats. Abigail has to steer while her father helps on the other boat. On her way down the river, Abigail must make some quick decisions. With Captain Abigail in charge everyone arrives safely.

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accidents, adventures, author's note, boat, bodies of water, careers, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, family, geography, maps, market, parents, river, school, ship, siblings, transportation, trust, verbal communication

A visit to the dairy farm

Ziegler, Sandra

Kathy's class takes a field trip to her dairy farm to see and learn where milk and other dairy products come from.

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animals, careers, cow, farm, food, hunger, nutrition, school, travel

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