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Solomon the rusty nail

Steig, William

A rabbit turns into a nail whenever he scratches his nose and wiggles his toes. He plays practical jokes and gets into trouble when a hungry cat figures out his secret.

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animals, cat, deception, decision making, hunger, rabbit, secrets

Floyd, a cat's story

Stern, Peter

Floyd, the cat, has everything, but he is not happy. One Friday his whole world changes when he finds a box.

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animals, cat, change, feelings, goal setting, greed, happiness, nonverbal communication, sadness

Mr. hacker

Stevenson, James

Mr. Hacker decides to leave his home in the city for a country house. At first he is lonely, but eventually he becomes friends with a cat he calls Ellis, and a dog he names Jarvis.

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animals, cat, change, coping, decision making, dog, feelings, friendship, goal setting, loneliness, moving, pets, self esteem, shelter, stress management

Will you please feed our cat?

Stevenson, James

Maryann and Louie's grandpa had to take car of his neighbors' pets when he was a young boy. He describes the escapades of feeding hundreds of cats, a rabbit, fish and gerbils.

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animals, cat, critical thinking, decision making, family, fish, gerbil, goal setting, grandparents, pets, rabbit, responsibilities, stress management

A friend for minerva louise

Stoeke, Janet

Minerva Louise decides to takes a trip into the farmer's house. She finds a lot of new items for the new baby and mistakes the baby for a bunny. Minerva's way of looking at things often seems silly!

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animals, baby, birds, cat, chicken, confusion, critical thinking, farm, feelings, humor, mistake

By the light of the halloween moon

Stutson, Caroline

A little girls toe is the basis of this cummulative tale, or a story that repeats and adds on with each new character that is introduced. There are many pictures of witches, ghosts, and ghouls.

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animals, bat, body parts, bones, bridge, cat, ghosts, halloween, holidays, humor, misbehavior, moon, night, pond, repetition, rhyme, verbal communication, witches

The mouse feast

Sugita, Yutaka

A cat and owl become greedy house guests of a mouse then dream about eating their host.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, cat, food, greed, mouse, nutrition, owl

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

Taback, Simms

There once was a lady who ate so much that it got her into trouble. She eats everything from a fly to a horse. In the end her body cannot take the horse and she dies. The moral of the story is stop at the cow and don't eat the horse.

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animals, art, author's note, birds, cat, classification, cow, death, dog, fly, horse, humor, insects, loss, rhyme, spider

The ball bounced

Tafuri, Nancy

A ball bounces through a house and during its journey describes what is happening in the house.

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animals, birds, cat, dog, five senses, play, toys

The chinese siamese cat

Tan, Amy

In this beautifully illustrated book, Ming Miao tells her kittens the tale of why they look like siamese cats, but are truely Chinese. This tale goes back thousands of years to their ancestor, Sagwa Miao of China.

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animals, asian, cat, chinese, conflict resolution, multicultural, peer resistance, problem solving, resolution, royalty, self esteem, storytelling, verbal communication

One halloween night

Teague, Mark

Three children get more than they are trick-or-treating for, when the night turns into one unexpected event after another. The neighbors pass out Broccoli Chews and Eggplant Fizzlers and the trio runs into their nemesis Leona Fleebish. With a sweep of a wand, flash of a pirate sword, and gulp of magic potion, the children create an unforgetable Halloween.

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adventures, african american, animals, assertiveness, autumn, baby, bat, cat, clothing, critical thinking, disappearance, fairy, fear, forest, friendship, halloween, holidays, magic, multicultural, night, rabbit, rhyme, running away, school, seasons, stress management, verbal communication, walking, witches

"L" is for library

Terry, Sonya

Children with a friendly tabby cat, a dog, and ducklings move through the library stacks from A-Z as they discover many things to do and see in a library. You can learn about the Caldecott award, the Dewey Decimal System, and URL Web address.

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alphabet, animals, birds, books, calendar, cat, children, computer, dog, duck, library, onomatopoeia, sequence, technology

If you take a pencil

Testa, Fulvio

When you take a pencil and begin to draw, your imagination will soar. You may go from drawing cats, to birds, to fish, to sailors, and to treasure chests, where the biggest treasure is the pencil in your hand.

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adventures, animals, art, birds, cat, creativity, fish, imagination

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

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

Saturday Sancocho

Torres, Leyla

Chicken Sancocho is a traditional family meal for Maria Lili and her grandmother. When there is a shortage of ingredients, Maria Lili is determined to complete the meal.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, cat, chicken, community, cooking, decision making, dog, family, food, fruit, goal setting, grandparents, market, money, numbers, recipe, sleep, trading, vegetables, verbal communication

Wake up farm!

Tresselt, Alvin

Many different farm animals begin to wake each other up and start their days. Finally, the little boy who lives on the farm wakes and begins his day. This farm is full of many sights and sounds.

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barn, bee, birds, cat, chicken, chipmunk, cow, dog, donkey, duck, farm, five senses, food, goose, horse, morning, night, nutrition, pig, sheep, sky, sleep, sounds, stars, sun, turkey

Do not open

Turkle, Brinton

Miss Moody lives by the sea with her cat, Captain Kidd. She loves to collect objects left on the beach after a storm. One day she finds a bottle that says do not open. She opens it up and finds a terrible monster. She defeats the monster through quick thinking.

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animals, assertiveness, cat, collection, conflict resolution, curiosity, decision making, disobedience, fear, monsters, mystery, ocean, refusal skills, verbal communication, weather

Silent night

Turner, Sandy

It is Christmas Eve and Santa is delivering presents. When he arrives at a house, he finds a very noisy, active dog. Santa is still able to drop off the presents without waking the children and they all enjoy their presents the next morning. They also have a red surprise to touch -- thanks to the dog!

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animals, cat, christmas, discipline, dog, excitement, family, feelings, five senses, happiness, holidays, night, noise, nonverbal communication, presents, reindeer, santa, sleep, sounds, surprises, touch

Octo Annie: Home-help super star

Ullrich, Nai D.

Octo Annie, an octopus, lives in a great big glass tank at Underwater World until one day she becomes part of a real family. The Martin family of two parents, two sons, and two pets are all surprised by their new addition, Octo-Annie. With Octo-Annie's eight arms, the Martin family's move to a new house is accomplished. But something and someone is left behind...

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animals, body parts, car, cat, dog, family, golf, helping, moving, numbers, octopus, sports, swimming, telephone, transportation, treasure, truck

No kiss for mother

Ungerer, Tomi

Piper, a young cat, acts out at home and at school because he is sick of being treated like a baby. He and his mother get into a big fight because Piper's mom kisses him too much.

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affection, anger, animals, apology, argument, cat, conflict resolution, family, feelings, fight, love, mischief, nonverbal communication, parents, school, verbal communication

A helpful alphabet of friendly objects

Updike, John

Poems are provided with various pictures of objects which begin with each letter of the alphabet such as apple, bird, jam, egg, nickel, oatmeal, toy and zero.

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african american, alphabet, animals, asian, birds, bluejay, cat, clothing, colors, dog, environment, five senses, food, italian, multicultural, nutrition, pets, plants, poetry, rabbit, rhyme, self confidence, self esteem, sight, sounds, taste, touch

Across the wide dark sea: The mayflower journey

Van Leeuwen, Jean

A young boy and his family leave England with many other people to search for a new life in a new land. They dream of finding a place where they can worship God in their own way. During their journey, everyone endures many hardships, but they find what they are looking for.

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animals, assertiveness, author's note, autumn, birds, boat, bodies of water, cat, death, dog, english, family, fear, feelings, food, garden, goal setting, god, happiness, illness, multicultural, native american, nonverbal communication, nutrition, ocean, parents, pilgrims, religion, seasons, self esteem, siblings, snow, spring, storm, transportation, travel, verbal communication, weather, wind, winter

An apple pie for dinner

VanHecke, Susan

Wishing to bake an apple pie, Old Granny Smith sets out with a full basket, trading its contents for a series of objects until she get the apples she needs.

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animals, author's note, cat, cooking, dog, fable, five senses, food, hunger, illustrator's note, money, nutrition, recipe, smell, tree

The tenth good thing about barney

Viorst, Judith

A young boy copes with the death of his cat by remembering what he loved about it.

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acceptance, cat, critical thinking, loss, memories, sadness, stress management, verbal communication

Fuddles

Vischer, Frans

Fuddles is not an ordinary house cat. His family pampers and spoils him but he lacks adventure. Even though he is not allowed to go outside, he finds a way to get laughed at, chased, and put in my difficult situations before he realizes that he really misses his family. In the deep darkness of the night, he hears his family calling him. What a relief!

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adventures, animals, birds, body parts, cat, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, determination, direction, disobedience, dog, exercise, family, fear, feelings, food, home, homesickness, loneliness, lost, missing, neighbors, newspaper, overweight, routine, running away, squirrel, worry

Tom's cat

Voake, Charlotte

Tom's cat is hiding in the house. Tom follows a trail of clues from room to room until his cat finally gives his own clue.

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animals, assertiveness, cat, critical thinking, decision making, hiding, nonverbal communication, problem solving, stress management

Ginger

Voake, Charlotte

Ginger the cat lives a happy, comfortable life until the little girl who owns him gets a new kitten. The kitten is in Ginger's way at first, but eventually they learn to be friends.

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animals, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, feelings, friendship, happiness, jealousy, nonverbal communication, sadness, stress management, verbal communication

Lyle at christmas

Waber, Bernard

Lyle the Crocodile is ready for Christmas, but his neighbor Mr. Grumps is having the blahs - enough blahs to make his cat Loretta run away. Lyle and the rest of his neighbors set out on a searching adventure where much excitement follows.

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animals, cat, christmas, conflict resolution, crocodile, feelings, friendship, happiness, holidays, lost, love, neighbors, sadness, worry

Dracula's cat

Wahl, Jan

Dracula and his companion go on an adventure to scare Agatha. To their dismay, they are too late and confront a bat. Together they work to save the bat. They learn that pets can be our best friends.

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adventures, animals, bat, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, exercise, fear, feelings, food, happiness, horse, jumping, monsters, mythical, owl, pets, sadness, stress management, verbal communication, walking, weather, wind, wolf

My cat ginger

Wahl, Jan

A young boy and his cat, Ginger, do things together. Ginger starts running away and disappearing for whole days and nights. The boy imagines where Ginger could be, and then finds out that Ginger has seven kittens.

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animals, birth, cat, critical thinking, discovery, lost, nonverbal communication, pets, running away, verbal communication

Harvest

Waldherr, Kris

A young girl anxiously awaits the harvest. She prepares for the harvest by painting and gardening. She stores the food in a variety of ways. She and her mom cook, bake, and preserve the food. A harvest moon completes the day.

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animals, anticipation, appreciation, birds, cat, decision making, duck, earth, family, flowers, food, fruit, hard work, harvest, herb, hunger, moon, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, plants, preparation, seed, sequence, soil, sun, tree, vegetables, water

John pig's halloween

Waldron, Jan L.

John Pig was afraid of Halloween and did not go trick-or-treating with his friends. But then, just when he was feeling scared and alone, a witch and a cat bring Halloween to him. They have a party and make lots of treats. John learns that Halloween is a fun holiday.

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animals, bat, cat, celebration, community, fear, feelings, food, friendship, ghosts, halloween, holidays, hygiene, loneliness, monsters, night, nutrition, party, pig, preparation, spider, trick, witches

Goodbye, Mitch

Wallace-Brodeur, Ruth

Mitch has been Michael's pet for 15 years. He is an important part of the family, and Michael loves him very much. When Mitch becomes ill, Michael has a difficult time dealing with the fact that Mitch is dying.

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animals, cat, coping, death, family, feelings, flowers, food, friendship, garden, growing up, happiness, health, illness, loss, nonverbal communication, parents, pets, sadness, teeth, verbal communication

Mouse paint

Walsh, Ellen Stoll

Three mice discover the fun of painting and mixing colors. While playing with the paint, they leave a space to hide from a cat who was chasing them.

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animals, art, cat, colors, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, mouse, play, rescue, safety, verbal communication

Hi, pizza man!

Walter, Virginia

A young girl waits anxiously for the pizza man to arrive. While she waits, her mother asks her how she would greet the delivery boy if he were a woman, cat, dog, duck, cow, snake, or dinosaur.

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animals, anticipation, birds, cat, cow, dinosaur, dog, duck, food, manners, nutrition, reptiles, snake, verbal communication

Won ton: A cat tale told in Haiku

Wardlaw, Lee

A cat tells his story through a collection of Haiku poems. Starting from when he lived in a lonely cage at the shelter, the cat shares his adventures of traveling to a new place and finding a new home.

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adoption, animals, author's note, body parts, cat, comparisons, dog, flea, fly, home, insects, mice, pets, playing, poetry, routine, sequence, shelter

What does it look like?

Webber, I.E.

Three mice live on different sides of a barn. They explain what the animals look like from their point of view. Then they all see a cat and discover the concept of perspective.

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animals, barn, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, discovery, mouse, peer resistance, perspective, refusal skills, verbal communication

Yoko

Wells, Rosemary

When Yoko brings sushi for lunch at school, everyone makes fun of her and calls her weird. However, her teacher comes through with a plan to involve the students in learning about international foods. Will anyone try the sushi?

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animals, caribbean, cat, dog, feelings, food, friendship, irish, japanese, mexican, multicultural, music, nutrition, parents, sadness, school, song, teasing

The witness

Westall, Robert

Did you know that a cat might have been involved in the story of Christmas?Through a cat's eye, we see the events that took place around the birth of Jesus.

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angel, animals, birth, cat, christmas, donkey, holidays, ox, vision

Loudmouse

Wilbur, Richard

Poor Loudmouse has trouble being quiet. Everyone does not like his noise until he saves the house from a robbery.

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animals, cat, fear, mouse, noise, rescue, robbery

The very best of friends

Wild, Margaret

James and his cat, William, are the very best of friends. When James dies suddenly, Jessie, a friend, has trouble coping with his death. Jessie treats William poorly at first, but later she befriends him.

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animals, cat, change, conflict resolution, coping, death, decision making, friendship, nonverbal communication, stress management, verbal communication

The trunk

Wildsmith, Brian

It looks like animals are climbing up a tree trunk. Surprise!The trunk turns into a huge elephant.

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animals, cat, colors, elephant, monkey, squirrel, surprises

Cat on the mat

Wildsmith, Brian

Let's look how animals invade a cat's mat while the cat is still on it!

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animals, cat, cow, dog, elephant, goat, rhyme

Toot, toot

Wildsmith, Brian

Let's count up to five and watch the animals on each page increase by one. Do you know what noises the animals make?

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animals, cat, chicken, counting, cow, dog, duck, noise, sequence, sheep, sounds, train

Timid timothy: The kitten who learned to be brave

Williams, G.

Timothy is a cat who is afraid of everyting. His mom teaches him how to be mighty. Eventually, Timothy scares a dog which builds his self-esteem.

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animals, assertiveness, cat, conflict resolution, dog, family, fear, feelings, goal setting, learning, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, shyness

I went walking

Williams, Sue

A young child goes out for a walk. By the end of the story he is being followed by a cat, a horse, a cow, a duck, a pig, and a dog.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, cat, cow, dog, duck, exercise, farm, horse, nonverbal communication, pig, recreation, walking

Three days on a river in a red canoe

Williams, Vera B

A boy and his brother Sam take a canoe trip with their mother and aunt and engage in a variety of adventurous activities along the way.

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birds, boat, bodies of water, camping, car, cat, family, fire, fish, fishing, fog, food, heron, island, listening, maps, moose, morning, mosquito, preparation, rainbow, recipe, recreation, rescue, river, safety, shelter, shopping, sky, sleep, stars, storytelling, sun, swimming, travel, water, weather

Only the cat saw

Wolff, Ashley

While everyone else is busy, the cat sees beautiful sights. When the cat falls asleep, Amy sees the beautiful sights, too.

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animals, beauty, cat, five senses, nonverbal communication, responsibilities, sight, stress management, vision

Tallulah in the Kitchen

Wolff, Nancy

Tallulah the cat loves to make pancakes for her friends. She describes the process of cooking pancakes from buying the ingredients to eating them! And the step by step she goes through her recipe.

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animals, cat, cooking, decision making, dog, food, friendship, nutrition, pig, recipe, verbal communication

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