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The carp in the bathtub

Cohen, Barbara

Leah and Henry want to save the carp that their mom will want to cook for dinner. They try to hide the carp in the tub and also in a bucket. Their dad explains that fish are for eating so he gives them a cat as a pet.

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animals, cat, community, fish, food, holidays, Jewish, multicultural, nutrition, passover, pets, shelter, traditions

My parents are divorced, my elbows have nicknames, and other facts about me

Cochran, Bill

Ted's parents are divorced but that doesn't make him weird. His elbows have nicknames and he sleeps with a sock on one foot, and he admits that may make him weird. Ted lists off many other facts about himself that may seem weird to others, but that's him and he is happy the way he is! He is sad though when his parents can't hug him at the same time.

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attention, body parts, cleanliness, comparisons, coping, divorce, feelings, halloween, happiness, holidays, hygiene, pretend, sadness, self esteem, separation, stress management, uniqueness

The wish-tree

Ciardi, John

A boy dreams on the eve of his sixth birthday about finding his wish tree. He must keep going up and up to higher levels until he discovers the message, You must take care of your wish. Then on his birthday, he gets the dog he'd been hoping for.

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animals, birds, birthday, colors, critical thinking, crow, dog, feelings, happiness, holidays, nonverbal communication, wish

Olive and the magic hat

Christelow, Eileen

While Olive and Otis pretend to do magic with their father's birthday present of a hat, it blows out the window. Mr. Foxley gets the hat and Olive and Otis must work to get it back in time for the birthday party.

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animals, assertiveness, birthday, clothing, conflict resolution, decision making, family, fox, holidays, magic, opossum, parents, presents, siblings, verbal communication

Fortunately

Charlip, Remy

Ned was invited to a party in Florida, but he lived in New York. His friend lends him an airplane but the engine explodes. It was an exchange of good fortune and bad luck from there on - until he ends up at his surprise birthday party - fortunately.

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assertiveness, birthday, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, fortune, holidays, nonverbal communication, party, problem solving, stress management, transportation, travel

Easter parade

Chalmers, Mary

The Easter animals gather for a springtime parade and everyone receives an Easter basket.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, easter, holidays, nonverbal communication, parade, verbal communication

A christmas story

Chalmers, Mary

A little girl and her animal friends get ready for Christmas by putting up a tree. They have to go looking for a star for the top of the tree because they do not have one.

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animals, assertiveness, christmas, conflict resolution, decision making, friendship, holidays, nonverbal communication, plants, traditions, verbal communication

December 24th

Cazet, Denys

Emily and Louie vist Grandpa and give him a surprise gift. Grandpa tries to guess what the holiday gift could be. Eventually, he sees that it is his birthday gift.

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birthday, christmas, conflict resolution, family, grandparents, holidays, mystery, presents, verbal communication

Never poke a squid

Cazet, Denys

Arnie and Raymond come home from a Halloween celebration at school. Arnie's mother asks them all about the adventures of the day. They tell her about decorating the classroom, playing games, and marching in a parade. After their story, they go off to trick-or-treat.

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animals, calendar, celebration, chaos, conflict resolution, dancing, dog, family, food, friendship, frog, games, halloween, hippopotamus, holidays, language, math, parade, party, pig, rabbit, school, spanish, teaching, verbal communication

The snow speaks

Carlstrom, Nancy White

When the first snow falls, the children know that winter is just beginning. To each child the snow means many different things. As Christmas nears, the snow means Christmas.

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christmas, five senses, holidays, nature, nonverbal communication, sight, snow, sounds, vision, winter

How do you say it today, jesse bear?

Carlstrom, Nancy White

For Jesse Bear, every month has a fun activity or holiday to celebrate. From January to December, Jesse Bear wishes his family and friends many special moments.

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animals, bear, christmas, easter, family, feelings, flowers, fourth of july, halloween, holidays, kite, love, month, parade, seasons, thanksgiving, valentine's day, verbal communication

What a scare, jesse bear

Carlstrom, Nancy White

For Jesse, Halloween is an exciting time to carve pumpkins, trick or treat, and scare others. With confidence, Jesse trick or treats but soon gets frightened by all the many costumes. With his own mask he overcomes his fear and scares everyone else. What a scare, Jesse Bear!

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animals, bear, clothing, family, fear, feelings, halloween, holidays, preparation, stress management

Dream snow

Carle, Eric

A farmer lives on a small farm with his animals named one, two, three, four and five. One night as he naps, he dreams of snow fall covering his animals and him. He wakes up to discover real snow covering the ground and almost forgets a special Christmas surprise.

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animals, beverage, christmas, clothing, counting, cow, dreams, farm, food, holidays, horse, music, nutrition, pig, presents, rooster, santa, seasons, sheep, sleep, snow, weather, winter

Harvey slumfenburger's christmas present

Burningham, John

Santa Claus has just delivered his presents when he realizes that he forgot to deliver a present to Harvey Slumfenburger. Santa doesn't want to wake the reindeer to take the sleigh, so people with cars help him get to Harvey's house.

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christmas, critical thinking, forgetful, helping, holidays, santa, seasons, stress management, transportation, travel, winter

One candle

Bunting, Eve

A Jewish family spends Hanukkah that same way every year. Traditions are passed from generation to generation. After a family meal, grandma and great-aunt Rose tell their story. One very special candle is lit in honor of their memories.

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family, feelings, food, generations, grandparents, hanukkah, history, holidays, Jewish, language, memories, multicultural, nutrition, parents, prayer, sadness, siblings, stars, storytelling

Going home

Bunting, Eve

Carlos and his family go home to Mexico for Christmas. He and his siblings think of California as their home, but they discover their roots in Mexico.

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acceptance, christmas, comparisons, discovery, diversity, family, friendship, grandparents, holidays, love, mexican, multicultural, parents, siblings, travel

Scary, scary halloween

Bunting, Eve

There are many scary things that come out on Halloween. Things like devils, ghosts, goblins, skeletons, werewolves, vampires and witches may come out to trick or treat.

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devils, fear, feelings, ghosts, goblins, halloween, holidays, vampires, witches

Flower garden

Bunting, Eve

A young girl and her father buy flowers at the grocery and prepare a flower box for her mother's birthday.

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african american, birthday, bus, butterfly, caring, celebration, family, food, garden, holidays, insects, ladybug, multicultural, nutrition, parents, plants, shelter, shopping, surprises, transportation

A turkey for thanksgiving

Bunting, Eve

Mr. Moose goes looking for a turkey for Mrs. Moose's Thanksgiving dinner. The turkey that Mr. Moose catches is very frightened about being eaten for dinner. When Mr. Moose returns home with the turkey, they both find out that Mrs. Moose wanted a turkey to join her for dinner.

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animals, birds, friendship, goal setting, holidays, moose, nonverbal communication, thanksgiving

The mother's day mice

Bunting, Eve

It is Mother's Day and three little mice go out into the meadow to get their mother a present. One little mouse cannot find a present, so he makes up a song and sings it to his mother.

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animals, decision making, family, giving, holidays, love, mother's day, mouse, nonverbal communication, parents, presents, siblings, song, verbal communication

Night tree

Bunting, Eve

Nina and her brother go with the family to Luke's forest to decorate a Christmas tree. They sing songs, drink hot chocolate, and decorate the tree all night long.

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animals, bear, beverage, birds, christmas, deer, family, forest, holidays, music, nature, nonverbal communication, opossum, owl, plants, preparation, raccoon, skunk, song, squirrel, verbal communication

December

Bunting, Eve

A mother and son huddle together in a cardboard box on Christmas Eve when a mysterious woman knocks on their door. They give her a place to sleep, a small cookie, and a coat for a blanket. On Christmas morning, an angel appears and changes their life forever.

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acceptance, angel, appreciation, caring, celebration, christmas, community, coping, dreams, faith, family, five senses, giving, holidays, homeless, hunger, love, miracle, plants, pride, sharing, shelter, sounds

In the haunted house

Bunting, Eve

Take an adventure through a haunted house with lots of witches, ghosts, and vampires.

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ghosts, halloween, holidays, vampires, witches

The little boy and the birthdays

Buckley, Helen E.

A little boy is afraid nobody will remember his birthday so he makes a special effort to remember everyone elses. Eventually he gets so wrapped up in everyone else's birthday he forgets his own, but the others remember and he is surprised.

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birthday, family, forgetful, holidays, presents

The christmas ghost

Buck, Pearl S.

A small boy shares the spirit of Christmas with his family and neighborhood. One of the older neighbors tells him about a ghost who walks each Christmas Eve. In turn, the boy learns about friendship, believing, and remembering.

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christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, faith, family, friendship, ghosts, holidays, memories, neighbors, nonverbal communication, sharing, verbal communication

Babar and father christmas

Brunhoff, Jean de

Babar, the elephant, is off to help Santa with Christmas. He gets to explore the North Pole and Santa's Workshop. Throughout the story, we get to see the true meaning of Christmas.

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animals, christmas, conflict resolution, decision making, elephant, family, giving, goal setting, helping, holidays, nonverbal communication, sharing, teamwork, verbal communication

Food and festivals: West Africa

Brownlie, Alison

Describes the West African culture of food, including the kinds of food grown and eaten, and various feast days like Ramadan, Easter, naming ceremonies, and yam festivals.

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africa, african, baby, beach, bodies of water, camel, cattle, celebration, ceremony, chicken, community, cooking, dancing, family, farm, food, friendship, fruit, ghana, goat, hard work, holidays, language, multicultural, music, muslim, parade, preparation, religion, respect, river

The steamroller

Brown, Ness

A little girl gets a steamroller for Christmas from her parents. She rides it from the first moment, but does not know how to stop. She runs over everything and everyone in her path. Until she gets a new present that will help her.

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christmas, decision making, family, helping, holidays, imagination, nonverbal communication, parents, transportation

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

The little fir tree

Brown, Margaret Wise

A fir tree is cut down to be used as a Christmas tree for a boy with a handicap. After the holidays, the tree is replanted in the forest. Every year, the boy's father digs up the tree to be decorated. One year, the boy goes to the forest by himself to decorate a tree.

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change, christmas, conflict resolution, disability, family, forest, growing up, handicap, holidays, illness, nature, parents, plants, song, traditions, verbal communication

A pussycat's christmas

Brown, Margaret Wise

A pussycat knows that Christmas is coming. The cat plays in the snow and admires a Christmas tree. She is very content laying by the fire, listening to different sounds of the holiday. This is how the pussycat spends her Christmas Eve.

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animals, cat, christmas, holidays, nonverbal communication, snow, weather

All butterflies

Brown, Marcia

Let's use every letter of the alphabet to tell a story about different animals, Valentine's Day, Christmas, and the zoo.

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alphabet, animals, butterfly, cat, christmas, elephant, giraffe, holidays, insects, letters, lion, mouse, raccoon, reptiles, turtle, valentine's day, zoo

Arthur's halloween

Brown, Marc

Arthur is scared of Halloween. He finally makes it through his day at school when he has to take his sister trick-or-treating. His sister wanders into the scariest house, and Arthur has to go in and get her.

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autumn, courage, critical thinking, family, fear, ghosts, halloween, helping, holidays, refusal skills, seasons, siblings

Arthur's christmas

Brown, Marc

Arthur worries about what to get Santa for Christmas. He searches everywhere for the perfect gift. Finally, he sees Santa eating at several different places and decides to make Santa's favorite foods.

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christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, food, holidays, nutrition, peer resistance, presents, refusal skills, santa, stress management

The santa clauses

Broger, Achim

The newspaper publishes an article that states that there is no Santa Claus.

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assertiveness, beliefs, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, holidays, peer resistance, refusal skills, 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

Georgie's halloween

Bright, Robert

Herman the cat and Miss Oliver the owl try to convince Georgie to enter the Halloween costume contest, but he is just too shy. His mice friends give him a ribbon for winning their own costume contest.

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animals, birds, cat, clothing, competition, feelings, friendship, ghosts, halloween, holidays, mouse, owl, self esteem, shyness

Father christmas

Briggs, Raymond

Father Christmas has one very rough day a year, Christmas Eve. He is happy when his day comes to an end for one more year.

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christmas, coping, holidays, relaxation, stress management

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'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

The wild christmas reindeer

Brett, Jan

Teeka has been asked by Santa to get his reindeer ready to fly on Christmas Eve. Once she works with them, her strong hand does more harm than good. Teeka finds that she may need a gentler touch to get the reindeer ready.

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animals, assertiveness, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, holidays, nonverbal communication, patience, reindeer, responsibilities, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Pippa mouse: Six read aloud,read alone stories

Boegehold, Betty

Pippa is a field mouse involved in various activities with her family and animal friends. Pippa works, plays, skates, and prepares for Christmas.

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animals, birds, christmas, duck, exercise, fox, friendship, holidays, mouse, play, preparation, skating, squirrel

Three cheers for catherine the great!

Best, Cari

A family moves from Russia to America. The grandma of the family has a birthday and she does not want presents. Her grand-daughter spends hours trying to figure out the perfect no present for her grandma.

The donkey's dream

Berger, Barbara Helen

The story of the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus and how important the donkey was to their journey.

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animals, birth, christmas, donkey, holidays, miracle, nonverbal communication, travel, verbal communication

Madeline's christmas

Bemelmans, Ludwig

A little girl, Madeline, goes out of her way to take care of other sick children. Madeline makes a very special Christmas for all of her friends.

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assertiveness, christmas, conflict resolution, decision making, friendship, holidays, illness, peer resistance, stress management, unselfish, verbal communication

Madeline in america: An other holiday tales

Bemelmans, Ludwig

Madeline's grandfather passes away and leaves all of his inheritance to Madeline, but it is in Texas instead of Paris. Madeline takes her friends to Texas and they enjoy the inheritance. Then they find out Madeline does not get it till she is 21 So it is back to Paris.

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airplane, animals, bodies of water, car, christmas, family, french, grandparents, helicopter, holidays, horse, multicultural, ocean, stress management, transportation, travel

All kinds of time

Behn, Harry

A five year old tells about how she learned to tell time. She compares clocks to people's faces. She also compares time to bugs, children, people, Sunday School, Santa Claus, and George Washington.

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holidays, learning, nonverbal communication, seasons, time, verbal communication

The magic school bus gets baked in a cake

Beech, Linda

It is Ms. Frizzle's birthday so the kids plan a party, but something is missing -- a cake!For a field trip, they go to the bakery and bake a cake and accidentally get baked inside the magic school bus.

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birthday, bus, celebration, food, friendship, holidays, nutrition, party, safety, school, transportation, travel

The day gogo went to vote: South africa, 1994

Batezat Sisulu, Elinor

Thembi and her beloved great-grandmother, who has not left the house for many years, go together to vote on the momentous day when black South Africans are allowed to vote for the first time.

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africa, aging, celebration, critical thinking, dancing, determination, election, family, grandparents, helping, history, holidays, illness, parents, politics, pride, song, storytelling

Hester

Barton, Byron

Hester was going to have a halloween party. Before the party, she decided to go trick-or-treating. She ended up flying around on a broom with an old lady. Hester ends up giving her broom to the old lady.

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conflict resolution, decision making, friendship, giving, halloween, holidays, self esteem, verbal communication

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