Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

The storm | by Harshman, Marc

A young boy confined to a wheel chair because of an accident, doesn't like the way people see and talk about him. He wants people to see past the wheelchair and see him. A tornado comes through Indiana and he shows how strong and able he truly is.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, chicken, critical thinking, death, differences, disability, family, farm, feelings, goal setting, handicap, horse, nonverbal communication, parents, problem solving, relief, sadness, safety, school, self esteem, storm, stress management, tornado, weather

Tyson the Terrible | by Fox, Diane//Fox, Christyan

Tyson is rumored to be the most terrible dinosaur in all of Stone Valley. So, when three friends hear him coming they head for cover...until they see a tiny tyrannosaurus emerge. But is their new friend really Tyson the Terrible?

Keywords: acceptance, animals, anticipation, beliefs, bias, comparisons, dinosaur, fear, feelings, loneliness, repetition, sadness, soccer, sounds, sports, surprises

Gerald Mcboing boing | by Dr. Suess

A little boy makes unique noises instead of talking. He doesn't seem to fit in anywhere and is lonely. He is found by a man who has a radio station. He appreciates the boy's abilities.

Keywords: acceptance, challenges, conflict resolution, differences, family, feelings, frustration, loneliness, nonverbal communication, parents, radio, rhyme, rhythm, sadness, sounds, technology, uniqueness, verbal communication

Stellaluna: A pop-up book and mobile | by Cannon, Janell

After being separated from Mother Bat, Stellaluna falls into a nest of baby birds. The family of birds adopt Stellaluna as one of their own, while Stellaluna does her best to eat bugs without making faces, sleep during the night, and stop hanging upside down. In the end, Stellaluna rejoins her mother.

Keywords: acceptance, adventures, animals, bat, behavior, birds, challenges, change, cooperation, determination, differences, discovery, family, friendship, habitat, individuality, kindness, learning, loneliness, lost, missing, obedience, parents, peer resistance, relief, self esteem, shelter, similarities, sleep, survival, verbal communication

Three names of me | by Cummings, Mary

Ada is a Chinese American girl. Ada shares her experiences of being adopted and moving to a new country. She collects new names that melt into one compelling identity for her.

Keywords: acceptance, adoption, airplane, american, author's note, body parts, chinese american, culture, differences, family, feelings, food, grandparents, happiness, identity, language, love, multicultural, orphan, parents, poverty, sleep, stars, transportation, travel, writing

If a dolphin were a fish | by Wlodarski, Loran

A dolphin imagines that she is a fish, a turtle, a bird, an octopus, a shark, and a manatee. Learn how special she really is and how special each of her other sea animal friends are too.

Keywords: acceptance, author's note, birds, bodies of water, dolphin, fish, habitat, hearing, ocean, octopus, reptiles, shark, smell, turtle

Badger's bad mood | by Oram, Hiawyn

Badger is in a bad mood and this is very unusual. His forest friends don't know what to do about his terrible demeanor. They need him and try different ways to cheer him up. After several failed attempts at cheering badger up, mole realized all he needed was to feel appreciated.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, appreciation, badger, bat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, depression, feelings, friendship, identity, mole, moods

Let's play as a team! | by Halliman, P. K.

Kids like to play as a team no matter what they do -- football, soccer, baseball and all kinds of sports. When they're done playing, it doesn't matter who wins or loses as long as they all had a great time while they were playing. Join these kids in their fun-filled day of teamwork.

Keywords: acceptance, baseball, basketball, change, cooperation, decision making, disability, excitement, exercise, football, friendship, fun, games, kindness, play, playground, recreation, responsibilities, rules, running, soccer, sports, success, teamwork

Piro and the fire brigade | by Bauman, Kurt

Piro wants to be a firefighter but he is told he is too small. One day he finally gets to prove to everyone that he can do it.

Keywords: acceptance, assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, determination, nonverbal communication, sizes, verbal communication

Taking asthma to school | by Gosselin, Kim

Justin has asthma so he explains a day in his life to his classmates. Justin takes special medicine to help him breathe. But he is like any other child his age: he likes to play with his friends, go outside at recess, and take part in gym class just like any other kid.

Keywords: acceptance, allergies, asthma, author's note, awareness, differences, diseases, exercise, health, medicine, nonverbal communication, nurse, school, self esteem, understanding, verbal communication

Heroes | by Mochizuki, Ken

Donnie is always the bad guy when he plays war with his friends. They think because Donnie is Japanese American that he should be the enemy. When his father and uncle take a trip to school, they prove they can be heroes too.

Who's a pest? | by Bonsall, Crosby

Homer starts to believe he is a pest because others say he is. When the others fall in a hole, Homer thinks of a way to get them out. After they are rescued, they never call Homer a pest again.

Keywords: acceptance, conflict resolution, decision making, neighbors, rescue, self esteem

Sometimes i wish i were mindy | by Levine, Abby//Levine, Sarah

Mindy is a very wealthy girl. Her friend is jealous of all the things Mindy has. But she realizes that she is fortunate to have a loving family and maybe someday she will have the things Mindy has.

Keywords: acceptance, family, feelings, jealousy, poverty, self esteem

A country tale | by Stanley, Diane

Cleo and Lucy are great friends who live in the country. Mrs. Snickers, who came from the city, moves into the mansion next door and Cleo is enchanted by her elegance.

Keywords: acceptance, appearance, cat, change, community, conflict resolution, coping, friendship, moving, neighbors

Aekyung's dream | by Paek, Min

A little girl named Aekyung has trouble adjusting to America, because it is so different from Korea. She doesn't like to go to school because her classmates make fun of her. Eventually she begins to feel more comfortable and accepted.

Keywords: acceptance, change, conflict resolution, coping, determination, differences, dreams, family, frustration, goal setting, korean, learning, multicultural, parents, peer resistance, practice, school, self esteem, travel, verbal communication

Moving is hard | by Prestine, Joan Singleton

A young girl is sad that she has to move from her house. She must leave her friends, her school, and all of her favorite things, like playing baseball and running in the fields with her dog. She soon makes new friends, though, and learns her new apartment is not much different from her old neighborhood and begins to like it.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, baseball, books, bus, change, coping, dog, exercise, feelings, friendship, loneliness, loss, moving, neighbors, park, refusal skills, running, sadness, school, sports, transportation

Home on the bayou: A cowboy's story | by Karas, G. Brian

Ned, a cowboy, and his mom leave their home in the West to move to the swamp. Ned hates the swamp and mean Big Head Ed at school. Big Head Ed picks on Ned because he is a cowboy. One day Ned becomes a hero at school when he uses his lasso to quiet Big Head Ed.

Keywords: acceptance, anger, bully, conflict resolution, cowboys, desert, family, feelings, frustration, grandparents, love, moving, nonverbal communication, parents, sadness, school, swamp, verbal communication

The biggest house in the world | by Lionni, Leo

A snail tells his father that he wants to have the biggest house in the world. His father tells him a story about a snail who said the same thing and his house got so big he could not move. The little snail realizes he is happy the way he is.

Keywords: acceptance, decision making, family, feelings, mollusks, parents, self esteem, shelter, snail, uniqueness, verbal communication

Going home | by 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.

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

Little miss spider | by Kirk, David

Families are different. Miss Spider knows best -- when finding her mother, love is the truest test.

Keywords: acceptance, adoption, affection, beetle, birds, caring, caterpillar, colors, critical thinking, family, feelings, happiness, insects, ladybug, loneliness, love, perspective, sadness, self esteem, spider, understanding

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