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Hot fudge

Howe, James

Two dogs and one cat are crazy about fudge!On a saturday morning, the Monroes leave the animals alone in the house with the delicious fudge. The animals have to guard the house and overcome their temptations to eat the fudge.

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affection, animals, cat, decision making, dog, family, food, nutrition, peer resistance

The party

Reid, Barbara

Two sisters leave their friends to go to a family birthday party. When the girls get to the party, they play games with lots of children and eat lots of good food and birthday cake. They have so much fun at the party that they don't want to leave!

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affection, animals, balloon, bedtime, birthday, body parts, car, celebration, crowd, dog, exercise, family, food, games, grandparents, gymnastics, injury, loss, love, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, party, rhyme, rhythm, running, siblings, singing, song, sport, teeth, transportation, verbal communication

What baby wants

Root, Phyllis

When mama goes to bed, it is up to grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, sister, and brother to help care for baby. Baby won't stop crying and everyone tries to help figure out what baby wants.

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affection, animals, baby, birds, caring, cow, family, flowers, goose, grandparents, helping, noise, problem solving, sheep, siblings, sleep, sounds

How do dinosaurs say goodnight?

Yolen, Jane//Teague, Mark

Do dinosaurs say goodnight in the same way that people say goodnight?A dinosaur says goodnight to Papa in quite a different way than when Mamma comes in to turn off the light.

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affection, animals, bedtime, decision making, dinosaur, emotions, family, feelings, frustration, night, parents, resolution, rhyme, rules, sleep, verbal communication

Let's count it out, jesse bear

Carlstrom, Nancy White

Join Jesse Bear on his trip to an amusement park. Jesse Bear counts everything from his shoes to the bumper cars to the stars in the sky.

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activities, adventures, affection, animals, beach, bear, birds, clowns, counting, excitement, feelings, fun, happiness, love, numbers, poetry, rain, rhyme, stars, weather

Cat heaven

Rylant, Cynthia

Past the stars, the moon, and the sun is where cat heaven is, and every cat knows the way there. With trees to climb, toys to play with, angel laps to purr in, and food to eat, all cats love going to cat heaven and God loves having them there too!

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acceptance, activities, affection, angel, animals, cat, celebration, climbing, community, death, exploration, family, food, garden, god, kindness, moon, nature, pets, sky, stars, sun, tree

Froggy's first kiss

London, Jonathan

Froggy discovers the truth behind having a crush. His clumsiness and confusion lead him to discover his one true love, his mother.

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affection, amphibians, attention, decision making, family, feelings, friendship, frog, giving, happiness, holidays, love, moods, nonverbal communication, parents, play, playground, school, shyness, teaching, teasing, valentine's day

A name on the quilt: A story of remembrance

Atkins, Jeannine

A family remembers an uncle that died of AIDS by constructing a quilt. Each panel reminds the family of a memory shared with Uncle Ron.

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affection, aids, art, author's note, dancing, death, diseases, exercise, family, feelings, friendship, letters, memories, nonverbal communication, photograph, quilt, sadness, sewing, siblings, skating, stress management, symbols, verbal communication

Grandfather's lovesong

Lindbergh, Reeve

Grandfather describes the love he has for his young grandson. He compares his love to the different seasons and the beautiful scenery of the rural landscape.

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affection, autumn, comparisons, family, grandparents, love, nature, seasons, spring, summer, verbal communication, winter

How about a hug?

Carlson, Nancy

The pig family shows that no matter what the situation, whether its getting up for school on a Monday, feeling sad, lonely, or hurt, a hug will make you feel better.

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affection, animals, family, feelings, fight, food, friendship, games, happiness, injury, loneliness, love, morning, mouse, nonverbal communication, nutrition, pig, school, skating, soccer, sports, work

Increase rabbit

McCready, Thomas L.

Two supposedly male rabbits produce a family. When the mother escapes from her cage, the family decides to make the rabbit a house pet and later helps out children when selling her babies.

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affection, animals, baby, decision making, family, nonverbal communication, parents, pets, rabbit, siblings

The sick day

MacLachlan, Patricia

A young girl stays home sick and her father takes care of her and plays with her. The following day, her father becomes sick and the little girl takes care of him.

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affection, family, illness, parents, play

Thunderstorm

Szulagyi, Mary

A little girl is playing outside with her dog when a storm rolls in. She runs in the house crying, because she is scared. In the comfort of her mother's arms, they watch the storm.

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affection, animals, critical thinking, dog, family, fear, feelings, nature, nonverbal communication, parents, play, rain, safety, stress management, weather

See a white horse

Miles, Miska

Henry feels sad about the void left in his life after his dog, Old Tuck, passes away. When a stranger on a white horse with a brown dog comes into town, Henry wishes that he could have a new dog. The stranger allows Henry to have his brown dog, if he can find him, for the stranger has set the dog free. Henry searches desperately for the dog and finally finds it, naming it Young Tuck.

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affection, animals, assertiveness, critical thinking, death, depression, dog, goal setting, horse, loss, peer resistance, pets, stress management, wish

One step, two

Zolotow, C.

A little girl takes her mother for a walk and shows her all the wonderful things to see.

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affection, colors, curiosity, discovery, exercise, family, five senses, nature, nonverbal communication, numbers, parents, sight, sun, verbal communication, walking, weather, wind

Black is brown is tan

Adoff, Arnold

Growing up with a black mother and a white father can be hard on children. Adoff expresses how one family deals with this situation.

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affection, african american, child care, family, grandparents, individuality, love, multicultural, parents

Henry and mudge get the cold shivers

Rylant, Cynthia

Right after Henry gets over his cold, his dog, Mudge, comes down with one!Henry does all he can to make Mudge feel better.

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affection, animals, caring, cold, companion, dog, friendship, helping, illness, pets

Daisy and the egg

Simmons, Jane

As Aunt Buttercup sits atop her eggs, Daisy awaits the arrival of new cousins and a brother or sister. Soon the eggs begin to hatch, all but the one Daisy has been watching. When Mama gives up hope, Daisy helps hatch the late egg!

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affection, birds, bodies of water, critical thinking, duck, empathy, excitement, family, helping, hope, lake, love, patience, persistence, pond, siblings, swimming, verbal communication

I want a brother or sister

Lindgren, Astrid

Peter wants a little brother or sister but after Lena is born he feels that his mama doesn't love him anymore. He soon realizes however, that having a little sister is a big responsibility and a lot of fun.

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affection, baby, birth, conflict resolution, family, fun, love, nonverbal communication, parents, responsibilities, self esteem, siblings

I know a place

Ackerman, Karen

Everyone should have a familiar place where we feel comfortable and loved. This book shows one child's special place and what is done there. The place where this child feels safe and warm is with his family at home.

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affection, bedtime, caring, child care, family, love, parents, self esteem, siblings

What if?

Collins, Ross//Thomas, Frances

A bad dream causes Little Monster to imagine several scary events that might occur when he wakes up. To reassure his fears, Little Monster's mother creates a different twist on the fun and exciting events that might occur instead of his bad dream. Mother Monster's comforting suggestions calm Little Monster's fears.

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affection, balloon, bedtime, colors, conflict resolution, coping, dreams, emotions, family, fear, fire, food, imagination, monsters, parents, spider, storytelling, stress management, verbal communication

Willie's not the hugging kind

Barrett, Joyce Durham

Willie's friend, Jo-Jo, told him that hugging was silly. Willie enjoyed and missed being hugged, so every night he would sneak a hug from a bath towel. He realized that he needed someone to hug, so he decided to start hugging his family again.

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affection, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem, verbal communication

Hug me

Steen, Patti

No one will hug Elliot Dravitz, because he is a porcupine. He wants a hug more than anything and he tries really hard to get one. Finally he finds another porcupine who will hug him and he is happy.

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affection, animals, assertiveness, feelings, goal setting, happiness, nonverbal communication, patience, peer resistance, porcupine, self esteem

I like your buttons!

Lamstein, Sarah

Random acts of kindness are demonstrated by Cassandra as she tells her teacher that she likes her buttons. Cassandra's positive attitude spreads throughout her school and around the neighborhood bringing joy and surprise to all.

Donna o'neeshuck was chased by some cows

Grossman, Bill

Donna O'Neeshuck cannot understand why she is being chased by cows, moose, geese, and other animals. When she stops to ask the animals, she discovers that the way she pats their heads is irresistable.

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affection, animals, birds, conflict resolution, cow, decision making, kindness, moose, mystery, rhyme, verbal communication

The wild horses of sweetbriar

Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie

A young girl tells her story of an encounter with wild horses. While living with her parents on the small island off the coast of New England, she discovers wild horses. During the harsh winter that they live there, she helps the horses survive.

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affection, animals, birds, bodies of water, caring, family, horse, loneliness, memory, ocean, parents, seagull, seasons, snow, survival, sympathy, unselfish, verbal communication, weather, weight loss, wind, winter, worry

A kiss for little bear

Minarik, Else Holmelund

Little Bear draws grandma a picture and sends it with Hen. Grandma is pleased with the picture and sends Little Bear a kiss in return through Hen, who passes it on to a friend. Eventually, the kiss reaches two skunks who decide to get married.

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affection, animals, art, bear, birds, chicken, community, critical thinking, family, friendship, grandparents, marriage, nonverbal communication, skunk

The paper princess

Kleven, Elisa

A little girl draws and cuts out a princess, but the wind blows her away. The princess then meets many new friends and has many new adventures as she tries to find her way back to the little girl.

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adventures, affection, art, critical thinking, dolls, feelings, friendship, goal setting, loss, weather, wind

Throw a kiss, harry

Chalmers, Mary

Harry is a little cat who has been misbehaving all day and getting himself into trouble. He gets stuck on top of a house and the fire department gets him down. His mother tells him to throw them a kiss, but he will not. Finally when he leaves, he blows a kiss.

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adventures, affection, conflict resolution, curiosity, family, nonverbal communication, parents, refusal skills, rescue, safety, verbal communication

Snow family

Kirk, Daniel

Join a young boy as he wanders into the snow to meet new friends. His friends are missing their noses, hats, and part of their family. Help the boy try to find what his new friends need.

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adventures, affection, animals, assertiveness, barn, bear, behavior, birds, body parts, cardinal, caring, clothing, cold, conflict resolution, cow, crow, decision making, dog, exercise, family, farm, fear, feelings, fight, forest, friendship, fun, love, mischief, nonverbal communication, parents, playing, problem solving, sadness, sleep, snow, sounds, sparrow, squirrel, tree, verbal communication, weather, wind, winter

I love you like crazy cakes

Lewis, Rose

A woman writes a letter to officials in China to ask for the adoption of a baby girl. The new mother cries and the little girl does too when they are united. This begins a love story between a mother and her baby in a new country before they travel to another new country for the baby.

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adoption, affection, baby, china, chinese, correspondence, country, customs, differences, diversity, family, feelings, friendship, love, multicultural, sleep, travel

Bearskin

Pyle, Howard

Bearskin, an infant son of a miller, is sent down the river by the king only to be found by a she-bear who raises him. As Bearskin gets older he goes out into the world to be with other people. He learns about a three-headed dragon who takes the princess. If anyone can kill the dragon, then they get to marry the princess. Will Bearskin be able to kill the dragon and win her heart?

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adoption, adventures, affection, animals, art, baby, bear, bravery, castle, ceremony, challenges, clothing, companion, conflict, courage, deception, dragons, fable, fear, folktale, food, heroism, honesty, marriage, multicultural, nature, nutrition, picnic, royalty, violence

Willy and may

Schachner, Judith Byron

A young girl has a special relationship with her Aunt May and Willy, her aunt's bird. The girl is only able to visit them twice a year, but always has an unforgettable time. When the girl's mother becomes ill the summer trip is cancelled and Aunt May plans to visit over Christmas. Unfortunately, a huge snowstorm makes the trip nearly impossible, but with the help of a Christmas friend Aunt May and Willy arrive safely.

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activities, affection, birds, canary, caring, celebration, christmas, communication, conflict resolution, correspondence, excitement, exercise, family, feelings, food, friendship, generations, health, hobby, illness, independence, individuality, injury, love, loyalty, memories, nonverbal communication, performance, sadness, santa, seasons, sharing, snow, summer, sun, swimming, travel, vacation, verbal communication, walking, weather, winter, worry

When mama comes home tonight

Spinelli, Eileen

Mama tells her child about all the things they will do together when she gets home from work. For example, they will share many activities together leading up to bedtime where mama will read a story, sing lullabies, and finally, tuck her child into bed.

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activities, affection, bath, bedtime, caring, clothing, colors, food, nutrition, play, reading, rhyme, toys, working mother

Pushkin meets the bundle

Ziefert, Harriet M.

Pushkin lives with Kate and Michael. Kate and Michael took Pushkin everywhere and did everything with him. That is, until one day when Kate and Michael brought home a bundle. They started paying attention to the bundle and not to Pushkin. The bundle was a baby. Pushkin does everything in his power to get Michael and Kate's attention. The baby always cries, too. Finally, Pushkin decides to do some of his tricks and the baby started laughing. The baby and Pushkin were best friends from then on.

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acceptance, affection, baby, baseball, change, competition, conflict, conflict resolution, dog, exercise, family, gymnastics, jealousy, loss, nonverbal communication, parents, relationship

Sophie and the new baby

Anholt, Laurence

A new baby is coming, and Sophie's going to be a big sister!She helps her mother and father prepare for the arrival of the baby, but when her little brother is born, she wishes that her family could give him back!Sophie slowly begins to realize that having a new brother might not be so bad after all.

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acceptance, affection, anticipation, appreciation, attention, autumn, baby, birth, carriage, change, cold, conflict resolution, confusion, decision making, disappointment, dolls, family, feelings, giving, jealousy, loneliness, moon, morning, night, nonverbal communication, parents, patience, pregnancy, preparation, resentment, seasons, secrets, snow, spring, sun, verbal communication, walking, winter, woods

Mommy far, mommy near: An adoption story

Peacock, Carol Antoinette

Elizabeth is a young Chinese girl who has been adopted by an American family. Elizabeth begins to question her adoption and wonders why her mommy in China did not keep her. Elizabeth's mother explains the adoption to her and loves that she has a mother who is far away and one who is close.

The eensy-weensy spider

Hoberman, Mary Ann

Travel beyond the waterspout -- out into the garden, pond, brook, shoe store, and even the park with this determined spring-loving spider. Sing the all-time classic tune or just read with rhythm!This book will catch you in its colorful web and keep you on your toes as you advance beyond the traditional limits.

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acceptance, accidents, accomplishment, activities, adventures, affection, amphibians, anticipation, baby, bath, bedtime, beetle, birds, bodies of water, body parts, brook, bully, butterfly, caring, caterpillar, change, climbing, clothing, colors, community, companion, compromise, confidence, conflict resolution, cooperation, counting, courage, curiosity, cycle, dancing, decision making, determination, direction, discovery, dragonfly, duck, environment, exercise, family, fish, flowers, frog, fun, garden, grasshopper, injury, insects, instruments, language, morning, moving, music, nature, numbers, parade, parents, park, plants, pond, practice, rain, rhyme, routine, seasons, sharing, shopping, skipping, sleep, song, spider, spring, success, sun, swimming, travel, verbal communication, walking, weather, worm

More hugs

Ross, Dave

This book depicts many ways of giving and receiving hugs, as well as the many types of hugs possible.

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affection, caring, nonverbal communication, self esteem, stress management

Hello, hello!

Schlein, Miriam

How do you say hello or greet someone? Learn how some animals say hello to one another including lions, polar bears, wolves, monkeys, beavers, zebras, penguins, and elephants. Some animals say hello by nuzzling, some touch hands or hug, and some kiss.

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affection, animals, assertiveness, beaver, elephant, friendship, lion, monkey, nonverbal communication, penguin, polar bear, relationship, science, self esteem, verbal communication, wolf, zebra

Hooray for fish!

Cousins, Lucy

Come travel along with Little Fish to meet his many friends. As we count, identify colors, and look for opposites among the many examples, we learn it is okay to have friends different from you.

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acceptance, affection, colors, community, counting, differences, family, feelings, fish, friendship, moods, numbers, opposites, parents, rhyme, verbal communication

How smudge came

Gregory, Nan

A developmentally challenged girl named Cindy finds love and companionship in a puppy she names Smudge. However, the home where Cindy lives does not allow pets, so the puppy is taken away. With the help of her friends at Hospice, a perfect solution is thought of so that Smudge is taken care of and everyone can benefit from his companionship.

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affection, animals, assertiveness, blindness, caring, community, companion, decision making, disability, dog, down syndrome, pets, responsibilities, sounds, verbal communication

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