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Harry and the terrible whatzit

Gackenbach, Dick

A young boy confronts a two headed monster in the cellar and wins self confidence.

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assertiveness, confidence, fear, feelings, monsters, self esteem

Hattie, tom, and the chicken witch

Gackenbach, Dick

An Easter play is presented in which there are no parts for rabbits. Through perserverance, a rabbit earns a role in the play.

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animals, assertiveness, chicken, decision making, dog, easter, holidays, persistence, pig, play, rabbit, witches

The wishing hat

Fuchshuber, Annegert

A person's main intention in life should not be for money. Magic makes it fun though.

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assertiveness, clothing, magic, money, music, peer resistance, refusal skills, relaxation, unselfish, wish

A lonely spider spins a web in order to catch some food. The spider is careful not to be caught by a toad or an owl. She lays an egg sac and hundreds of spiderlings are produced. The babies, like their mother, spin webs and wait to capture food.

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amphibians, assertiveness, birds, birth, conflict resolution, food, insects, loneliness, nature, nonverbal communication, reproduction, spider

Furlie cat

Freschet, Bernice

Furlie is a cat who is afraid of everything and hides in the house all day. He feels his life is dull, so he practices being brave. He becomes overly confident in himself and becomes a bully. He learns after he meets a bear that everyone should treat one another kindly and equally.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, bravery, bully, cat, confidence, critical thinking, decision making, fear, feelings, friendship, loneliness, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem

Under the moon

French, Vivian

Three classic fairytales are retold. An old lady cleans the cobwebs from the sky. A young boy is tricked by a Mother Wolf, and a log produces an Apple Child with magical abilities.

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animals, assertiveness, cleanliness, disobedience, magic, moon, sky, wolf

Anancy and mr. dry-bone

French, Fiona

Anancy and Mr. Dry-Bone attempt to win the hand of the beautiful Miss Lause by making her laugh.

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assertiveness, competition, conflict resolution, creativity, decision making, goal setting, imagination, marriage, nonverbal communication, self esteem, verbal communication

Corduroy

Freeman, Don

Corduroy lives in the toy department of a big store. He is a little lonely bear whom no one wants to buy. One day a little girl comes along and thinks that he is perfect. She comes back the next day and buys him with the money that she has in her piggy bank.

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adoption, adventures, animals, assertiveness, bear, companion, decision making, determination, differences, disappointment, family, feelings, friendship, goal setting, homeless, money, patience, self esteem, stress management

Ski pup

Freeman, Don

A dog named Hugo is a rescue dog for skiers. One day, Hugo finds a lost skier and brings him to safety.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, dog, exercise, helping, learning, lost, pets, recreation, rescue, safety, skiing, verbal communication

Hattie and the fox

Fox, Mem

Hattie the hen sees a fox approaching her and the other animals. The fox attacks, and the cow scares the fox away with a loud moo. Then, the animals are silent for a long time.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, chicken, cow, decision making, fox, horse, pig, sheep, verbal communication

Poor gabriella

Forrester, Victoria

The birth of Christ has just taken place, and everyone in the barn is warm and safe except for poor Gabriella, a cow who is locked outside. Is it a miracle that a strong, fierce wind causes Joseph to let the cow in so she is safe and warm also?

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angel, animals, assertiveness, christmas, cow, family, goat, miracle, nonverbal communication, parents, sheep, verbal communication

Shop talk

Ford, Juwanda G.

Solomon enjoys hanging out at his neighborhood barbershop because he feels at home and comfortable there. He gets along great with his barber, Alton. Solomon scored in his basketball game so he recieved a free haircut from Alton.

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african american, assertiveness, author's note, basketball, beauty, biography, confidence, excitement, family, friendship, happiness, multicultural, nonverbal communication, parents, photograph, role model, self esteem, sports, verbal communication

Tackle 22

Foley, Louise Munro

A local pee-wee football team's quarterback gets the mumps the week of the big playoff game. The team gets a younger brother to take the open spot. The new player helps the team win the playoff game. A great book for boys who like football.

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assertiveness, conflict, cooperation, decision making, family, football, goal setting, self esteem, siblings, teamwork, verbal communication

The fabulous firework family

Flora, James

The mayor of the village asks Pepito's father to prepare a huge fireworks display for the village celebration. A display is prepared, but Pepito's father is hurt so Pepito must set the display off. He does and becomes the hero of the village.

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assertiveness, circus, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, parents, siblings

When agnes caws

Fleming, Candace

Agnes Peregrine has always loved birds and has recently found out that she has a true talent for bird calling. She goes to the Himalayan Mountains with her mother in search of the rarest bird of all. Little does she know that an evil colonel has followed them and wants this rare bird for his own collection!

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accomplishment, africa, assertiveness, beauty, birds, boat, careers, collection, conflict, conservation, critical thinking, deception, decision making, duck, hummingbird, hunting, jungle, maps, mischief, mountains, pheasant, refusal skills, rescue, sounds, train, travel, verbal communication, wilderness, yak

The hey hey man

Fleischman, Sid

A thief sees a farmer bury gold by a magical tree. The thief steals the gold and runs away with it. The thief is followed by the tree's Hey Hey man. The wood spirit tricks the thief into returning the farmer's gold.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, fantasy, greed, magic, robbery, verbal communication

McBroom and the great race

Fleischman, Sid

Farmer McBroom is a successful farmer who has an evil neighbor, Heck Jones, who has tried to steal his farm several times. McBroom is tricked into betting his farm against his neighbor's farm in a race. McBroom overcomes the trickery to win the race and keep his farm.

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animals, assertiveness, chicken, critical thinking, deception, exercise, farm, goal setting, running, seasons, self esteem, spring, winter

The story about ping

Flack, Marjorie//Wiese, Kurt

To avoid getting a spanking for being the last duck to cross the bridge, Ping stayed overnight on the river bank. He loses his family and is captured by a little boy. He is held hostage on the little boy's boat. Finally the little boy sets Ping free and he is reunited with his family.

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assertiveness, birds, change, chinese, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, discipline, family, fear, feelings, goal setting, lost, multicultural, self esteem, shelter, transportation

Tim tadpole and the great bullfrog

Flack, Marjorie

Tim is a tadpole who feels sorry for himself because he can only swim and not jump. A bullfrog tells Tim not to be discouraged. Tim soon matures into a bullfrog and is able to jump.

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amphibians, assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, exercise, feelings, frog, growing up, jealousy, jumping, nature, sadness, self esteem, stress management, swimming

Angus and the ducks

Flack, Marjorie

Angus is a curious dog who wonders what the sound is on the other side of the hedge. He discovers ducks and scares them away. The ducks finally turn on Angus and scare him.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, curiosity, dog, duck, fear, feelings, goal setting

Angus lost

Flack, Marjorie

Angus, the dog, becomes bored with all his familiar surroundings. One day, he leaves the yard in search for something different. Realizing he cannot communicate with many things, he is happy to return home.

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animals, assertiveness, boredom, conflict resolution, dog, exploration, feelings, verbal communication

Angus and the cat

Flack, Marjorie

Angus, the dog, explored many things. One day he finds a cat in the house. He does not like the cat, until it is gone - then he misses it.

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animals, appreciation, assertiveness, cat, conflict resolution, dog, feelings

Bang bang you're dead

Fitzhugh, Louise

A group of kids like to play fake war on a hill. Another group of kids come to the hill to play too. Both groups have a real war, and some of them get hurt. They eventually decide to share the hill.

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assertiveness, change, compromise, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, peer resistance, sharing, verbal communication, violence, war

Burro's tortillas

Fields, Terri

Burro finds it hard to get any help from his friends as he diligently works to turn corn into tortillas. Expect repetition, puns, and an accurate picture of the traditional way that tortillas are made.

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animals, assertiveness, central america, cooking, coyote, donkey, fable, feelings, food, friendship, hard work, language, Mexico, multicultural, nutrition, pattern, plants, rabbit, repetition, sadness, spanish

The green lion of zion street

Fields, Julia

While waiting for the school bus, a group of children enjoy scaring themselves by looking at a lion. However, they find out the lion is just a stone statue.

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animals, assertiveness, bravery, bus, fear, feelings, imagination, lion, school, transportation

The big yellow balloon

Fenton, Edward

A little boy takes a walk with his big yellow balloon. A cat follows him because he believes the balloon is the sun. Suddenly a dog follows the cat and a dogcatcher follows the dog. Soon there is a long parade of people and animals following one another. The balloon is finally broken, but the boy is given a hero badge to replace the balloon since the parade he created helped a policeman catch a thief.

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assertiveness, balloon, conflict resolution, exercise, heroism, nonverbal communication, parade, peer resistance, robbery, self esteem, walking

Contrary Woodrow

Felt, Sue

Woodrow was always a very ill-behaved boy. When he started kindergarten, he realized he had no friends from whom to receive Valentine's cards, so he changed his behavior and everyone liked him.

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assertiveness, change, decision making, friendship, goal setting, holidays, misbehavior, school, valentine's day

X marks the spot

Felder, Eleanor

The letter X is very versatile and is seen in several situations as well as in the alphabet. This book sights examples of different places in every day life where X is seen and used.

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alphabet, assertiveness, critical thinking, nonverbal communication, sequence

Zamani goes to market

Feelings, Murial L.

Zamani goes on his first trip to the city with his father. He is to take the cow into the market and sell it. His father allows him to buy something in the market with the profits from their day. He decides to buy his mother a necklace, instead of the white shirt he wanted for himself. While he is not looking his father buys him the shirt.

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animals, assertiveness, clothing, cow, critical thinking, decision making, family, multicultural, parents, presents, respect, shopping, travel

Where does the teacher live?

Feder, Paula Kurzband

Alba, Willie, and Nancy are all students in Mrs. Greengrass' class. They all wondered where their teacher lived and searched for several days. They watched her walk out of school each day and collected clues. At the end, they finally ask Mrs. Greengrass where she lives and they were correct. She rewards them with ice cream cones for being such good detectives.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, discovery, food, nutrition, school

The happy lion roars

Fatio, Louise

The happy lion is unhappy because all of his friends have mates. His good friend, Francios, takes him to the circus one day and he falls in love with a beautiful lioness. One night, he sneaks out to meet her and takes her back to his cave at the zoo. After many protests, the zoo keeper and the lion trainer decide she can stay. The lion is happy once again.

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animals, assertiveness, circus, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, friendship, lion, loneliness, love, zoo

Howie helps himself

Fassler, Joan

Howie is confined to a wheelchair. He must overcome many barriers. He has one thing he wants to do - be able to move his wheelchair all by himself. He succeeds.

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accomplishment, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, determination, disability, goal setting, handicap, illness, persistence, self esteem, stress management, success

March on! The day my brother Martin changed the world

Farris, Christine

Christine King Farris, the sister of Martin Luther King Jr., watched her brother during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. She describes her brother’s journey from writing his “I Have a Dream” speech to joining the crowds in their demand for freedom. She was moved by her brother’s persistence and success in persuading millions to believe in and fight for a better tomorrow in which all men are created equal.

Casey jones's fireman: The story of sim webb

Farmer, Nancy

Sim Webb is finally getting his chance to work on a train for the famous Casey Jones. Casey is putting a brand new whistle on his train, but Casey knows it's a bad idea. He knows that something bad is about to happen.

As i was crossing boston common

Farber, Norma

While a turtle is crossing the Boston Common, he sees a man with many animals. All of these uncommon animals are in alphabetical order.

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alphabet, animals, assertiveness, critical thinking, diversity, imagination, reptiles, sequence, turtle

Gilberto and the wind

Ets, Marie Hall

Gilberto is a friend with the wind. The wind and Gilberto do things for each other.

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assertiveness, environment, feelings, friendship, moods, multicultural, nonverbal communication, spanish, verbal communication, weather, wind

When bluebell sang

Ernst, Lisa Campbell

Bluebell the cow is on her way to stardom because of her wonderful singing voice. Yet once she hits stardom, she becomes homesick. After tricking her nasty manager, Bluebell spends the rest of her days singing with the other cows.

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animals, assertiveness, cow, critical thinking, deception, homesickness, peer resistance, stress management, success

Speak English for us, Marisol!

English, Karen

Marisol is anxious to get home from school to see if she has new kittens or not. Unfortunately she is delayed by relatives and friends that stop Marisol for a favor, to speak or translate English. She happily complies and solves everyone's problems and is rewarded with her mother's love and pride.

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animals, appreciation, assertiveness, cat, community, conflict resolution, english, family, helping, language, market, neighbors, parents, spanish, technology, telephone, verbal communication

I'm the big sister now

Emmert, Michelle

Nine year old Michelle describes the joys, loving times, difficulties, and other special situations involved in living with her older sister. Her sister, Amy, has cerebral palsy.

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assertiveness, coping, disability, family, illness, love, siblings, support, understanding, verbal communication

Ruby

Emberley, Michael

Ruby, a mouse, has to take cheese pies to her grandmother across town. Her mother has given Ruby strict orders not to talk to strangers, especially cats. When Ruby runs into a cat, she has to find a way to get through a sticky situation.

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animals, assertiveness, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, food, grandparents, mouse, nutrition, parents, refusal skills, rules, safety

Louie's goose

Ehrlich, H.M.

Louie's toy goose goes everywhere he goes. Sometimes the goose needs to be fixed. Louie's mom and dad, and even the sun, fixes the goose.

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accidents, accomplishment, affection, animals, assertiveness, beach, birds, boat, bodies of water, caring, clams, coping, crab, critical thinking, crustaceans, decision making, disappointment, dog, exercise, family, feelings, goose, happiness, helping, ocean, parents, play, sadness, sand, seagull, seasons, self confidence, self esteem, song, summer, swimming, toys, verbal communication

Feathers for lunch

Ehlert, Lois

A cat is on the loose and hungry for lunch. He notices many birds in the yard and becomes hungrier. He fails to catch any birds and ends up eating feathers for lunch.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, cat, coping, food, hunger

Buz

Egielski, Richard

Buz is swallowed with a spoonful of cornflakes. While he is being chased by pills, follow Buz on his exciting adventure through the human body.

Dinorella: A prehistoric fairy tale

Edwards, Pamela Duncan//Cole, Henry

Do you remember what happened to Cinderella?Well, Dinorella not only goes to the ball, but she defends the duke against a hungry deinonychus. The dinosaur dames, Dora and Doris, want the jewels but Dinorella has but one dazzling jewel.

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assertiveness, courage, critical thinking, decision making, dinosaur, empathy, fable, fantasy, happiness, heroism, laziness, love, nonverbal communication, party, peer resistance, selfishness

Four famished foxes and fosdyke

Edwards, Pamela Duncan

A mother fox leaves her four children at home for five days. They must feed themselves. Three of the siblings plan different ways to catch meat. The fourth fox is a vegetarian and saves the day by cooking a feast for all of them.

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alliteration, animals, assertiveness, chicken, cooking, critical thinking, dog, duck, family, food, fox, french, goal setting, health, individuality, multicultural, nutrition, parents, self esteem, sequence, siblings, verbal communication

An African princess

Edmonds, Lyra

Lyra is a young girl who lives in the city and who comes from a line of African princesses. She is teased by her classmates and starts to wonder whether or not she is a princess. Her family goes to visit her aunt who confirms that she is an African princess.

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african american, airplane, assertiveness, conflict resolution, family, feelings, history, learning, multicultural, parents, royalty, self esteem, teasing, travel, vacation

Oasis of the stars

Economakis, Olga

A desert family has to move constantly to be near a water supply. The young son of the family decides he is tired of moving. Using ingenuity, he digs a hole until he hits water. The family builds a well and the boy has his wish granted.

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assertiveness, bodies of water, conflict resolution, desert, determination, family, goal setting, hard work, nature, self esteem, travel

Pigwig and the crusty diamonds

Dyke, John

Pigwig, a pig, goes to a party. At the party, diamonds are stolen by Crusty, and Pigwig goes out and finds them.

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animals, assertiveness, baby, cat, conflict resolution, decision making, family, party, pig, teamwork, transportation

Petunia, I love you

Duvoisin, Roger

Raccoon hopes to eat Petunia for a goose dinner, but while walking in the forest, they end up as good friends.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, decision making, food, forest, freedom, friendship, goal setting, goose, kindness, nutrition, raccoon

The house of four seasons

Duvoisin, Roger

A family buys a house and fixes it up. They decide to paint it many colors. They have some trouble getting the colors they want, but in the end, everything works out.

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assertiveness, autumn, colors, conflict resolution, critical thinking, disappointment, family, parents, seasons, shopping, siblings, spring, summer, verbal communication, winter

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