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The sign in mendel's window

Phillips, Mildred

A small Jewish community is very trusting of a stranger who rents out half of Mendel's shop. But when the man returns to town with two policemen, will Mendel be charged with stealing?This closeknit community works together

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assertiveness, community, conflict resolution, critical thinking, deception, decision making, Jewish, multicultural, problem solving, trust, truth, verbal communication

Luka's quilt

Guback, Gloria

Luka and Tutu are best friends. Tutu decides to make a quilt for Luka but she doesn't like it. For a while they aren't friends anymore, but then they are again.

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anger, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, hawaiian, love, multicultural, nonverbal communication, presents, quilt, refusal skills, stress management, verbal communication

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

Starring mirette and bellini

McCully, Emily Arnold

Young Mirette and the Great Bellini are high wire partners in Paris. While performing on a tour of Europe, they visit Russia where the people are not free. Bellini speaks to them about freedom during their act and is arrested. Then it is up to Mirette to be brave and rescue him from prison.

Where are you, ernest and celestine?

Vincent, Gabrielle

When Ernest and Celestine go to a museum, they lose each other. They finally find each other, and Celestine admits her fear of being lost and alone. They admit they like each other better than the pictures in the museum.

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animals, art, assertiveness, bear, conflict resolution, fear, feelings, lost, mouse, museum, verbal communication

Music, music for everyone

Williams, Vera B.

While her grandmother is sick, Rosa helps her mother with expenses by playing her accordion with her friends in a band.

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assertiveness, family, friendship, goal setting, grandparents, helping, illness, music, nonverbal communication, parents, play, responsibilities, teamwork, verbal communication

Lookin' for bird in the big city

Burleigh, Robert

Miles Davis loves music. Wherever he is, Miles can feel music. Miles dreams of playing his trumpet with the great saxophonist, Charlie Bird Parker, so he travels to New York City to find him. After many hours of searching, Miles finds Bird and the two play beautiful music together.

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african american, assertiveness, birds, confidence, dreams, feelings, ferry, five senses, goal setting, imagination, instruments, listening, multicultural, music, performance, rhythm, sounds, subway, transportation

Angel's kite

Blanco, Alberto

Young Angel is sad because the town bell is missing. One night, Young Angel builds a giant kite that mysteriously turns into the town bell. (Also in Spanish).

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dog, feelings, goal setting, mystery, sadness, secrets, spanish

The grumpalump

Hayes, Sarah

Every animal has an action that they do to try to figure out what the grumpalump is. No one can figure it out until the gnu comes. He blows it up to create a hot air balloon.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, decision making, discovery, gnu, goal setting, mystery, self esteem

The journey home

Lester, Allison

After falling through a pit and landing at the North Pole, Wild and Wooley have a long journey back home. While finding their way back, they run into Santa Claus, the Good Fairy, Prince Charming and the Little Mermaid.

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adventures, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, mermaids, mythical, stress management, travel, verbal communication

The witch's garden

Postma, Lidia

Curious children try to scare a witch out of her house. The witch just laughs, and they realize that she is a harmless lady who makes wonderful pancakes. But who are the mysterious elves who live in her garden?

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assertiveness, celebration, decision making, elves, fear, feelings, food, mythical, nonverbal communication, nutrition, peer resistance, verbal communication, witches

The practical princess

Williams, Joy

A young princess is given three gifts. One of her gifts is common sense. In the beginning, Princess Bedelia saw this as insignificant, because all she needed was charm. After realizing that charm won't fight off a dragon and save her life, Bedelia values her common sense.

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anticipation, assertiveness, beauty, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, dragons, fairy, fear, feelings, fight, goal setting, mythical, presents, pride, royalty, self esteem, verbal communication

Greyling

Yolen, Jane

A fisherman and his wife want a child. The find a selchic (man on land and seal in sea) and raise him. At fifteen, he goes back to the sea to help his father and doesn't return to being a man.

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assertiveness, bodies of water, careers, child care, family, fishing, growing up, mythical, parents, sea

The great big scary dog

Gleeson, Libby

Jen, her sister, and a friend decide to scare a dog with their dragon costume for the Chinese New Year's dance. When they roar and try to scare the dog, the dog is very friendly to the girls and allows them to pet him.

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animals, assertiveness, celebration, chinese, critical thinking, dog, dragons, family, fear, feelings, friendship, holidays, multicultural, mythical, neighbors, new year, nonverbal communication, parents, siblings

The paper dragon

Davol, Margueritte W.

Sui-Jen, the dragon, is awakened and begins to destroy everything. Mi Fei is the only person brave and wise enough to put the dragon back to sleep. Mi Fei needs courage, heroism, and wisdom to save his village from the dragon.

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art, assertiveness, bravery, challenges, chinese, community, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, culture, dragons, heroism, love, loyalty, multicultural, neighbors, verbal communication

Johnny crow's new garden

Brooke, L. Leslie

Johnny Crow has a new garden of the local animals. They sang, dance, and have a party thanking Johnny Crow.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, crow, dancing, garden, neighbors, party, rhyme, song, verbal communication

Where does the brown bear go?

Weiss, Nicki

When the lights go down on the city street and the sun sinks far behing the seas, the animals of the world are on the way home for the night.

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animals, assertiveness, bodies of water, critical thinking, night, nonverbal communication, sea, sun

The quiet mother and the the noisy boy

Zolotow, C.

Sandy is a boy who talks loud all of the time. One day, he meets a boy Roger who talks even louder. This bothers Sandy so he has a talk with his mom about when noise is okay.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, family, noise, parents, peer resistance, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

The little old lady who was not afraid of anything

Williams, L.

A little old lady, who isn't afraid of anything, takes a walk in the woods at night. A pumpkin head, a tall black hat, a pair of pants, a shirt, two gloves and two shoes try to scare her.

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assertiveness, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, fear, feelings, goal setting, halloween, holidays, nature, night, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem, stress management, woods

The mountain that loved a bird

McLerran, Alice//Carle, Eric

A bird named Joy lands on a lonely mountain. They become friends, but the bird cannot stay because there is no food or water. The bird promises to visit every spring, but the mountain begins to cry and so the bird plants a seed. In time, the mountain has food and water for any animal who would like to live on it.

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assertiveness, birds, critical thinking, food, friendship, loneliness, mountains, nature, nutrition, problem solving, verbal communication, water

When the tide is low

Cole, Sheila

A child wants to go to the beach, but her mom will not let her because the tide is too high. When the tide is low again, they are able to go to the beach.

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assertiveness, beach, bodies of water, critical thinking, goal setting, ocean, patience, play, verbal communication

It'll come out of the wash

Gray, Nigel

A father helps to teach his little girl that it is alright not to be perfect.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, family, growing up, learning, parents, verbal communication

I'm flying

Wade, A.

This is a story about a boy who finds a solution for getting rid of things he doesn't like -- he ties balloons to them so they float away. He then floats away to a place where everything is peaceful and there are no problems.

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assertiveness, balloon, creativity, decision making, peace, problem solving, stress management, verbal communication

The silver slippers

Koda-Callan, Elizabeth

A young girl is always out of step, but wishes to become a prima ballerina. Her mother gives her a silver slipper charm which raises her confidence to meet her dreams.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, dancing, decision making, dreams, exercise, family, fear, feelings, goal setting, hard work, parents, performance, presents, recreation, self confidence, self esteem

We keep a pig in the parlor

Bloom, Suzanne

A very persistent pig tries to escape from his pig pen everyday by going to great lengths to be free. The owners finally give up and keep the pig in their parlor.

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animals, assertiveness, determination, farm, goal setting, persistence, pets, pig

The widow and the parrot

Woolf, V.

This Victorian tale is about a parrot named James. A poor widow learns the rewards of having a pet.

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assertiveness, birds, companion, decision making, parrot, pets, responsibilities, verbal communication

Crictor

Ungerer, Tom

Madam Bodot was given a pet snake for her birthday and she named it Crictor. She treated Crictor like her child. She fed him and took him everywhere with her. Crictor becomes the heroic snake of the town when he saves Madam Bodot.

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assertiveness, birthday, community, conflict resolution, heroism, pets, presents, reptiles, responsibilities, snake

Aunt pitty's patty's piggy

Aylesworth, Jim

Aunt Pitty Patty and her niece Nelly bring a pig home from the market. But the pig won't enter the gate to Aunt Pitty Patty's yard. Nelly seeks out the help of others to get the pig through the gate but no one is willing. Nelly problem solves to get others to help and they get the pig through the gate before dinner.

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animals, assertiveness, cat, challenges, chaos, compromise, cow, dog, farm, fire, ox, pig, water

Popcorn at the palace

McCully, Emily Arnold

Based on real events, Maisie Ferris, a girl from the mid-1800s, and her family don't really fit in with their neighbors in the small town of Galesburg, Illinois with their new ideas. They take one of their American creations, popcorn, to England and impress everyone with their corn that turns to snow.

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american, animals, assertiveness, author's note, boat, carriage, cow, creativity, dolls, english, family, farm, food, garden, history, horse, imagination, multicultural, neighbors, nutrition, pioneers, royalty, self esteem, snow, spiritual, transportation, travel

The pumpkin man and the crafty creeper

Mahy, Margaret

Mr. Parkins raises pumpkins and is surprised when a plant talks to him. The plant insists on going home with Mr. Parkins and ends up being unthankful and ungrateful. Mr. Parkins peaceful existence is no longer peaceful.

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assertiveness, change, coping, feelings, plants, verbal communication

Pumpkins: A story for a field

Ray, Mary Lyn

A man is sad to see a beautiful field become a residential development, so he raises money to buy the field by growing pumpkins and selling them all over the world.

At grandma and grandpa's house

Hooker, Ruth

A little girl and boy know that at grandma and grandpa's house there are always special things to see and do. There are beds for bouncing, rooms full of toys, books, and games, and a tree to climb in the yard.

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assertiveness, family, food, games, grandparents, nutrition, play, recreation, self esteem

What i did last summer

Prelutsky, Jack

During a summer, a little boy plays baseball and goes to the beach, a museum, and a county fair. By the end of the summer, he is ready to go back to school.

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assertiveness, baseball, beach, conflict resolution, decision making, fair, museum, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, play, recreation, rhyme, school, seasons, sports, summer, verbal communication

Train ride

Steptoe, John

A group of young boys take a trip on a train to go to a place that has mysterious games. They had a lot of fun on their trip.

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assertiveness, critical thinking, decision making, games, play, train, transportation, travel

The great trash bash

Leedy, Loreen

The mayor of Beaston tries to find out what is wrong with his city. He discovers that there is too much litter and trash. The community gets together and figures out ways to solve the problem.

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animals, assertiveness, community, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, environment, goal setting, hippopotamus, identification, pollution, progress, teamwork, verbal communication

What to do about pollution...

Shelby, Anne

A closer look at the problems of the world such as pollution, hunger, and homelessness is taken and a simple solution is proposed; to love.

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assertiveness, critical thinking, feelings, friendship, hunger, love, pollution, sadness, stress management, verbal communication

Down down the mountain

Creedle, Ellis

Hetty and Hank want shoes, but there are no stores in the mountain and Pappy says they have no money. So Granny gives them an idea how to raise the money. They grow some turnips to take down the mountain. On the way they find most of the turnips away, but still have a happy ending.

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assertiveness, clothing, conflict resolution, family, food, goal setting, grandparents, poverty, responsibilities, sharing, teamwork, verbal communication

Arthur's birthday party

Hoban, Lilliam

Arthur's determination to have the best birthday party and be the best all-around gymnast causes him to be inconsiderate of the feelings of his sister and friends. When Arthur forgets to be fair and have fun at the competition, his younger sister is quick to point out that each chimpanzee has his or her own special skill to be honored with a medal at the birthday competition.

Big red lollipop

Khan, Rukhsana

Rubina is excited to get her first invite to a birthday party! However when she asks Ami whether she can go, Ami tells her she has to take her younger sister, Sana. After Sana ruins the party, Rubina has to learn how to overcome her anger and forgive her little sister.

I love you mary jane

Balian, Lorna

Mary Jane is a dog who is having a birthday party. All the kids from around the block come and bring presents. Mary Jane has a special present for the children -- she has puppies!

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animals, assertiveness, birth, birthday, dog, party, presents, verbal communication

Mr. snow bunting's secret

Quackenbush, Robert

Mr. Snow Bunting opens a bow shop that is only open from March to November. The whole town is so curious about the way he wraps presents that they set out to find what the secret is -- especially Mr. Dog.

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animals, assertiveness, community, conflict resolution, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, dog, goal setting, nonverbal communication, presents, recreation, secrets

A rose, a bridge, and wild black horse

Zolotow, C.

A small boy describes all the marvelous things he will do for his sister when he is grown up, such as bringing her coral from the bottom of the sea and building her the biggest bridge in the world.

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assertiveness, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, growing up, imagination, presents, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

Why does it always rain on sukkot?

Youdoin, S.S.

Each of the Jewish holidays are explained through a story. The chief angel gives each holiday a gift which explains its meaning.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, holidays, Jewish, multicultural, presents, self esteem, storytelling, verbal communication

Rickety rackety rooster

Wahl, Jan

Farmer Puckle owns a rooster who crows constantly. They try everything to get him to stop and finally discover a treasure to solve the problem.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, canary, community, cow, critical thinking, crow, duck, family, farm, fear, feelings, five senses, food, horse, neighbors, noise, nonverbal communication, nutrition, owl, parents, problem solving, rain, sheep, sleep, stress management, weather, wind

Calvin crocodile and the terrible noise

Pickett, Carla

A lion tries to tell Calvin the crocodile that he is king. Calvin does not believe him, so they have a contest to see who can make the loudest noise. The lion makes the loudest noise, which cracks the dam and the river floods the land. The crocodile helps the lion so he will not drown.

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animals, assertiveness, competition, conflict resolution, critical thinking, crocodile, decision making, goal setting, helping, lion, noise, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, reptiles, royalty, safety, sounds

Timothy turtle

Graham, Al

A turtle is tired of the everyday routine of life, and decides to try and climb a hill. He goes through many struggles and failures to get to the top of the hill, but finds happiness once he succeeds.

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assertiveness, challenges, conflict resolution, critical thinking, determination, feelings, goal setting, happiness, reptiles, self esteem, stress management, success, turtle

Timothy turtle

Davis, Alice Vaught

Timothy the turtle went sliding in the mud and got stuck on his back. He was unable to turn himself back over and it took the work of his friends to return him to his feet.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, decision making, friendship, nonverbal communication, play, reptiles, teamwork, verbal communication

The wild washer-women

Yeoman, J.

Seven washerwomen get fed up, run wild, and meet seven woodsmen. They all get married.

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assertiveness, careers, decision making, frustration, marriage, refusal skills, responsibilities, self esteem

The widow's broom

Van Allsburg, Chris

Minna Shaw rescues a fallen witch and in return is given the witch's old broom. Neighbors think the broom is evil, but it helps the widow with her chores. The neightbors try to destroy the broom, which later comes back to haunt them.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, decision making, destruction, neighbors, nonverbal communication, rescue, responsibilities, witches

The meanest squirrel i ever met

Zion, Gene

Nibble, a squirrel, plans his Thanksgiving dinner of acorns, but a mean squirrel comes up and cons the food from Nibble. Through a series of strange circumstances, Nibble is able to get his family's acorns back and even get back at the mean squirrel.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, food, holidays, nutrition, refusal skills, revenge, robbery, self esteem, squirrel, stress management, thanksgiving, verbal communication

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