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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

Holiday for edith and the bears

Wright, D.

A doll, Edith, and Little Bear are told about boats by Big Bear. Little Bear is told not to go on a boat, but he and Edith disobey and get lost in the big ocean. Big Bear saves them and they learn their lesson about going on a boat by themselves.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, boat, bodies of water, critical thinking, decision making, disobedience, dolls, goal setting, learning, lost, ocean, refusal skills, rescue, safety, transportation, verbal communication

Talking

Xaba-Mashiri, Zadwa

A man digs out a talking yam from his garden. The man is confused and asks his dog if he is talking, but the dog says it is the yam talking. The man runs to the village to tell people about the talking yam and dog. People do not believe the man until things starts talking to them.

Tshepo rides the bus

Xaba-Mashiri, Zodwa

It is Tshepo's birthday and Auntie Sonto is taking him to the town on the bus. Tshepo loves to ride the bus. However, Auntie Sonto refuses to buy a bus ticket for Tshepo because she says Tshepo is too young.

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africa, african american, anger, assertiveness, birthday, bus, celebration, conflict resolution, embarrassment, family, feelings, holidays, multicultural, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, refusal skills, relationship, stress management, transportation

Hannah is my name

Yang, Belle

Hannah and her family come to America from Taiwan to gain freedom. For them to become Americans and have their freedom, they must obtain their greencards. Hannah and her family's journey of over 2 years, encompasses many trials. Hannah and her family feel relief, excitement and prode as they finally receive their greencards and are now able to call American their home.

A song for ba

Yee, Paul

A young, ambitious boy spends a lot of time with his grandfather learning how to sing and follow in the footsteps of his father who travels with a Chinese opera troupe. Wei, the little boy, loves to go to the opera and watch his father perform hoping one day, he too, will be a star. Through difficult times and financial loss, a young boy comes to the rescue of both his father and his cultural background.

Island-style alphabet

Yee, Tammy

Learn the alphabet from a diverse perspective through the Hawaiian, Japanese and Chinese cultures. Learn more about these different cultures through the ethnic words and colorful illustrations.

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animals, assertiveness, birthday, butterfly, cat, celebration, chicken, cockroach, decision making, dog, dolphin, family, fish, food, gecko, goose, guilt, hawaiian, japanese, jellyfish, multicultural, nonverbal communication, octopus, pig, self esteem, shrimp, verbal communication, wedding

Father's rubber shoes

Yeo, Yumi

Yungsu's family moves from Korea to America. When Yungsu goes into his new town and sees children playing, he missed his friends from Korea. Yungsu tells his mother that he wants to go back to Korea, but his father explains that their life will be better in America.

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

Owl moon

Yolen, Jane

A young girl goes owling with her father. She has waited a long time for this privilege, and though it is a difficult outing, she is thrilled about it.

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anticipation, assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, night, verbal communication

King long shanks

Yolen, Jane

King Long Shanks is known for his fine, long and strong legs and he is quite proud of them. One day two tailors arrive at the palace promising they can make an outfit to show off his legs!The outfit also promises to be a true test of loyalty for the people of the kingdom.

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acceptance, amphibians, assertiveness, attention, business, celebration, communication, confidence, curiosity, embarrassment, entertainment, fable, fly, frog, humor, insects, nonverbal communication, rhyme, royalty, self esteem, sewing, support, trick

Eeny meeny miney mole

Yolen, Jane

Eeny, Meeny, and Miney Mole live life underground and they have no idea what life up above is like. One day, Eeny burrows up above ground and discovers day, night, light, darkness, and the four seasons.

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animals, assertiveness, critical thinking, day, discovery, family, insects, mole, night, reptiles, seasons, self esteem, siblings, snake, spring, summer, verbal communication, winter, worm

Beneath the ghost moon

Yolen, Jane

A colony of mice take revenge on the creepy-crawlers who tear up their Halloween costumes. They scare these mean creatures out of the farmyard so that they can live together in peace.

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animals, assertiveness, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, destruction, farm, fear, goal setting, halloween, holidays, moon, mouse, night, nonverbal communication, peace

The girl who loved the wind

Yolen, Jane

Danina's father does not want her to experience life's harshnesses or sorrows. She is surrounded only by beauty. Then, the wind comes and tells her of another world. She accepts it's challenge by setting out to discover the real world and broadening her sheltered life.

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adventures, assertiveness, beauty, change, conflict resolution, curiosity, decision making, discovery, family, feelings, happiness, parents, refusal skills, sadness, security, verbal communication, wind

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

It happened in pinsk

Yorinks, A.

Irv Irving is not happy with his life. He wants fame and fortune. One day, Irv loses his identity and everyone mistakes him for someone else. After he finally retrieves his identity, he realizes what he has and becomes content.

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acceptance, assertiveness, boredom, change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, fame, feelings, fortune, frustration, individuality, jealousy, mistake, misunderstanding, refusal skills, uniqueness, verbal communication

Company's coming

Yorinks, A.

One day, aliens land in Moe and Shirley's yard. They seem friendly, so Shirley invites them to dinner. Moe becomes distressed and calls the FBI. The entire country becomes unnecessarily threatened by these harmless visitors.

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adventures, alien, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, feelings, fly, food, insects, misunderstanding, nutrition, presents, protection

Oh, brother

Yorinks, A.

Milton and Morris are orphaned twins. They try to agree and work to survive. A job as tailors brings them back to their parents whom they thought were dead.

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assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, discovery, family, nonverbal communication, orphan, parents, peer resistance, refusal skills, siblings, verbal communication

Christmas in july

Yorinks, A.

Santa Claus's pants are given to a rich man by mistake. While searching for them, Santa is put in jail so Christmas does not occur. In July, when Santa is released, his pants are returned and Christmas occurs in July.

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assertiveness, change, christmas, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, holidays, peer resistance, refusal skills, santa, verbal communication

Ugh

Yorkins, Arthur

Many, many years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, there was a boy named Ugh who was looked down on and treated like a slave by his siblings. Ugh tells them he will be famous one day. After seeing a wheel, he invents the bicycle, and because of this becomes the boy king.

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anger, assertiveness, bicycle, cave, change, chores, confidence, critical thinking, differences, dinosaur, family, feelings, happiness, inventions, jealousy, moon, sadness, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication, whale

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

Up a tree

Young, Ed

A cat finds himself up in a tree and won't come down. After supper passes, the cat gradually climbs down to safety.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, food, goal setting, nature, nonverbal communication, nutrition, peer resistance, plants, play, recreation, refusal skills, safety

Daisy's taxi

Young, Ruth

Daisy ferries to and from the island all day in her water taxi. Throughout the day, Daisy takes passengers and their valuables to the island and back to shore no matter what kind of weather. After a long day, Daisy wants to go for a row with her husband.

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assertiveness, careers, critical thinking, decision making, dedication, family, goal setting, helping, island, responsibilities, self esteem, stress management, transportation, verbal communication, weather

Murgatroyd's garden

Zavos, J.//Drahos, Z.

Murgatroyd screams whenever his parents wash his hair so they stop washing it and a huge garden -- complete with animals -- grows on his head. When Murgatroyd can no longer stand up under his garden, he realizes that hairwashing really isn't so bad!

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animals, assertiveness, body image, cleanliness, decision making, family, garden, hygiene, parents, refusal skills

The wheels on the bus

Zelinsky, P.

This pop-up,action book goes along with the song, The Wheels On the Bus. Each page is a different verse of the song and has something on it that moves!

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assertiveness, bus, conflict resolution, nonverbal communication, song, stress management, transportation, verbal communication

To hilda for helping

Zemach, Margot

Hilda's sister gets jealous when her father gives Hilda a medal for helping out around the house. She tells Hilda that she hopes she loses the medal. Hilda says that if she loses it and it gets buried, it will grow into a tree full of medals.

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accomplishment, assertiveness, consequences, family, feelings, fight, growing up, helping, jealousy, parents, seasons, self esteem, siblings, summer, verbal communication

A new coat for anna

Ziefert, Harriet

Anna needs a new winter coat, so her mother trades her valuables in order to get Anna a new coat.

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assertiveness, clothing, conflict resolution, decision making, family, goal setting, parents, poverty, winter

So hungry!

Ziefert, Harriet//Nicklaus, C.

A boy and his sister are hungry and look for a snack. They each build a sandwich and race to eat them. They are no longer hungry!

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, decision making, family, food, hunger, nutrition, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

Mean murgatroyd and the ten cats

Zimelman, Nathan

Arabella takes her ten cats for a walk every day, but Mean Murgatroyd, the dog next door, scares them away. Arabella comes up with a great idea for dealing with Murgatroyd.

Treed by a pride of irate lions

Zimelman, Nathan

An animal likes his Mother but not his Father -- so off he goes to Africa where he hopes to find some loving animals. In the end, the Dad returns home, telling his family that no animal will ever be like him. Dad is happy that his family still loves him.

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african, animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, love, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem, stress management, travel, verbal communication

Cricket boy

Ziner, Feenie

Hu Sing's father is asked to come to the emperor's palace to fight his champion cricket against the emperor's own champion. In trying to protect the cricket, Hu Sing accidentally kills it, and then kills himself, until he has a strange dream.

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assertiveness, beliefs, chinese, competition, conflict resolution, cricket, death, decision making, dreams, family, grandparents, grief, insects, loss, multicultural, parents, respect, royalty, self esteem, verbal communication, vision

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

The poodle who barked at the wind

Zolotow, C.

A little black poodle barks at everything to keep his family safe.

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animals, assertiveness, dog, family, noise, nonverbal communication, responsibilities, safety

Not a little monkey

Zolotow, C.

A little girl tries to get her busy mother to play with her by doing a series of silly things, from pouring water on her head to climbing into the big wastebasket.

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assertiveness, attention, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, mischief, nonverbal communication, parents, peer resistance, play, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

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

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

When the wind stops

Zolotow, Charlotte

A little boy questions the beginning and end of nature, and his mother helps him to understand that there truly is no end.

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assertiveness, autumn, bodies of water, conflict resolution, confusion, contentment, critical thinking, exercise, family, feelings, happiness, moon, nature, nonverbal communication, ocean, parents, play, rain, sadness, seasons, self esteem, spring, summer, sun, verbal communication, water, weather, wind, winter

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