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Armien's fishing trip

Stock, Catherine

A boy struggles to find his own place among the hard working people of Kalk Bay in Southern Africa.

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african, assertiveness, bodies of water, careers, decision making, hard work, multicultural, ocean, peer resistance

Owen just loves his yellow blanket named Fuzzy, which he takes everywhere. Owen's parents decide Owen is getting too old to carry around a blanket. Owen is terribly upset and isn't happy again until Fuzzy is cut up into small pieces for Owen to carry around.

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animals, assertiveness, clothing, conflict resolution, family, feelings, growing up, happiness, mouse, parents, refusal skills, sadness, self esteem, stress management, toys, verbal communication

Tap-tap

Williams, Karen Lynn

After spending a long day selling oranges at the market, a Haitian mother and daughter earn enough money to ride the tap-tap home. The tap-tap is a vehicle that takes passengers where they need to go. It stops when a passenger taps on the side twice.

The saint and the circus

Piumini, Roberto

A circus acrobat loses his balance on the tightrope, and a saint in Heaven comes to his aid in ways that are more harmful than helpful.

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angel, assertiveness, balance, circus, conflict resolution, decision making, encouragement, friendship, gymnastics, saint, self esteem, sports, stress management, verbal communication

The guinea pig abc

Duke, Kate

Each letter of the alphabet is illustrated by a word which applies to guinea pigs.

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alphabet, animals, assertiveness, guinea pig, sequence

Helga's dowry: A troll love story

dePaola, Tomie

Helga, a beautiful troll, sets out to earn her dowry to marry Lars. Her plan doesn't work out like she had hoped. Be ready for a funny ending.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, decision making, greed, laziness, loyalty, marriage, self esteem, selfishness, stress management, trolls, verbal communication, wedding

Glasses - who needs 'em?

Smith, Lane

A little boy is reluctant to get a pair of glasses because he is afraid of how he will look. The doctor points out all the neat images that the boy can see with his glasses on. He is amazed at what he can see with glasses.

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assertiveness, body image, change, coping, decision making, doctor, fear, feelings, five senses, glasses, goal setting, imagination, self esteem, sight, verbal communication, vision

The clown of god: An old story

dePaola, Tomie

Giovanni loves to juggle. He juggles every day to make people laugh. He goes to great extremes to turn peoples' frowns upside down.

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assertiveness, critical thinking, giving, happiness, italian, nonverbal communication, religion, sharing, verbal communication

Today i thought i'd run away

Johnson, Jane

A little boy packs his bag with his special belongings and runs away. In his travels, he comes in contact with bad creatures, but in the end he isn't hurt and goes back home.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, giants, independence, monsters, mythical, running away, security, self confidence, travel, verbal communication

Trouble at the mines

Rappaport, Doreen

With the help of Mother Jones, a famous leader, the miners go on strike to fight for better working conditions and wages. Rosie's family struggles to survive the eight-month strike. The persistant women and miners force the owners to give in, and the strike ends with victory.

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assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, equality, family, fight, geology, goal setting, kindness, parents, peer resistance, persistence, poverty, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

Speedy digs downside up

Kumin, Maxine W.

Because his friends can do tricks that he cannot do, Speedy decides to dig a hole through the world. Once on the other side, he teaches the people about gravity.

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assertiveness, critical thinking, exploration, geography, hard work, imagination

A long way to go

Oneal, Zibby

During World War I in Europe, a girl named Lisa struggles because she feels that girls also deserve the right to vote. She is determined to prove this to others.

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assertiveness, beliefs, bias, critical thinking, discrimination, gender, history, nonverbal communication, parade, prejudice, self confidence, self esteem, verbal communication, war

Chess-dream in a garden

Sutcliff, Rosemary

After some laws and ways were disobeyed, the White-King along with his Queen, Knights, bishops, and pawns challenge the Red-Horde to a chess-like battle.

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assertiveness, bravery, conflict, conflict resolution, fantasy, games, garden, royalty, self esteem, verbal communication

Leprechauns never lie

Balian, Lorna

A young lazy Irish girl, Ninny Nanny, finds it difficult to do chores around the hut she shares with Gram. She decides to catch a leprechaun and get his pot of gold to solve all their problems.

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assertiveness, decision making, family, frustration, goal setting, grandparents, honesty, laziness, multicultural, nonverbal communication, problem solving, verbal communication

Your own best secret place

Baylor, Byrd//Parnall, Peter

A young girl finds a secret hiding place that a boy found before her. She respects that it is his special place. Her friends are willing to share their hiding places with her as long as the boy finds them too.

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assertiveness, decision making, friendship, hiding, nonverbal communication, privacy, respect, secrets, sharing

Five bad boys, billy que and the dustdobbin

Patron, Susan

Billy Que learns an important lesson from the dustbobbin under his bed. Billy learns to think before he speaks.

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assertiveness, bedtime, cleanliness, conflict resolution, friendship, height, presents, stress management

The snow party

de Regniers, Beatrice Schenk

On a snowy, windy night at a Dakota farm, a lonely man and woman wishes for company, music, and a party. Suddenly all their wishes start to come true.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, food, friendship, loneliness, nonverbal communication, nutrition, party, snow, verbal communication, weather

Madeline in london

Bemelmans, Ludwig

Madeline is in London and meets a prince. She is distraught when they have to separate. The boy runs away and Madeline finds him.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, memories, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, verbal communication

Summer wheels

Bunting, Eve

A kid without a father learns from the bicycle man about trust. From other kids he learns honesty and friendship.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, friendship, honesty, individuality, nonverbal communication, parents, trust, verbal communication

Nate the great

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

Nate the Great is a detective and he has an assignment to find Annie's missing picture. After looking at all the clues, he tracks down the culprit - Annie's little brother.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, friendship, goal setting, helping, imagination, mystery, problem solving, self esteem, siblings

Looking for daniela

Kroll, Steven

Antonio, a street performer, decides to rescue his good friend Daniela when she is kidnapped by bandits. After many adventures, he brings her home safely.

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adventures, assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, friendship, goal setting, helping, kidnapped, lost, safety

Girls are silly

Nash, Ogden

Two boys are playing and a girl walks by. Billy says that all girls are silly, then his friend points out that his mom was once a girl.

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assertiveness, decision making, friendship, gender, peer resistance, play, rhyme, verbal communication

Lyle at the office

Waber, Bernard

Lyle, the crocodile, possesses incredible people skills. Sometime this gift can cause problems.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, crocodile, friendship, fun, halloween, holidays, kindness, refusal skills, reptiles, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Frog and toad together

Lobel, Arnold

Frog and Toad are two friends that have many adventures together, including after baking cookies, trying not to eat the whole batch.

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adventures, amphibians, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, food, friendship, frog, goal setting, nonverbal communication, nutrition, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem, stress management, toad, verbal communication

Stephanie's ponytail

Munsch, Robert

One day Stephanie shows up at school with her hair in a ponytail. At first all of her friends make fun of her, but she quickly becomes a trend-setter. When Stephanie tricks everyone into shaving their heads, they aren't very happy with her.

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acceptance, appearance, assertiveness, body image, body parts, family, friendship, individuality, parents, peer resistance, resentment, revenge, school, similarities, teasing, trick, verbal communication

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

Zelda and ivy and the boy next door

Kvasnosky, Laura McGee

A new boy named Eugene has moved in next door to Zelda and Ivy. the three quickly become friends. A romance blooms, they play imaginary games, and go camping. Like all friends, they don't always get along, but they work out their differences.

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animals, assertiveness, bully, business, camping, careers, cleanliness, collection, conflict resolution, family, feelings, fox, friendship, helping, imagination, love, money, neighbors, pirates, playing, pretend, sharing, siblings, sleep, song, stars, verbal communication, wish

Ahoy there, little polar bear

De Beer, Hans

Lars, a little polar bear, gets caught in a fish net and gets thrown on board of a ship. He meets a cat, Nemo, and goes to the city. Nemo and his other friends help Lars find his way back to the North Pole.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, cat, change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, friendship, helping, lost, transportation, travel

Jaguarundi

Hamilton, Virginia

The rainforest, ruined by humans, is no longer a safe place for Rundi Jaguarundi. Rundi decides to invite some strange and exotic animal friends to come along.

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animals, assertiveness, bat, cat, critical thinking, decision making, dog, forest, fox, friendship, jungle, monkey, stress management, verbal communication

Believing sophie

Hutchins, Hazel

Sophie wants to make Monster cookies, but first she needs to go to the store and buy all of the ingredients. But then something happens and Sophie finds herself being accused of shoplifting!

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assertiveness, bicycle, conflict resolution, crime, decision making, exercise, fear, feelings, food, goal setting, nutrition, sadness, shopping, stress management, transportation, verbal communication

Chester chipmunk's thanksgiving

Williams, Barbara

Chester was thankful on Thanksgiving. He was thoughtful to think of his sick cousin, Archie. Chester, Archie, and a friend all have dinner together in the end.

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assertiveness, caring, conflict resolution, decision making, family, food, friendship, holidays, illness, nutrition, thanksgiving, verbal communication

The lunch line

Nagel, Karen Berman

Kim left her lunch on the bus so she now has to buy lunch at the school cafeteria. Kim and Alex decide that they could get more to eat if they share their food. They both buy a little bit and end up with a very healthy lunch.

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argument, assertiveness, author's note, conflict resolution, decision making, food, hunger, math, money, numbers, nutrition, problem solving, restaurant, school, sharing, teaching, verbal communication

Green eggs and ham

Seuss, Dr.

Sam-I-Am follows another person around trying to get him to eat green eggs and ham, but the person insists he would never eat green eggs and ham. Eventually he agrees to try them and decides he does like green eggs and ham and thanks his new friend, Sam-I-Am.

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assertiveness, decision making, food, nutrition, peer resistance, refusal skills, rhyme, stress management, verbal communication

Yummers!

Marshall, James

Emily, the pig, decides she needs to lose weight. She takes a walk then eats everything in sight. Eugene Turtle suggests that walking is a good way for losing weight.

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animals, assertiveness, body image, conflict resolution, exercise, food, friendship, goal setting, hunger, nutrition, overeating, pig, recreation, refusal skills, reptiles, stress management, turtle, walking, weight loss

Sunshine

Ormerod, Jan

A little girl wakes up very early then wakes her father so they can make breakfast. Afterwards, her dad gets back into bed and reads the paper while the mother sleeps. The little girl then begins to get herself ready for school.

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appearance, assertiveness, decision making, family, food, goal setting, growing up, independence, morning, nutrition, parents, responsibilities, self esteem, sleep, working mother

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

Breakfast time, ernest and celestine

Vincent, Gabrielle

When Celestine, a mouse, breaks a cup, her bear friend Ernest offers to help her clean up the mess. But Celestine thinks that is is her responsibility.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, conflict resolution, decision making, family, food, mouse, nutrition, parents, responsibilities, verbal communication

Avocado baby

Burningham, John

The Hargrave family is very weak. Mrs. Hargrave has a baby who will not eat and is also very weak. One day the baby's mother feeds him avocado pears. The baby becomes so strong that he can move furniture, defend other children, and scare burglars.

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assertiveness, baby, conflict resolution, critical thinking, food, nonverbal communication, nutrition

Bon appetit, mr. rabbit!

Boujon, Claude

Mr. Rabbit does not like carrots, so he investigates what his other animal friends eat. Based on his findings, Mr. Rabbit decides carrots are not so bad after all!

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, decision making, food, friendship, investigation, nutrition, rabbit, verbal communication

William's shadow

Austin, Margot

William the woodchuck wakes up after hibernation and is starving. William's friends bring him his meals in bed one day because they do not want him to see his shadow.

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animals, assertiveness, decision making, food, friendship, groundhog's day, holidays, nutrition, peer resistance, refusal skills, seasons, verbal communication, woodchuck

Flim and flam and the big cheese

Garrison, Christian

Two brothers, one fat and one thin, live together. Flam eats all the food and leaves nothing for Flim. So Flim decides to trick Flam into drinking the pond by placing a piece of cheese in the middle of it. Flam drinks the whole pond not realizing the cheese was the reflection of the moon. When Flam cannot move, Flim eats a very satisfying meal.

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assertiveness, beverage, bodies of water, body image, conflict resolution, decision making, family, food, greed, nutrition, pond, self esteem, siblings

Soup for supper

Root, Phyllis

A small woman who has a hearty vegetable garden that she loves very much, encounters a giant who steals all her vegetables. She chases after him and realizes that they can share vegetable soup and a friendship.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, food, friendship, garden, giants, helping, mythical, nutrition, robbery, sharing, stress management, vegetables, verbal communication

Mrs. piccolo's easy chair

Jackson, Jean

A loving, but hungry easy chair follows Mrs. Piccolo to the grocery store to purchase some cheese puffs. A few obstacles attempt to stop the chair from purchasing the cheese puffs, so the chair decides to swallow people to accomplish its task. Will the people from the chair ever get out?

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assertiveness, community, companion, conflict resolution, determination, disappearance, food, friendship, hunger, love, market, mischief, moods, nonverbal communication, nutrition, relaxation, shopping, sounds

Two good friends

Delton, Judy

A duck stays at home and cleans his house all day. His friend, Bear, comes to visit and tries to find something to eat. Bear cannot find anything and they go to Bear's house to cook some food.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, birds, conflict resolution, decision making, food, friendship, nutrition, responsibilities, shelter, teamwork, verbal communication

The shopping basket

Burningham, John

Steve is sent to the store with a list. On his way home, he is approached by many animals demanding his food. He tricks the animals and goes home with all of his groceries.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, food, refusal skills, stress management, verbal communication

The pea patch jig

Hurd, Thacher

Farmer Clem had a beautiful garden. He shares his garden with another family that he did not know about - mice!Baby mouse is always up to something and keeps her parents very busy.

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animals, assertiveness, baby, careers, conflict resolution, family, farm, food, garden, grandparents, mouse, parents, party

Arthur's christmas cookies

Hoban, Lillian

Arthur decides to bake some cookies for his parents for their Christmas presents. Even though they turn out badly, Arthur finds another way to make wonderful presents out of his cookies.

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activities, animals, assertiveness, celebration, chimpanzee, christmas, cooking, critical thinking, family, food, friendship, giving, helping, holidays, money, monkey, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, party, preparation, presents, sharing, siblings, snow, teamwork, teeth, verbal communication, weather, winter

Ola

D'Aulaire, Ingri//D'Aulaire, Edgar

A story about a boy, his travels, and his adventures through Norway.

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adventures, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, folktale, goal setting, multicultural, norwegian, peer resistance, refusal skills, travel

Rosie's fiddle

Root, Phyllis

Rosie O'Grady loves being by herself, but people can't stay away when she plays her fiddle. She is so good that they say she could out-fiddle the devil himself!One day, the devil shows up to challenge Rosie to a contest, the devil's golden fiddle for Rosie's soul!

Elfwyn's saga

Wisniewski, David

A blind girl is born in the northern valley. Because she cannot see, she is blind to the curse in a great crystal. She destroys the crystal and restores her village from the curse.

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assertiveness, blindness, community, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, disability, five senses, handicap, heroism, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, verbal communication

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