Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Cinder-Elly | by Minters, Frances

A little girl lives with her two sisters in New York. They all get invited to a basketball game to see the prince play. Elly doesn't have anything to wear but her godmother comes and saves the day. Elly goes to the game, gets her prince, and teaches others the value of not being mean.

Keywords: assertiveness, basketball, biking, clothing, comparisons, conflict resolution, exercise, family, godmother, magic, parents, poetry, rhyme, siblings, sports

A day with daddy | by Girimes, Nikki

A young African American boy living with his mother spends the day with his father. They spend time together doing a variety of activities that leave the boy satisfied with his life.

Keywords: african, baseball, basketball, family, food, happiness, memories, neighbors, nutrition, parents, play, playground, relationship, role model, sleep, sports, understanding

My big brother | by Cohen, Miriam

A little boy idolizes his big brother and wants to be exactly like him. They do everything together. When his family cannot pay for college, the older child joins the army. His little brother then takes his place being big brother to their youngest sibling.

Keywords: african american, basketball, car, church, correspondence, family, feelings, food, happiness, loss, love, multicultural, nutrition, sadness, siblings, sports, television, transportation, writing

The meanest thing to say | by Cosby, Bill

Little Bill meets a new boy at school who challenges him to play a game to find the meanest thing to say. When Bill learns a new strategy from his dad, he decides to avoid the game and ignore the criticism. Soon the new boy gets embaressed, but Bill reaches out to make him his friend.

Keywords: african american, anger, basketball, confidence, conflict, fight, flood, forgiveness, friendship, frog, frustration, games, grandparents, illness, jumping, noise, parents, school, sports, teaching, teasing, walking

Monster goes around the town | by Blance, Ellen // Cook, Ann

Monster goes for a trip around the town with a little boy. The little boy brings his camera and takes pictures at all the places they visit together.

Keywords: assertiveness, basketball, boat, bodies of water, bus, car, disappearance, environment, excitement, feelings, friendship, fun, goal setting, happiness, hobby, monsters, nonverbal communication, photograph, river, self esteem, sharing, shopping, teamwork, travel, verbal communication

Shop talk | by 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.

Keywords: 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

Allie's basketball dream | by Barber, Barbara

Allie loves basketball, but she is often the only girl on the court. Buddy and other boys tease Allie about playing basketball. Allie believes in her ability and keeps practicing so that one day she can be better at basketball than the boys!

The secret Olivia told me | by Joy, N.

Olivia develops interpersonal skills by realizing how her words affect her friends. Olivia and her best friend realize the importance of honesty and trust in their friendship.

Keywords: african american, balloon, basketball, body parts, books, buildings, colors, excitement, feelings, friendship, italian, jumping, multicultural, playing, relationship, secrets, siblings, soccer, sports, telephone, truth, worry

Sleep, big bear, sleep! | by Wright, Maureen

It's time for Big Bear to hibernate, so Old Man Winter keeps telling him sleep, Big Bear, sleep. But Big Bear doesn't hear very well. He thinks Old Man Winter has told him to drive a jeep, to sweep, and to leap. Big Bear just can't seem to hear what Old Man winter is saying. Finally, Old Man Winter finds a noisy way to get Big Bear's attention.

Keywords: animals, autumn, basketball, bear, bee, birds, camping, cardinal, clouds, frog, hibernation, insects, jeep, moon, moose, mountains, owl, rabbit, seasons, sleep, snow, sounds, squirrel, tree, winter

Creativity | by Steptoe, John

Charles speaks English and Hector speaks Spanish. They learn that even though they speak different languages, they both come from African ancestors. Charles helps Hector adjust to life in the U.S. through fun activities.

Keywords: africa, african american, basketball, clothing, cooking, creativity, culture, curiosity, english, family, fishing, friendship, helping, home, identity, immigrants, language, learning, moving, multicultural, parents, puerto rican, relationship, school, slavery, spanish, sports

Yesterday I had the blues | by Frame, Jean Ashford

A family explores the various emotions they face each day. Through the use of colors, the main character realizes that even with all the ups and downs of emotions, one color really matters- LOVE of family.

Keywords: african american, anger, animals, basketball, bicycle, buildings, bus, car, colors, confidence, cooking, dancing, Days of The Week, depression, dog, drawing, emotions, exercise, family, feelings, games, grandparents, instruments, jumping, multicultural, music, nonverbal communication, rhythm, school, sports, stress management, subway, technology, transportation

Rockin' reptiles | by Calmenson, Stephanie//Cole, Joanna

Allie the Alligator is a typical young girl. She and her two girlfriends have lots of fun together playing games and dressing up. The three of them will do anything to be able to go to the Rockin Reptiles concert, their favorite band. There's a catch though -- only two can go.

Keywords: alligator, basketball, bias, biking, boat, challenges, competition, conflict resolution, cooking, dancing, dedication, exercise, family, friendship, fun, games, humor, jumping, moving, music, neighbors, peer resistance, play, relationship, reptiles, selfishness, song, sports, technology, telephone, verbal communication

Let's play as a team! | by Halliman, P. K.

Kids like to play as a team no matter what they do -- football, soccer, baseball and all kinds of sports. When they're done playing, it doesn't matter who wins or loses as long as they all had a great time while they were playing. Join these kids in their fun-filled day of teamwork.

Keywords: acceptance, baseball, basketball, change, cooperation, decision making, disability, excitement, exercise, football, friendship, fun, games, kindness, play, playground, recreation, responsibilities, rules, running, soccer, sports, success, teamwork

It's hard to share my teacher | by Prestine, Joan Singleton

Josh is having a hard time learning to share in school. He is especially frustrated when his teacher is busy helping other students. He wants to share his artwork with his teacher and his classmates. He ends up learning why sharing is so important.

Keywords: art, basketball, colors, conflict resolution, feelings, frustration, helping, nutrition, patience, school, self confidence, self esteem, sharing, sports, teaching

I never knew your name | by Garland, Sherry

A young boy is fascinated with his neighbor. He watches the neighbor's actions and understands his feelings. Unfortunately, no one notices the boy.

Keywords: awareness, basketball, challenges, critical thinking, depression, feelings, friendship, insecurity, loneliness, neighbors, nonverbal communication, sadness, sports

Sportsercise: A school story about exercise-induced asthma | by Gosselin, Kim

This book looks at exercise and how it can induce asthma. It explains that some children may have this problem, but encourages them to participate in physical activities.

Thumbs up, rico! | by Testa, Maria

Rico, a boy with Downs Syndrome, overcomes many obstacles. See how he does it in three different stories.

Keywords: art, basketball, challenges, coping, creativity, differences, disability, diseases, family, friendship, siblings, sports

Dark day, light night | by Carr, Jan

Manda curls up on her bed, mad because Bobby took the basketball right out of her hands. Aunt Ruby sits down and talks with Amanda, trying to cheer her up. With Manda in the crook of her arm, Aunt Ruby shares her list of favorite things causing Manda's frown to turn into a smile.

Keywords: african american, anger, basketball, conflict resolution, family, feelings, happiness, love, parents, sports, stress management, verbal communication

Bunnies and their sports | by Carlson, Nancy

After a good night's rest, bunnies participate in a variety of sports such as swimming, basketball, weight-lifting, tennis, or jogging.

Keywords: animals, baseball, basketball, biking, climbing, exercise, football, rabbit, running, skating, skiing, soccer, sports, swimming

I know about sports | by Jaeggi, Chris

There are many different kinds of sports. Sports are games which have rules to follow. Some sports are played alone and others are played with friends. You can enjoy sports by playing or by watching sports.

Keywords: baseball, basketball, exercise, games, goal setting, individuality, multicultural, nonverbal communication, rules, self esteem, sports, teamwork

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