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Arthur's eyes
Brown, Marc
Arthur's friends tease him when he gets glasses. Soon other children get glasses, and Arthur learns to wear his glasses with pride.
Tags
body image
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body parts
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change
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conflict resolution
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decision making
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differences
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five senses
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friendship
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glasses
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growing up
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nonverbal communication
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pride
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self esteem
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teasing
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verbal communication
,
vision
Jim and the beanstalk
Briggs, Raymond
As a sequel to Jack and the Beanstalk, Jim visits the giant who has poor eyesight, no hair and no teeth. Jim eventually takes the giant glasses, false teeth, wig, and gold coins. In the end, they become good friends.
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aging
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body image
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conflict resolution
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friendship
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giants
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kindness
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mythical
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teeth
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verbal communication
,
vision
Otto is different
Brandenburg, Franz
Otto is sad because he is an octopus and has eight arms. He feels different from everyone else. He learns that eight arms are better than two and that it is okay to be different.
Tags
assertiveness
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body image
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conflict resolution
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critical thinking
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differences
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fish
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octopus
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self esteem
The dream of the little elephant
Bornstein, Ruth
A little green elephant finds himself out of place among a herd of large gray elephants. He sets off in search of a belonging place. Finally he finds one.
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animals
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appearance
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assertiveness
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body image
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dreams
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elephant
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individuality
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self esteem
,
uniqueness
Monster and the mural
Blance, E. & Cook, A.
Monster has a new-found hobby; painting! His inspired friends crowd into his house to try painting too. In order to avoid a mess, Monster invites his friends to go outside and paint an old brown wall in the city. Together, they create a beautiful mural of a park. It is eye-catching and makes everyone in the community happy!
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appearance
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art
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body image
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careers
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colors
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community
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cooperation
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feelings
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friendship
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happiness
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hobby
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monsters
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museum
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teamwork
Why I sneeze, shiver, hiccup, and yawn
Berger, Melvin
What makes you sneeze? Why is it so hard to get rid of the hiccups, or you hold back a yawn? Inside, you'll find the answer to these questions about reflexes, and you'll also learn lots of easy experiments to try out on your friends.
Tags
body image
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body parts
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communication
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critical thinking
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exploration
,
health
,
science
A frog prince
Berenzy, Alix
This is a life lesson concerning love is in the eyes of the beholder. This story show how love turned a common frog into a prince.
Tags
amphibians
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assertiveness
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beauty
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body image
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conflict resolution
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decision making
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fable
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fantasy
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frog
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goal setting
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love
,
nonverbal communication
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peer resistance
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refusal skills
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self esteem
,
verbal communication
Little penguin
Benson, Patrick
Pip is a three-year old penguin. She is much smaller than some of the other penguins that are three years old, and this worries her. Eventually,she realizes that size does not matter because friendship goes beyond appearance.
Tags
animals
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body image
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equality
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feelings
,
friendship
,
growing up
,
penguin
,
self esteem
Allie's basketball dream
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!
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accomplishment
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activities
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african american
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animals
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basketball
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body image
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buildings
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car
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challenges
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confidence
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crowd
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dedication
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determination
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dreams
,
embarrassment
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family
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fire engine
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friendship
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games
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gender
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giving
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hard work
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jumping
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moving
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multicultural
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neighbors
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noise
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parents
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persistence
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playground
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playing
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practice
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problem solving
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relationship
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role model
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self esteem
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skateboarding
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sports
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success
,
transportation
Bear's bargain
Asch, Frank
Bear wishes he could fly like Little Bird, and Little Bird wants to be big and strong like Bear. Both of them got their wishes fulfilled in a very creative and imaginative way.
Tags
acceptance
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animals
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bear
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birds
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body image
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cooperation
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creativity
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critical thinking
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imagination
,
nonverbal communication
,
self esteem
Here are my hands
Archambault, John/ Martin Jr, Bil
The human body is an amazing organism, starting with our hands and feet. Children go through each of our body parts and point out important functions that each can do. For example " Here are my hands for catching and throwing. Here are my feet for stopping and going." Learns lots about your body parts with this rhyming text.
Tags
body image
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body parts
,
health
Dancing feet
Agell, Charlotte
Diversity in the world is shown through rhythmical lyrics and warm pictures. Diversity also includes the names of major body parts and functions.
Tags
acceptance
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african
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asian
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body image
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body parts
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community
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dancing
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diversity
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equality
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exercise
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family
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food
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friendship
,
lyrics
,
multicultural
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poetry
,
rhyme
,
walking
Flamboyan
Adoff, Arnold
A little girl is named Flamboyan after a tree that is the color of her hair. One day, she imagines she is flying over her city, and she tells of all that she would see.
Tags
body image
,
conflict resolution
,
dreams
,
goal setting
,
imagination
,
self esteem
,
travel
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