Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

I speak English for my mom | by Stanek, Muriel

Lupe lives with her mother who cannot speak English. Lupe helps her mother by translating what people are saying. Lupe's mother fears she may lose her job. She decides to try to learn English so she can get a better job.

Keywords: careers, change, conflict resolution, employment, fear, feelings, food, goal setting, homework, language, literacy, Mexico, multicultural, responsibilities, restaurant, spanish, teaching, working mother

Radio man = don radio: A story in english and spanish | by Dorros, Arthur

Diego's family members are migrant farm workers. Wherever they go, Diego brings his radio, which connects him to the states he crosses and unites him with his best friend.

Keywords: careers, family, farm, friendship, grandparents, language, mexican, multicultural, music, parents, radio, siblings, technology, travel

Roberto the insect architect | by Laden, Nina

Being an architect is tough when you are a termite. But with hard work and dedication, Roberto is determined to become one.

Keywords: acceptance, accomplishment, ambition, ant, architecture, assertiveness, bee, beetle, bias, buildings, butterfly, careers, caring, creativity, critical thinking, dedication, determination, disappointment, discrimination, dreams, flea, fly, friendship, goal setting, habitat, hard work, insects, ladybug, museum, newspaper, patience, photograph, self confidence, self esteem, spider, technology, termite, tick, time, tools

Breakout at the bug lab | by Horowitz, Ruth

Two brothers have a favorite pet cockroach, Max, which lives at the bug lab where their mother works. While at a dedication ceremony for the renaming of the lab, the boys accidentally let Max escape. Now they must find him before he ruins the ceremony by scaring all the people. The boys eventually locate Max but they can't get him off the ceiling. With the help of One-Shot Lil, Max is returned to his cage.

Keywords: adventures, careers, disappearance, excitement, insects, lost, pets, presentation, problem solving, television, working mother

Grandmother and the runaway shadow | by Rosenberg, Liz

A young girl escapes alone to America and finds companionship in a runaway shadow. They experience their new world together.

Keywords: american, author's note, boat, careers, clothing, dancing, differences, exercise, family, feelings, friendship, grandparents, imagination, immigrants, loneliness, running away, shadows, transportation, travel

Welcome comfort | by Polacco, Patricia

Welcome Comfort is the new kid in school and his peers tease him. Quintin Hamp, the school custodian, befriends him and teaches him to believe in himself and Christmas. Welcome is visited by Santa and starts to believe. After graduating from high school, Welcome joins Quintin as the school custodian and their Christmas experiences continue on a whole new level of love.

Keywords: careers, caring, christmas, conflict resolution, dreams, feelings, fishing, friendship, holidays, imagination, love, nonverbal communication, overweight, recreation, sadness, santa, school, self esteem, teasing, verbal communication

In the middle of the night | by Henderson, Kathy

In the middle of the night while most people are asleep, some people are hard at work. For example, janitors, astronomers, bakers, postal workers, and parents of newborns.

Keywords: astronomy, baby, careers, critical thinking, differences, food, hard work, night, nutrition, parents, sleep

Armien's fishing trip | by Stock, Catherine

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

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

The almond orchard | by Coats, Laura Jane

The narrator explains what it was like when she was a little girl helping with her father's almond orchard. She explains how things around the orchard have changed since she has grown older.

Keywords: aging, careers, change, family, food, generations, growing up, nutrition, parents, plants, responsibilities, siblings

Chicken soup, boots | by Kalman, Maira

Do you want to be a writer, an architect, a barber, a fireman, a photographer, an astronomer, a doctor, a doorman, a musician, or a short-order cook when you grow up?Someday you will know just what you want to be.

Keywords: careers, community, decision making, family, food, growing up, neighbors, nutrition

The four donkeys | by Alexander, Lloyd

The Baker, Shoemaker, and Tailor all wanted to go to the fair to sell their goods, but had trouble making it there. After their donkey collapsed, they had to pull the cart. They were all rude to each other, but when they were all faced with the same problem they figured out a helpful solution.

Keywords: careers, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, goal setting, greed, teamwork

One big wish | by Williams, Jay

Farmer Fred has been given one wish so he wishes that all of his future wishes come true. This wish ends up getting him into trouble and things get out of control.

Keywords: anticipation, careers, chaos, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, greed, magic, verbal communication

Grandpa's teeth | by Clement, Rod

Grandpa's teeth have been stolen!Officer Rate comes to investigate and they put wanted posters all over town. To avoid becoming a suspect, everyone in town begins to smile all the time. Tourists are afraid to get out of their cars because everyone is smiling. The problem is solved with a collection of money to get Grandpa new teeth, and the crime is solved in the process.

Keywords: animals, careers, crime, dog, feelings, grandparents, loss, mystery, robbery, sadness, teeth, television

Willie blows a mean horn | by Thomas, Ianthe//Toulimin-Rothe, Ann

Willie spends a night watching his father play jazz on his trumpet. Willie wants to be like his father and his appreciation for music causes him to dream to be a jazz player like his father

Keywords: appreciation, careers, dreams, family, goal setting, growing up, music, nonverbal communication, parents

Trouble at the mines | by 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.

Keywords: 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

Gorilla | by Browne, Anthony

Neglected by a busy father, a young girl receives a gorilla stuffed animal from her father. Gorillas are her favorite animal and soon she and her gorilla are off on a magical trip.

Keywords: animals, careers, conflict resolution, family, friendship, gorilla, imagination, love, magic, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, verbal communication

Looking for daniela | by 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.

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

The tram to bondi beach | by Hathorn, Elizabeth

Kieran loves to watch the tram. He wants to be a paper boy at the tram stop like Saxon. So his dad gets him a job there, and after learning the job the hard way, he is successful.

Keywords: careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, friendship, goal setting, hard work, peer resistance, role model, self esteem, success, train, transportation, trolley, verbal communication

Zelda and ivy and the boy next door | by 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.

Keywords: 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

Bread is for eating | by Gershator, David//Gershator, Phillis

When a little boy leaves bread on his plate, his mother reminds him how important bread is and the hard work that goes into making it. Through a song, children learn why they should not waste food, and how to be thankful for grain and bread.

Keywords: appreciation, awareness, careers, critical thinking, culture, decision making, farm, farmer, food, health, hispanic, hunger, language, machines, money, multicultural, music, nature, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, plants, poverty, rain, rainbow, snow, song, spanish, storytelling, sun, teaching, verbal communication, weather, winter

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