Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

The great diamond robbery | by Harris, Leon

Maurice the mouse comes from the Louvre in Francis to live at a Neiman-Marcus store in America. Richard, the store's chairman, finds him and they become good friends. Maurice tries out all of the toys. When someone tries to steal a diamond necklace, Maurice catches the thief.

Keywords: adventures, animals, change, critical thinking, decision making, friendship, mouse, nonverbal communication, robbery

The tiger-skin rug | by Rose, Gerald

A really skinny tiger does not feel part of the jungle, so he leaves home to live with a human family as a rug. He protects the family when robbers come into the house.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, assertiveness, change, decision making, differences, feelings, happiness, loneliness, robbery, self esteem, shelter, tiger

Babar the king | by Brunhoff, Jean de

Babar, now king, decides to build a beautiful city. With the help of a teacher, he is able to bring things back from his honeymoon to build the city with. All the elephants make the city and the rest of the animals are confused by all the commotion.

Keywords: animals, change, community, cooperation, decision making, elephant, goal setting, helping, royalty, teamwork, verbal communication

Sylvester and the magic pebble | by Steig, William

Sylvester the donkey finds a magic pebble which grants him whatever he wishes. He runs into a lion and wishes that he is a rock. He turns into a rock and is unable to wish himself back. A year later, his parents find the rock while picnicing and wishes to see Sylvester again, which brings him back.

Keywords: animals, change, coping, critical thinking, decision making, donkey, family, feelings, happiness, imagination, lion, loneliness, magic, parents, picnic, self esteem

Foxie the singing dog | by D'Aulaire, Ingri//D'Aulaire, Edgar

Foxie's master always teases her with a bone instead of feeding her. She follows her master to the city and gets lost. In her new home she gets fed well and she performs. Later, she becomes homesick and goes home to her original master.

Keywords: animals, change, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, dog, feelings, food, homesickness, loneliness, lost, performance

Marathon and steve | by Rayner, Mary

Marathon, the dog, has difficulty sharing his master's enthusiasm for their daily run. One day, an injury to Steve brings a compromise to both of them, so they do an alternative form of exercise -- swimming!

Keywords: animals, change, conflict resolution, coping, dog, exercise, injury, pets, running, swimming

Morris brookside, a dog | by Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

The Brooksides enjoy their quiet life now that their children are gone. Soon their life changes after a stray dog joins their family.

Keywords: animals, change, companion, dog, family, friendship, kindness, pets, siblings

Better with two | by Joosse, Barbara M.

An old lady, and her dog have a regular routine everyday. And when Laura, the girl next door sees Mrs. Brady alone instead of with Max she wonders why. When Laura finds out Max died, she finds comfort in her mom and then consoles Mrs. Brady, because two is better than one.

Keywords: animals, change, coping, death, dog, family, feelings, friendship, loss, neighbors, nonverbal communication, parents, pets, sadness

Wilson's world | by Hurd, Edith Thacher

Wilson paints a picture of a beautiful world that becomes overrun by too many cities and people. Wilson decides the world he has painted is not suitable to live in and begins to paint what he wants his world to look like.

Keywords: animals, art, bodies of water, car, caterpillar, change, community, critical thinking, dinosaur, disappointment, environment, feelings, geography, happiness, history, insects, monkey, motorcycle, nonverbal communication, plants, river, sea, stress management, transportation, worm

The lorax | by Seuss, Dr.

Trees are being destroyed in a small town and the lorax tries to stop the business that uses the trees to make clothes. Finally, all the trees are gone and the animals are dying, so a young boy decides to plant trees all over town.

Keywords: animals, assertiveness, change, clothing, critical thinking, death, environment, feelings, goal setting, greed, loneliness, peer resistance, plants, refusal skills, stress management

The elephant's child | by Kipling, Rudyard

A small elephant is very curious about the world around him. He asks many questions to many animals but no one takes the time to answer. One day he asks a crocodile who pulls on his short nose to make it a long trunk. The elephant is unhappy at first but then realizes the advantages of his new trunk. This is how the elephant got a long trunk.

Keywords: animals, change, critical thinking, crocodile, curiosity, elephant, feelings, giraffe, hippopotamus, kindness, monkey, reptiles, verbal communication

If i ran the zoo | by Seuss, Dr.

Young Gerald McGraw goes through the different changes he would make if her ran the zoo. He would add many new kinds of animals. Then everyone would think that he is the best zookeeper ever.

Keywords: animals, assertiveness, change, creativity, decision making, goal setting, imagination, zoo

The nursery collection | by Hughes, Shirley

A Grandmother tells her granddaughter the story of the house beginning with great-great-great-great grandpa. Grandmother explains how the house was built, what food were grown to eat, and the ways of life throughout the years.

Keywords: animals, baby, change, cooperation, cow, family, farm, food, garden, grandparents, hard work, history, horse, memories, nutrition, parents, sheep, storytelling, verbal communication

The shaggy little dog | by Maksimovic, Desanka

A shaggy little dog just appears one day and keeps everyone company. Everyone loves him and enjoys his company. Then just as suddenly as he came, he disappears.

Keywords: animals, change, companion, disappearance, dog, friendship, helping, nonverbal communication, pets

The brownstone | by Scher, Paula

Six animal families live in an apartment building together. They switch apartments several times in order to make each other happy with their neighbors and to make a better living community.

Keywords: animals, change, community, compromise, critical thinking, decision making, moving, nature, neighbors, problem solving, shelter, teamwork

Barkley | by Hoff, Syd

Barkley is a talented dog that does tricks for the circus. Soon, Barkley is too old and another dog takes his place. Barkley feels all alone and no longer useful. The circus owner calls Barkley back to teach the new dogs.

Keywords: aging, animals, change, circus, conflict resolution, coping, dog, feelings, helping, learning, loneliness, self esteem

The night after christmas | by Stevenson, James

A doll and teddy bear are thrown out after Christmas, because their owners received new toys for Christmas. A dog befriends them and finds them a new home.

Keywords: animals, bear, change, christmas, coping, critical thinking, dog, dolls, feelings, friendship, holidays, loneliness, nonverbal communication, sadness, self esteem, stress management

The happy day | by Krauss, Ruth

The forest animals are sleeping during the winter. Suddently they all smell something, run to the scent and realize that it is a flower in the snow.

Keywords: animals, change, five senses, hibernation, nonverbal communication, seasons, sleep, smell, snow, winter

Punky: Mouse for a day | by Moreton, John

When John's uncle gives him a pet mouse for a present, John is disappointed. Then he finds out that Punky the mouse is really a mystery mouse. Punky changes everyday into a new and exciting animal.

Keywords: animals, change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, mouse, mystery, pets, presents

New baby | by McCully, Emily Arnold

The youngest mouse in a big family finds it very hard to adjust to the new baby. She was used to being the center of attention and now has competition. If she shows the adults that she is still a baby, she thinks she will get more attention. It backfires, but the baby pays attention to her.

Keywords: animals, baby, change, coping, family, feelings, growing up, jealousy, mouse, nonverbal communication, self esteem, siblings

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