Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Good-bye, house | by Ballard, Robin

A little girl copes with moving to a new house with mama and papa. Before they leave for the new house, the girl says good-bye to the old house and all the rooms in it. When they arrive at the new house, she decides the change is not as bad as she thought.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, cat, change, coping, courage, family, feelings, food, growing up, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, sadness, stress management, toys, transportation, truck, worry

Wemberly worried | by Henkes, Kevin

A young mouse named Wemberky worries about everything. Now she faces her biggest worry, the first day of school. Find out what Wemberly will do with so many worries to worry about!

Keywords: acceptance, animals, bath, bedtime, birthday, body parts, butterfly, car, change, confidence, conflict resolution, dolls, emotions, encouragement, family, feelings, friendship, grandparents, halloween, happiness, holidays, imagination, mouse, noise, parents, party, playground, playing, rabbit, relief, school, self esteem, shyness, stress management, verbal communication, worry

The cats of mrs. calamari | by Stadler, John

Mrs. Calamari moves into a new apartment and the landlord tells her No cats allowed! Mrs. Calamari is not about to put her cats out on the street, she'll have to think of something. Mrs. Calamari and her cats become friends to the landlord and he accepts them.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, appearance, argument, assertiveness, beach, birthday, cat, celebration, change, conflict, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, discovery, dog, emergency, family, fire, food, friendship, glasses, honesty, humor, marriage, moving, nonverbal communication, nutrition, opposites, party, peer resistance, pets, rules, safety, trick, verbal communication, wedding

So far from the sea | by Bunting, Eve

Laura and her family are moving, so they are coming to visit the Manzanar War Relocation Center one last time. Years ago, this center was used to house anyone living in the United States that were of Japanese descent. These people were forced to leave their homes and come to the center because Japan bombed the United States. The center is bare now except for all of the memories and the cemetary, including her grandfather's grave.

Keywords: acceptance, airplane, american, anger, anticipation, assertiveness, author's note, awareness, bias, bravery, change, citizen, cold, community, conflict, confusion, critical thinking, crow, culture, death, differences, discrimination, diversity, family, fear, feelings, flowers, forgiveness, generations, ghosts, grandparents, growing up, history, illness, japanese, loss, memories, monuments, mountains, moving, prison, sea, sky, snow, survival, verbal communication, war

Stranger in the mirror | by Say, Allen

Sam, a young Asian American boy, realizes first hand what it is like to be an old man. He wakes up one morning with a much older look, but is the same young boy on the inside. He has a difficult time convincing his family and friends that he is the same boy they all know.

Keywords: acceptance, aging, appearance, asian american, change, conflict resolution, confusion, coping, culture, differences, doctor, dreams, exercise, family, feelings, generations, health, loneliness, parents, running away, sadness, school, siblings, skating, stereotypes, teasing

Pushkin meets the bundle | by Ziefert, Harriet M.

Pushkin lives with Kate and Michael. Kate and Michael took Pushkin everywhere and did everything with him. That is, until one day when Kate and Michael brought home a bundle. They started paying attention to the bundle and not to Pushkin. The bundle was a baby. Pushkin does everything in his power to get Michael and Kate's attention. The baby always cries, too. Finally, Pushkin decides to do some of his tricks and the baby started laughing. The baby and Pushkin were best friends from then on.

Keywords: acceptance, affection, baby, baseball, change, competition, conflict, conflict resolution, dog, exercise, family, gymnastics, jealousy, loss, nonverbal communication, parents, relationship

Sophie and the new baby | by Anholt, Laurence

A new baby is coming, and Sophie's going to be a big sister!She helps her mother and father prepare for the arrival of the baby, but when her little brother is born, she wishes that her family could give him back!Sophie slowly begins to realize that having a new brother might not be so bad after all.

Keywords: acceptance, affection, anticipation, appreciation, attention, autumn, baby, birth, carriage, change, cold, conflict resolution, confusion, decision making, disappointment, dolls, family, feelings, giving, jealousy, loneliness, moon, morning, night, nonverbal communication, parents, patience, pregnancy, preparation, resentment, seasons, secrets, snow, spring, sun, verbal communication, walking, winter, woods

The eensy-weensy spider | by Hoberman, Mary Ann

Travel beyond the waterspout -- out into the garden, pond, brook, shoe store, and even the park with this determined spring-loving spider. Sing the all-time classic tune or just read with rhythm!This book will catch you in its colorful web and keep you on your toes as you advance beyond the traditional limits.

Keywords: acceptance, accidents, accomplishment, activities, adventures, affection, amphibians, anticipation, baby, bath, bedtime, beetle, birds, bodies of water, body parts, brook, bully, butterfly, caring, caterpillar, change, climbing, clothing, colors, community, companion, compromise, confidence, conflict resolution, cooperation, counting, courage, curiosity, cycle, dancing, decision making, determination, direction, discovery, dragonfly, duck, environment, exercise, family, fish, flowers, frog, fun, garden, grasshopper, injury, insects, instruments, language, morning, moving, music, nature, numbers, parade, parents, park, plants, pond, practice, rain, rhyme, routine, seasons, sharing, shopping, skipping, sleep, song, spider, spring, success, sun, swimming, travel, verbal communication, walking, weather, worm

Halmoni and the picnic | by Choi, Sook Nyul

Yunmi's grandmother moves from Korea to New York City and is not used to American traditions. Yunmi worries that other people will make fun of her grandmother.

Keywords: asian american, change, family, feelings, food, grandparents, korean, multicultural, nutrition, picnic, school, traditions

Louis the fish | by Yorinks, A.

Louis inherits his father's meat store after he dies. Louis never like meat and prefers fish. He eventually turns into a fish himself.

Keywords: careers, change, coping, death, family, fish, food, nutrition, parents, responsibilities

From this to that | by Jennison, Keith

This book describes things that change, including how a spruce tree becomes this book.

Keywords: books, change, critical thinking, growing up, plants

A tiger called thomas | by Zolotow, C.

A tiger family moves and Thomas worries that no one will like him in his new home.

Keywords: change, conflict resolution, coping, family, feelings, moving, self esteem, shelter, worry

The new friend | by Zolotow, C.

A little girl's best friend finds a new friend to play with. The little girl hopes she finds a new friend too.

Keywords: change, coping, friendship, play, self esteem

Meteor! | by Polacco, Patricia

A meteor crashes into the Gaw's front yard and changes the quiet communitylives forever.

Keywords: change, community, family, nature, self esteem

Every autumn comes the bear | by Arnosky, Jim

A bear wakes up in autumn to get food and eventually hibernate. The big bear scares all the other animals.

Keywords: animals, assertiveness, autumn, bear, change, hunger, nonverbal communication, raccoon, wilderness, woods

Our tree named Steve | by Zweibel, Alan

In a letter to his children, a father reflects upon the importance of a good friend and the value of a place to feel safe and secure. The father recalls various memories of his family as it has grown in relationship to a favorite tree that had been part of their lives since they built their home. The tree seems to help the family through many events but does not withstand a huge storm. The father uses the wood to build a tree house to continue its importance to the family.

Keywords: change, conflict resolution, correspondence, critical thinking, dog, family, feelings, friendship, happiness, jumping, loss, moving, neighbors, parents, peace, sadness, safety, seasons, siblings, sleep, spring, storm, storytelling, summer, swinging, tree, weather, winter

Now I'm big | by Miller, Margaret

Six children share pictures of themselves when they were babies. They describe the things that they used to do for fun and compare it to all of the things they can do now - all by themselves.

Keywords: accomplishment, bedtime, change, comparisons, growing up, learning, nonverbal communication, photograph, self esteem

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs | by Barrett, Judi

Grandpa tells a bedtime story about a town where all the food came from the sky in rain, snow, hurricane, and tornado forms. It becomes a disaster, and people flee to a new town.

Keywords: animals, change, community, conflict resolution, food, grandparents, grief, happiness, humor, hurricane, moving, nonverbal communication, rain, sadness, snow, storm, survival, tornado, weather

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