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December 24th

Cazet, Denys

Emily and Louie vist Grandpa and give him a surprise gift. Grandpa tries to guess what the holiday gift could be. Eventually, he sees that it is his birthday gift.

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birthday, christmas, conflict resolution, family, grandparents, holidays, mystery, presents, verbal communication

Mr. Snow Bunting opens a bow shop that is only open from March to November. The whole town is so curious about the way he wraps presents that they set out to find what the secret is -- especially Mr. Dog.

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animals, assertiveness, community, conflict resolution, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, dog, goal setting, nonverbal communication, presents, recreation, secrets

Morris's disappearing bag: A christmas story

Wells, Rosemary

On Christmas morning, Morris and his two sisters and brother all get their gifts. Morris's sisters and brother will not share their gifts with him. When they see the gift Morris receives, they want to use it. While they are playing with his gift, Morris finally gets to play with all of their toys.

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christmas, conflict resolution, decision making, family, holidays, peer resistance, play, presents, refusal skills, self esteem, sharing, siblings, toys, verbal communication

Happy birthday moon

Asch, Frank

Bear liked the moon so much he wanted to give it a present. He goes to talk to the moon to see what it wants. Bear has a birthday party for the moon.

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animals, bear, birthday, conflict resolution, decision making, goal setting, holidays, moon, nature, party, presents

Miss suzy's birthday

Young, M.

It is Miss Suzy's birthday and her animal friends want to throw her a party. They hold a meeting to discuss what to get her because she only likes simple, wholesome things. They end up each giving her an acorn wrapped in their own special way.

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animals, birthday, conflict resolution, decision making, food, friendship, nutrition, party, presents, self esteem

Big red lollipop

Khan, Rukhsana

Rubina is excited to get her first invite to a birthday party! However when she asks Ami whether she can go, Ami tells her she has to take her younger sister, Sana. After Sana ruins the party, Rubina has to learn how to overcome her anger and forgive her little sister.

Arthur's birthday party

Hoban, Lilliam

Arthur's determination to have the best birthday party and be the best all-around gymnast causes him to be inconsiderate of the feelings of his sister and friends. When Arthur forgets to be fair and have fun at the competition, his younger sister is quick to point out that each chimpanzee has his or her own special skill to be honored with a medal at the birthday competition.

Down down the mountain

Creedle, Ellis

Hetty and Hank want shoes, but there are no stores in the mountain and Pappy says they have no money. So Granny gives them an idea how to raise the money. They grow some turnips to take down the mountain. On the way they find most of the turnips away, but still have a happy ending.

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assertiveness, clothing, conflict resolution, family, food, goal setting, grandparents, poverty, responsibilities, sharing, teamwork, verbal communication

Leah's pony

Friedrich, Elizabeth

One summer, Leah's father gives her a pony which she grows to love dearly. When told the devastating news that her family is running out of money, Leah has to decide what she will sacrifice to help.

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animals, author's note, conflict resolution, decision making, family, farm, feelings, money, neighbors, pony, poverty, unselfish

The wump world

Peet, Bill

The Wumps' peaceful, clean world is taken over by Pollutians, who pollute and desert the environment. The Wumps come out of hiding after the Pollutians leave and find hope for some recovery of their environment.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, environment, peer resistance, pollution, self esteem, stress management

The great trash bash

Leedy, Loreen

The mayor of Beaston tries to find out what is wrong with his city. He discovers that there is too much litter and trash. The community gets together and figures out ways to solve the problem.

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animals, assertiveness, community, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, environment, goal setting, hippopotamus, identification, pollution, progress, teamwork, verbal communication

What i did last summer

Prelutsky, Jack

During a summer, a little boy plays baseball and goes to the beach, a museum, and a county fair. By the end of the summer, he is ready to go back to school.

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assertiveness, baseball, beach, conflict resolution, decision making, fair, museum, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, play, recreation, rhyme, school, seasons, sports, summer, verbal communication

Do you want to play?A book about being friends

Kolar, Bob

Do you want to play?These two children have lots of ideas about what they can do. They can play together or alone or even in a big group. The park is fun, so is a board game, There are so many things to do with a friend, the possibilities are endless!

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apology, body parts, conflict resolution, cooperation, fight, food, friendship, games, health, helping, instruments, listening, music, nutrition, park, play, playground, playing, reading, relationship, self esteem, sharing, storytelling, understanding, verbal communication

The marvelous mud washing machine

Wolcott, P.

A young boy has fun playing in the mud until his mother calls him for dinner. He finds a machine to clean him up.

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cleanliness, conflict resolution, family, food, hygiene, machines, parents, play, verbal communication

The piggy in the puddle

Pomerantz, Charlotte

When a baby pig is found in a puddle of mud, the family gets upset. However, they soon join in the fun.

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animals, conflict resolution, family, feelings, fun, nonverbal communication, pig, play, rhyme, sadness, self esteem, verbal communication

Ida and betty and the secret eggs

Chorao, Kay

Ida and Betty are summer friends. When playing, the girls find a bird's nest with eggs in it. A new girl moves into the neighborhood, and Betty makes friends with her. Ida becomes jealous of their friendship. The nest and eggs restore the original friendship when Betty's new friend shows her real personality.

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conflict resolution, friendship, jealousy, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, play, refusal skills, verbal communication

The real hole

Cleary, Beverly

Jimmy decides he wants to dig a hole. After he digs the hole, he doesn't know what to do with it. His father brings him a tree and he plants the tree in the hole, so Jimmy can take care of it.

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conflict resolution, family, goal setting, nature, parents, plants, refusal skills, responsibilities, self esteem

Pumpkins: A story for a field

Ray, Mary Lyn

A man is sad to see a beautiful field become a residential development, so he raises money to buy the field by growing pumpkins and selling them all over the world.

The biggest pumpkin ever

Kroll, Steven

Two mice fall in love with the same pumpkin and each one waters it, fertilizes it, and protects it from the frost. The pumpkin grows into the biggest pumpkin ever, wins the town contest, and is made into a jack-o-lantern that can be seen for miles.

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animals, community, competition, compromise, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, friendship, garden, mouse, plants, pride, water, weather

The old pirate of central park

Priest, Robert

An old pirate who lives in New York City takes a walk in Central Park and spends time with other old pirates. One day, when he brings his ship to sail on the pond, he meets the retired Queen. A battle ensues between vessels. Chaos reigns until a truce is called. Now the Old Pirate and the Old Queen spend time together at the pond every day as Retirates.

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animals, birds, boat, bodies of water, chaos, conflict resolution, dog, exercise, friendship, park, parrot, pets, pirates, pond, relaxation, retirement, royalty, tools, transportation, verbal communication, walking, war

Blaze and the gypsies: Blaze escapes from the horse thieves

Anderson, C.W.

A young boy named Billy and his pony, Blaze, meet a group of gypsies on a road. The gypsies steal Blaze. Billy searches for Blaze, while Blaze searches for home.

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adventures, animals, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, pets, pony, robbery, verbal communication

Tim's friend towser

Ardizzone, Edward

Tim and Ginger are cabin boys who find a dog on the S.S. Royal. The captain does not like dogs, so they try to find it a home every time they go to shore. When the captain finds the dog in hiding, he scolds the boys. In the end, the boys get to keep the dog.

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animals, boat, bodies of water, careers, conflict resolution, decision making, dog, friendship, hiding, pets, responsibilities, transportation, travel

Tumble, tumble, tumbleweed

Collins, Pat Lowery

A young boy named John finds a tumbleweed one summer day. He treats it like a pet and takes it everywhere with him until people start making fun of him. Then he loses it and his parents buy him some fish so he can have real pets.

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conflict resolution, family, fish, imagination, parents, pets, plants, responsibilities, verbal communication

Allison

Say, Allen

When Allison finds out that she has been adopted, she lashes out at her adoptive family in confusion and frustration. She is happy when her parents let her bring a stray cat into their family.

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adoption, animals, cat, child care, conflict resolution, confusion, dolls, exercise, family, feelings, frustration, japanese, love, multicultural, parents, pets, play, presents, soccer

Crictor

Ungerer, Tom

Madam Bodot was given a pet snake for her birthday and she named it Crictor. She treated Crictor like her child. She fed him and took him everywhere with her. Crictor becomes the heroic snake of the town when he saves Madam Bodot.

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assertiveness, birthday, community, conflict resolution, heroism, pets, presents, reptiles, responsibilities, snake

Too many kittens

Schenley, Ruth Stewart

When a mother says there are too many kittens, the four children in the family must find homes for them. As the children journey, they each find a good home for their kitten by trading it in for another animal. Now there are too many pets for the mother to take care of.

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animals, cat, conflict resolution, dog, family, feelings, fish, happiness, parents, pets, problem solving, rabbit, sadness, siblings

Lucy comes to stay

Wells, Rosemary

Mary Elizabeth loves her new puppy, Lucy. She discovers that puppies need special care and understanding.

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animals, caring, conflict resolution, dog, friendship, goal setting, nonverbal communication, pets, protection, responsibilities, self esteem, stress management, understanding, verbal communication

The silver slippers

Koda-Callan, Elizabeth

A young girl is always out of step, but wishes to become a prima ballerina. Her mother gives her a silver slipper charm which raises her confidence to meet her dreams.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, dancing, decision making, dreams, exercise, family, fear, feelings, goal setting, hard work, parents, performance, presents, recreation, self confidence, self esteem

Move over, twerp

Alexander, Martha

A little boy gets on the school bus and gets bullied out of his seat. He tries to build muscles, but that does not work. He cleverly calls himself Supertwerp and all the big kids love it and no one ever asks him to move again.

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bully, conflict resolution, decision making, peer resistance, refusal skills, school, self esteem, verbal communication

The duck in the gun

Cowley, Joy

A duck makes her nest in an army's cannon and will not come out. The war is postponed until the army gets the duck out. This postponement is just long enough for the two sides to become friends.

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birds, conflict resolution, decision making, duck, friendship, peace, stress management, verbal communication, war

Sachiko means happiness

Sakai, Kimiko

Sachiko dreads evening and the thought of sitting with her grandmother who has Alzheimer's Disease. With patience and kindness, she is able to make her grandmother feel better.

The queen and rosie randall

Oxenbury, Helen

A young girl is hostess at the Queen's royal tea party.

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beverage, conflict resolution, decision making, party, play, responsibilities, royalty, stress management

Johnny crow's garden

Brooke, L. Leslie

Johnny Crow makes a garden that all the animals in the kingdom come to see. When a clever fox captures all the animals, Johnny Crow must save them. He rescues all the animals and they have a party to thank him.

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animals, birds, conflict resolution, coping, dancing, exercise, fox, party, rhyme

Fledgling

Blake, Robert

A fledgling spreads his wings and flies from a skyscraper for the first time. His flight leads him to an amusement park and subway. He gets lost and becomes scared. Will he ever find his way home?

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animals, baby, birds, conflict resolution, direction, fair, falcon, fear, feelings, hawk, home, park, perspective, relief, sky, subway, transportation

The night shimmy

Strauss, Gwen//Browne, Anthony

Eric is a quiet boy who is often teased by his peers. He tends to only speak to his imaginary friend, the Night Shimmy. This continues until he meets an unexpected friend in the park one afternoon.

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conflict resolution, friendship, imagination, individuality, maturity, nonverbal communication, park, stress management

Mom and dad break up

Prestine, Joan Singleton

A young boy expresses his feelings about his parents' divorce. He feels angry, sad, and lonely at the same time, and often takes it out on his friends. But eventually, he learns to adjust to the change, and learns that he is not at fault for the break up of his parents.

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aggression, anger, art, biking, conflict resolution, coping, divorce, dreams, exercise, feelings, food, friendship, frustration, illness, loneliness, loss, parents, picnic, play, reading, sadness, seasons, self esteem, separation, skating, sledding, snow, winter

It'll come out of the wash

Gray, Nigel

A father helps to teach his little girl that it is alright not to be perfect.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, family, growing up, learning, parents, verbal communication

Warm as wool

Sanders, Scott Russell

Imagine sleeping in a cabin without clothing during the bitter, cold winter. Betsy Ward's three children do not have warm clothing. So Betsy buys sheep in order to give her children some warm clothing.

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animals, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, feelings, goal setting, health, parents, sadness, seasons, sheep, winter, wool

Wag-by-wall

Potter, Beatrix

Wag-by-wall is an old clock found annoying by most people, but not to Sally Benson, a kind old woman. She cares for everything, especially a family of owls. When an owl knocks over the clock, out comes some gold!

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birds, caring, confidence, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, farm, nonverbal communication, owl, stress management, surprise, time, verbal communication

Little toot

Gramatky, Hardie

Little Toot is known only to play, but when he decides to work, no one lets him. So he drifts away to the ocean where he saves a big liner who gets stuck between rocks.

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boat, bodies of water, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, helping, ocean, transportation

Friday night at hodges's cafe

Egan, Tim

When three tigers walk into an elephant's cafe and start causing trouble, a duck fights back. As the tigers ask to eat each animal in the cafe, a food fight begins. When a pie hits the head tiger and he gets a taste of it, the good food is appreciated.

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animals, birds, chaos, conflict resolution, duck, elephant, fight, five senses, food, fun, nonverbal communication, nutrition, pig, taste, tiger, verbal communication

War and peas

Foreman, Michael

The lion king goes to his neighbor to ask for help during a drought. The neighboring king refuses to help and even rages war on some beggars. The neighboring king loses because he is overweight. When it begins to rain, seeds grow into food to be shared by all.

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animals, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, food, helping, lion, nature, nutrition, overweight, peace, resolution, war, weather

The little old lady who was not afraid of anything

Williams, L.

A little old lady, who isn't afraid of anything, takes a walk in the woods at night. A pumpkin head, a tall black hat, a pair of pants, a shirt, two gloves and two shoes try to scare her.

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assertiveness, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, fear, feelings, goal setting, halloween, holidays, nature, night, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem, stress management, woods

Springtime in a noisy village

Lindgren, Astrid

Some children live in a little, simple village. They all play together and resolve any little conflicts. They watch out for one another.

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animals, community, conflict resolution, five senses, friendship, noise, play, seasons, self esteem, sounds, spring, verbal communication

The quiet mother and the the noisy boy

Zolotow, C.

Sandy is a boy who talks loud all of the time. One day, he meets a boy Roger who talks even louder. This bothers Sandy so he has a talk with his mom about when noise is okay.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, family, noise, parents, peer resistance, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Harry and the lady next door

Zion, Gene

Harry doesn't like the lady next door because she sings very high and loud and it makes his ears hurt. Harry tries to have the lady sing lower and quieter.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, hearing, neighbors, noise, song, sounds

Johnny crow's new garden

Brooke, L. Leslie

Johnny Crow has a new garden of the local animals. They sang, dance, and have a party thanking Johnny Crow.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, crow, dancing, garden, neighbors, party, rhyme, song, verbal communication

The paper dragon

Davol, Margueritte W.

Sui-Jen, the dragon, is awakened and begins to destroy everything. Mi Fei is the only person brave and wise enough to put the dragon back to sleep. Mi Fei needs courage, heroism, and wisdom to save his village from the dragon.

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art, assertiveness, bravery, challenges, chinese, community, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, culture, dragons, heroism, love, loyalty, multicultural, neighbors, verbal communication

The christmas ghost

Buck, Pearl S.

A small boy shares the spirit of Christmas with his family and neighborhood. One of the older neighbors tells him about a ghost who walks each Christmas Eve. In turn, the boy learns about friendship, believing, and remembering.

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christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, faith, family, friendship, ghosts, holidays, memories, neighbors, nonverbal communication, sharing, verbal communication

A country tale

Stanley, Diane

Cleo and Lucy are great friends who live in the country. Mrs. Snickers, who came from the city, moves into the mansion next door and Cleo is enchanted by her elegance.

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acceptance, appearance, cat, change, community, conflict resolution, coping, friendship, moving, neighbors

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