Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Eagle eyes: A child's view of attention deficit disorder | by Gehret, Jeanne

A child struggles through life with Attention Deficit Disorder. He goes to the doctor and learns several things that makes life easier.

Keywords: acceptance, attention, conflict resolution, disability, doctor, family, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

Lentil | by McCloskey, Robert

Lentil wanted to sing but was not very good. So he learned to play the harmonica and practiced until he was great. He saved the town when the band could not play, but he could.

Keywords: acceptance, appreciation, assertiveness, community, conflict resolution, decision making, determination, goal setting, music, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, performance, practice, self esteem

Mousekin's golden house | by Miller, Edna

A little mouse finds a jack-o-lantern in the woods and gives it a home. It protects him from predators and the cold air.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, assertiveness, autumn, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, friendship, halloween, holidays, mouse, nature, nonverbal communication, protection, refusal skills, safety, seasons, self esteem, woods

Leroy oops | by Glasser, Barbara

A little boy named Leroy has a hard time behaving in class. He knows that if this class does not work, he will have to change schools. He has a hard time trying to fit in.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, conflict resolution, misbehavior, mouse, rules, school, verbal communication

Dandelion | by Freeman, Don

A lion tries to impress his friends through fashion and materialistic things. He is very lonely. It is when he is forced to be himself that he finds the acceptance of his friends.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, change, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, feelings, friendship, lion, loneliness, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem

A porcupine named fluffy | by Lester, Helen

A young porcupine named Fluffy is unhappy with his name and tries to change himself until he meets a rhino named Hippo.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, body image, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, friendship, nonverbal communication, porcupine, rhinoceros, self esteem, verbal communication

Perfect the pig | by Jeschke, Susan

Perfect the piglet is granted three wishes. He gets wings and that brings him into Olive's life where he is happy. But his wings get him in trouble when he flies into the trap of a mean man.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, conflict resolution, fear, feelings, friendship, happiness, lost, magic, pig, sadness

Chrysanthemum | by Henkes, Kevin

A little mouse girl has a long name and other kids make fun of it. The teacher has a similar name, so she helps to change their attitudes quickly.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, conflict resolution, coping, differences, mouse, nonverbal communication, school, self esteem, stress management, uniqueness, verbal communication

Gemma and the baby chick | by Barber, Antonia

Gemma is a very caring young child. She saves one of the hen's babies from dying. This child, with the help of her mother, understands that she can't keep it but must put it back into the hen's nest.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, chicken, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, helping, kindness, learning, rescue, safety, trust, verbal communication

Leo the late bloomer | by Kraus, Robert

Leo is a young tiger that is developing slowly. His father watches him over a season and notices that Leo does not grow. One day, Leo blooms and he is the best tiger in the whole kingdom.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, body image, change, conflict resolution, coping, differences, family, food, growing up, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, tiger, verbal communication

Le couronnement de babar | by Brunhoff, Jean de

The story is about the famous elephant Babar and his adventures in getting married. It illustrates how he introduces his bride to family and friends, the wedding ceremony, and the celebration afterwards. This book was entirely in French and the pictures tell the story.

Keywords: acceptance, adventures, animals, celebration, conflict resolution, decision making, friendship, language, love, marriage, multicultural, nonverbal communication, verbal communication, wedding

Marshmallow | by Newberry, Clare Turlay

A cat is used to being the center of attention. He must learn to share his home with a rabbit. The two learn they have a lot in common and become great friends.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, assertiveness, cat, conflict resolution, differences, feelings, friendship, happiness, individuality, jealousy, rabbit, refusal skills, self esteem, sharing, verbal communication

Mr. mcmouse | by Lionni, Leo

Mr. Timothy McMouse, a city mouse, runs away to the country. He meets a group of field mice who live in a castle and tries to fit in. Timothy cannot pass the test of the country mice. When Timothy saves himself and another mouse from the cat, he is given an honorary Field Mouse License.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, bravery, careers, cat, community, confidence, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, determination, feelings, friendship, loneliness, mouse, running away, self esteem

Sweet strawberries | by Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds

A man and his wife set off in their wagon to go to the market. On the way there the husband is very rude and impatient to everyone he comes across on the trip. During the trip, the man's wife tells her husband how much she would love to have some strawberries from the market but he tells her to stop complaining. At the market, the husband exchanges his fish for flour and his wife is very upset and doesn't talk to him on the way home. The next trip to market, the husband is friendly to everyone he meets and buys a big basket of strawberries for his wife. He thinks everyone else has changed, not…

Keywords: acceptance, animals, argument, assertiveness, birds, communication, conflict resolution, differences, disappointment, feelings, fish, food, frustration, goose, horse, laziness, market, marriage, nonverbal communication, nutrition, transportation, verbal communication, wagon

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

Keeping up with cheetah | by Camp, Lindsay

Hippopotomus and Cheetahare best friends and Hippo always laughed at Cheetah's jokes. Cheetah decides to find new friends who can run and keep up with him because Hippo cannot. In the end, however, Cheetah realizes what a good friend he has in Hippo.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, appreciation, cat, conflict resolution, differences, friendship, hippopotamus, self esteem

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

The little old man and his dreams | by Ross, L

A little old man's wish before his death is to attend his granddaughter's wedding and see her happy with her new husband. His journey is plagued with troubles and his gift of pearls is stolen.

Keywords: acceptance, aging, conflict resolution, coping, death, decision making, determination, dreams, family, goal setting, grandparents, Jewish, nonverbal communication, presents, religion, robbery, travel

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

Star mother's youngest child | by Moeri, Louise

Both an old woman and a star want to experience Christmas. The star's mother turns him into an ugly child and sends him to earth. There, he and the old woman share their first Christmas with someone.

Keywords: acceptance, aging, appearance, christmas, conflict resolution, feelings, holidays, loneliness, sharing

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