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The roman twins

Gerrard, Roy

Maximus and his twin sister Vanilla are slaves to the cruel master Slobbus Pompius. They run away when Slobbus buys Polydox the horse then quickly decides to kill him. Maximus and Vanilla go through a chariot race and an invasion of Rome before they finally gain their freedom.

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animals, architecture, assertiveness, bravery, critical thinking, decision making, freedom, heroism, history, horse, peer resistance, rhyme, siblings, slavery, war, work

The royal hiccups

Trez, Alain//Trez, Denise

A young prince, who cannot get rid of his hiccups, is told to be frightened in order to stop them. He goes on a journey to the jungle to find a tiger who will scare him. Although he encounters the tiger many times, he is not scared. However in the end, the young prince's hiccups are gone.

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animals, critical thinking, elephant, fear, feelings, health, jungle, monkey, multicultural, reptiles, royalty, snake, tiger, travel

The santa clauses

Broger, Achim

The newspaper publishes an article that states that there is no Santa Claus.

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assertiveness, beliefs, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, holidays, peer resistance, refusal skills, verbal communication

The santero's miracle: A bilingual story

Anaya, Rudolfo

Don Jacobo and his grandson carve a figurine of a saint from wood for the Christmas season. A large snow storm comes and closes the roads. This creates problems for Don Jacobo's family who wants to visit their family. It is also a problem for his sick neighbor who needs to to go the the hospital.

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carving, christmas, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, grandparents, helping, holidays, language, mexican american, miracle, multicultural, snow, spanish, stress management, traditions, verbal communication, weather

The scrambled states of america

Keller, Laurie

The fifty states decide to hold a party so that they can meet the other states in the country. The states decide that they are bored with their places on the map and want to switch to new locations. At first, everything is new and exciting, but eventually the states realize where they really belong.

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alphabet, american, assertiveness, bodies of water, boredom, colors, counting, critical thinking, dancing, feelings, food, friendship, geography, goal setting, maps, morning, music, nutrition, party, shapes, storytelling, verbal communication, weather

The seal mother

Gerstein, Mordicai

A man finds a seal that sheds her skin and becomes a beautiful woman. He falls in love with her and makes her stay for seven years. They have a son who realizes that his father takes his mother's seal skin. The boy finds the skin and gives it to his mother, who then returns to the sea.

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animals, assertiveness, bodies of water, bravery, change, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, environment, family, fear, feelings, love, ocean, parents, sadness

The secret box mystery

Nixon, Joan Lowery

Michael John brings in a secret science project that makes wierd noises. It gets loose and a new classmate helps him catch the mystery animal. The new boy gains acceptance by the students.

The seeing stick

Yolen, Jane

A blind princess learns to see the world through her fingertips from an old blind man.

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blindness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, disability, five senses, friendship, handicap, helping, learning, nonverbal communication, royalty, self esteem, sight, verbal communication, vision

The shopping basket

Burningham, John

Steve is sent to the store with a list. On his way home, he is approached by many animals demanding his food. He tricks the animals and goes home with all of his groceries.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, food, refusal skills, stress management, verbal communication

The shrinking of treehorn

Heide, Florence Parry

Treehorn is shrinking. Being little is not easy. Treehorn discovers this by having difficulty doing his daily routine, like trying to mail a letter or go to school. One day, Treehorn finds a magical board game that helps him solve his problem.

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bus, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, feelings, food, games, growing up, happiness, nutrition, parents, sadness, school, stress management, transportation

The sign in mendel's window

Phillips, Mildred

A small Jewish community is very trusting of a stranger who rents out half of Mendel's shop. But when the man returns to town with two policemen, will Mendel be charged with stealing?This closeknit community works together

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assertiveness, community, conflict resolution, critical thinking, deception, decision making, Jewish, multicultural, problem solving, trust, truth, verbal communication

The sleepy dormouse

Ezra, Mark

Field mice live in such interesting places. The realistic scenery and twists of plot will keep children on their toes.

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animals, beetle, critical thinking, insects, mice, nature, weasel

The snow goose

Gallico, Mary//Gallico, Paul

A young, naive girl attempts to understand her environment in the midst of war. She does this through the love of the birds who live in this area.

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autumn, birds, bodies of water, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, fog, goose, happiness, history, loss, love, nonverbal communication, rain, sadness, sea, seasons, snow, spring, summer, sun, verbal communication, war, weather, winter

The snow lady

Hughes, Shirley

Sam and Barney build a snow lady that resembles their elderly neighbor, mean Mrs. Dean. Sam decides that it would only be polite to invite lonely Mrs. Dean to Christmas dinner.

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acceptance, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, food, friendship, holidays, neighbors, nonverbal communication, nutrition, peer resistance, play, recreation, seasons, verbal communication, winter

The snowman

Briggs, Raymond

A boy builds a snowman which comes alive in the middle of the night. The boy and the snowman spend all night together. When the boy wakes up in the morning, his friend has melted.

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bedtime, change, coping, critical thinking, feelings, friendship, imagination, night, nonverbal communication, play, seasons, snow, weather, winter

The spider who created the world

MacDonald, Amy

Nobb, the spider, needs a place to set her egg but the sun, moon, and cloud don't want her around. Her only friend, Air, offers her a place but Air can't hold an egg so Nobb uses her net to catch the sun, moon, and cloud and uses pieces of them to create a home for her egg. When she had created the world the egg hatched and from it came all the creatures of the world.

The spirit of tio fernando: A day of the dead story

Levy, Janice

Fernando, a little boy from Mexico, loses his favorite uncle. The family celebrates a holiday called Day of the Dead. Fernando must find the perfect gift to remember his uncle. What does he choose?

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celebration, critical thinking, death, family, flowers, food, holidays, instruments, language, mexican, multicultural, music, parents, spanish, theatre

The steam train crew

McLean, Andrew//McLean, Janet

The steam train needs to be on time today for Mary's party. But, Alf and Norm decide to get off to pick blackberries, only to lose the train!They finally catch it and make it on time.

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australian, celebration, companion, critical thinking, decision making, multicultural, party, responsibilities, time, train, transportation, verbal communication

The storm

Harshman, Marc

A young boy confined to a wheel chair because of an accident, doesn't like the way people see and talk about him. He wants people to see past the wheelchair and see him. A tornado comes through Indiana and he shows how strong and able he truly is.

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acceptance, animals, chicken, critical thinking, death, differences, disability, family, farm, feelings, goal setting, handicap, horse, nonverbal communication, parents, problem solving, relief, sadness, safety, school, self esteem, storm, stress management, tornado, weather

The story of babar the little elephant

Brunhoff, Jean de

Babar is an elephant who has a wonderful adventure. After his mother died tragically from a hunter, Babar goes into the city, where he lives with a little old lady. Upon returning to the forest, Babar is elected king and is married to Celeste, another young elephant. The two set off for their honeymoon.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, celebration, critical thinking, death, decision making, elephant, friendship, grief, love, marriage, nature, royalty, self esteem, stress management

The story of frog belly rat bone

Ering, Timothy Basil

A boy discovers an unexpected treasure at the junk yard. After some of the treasure is stolen, he makes a creature to stand guard. As they patiently wait, their treasure blooms into a gorgeous garden for them to enjoy.

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animals, anticipation, critical thinking, dedication, excitement, flowers, garden, goal setting, patience, plants, prevention, problem solving, protection, rabbit, rat, robbery, teamwork

The story of may

Gerstein, Mordicai

May gets lost and is found by her Aunt Jane. She is informed that she has a father and trys to find him.

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assertiveness, autumn, colors, critical thinking, family, grandparents, lost, parents, plants, rain, seasons, siblings, snow, spring, summer, verbal communication, weather, wind, winter

The story of noodles

Compestine, Ying Chang

The Kang family decides to switch up their usual annual cooking contest recipe from dumplings to 'noodles' with the help from their three rambunctious sons.

The story of the dancing frog

Blake, Quentin

A woman, Gertrude, finds a dancing frog by the river and becomes famous with her frog.

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amphibians, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dancing, decision making, exercise, fame, frog, goal setting, nonverbal communication

The story of the four little children who went round the world

Lear, Edward

Four children decide to take an adventure around the world on a boat. They come to find many different lands with strange scenery.

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adventures, apathy, boat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, exploration, family, nonverbal communication, numbers, siblings, transportation, verbal communication

The story of the three kingdoms

Myers, Walter Dean

A shark, elephant, and a hawk believe that each rules the earth. One day people show up and want to figure out why the animals will not share. They sit around and talk, coming up with stories to help get the animals to cooperate.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, elephant, fable, fish, hawk, intelligence, nonverbal communication, sharing, shark, verbal communication

The story of the three little pigs

Brooke, L. Leslie

A Mother pig sends her three little pigs out to seek their fortune. In the process, two little pigs are eaten by a wolf. The third little pig outsmarts the wolf, then eats him for dinner.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, challenges, critical thinking, deception, decision making, food, fortune, pig, problem solving, stress management, surprises, wolf

The summer noisy book

Brown, Margaret Wise

A dog named Muffin is very aware of all the sounds surrounding him. He hears trains, whistles, animals, and other noises and explains what each thing sounds like.

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animals, critical thinking, dog, five senses, hearing, listening, noise, sounds, verbal communication

The sun's day

Gerstein, Mordicai

A description of times of a day and possible activities that people do during those times.

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critical thinking, differences, nonverbal communication, verbal communication

The supreme souvenir factory

Stevenson, James

Only Chester, the dog, who gets a job at the Supreme Souvenier Factory can save the factory from being taken over by greedy Mr. Sashwayte.

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animals, assertiveness, bravery, careers, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, dog, feelings, friendship, goal setting, greed, teamwork

The sweet touch

Balian, Lorna

Peggy receives a plastic gold ring that comes with a genie. The genie grants Peggy her wish: everything she touches will turn into sweets! Peggy develops a tummy-ache and wants the spell to be over. The genie's mother helps to undo the "sweet touch" spell.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, food, genie, magic, verbal communication, wish

The table where rich people sit

Baylor, Byrd

A young girl feels that her family is so poor that rich people wouldn't even sit at her family's table. She holds a meeting with her family to discuss the money her family has. During the meeting she discovers how rich her family really is. She also learns the important things in life such as, family is more valuable than money itself.

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assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, greed, money, parents, perspective, pheasant, poverty, relaxation, responsibilities, rules, self esteem, sharing, wealth

The tale of flopsy bunnies

Potter, Beatrix

The Flopsy Bunnies are a large family who sometimes do not have enough lettuce to eat so they have to steal from Mr. McGregor. The lettuce makes the bunnies sleepy and while they are asleep, Mr. McGregor catches them. A mouse helps to set them free.

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animals, critical thinking, food, mouse, nonverbal communication, overeating, rabbit, sleep, verbal communication

The tale of jemima puddle-duck

Potter, Beatrix

Jemima wants desperately to hatch her own eggs. She finds a nice place to lay them in Mr. Fox's den. She almost becomes dinner, but Shep the collie saves the day.

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animals, baby, birds, critical thinking, deception, dog, duck, escape, farm, fox, rescue

The tale of samuel whiskers

Potter, Beatrix

Tom is a kitten who climbs up a chimney and gets lost. Samuel Whiskers is a rat who found Tom and wanted to make him into pudding. His family rescues him and expels the rats. Tom is now afraid of rats.

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animals, cat, cooperation, critical thinking, family, fear, food, lost, nonverbal communication, parents, rat, verbal communication

The tale of the flopsy bunnies

Potter, Beatrix

The flopsy bunnies fell fast asleep in a ditch outside Mr. McGregor's garden. Mr. McGregor emptied lawn mowing clippings into the ditch and noticed ears standing up. He took the rabbits and dropped them in his sack. Luckily Mrs. Tittlemouse found them and nibbled a hole in the sack so they could escape.

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animals, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, garden, helping, rabbit, rescue, sharing, verbal communication

The tale of timmy tiptoes

Potter, Beatrix

Timmy Tiptoes is a squirrel who has a wife named Goody. When it is time to pick nuts to be stored for the winter, the other squirrels think Timmy stole their nuts so they push him into a hole. Timmy stays stuck there so Goody does not know where he is. Finally they find each other with the help of a chipmunk.

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animals, chipmunk, critical thinking, food, mischief, nutrition, overeating, preparation, seasons, spring, squirrel, verbal communication, winter, woods, worry

The talking cloth

Mitchell, Rhonda

Aunt Phoebe has a collection of many wonderful things, each having an interesting story. The little girl's favorite thing is an adinkra cloth from Ghana. It has many colors and symbols to represent feelings, faith, power, and love.

The tenth good thing about barney

Viorst, Judith

A young boy copes with the death of his cat by remembering what he loved about it.

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acceptance, cat, critical thinking, loss, memories, sadness, stress management, verbal communication

The terrible thing that happened at our house

Blaine, Marge

When a mother goes back to work, things in the house get out of control. The kids feel left out and start to get upset. Finally, with a little compromising, things work out for the best.

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assertiveness, careers, compromise, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, parents, refusal skills, self esteem, teamwork, verbal communication, working mother

The terrible troll-bird

D'Aulaire, Ingri//D'Aulaire, Edgar

Four brothers and sisters are sent to the woods to get firewood and encounter a troll-bird. This causes a lot of trouble and they have to kill it which brings even more trouble!

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assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, critical thinking, death, decision making, family, fear, feelings, folktale, nature, siblings, stress management, woods

The three little javelinas

Lowell, Susan

Cousins of pigs (known as javelinas) attempt a daring rescue from the hungry coyote. The angry coyote huffs and puffs to blow the house down of the first and second javelinas--but not the third!The hungry coyote has a sizzling surprise in the adobe house where the three little javelinas live happily ever after.

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animals, author's note, coyote, critical thinking, decision making, desert, escape, family, language, multicultural, native american, refusal skills, resolution, siblings, spanish, teamwork, trick, unselfish

The three little pigs

Galdone, Paul

When three little pigs leave home to seek their fortune, each builds a house made of various materials. A mean wolf blows down the houses of the first and second pigs, then eats them for dinner. The wolf is outsmarted by the third pig who cooks the wolf for dinner.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, death, deception, food, fortune, pig, refusal skills, shelter, verbal communication, wolf

The three robbers

Ungerer, Tomi

Three robbers terrorize a countryside until they meet a young girl named Tiffany. After meeting the girl, they change their ways. The three robbers use their loot to build an orphanage where all of the lost, unhappy, and abandoned children can live.

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change, critical thinking, decision making, fear, feelings, giving, love, orphan, robbery, selfishness

The three wishes

Zemach, Margot

When a man and wife free an imp from under a tree, they are given three wishes that could greatly improve their love. However, without thinking, they foolishly waste the three wishes.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, escape, family, love, magic, marriage, nonverbal communication

The tinderbox

Moser, Barry

Yoder is a lost soldier trying to find his way home. He runs into an old man who makes him rich, and he also gets the old man's magic tinderbox. Yoder, still lost, continues into a town. He stays in this town because he wants to marry the princess. The tinderbox ends up saving his life and helps him accomplish his goal.

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animals, community, critical thinking, dog, goal setting, lost, magic, marriage, royalty

The tiny patient

Pederson, Judy

A little girl and her grandma find an injured bird, so they nurse it back to health. When the bird recovers, they let it go into the wild.

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birds, caring, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, freedom, goal setting, grandparents, injury, nonverbal communication

The tiny visitor

de Mejo, Oscar

Gwen and her sister, Elizabeth, help find a tiny wife for their equally tiny friend, Sir Theodore.

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acceptance, critical thinking, decision making, differences, family, helping, marriage, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

The toll-bridge troll

Wolff, Patricia Rae

Everyday on his walk to school, Trigg must cross the toll bridge where a mean troll lives. The troll will not let Trigg pass, so Trigg must think of ways to outsmart the troll.

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bridge, conflict resolution, critical thinking, frustration, goal setting, learning, money, problem solving, repetition, riddles, school, trick, trolls

The tomten and the fox

Lindgren, Astrid

Reynard is a hungry fox who goes to a farm to steal food. There he meets a tomten who shares his food with Reynard.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, farm, fox, giving, hunger, mythical, ox, peer resistance, prevention, refusal skills, sharing, trolls, unselfish, verbal communication

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