Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Monster comes to the city | by Blance, Ellen // Cook, Ann

An unusual, atypical monster comes to checkout a city and observes a variety of different events taking place. His excursion through the city leads him to a group of children playing and swinging in an park. The monster joins them in this activty. Since the monster had an enjoyable and pleasant experience in the city, he decides to make it his home.

Keywords: bodies of water, car, clothing, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, diversity, friendship, fun, home, monsters, nonverbal communication, park, play, relationship, river, self esteem, shopping, swinging, train, transportation, uniqueness

Monster and the magic umbrella | by Blance, Ellen // Cook, Ann

Monster enjoys a day of play with his friends and his magical umbrella. Monster and the little boy play games in the afternoon sun and make sure to follow good hygiene practices and sun safety by wearing hats and carrying a giant magical umbrella that provides protection from the sun. The monster's umbrella eventually, magically opens into a much larger umbrella filling with rain so all of the neighborhood children can play and cool off.

Keywords: celebration, cleanliness, companion, critical thinking, exercise, feelings, friendship, happiness, hygiene, magic, monsters, play, rain, storm, stress management, sun, swimming, umbrella, weather

Matunje and the wooden spoon | by Mashiri, Pascal

During a time of famine, Matunje goes looking for food. He finds mangoes which fall into the water and are carried out to sea. Matunje follows and is led to the sea king who gives him a magical wooden spoon to feed his country.

Keywords: assertiveness, celebration, community, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dancing, famine, feelings, food, fruit, happiness, helping, magic, mythical, nutrition, song, spiritual, tree

Lady monster has a plan | by Blance, Ellen // Cook, Ann

Monster and the little boy have too many pets. They try to build a house for all of them, but they need help. Lady monster and the little girl come to help and they all cooperate to build the animal house.

Keywords: accomplishment, amphibians, animals, birds, cat, communication, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, dog, frog, goal setting, helping, monsters, nonverbal communication, parakeet, pets, reptiles, shelter, tools, turtle

Monster buys a pet | by Blance, Ellen // Cook, Ann

A friendly monster and a little boy think it is lonely in their house. They decide that if they go to the pet store and buy an animal to keep them company, it will help. After picking out two dogs and two cats, the owner of the pet store coaxes monster and the little boy to give all the pets a home.

Keywords: animals, companion, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, gerbil, loneliness, monsters, peer resistance, pets, play, responsibilities, sadness, vacation, verbal communication

Robots slither | by Hunter, Ryan Ann

Keywords: astronomy, bodies of water, computer, critical thinking, environment, fire, fish, goal setting, health, history, hospital, medicine, nonverbal communication, ocean, octopus, pets, prevention, safety, science, security, snake, whale

The milkman | by Cordsen, Carol Foskett

A milkman delivers eggs, milk and ice cream to various people in a small community. While on his route, he discovers a sign that says lost dog. He begins to look for the dog along the way.

Keywords: animals, community, critical thinking, dog, family, food, hard work, helping, lost, morning, neighbors, nonverbal communication, nutrition, rhyme, transportation, verbal communication

Encyclopedia prehistorica: Dinosaurs | by Reinhart, Matthew // Sabuda, Robert

Discover the world of dinosaurs as they pop-up and come to life! Learn about various dinosaurs and how multiple body parts made them different from other dinosaurs. With the turn of each page, a new dinosaur jumps out to meet you. Interact with raptors, meat eaters, long necked giants, and frill heads in their long-ago world when they were the rulers!

Keywords: animals, birds, body parts, bones, critical thinking, detective, dinosaur, extinction, fossil, history, insects, lizard, nonverbal communication, reptiles, rocks, science, shapes, sizes, survival, teeth

The santero's miracle: A bilingual story | by 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.

Keywords: 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

Fair monaco | by Cole, Brock

Three sisters go to stay at their grandma's house. They ask to do things, but their grandma won't let them do anything but eat dinner and go to bed. She is too worried about all the horrible things outside. While the girls are dreaming, they end up in their grandma's horrible dream. The only way they can change it is to dream of their own good dreams. When their grandma wakes up, she is happy because of the good dream she had, since it was the same as her grandchildren.

Keywords: assertiveness, bedtime, boredom, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dancing, decision making, dreams, exercise, family, fear, feelings, food, grandparents, happiness, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, relief, siblings, sleep, verbal communication, worry

Prudy's problem and how she solved it | by Armstrong-Ellis, Carey

Prudy loves to collect things. But unlike most kids who collect only a few things, Prudy collects everything. Some things are even unsanitary. One day her enormous collection becomes too much for her to handle. She must come up with an idea on what to do with all her stuff. Finally she has it. She solves her problem by creating a collection museum. Here her collection can be neat, orderly and seen by everyone.

Keywords: accomplishment, art, bones, butterfly, caterpillar, critical thinking, decision making, elephant, family, feelings, flowers, frustration, hygiene, insects, museum, parents, peer resistance, refusal skills, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

How the amazon queen fought the prince of Egypt | by Bower, Tamara

The land of Khor was a peaceful place free of men, in which woman could live side by side in harmony. One day, Pedikhous, of Egpyt decides to test the strength of the women through various attacks. To his surprise the women are stronger and more determined than he ever imagined. Instead of fighting against them, de decides to live in peace and love beside them.

Sally goes to the mountains | by Huneck, Stephen

Sally, the dog, goes on a camping trip to the mountains. Sally dreams of meeting new animals including: rabbits, birds, fish, racoons, beavers, skunks, moose and bears. Will Sally really get to meet these new animals on her trip?

Keywords: animals, bear, beaver, birds, camping, critical thinking, dog, dreams, fish, food, goal setting, moose, morning, mountains, nonverbal communication, nutrition, raccoon, skunk, vacation, verbal communication

Grandpa's soup | by Kadono, Eiko

Grandpa is lonely after Grandma dies. He wants to make meatball soup just like his wife use to make. Each day after Grandpa makes the soup, friends come and eat it with him. Grandpa finds that eating the soup with friends helps to ease his loneliness.

Keywords: animals, cat, cooking, critical thinking, death, decision making, determination, dog, family, feelings, food, goal setting, grandparents, happiness, loneliness, loss, mouse, nonverbal communication, nutrition, sharing, stress management, verbal communication

What's inside? The alphabet book | by Kitamura, Satoshi

Playful pictures prompt each letter's picture and word. The guessing game aspect of this format sets it apart from typical alphabet book (A wordless book).

Keywords: alphabet, birds, cat, critical thinking, dog, elephant, fire engine, hippopotamus, iguana, kite, morning, night, octopus, rat, sequence, snow, tiger, transportation, umbrella, woodpecker, zebra

Ugh | by Yorkins, Arthur

Many, many years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, there was a boy named Ugh who was looked down on and treated like a slave by his siblings. Ugh tells them he will be famous one day. After seeing a wheel, he invents the bicycle, and because of this becomes the boy king.

Keywords: anger, assertiveness, bicycle, cave, change, chores, confidence, critical thinking, differences, dinosaur, family, feelings, happiness, inventions, jealousy, moon, sadness, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication, whale

The hermit and the well | by Nhat Hanh, Thich

A young boy and his friends take a trip with their teacher to the top of a mountain in Vietnam. The boys are excited because at the top lives a hermit. When they reach the top, the hermit is nowhere to be found. Wondering where he could be, the young boy wanders off, stumbles upon a well, and eventually finds his inner peace.

Keywords: adventures, beliefs, buddhism, critical thinking, faith, feelings, hermit, mountains, multicultural, nonverbal communication, peace, self esteem, verbal communication, vietnamese

Robot dog | by Oliver, Mark

A robot dog named Scrap wants to have an owner like all the other robot dogs. He ends up in the junk yard because he has a dent on him. Scrap becomes sad because he doesn't have an owner like his other fiends. Scrap decides to make an owner so he has someone to play with and love him.

Keywords: animals, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dog, emotions, envy, excitement, family, fear, feelings, friendship, imagination, pets, play, robot, role model, sadness, self esteem

When I heard the learn'd astronomer | by Whitman, Walt

A boy is overwhelmed by all the charts and figures about space, but he gets tired of listening to the lectures. He goes outside to look up at the night sky. He is able to make the connection between what he heard and what he sees.

Five trucks | by Floca, Brian

A little boy observes how five different trucks assist in the preparation and take-off of his airplane. Description of the trucks and their duties are very clear. It takes many people working together to complete the goal of take-off!

Keywords: airplane, careers, cooperation, counting, critical thinking, diversity, fly, goal setting, hard work, machines, nonverbal communication, skills, tractor, transportation, travel, truck, verbal communication, work

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