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Dancing with the indians

Medearis, Angela Shelf

An African American family watches a Seminole Indian celebration. After watching and learning of this culture and its customs, the family joins in the dancing.

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acceptance, african american, assertiveness, awareness, celebration, critical thinking, dancing, differences, family, history, multicultural, native american, nonverbal communication, recreation, traditions, verbal communication

Showing no signs of fear, young Johnny Adams boards a ship with his father, the future second President of the United States, for a voyage from Massachusetts to Paris to gain support for the colonies. Their journey is depicted with vivid pictures and an exciting storyline portraying the battles, harsh weather and seasickness endured along the way by two key Presidents in U.S. history.

Daniel's duck

Bulla, Clyde Robert

Daniel wants to learn to carve wood. So he carves a duck and takes it to the fair. People at the fair laugh at his duck, but the town woodcarver finds a lot of potential in his work.

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careers, competition, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, self esteem, verbal communication

Dark closets and noises in the night

Colman, Penny

Ever since they moved into their new house, Susan and Alex are scared to sleep in their own rooms. Alex is scared of his dark closet, and Susan is fearful of the noises that go bump in the night. Each uses their imagination and creative minds to solve their problems.

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accomplishment, bedtime, change, coping, creativity, critical thinking, family, fear, feelings, goal setting, happiness, imagination, moving, night, nonverbal communication, problem solving, siblings, stress management

Dark night

Monfreid, Dorothee de

Felix is walking home in the dark woods when he hears a fox howling, so he climbs into a nearby tree and hides. A tiger comes along and scares the fox, but then an alligator comes along and scares the tiger, which frightens Felix even more. Felix doesn't know how to get home, but then he finds a door which leads to a rabbit's house. The rabbit offers to help him get home and they make it home safely, and end up scaring the fox, tiger and alligator themselves!

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alligator, animals, critical thinking, decision making, escape, fear, feelings, fox, goal setting, numbers, rabbit, sounds, surprises, teamwork, tiger, wolf

David's father

Munsch, Robert

Julie has new neighbors. David seems like a regular boy, but Julie wonders what the rest of his family is like, because she saw a spoon the size of a shovel, a knife as big as a flagpole, and a fork the size of a pitchfork all being moved into David's house.

Davy's day

Lenski, Lois

On Davy's day, he goes through his daily routine. Davy makes choices about the things he will do during the day. Also, he takes care of himself by taking a bath on his own, dressing himself, and getting out of bed.

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bath, clothing, critical thinking, decision making, food, goal setting, hygiene, independence, nutrition, prayer, reading, self esteem, sleep

Days with frog and toad

Lobel, Arnold

Frog and his friend, Toad, go through many adventures. On these adventures, Toad learns many valuable lessons from Frog.

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adventures, birds, companion, conflict resolution, critical thinking, encouragement, friendship, frog, goal setting, hard work, learning, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, robin, self esteem, stress management, toad, verbal communication

Dealing with feelings: I'm furious

Crary, Elizabeth

When Matt sees his Reggie Jackson baseball card floating in the toilet, his jaw drops. He is furious that his little brother did that. One thing that will solve his problem is to hit his little brother, right?Wrong!His mother presents him with six ways to successfully handle his anger. After resolving his problems, Matt makes peace with his brother.

Death in a nut

Maddern, Eric

Jackﾒs mother tells him she is dying. He stops the grim reaper from taking her by fighting him. He realizes death has to occur to survive, because he needs to eat. Grim reaper allows Jackﾒs mother to live longer.

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beach, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, death, decision making, exercise, family, farm, food, illness, ocean, parents, sewing, survival, verbal communication, walking

Death of the iron horse

Goble, Paul

Native American legends guide their people. The story of an iron horse proved to come true when the Native Americans witnessed a train crash. In an attempt to keep the white men from stealing more land, the Native Americans burned the objects from the train.

Dentist

Unknown Author

Children go in and out of this dentist's office for checkups! First, a little boy gets his teeth examined by the dentist, and he finds out that they are a little dirty. Then, the dentist teaches the boy about how teeth develop over time and what he should do to take care of his teeth properly. Next, a little girl visits the dentist, and they find out that she has a hole in her tooth or a cavity. Finally, the little girl gets a filling, and her mouth is good as new!

Dentists help

Ready, Dee

Learn who a dentist is, what their job entails, and how they work to provide care for their patients. Children also learn about different types of dentists and what specialists they should see when and if they have crooked teeth, for instance. Details are shared about the clothing and tools a dentist may use when caring for their patients' teeth. When you know these important details, you can relax and enjoy going to the dentist!

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anticipation, appearance, careers, child care, clothing, critical thinking, dentist, diseases, diversity, education, feelings, growth, health, nonverbal communication, observation, photograph, tools, verbal communication, vocabulary

Different: Just like me

Mitchell, Lori

The visit to Grammie's house is a week away, and April can't wait! She comes across different people who look differently, sense differences, and move differently. Regardless of their differences, April can find ways she is like these other people. Finally, it is time to visit Grammie. Grammie's flowers from her garden are all different, and April is not allowed to pick her favorite flower. April realizes this is like all things and people. She learns to appreciate the differences in all things and people.

Dinah's mad, bad wishes

Joosse, Barbara M.

When Dinah is sent to her room, she and her mother both work out their frustratrions in different ways. Dinah wishes bad things would happen to her mother, but then she changes her mind, and the two of them reconcile.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, family, feelings, fight, frustration, parents, stress management, verbal communication

Dinner at the panda place

Calmenson, Stephanie

Mr. Panda opens his restaurant and the animals come in by one's, two's, all the way to ten's to dine in his restaurant, Panda Palace. After all the patrons are seated and the restaurant is full, one more guest arrives, a tiny mouse. Will Mr. Panda be able to find room for him?

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animals, baseball, bear, birds, careers, chicken, conflict resolution, counting, critical thinking, crocodile, elephant, food, fun, giraffe, lion, monkey, mouse, penguin, pig, reptiles, restaurant, rhyme, sports, stress management, taxi, transportation, verbal communication, wolf

Dinorella: A prehistoric fairy tale

Edwards, Pamela Duncan//Cole, Henry

Do you remember what happened to Cinderella?Well, Dinorella not only goes to the ball, but she defends the duke against a hungry deinonychus. The dinosaur dames, Dora and Doris, want the jewels but Dinorella has but one dazzling jewel.

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assertiveness, courage, critical thinking, decision making, dinosaur, empathy, fable, fantasy, happiness, heroism, laziness, love, nonverbal communication, party, peer resistance, selfishness

Dinosaur discoveries

Gibbons, Gail

Go on an adventure back to the time of dinosaurs. Learn about the history of dinosaurs and the job of paleontologists. A description of specific dinosaurs is included along with an index.

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animals, birds, bluejay, bones, cardinal, careers, critical thinking, dinosaur, discovery, extinction, fossil, goal setting, history, museum, nonverbal communication, ostrich, science, teeth

Dinosaurs divorce

Brown, Laurene Krasny//Brown, Marc

Divorce can be a scary thing for children. Questions and concerns about divorce can be answered with help from the dinosaurs. Dinosaurs explain everything from why parents divorce to celebrating holidays with two families to satisfy the inquisitive young mind.

Dinosaurs' christmas

Donnelly, Liza

Rex and his dog decide to go sledding. While sledding, they end up in the North Pole and meet up with a dinosaur who takes them to Santa's workshop. Rex tells the elves that they're making the toy dinosaurs wrong, helps them fix their mistake, and ends up saving Christmas.

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assertiveness, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, dinosaur, dog, friendship, helping, holidays, learning, pets, snow, trust, verbal communication, winter

Do you see a mouse?

Waber, Bernard

There could not possibly be a mouse at the Park Snoot Hotel could there?The hotel staff did not see a mouse as they make their rounds through the hotel. When the mouse catchers extraordinaire, Hyde and Snide, come to the hotel, they do not find a mouse. The clever mouse gets to keep his nice home at the hotel because no one can find him.

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animals, attention, awareness, business, chaos, critical thinking, deception, mouse, shelter, sly, success, verbal communication

Doctor De Soto

Steig, William

Dr. De Soto, a dentist who is a mouse, confronts his most dangerous patient of all - a fox!

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animals, careers, critical thinking, dentist, fox, mouse, stress management, teeth

Dog breath

Pilkey, Dave

The Tosis family has a dog named Hally. Hally is a wonderful dog except that she has very bad breath. When Mr. and Mrs. Tosis cannot take Hally's bad breath anymore they decide to give her away. The kids try to fix the problem by taking her to a mountain top to see the view, a movie, and a carnival to ride a roller coaster in the hopes that they will take Hally's bad breath away but nothing works. That night two burglars break into the house but when Hally kisses them the burglars pass out from the smell and Hally and her breath are, heroes!

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animals, carnival, crime, critical thinking, dog, family, fish, grandparents, heroism, hygiene, miracle, mountains, newspaper, night, parents, robbery, sadness, siblings, skunk, smell

Don't touch

Kline, Suzy

A young boy's day is filled with being told Don't Touch from adults. He feels sad that he cannot touch anything. He goes off by himself and plays with his clay in any way he wants which makes him feel better. He then makes his own sign that reads Don't Touch for his things.

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art, critical thinking, escape, family, feelings, parents, play, sadness

Don't take a snake for a stroll

Ireland, Karin

A little boy talks about taking a variety of animals into public places. Using his imagination he describes what could possibly happen. In the end, he advises to just take people along and leave the animals at home.

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animals, bodies of water, coyote, critical thinking, decision making, duck, elephant, exercise, fantasy, humor, imagination, kangaroo, moose, ocean, pets, pig, rabbit, rhyme, rhythm, shopping, skunk, snake, swimming, television, walking

Dona flor

Mora, Pat

A vicious animal is causing panic among the villagers. Done Flor, a giant woman with a heart of gold, helps find the reason behind the mysterious beast.

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bravery, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, friendship, giants, giving, magic, mythical, neighbors, problem solving, relationship, verbal communication, village

Donkey it's snowing

Raphael, Elaine//Bolognes, Don

Carlo walks out one morning to find water frozen in his bucket. Then he goes on to tell the donkey all about winter. The two friends prepare for winter together.

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animals, change, coping, critical thinking, decision making, donkey, friendship, ice, preparation, problem solving, seasons, snow, stress management, verbal communication, winter

Dorrie and the pin witch

Coombs, Patricia

It's the day of the Witches' Ball and all the witches are grouchy. Little Dorrie figures out that the evil Pin Witch is responsible for the mayhem and saves the day.

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celebration, conflict resolution, critical thinking, feelings, magic, moods, nonverbal communication, resolution, verbal communication, witches

Dove isabeau

Yolen, Jane

Dove Isabeau is a young beauty whose stepmother is a jealous witch. One day, the witch turns Isabeau into a dragon. A young man saves her by risking his own life. In the end, Dove Isabeau saves her lover's life and they live happily ever after.

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animals, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dragons, family, feelings, jealousy, love, magic, problem solving, stepmother, stress management, verbal communication, witches

Dracula's cat

Wahl, Jan

Dracula and his companion go on an adventure to scare Agatha. To their dismay, they are too late and confront a bat. Together they work to save the bat. They learn that pets can be our best friends.

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adventures, animals, bat, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, exercise, fear, feelings, food, happiness, horse, jumping, monsters, mythical, owl, pets, sadness, stress management, verbal communication, walking, weather, wind, wolf

Dragon in the rocks: A story based on the childhood of early paleontologist Mary Anning

Day, Marie

A twelve year old girl loves to find and dig out fossils from the cliffs along the beach. She helps out her family financially by selling the fossils. She uncovers a rare dinosaur and digs it out by herself. Her determination shows as she pieces the puzzle together.

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beach, bodies of water, bones, critical thinking, death, determination, dinosaur, england, extinction, family, fossil, goal setting, history, loss, market, museum, ocean, parents, rhyme, sequence, siblings

Drawer in a drawer

Christiana, David

Fud is an drawer (one who draws) who sleeps in a drawer. He draws a box and the moon gets caught in it. He eventually sets the moon free.

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art, careers, critical thinking, imagination, moon, mystery, nonverbal communication, verbal communication

Dream wolf

Goble, Paul

This Native American story describes some boys who are alone in the wild at night. They meet a wolf who has close kinship to a tribe until the white men drives the wolves away. The boys bring the wolves back.

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animals, birds, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, deer, feelings, happiness, loss, multicultural, native american, nonverbal communication, rabbit, reunion, river, wolf

Dreams

Keats, Ezra Jack

Roberto and his paper mouse saves a cat from a dog. The dog traps the cat but when the paper mouse falls, it makes a big shadow and scares away the dog.

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animals, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dog, dreams, escape, mouse, nonverbal communication, rescue, shadows, verbal communication

Dress up and let's have a party

Charlip, Remy

John dressed up in his mother's pots and pans while she baked a cake. He called his friends to come and dress up with him. Each friend came in a different creative costume. They ate the cake when it was done and went home.

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assertiveness, clothing, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, family, food, friendship, imagination, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, party, self esteem, verbal communication

Duck in the truck

Alborough, Jez

As duck drives home in his truck, he hits a rock which leaves him stuck in the muck. Frog first tries to help, then sheep and finally goat. Working together the four animals are able to get the truck out.

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accidents, anger, animals, boat, car, critical thinking, duck, feelings, frog, happiness, rhyme, sequence, sheep, teamwork, transportation, truck

Earrings!

Viorst, Judith

A young girl's mom and dad will not let her get her ears pierced. She is determined about getting them pierced and she gives many persuasive reasons why she should be allowed.

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assertiveness, clothing, critical thinking, determination, family, goal setting, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, verbal communication

Earth day - hooray!

Murphy, Stuart J.

Ryan, Carly, and Luke set out to clean up Gilroy Park for an Earth Day celebration. They decide to plant flowers to beautify the park while collecting cans to raise money through recycling. The children use math and find school resources to help them with their project.

Easter treat

Duvoisin, Roger

Santa travels in-cog-ni-to to a town during Easter time to see what it is like. When he says that he is Santa Claus, no one believes him at first.

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airplane, conflict resolution, critical thinking, easter, fly, holidays, playground, presents, santa, transportation

Easy as pie: A guessing game of sayings

Folsom, Marcia//Folsom, Michael

Each letter of the alphabet has several pages devoted to it. There are also a variety of sayings to learn.

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alphabet, critical thinking, letters, rhyme

Edward, benjamin & butter

Hall, Malcolm

Edward Tapir hopes to cheer up his friend Benjamin Horse. He plays a little joke to get him out of his slump with a pound of butter.

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animals, conflict resolution, critical thinking, feelings, food, friendship, happiness, horse, nutrition, presents, sadness, stress management, tapir, verbal communication

Eeny meeny miney mole

Yolen, Jane

Eeny, Meeny, and Miney Mole live life underground and they have no idea what life up above is like. One day, Eeny burrows up above ground and discovers day, night, light, darkness, and the four seasons.

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animals, assertiveness, critical thinking, day, discovery, family, insects, mole, night, reptiles, seasons, self esteem, siblings, snake, spring, summer, verbal communication, winter, worm

Elbert's bad word

Wood, Audrey

Elbert has to learn to deal with a bad word that he has just learned. The only way for him to do this was by filling his mind with new, appropriate words to use. These words get him in less trouble.

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anger, apology, assertiveness, awareness, conflict resolution, consequences, critical thinking, discipline, family, feelings, goal setting, language, parents, refusal skills, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Elephant games and other playful poems to perform

Bagert, Brad

An entertaining and exciting array of poems cover many issues that children face. Gleeful elephants help explore child-friendly issues such as bullying, feelings, nutrition, parents, animals, dreams, school, pets, trouble-makers and sports. Entertaining illustrations and catchy poems invite the reader to continue exploring.

Elijah's angel

Rosen, Michael

Elijah and Michael have a unique friendship. Elijah is an 80 year old black Christian barber and Michael is a 9 year old Jewish boy. Elijah and Michael exchange Hanukah and Christmas gifts and reach a level of understanding between their different religions.

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african american, appreciation, christmas, critical thinking, decision making, differences, friendship, hanukkah, Jewish, multicultural, religion, self esteem, spiritual, stress management, verbal communication

Ellen and the goldfish

Himmelman, John

Ellen loves to draw. One day she notices a goldfish watching her. They become friends and she draws pictures for the fish. When the fish is about to be caught, she uses a clever idea to set him free from the bait.

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animals, assertiveness, bodies of water, critical thinking, fish, fishing, food, lake, nonverbal communication, pond, recreation, seal, stress management, toad, verbal communication

Emily and the enchanted frog

Griffith, Helen V.

A young girl named Emily kisses a frog and turns him into a handsome prince. The prince does not enjoy being a prince, so he wants to be turned back into a frog. The prince must first be kissed by another frog that has been turned into a beautiful princess.

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amphibians, assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, differences, fantasy, frog, magic, mythical, royalty, verbal communication

Emily emerson's moon

Merrill, Jean//Solbert, Ronni

Emily's father promises her he can give her the moon, but Emily's brother does not believe he can. Her father finds a creative way to present her with the gift of the moon.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, love, moon, parents, problem solving, siblings, verbal communication

Emma

Kesselman, Wendy

Emma is a seventy-two year old woman who has a large family that rarely visits. She finds a creative way to surround herself with familiar things at all times so that she isn't loney anymore.

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aging, art, creativity, critical thinking, family, grandparents, loneliness, nonverbal communication, self esteem, stress management

Emma and the silk train

Lawson, Julie

The silk trains that constantly cross the tracks near Emma's house fascinate her and spark her imagination of having silk clothing of her own. Her whole town is set into a frenzy when one of the trains derails, and in her attempt to snag a beautiful swatch of red silk in the river, she is swept away. Her rescue is dramatic and exciting.

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