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Morris brookside, a dog

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

The Brooksides enjoy their quiet life now that their children are gone. Soon their life changes after a stray dog joins their family.

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animals, change, companion, dog, family, friendship, kindness, pets, siblings

Martha speaks

Meddaugh, Susan

Martha, a dog, eats alphabet soup and learns to talk. Her talking becomes annoying until it saves their home from a robbery.

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animals, assertiveness, communication, conflict resolution, crisis, dog, responsibilities, robbery, stress management

Ginger, a circus dog, has been living with clowns, acrobats, and aerialists all her life. She eventually learns tricks and gets to perform. The only thing she really wants is a family. The death defying jump that Ginger performs lands her in the arms of her new owner.

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animals, circus, conflict resolution, decision making, dog, exercise, fear, feelings, happiness, jumping, self esteem

Carl's masquerade

Day, Alexandra

Carl, the dog, is left in charge of the baby, while the parents go to a masquerade party. Carl and the baby secretly go to the party also and have fun. They make it back before the parents and are asleep when the parents arrive home.

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animals, child care, critical thinking, dog, family, nonverbal communication, parents, party

Good dog, carl

Day, Alexandra

A wordless book depiction of how Carl, the family dog, takes care of the baby while the mother is out.

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animals, assertiveness, child care, critical thinking, dog, family, nonverbal communication, parents

Better with two

Joosse, Barbara M.

An old lady, and her dog have a regular routine everyday. And when Laura, the girl next door sees Mrs. Brady alone instead of with Max she wonders why. When Laura finds out Max died, she finds comfort in her mom and then consoles Mrs. Brady, because two is better than one.

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animals, change, coping, death, dog, family, feelings, friendship, loss, neighbors, nonverbal communication, parents, pets, sadness

Mama's perfect present

Goode, Diane

Two sweet spirited, young siblings and their mischievous dog exercise their muscles and goodwill as they search for the perfect present for Mama. They experience a comic escapade through the city blocks of markets and vendors.

I swapped my dog

Ziefert, Harriet

In an effort to find the perfect pet which he believes he should be able to ride, a countryman exchanges his dog for a mare. However he soon finds that the mare is not what he expected which begins a long series of unsuccessful pet exchanges, including a goat, a sheep, a cow, and a rooster among others. In the end, however, the countryman makes a successful exchange, in which he acquires his dog who is always by his side.

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animals, cat, companion, cow, dog, exploration, forgiveness, friendship, goat, horse, market, mistake, mule, neighbors, nonverbal communication, pig, rat, relationship, rhyme, security, selfishness, sheep, uniqueness

Scared silly

Howe, James

Harold, Chester, and Howie are a little spooked on Halloween. They became quite scared when Bunnicula, the family rabbit, wakes up in the middle of the night and their master comes home dressed as a witch.

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animals, cat, dog, family, fear, ghosts, halloween, holidays, parents, rabbit, siblings, stress management, verbal communication, witches

Spot's first walk

Hill, Eric

Curious Spot goes on a journey and meets some interesting animals that live above and below the earth. In the end, he finds his golden treat and ventures on back home. Along the way, you can lift a flap to find his friends.

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animals, assertiveness, bee, birds, bodies of water, cat, chicken, critical thinking, curiosity, dog, feelings, fish, food, happiness, insects, lake, nutrition, rabbit, self esteem, verbal communication, woodpecker

Mattie's little possum pet

Luttrell, Ida

Mattie takes in a possum for a new pet. She thinks that the possum is a sweet, innocent little pet, but her cat and dog know otherwise.

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animals, assertiveness, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, dog, misunderstanding, nonverbal communication, opossum, pets, verbal communication

Mice twice

Low, Joseph

A cat gets hungry and askes a mouse over to eat for dinner. Mouse brings a dog with her. The mouse and the cat try to outsmart each other but the mouse wins in the end.

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alligator, animals, cat, dog, friendship, mischief, mouse, reptiles, surprises

One crow: A counting rhyme

Aylesworth, Jim

A farm is the setting for this counting rhyme. The rhyme takes us through summer then through winter.

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animals, birds, cat, chicken, counting, crow, dog, farm, horse, pig, seasons, sheep, summer, winter

When the fly flew in

Peters, Lisa Westberg

When a little boy is told to clean his room, he says he cannot because his pets are sleeping. However, a fly wakes them up and starts a chain of reactions that end with the room being cleaned by the animals.

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animals, cat, cleanliness, conflict resolution, dog, fly, helping, humor, insects, pets, teamwork

Angus and the cat

Flack, Marjorie

Angus, the dog, explored many things. One day he finds a cat in the house. He does not like the cat, until it is gone - then he misses it.

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animals, appreciation, assertiveness, cat, conflict resolution, dog, feelings

Barkis

Newberry, Clare Turlay

James receives Barkis, a dog, for his birthday. His sister wants to share her cat and his dog, but James is not interested. It is not until Nell Jean, his sister, saves Barkis' life that James will share his dog.

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animals, birthday, cat, compromise, conflict resolution, dog, family, holidays, parents, sharing, siblings

Up a tree

Lubell, Winifred//Lubell, Cecil

A cat named Kira, who is very set in her ways is chased up a tree by the neighbor's dog. Kira's family tries to get her to come down but she won't until she's ready -see what the reason is.

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animals, cat, chaos, critical thinking, decision making, dog, family, neighbors, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

An angel for solomon singer

Rylant, Cynthia

Solomon Singer, alone and lonely, wanders the streets of New York City dreaming of things he will never have. He dreams of a fireplace, porch swing, a purple wall, a cat, and his boyhood home in Indiana. One night he wanders into a small restaurant where he reads on the menu that this is the place where all dreams come true.

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animals, birds, cat, community, critical thinking, decision making, depression, dog, feelings, food, loneliness, nonverbal communication, sadness, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Hot fudge

Howe, James

Two dogs and one cat are crazy about fudge!On a saturday morning, the Monroes leave the animals alone in the house with the delicious fudge. The animals have to guard the house and overcome their temptations to eat the fudge.

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affection, animals, cat, decision making, dog, family, food, nutrition, peer resistance

Flash the dash

Freeman, Don

A dog named Flash was lazy. He decides to get a job to impress his mate. One day, he goes back to being lazy and then receives a telegram that he has become a father.

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animals, baby, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, dog, family, laziness

Max makes a million

Kalman, Maira

A dog named Max lives in New York and tells about his life as a poet struggling to survive. In the end, he gets his book published and makes enough money to follow his dreams to Paris.

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animals, books, careers, dog, dreams, poetry, travel, verbal communication

Grandpappy

Carlstrom, Nancy White

Nate and his Grandfather have a loving relationship. When Nate goes to visit Grandpappy, they spend all their time together experiencing many adventures and creating memories to last a lifetime.

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animals, bodies of water, dog, family, feelings, grandparents, happiness, sadness, sea, train, transportation, verbal communication

Harry by the sea

Zion, Gene

On a hot day at the beach, Harry cannot stay cool. He suddenly is covered with seaweed and everyone mistakes him as a sea monster, even his family!

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animals, beach, bodies of water, cold, dog, exercise, family, lost, mistake, monsters, nonverbal communication, parents, plants, sea, siblings, sun, uniqueness, verbal communication, walking

Otto at sea

du Bois, William Pene

Otto, an extremely large dog, sails in a ship on the ocean. He then ends up saving everyone's life because the ship goes down.

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animals, boat, bodies of water, conflict resolution, dog, exercise, feelings, moods, ocean, rain, swimming, transportation, weather, wind

Secret birthday message

Carle, Eric

The night before Tim's birthday, he finds a message on his pillow. The message gives directions for Tim to go look for his birthday gift. On Tim's birthday, he follows the directions and finds his gift. The gift is a puppy.

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animals, birthday, critical thinking, dog, excitement, goal setting, letters, nonverbal communication, presents, secrets, surprises

Story in the sand

Myrus, Donald//Squillace, Albert

Jeff and his mother go to the beach for a day. Jeff runs around collecting things and drawing pictures in the sand. He meets a little girl, Jenny, and spends the day teaching her about art in the sand.

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animals, art, assertiveness, beach, birds, boat, bodies of water, collection, creativity, dog, exploration, family, fear, feelings, fish, ocean, parents, play, seagull, transportation, verbal communication

Dogs don't wear sneakers

Numeroff, Laura

Many different animals try to do unusual things such as dogs that wear sneakers. The reader is asked to imagine other funny scenarios with animals.

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animals, beach, bicycle, biking, cleanliness, dog, exercise, food, hygiene, nutrition, running, skating, swimming, taxi, transportation

The paperboy

Pilkey, Dav

While everyone else is still asleep, the paperboy is up making his rounds. He has to get up very early and get dressed, eat breakfast, and fold his papers. When he is finally done delivering his papers, he goes back to bed just when everyone else is getting up.

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animals, bicycle, biking, cold, community, dog, dreams, exercise, feelings, goal setting, happiness, morning, neighbors, newspaper, responsibilities, routine, sleep, sun, temperature, work

Where's spot?

Hill, Eric

Spot has not come to dinner so Spot's mom is on the look out for him. When searching for her son, she meets an array of other animals. Likewise she finds Spot and they enjoy their meal. (Flip Book)

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animals, assertiveness, bear, birds, critical thinking, crocodile, dog, food, hippopotamus, lion, monkey, nonverbal communication, penguin, reptiles, self esteem, snake, stress management, turtle, verbal communication

Good morning, granny rose

Ludwig, Warren

Granny Rose and her dog, Henry, go for a walk in the woods and get stuck in a blizzard. Henry finds a cave for shelter, where the two run into a bear.

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animals, bear, discovery, dog, exercise, exploration, hibernation, nature, shelter, storm, walking, weather, woods

Harry the dirty dog

Zion, Gene

When Harry hears that he is about to get a bath, he runs away from home and gets even dirtier until he is a black dog instead of a white dog. When he decides to go home, he is not recognized until he gets a bath!

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animals, bath, cleanliness, colors, critical thinking, dog, exercise, family, hunger, lost, nonverbal communication, parents, play, running, siblings, worry

Juan and the asuangs

Aruego, Jose

Juan lives in a jungle. One day while Juan is napping, his carabao wanders into the jungle. In the jungle, Juan comes across many Asuangs.

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animals, assertiveness, bat, birds, chicken, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dog, filipino, ghosts, jungle, multicultural, sleep

The party

Reid, Barbara

Two sisters leave their friends to go to a family birthday party. When the girls get to the party, they play games with lots of children and eat lots of good food and birthday cake. They have so much fun at the party that they don't want to leave!

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affection, animals, balloon, bedtime, birthday, body parts, car, celebration, crowd, dog, exercise, family, food, games, grandparents, gymnastics, injury, loss, love, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, party, rhyme, rhythm, running, siblings, singing, song, sport, teeth, transportation, verbal communication

Carl's christmas

Day, Alexandra

Carl, the family dog, is left to take care of the baby. The dog and the baby go on a great adventure on Christmas Eve and end up meeting Santa.

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adventures, animals, baby, child care, christmas, dog, holidays, nonverbal communication, santa

Henry and mudge under the yellow moon

Rylant, Cynthia

Together, Henry and his dog, Mudge, watch the leaves turn colors, listen to Halloween stories and eat Thanksgiving dinner.

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animals, autumn, dog, fear, feelings, friendship, halloween, holidays, moon, nonverbal communication, pets, seasons, storytelling, stress management, thanksgiving, verbal communication

Three names

MacLachlan, Patricia

A boy and his dog have many adventures together going to school on the prairie.

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adventures, animals, dog, friendship, history, pets, pioneers

Carl's afternoon in the park

Day, Alexandra

Carl, the family dog, takes care of the baby and a puppy. He takes them on a big adventure in the park.

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adventures, animals, baby, child care, creativity, decision making, dog, nonverbal communication, sleep

Oma and baba

Schwartz, Amy

It is Alice's birthday and her mom promises her a dog. She choses one dog, but the dog refuses to listen. They put the dog in obedience school. Another dog teaches Baba how to howl.

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animals, assertiveness, birthday, disobedience, dog, family, goal setting, holidays, learning, nonverbal communication, parents, pets, presents, responsibilities, school

Taking care of melvin

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

Melvin is a dog who does everything except take care of himself. He does other people's wash, food, shopping, and polishing. When he gets sick, he makes everyone do the same for him in return. He soon realizes he just needs to be himself and not a crowd pleaser.

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animals, critical thinking, decision making, diseases, dog, friendship, growing up, illness, peer resistance, self esteem, stress management

Whistle for willie

Keats, Ezra Jack

Peter wants to learn how to whistle to make his dog, Willie, come.

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animals, challenges, conflict resolution, decision making, determination, discovery, dog, goal setting, learning, pets, self esteem

I want a dog

Khalsa, Dayal Kaur

When her parents refuse to get her a dog, May creates an imaginary dog out of a roller skate.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, coping, creativity, critical thinking, determination, dog, family, goal setting, growing up, imagination, parents, play, responsibilities

Conrad's castle

Shecter, Ben

Conrad builds a castle even though his friends are trying to do other things. The castle collapses so Conrad decides to rebuild it. Again, his friends try to get him to do other things, but Conrad completes his castle which stands this time.

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animals, assertiveness, creativity, curiosity, decision making, determination, dog, friendship

Zeke Pippin

Steig, William

Zeke is a young pig who has a natural talent for playing the harmonica. He discovers that it is magic and leaves home. After some thinking he goes back and finds that things are not as bad as he thought.

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animals, coyote, dog, magic, music, pig, sleep

Nate the great and the boring beach bag

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

Nate the Great is at the beach when Oliver, the pest, loses his beach bag. With the help of his dog, Sludge, and information from other children on the beach, Nate successfully solves the case of the missing bag.

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animals, assertiveness, beach, conflict resolution, cooperation, coping, critical thinking, decision making, dog, friendship, goal setting, loss, mystery, problem solving

Chester the out of work dog

Singer, Marilyn

Chester is a sheep dog whose family moves from their farm to New York City. Chester no longer has a job to do, so he gets into trouble in the strange city. He runs away, then finds a group of lost students which he leads back to school.

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animals, conflict resolution, confusion, dog, nonverbal communication, running away, self esteem, sheep, walking

The shaggy little dog

Maksimovic, Desanka

A shaggy little dog just appears one day and keeps everyone company. Everyone loves him and enjoys his company. Then just as suddenly as he came, he disappears.

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animals, change, companion, disappearance, dog, friendship, helping, nonverbal communication, pets

Toddlecreek post office

Shulevitz, Uri

The village of Toddlecreek is very small, but it has a post office that is the heart of the village. A postal inspector comes and decides to close the post office. After this, the village is never the same.

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animals, community, dog, feelings, friendship, loss, sadness, storytelling, verbal communication

Silly sally

Wood, Audrey

On the way to town, Silly Sally gets sidetracked by a dancing pig, a singing loon, a dog who wants to play leapfrog, and a sheep who wants to sleep. When Neddy Buttercup comes along, they all go to town.

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animals, birds, community, dancing, dog, exercise, friendship, gymnastics, loon, pig, play, rhyme, sequence, sheep, song, sports, travel, walking

One mitten lewis

Kay, Helen

Lewis always loses one of his mittens. His mother is continually making or buying him new pairs. Finally, Lewis meets a girl who has the same problem so they end up matching all their odd pairs.

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animals, clothing, colors, critical thinking, decision making, dog, family, friendship, lost, parents, problem solving, verbal communication

Runaway mittens

Rogers, Jean

Pico, an Eskimo boy, is always losing the red mittens his grandmother makes for him. One day, Pico finds his mittens in a box with his dog who has just delivered puppies. He decides his mittens should stay there, so the puppies can keep warm.

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animals, assertiveness, birth, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, dog, family, goal setting, grandparents, multicultural, native american, responsibilities, self esteem, verbal communication

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