Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

A to z do you ever feel like me? | by Hausman, Bonnie

How are you feeling today?Join the children in this book to find out if they are feeling the same way. Learn the letters of the alphabet while you solve the puzzles of emotions. Have fun!

Keywords: accidents, african american, alphabet, anger, asian american, birthday, body parts, bravery, confusion, critical thinking, doctor, embarrassment, emotions, exercise, family, fear, feelings, friendship, fun, games, grandparents, greed, happiness, jealousy, kindness, letters, loneliness, mischief, morning, multicultural, nonverbal communication, observation, party, pets, photograph, playground, playing, pride, school, self esteem, sequence, sharing, toys, verbal communication, worry

Alligator baby | by Munsch, Robert

Kristen's mom is having a baby but she accidently makes a wrong turn into the zoo. Her parents make repeated attempts to find their baby until finally Kristen takes a journey to the zoo.

Keywords: accidents, alligator, animals, assertiveness, baby, birth, body parts, child care, conflict resolution, confusion, critical thinking, decision making, family, gorilla, identification, mistake, recognition, seal, stress management, verbal communication, zoo

The littlest matryoshka | by Bliss, Corinne Denias

Nikolai shipped his last carved matryoshka from Russia to a toy store in America. While on display, one of the six dolls gets bumped from the shelf and begins a great adventure away from her sisters. She survived the snow, the stream, a bird, and a cat before being found by the very girl who had bought her sisters, and they were all together once again.

Keywords: accidents, adventures, american, animals, author's note, beauty, birds, colors, dolls, family, hobby, hope, lost, missing, multicultural, russian, seasons, shopping, snow, squirrel, surprises, survival, toys

Oh, no, toto! | by Tchana, Katrin Hyman//Pami, Louise Tchana

Toto and Big Mami go to market for a day of shopping. Oh, no, Toto! the villagers cry when Toto Gourmond, the lovable, terrible two year old, sees food. Everything he sees he wants to eat!

Keywords: accidents, adventures, africa, animals, assertiveness, author's note, family, feelings, food, friendship, grandparents, happiness, hunger, language, monkey, multicultural, nutrition, parents, shopping, sleep, verbal communication

Nobody asked me if I wanted a little sister | by Alexander, Martha

Oliver's new baby sister gets a lot of attention and he feels neglected. He tries to give his sister away, but realizes that she wants to be with him. Oliver discovers that he will have a playmate when she is a little older.

Keywords: acceptance, baby, change, conflict resolution, coping, family, jealousy, love, siblings

Impossible possum | by Conford, Ellen

Randolph was a possum who could not hang upside down like everyone else. He cheats by using sticky sap on his tail, but the sap dries up in the winter. His pesky sister lends a hand and he finally can hang like the rest of the possums.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, goal setting, helping, learning, opossum, practice, self esteem, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

Mr. bow tie | by Barbour, Karen

A family makes friends with a homeless man. They find out his name and invite his parents to see him. Mr. Bow tie goes home with his parents, but leaves behind his memory.

Keywords: acceptance, family, friendship, helping, kindness, memories, parents, respect

Grandma's wheelchair | by Henriod, Lorraine

Thomas, a four year old, spends his mornings helping his grandma who is in a wheelchair.

Keywords: acceptance, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, grandparents, handicap, helping, illness, self esteem

Be nice to josephine | by Horvath, Betty

Charlie devotes every Saturday to playing baseball. This Saturday his cousin Josephine comes to visit and his mother insists that he entertain her.

Keywords: acceptance, baseball, conflict resolution, decision making, family, fishing, food, friendship, nonverbal communication, nutrition, peer resistance, play, sports, verbal communication

The whales' song | by Sheldon, Dyan

Lilly's grandmother tells her about whales that use to sing when they were given a gift. When Lilly offers the whales a gift of a yellow flower, they sing to her.

Keywords: acceptance, assertiveness, decision making, family, fish, friendship, goal setting, grandparents, music, nature, nonverbal communication, whale

No friends | by Stevenson, James

Mary and Louie have just moved into a new neighborhood. They are worried because they do not have any friends. Their grandpa tells them about when he moved to a new neighborhood when he was young.

Keywords: acceptance, change, coping, family, feelings, friendship, grandparents, loneliness, memories, moving, peer resistance, self esteem, storytelling

Jenny and the tennis nut | by Schulman, Janet

A father wants his daughter to be a tennis player. She would rather do gymnastics in the yard. Finally her father realizes that she should do what she is interested in and allows her to take gymnastics lessons.

Keywords: acceptance, assertiveness, critical thinking, decision making, exercise, family, goal setting, gymnastics, parents, recreation, refusal skills, self esteem, sports

Moon jump | by Matura, Mustapha

Cayal loves jumping. He jumps everywhere. One day, he jumps to the moon where he meets a moon man and has tea with him. When he is tired, he jumps home.

Keywords: acceptance, bath, bedtime, beverage, exercise, family, fantasy, food, hygiene, imagination, jumping, moon, multicultural, nonverbal communication, nutrition, school, self esteem, sleep

A button in her ear | by Litchfield, Ada B.

Angela Perkins sturggles to hear others, so her parents take her to the doctor for an examination. She must wear a hearing aid. Her friends think she is special and she enjoys wearing the hearing aid.

Keywords: acceptance, assertiveness, conflict resolution, doctor, family, feelings, five senses, friendship, frustration, handicap, hearing, nonverbal communication, self esteem, sounds

Dinosaur bob | by Joyce, William

While on a safari in Africa, the Lazardo family find a dinosaur. They bring him home with them. The dinosaur ends up playing baseball for the Pimlico Pirates.

Keywords: acceptance, baseball, conflict resolution, decision making, dinosaur, family, nature, play, safari, sports, travel

Nobody's perfect, not even my mother | by Simon, Norma

Everyone is good at some things, but no one is good at everything. No one can do everything perfectly. People can be wonderful just the same.

Keywords: acceptance, differences, disappointment, family, learning, love, parents, patience, performance, self esteem

The tiny visitor | by de Mejo, Oscar

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

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

Back home | by Pinkney, Gloria Jean

Ernestine travels from the city to visit her birthplace in North Carolina. She stays with her aunt, uncle and cousin Jack. Jack thinks she has become citified. She tries to convince Jack that she is not a city girl and can adjust to life on a farm.

Keywords: acceptance, assertiveness, courage, family, farm, goal setting, travel

I won't go without a father | by Stanek, Muriel

Steve refuses to go to Open House night at school because he thinks his classmates will make fun of him for not having a dad. Steve is pleasantly surprised to find he is not alone.

Keywords: acceptance, coping, critical thinking, differences, family, fear, feelings, friendship, neighbors, parents, school, separation, working mother

Jesse's dream skirt | by Mack, Bruce

Jesse always likes to wrap himself up and try on his mother's old dresses. He has a dream skirt which his mother helped him make. When he wears it to school, all the children have something to say.

Keywords: acceptance, assertiveness, change, clothing, conflict resolution, differences, discrimination, family, learning, nonverbal communication, parents, peer resistance, school, self esteem, sexuality, verbal communication

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