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Working cotton

Williams, Sherley Ann

Shelan tells of working the cotton fields as a little girl. She tells the different accomplishments of each person in her family in the field. Shelan wishes she could pick cotton as fast as her parents and sisters.

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critical thinking, family, farm, five senses, food, goal setting, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, responsibilities, self esteem, siblings, teamwork, touch, verbal communication, vision

The tunnel

Browne, Anthony

Rose and Jack are brother and sister who just do not get along!One day their mother makes them go out to play together. When they stumble upon a tunnel that leads to an imaginary world, they come home getting along just fine.

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bravery, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, family, fear, feelings, fight, imagination, nonverbal communication, siblings, verbal communication

Owly

Thaler, Mike

Owly, a baby owl, asks his mother questions about the woods and she in turn helps him to discover the answers on his own.

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baby, birds, critical thinking, discovery, family, growing up, nature, owl, parents, woods

If anything ever goes wrong at the zoo

Henderick, Mary Jean

A little girl named Leslie always goes to the zoo.After Leslie tells the zookeepers to send the animals to her house if anything should go wrong at the zoo, a series of zoo emergencies results in some unusual house guests for the family.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, crisis, decision making, family, responsibilities, zoo

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

Mr. brimble's hobby

Rice, Eve

The Brimble family has many adventures together. Mr. Brimble buys so many new musical instruments that the family is forced to move out!

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adventures, assertiveness, conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, family, hobby, moving, music, recreation, refusal skills, self esteem, verbal communication

The pirates of bedford street

Isadora, Rachel

Joey loves to go to the movies. He and his sister go to see a pirate movie. He keeps the movies alive in his imagination.

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creativity, family, imagination, pirates, recreation, siblings

The backward day

Krauss, Ruth

A young boy decides that it is Backward Day and does everything backward all morning. His parents play along until the little boy announces that Backward Day is over.

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assertiveness, change, creativity, decision making, family, imagination, nonverbal communication, opposites, parents, play, self esteem

Witch hazel

Schertle, Alice

A boy makes a scarecrow out of a witch hazel branch. The scarecrow, Hazel, has special powers only the boy knows of. Hazel saves a pumpkin to make a large harvest moon with it.

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assertiveness, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, family, halloween, holidays, imagination, magic, moon, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, scarecrows

All the pretty horses

Jeffers, Susan

A small girl is having trouble sleeping during the night. Her mother comes into her room and begins to tell her about the horses that she can have when she wakes up.

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animals, bedtime, creativity, dreams, family, fantasy, horse, images, imagination, parents, sleep

Bored - nothing to do!

Spier, Peter

While the boys are bored one day, they take apart many things around their house in order to build an airplane which really flies.

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airplane, boredom, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, disobedience, family, imagination, play, recreation, siblings, transportation

Herbert's treasure

Low, Alice

Herbert collects treasures from the dump, until his whole room is filled with things. His mother wants all the junk out of his room. One day, Herbert's problems are solved by finding a key that fits a door from the dump. He decides to build a castle, with the door and wood he finds, to store all his treasures. This satisfies both his mother and himself.

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conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, determination, family, parents, problem solving, toys

Patchwork tales

Roth, Susan//Phang, Ruth

Right before bedtime, a little girl asks her grandma to tell her stories about her quilt.

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bedtime, creativity, curiosity, family, grandparents, memories, quilt, self esteem, storytelling, verbal communication

Sarah and simon and no red paint

Ardizzone, Edward

Two children and their family are rather poor. Their father is a painter and he needs a tube of red paint to finish a painting, but he has no money left. The children try to help him get the red paint.

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conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, family, helping, poverty, teamwork

Arthur babysits

Brown, Marc

Arthur is asked to babysit for the Tibble twins who are a challenge. Once he finally gets the twins under control, he likes the job.

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courage, family, ghosts, goal setting, responsibilities, siblings, stress management, success

My grandmother's journey

Cech, John

Karie's grandmother tells her about her hard life in Russia during World War II. This is a true story.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, determination, family, goal setting, grandparents, multicultural, peer resistance, russian, self esteem, stress management

Rachel's recital

Green, Melinda

Rachel's mother thinks Rachel is going to be a famous pianist, so she has Rachel take piano lessons once a week and practice for an hour everyday after school. But Rachel is in trouble when she finds she will be in a recital and doesn't know her piece.

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courage, decision making, disappointment, family, music, parents, practice, pretend, responsibilities, worry

Nils

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

Nils dreams of being a bold and fearless cowboy. His homeland, Norway, has some very curious customs in the eyes of his schoolmates. But, the customs do not interfere with his needs or dreams in the end.

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courage, cowboys, dreams, family, farm, feelings, grandparents, sadness

The bobbin girl

McCally, Emily Arnold

Ten-year old Rebecca works all day in a hot and noisy cotton mill. She's grateful to be able to help her struggling family, but not all the girls at the boarding house feel the same way. Some girls are starting to get sick. Judith, an older girl that is Rebecca's idol, wants to protest the mill's recent paycut but the troublemakers are fired. Does Rebecca have the courage to join?

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assertiveness, business, careers, conflict resolution, coping, courage, critical thinking, decision making, family, history, illness, money, peer resistance, problem solving, sewing, verbal communication, work

Beast

Meddaugh, Susan

Anna sees a beast in the forest. Her family thinks it must be mean, dangerous, strong, ferocious, and fearless. Anna discovers it is hungry, scared, and gentle, so she helps the beast.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, hunger, nonverbal communication, peer resistance

Six foolish fisherman

Elkin, Benjamin

Six brothers venture on a fishing trip to a river. After catching fish from their different spots, the brothers count each other to make sure everyone is OK. When a little boy helps them figure out their mistake, all is well.

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counting, family, fishing, love, siblings, verbal communication, worry

Indian summer

Monjo, F.N.

During the American Revolution, a father fights under General George Washington. This leaves the mother and children to fend off some Indians by themselves.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, family, history, native american, nonverbal communication, parents, safety, stress management, verbal communication, war

Home lovely

Perkins, Lynne Rae

Tiffany and her mom, Janelle, have just moved to a new trailer that is pretty far away from everything else. Since Janelle has to work, Tiffany spends a lot of time playing alone. When she discovers plants growing by her driveway, the mailman helps her take care of them as they grow.

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careers, change, coping, family, flowers, friendship, goal setting, learning, loneliness, moving, parents, plants, play, scarecrows, self esteem, working mother

The black dog who went into the woods

Hurd, Edith Thacher

When Black Dog doesn't come home, his family searches the nearby woods and calls their neighbors looking for him. That night, each of the family members dreams about Black Dog. The next morning they realize it was Black Dogs way of saying good-bye to them as he died.

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animals, coping, death, dog, dreams, family, feelings, loss, neighbors, pets, sadness

Christmas with grandfather

Wolf, Winfried

After the death of his father, Thomas is not looking forward to Christmas. Christmas at his grandfather's house in the country changes that when Thomas receives a special gift.

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animals, change, christmas, coping, death, deer, family, grandparents, holidays, horse, loss, presents, snow

Now one foot, now the other

dePaola, Tomie

Bobby loves to hear his grandfather tell the story of how he taught Bobby to walk. When his grandfather suffers from a stroke, Bobby teaches his grandfather how to walk.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, family, goal setting, grandparents, growing up, helping, illness, nonverbal communication, storytelling, teaching, walking

Everett anderson's nine month long

Clifton, Lucille

Everett Anderson is a young boy whose parents are divorced. His Mama remarries Mr. Perry and now they all live happily together. Then Everett finds his mother is pregnant and is no longer sure of his role within the family. When the baby is born Everett is able to accept the new addition to the family.

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conflict resolution, coping, family, love, parents, pregnancy, stress management, verbal communication

The number on my grandfather's arm

Adler, David A.

A little girl's grandpa comes over to her house to babysit her. She sees a number on his arm. She asks about it and he tells her about when he was young and in a concentration camp in Germany.

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assertiveness, child care, coping, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, german, grandparents, history, Jewish, multicultural, nonverbal communication, self esteem, verbal communication

The monster in the third dresser drawer

Smith, Janice Lee

In this collection of stories, Adam is very upset about his family's move to a new town.

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change, community, coping, family, fear, feelings, friendship, loss, monsters, moving, sadness

Even little kids get diabetes

Pirner, Connie White

A little girl talks about her diabetes and how she and her family deal with the special consideration that must be taken.

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coping, diabetes, diseases, family, illness, responsibilities, stress management

Yonie wondernose

De Angeli, Marguerite

Jonathon is such a curious little boy that his father calls him Yonie Wondernose. His parents go away and leave him in charge of the farm. The barn catches on fire and it is up to Yonie to save the animals.

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animals, assertiveness, coping, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, family, farm, parents, responsibilities, safety

Moving

Rosen, Michael

The family pet, a cat, is greatly disturbed when the family moves. The old familiar corners and hiding spots are gone and the new house is bare. After finding a hiding place, the cat stays in hiding to punish his family. Eventually, he is drawn to the smell of food. Soon, the new house feels like home.

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animals, cat, change, coping, deception, family, feelings, food, happiness, homesickness, moving, nonverbal communication, parents, sadness, shelter, siblings

You hold me and i'll hold you

Carson, Jo

This story deals with death through the eyes of a child. It displays different emotions and questions a child may have. It expresses worry and comfort provided by family members.

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coping, critical thinking, death, family, feelings, grief, nonverbal communication, self esteem, stress management, support, verbal communication

Everett anderson's goodbye

Clifton, Lucille

After his father's death, Everett learns how to accept this loss. The young boy suffers through the five stages of grief to learn that even when someone you love dies, your love for them does not die.

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coping, death, family, learning, loss, memory, parents, sadness, stress management

The wall

Bunting, Eve

A father and son go to the Vietnam Memorial Wall to see the boy's grandfather's name. The little boy does not understand the wall at first, but this experience tells him a little about how his grandfather died.

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coping, death, family, grandparents, grief, memories, monuments, nonverbal communication, stress management, verbal communication, war

Time for uncle joe

Jewell, Nancy

A little girl remembers her uncle who has died. She talks about what they did together, and the things that remind her of his coming and going.

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coping, death, family, feelings, grief, memories, seasons

A family that fights

Berstein, Sharon Chesler

Henry, Joe, and Claire live in a very sad family. Sometimes, their dad gets very angry and hits their mom. This doesn't happen all the time, though-sometimes, Dad is nice and fun. Henry, Joe, and Claire wish these fun times would never end. They must learn to understand that the fights are not their fault, and they must learn to talk to an adult about the feelings they are having.

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conflict resolution, confusion, coping, critical thinking, family, feelings, sadness, stress management

Moving

Watson, Wendy

Mom and dad move to a new house, but Muffin does not want to move. She eventually decides to try out her new house and finds that it is okay -- even though she and her parents will miss their old house.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, family, loss, moving, parents, shelter, verbal communication

Losing uncle tim

Jordan, Mary Kate

A little boy tells a story of how he watches his Uncle Tim, who he looks up to and likes to spend time with, die of AIDS. He learns about death and funerals and inherits some of his favorite toys of his uncle's.

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change, coping, death, diseases, family, illness, loss, stress management, toys, verbal communication

Fox song

Bruchac, Joseph

Jamie remembers her grandmother and all the things that they did together. These memories help Jamie deal with the loss of her grandmother.

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change, coping, critical thinking, death, family, grandparents, loss, love, memories, multicultural, native american, traditions

The two of them

Aliki.

A little girl spends time with her grandfather. They go shopping for food, share a meal together and grow fruit in the garden. An apple tree becomes a good way for the girl to remember her grandfather forever.

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change, coping, death, family, food, friendship, grandparents, illness, nutrition, summer

Finding a job for daddy

Maslac, Evelyn Hughes

Things are harder and different since Laura's dad lost his job. Laura wants to help so she pretends to put a want ad in the newspaper, then interviews him for a job. Laura knows that her dad still has to find a real job, but she wants her dad to be a dad forever.

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careers, communication, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, family, helping, loss, parents, pretend, verbal communication, work

Saying goodbye to grandma

Thomas, Jane Resh

Suzie's grandma died so Suzie goes with her family to her grandparents' house for the funeral. The family experiences many emotions in different ways when dealing with her death.

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acceptance, change, coping, critical thinking, empathy, family, feelings, grandparents, loneliness, loss, love, nonverbal communication, sadness, self esteem, verbal communication

Our snowman

Goffstein, M.B.

A boy and his sister build a snowman. At night, they notice the snowman looks lonely. The girl and her father build a snowwoman to keep him company.

Baby-o

Carlstrom, Nancy White

As an Indonesian extended family prepares for a trip to the market, the preparation and responsibilities of the family members are explained. We see the family and their goods on a bus during their journey through the hills to the market. The family completes a successful day at the market and returns home.

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baby, bus, cooperation, family, food, goal setting, grandparents, indonesian, multicultural, nutrition, parents, preparation, responsibilities, siblings, transportation, travel

The big concrete lorry

Hughes, Shirley

The Patterson's house is too small for them, but they cannot afford a larger home. Mr. Patterson decides to build an extension onto the house himself. When the concrete lorry delivers the concrete before it was expected, the neighborhood joins together to build the room.

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assertiveness, community, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, helping, neighbors, nonverbal communication, shelter, teamwork

Come a tide

Lyon, George Ella

Snow and rain come together and cause a flood. This story explains how one family overcomes the flood.

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conflict resolution, cooperation, coping, decision making, family, flood, hard work, rain, snow, teamwork, weather

Jam day

Joosse, Barbara M.

An annual family reunion involving berry picking and jam making, reminds Ben that he is part of a big family, even though his immediate family is small. It is also a noisy family of grandparents, cousins, uncles, and aunts.

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