Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Dinosaur! | by Sis, Peter

This bathtime turns a toy dinosaur into a prehistoric experience. As bathwater fills the tub, many species of dinosaurs emerge through the surface to surprise a young bather. (A Wordless Book).

Keywords: bath, dinosaur, fantasy, hygiene, imagination, nonverbal communication, perspective, toys, volcano, water

Paul | by Kuskin, Karla

Using his imagination, Paul goes on a fantastic trip looking for his magical grandmother. Along the way, he sings a song that his grandmother eventually loves.

Keywords: animals, family, fantasy, grandparents, imagination, magic, song, travel

Kenny's window | by Sendak, Maurice

Kenny has a dream one night while he is sleeping. He dreams that if he answers seven questions correctly, his dream will come true. There is an unexpected ending to the story when Kenny changes his mind.

Keywords: adventures, critical thinking, decision making, dreams, fantasy, garden, night, sleep, surprises, travel

There's a wocket in my pocket! | by Seuss, Dr.

By rhyming everyday objects with nonsense words, the character tells exactly what kind of house he lives in.

Keywords: affection, fantasy, friendship, fun, imagination, rhyme, self esteem, shelter

On beyond zebra! | by Seuss, Dr.

This alphabet continues on beyond Z using nonsense and rhyming words. Unknown animals and places are described by using these made-up letters after Z.

Keywords: alphabet, animals, discovery, fantasy, imagination, rhyme, sequence

Me and neesie | by Greenfield, Eloise

Janell and her make-believe friend, Nessie, have many adventures. The friendship ends when Janell begins school.

Keywords: adventures, conflict resolution, decision making, fantasy, friendship, growing up, imagination, nonverbal communication, school, verbal communication

Well, i never! | by Pearson, Susan

One day things become very strange for a family living in Iowa. Nothing seems to go as planned. They finally figure out that this is because their farm has floated up into the sky. They get their farm back to earth by weighing it down.

Keywords: chaos, clouds, conflict resolution, confusion, decision making, family, fantasy, farm, grandparents, humor, magic, parents, problem solving, siblings

Bed bouncers | by Knutson, Kimberly

Two young children become bed bouncers in a fantasy through the sky. They see the moon, the stars, and friends from other lands. The kids return home to wait for their next bed bouncing adventure.

Keywords: adventures, bedtime, exercise, fantasy, moon, multicultural, nonverbal communication, stars, travel

If... | by Perry, Sarah

This imaginative book takes you through different If... scenerios that will help you think and learn about new situations.

Keywords: animals, cat, creativity, critical thinking, dog, fantasy, frog, imagination, insects, learning, literal interpretation, mice, perspective, pretend, vision, whale, worm

And to think that i saw it on mulberry street | by Seuss, Dr.

A young boy walking home from school fantasizes about events on Mulberry Street. Although he tells his father a fantastic tale about an elephant pulling a brass band, a policeman, a trailer and the mayor, he later admits that all he saw was a horse and wagon.

Keywords: animals, creativity, critical thinking, deception, decision making, elephant, family, fantasy, horse, imagination, parents, rhyme, verbal communication

Reunion | by Essley, Roger

Jon is spending the last day at his grandmother's cottage. Before she takes a nap, she tells Jon to look at some old photographs from 1915 To Jon, the photos are dull, gray, and gloomy. Jon hears some voices and falls into a photograph where he meets Paul. Where Paul sees colors, Jon sees gray. The two boys share some adventures as different photos come to life. Finally, Jon sees the color in the photographs, and finds out that Paul was his great-grandfather.

Keywords: exercise, fantasy, farm, grandparents, lake, play, seasons, skating, summer, swimming, winter

Chess-dream in a garden | by Sutcliff, Rosemary

After some laws and ways were disobeyed, the White-King along with his Queen, Knights, bishops, and pawns challenge the Red-Horde to a chess-like battle.

Keywords: assertiveness, bravery, conflict, conflict resolution, fantasy, games, garden, royalty, self esteem, verbal communication

Amazing grace | by Hoffman, Mary//Binch, Caroline

Grace loves to act out stories or fantasies. When her school decides to put on a production of Peter Pan, she wants to be Peter. Everyone says she cannot because she is a black girl. She dances and practices a lot for the audition and at the audition it is evident that she will be the best Peter Pan.

Keywords: acceptance, acting, african american, bias, confidence, dancing, Days of the Week, determination, exercise, fantasy, goal setting, multicultural, performance, school, self esteem, stereotypes, storytelling

Moon soup | by Disimini, Lisa

The recipe for making moon soup is provided. Some of the ingredients include five kinds of purple things, teacups galore, a scoop of peachy sunset, and six eggs. The only place where moon soup can be eaten is, obviously, the moon!

Keywords: birds, chicken, colors, fantasy, food, moon, nutrition, party

What do you say, dear? | by Joslin, Sesyle

This is a manners book for children. Each page presents a question of etiquette in an unbelievable setting. It then gives the correct answer.

Keywords: critical thinking, decision making, fantasy, growing up, manners, problem solving

The golden goose | by Brooke, L. Leslie

A man's son, Simpleton, goes into the forest to cut wood. In the woods, he runs into a little man who gives him a golden goose with several wishes. Simpleton uses his new luck to benefit himself and lives happily ever after.

Keywords: assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, fantasy, kindness, persistence, refusal skills, verbal communication

The hey hey man | by Fleischman, Sid

A thief sees a farmer bury gold by a magical tree. The thief steals the gold and runs away with it. The thief is followed by the tree's Hey Hey man. The wood spirit tricks the thief into returning the farmer's gold.

Keywords: assertiveness, conflict resolution, fantasy, greed, magic, robbery, verbal communication

Tim o'toole and the wee folk | by McDermott, Gerald

A very poor Irishman is given magical things by the wee folk, but he must keep his good fortune away from the McGoons.

Keywords: assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, dwarfs, family, fantasy, fortune, goose, irish, magic, multicultural, parents, siblings, verbal communication

A rainbow of my own | by Freeman, Don

A little boy fantasizes about his experiences with his own rainbow.

Keywords: dreams, fantasy, pretend, rainbow

Pollita pequenita | by Kellogg, Steven

An exaggeration by Chicken Little that the sky is falling leads to the capture of her and her feathered friends by Foxy Loxy. Foxy Loxy's smugness causes him to be captured as well.

Keywords: animals, chicken, critical thinking, deception, fantasy, fox, goose, sky, turkey

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