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The wicked kings of bloom

Kellogg, Steven

Brothers Horridge and Heathbern are kicked out of the Land of Monsters for fighting with each other too much. They move to the happy towns of East and West Bloon and form armies to squash each other. However, the love and good nature of the town's people prevail.

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community, family, feelings, fight, goal setting, happiness, monsters, siblings, war

The witch's hand

Utton, Peter

George notices a gross, brown, crinkly thing on his father's wall and is surprised to find out it's the hand of a witch who tried to kidnap him. He is also surprised and relieved to find out it is only a story.

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colors, conflict resolution, courage, curiosity, family, feelings, fight, night, parents, storytelling, surprises, verbal communication, witches

Sam and the tigers: A new telling of little black sambo

Lester, Julius

A boy named Sam picks out bright clothes for his first day of school. On his way to school he runs into some tigers who want to eat him but he trades his bright clothes for his life. His bright clothes cause such a ruckus among the tigers that they fight each other and Sam gets his clothes back.

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adventures, african american, anger, animals, art, author's note, clothing, colors, conflict resolution, elephant, fable, family, feelings, fight, food, fox, giraffe, hunger, lion, monkey, multicultural, numbers, nutrition, school, tiger, umbrella, wolf

Sheep in wolves' clothing

Kitamura, Satoshi

Three sheep go to the beach for the last swim of the year and ask some wolves to watch their fleecy coats. When they return from their swim, they find that their wool is gone. They hire a detective to solve the mystery of their stolen wool.

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adventures, animals, beach, boat, car, clothing, conflict resolution, crime, critical thinking, fight, golf, investigation, mystery, nonverbal communication, robbery, sand, sheep, sports, transportation, trick, verbal communication, water, wolf

Bonjour, mr. satie

dePaola, Tomie

Mr. Satie has to decide whose paintings are better - Henri or Pablo. His decision ends up uniting the two artists and ending their feud.

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art, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fight, french, honesty, multicultural, travel, uniqueness, verbal communication

Nobody knew what to do: A story about bullying

McCain, Becky Ray

Members of a class are always picking on Ray. Finally, a student decides that he can't continue to ignore this, so he tells a teacher about the situation. When the bullies come around this time, so do the teacher and principal.

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acceptance, aggression, behavior, bully, caring, conflict resolution, decision making, emotions, fear, feelings, fight, helping, misbehavior, playground, problem solving, school, verbal communication

Gertrude's pocket

Miles, Miska

Gertrude is bullied by a boy at school. She decides to tear his shirt which brings more serious consequences than she had ever imagined.

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bully, conflict resolution, consequences, critical thinking, decision making, fight, learning, peer resistance, poverty, school

Bad day at riverbend

Allsburg, Chris Van

The small town of Riverbend is under siege by omnipresent forces in this wonderful tale.

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assertiveness, bravery, community, conflict resolution, cowboys, critical thinking, decision making, fight, ghosts, goal setting, mystery, nonverbal communication, stress management, 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.

Zoo

Browne, Anthony

This family goes to the zoo for the day. There is a lot of arguments that go on during the day with the family. It is not a positive day.

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argument, conflict resolution, family, fight, nonverbal communication, parents, peer resistance, siblings, zoo

Rikki-tikki-tavi

Pinkney, Jerry

A young boy and his family befriend a mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. In return, he tries to protect the family from some mean cobras who live in the garden. When he succeeds and saves the family, everyone celebrates.

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animals, celebration, conflict resolution, exploration, family, fight, garden, nonverbal communication, parents, protection, snake

Moon tiger

Root, Phyllis

After getting in trouble because of her little brother, Michael, Jessica Ellen imagines a visit from a wonderful giant tiger who can take her flying though the night or eat Michael.

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animals, coping, family, fight, imagination, self esteem, siblings, stress management, tiger

Nobody's cat

Miles, Miska

An alley cat goes on an adventure to different places. He has a few fights, finds some food and then goes home again.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, cat, discovery, feelings, fight, food, loneliness, nonverbal communication, stress management, travel

Uproar on hollercat hill

Marzollo, Jean

The cat family is getting along great, playing games and building things. Suddenly everything goes wrong and everyone is mad at each other. Finally, they work it out and all is well again.

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anger, animals, assertiveness, cat, conflict resolution, cooperation, coping, family, feelings, fight, games, play, sharing, stress management, verbal communication

The story of ferdinand

Leaf, Munro

Ferdinand is a bull who likes to smell flowers and be by himself. He grows up and is chosen to be in the bull fights. He enters the ring and sits down to sniff the flowers.

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animals, assertiveness, bull, conflict resolution, cow, fight, five senses, growing up, jumping, nonverbal communication, plants, refusal skills, running, self esteem, smell, verbal communication

Two by two: The untold story

Hewitt, Kathryn

Noah builds a boat to sail two of every animal for forty days and forty nights. It starts out as a pleasure trip until the rain becomes a problem. All the animals fight but in the end, they learn a valuable lesson never to be forgotten again.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, boat, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, feelings, fight, flood, food, frustration, goal setting, happiness, nutrition, parents, pig, rabbit, rain, sea, siblings, stress management, sun, transportation, vacation, weather, wolf

The cello of mr. o

Cutler, Jane

Join Mr. O and the rest of his worn-torn city as he plays music to improve the city's spirits. Just when things were bad enough, a rocket destroys the truck that helps to save the town. See what the community does to keep healthy during this crisis time of war.

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anger, car, conflict resolution, courage, Days of The Week, family, fear, feelings, fight, fish, flowers, food, friendship, grandparents, happiness, instruments, laziness, mountains, multicultural, music, nonverbal communication, parents, running, sadness, seasons, self esteem, siblings, stress management, time, transportation, truck, walking, war, water, winter, wood

Banana beer

Carrick, Carol

Charlie the orangutan loves spending time with his father. But unfortunately, his father is an alcoholic and is always yelling and stumbling around after drinking alot of banana beer. Charlie has a hard time dealing with it and wishes it would stop. See how Charlie deals with the problem.

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alcoholism, anger, animals, beverage, conflict resolution, drugs, family, fear, feelings, fight, friendship, games, health, hunger, love, parents, sadness, school, self esteem, stress management, teaching, wish

Why?

Popov, Nikolai

A mouse steals a flower from a toad which causes war to break out. It's mice against toads as the battle escalates. Total destruction once again leaves toad and mouse alone. (A Wordless Book).

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amphibians, animals, conflict resolution, death, destruction, fight, frog, loss, mouse, war

No fighting no biting!

Minarik, Else Holmelund

Rosa and Willy are constantly fighting and annoying cousin Joan. So Joan tells the kids a story about two little alligators that were always fighting and how each time they were almost eaten by a big alligator because they were not paying attention.

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alligator, appreciation, conflict resolution, cooperation, decision making, family, fight, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, problem solving, refusal skills, reptiles, siblings, storytelling, stress management

Millions of cats

Gag, Wanda

An old man and woman live in a very nice, clean house, but they are very lonely until the day the old man brings hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats home.

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aging, animals, cat, counting, family, feelings, fight, numbers, sadness, travel

Mean maxine

Bottner, Barbara

Ralph is tired of being picked on by Maxine, who calls him names. He fantasizes about a showdown with Maxine in which he stands up to her. In the end, he tells Maxine not to mess with him. Finally they reach a mutual understanding and go off to play.

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aggression, assertiveness, conflict resolution, fight, friendship, imagination, peer resistance, play, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

The drums of Noto Hanto

James, J. Alison

This true story tells the tale of a Japanese village defeating their enemy samurai. The villagers use their minds instead of weapons to scare the samurai. Wearing wild masks, setting fires on the beach, and playing the drums of Noto Hanto, kept the village safe.

How about a hug?

Carlson, Nancy

The pig family shows that no matter what the situation, whether its getting up for school on a Monday, feeling sad, lonely, or hurt, a hug will make you feel better.

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affection, animals, family, feelings, fight, food, friendship, games, happiness, injury, loneliness, love, morning, mouse, nonverbal communication, nutrition, pig, school, skating, soccer, sports, work

Rabbit pirates: A tale of the spinach man

Cox, Judy

The Spinach Main is a French cafe owned by two rabbits, and former pirates, Monsieur Lapin and Monsieur Blanc. When a fox begins dining at the cafe, business begins to slow. Troubles escalate further when the fox makes multiple attempts to capture and eat the two. Realizing the trouble their business was in, the two devise a plan to keep the fox out of their hair forever.

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adventures, animals, argument, beverage, bravery, bully, challenges, cooking, courage, decision making, escape, fear, fight, fox, french, multicultural, rabbit, restaurant

Snow family

Kirk, Daniel

Join a young boy as he wanders into the snow to meet new friends. His friends are missing their noses, hats, and part of their family. Help the boy try to find what his new friends need.

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adventures, affection, animals, assertiveness, barn, bear, behavior, birds, body parts, cardinal, caring, clothing, cold, conflict resolution, cow, crow, decision making, dog, exercise, family, farm, fear, feelings, fight, forest, friendship, fun, love, mischief, nonverbal communication, parents, playing, problem solving, sadness, sleep, snow, sounds, sparrow, squirrel, tree, verbal communication, weather, wind, winter

To hilda for helping

Zemach, Margot

Hilda's sister gets jealous when her father gives Hilda a medal for helping out around the house. She tells Hilda that she hopes she loses the medal. Hilda says that if she loses it and it gets buried, it will grow into a tree full of medals.

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accomplishment, assertiveness, consequences, family, feelings, fight, growing up, helping, jealousy, parents, seasons, self esteem, siblings, summer, verbal communication

Tarzan

San Souci, Robert

Family is defined differently when Tarzan is raised by a group of apes. Tarzan grows into a curious being. Confused by what he knows and what he is finding out, his confusion builds to power as he rules the apes. Can he forget his past to pursue his future?

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acceptance, adoption, africa, aggression, anger, animals, ape, appearance, assertiveness, author's note, challenges, conflict resolution, dancing, death, determination, differences, exploration, family, fight, growing up, jungle, kidnapped, lion, loyalty, multicultural, orphan, reading, survival, writing

My brother, ant

Byars, Betsy

Anthony is a wild and creative little brother who, in the course of four different stories, tests the patience of his older brother.

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acceptance, activities, bedtime, caring, challenges, coping, correspondence, creativity, family, fear, fight, forgiveness, growing up, helping, imagination, mischief, monsters, patience, siblings, storytelling, worry, writing

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