Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Here we are: Notes for living on planet earth | by Jeffers, Oliver

The Earth is a large planet made of land, water and the sky. Given its size, Earth is home to humans and animals alike. However, there is only one Earth and we all maintain a responsibility to care for the planet and each other.

Keywords: animals, bodies of water, body parts, constellation, day, differences, diversity, earth, fish, learning, life, night, numbers, planet, relationship, sea, sky, space, speech, stars, time, transportation, wildlife

The everything book | by Fleming, Denise

From ABCs to 123s, children learn about the world around them. They are introduced to food and animals, along with colors and shapes, so that they can understand their environment.

Keywords: alphabet, animals, birds, body parts, cat, chicken, counting, dog, fall, fish, food, fruit, guinea pig, numbers, parrot, pets, rabbit, rhyme, seasons, shapes, sleep, spring, summer, time, winter

The old woman & the wave | by Jackson, Shelley

Once upon a time, a dog and a woman lived under a wave that never fell. The old woman finally comes to understand and appreciate the huge wave that has hung in the air, sheltering her house all her life.

Keywords: aging, boat, bodies of water, dog, fish, garden, home, light, mountains, onomatopoeia, plants, umbrella

The phone booth in Mr. Hirota's garden | by Smith, Heather

Makio and his neighbor, Mr. Hirota, loved looking out at the ocean every morning while watching Makio’s father and Mr. Hirota’s daughter working. One day, a tsunami came and killed their family members, prompting Mr. Hirota to build a telephone booth as a way to cope with his grief. Soon after, Makio and Mr. Hirota began speaking into a disconnected telephone while communicating with the loved ones they lost.

Keywords: bodies of water, companion, construction, death, earthquake, feelings, fish, games, grief, loss, onomatopoeia, respect, sadness, sea, storytelling, technology, telephone, wish

Hello lighthouse | by Blackall, Sophie

A lighthouse keeper fills the lamp, trims the wick, and keeps a logbook while living in the lighthouse. The tender regularly brings him food and supplies from the mainland, even bringing the keeper's wife to join him. One day, the keeper is asked to leave the newly automated lighthouse because his work is no longer needed, but his family will always cherish their time there.

Keywords: author's note, bodies of water, careers, correspondence, fish, fishing, fog, loneliness, new baby, photograph, pregnancy, rescue, ship, sun, transportation, weather, wind, writing

Where wonder grows | by Gonzalez, Xelena

When Grandma goes to her garden, her grandchildren follow so they can gather magic rocks and relics from nature. They use the rocks to learn more about the world and earth. And the rocks are used to send songs and prayers through the air to their ancestors. Down into the water, they dive to see the rocks. Grandma reminds her granddaughters that "water names and breaks even the biggest rocks, very slowly, over time. So when life feels too hard, just remember to go with the flow".

Keywords: author's note, bodies of water, colors, earth, fish, garden, grandparents, multicultural, mystery, native american, nature, night, perspective, rocks, shells, space, traditions

All different now: Juneteenth, the first day of freedom | by Johnson, Angela

A young girl wakes up on what she believes to be a normal day, working with her family to complete the daily tasks of her work as a slave. Then, everyone is told that slavery has been abolished and that now they are finally free people. The young girl celebrates with her family and community, excited by the prospects of what their future, independent life will bring.

Keywords: author's note, bodies of water, celebration, depression, discrimination, farm, fish, five senses, freedom, illustrator's note, picnic, prejudice, racism, slavery, storytelling, vocabulary

Big dreams, small fish | by Cohen, Paula

Shirley and her Jewish family run a neighborhood store with stocked canned goods, noodle kugel, and gefilte fish. Shirley is not taken seriously because of being the youngest, but she has lots of ideas for making the store faster, prettier, and more modern. Even though her dad does not think there are any problems with the store, Shirley gets a chance to shine with her new ideas including a way to keep all the neighbors wanting more and more gefilte fish.

Keywords: animals, author's note, cat, cleanliness, community, family, fish, glossary, Jewish, language, leadership, market, money, neighbors, numbers, photograph, problem solving, recipe, Yiddish

Berry song | by Goade, Michaela

As a young Tlingit girl collects a variety of wild berries over the seasons in Alaska, she sings with her grandmother as she learns to speak to the land and listen when the land speaks back. Have you ever heard of dogberry, swamp berry, thimbleberry, lingonberry, or bunchberry?

Keywords: bodies of water, fish, food, forest, fruit, grandparents, herring, island, nutrition, rainforest, respect, salmon, seasons, siblings, singing, thanksgiving, woods

The sea maidens of Japan | by Bell, Lili

Kiyomi's mother, Okaasan, is an ama diver who harvests shellfish from the deep ocean in Japan. As a young girl, Kiyomi practices with her mom to become an ama diver, but she is very afraid of the sea. Kiyomi gains the strength to overcome this fear and become a diver when she swims with the star turtle, an animal she helped to save when it was born.

Keywords: author's note, beach, birds, bodies of water, careers, courage, diving, emotions, encouragement, fear, feelings, fish, fishing, fog, identification, japan, night, safety, sea, swimming, traditions, turtle

Dim sum for everyone | by Lin, Grace

The narrator and her family go to Dim Sum, a Chinese restaurant. The narrator has her own favorite native dish, and her family has different favorites as well. The family eats a little bit of everything and enjoys everyone's favorites.

Keywords: animals, fish

Dots! dots! dots at the museum | by Alexander, Francie

Children delve deeper into the world of art using dots and imagination. Using interactive questions, the children enjoy some real art, both paintings and sculptures.

Keywords: animals, art, colors, dog, exercise, fish, giraffe, illusion, imagination, interpretation, jumping, mexican, multicultural, photography, recycling, shapes

Colors | by Jeunesse, Gallimard // Bourgoing, Pascale de

What happens when different colors from the rainbow mix with other colors? New colors are made. Explore lots of colors through engaging questions in real world connections.

Keywords: amphibians, animals, art, bear, birds, bluejay, colors, critical thinking, fish, food, frog, nutrition, rainbow, squirrel, zebra

The alphabet room | by Pinto, Sara

Look at this illustrated sequence of hidden doors. As you look behind each door, different pictures accumulate from A to Z. You'll find 26 surprises in the alphabet room (A Board Book).

Keywords: alphabet, animals, art, clothing, colors, fish, instruments, kite, newspaper, owl, plants, quilt, sequence, snake, umbrella, zebra

Brown bear, brown bear: What do you see? | by Martin, Bill

Through a repeating phrase what do you see?, animals of different colors fulfill the intellectual and social dimensions of health. In the end, a mother looks at a variety of children.

Keywords: amphibians, birds, cat, colors, deer, differences, dog, duck, family, feelings, fish, frog, horse, memory, observation, pets, sheep, sight, sizes, variety, vision

Kumak's fish: A tall tale from the far north | by Bania, Michael

One morning Kumak and his family pack their fishing gear for an antarctic ice fishing adventure. With patience, the family fishes until Kumak finally catches a strong fish. The whole Alaskan community comes running to help Kumak and his family pull the fish out of the water. The community celebrates their new food supply when they see each fish holding on to the fist infront of it.

Keywords: author's note, bodies of water, excitement, exercise, family, feelings, fish, fishing, grandparents, happiness, ice, lake, multicultural, parents, running, seasons, siblings, sledding, snow, sports, spring, teamwork, transportation, weather

Flood fish | by Eversole, Robyn

Every year the fish come with the flood waters. Every spring a young boy in Australia enjoys exploring the mystery the waters bring to the once-dry banks of the river.

Keywords: adventures, australia, author's note, change, discovery, exercise, exploration, fish, flood, geography, grandparents, investigation, multicultural, reproduction, river, rocks, sea, siblings, swimming, water

Big jabe | by Nolan, Jerdine

Momma Mary goes back in time and tells stories of a unique young man named Jabe, who is responsible for creating magic among the slaves of the Plenty Plantation. He is described as a hero with the strength of fifty men, a big heart, and a wondrous gift at leading slaves away to freedom.

Keywords: african, african american, animals, bee, chicken, cow, fable, fantasy, feelings, fish, fishing, flood, food, freedom, generations, happiness, heroism, horse, hunger, magic, multicultural, mystery, nonverbal communication, plants, recreation, river, slavery, storytelling, tornado, tree, uniqueness, unselfish, weather, wind

Starry arms | by Dahl, Michael

Starfish travel through the ocean. Each starfish has five arms and on every page another starfish joins in the fun and helps with counting by five.

Keywords: beach, bodies of water, clams, counting, fish, math, nonverbal communication, numbers, ocean, rhyme, sand, sequence, starfish

Three days on a river in a red canoe | by Williams, Vera B

A boy and his brother Sam take a canoe trip with their mother and aunt and engage in a variety of adventurous activities along the way.

Keywords: birds, boat, bodies of water, camping, car, cat, family, fire, fish, fishing, fog, food, heron, island, listening, maps, moose, morning, mosquito, preparation, rainbow, recipe, recreation, rescue, river, safety, shelter, shopping, sky, sleep, stars, storytelling, sun, swimming, travel, water, weather

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