Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Off to the sweet shores of africa: And other talking drum rhymes | by Unobagha, Uzo

African-inspired nursery rhymes.

Keywords: africa, animals, beach, birds, bodies of water, camel, cattle, celebration, chicken, community, cooking, desert, dog, donkey, eagle, elephant, fable, fish, fruit, giraffe, goat, grasshopper, instruments, lion, mice, monkey, multicultural, music, ocean, parade, play, rainbow, rhyme, rhythm, river, sand, song, tree, village, zebra

Bintou's braids | by Diouf, Sylviane

When Bintou, a little girl living in West Africa, finally gets her wish for braids, she discovers that what she dreamed for has been hers all along.

Keywords: africa, african, america, animals, beach, birds, bodies of water, celebration, chicken, clothing, critical thinking, dreams, envy, family, feelings, fish, food, fruit, grandparents, moon, multicultural, parents, prayer, pride, sadness, sea, selfishness, siblings, sleep, sounds, stars, storytelling, stress management, sun, traditions, tree, village

Vacation in the village: A story from west africa | by Njeng, Pierre Yves

A boy discovers and takes pride in the customs of his people when he visits his family's village in West Africa.

Keywords: affection, africa, books, boredom, buildings, construction, customs, discovery, dreams, family, fear, feelings, fish, fishing, forest, friendship, games, grandparents, happiness, history, hunting, multicultural, parents, reptiles, school, siblings, storytelling, traditions, train, transportation, travel, turtle, vacation, village, work, worry

The giraffe who was afraid of heights | by Ufer, David A.

A giraffe suffers from the fear of heights. His parents worry about his safety and send him to the village doctor for treatment. Along the way he befriends a monkey who is afraid of climbing trees and a hippo who is afraid of water. A life-threatening event causes the three friends to face and overcome each of their fears.

Keywords: africa, animals, assertiveness, bodies of water, critical thinking, crocodile, family, fear, feelings, fish, flowers, friendship, giraffe, happiness, hippopotamus, lion, monkey, multicultural, parents, river, safety, self esteem, teamwork, tree

Big al and shrimpy | by Clements, Andrew

Shrimpy learns that he is special in his own way, despite being different. He gets involved in a social activity then contributes his idea to solve a problem to help a friend in need.

Keywords: adventures, bodies of water, companion, decision making, differences, fish, friendship, helping, individuality, ocean, sea, self confidence, self esteem, teamwork, uniqueness

Elephant dance: memories of India | by Heine, Theresa

Ravi's grandfather comes from India so Ravi asks him questions aabout India. Grandfather uses a simile to describe different aspects of India. Ravi is interested in the elephants of India and dances an elephant dance.

Keywords: animals, colors, cooking, dancing, elephant, fish, flowers, food, horse, india, love, maps, multicultural, music, presents, rain, rainbow, shopping, sleep, snow, storytelling, sun, tiger, weather, wind

Hedgehog haven: A story of a British hedgerow community | by Dennard, Deborah

A young male hedgehog is learning about the ways of nature and how to survive within it. Through close encounters with danger, he learns how to change his life to survive. This young hedgehog takes many adventures to learn that every place and time is not always safe.

Keywords: animals, baby, birds, bug, butterfly, england, fish, flowers, food, goldfish, hedgehog, horse, insects, maps, mollusks, multicultural, night, noise, owl, plants, rabbit, snail, sparrow, stream, tractor

Little fur family | by Brown, Margaret Wise

A father bear goes to work, and the younger bear goes exploring. He comes across many animals different from him. He comes home for dinner and bed.

Keywords: animals, bear, bedtime, bodies of water, bug, comparisons, critical thinking, curiosity, environment, exploration, family, fish, five senses, flowers, food, forest, grandparents, home, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, rhyme, river, sounds, tree, wildlife, wind

Magic beach | by Johnson, Crockett

Two children draw different words in the sand. As the tide washes over the word, the object written in the sand appears. They explore the land they created by writing in the sand.

Keywords: adventures, alphabet, animals, beach, beverage, bodies of water, books, cabin, cow, critical thinking, decision making, fantasy, farm, fish, fishing, food, horse, hunger, magic, nutrition, peer resistance, picnic, royalty, sand, sea, shells, storytelling, tree, verbal communication, village, writing

Truck duck | by Rex, Michael

Transportation comes in many forms. Rhyming words keep the beat.

Keywords: animals, bear, birds, boat, car, chimpanzee, cow, crab, crow, duck, fish, goat, jeep, keys, license, maps, moose, motorcycle, rhyme, sheep, signs, taxi, tractor, train, transportation, truck

Whales passing | by Bunting, Eve

A father and his son go to the beach to whale watch through binoculars. The father teaches his son about the lives of an orca whale and how they communicate. They talk about what they see in vibrant words, colors, and pictures.

Keywords: animals, baby, birds, bodies of water, colors, family, fish, ocean, parents, pelican, perspective, sounds, vision, whale

The jungle grapevine | by Beard, Alex

In Africa, the bird and the turtle are taking a walk and the turtle says that the humor at the watering hole is drying up. The bird misunderstands him and flies off to tell the elephant that the watering hole is drying up. The snake hears and goes to the watering hole but finds that it's full. Snake tells the crocodile that the watering hole might actually flood. This scares the crocodile, and one misunderstanding leads to another spreading chaos throughout the jungle.

Keywords: africa, animals, ant, anteater, birds, chaos, crocodile, elephant, fear, feelings, fish, flamingo, hippopotamus, humor, insects, lion, misunderstanding, nonverbal communication, snake, truth, turtle, verbal communication, water, wildlife, zebra

The water hole | by Base, Graeme

Enjoy this counting book from one to ten using various animals and wildlife. It takes place around a watering hold and follows the rain cycle. The pictures spring to life and realistically depict life around the world from countries to continents.

Keywords: africa, animals, australian, catfish, china, counting, cycle, drought, europe, fish, habitat, india, insects, island, jungle, kangaroo, ladybug, leopard, moose, mountains, multicultural, panda, pattern, rain, rhinoceros, sounds, tiger, tortoise, toucan, water, wildlife

If a dolphin were a fish | by Wlodarski, Loran

A dolphin imagines that she is a fish, a turtle, a bird, an octopus, a shark, and a manatee. Learn how special she really is and how special each of her other sea animal friends are too.

Keywords: acceptance, author's note, birds, bodies of water, dolphin, fish, habitat, hearing, ocean, octopus, reptiles, shark, smell, turtle

Animals are sleeping | by Slade, Suzanne

Lyrical text provides fascinating information onnimals such as location, position, and duration of their sleep patterns on animals living in different habitats. Learn about the interesting sleeping habits of different animals that live on land, in water, and fly through the air.

Keywords: animals, author's note, bear, bodies of water, cat, elephant, fish, flamingo, giraffe, groundhog, habitat, lion, lizard, otter, owl, reptiles, rhyme, rhythm, sea, sleep, sloth, snow

My yellow ball | by Lillegard, Dee

Five times a young girl throws her ball into the sky. With each throw, her imagination grows more and more as her ball travels to different parts of the world where it encounters various people and animals. On her last throw, the ball strikes a star and the girl makes a delightful wish.

Keywords: animals, birds, chimpanzee, coyote, desert, fish, geography, hawk, imagination, jungle, octopus, pets, play, recreation, seal, stars, swordfish, toys, travel, tuna

Fish eyes: A book you can count on | by Ehlert, Lois

If you had one wish it might be a fish. You can count many types of fish from one to ten.

Keywords: colors, counting, critical thinking, fish, nonverbal communication, sequence, verbal communication, wish

Alphabatics | by MacDonald, Suse

Letters of the alphabet are transformed into pictures of objects that begin with that letter. For example, an h becomes a house and a f becomes a fish.

Keywords: alphabet, animals, balloon, elephant, fish, giraffe, lion, owl, quail, sequence, swan, whale

The raft | by LaMarche, Jim

When a boy visits his grandmother for the summer, he finds adventure along the river. By making a raft, the boy is able to interact with the nature around him. He especially enjoys drawing the animals and fishing.

Keywords: animals, art, author's note, bear, birds, cabin, crane, deer, dragonfly, exercise, family, fish, fishing, fog, fox, grandparents, insects, nature, rabbit, raccoon, recreation, river, seal, self esteem, summer, swimming, vacation

Curious George rides a bike (Georges fait du velo) | by Rey, H.A.

Curious George, a monkey from Africa, receives a new bicycle from a man who wears a yellow hat. He has many interesting adventures on his new bike, including riding into a rock when he watches boats travel down the river.

Keywords: animals, assertiveness, bear, bicycle, birds, boat, bodies of water, car, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, duck, excitement, exercise, feelings, fish, friendship, guilt, happiness, helping, heroism, misbehavior, mischief, monkey, nonverbal communication, problem solving, refusal skills, river, sadness, self esteem, toys, transportation, zoo

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