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The aunt in our house
Johnson, Angela
One day, aunt moves into the home of her nephew, niece, and their mom and dad. The children love their aunt and are so glad that she has moved in with them.
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art
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change
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family
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feelings
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fish
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flowers
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fun
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happiness
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loneliness
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love
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nature
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nonverbal communication
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parents
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rain
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sadness
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siblings
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stress management
Miranda and the cat
Smith, Linell
A young girl named Miranda discovers an alley cat while playing ball in her neighborhood. She tries to win the cat's heart by bringing him food every night and making sure he's okay. One night, she finds him injured. She takes him into her home, nurses him back to health, and lets him go, despite knowing she will never see him again.
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animals
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assertiveness
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cat
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conflict resolution
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critical thinking
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decision making
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determination
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dog
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family
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feelings
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fish
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food
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happiness
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injury
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nonverbal communication
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parents
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pets
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rat
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responsibilities
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sadness
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safety
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siblings
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verbal communication
Muffel and plums
Fromm, Lilo
A father and son enjoy many activities together. They get up in the morning, go fishing, have a picnic, and shovel snow (A Wordless Book).
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activities
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animals
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critical thinking
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decision making
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dog
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family
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fish
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fishing
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food
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goose
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mouse
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nonverbal communication
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nutrition
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parents
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rain
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recreation
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snow
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sports
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weather
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wind
Sad days, glad days: A story about depression
Hamilton, Dewitt
Amanda Martha's mother has a disease called depression. Amanda and her father call them sad days, glad days, mostly in-between days. Amanda wants a cuddly pet and when an alley cat comes along she finally gets a chance.
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animals
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art
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assertiveness
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cat
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conflict resolution
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confusion
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creativity
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critical thinking
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decision making
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depression
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diseases
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family
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feelings
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fish
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flowers
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food
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happiness
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love
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nature
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nutrition
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parents
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pets
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responsibilities
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sadness
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self esteem
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verbal communication
The five chinese brothers
Bishop, Clair Huchet//Wiese, Kurt
A young boy persuades one of the five identical brothers that has special powers to drink the sea so he could catch fish. The boy exploits his power and ends up drowning. The brother goes to trial and the other brothers come to his rescue. The brother that tried to help the boy was found innocent.
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chinese
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conflict resolution
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critical thinking
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family
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fish
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helping
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multicultural
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siblings
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support
Fishing at long pond
George, William T.
A girl goes on her first fishing trip with her grandfather. While fishing, they see the wildlife around the pond, and she catches her first bass. At the end of the day, they go home and eat their fish.
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animals
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beaver
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birds
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bodies of water
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deer
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family
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fish
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fishing
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food
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grandparents
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insects
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nature
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nutrition
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osprey
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pond
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recreation
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self esteem
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worm
The cat and the cook and other fables of krylov
Heins, Ethel
Twelve fables from Ivan Krylov of Russia are presented. Some of the fables include The Cat and the Cook, The Swan, the Pike, and the Crab, and The Miser. Many of these fables feature animals with a valuable moral built in.
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animals
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bear
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birds
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butterfly
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cat
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conflict resolution
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crab
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critical thinking
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crustaceans
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decision making
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donkey
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eagle
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fable
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fish
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food
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goal setting
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goat
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goblins
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insects
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monkey
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nutrition
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spider
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swan
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verbal communication
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wolf
Pretend you're a cat
Marzollo, Jean
A series of questions ask children to use their imaginations so they can leap like a cat, beg like a dog, and act like many other animals.
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acting
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animals
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bear
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bee
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birds
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cat
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chicken
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cow
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dog
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exercise
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fish
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five senses
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horse
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imagination
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insects
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jumping
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pig
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play
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pretend
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running
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seal
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snake
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sounds
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squirrel
Mother osprey
Nolan, Lucy
What if Jack and Jill had been playing on a nice soft sand dune instead of that treacherous hill? And suppose Mary's pet wasn't really a lamb? What if Mary had a little clam? This collection retells Mother Goose rhymes and celebrates America's coastlines and waterways from sea to shining sea.
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activities
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adventures
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animals
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author's note
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birds
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boat
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bodies of water
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clams
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fish
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flamingo
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jellyfish
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lighthouse
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lobster
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mermaids
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ocean
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pelican
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poetry
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rhythm
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sand
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seagull
Come back, salmon
Cone, Molly
Mr. King's fifth grade students work on a project to restore Pigeon Creek to its original beauty. They cannot believe the water was once clear and had fish. They learn about the life cycle of salmon, grow their own salmon, and release them into their now clear Pigeon Creek. The next fall they look for their salmon to return.
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assertiveness
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autumn
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birth
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bodies of water
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conflict resolution
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confusion
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critical thinking
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decision making
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environment
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exercise
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feelings
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fish
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goal setting
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happiness
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learning
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pollution
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problem solving
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sadness
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school
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seasons
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self esteem
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spring
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stream
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verbal communication
Sea-fari deep
Woodman, Nancy
The JASON Project is studies underwater life in Mexico. When Dusty finds out about this, she writes the scientists to ask if she can go along. During her adventures, Dusty learns all about deep sea plants and animals. It is the adventure of her life!
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adventures
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animals
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assertiveness
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author's note
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boat
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bodies of water
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car
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careers
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discovery
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dolphin
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exploration
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family
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fish
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garden
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geography
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letters
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lobster
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maps
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mexican
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numbers
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photograph
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plants
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science
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sea
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sequence
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siblings
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storm
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temperature
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transportation
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travel
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verbal communication
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volcano
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water
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weather
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whale
Wingfin and topple
Valens, Evans
Topple, the long-finned herring, learns that his difference is actually a blessing. He learns from another long-finned herring that he can fly, and in turn his seemingly unlucky fins save his life.
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assertiveness
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critical thinking
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decision making
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differences
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fish
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freedom
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heroism
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herring
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jumping
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peer resistance
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sea
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stress management
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swimming
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verbal communication
The great white man-eating shark: A cautionary tale
Mahy, Margaret
Norman was a good swimmer who was upset with all of the other swimmers who got in his way. He pretended he was a shark to get them out of his way.
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assertiveness
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conflict resolution
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critical thinking
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deception
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decision making
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exercise
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fear
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feelings
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fish
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frustration
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goal setting
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nonverbal communication
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shark
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swimming
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verbal communication
A fish in his pocket
Cazet, Denys
On his way to school, Russell drops his math book in the pond. The teacher finds a fish in it when she opens it. Russell worries all day long about what to do with the fish. He finally comes up with a solution in art class.
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bodies of water
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books
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conflict resolution
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death
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fish
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nonverbal communication
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pond
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problem solving
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responsibilities
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school
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verbal communication
Curious clownfish
Madder, Eric
A curious clownfish wants to explore the other creatures of the ocean. He goes out on an adventure and finds out what creatures are friendly and what creatures are dangerous.
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bodies of water
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conflict resolution
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curiosity
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decision making
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exploration
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fish
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friendship
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goal setting
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ocean
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verbal communication
Rainbow fish to the rescue
Pfister, Marcus
Rainbow Fish and his friends are playing flash-tag with their shiny scales. When a striped fish comes to play, they won't let him join their game. Suddenly a shark appears, so Rainbow Fish and his friends risk their lives to save the lonely striped fish.
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assertiveness
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bodies of water
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colors
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decision making
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feelings
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fish
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friendship
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games
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loneliness
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loyalty
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rescue
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sadness
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safety
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sea
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shark
123 pop!
Isadora, Rachel
Pop!The numbers 1-1,000,000 are counted through pop art, ranging from astronauts, fish, and gargolyes to animals, flowers, and food. Can you count 1,000 jellybeans and 1,000,000 stars?
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animals
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astronaut
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body parts
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buildings
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change
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chimpanzee
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colors
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counting
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dancing
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fish
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flowers
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food
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heroism
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numbers
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performance
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sequence
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sounds
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stars
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symbols
Simple simon and the magic fish
Richter, K
Simon is made fun of all the time because he is very simple. One day, he catches a magic fish who grants him some wishes. Simon's life changes forever.
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change
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conflict resolution
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differences
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fish
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kindness
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magic
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nonverbal communication
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peer resistance
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refusal skills
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self esteem
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verbal communication
In arctic waters
Crawford, Laura
An arctic adaptation of モThis is the House that Jack Builtヤ follows polar bears, walruses, seals, narwhals, and beluga whales as they chase each other around モthe ice that floats in the Arctic waters.ヤ Learn how these animals live in the cold, icy arctic region.
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adaptation
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animals
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arctic
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author's note
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bear
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birds
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bodies of water
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exercise
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fish
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hunting
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ice
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owl
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pattern
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seal
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swimming
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teasing
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walrus
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whale
The carp in the bathtub
Cohen, Barbara
Leah and Henry want to save the carp that their mom will want to cook for dinner. They try to hide the carp in the tub and also in a bucket. Their dad explains that fish are for eating so he gives them a cat as a pet.
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animals
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cat
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community
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fish
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food
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holidays
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Jewish
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multicultural
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nutrition
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passover
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pets
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shelter
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traditions
Here is the arctic winter
Dunphy, Madeleine
The animals of the fascinating world of the arctic show their land. Nature and the environment are the themes.
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animals
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caribou
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cod
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fish
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fox
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hare
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nature
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owl
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polar bear
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seal
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whale
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winter
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wolf
Over in the ocean: In a coral reef
Berkes, Marianne
Count one through 10 while using rhymes to talk about different activities between mother fishes and their babies. Move to the rhythm of this poem about ocean creatures !
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animals
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author's note
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counting
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dolphin
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fish
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illustrator's note
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music
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numbers
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ocean
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octopus
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pattern
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poetry
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repetition
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rhyme
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rhythm
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song
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starfish
Swimmy (Nnadarin)
Lionni, Leo
Swimmy was the fastest fish in his school. When all the other fish in his school get eaten by a new big fish, he explores by himself until he finds a new school of fish. He then teaches his new school how to swim close together so that they look like the biggest fish of all and will scare away the other big fish.
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assertiveness
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bravery
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conflict resolution
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cooperation
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critical thinking
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exploration
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fish
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individuality
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problem solving
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teamwork
Where the forest meets the sea
Baker, Jeannie
A boy travels with his father to a special place where no people are. While on this trip, the boy wonders what will happen in the future to nature and the environment.
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australian
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bodies of water
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critical thinking
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family
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fish
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forest
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multicultural
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parents
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sea
Going for oysters
Adams, Jeanie
An Australian girl tells how she fishes for oysters and fish. It is a long and dangerous job. The whole family enjoys eating the fish that she catches.
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australian
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bodies of water
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family
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fish
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fishing
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food
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grandparents
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multicultural
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nutrition
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recreation
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river
Fish in the air
Wiese, Kurt
Little fish owned everything that looked like a fish. One day he makes his dad buy him the biggest fish kite. The kite is caught by a gust of wind and little fish is taken into the air and dropped into a fish net in the nearest pond.
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assertiveness
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bodies of water
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change
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conflict resolution
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coping
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family
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fish
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parents
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pond
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verbal communication
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weather
,
wind
Turtle tale
Asch, Frank
A young turtle on the way to a pond comes in contact with many new experiences. His new experiences take him from being a young turtle to a wise old turtle.
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animals
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birds
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bodies of water
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conflict resolution
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critical thinking
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decision making
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fish
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fox
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pond
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rabbit
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reptiles
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turtle
Just my dad and me
Komaiko, Leah
A little girl wants to go to the ocean with her father, but she soon realizes that their whole family will be joining them. She escapes to another place where she is the only person in the world.
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animals
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bodies of water
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family
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fish
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nonverbal communication
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ocean
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parents
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siblings
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whale
Amos camps out
Seligson, Susan//Schneider, Howie
Amos is a dog that rides his couch everywhere, even camping. He has a good time camping and even uses his couch to scare a bear away from camp.
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animals
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bear
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bodies of water
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camping
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dog
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fish
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food
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lake
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nonverbal communication
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nutrition
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recreation
My grandpa and the sea
Orr, Katherine
A little girl and her grandpa go fishing on a boat. Grandpa starts a sea moss farm when he loses his job as a fisherman.
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boat
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bodies of water
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careers
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change
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conflict resolution
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critical thinking
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family
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farm
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fish
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friendship
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goal setting
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grandparents
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island
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nonverbal communication
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recreation
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sea
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technology
,
verbal communication
Mcelligot's pool
Seuss, Dr.
As a boy fishes in Farmer McElligot's pool, he describes many of the fish he could possibly catch. The farmer tells him that he will never catch anything there. The boy is determined to be patient; if he waits long enough he may catch something.
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bodies of water
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critical thinking
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curiosity
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determination
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fish
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fishing
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goal setting
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humor
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imagination
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nature
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patience
,
recreation
,
refusal skills
One morning in Maine
McCloskey, Robert
Sal, Jane and their father go to the beach to search for clams. During the day, Sal loses her tooth in the mud. She does not cry because she knows that when you lose your teeth you are starting to grow up. They take a boat trip to a nearby island to celebrate with ice cream cones.
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assertiveness
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beach
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bodies of water
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change
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critical thinking
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decision making
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discovery
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family
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fish
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food
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goal setting
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growing up
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island
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loss
,
nutrition
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ocean
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responsibilities
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self esteem
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teeth
,
transportation
My life with the wave
Cowan, Catherine
When a little boy brings an ocean wave home with him, he finds himself in trouble. He soon realizes that he has to take the wave back to the ocean where it belongs.
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anger
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beach
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bedtime
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bodies of water
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cat
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clouds
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conflict resolution
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decision making
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exercise
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fear
,
feelings
,
fish
,
flood
,
imagination
,
night
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ocean
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rainbow
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sand
,
sea
,
shadows
,
sun
,
swimming
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train
,
transportation
Helen the fish
Kroll, Virginia
Hannah's big brother gets her a goldfish for her third birthday. Hannah takes great care of her and names her Helen. Three years later, Helen dies. As time goes by, Hannah's hurt goes away.
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birthday
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change
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coping
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death
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family
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feelings
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fish
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loss
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pets
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sadness
,
siblings
Erandi's braids
Madrigan, Antonio Hernandez
Erandi has thick, long, beautiful hair that her mother braids each morning. One day while making dinner with her mother, Erandi hears voices from the street offering money for the women's hair. Mama' explains that the hair buyers would pay well for Erandi's braids. That day they go fishing and mama' discovers that they need a new fishing net badly but they do not have money for one. The next day is Erandi's birthday and Erandi picks out a new dress for her present. On the way home mama' and Erandi stop at the barber shop where Erandi allows the barber to cut her hair so her mama' can afford a new net.
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author's note
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birthday
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body parts
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clothing
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critical thinking
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culture
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decision making
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dolls
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embarrassment
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fish
,
fishing
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food
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language
,
market
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mexican
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multicultural
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nutrition
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playing
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poverty
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pride
,
recreation
The wildlife 123: A nature counting book
Thornhill, Jan
Through the use of beautiful animals and wildlife, children learn how to count with numbers and words. The sequence is 1-20, 25, 50, 100, and 1000 Nature notes describe the animals in great deal at the end of the book.
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alphabet
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animals
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birds
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counting
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fish
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insects
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nature
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numbers
,
sequence
Come again, pelican
Freeman, Don
Ty learns about tides and fishing from his old friend, the Pelican. Ty loses a boot in the tide, but catches a fish in his boot. However, he loses that boot too. He gives his fish to the hungry pelican and the pelican gives Ty the lost boot.
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birds
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bodies of water
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clothing
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creativity
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curiosity
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decision making
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fish
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friendship
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hunger
,
learning
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ocean
,
pelican
,
verbal communication
Who is the beast?
Baker, Keith
We take an adventure through this book looking for the beast. We meet many animals along the way to find out who the beast is.
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animals
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birds
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critical thinking
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fish
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jungle
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monkey
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plants
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tiger
The island-below-the-star
Rumford, James
Five brothers decide to go on an adventure to discover the Island-below-the-Star. They each have a love for something in nature. By using their talents and working together, the brothers overcome obstacles on their journey to the island.
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adventures
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assertiveness
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author's note
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birds
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boat
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bodies of water
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clouds
,
discovery
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exploration
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family
,
fish
,
fishing
,
food
,
goal setting
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hawaiian
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history
,
island
,
moon
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multicultural
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nature
,
nutrition
,
ocean
,
rain
,
siblings
,
stars
,
storm
,
sun
,
transportation
,
weather
,
wind
Asleep, asleep
Ginsburg, Mirra
Everyone and everything sleeps. Sometimes children must be reminded of this so they can fall back to sleep like the boy in the story.
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animals
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bedtime
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bee
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birds
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family
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fish
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fox
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insects
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nonverbal communication
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parents
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sleep
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weather
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wind
,
wolf
You'll be good and i'll be night: Jumping on the bed poems
Merriam, Eve
A series of poems on topics such as going to bed, ghosts, wishing fish, dancing pigs, contents of a lunch of box, and the coming of dawn is presented.
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animals
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bedtime
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exercise
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fish
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food
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ghosts
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nutrition
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pig
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poetry
,
rhyme
The fish in the castle
Fife, Dale H
Eric, a young boy, is on vacation at the beach with his family but has not found a treasure to take home. Eric meets a native Californian who tells him of a fish that comes to shore that night. Eric catches a fish at the beach in his hands, gets his picture taken with the fish, and then lets it go back to the sea.
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beach
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decision making
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family
,
fish
,
fishing
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friendship
,
goal setting
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parents
,
peer resistance
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siblings
,
vacation
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verbal communication
Captain bob sets sail
Schotter, Roni
Bob is a young boy who uses his imagination to turn his daily bath into an amazing adventure in which he encounters boats, sea creatures, and a water fall. When his bath is over, the brave Captain Bob drains the ocean and gets ready for bed.
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adventures
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animals
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bath
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bedtime
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boat
,
bodies of water
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body parts
,
bravery
,
cleanliness
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dinosaur
,
duck
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feelings
,
fish
,
imagination
,
monsters
,
ocean
,
play
,
sea
,
toys
Gathering a northwoods counting book
Bowen, Betsy
Starting in May, the winter countdown begins. Preparation activities are described using the numbers one through thirteen. For example, winter countdown includes five blueberries and six bags of rice.
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amphibians
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animals
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autumn
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bear
,
bodies of water
,
bus
,
counting
,
exercise
,
family
,
fish
,
food
,
friendship
,
goal setting
,
helping
,
lake
,
numbers
,
nutrition
,
preparation
,
responsibilities
,
river
,
seasons
,
self esteem
,
skiing
,
snow
,
spring
,
summer
,
teamwork
,
toad
,
transportation
,
weather
,
winter
,
woods
I walk at night
Duncan, Lois
A cat enjoys spending time with its owner, but yearns for adventures of the night. The cat waits for night to fall so that all the memories will come back again. When morning dawns, the cat returns to being a familiar pet.
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adventures
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animals
,
attention
,
author's note
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bedtime
,
birds
,
cat
,
cleanliness
,
critical thinking
,
dreams
,
fish
,
love
,
loyalty
,
memories
,
morning
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nonverbal communication
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walking
Nature's paintbrush: The patterns and colors around you
Stockdale, Susan
If you take a look in nature, colors and patterns are all around us. The tiger uses his stripes to hide in the grass. The patterned spines on a cactus protect it from predators. What makes these plants and creatures beautiful also protect them as well.
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animals
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birds
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butterfly
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colors
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desert
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fish
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flowers
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fox
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frog
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insects
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nature
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pattern
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plants
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protection
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sea
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snake
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spider
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starfish
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tiger
I took a walk
Cole, Henry
A boy goes on a nature walk along the woods, meadows, and pond. He explores a variety of animals, birds, plants, insects, and fish on his journey. He explores the ground, sky, and water and sees more than fifty living things.
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animals
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birds
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bodies of water
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butterfly
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deer
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duck
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exercise
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firefly
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fish
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flowers
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forest
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frog
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nature
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pond
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swallow
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tree
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turtle
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walking
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woodpecker
Ellen and the goldfish
Himmelman, John
Ellen loves to draw. One day she notices a goldfish watching her. They become friends and she draws pictures for the fish. When the fish is about to be caught, she uses a clever idea to set him free from the bait.
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animals
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assertiveness
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bodies of water
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critical thinking
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fish
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fishing
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food
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lake
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nonverbal communication
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pond
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recreation
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seal
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stress management
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toad
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verbal communication
Follow me
Tafuri, Nancy
A sea lion follows a wandering crab to an entire colony of crabs,then returns to his fellow sea lions.
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animals
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bodies of water
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crab
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fish
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ocean
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seal
The great pig search
Christelow, Eileen
Bert and Ethel receive a post card from Florida from runaway pigs and an adventure begins. Bert wants to go to Florida to look for the pigs while Ethel wants to go on vacation. When Bert won't stop looking for the pigs, Ethel decides she wants to go home. Bert and Ethel eventually learn that the pigs were right under their noses.
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adventures
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animals
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beach
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boat
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bodies of water
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bus
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communication
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dancing
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embarrassment
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family
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farm
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feelings
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fish
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fishing
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letters
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missing
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newspaper
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photograph
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pig
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radio
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separation
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taxi
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transportation
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travel
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vacation
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