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Ottie and the star

Allen, Laura Jean

Ottie longs to have his own star. He sees a reflection in the water and dives in to catch his star. He has many adventures under the sea until he finds a starfish and brings it to the surface where his mother informs him of the difference between stars and starfish.

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animals, bodies of water, family, fish, otter, parents, sea, starfish, stars

Slither, swoop, swing

Ayliffe, Alex

Join animals of many shapes and sizes doing the activities they do best. Watch snakes slither, bats swoop, monkeys swing, penguins waddle, and other animals on the move.

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activities, animals, bat, bear, birds, cat, chicken, climbing, dog, dolphin, elephant, exercise, fish, fly, fox, frog, fun, jumping, koala, mole, monkey, mouse, ostrich, penguin, play, rabbit, running, snake, swimming, walking, worm, zebra

My many colored days

Suess, Dr.

Dr. Suess uses bright colors, fun rhymes, and active animals to discuss the different moods a person feels. Some days you feel yellow, like a buzzy bee, while other days you feel brown, low, low down. Despite all the different moods you feel, you're still you!

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anger, animals, bear, bee, birds, bluebird, business, change, colors, day, differences, feelings, fish, flamingo, happiness, health, horse, insects, moods, owl, sadness, seal, self confidence, self esteem, surprises

Beastly feast

Goldstone, Bruce

The animals are going to have a feast. Each animal brings a food that rhymes with its name. From carrots to honey, all of the food is enjoyed by all of the animals. When the armadillos arrive with pillows the feast is over.

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animals, bear, bee, birds, cooperation, fish, flea, fly, food, friendship, insects, moose, mosquito, mouse, nutrition, parrot, rabbit, rhyme, sharing, sleep

Hot hippo

Hadithi, Mwenye

The Hippo asks Ngai, the omniscent, if he can live in the water. Ngai allows Hippo to do this if he only eats plants and not the fish. In the end, they are both happy.

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animals, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, fish, folktale, food, goal setting, hippopotamus, nature, plants, respect, verbal communication

The story of the three kingdoms

Myers, Walter Dean

A shark, elephant, and a hawk believe that each rules the earth. One day people show up and want to figure out why the animals will not share. They sit around and talk, coming up with stories to help get the animals to cooperate.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, elephant, fable, fish, hawk, intelligence, nonverbal communication, sharing, shark, verbal communication

Let's go swimming with mr. sillypants

Brown, Mary K.

Mr. Sillypants enrolls himself in swimming lessons. When he thinks about what he has done, he gets scared. When he goes to bed, he dreams that he is a fish. When he wakes up, he feels a little better about taking swimming lessons.

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animals, dreams, exercise, fear, fish, learning, stress management, swimming

One duck stuck

Root, P.

One duck gets stuck in the muck down by the marsh. Creatures by the marsh try to help him get free. Creatures come first two, then three, then adding one every time. No one can free the duck by themselves but as a team, the duck is freed.

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alliteration, animals, conflict resolution, counting, cricket, dragonfly, duck, fish, frog, helping, moose, numbers, opossum, rhyme, sequence, skunk, snail, snake, stress management, teamwork, verbal communication

Come along, daisy

Simmons, Jane

As Mama Duck continually calls for Daisy to follow along, Daisy is distracted by everything around her. Suddenly, Mama Duck is no where to be found, and Daisy is all alone. Will Daisy find her mother and learn the importance of staying close to her?

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animals, butterfly, disobedience, dragonfly, duck, fear, feelings, fish, frog, insects, loneliness, lost, obedience, parents, sounds

There was an old lady who swallowed a trout

Sloat, Teri

An old woman swallows a trout and must keep swallowing different creatures to try and catch the trout. She gets quite a mouthful of animals and fish, then they all swim out.

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animals, bodies of water, dolphin, fish, ocean, otter, rhyme, salmon, seal, sequence, swimming, trout, walrus, whale

Open me...i'm a dog

Spielgelman, Art

The dog narrating this story explains the wizard's curse and many other adventures that turn him into this book. He longs for the curse to be broken and for someone to save him from being the pages of a book. He wants someone to give him a loving home.

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anger, animals, birds, books, bull, car, dog, feelings, fish, frog, german, loneliness, magic, mountains, multicultural, rabbit, sheep, transportation, witches, woods

Swami on rye: Max in india?

Kalman, Maira

When Max, a famous dog poet and Hollywood director, leaves the house to get a snack for his pregnant wife, he ends up magically transported to India. In this exotic adventure of unfamiliar sights, he searches for the meaning of life, but returns home in time for the birth of his family.

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animals, communication, dog, family, fish, food, indian, magic, market, multicultural, pregnancy, travel

Dog breath

Pilkey, Dave

The Tosis family has a dog named Hally. Hally is a wonderful dog except that she has very bad breath. When Mr. and Mrs. Tosis cannot take Hally's bad breath anymore they decide to give her away. The kids try to fix the problem by taking her to a mountain top to see the view, a movie, and a carnival to ride a roller coaster in the hopes that they will take Hally's bad breath away but nothing works. That night two burglars break into the house but when Hally kisses them the burglars pass out from the smell and Hally and her breath are, heroes!

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animals, carnival, crime, critical thinking, dog, family, fish, grandparents, heroism, hygiene, miracle, mountains, newspaper, night, parents, robbery, sadness, siblings, skunk, smell

Spot's first walk

Hill, Eric

Curious Spot goes on a journey and meets some interesting animals that live above and below the earth. In the end, he finds his golden treat and ventures on back home. Along the way, you can lift a flap to find his friends.

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animals, assertiveness, bee, birds, bodies of water, cat, chicken, critical thinking, curiosity, dog, feelings, fish, food, happiness, insects, lake, nutrition, rabbit, self esteem, verbal communication, woodpecker

Story in the sand

Myrus, Donald//Squillace, Albert

Jeff and his mother go to the beach for a day. Jeff runs around collecting things and drawing pictures in the sand. He meets a little girl, Jenny, and spends the day teaching her about art in the sand.

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animals, art, assertiveness, beach, birds, boat, bodies of water, collection, creativity, dog, exploration, family, fear, feelings, fish, ocean, parents, play, seagull, transportation, verbal communication

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

Seuss, Dr.

The differences in people and animals are compared using colors and numbers.

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animals, colors, comparisons, counting, creativity, differences, fish, imagination, numbers, rhyme, sequence

The cinder-eyed cats

Rohmann, Eric

A boy makes a journey to an island in the middle of the ocean by way of a flying boat. When night falls on the island, cinder-eyed cats come out to play. The creatures of the sea come out of the water to dance and interact with the boy and the cats until the night is over. When it is morning, the creatures all leave and the boy goes home too, until it is night again.

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animals, boat, bodies of water, cat, fire, fish, imagination, island, magic, moon, night, ocean, perspective, rhyme, sand, sardine, shadows, starfish, tuna, whale

Wisher

Daughtery, Charles M.

Wisher doesn't like being a cat. He always wishes he would be a fish. Wisher finally decides that being a cat is the best thing he could ever be.

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animals, bodies of water, cat, dreams, family, feelings, fish, pond, sadness, siblings, wish

Will you please feed our cat?

Stevenson, James

Maryann and Louie's grandpa had to take car of his neighbors' pets when he was a young boy. He describes the escapades of feeding hundreds of cats, a rabbit, fish and gerbils.

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animals, cat, critical thinking, decision making, family, fish, gerbil, goal setting, grandparents, pets, rabbit, responsibilities, stress management

Chin yu min and the ginger cat

Armstrong, Jennifer

Chin Yu Min is married to a wealthy man. She takes advantage of their wealth and is very mean to people. Her husbands dies, and she is now poor. She finds a cat that catches fish, so she gets him to stay with her. She is attached to the cat now, but she accidentally gives him away. She later finds him and has now learned to appreciate her good fortunes.

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animals, bodies of water, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, feelings, fish, food, goal setting, happiness, nutrition, pond, sadness, self esteem

The two reds

Lipkind, William//Mordvinoff, Nicolas

There are two reds, a boy and a cat. They are not friends until they help each other get out of trouble.

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animals, birds, cat, conflict resolution, escape, fish, friendship, hunger, parrot, verbal communication

Market day

Ehlert, Lois

Morning comes with the crow of the chickens and the animals must be tended. Everyone in town packs up and heads off to market day. They pass many animals in the fields as they go to the town square in trucks, on motorcycles, and in carts to buy and sell at the market.

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amphibians, animals, birds, bull, business, butterfly, chicken, farm, fish, food, frog, goose, market, mexican, motorcycle, multicultural, play, rhyme, sheep, snake, south american, sun, transportation, truck, turkey, work

Nessa's fish

Luenn, Nancy

Nessa and her grandmother catch enough fish to feed the whole camp. However, during the night, Nessa's grandmother becomes sick and Nessa must protect her and the fish from wild animals.

No ducks in our bathtub

Alexander, Martha

David endlessly tries to convince his mother to allow him to have a pet. However, all of his choices are inappropriate. Finally, they agree on fish, so he waits for the fish eggs to hatch. Only, the eggs aren't fish eggs after all.

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animals, bath, birds, compromise, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fish, frog, goal setting, obedience, parents, pets, pond, stress management, verbal communication

The everything book

Fleming, Denise

An educational book with a little bit of everything from nursery rhymes to counting plus colors, fruits, seasons, alphabet, and animals.

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alphabet, animals, autumn, birds, bluejay, body parts, cardinal, cat, chicken, colors, counting, cow, dog, feelings, firefly, fish, food, fruit, guinea pig, insects, morning, night, nutrition, pets, poetry, rabbit, robin, seasons, sequence, shapes, sizes, sparrow, spring, summer, toys, train, transportation, winter

Tomorrow on rocky pond

Reiser, Lynn

A child can't wait to go fishing on Rocky Pond so she can see animals and have picnics. It's a day full of adventure and fun.

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adventures, amphibians, animals, beaver, birds, boat, bodies of water, clothing, deer, dragonfly, duck, exercise, family, fish, fishing, five senses, food, frog, geography, insects, listening, maps, moose, nature, nonverbal communication, nutrition, observation, owl, parents, picnic, pond, rabbit, recreation, siblings, smell, spider, swimming, taste, touch, transportation, walking, woods

Wish again, big bear

Margolis, Richard J.

As big bear catches a fish to eat, the fish says he will grant him three wishes if bear does not eat him. On his third wish, the bear wishes for a friend, then realizes the fish is his friend and he cannot eat him.

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animals, bear, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, fish, food, friendship, magic, nutrition, refusal skills, self esteem, verbal communication

The wonderful pumpkin

Hellsing, Lennart

Little Bear and Big Bear bite on a seed when eating. They go out and decide to plant the seed. It grows and grows. Then it becomes their home. The bears enjoy some wild adventures together as their relationship grows stronger and stronger.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, autumn, bear, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, feelings, fish, food, fox, happiness, insects, nutrition, rain, sea, seasons, stress management, summer, weather, worm

Drawing lessons from a bear

McPhail, David

During his lessons on how to be a bear, a young bear discovers his love for drawing. As he grows he continues to practice, getting encouragement from his mother, his teacher, and most of all from himself.

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animals, art, bear, cave, drawing, family, fantasy, fish, forest, goal setting, museum, nature, nonverbal communication, parents, pride, rabbit, school, self esteem, squirrel, teaching

Beardream

Hobbs, Will

It is spring, and all the bears are out except one. Short Tail decides to go find the one they call the Great Bear. He quickly tries climbing the mountains and goes to sleep, where he often finds the Great One in his dream. The Great One is so impressed by Short Tail's respect, that he shares an important secret.

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animals, bear, ceremony, dancing, dreams, fish, mountains, multicultural, native american, nature, respect, seasons, secrets, sleep, spring

A northern alphabet

Harrison, Ted

A Northern Alphabet provides many examples of people, places, animals and objects under each letter. It also displays an accurate representation of northern life throughout the year.

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animals, bear, clothing, cold, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dancing, dog, duck, exercise, family, fish, fishing, grandparents, hunting, mouse, nonverbal communication, owl, rabbit, siblings, sledding, snow, verbal communication, weather, whale

Bear shadow

Asch, Frank

Bear sees his shadow and tries to get away from it. He tries many things but nothing seems to work. Eventually, he learns that he and his shadow can be happy together.

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animals, bear, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, fish, pond, shadows, sleep

The sky jumps into your shoes at night

Tomkins, Jasper

The sky holds many roles and responsibilities in our lives. From every word that is spoken to every beautiful thing in nature, the sky is always present and ready to play. The sky is always with us, touching everyone of us in every moment.

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animals, bear, bodies of water, clouds, desert, fish, flowers, garden, mountains, nature, ocean, plants, rainbow, sky

The little island

Brown, Margaret Wise

A kitten comes to an island and learns that the island is part of the world, just like he is. The island enjoys being both part of the world and on its own as the seasons change.

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animals, assertiveness, autumn, cat, change, fish, individuality, island, nature, relationship, seasons, self esteem, spring, summer, winter

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

River friendly river wild

Kurtz, Jane

A little girl remembers how her family survived a flood. The once friendly river that she loved turned wild and drove the community to evacuation. The little girl thought she would only be gone a couple of days. Days turned into weeks. When she returns, her family starts over, but where is the cat, Kiwi, that she left behind?

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angel, anger, animals, appreciation, author's note, bodies of water, books, cat, challenges, charity, clothing, cold, community, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, destruction, diary, dolls, emergency, emotions, environment, fear, feelings, fish, flood, goal setting, grief, history, homeless, kindness, machines, memories, nature, nonverbal communication, rain, relief, rescue, river, sadness, shelter, spring, storm, stress management, verbal communication, weather, worry

Fish is fish

Lionni, Leo

A tiny fish and a little tadpole are friends. The tadpole becomes a frog and sees the world. The fish wants to see the world, but learns that life is better as fish.

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acceptance, amphibians, animals, change, cow, differences, discovery, fish, friendship, frog, growing up, helping, peer resistance, stress management, verbal communication

Be good to eddie lee

Fleming, Virginia

As Christy and Jim Bud approach the pond to search for frog eggs, they realize Eddie Lee, a neighbor with Down's Syndrome, has followed them. Christy's mother has always told her to be good to Eddie Lee. Christy is kind, but Jim Bud is not. As the story evolves, Eddie Lee shares the best discovery of all with Christy.

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acceptance, amphibians, bodies of water, differences, disability, feelings, fish, frog, happiness, nonverbal communication, pond, sadness, seasons, self esteem, summer, verbal communication

Better not get wet, jesse bear

Carlstrom, Nancy White

Jesse Bear discovers many objects and animals that can get wet while he is trying to stay dry. Jesse Bear's parents buy him a pool so he can get all wet splashing.

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amphibians, birds, excitement, family, fish, frog, insects, parents, swan, verbal communication, water, worm

Snake alley band

Nygaard, Elizabeth

The snakes of Snake Alley love their snake band. The snakes hiss and bop their tails to make a great sound together. One summer day, a cricket, frog, fish, bird, and turtle tell the littlest snake that they would like to be in a band and demonstrate their unique sounds. Snake only wants to be with his snake band until he realizes that they never sound different at all and maybe it would be nice to have the other musicians in the snake band too. The other snakes do not like his idea, so the littlest snake starts his own band with the cricket, frog, fish, bird, and turtle.

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amphibians, autumn, birds, bodies of water, cricket, fish, frog, insects, lake, music, noise, reptiles, seasons, sleep, snake, sounds, spring, turtle, verbal communication, winter, woods

Rooster's off to see the world

Carle, Eric

Rooster wants to take a trip around the world. Two cats, three frogs, four turtles and five fish join him along the way. It gets dark, and everyone begins to worry about where they will sleep and what they will eat. Rooster decides he did not plan his trip very well. Everyone decides to go home. Rooster goes home also. He falls asleep and dreams about his trip around the world.

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amphibians, animals, cat, companion, critical thinking, decision making, exercise, exploration, fish, friendship, frog, homesickness, moon, reptiles, travel, turtle, verbal communication, walking

Harry's dog

Porte, Barbara Ann

Harry gets a dog from a neighbor who is moving. The dog cannot stay at Harry's house because his father is allergic to dogs. Harry's aunt offers to keep the dog at her house for Harry to visit. Harry ends up buying his father a fish.

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allergies, animals, conflict resolution, decision making, dog, family, fish, illness, moving, neighbors, parents, pets, responsibilities, 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.

A million fish...more or less

McKissack, Patricia C.

Hugh Thomas lives in a place where weird things happen and people spin tales. Elder Abbajon and Papa-Daddy tell Hugh Thomas a tale about Bayou Clapateaux. On the way home from fishing, Hugh Thomas makes up his own spin tale.

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african american, animals, assertiveness, birds, careers, cat, creole, crow, family, fish, fishing, friendship, grandparents, imagination, multicultural, numbers, raccoon, recreation, storytelling, turkey, verbal communication

If you take a pencil

Testa, Fulvio

When you take a pencil and begin to draw, your imagination will soar. You may go from drawing cats, to birds, to fish, to sailors, and to treasure chests, where the biggest treasure is the pencil in your hand.

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adventures, animals, art, birds, cat, creativity, fish, imagination

Arlene sardine

Raschka, Chris

Have you ever wanted to be a sardine?Arlene does, but there are many steps to go through first. From going into the nets, to the factory, and finally into a can. Arlene becomes a sardine right before your eyes.

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adventures, animals, anticipation, bodies of water, change, death, dreams, fish, fishing, food, friendship, habitat, machines, preparation, sequence, swimming, water

What we like

Rockwell, Anne

Children really like snowmen, fish, bubble bath, goodnight kisses, lullabies, and many other things that excite the five senses. Each page is filled with the things children like to do, wear, feel, eat, and play.

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activities, adventures, animals, art, bear, cat, clothing, creativity, dog, entertainment, feelings, fish, five senses, flowers, fox, fun, games, happiness, imagination, learning, listening, love, nonverbal communication, pig, rabbit, relaxation, toys

Stella, star of the sea

Gay, Marie-Louise

Stella and Sam spend the day at the sea. Sam has never been before so he asks Stella plenty of questions. Stella tells her brother all about starfish, moon shells, sharks, and sea monsters. Then Sam finally gets in the water.

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activities, animals, beach, bodies of water, crustaceans, curiosity, dreams, exploration, family, fish, fishing, fun, investigation, learning, listening, recreation, sea, shark, shells, starfish, swimming

Car wash

Steen, Sandra//Steen, Susan

Dad and the twins hop into their car to grab some lunch at a restaurant. On the way, they drive through mud puddles so now it's time for a car wash!As the car enters the car wash, something mysterious happens. Oh boy, the twins are in for a big adventure!

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acting, adventures, animals, bravery, car, courage, crab, critical thinking, crustaceans, discovery, entertainment, environment, fantasy, fish, five senses, food, imagination, monsters, nonverbal communication, nutrition, ocean, octopus, plants, safety, sea, shark, ship, sounds, storm, transportation, verbal communication

The whales' song

Sheldon, Dyan

Lilly's grandmother tells her about whales that use to sing when they were given a gift. When Lilly offers the whales a gift of a yellow flower, they sing to her.

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acceptance, assertiveness, decision making, family, fish, friendship, goal setting, grandparents, music, nature, nonverbal communication, whale

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