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A is for Africa

Owoo, Ifr

The country of Africa is explored from A to Z. Africa has a rich culture, many customs, and hardworking people that have lasted throughout history.

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african, alphabet, assertiveness, customs, equality, food, freedom, multicultural, nutrition

Sweet clara and the freedom quilt

Hopkinson, Deborah

Claro makes a quilt that describes the path that slaves must take to walk to freedom. She runs away with Jack and gets to freedom because of the quilt.

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assertiveness, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, diversity, family, freedom, goal setting, love, parents, quilt, siblings, slavery, verbal communication

A young girl and her grandfather save a caterpillar and keep it while it goes through its changes. They build it a beautiful house and care for it until it turns into a butterfly. Although it was hard for her to let it go, she has mysterious visitors surprise her every spring, even when she grows up to be a grandmother herself.

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aging, art, author's note, butterfly, caterpillar, change, cocoon, colors, feelings, flowers, freedom, friendship, garden, grandparents, growing up, happiness, insects, nature, pets, sadness

The tiny patient

Pederson, Judy

A little girl and her grandma find an injured bird, so they nurse it back to health. When the bird recovers, they let it go into the wild.

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birds, caring, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, freedom, goal setting, grandparents, injury, nonverbal communication

Goodbye little bird

Damjan, Mischa

Ben goes bird catching for the first time and catches a beautiful jay. Ben takes the bird home but it grows sick and lonely and Ben must set it free. The jay doesn't forget Ben and they remain life-long friends.

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birds, bluejay, dreams, freedom, friendship, illness, loneliness

The red comb

Pico, Fernando

Vitita discovers a runaway slave under her porch. Vitita is determined to save the slave woman from the slave catcher. Vitita and sina Rosa furnish the woman with supplies through a mango tree. Vitita and sina Rosa come up with a plan to get the slave catcher out of town. After the slave catcher leaves, Vitita and sina Rosa introduce their new friend to the neighbors.

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beliefs, bravery, caring, community, critical thinking, decision making, determination, family, freedom, friendship, multicultural, neighbors, parents, puerto rican, respect, slavery, teamwork, verbal communication

Poppy's puppet

Gauch, Patricia Lee

Poppy is an amazing puppeteer who has the magical ability to listen to wood and carve beautiful marionettes. When he comes across the unique teakwood, Clarinda, he makes the mistake of not listening to what she wants to be. He wants her to be a ballerina, but that is not her passion. Will Poppy help this special marionette achieve her dream and allow her to blossom?

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art, beauty, bicycle, careers, conflict resolution, creativity, dancing, feelings, freedom, frustration, happiness, hard work, imagination, individuality, listening, music, nonverbal communication, performance, perspective, puppets, stereotypes, toys, travel, uniqueness, walking, wood

The unbreakable code

Hoagland Hunter, Sara

A young boy is insecure about moving away and leaving what is familiar to him. His grandfather tells about the time when he felt the same way and how he grew proud of his accomplishments.

An ellis island christmas

Leighton, Maxine Rhea

Krysia and her family leave Poland around Christmas to meet their father, who is already living in New York. It is a long trip on land and by water, but they eventually land at Ellis Island where their father is waiting.

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anticipation, boat, christmas, freedom, geography, holidays, immigrants, multicultural, polish, separation, transportation, travel

Black cowboy, wild horses: A true story

Lester, Julius

Using his amazing tracking ability, black cowboy Bob Lemmons is accepted by a herd of wild horses allowing him to corral them. Based on a true story, the reader gets a glimpse of the struggles that faced the cowboys in the plains of the United States.

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acceptance, african american, american, animals, birds, careers, challenges, cowboys, food, freedom, heroism, history, horse, multicultural, nature, snake, storm, survival, vulture, weather, wilderness

The blues of flats brown

Myers, Walter Dean

Flats the dog loved to play the blues on his guitar, but his master, A.J. Grubbs had another idea. He wanted Flats, and his friend Caleb, to become fighting dogs. Finally tired of Grubbs' abuse, Flats and Caleb run away. They decide to pursue Flats' musical career, but everywhere they go Grubbs finds them. In the end, their owner has a change of heart about Flats playing the blues.

A visit to the country

Johnson, Herschel

A young boy named Mike lives with his grandparents near the train tracks. One day he finds a bird and takes it home. However, he realizes that the bird must be let go so it can live in the country.

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animals, birds, cardinal, cow, decision making, family, freedom, grandparents, rescue, responsibilities, stress management, train, transportation

Casper and the rainbow bird

Hyman, Robin//Hyman, Inge

One day, Casper flies all the way to town. Through a window, Casper sees Rainbow, a bright, colorful bird who lives in a cage in the city. Rainbow is afraid to leave the comfort of her cage, but Rainbow overcomes her fear and lives with Casper in the forest after Casper proves that he is a true friend.

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adventures, animals, beauty, birds, colors, critical thinking, crow, differences, environment, feelings, flowers, forest, freedom, friendship, giving, growing up, happiness, nonverbal communication, parrot, rain, rainbow, self esteem, verbal communication, weather

Up and down on the merry-go-round

Martin, Bill Jr.//Archambault, John

A little girl describes her adventure on a merry-go-round using the sights and sounds around her.

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adventures, animals, bear, clowns, colors, disappointment, feelings, five senses, freedom, happiness, humor, music, ostrich, pig, sight, sounds

A picnic in october

Bunting, Eve

Tony and his extended family celebrate the birthday of the Statue of Liberty every October. They travel out to Libery Island to have a picnic and show their appreciation to the meaning the statue brings. Tony is embarrassed by his family's dedication, but in the end realizes the meaning of the statue.

Tar beach

Ringgold, Faith

A young, 8 year old, African American girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home and having the many things she sees. She speaks of her wish to have money and liberation for her family and herself.

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african american, airplane, art, creativity, discrimination, dreams, family, freedom, goal setting, imagination, money, multicultural, nonverbal communication, poverty, quilt, self esteem, transportation

Richard wright and the library card

Miller, William

Due to segregation in the 1920s, African Americans are not allowed to check out books from the library. Richard Wright discovers his passion which becomes a road to his freedom - books.

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african american, books, challenges, critical thinking, discrimination, freedom, goal setting, multicultural, nonverbal communication, reading, self esteem, storytelling, stress management, verbal communication, work

Molly bannaky

McGill, Alice

After spilling a bucket of milk and being brought before the court, Molly Walsh is sent from England to America as an indentured servant. After seven long years she gains her freedom, a farm of her own, and an African slave who becomes her husband.

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african, animals, author's note, boat, books, compromise, cow, crime, critical thinking, determination, family, farm, freedom, friendship, hard work, history, marriage, multicultural, ox, plants, reading, royalty, self esteem, settlers, slavery, tobacco, travel, verbal communication

The drinking gourd

Monjo, F.N.

Tom misbehaves in church and is sent home early. He goes to play in the barn and discovers runaway slaves. He and his father help them escape and Tom learns all about freedom through the Underground Railroad.

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african american, assertiveness, bravery, church, critical thinking, decision making, escape, family, freedom, goal setting, helping, history, misbehavior, multicultural, nonverbal communication, play, slavery, underground railroad, verbal communication

Where does the trail lead?

Albert, Burton

A boy explores Summertime Island and observes many things. At the end of the trail, he is back with his family.

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adventures, curiosity, exploration, family, freedom, island, nature, nonverbal communication, observation

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Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Browse Items (70 items total)

A is for Africa

Sweet clara and the freedom quilt

Butterfly house

The tiny patient

Goodbye little bird

The red comb

Poppy's puppet

The unbreakable code

An ellis island christmas

Black cowboy, wild horses: A true story

The blues of flats brown

A visit to the country

Casper and the rainbow bird

Up and down on the merry-go-round

A picnic in october

Tar beach

Richard wright and the library card

Molly bannaky

The drinking gourd

Where does the trail lead?