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Rolling rose

Stevenson, James

Rose rolled out the door one day in her walker because no one was paying attention to her. She and her friends toured the area in their walkers until rain set in and they had to return home where everyone was happy to see that they were safe.

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conflict resolution, decision making, friendship, rain, safety, travel, weather

Your own best secret place

Baylor, Byrd//Parnall, Peter

A young girl finds a secret hiding place that a boy found before her. She respects that it is his special place. Her friends are willing to share their hiding places with her as long as the boy finds them too.

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assertiveness, decision making, friendship, hiding, nonverbal communication, privacy, respect, secrets, sharing

Five bad boys, billy que and the dustdobbin

Patron, Susan

Billy Que learns an important lesson from the dustbobbin under his bed. Billy learns to think before he speaks.

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assertiveness, bedtime, cleanliness, conflict resolution, friendship, height, presents, stress management

Billy and blaze: A boy and his pony

Anderson, C.W.

Billy is a young boy who gets a pony for his birthday. He names the pony Blaze. The two become close friends. They enter a horse show together.

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animals, birthday, decision making, dreams, friendship, goal setting, pets, pony

The snow party

de Regniers, Beatrice Schenk

On a snowy, windy night at a Dakota farm, a lonely man and woman wishes for company, music, and a party. Suddenly all their wishes start to come true.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, food, friendship, loneliness, nonverbal communication, nutrition, party, snow, verbal communication, weather

Let's go home, little bear

Waddell, Martin

Big bear and little bear walk home through the woods in the snow. When little bear is frightened by noises he hears during the walk, big bear reassures him about how the sounds are made.

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animals, bear, exercise, fear, feelings, five senses, friendship, noise, recreation, snow, sounds, verbal communication, walking, weather

Mr. and mrs. thief

Kojima, Naomi

A boy and his friend, Old Chief, watch their neighbors. The boy assumes they are thieves because Old Chief tells him so.

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critical thinking, friendship, neighbors, nonverbal communication, robbery

My best friend moved away

Carlson, Nancy

Two best friends do everything together from the time they are babies. When one friend moves away, the other person is sad and lonely, wondering if she will ever be happy again. All is well when a new family moves in next door.

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animals, boredom, change, chicken pox, diseases, dog, feelings, fight, friendship, games, happiness, loneliness, memory, moving, neighbors, photograph, play, sadness, school, secrets, sharing, soccer, sports, stress management

Born in the gravy

Cazet, Denys

Margouita starts her first day of kindergarten. She tells papa all about her big day over an ice cream cone. She has one question that papa knows just how to answer.

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food, friendship, mexican, nutrition, racism, responsibilities, school, self esteem, song, stress management, verbal communication

Madeline in london

Bemelmans, Ludwig

Madeline is in London and meets a prince. She is distraught when they have to separate. The boy runs away and Madeline finds him.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, memories, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, verbal communication

Aldo

Burningham, John

A young boy and his imaginary friend, Aldo, grow up together. The imaginary friend helps the boy cope and get through the rough times.

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coping, friendship, loyalty, nonverbal communication, self esteem, uniqueness

Matthew and tilly

Jones, Rebecca C.

Matthew and Tilly are best friends. Sometimes they get in fights and do not play together. However, playing alone is not much fun, so they make up and are best friends again.

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anger, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, fight, friendship, loneliness, multicultural, play, verbal communication

Wheels

Hughes, Shirley

Carlos is jealous of his friend Billy's new bicycle. He desperately wants a new one for his upcoming birthday. He realizes that friends are important and gets an unexpected better gift for his birthday.

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birthday, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, holidays, jealousy, nonverbal communication, presents, self esteem, verbal communication

Fiona's bee

Keller, Beverly

A girl befriends a bee and learns how to live with it. They meet many people with whom they resolve conflicts.

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animals, bee, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dog, friendship, insects, self esteem, sharing

Summer wheels

Bunting, Eve

A kid without a father learns from the bicycle man about trust. From other kids he learns honesty and friendship.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, friendship, honesty, individuality, nonverbal communication, parents, trust, verbal communication

Gorilla

Browne, Anthony

Neglected by a busy father, a young girl receives a gorilla stuffed animal from her father. Gorillas are her favorite animal and soon she and her gorilla are off on a magical trip.

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animals, careers, conflict resolution, family, friendship, gorilla, imagination, love, magic, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, verbal communication

The doorbell rang

Hutchins, Pat

Ma made a plate of cookies. People kept coming by to share the cookies. Then grandma came by with more cookies.

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critical thinking, decision making, friendship, hunger, manners, numbers, sharing

A turkey for thanksgiving

Bunting, Eve

Mr. Moose goes looking for a turkey for Mrs. Moose's Thanksgiving dinner. The turkey that Mr. Moose catches is very frightened about being eaten for dinner. When Mr. Moose returns home with the turkey, they both find out that Mrs. Moose wanted a turkey to join her for dinner.

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animals, birds, friendship, goal setting, holidays, moose, nonverbal communication, thanksgiving

Look out, it's april fools' day

Modell, Frank

Marvin attempts to get Milton to fall for his April Fool's Day tricks, but Milton cannot be fooled. In the end, Marvin and Milton try to fool each other at the same time.

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April fool's day, friendship, holidays, humor

A spider and a pig

Morley, Carol

The mayor's daughter gets carried away by an awful storm. A spider that can't walk and a pig with a cold set out to find the daughter as a team.

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critical thinking, friendship, goal setting, helping, pig, rescue, spider, stress management, teamwork

Nate the great

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

Nate the Great is a detective and he has an assignment to find Annie's missing picture. After looking at all the clues, he tracks down the culprit - Annie's little brother.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, friendship, goal setting, helping, imagination, mystery, problem solving, self esteem, siblings

Looking for daniela

Kroll, Steven

Antonio, a street performer, decides to rescue his good friend Daniela when she is kidnapped by bandits. After many adventures, he brings her home safely.

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adventures, assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, friendship, goal setting, helping, kidnapped, lost, safety

The tram to bondi beach

Hathorn, Elizabeth

Kieran loves to watch the tram. He wants to be a paper boy at the tram stop like Saxon. So his dad gets him a job there, and after learning the job the hard way, he is successful.

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careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, friendship, goal setting, hard work, peer resistance, role model, self esteem, success, train, transportation, trolley, verbal communication

Hester

Barton, Byron

Hester was going to have a halloween party. Before the party, she decided to go trick-or-treating. She ended up flying around on a broom with an old lady. Hester ends up giving her broom to the old lady.

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conflict resolution, decision making, friendship, giving, halloween, holidays, self esteem, verbal communication

Girls are silly

Nash, Ogden

Two boys are playing and a girl walks by. Billy says that all girls are silly, then his friend points out that his mom was once a girl.

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assertiveness, decision making, friendship, gender, peer resistance, play, rhyme, verbal communication

My uncle nikos

Delton, Julie

Helena and her uncle have a very special relationship. Journey with Helena to her uncle's house up in the mountains of Greece.

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conflict resolution, friendship, garden, mountains, relationship, seasons, self esteem, summer, traditions, travel, verbal communication

Winter story

Barklem, Jill

During the first snow, a Brambly Hedge community of field mice have many exciting adventures. Their activities include a snowball fight and a snowman in an Ice Hall.

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animals, critical thinking, friendship, fun, mouse, play, recreation, seasons, snow, winter

Lyle at the office

Waber, Bernard

Lyle, the crocodile, possesses incredible people skills. Sometime this gift can cause problems.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, crocodile, friendship, fun, halloween, holidays, kindness, refusal skills, reptiles, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Frog and toad together

Lobel, Arnold

Frog and Toad are two friends that have many adventures together, including after baking cookies, trying not to eat the whole batch.

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adventures, amphibians, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, food, friendship, frog, goal setting, nonverbal communication, nutrition, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem, stress management, toad, verbal communication

The sugar-gum tree

Wrightson, Patricia

Two friends have good times and bad times. When they argue, they usually solve their problems. But have things gone too far this time?

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argument, conflict resolution, differences, fight, friendship, verbal communication

Stephanie's ponytail

Munsch, Robert

One day Stephanie shows up at school with her hair in a ponytail. At first all of her friends make fun of her, but she quickly becomes a trend-setter. When Stephanie tricks everyone into shaving their heads, they aren't very happy with her.

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acceptance, appearance, assertiveness, body image, body parts, family, friendship, individuality, parents, peer resistance, resentment, revenge, school, similarities, teasing, trick, verbal communication

The hating book

Zolotow, C.

A little girl stops speaking to her friend without telling her why. Her mother tells her to go to her friend's house and ask her what the problem is. She does and finds out that it was just a misunderstanding.

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conflict resolution, decision making, family, friendship, misunderstanding, parents, self esteem, verbal communication

Petunia, I love you

Duvoisin, Roger

Raccoon hopes to eat Petunia for a goose dinner, but while walking in the forest, they end up as good friends.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, decision making, food, forest, freedom, friendship, goal setting, goose, kindness, nutrition, raccoon

Poinsettia and the firefighters

Bond, Felicia

Poinsettia becomes afraid her first night alone in her new room because it is dark and there are many strange noises. She spots a fire outside her window and the firefighters become her nighttime friends.

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bedtime, fear, fire, friendship, night

Lunch bunnies

Lasky, Kathryn

A little bunny named Clyde is nervous about lunch time on his first day at school. Clyde worries about whether he will be able to balance his tray or if anyone will sit with him.

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accidents, animals, balance, challenges, change, dreams, feelings, food, friendship, manners, money, nutrition, practice, preparation, rabbit, restaurant, school, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication, worry

The velveteen rabbit

Bianco, Margery Williams

A stuffed rabbit searches for his life, yearning to be free and real. He reaches his destiny with the help of a few friends.

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animals, anticipation, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, freedom, friendship, goal setting, helping, nonverbal communication, rabbit, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Zelda and ivy and the boy next door

Kvasnosky, Laura McGee

A new boy named Eugene has moved in next door to Zelda and Ivy. the three quickly become friends. A romance blooms, they play imaginary games, and go camping. Like all friends, they don't always get along, but they work out their differences.

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animals, assertiveness, bully, business, camping, careers, cleanliness, collection, conflict resolution, family, feelings, fox, friendship, helping, imagination, love, money, neighbors, pirates, playing, pretend, sharing, siblings, sleep, song, stars, verbal communication, wish

Fat chance

Borton, Lady

Marty Louise has to stay home the rest of the school year because she has rheumatic fever. Feeling alone, she finds a friend in a dying stray cat that she nurses back to health. Her mother hates cats. Will she let Marty keep him?

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animals, cat, conflict resolution, feelings, friendship, goal setting, illness, imagination, learning, loneliness, sadness, stress management

Where's the bear?

Barton, Byron

A girl finds a bear and tells her neighbors. Several people trudge through the woods asking, Where's the bear? They look for it in the woods and when they find it, it scares them. They run and the bear chases them. The bear is too scared to cross the bridge, so the people are safe.

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animals, bear, bravery, conflict resolution, curiosity, fear, feelings, friendship, nature, neighbors, nonverbal communication, running away, safety, teamwork, woods

Ahoy there, little polar bear

De Beer, Hans

Lars, a little polar bear, gets caught in a fish net and gets thrown on board of a ship. He meets a cat, Nemo, and goes to the city. Nemo and his other friends help Lars find his way back to the North Pole.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, cat, change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, friendship, helping, lost, transportation, travel

George to the rescue

Bright, Robert

Mr. and Mrs. Whitaker decide to take a visit to the city. George, the ghost, Herman, the cat, and Miss Oliver, the owl, decide to go along. They have many great adventures in the city, but are happy when it is time to return home.

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adventures, animals, birds, cat, feelings, friendship, ghosts, happiness, owl, shelter, travel

Jaguarundi

Hamilton, Virginia

The rainforest, ruined by humans, is no longer a safe place for Rundi Jaguarundi. Rundi decides to invite some strange and exotic animal friends to come along.

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animals, assertiveness, bat, cat, critical thinking, decision making, dog, forest, fox, friendship, jungle, monkey, stress management, verbal communication

The pig's picnic

Kasza, Keiko

Mr. Pig goes to Miss Pig's to invite her for a picnic and on the way gets advice on how he should look from others. He finds he is better off just being himself.

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animals, food, fox, friendship, lion, peer resistance, picnic, pig, self esteem, zebra

Chester chipmunk's thanksgiving

Williams, Barbara

Chester was thankful on Thanksgiving. He was thoughtful to think of his sick cousin, Archie. Chester, Archie, and a friend all have dinner together in the end.

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assertiveness, caring, conflict resolution, decision making, family, food, friendship, holidays, illness, nutrition, thanksgiving, verbal communication

The bowl of fruit

Dunbar, Joyce

Pand and Gander have a big bowl of fruit to share. They each take their favorite fruit, but Gander's pomegranate takes much longer to eat than Panda's pear. As Panda finishes his piece, he takes another, and another. By the time Gander is done with his pomegranate there are only a few cherries left. Even though sharing is hard, the friends share the last few cherries.

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animals, conflict resolution, food, friendship, fun, goose, greed, hunger, nutrition, panda, sharing, verbal communication

Yummers!

Marshall, James

Emily, the pig, decides she needs to lose weight. She takes a walk then eats everything in sight. Eugene Turtle suggests that walking is a good way for losing weight.

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animals, assertiveness, body image, conflict resolution, exercise, food, friendship, goal setting, hunger, nutrition, overeating, pig, recreation, refusal skills, reptiles, stress management, turtle, walking, weight loss

Lemon whip

Razvan

A cake and a lemon escape from a refrigerator to explore the world together. They see many things and decide to travel over land and sea together, forever.

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conflict resolution, cooperation, decision making, escape, excitement, food, freedom, friendship, goal setting, marriage, nutrition, travel, verbal communication, wedding

Something queer in rock and roll

Levy, Elizabeth

A group of young friends start a music group and want to enter a contest. Their dog, Arnold, howls in their song It's a Dog's Life. A boy from another group sabotages them by feeding Arnold so much pizza that he will not howl anymore.

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animals, competition, conflict resolution, deception, dog, food, friendship, music, nutrition, pets, problem solving

Snow on snow on snow

Chapman, Cheryl

Playing in the winter snow leads to a search for a missing companion.

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animals, clothing, companion, dog, food, friendship, loss, missing, nutrition, play, seasons, snow, winter

Bon appetit, mr. rabbit!

Boujon, Claude

Mr. Rabbit does not like carrots, so he investigates what his other animal friends eat. Based on his findings, Mr. Rabbit decides carrots are not so bad after all!

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, decision making, food, friendship, investigation, nutrition, rabbit, verbal communication

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