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Frog on his own

Mayer, Mercer

A frog and his friends do not always like to do the same things. So Frog goes his own way for the day.

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amphibians, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, friendship, frog, independence, nonverbal communication

The caterpillar and the polliwog

Kent, Jack

A caterpillar is excited that when she grows up, she will change into a butterfly. When the polliwog learns that he, too, will transform, he assumes he will become a butterfly as well.

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amphibians, butterfly, caterpillar, change, differences, frog, growing up, insects, pond, pride, self esteem, uniqueness

Louis receives a tadpole for his birthday from Uncle McAllister in Scotland. He names his new pet Alphonse and takes him to school for show and tell. However, Louis and Alphonse must be creative to find Alphonse a new home when he keeps growing and growing and growing...

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amphibians, birthday, critical thinking, frog, growing up, holidays, monsters, pets, presents, school, stress management

Frog, where are you?

Mayer, Mercer

A little boy is looking for his frog. When he finds it, the frog has started a family. He gets to take a new frog home and he is happy (A Wordless Book).

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amphibians, birth, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, friendship, frog, goal setting, happiness, lost, nonverbal communication, pets

Little frog's song

Schertle, Alice

Little frog loves to sing in the pond where he lives. One night a hard rain washes him far away and he cannot find his home. He meets a lamb and a dog and goes to their homes, but their homes do not make him sing. Finally, he meets a boy who takes him back to his pond, where once again he can sing.

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amphibians, animals, dog, fear, feelings, frog, goal setting, happiness, jumping, lost, nature, nonverbal communication, rain, refusal skills, self esteem, sheep, shelter, stress management, weather

Caribbean alphabet

Lessac, Frane

Come and take a trip through the Caribbean with the letters of the alphabet. Experience the different animals, foods, music, games, and landmarks of the Caribbean. The cultures and lifestyles of the people in the Caribbean are explained and pictured through this alphabetical adventure.

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airplane, alphabet, amphibians, beliefs, boat, bodies of water, caribbean, celebration, clothing, fishing, food, frog, indonesian, island, multicultural, music, nutrition, ocean, school, transportation

A garden alphabet

Wilner, Isabel

In this alphabet garden, you will experience the process of planting a garden through spring, summer, and autumn. While tending to your garden, you may even meet a variety of animals that may lend a hand during the process.

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alphabet, amphibians, animals, autumn, cooperation, dedication, dog, food, frog, garden, nonverbal communication, nutrition, plants, rabbit, rain, seasons, spring, summer, sun, weather

An extraordinary egg

Lionni, Leo

Three frogs live together by a pond. One of them finds an egg. When the egg hatches, the three frogs believe that the animal is a chicken.

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alligator, amphibians, assertiveness, birds, birth, bodies of water, chicken, family, frog, helping, parents, pond, reptiles, self esteem, verbal communication

Swim, little duck

Miles, Miska

Little Duck has many adventures when she meets a frog, a pig, a rabbit, and a redwing bird. Each animal tries to show Little Duck where they think the best place in the world is.

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adventures, amphibians, animals, birds, duck, exploration, frog, pig, rabbit

Spring: An alphabet acrostic

Schnur, Steven

Each page brings a purple word and colorful picture of springtime. When read vertically, the first letters of the word form an alphabetic acrostic, from kites to eggs, hopscotch to parade, springtime is worth enjoying.

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activities, alphabet, animals, baby, baseball, cat, chicken, cow, frog, month, nonverbal communication, parade, seasons, sports, spring, stress management, summer, verbal communication

Miss Bindergarten celebrates the 100th day of kindergarten

Slate, Joseph

Miss Bindergarten and her class have lots of fun preparing for the 100th day of kindergarten. Everyone must bring 100 of some wonderful, one-hundred-full thing! Watch as everyone prepares their special thing and find out what Miss Bindergarten does for the 100th day.

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accomplishment, alligator, amphibians, animals, anticipation, beaver, celebration, chimpanzee, chipmunk, creativity, elephant, excitement, frog, goldfish, hippopotamus, iguana, lion, nonverbal communication, pig, reptiles, rhinoceros, uniqueness, zebra

King long shanks

Yolen, Jane

King Long Shanks is known for his fine, long and strong legs and he is quite proud of them. One day two tailors arrive at the palace promising they can make an outfit to show off his legs!The outfit also promises to be a true test of loyalty for the people of the kingdom.

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acceptance, amphibians, assertiveness, attention, business, celebration, communication, confidence, curiosity, embarrassment, entertainment, fable, fly, frog, humor, insects, nonverbal communication, rhyme, royalty, self esteem, sewing, support, trick

The eensy-weensy spider

Hoberman, Mary Ann

Travel beyond the waterspout -- out into the garden, pond, brook, shoe store, and even the park with this determined spring-loving spider. Sing the all-time classic tune or just read with rhythm!This book will catch you in its colorful web and keep you on your toes as you advance beyond the traditional limits.

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acceptance, accidents, accomplishment, activities, adventures, affection, amphibians, anticipation, baby, bath, bedtime, beetle, birds, bodies of water, body parts, brook, bully, butterfly, caring, caterpillar, change, climbing, clothing, colors, community, companion, compromise, confidence, conflict resolution, cooperation, counting, courage, curiosity, cycle, dancing, decision making, determination, direction, discovery, dragonfly, duck, environment, exercise, family, fish, flowers, frog, fun, garden, grasshopper, injury, insects, instruments, language, morning, moving, music, nature, numbers, parade, parents, park, plants, pond, practice, rain, rhyme, routine, seasons, sharing, shopping, skipping, sleep, song, spider, spring, success, sun, swimming, travel, verbal communication, walking, weather, worm

Biggest frog in australia

Roth, Susan L.

The biggest frog in Australia just woke up, and he is very thirsty!After he drinks all the water in the ground and the sky, there isn't any left for the other animals. The other animals now have to come up with a plan to get the water out of the frog!

In my garden

Maris, Ron

A girl shows us all around her garden. There is lots to see and do in her garden.

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amphibians, birds, frog, garden

My river

Halpern, Shari

Creatures of a river tell how they need and use the river. The river is important to everyone.

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amphibians, animals, birds, bodies of water, duck, frog, reptiles, river, sharing, turtle

Mice, morels & monkey business: Likely lessons from Aesop's Fables

Wormell, Christopher

Character building lessons are presented in a condensed version of Aesop's Fables. Bright illustrations and simple explanations of these famed lessons present self development messages that range from Be prepared to Be careful what you wish for.

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acceptance, animals, ant, awareness, birds, boar, bull, camel, cat, conflict resolution, courage, crab, crane, critical thinking, crow, deception, decision making, deer, determination, dog, dolphin, eagle, fable, fly, fox, friendship, frog, grasshopper, identity, lion, monkey, mouse, nonverbal communication, peacock, peer resistance, reptiles, sheep, turtle, verbal communication, wolf

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Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Browse Items (167 items total)

Frog on his own

The caterpillar and the polliwog

The mysterious tadpole

Frog, where are you?

Little frog's song

Caribbean alphabet

A garden alphabet

An extraordinary egg

Swim, little duck

Spring: An alphabet acrostic

Miss Bindergarten celebrates the 100th day of kindergarten

King long shanks

The eensy-weensy spider

Biggest frog in australia

In my garden

My river

Mice, morels & monkey business: Likely lessons from Aesop's Fables