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Siggy's spaghetti works

Thomson, Peggy

Siggy takes a group of students through his spaghetti factory. He shows them how to make spaghetti from start to finish. The children get to test the pasta during their tour. Siggy tells the students of the history of spaghetti and then they all dine on spaghetti.

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business, food, hard work, history, italian, learning, machines, multicultural, nutrition, presentation, taste, train, transportation, verbal communication

By the dawn's early light: The story of the star-spangled banner

Kroll, Steven

An account of the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner detailing how Key was actually behind enemy lines. He was seeking release of a captured friend from the British who would not allow their departure until the bombardment of Baltimore was completed.

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assertiveness, bravery, courage, critical thinking, dedication, history, nonverbal communication, sequence, song, verbal communication, war

The angel with a mouth-organ

Mattingly, Christobel

Ingrid asks her mother to tell the story about their glass angel on their Christmas tree. The mother describes her childhood during World War II and shows how the angel came to symbolize a new beginning in their lives.

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angel, assertiveness, bravery, christmas, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, hard work, history, holidays, nonverbal communication, self esteem, spiritual, stress management, verbal communication, war

The house of wisdom

Heide, Florence Parry//Gilliland, Judith Heide

The House of Wisdom, an ancient library in Baghdad, is the center for new ideas and a quest for knowledge from all parts of the world. As scholars study and translate the ancient manuscripts, one boy, Ishaq, learns the wisdom on Aristotle through his expedition and a special book.

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africa, animals, arab, author's note, books, camel, critical thinking, culture, greek, history, language, library, market, multicultural, reading, russian, ship, time, transportation, travel, wealth

My daddy was a soldier: A world war II story

Ray, Deborah Kogan

While Jeannie's daddy is away fighting in the Pacific, Jeannie plants a Victory garden, collects scraps to help the war effort, and sends her daddy letters. She awaits his safe return.

A birthday for blue

Lydon, Kerry Raines

It was little Blue's seventh birthday. He must celebrate while traveling west with his family on a conastoga wagon. Blue's father was unable to give him a present, so he planted seven trees along the wagon trail that would be Blue's forever.

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birthday, family, history, holidays, nature, parents, plants, presents, transportation, travel

Rome antics

McCaulay, David

With the help of a pigeon, we take a journey through the city of Rome where there are many ancient buildings and sculptures. We soar over beautiful architecture and cobblestone streets as we explore the city.

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architecture, art, birds, exploration, history, italian, multicultural, nonverbal communication, pigeon, restaurant, surprises, travel

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, assertiveness, author's note, birds, boat, bodies of water, clouds, discovery, exploration, family, fish, fishing, food, goal setting, hawaiian, history, island, moon, multicultural, nature, nutrition, ocean, rain, siblings, stars, storm, sun, transportation, weather, wind

Dreamplace

Lyon, George Ella

A young girl talks of the way life was for the Indians. As she explores their homes she talks of their past and their present.

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birds, eagle, history, learning, multicultural, nonverbal communication, storytelling, verbal communication

The columbus story

Dalgliesh, Alice

As a child, Christopher Columbus dreams of becoming an adventurous sailor. When the King of Spain commissions Columbus to sail west, he discovers a strange new world, which turns out to be America.

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ambition, assertiveness, biography, boat, bodies of water, confidence, determination, discovery, history, ocean, sea, transportation, travel

Bard of avon: The story of william shakespeare

Stanley, Diane//Vennema, Peter

William Shakespeare's life is interesting and full of British history, as are his dramas.

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acting, biography, careers, english, history, multicultural, poetry, royalty, storytelling, success

The babe and I

Adler, David A.

A young boy and his family are living through the Great Depression of 1932. When he learns that his father does not have a job, he gets a job with his friend selling newspapers to help make money for his family. He sells all of his papers outside of Yankee Stadium due to the popularity of Babe Ruth and his stories in the paper. He even gets to meet the Babe!

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author's note, baseball, business, conflict resolution, depression, family, feelings, food, friendship, frustration, hard work, history, money, newspaper, parents, poverty, responsibilities, sadness, shopping, sports, stress management, work, worry

Anna's art adventure

Sortland, Bjorn

Anna is at the museum with her uncle and comes into contact with many new friends. Anna befriends all of the painters whose art is inside the museum. All of these encounters take place because Anna needs to find a toilet.

Home to medicine mountain

Santiago, Chiori

Benny Lee and his brother Stanley must leave their famiy and Indian tribe to go to a boarding school run by the government. At school, the boys must wear uncomfortable clothes, speak English only, and learn lessons in a classroom. The boys visit their family and tribe in their dreams at night. Whem summer comes, the boys do not have a ticket to go home so they figure out a plan to get home to Medicine Mountain.

The fourth wise man

Summers, Susan

Atraban is the fourth wise man who is to go see the new born King of the Jews. He never meets the Messiah, but during his travels he is able to help many people with the gifts he carries for the King. After years of travel, Artaban still hasn't met his King, but before both men die Artaban hears the voice of the Messiah.

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animals, astronomy, author's note, baby, birth, camel, charity, desert, determination, egyptian, faith, family, geography, giving, god, hebrew, helping, history, horse, hunger, illness, Jewish, learning, maps, multicultural, presents, religion, stars, travel, wealth

Good-bye, charles lindbergh

Borden, Louise

Gil is on his way to get the laundry for his mom when he sees it. Up in the sky is the shiny orange biplane trying to land in a neighboring field. After the plane lands, Gil discovers the pilot is Colonel Lindbergh. Gil has so many questions to ask him, but he doesn't get the chance.

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airplane, animals, assertiveness, author's note, barn, careers, family, farm, friendship, history, horse, nature, neighbors, parents, rain, seasons, siblings, spring, transportation

The sleeping lady

Dixon, Ann

Nekatla and Susitha are a young couple preparing to wed. THe wedding is put on hold when war breaks out, and Nekatla must travel to another village to try to restore peace. Susitha waits on a grassy hill for Nekatla to return, and she falls asleep. Nekatla is killed in war, and Susitha never awakens and is now known as the sleeping lady.

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adventures, anger, author's note, bravery, celebration, communication, conflict resolution, culture, death, decision making, dreams, fable, feelings, happiness, history, hope, loss, love, nonverbal communication, relationship, sleep, snow, teamwork, verbal communication, violence, war, weather, wedding, worry

How we learned the earth is round

Lauber, Patricia

How was the earth determined to be round?Let's see how the early Greeks determined it to be and how explorers actually proved it.

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astronomy, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, discovery, exploration, goal setting, history, ocean, shapes, travel

Nettie's trip south

Turner, Ann

A young girl sees a slave auction then writes to her friend, Ardie, about the trip she took to the south.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, friendship, history, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem, slavery, stress management, travel, verbal communication

We're back!A dinosaur's story

Talbott, Hudson

Prehistoric dinosaurs travel in the twentieth century and are confused by what they see in the city. Their mission, though, is to become part of an exhibit at the Museum of Natural History in New York.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, confusion, critical thinking, decision making, dinosaur, feelings, goal setting, history, museum, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, self esteem, stress management, travel, verbal communication

Willy's pictures

Browne, Anthony

Follow along as Willy includes himself in fun remakes of classic paintings. Then challenge yourself to match Willy's art to the original masterpiece.

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art, differences, gorilla, history, humor, images, monkey, nonverbal communication, perspective, similarities

The story of a farm

Goodall, John S.

A Wordless Book

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art, change, english, farm, history, traditions

Picasso and the girl with the ponytail

Anholt, Laurence

Sylvette is a shy young girl, until she meets Picasso. He has moved to France for the summer to work on his art. Seeing Sylvette through his window, he decides to use her as his new model. All summer they work together and become good friends. Picasso helps Sylvette unlock her secrets and artistic talent.

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anger, animals, art, author's note, beauty, biography, careers, dog, encouragement, feelings, french, friendship, fun, goat, happiness, history, monkey, multicultural, nonverbal communication, owl, photograph, sadness, seasons, secrets, shyness, summer, verbal communication

And still the turtle watched

MacGill-Callahan, Shiela

Delaware Indians carve a rock into a turtle. The turtle watches man progress as centuries go by. Eventually, it is found by an archaelogist and taken to the New York City botantanical gardens for all generations to revere.

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archeology, careers, garden, history, native american, nonverbal communication, reptiles, traditions, turtle

Big old bones: A dinosaur tale

Carrick, Carol

Professor Potts is traveling with his family across the country when his dog finds a very old, big bone. Professor Potts collects many bones and takes them to his laboratory to study them. Professor Potts assembles the bones in different combinations until he finally comes up with a Tribrontosaurus Rex!

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archeology, bones, critical thinking, dinosaur, discovery, extinction, goal setting, history

Zekhnet the stone carver

Stolz, Mary

One of the monuments in Egypt is part man and part lion. This structure symbolizes the greatness of Egypt, the pride of the pharaoh, and the skill of an unknown stone carver.

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appreciation, art, careers, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, egyptian, history, monuments, multicultural, royalty

A string of beads

Reid, Margarette

A young girl and her grandma spend time together making necklaces from beads. Beads can come in all different shapes, sizes, textures, and materials. They were used by many cultures throughout time. When she puts her necklaces together she learns about each bead.

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appearance, appreciation, archeology, art, author's note, beauty, celebration, colors, creativity, diversity, egyptian, family, fossil, grandparents, history, multicultural, native american, plants, shapes, sizes, spiritual, storytelling, symbols

The most amazing dinosaur

Stevenson, James

Wilfred, a rat, takes on an adventure when he stumbles upon an old museum. He meets many friends there and has great fun exploring the exhibits. When Mr. Thrawl the owner sees them, their adventure comes crashing down. Will they ever have a warm place to sleep again?

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animals, birds, celebration, challenges, cleanliness, decision making, dinosaur, fear, feelings, food, friendship, happiness, history, loneliness, museum, owl, presentation, sadness, snail, squirrel

Will's mammoth

Martin, Rafe

Will has been told that Wooly Mammoths haven't been around in 10,000 years. Will goes out into the snow one day and with the help of his imagination he finds one.

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animals, extinction, feelings, history, imagination, love, mammoth, snow, weather

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

Night of the goat children

Lewis, J. Patrick

The safety of Princess Birgitta's kingdom is threatened when a band of outlaws come to conquer it. The brave princess outsmarts the outlaws and they are scared away by immortal goats who are really children in disguise.

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animals, author's note, bravery, critical thinking, dancing, decision making, fantasy, goat, history, horse, multicultural, royalty, swedish, verbal communication, war

Cassie's journey

Harvey, Brett

A young girl deals with hardships and dangers when traveling. Her family moves from Illinois to California by wagon in the 1860's.

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animals, critical thinking, death, determination, dog, family, friendship, goal setting, grandparents, history, nonverbal communication, parents, pioneers, rain, stress management, travel, weather

Three names

MacLachlan, Patricia

A boy and his dog have many adventures together going to school on the prairie.

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adventures, animals, dog, friendship, history, pets, pioneers

Wilson's world

Hurd, Edith Thacher

Wilson paints a picture of a beautiful world that becomes overrun by too many cities and people. Wilson decides the world he has painted is not suitable to live in and begins to paint what he wants his world to look like.

The nursery collection

Hughes, Shirley

A Grandmother tells her granddaughter the story of the house beginning with great-great-great-great grandpa. Grandmother explains how the house was built, what food were grown to eat, and the ways of life throughout the years.

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animals, baby, change, cooperation, cow, family, farm, food, garden, grandparents, hard work, history, horse, memories, nutrition, parents, sheep, storytelling, verbal communication

There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight

Quackenbush, Robert

New verses are added to an old song describing the Chicago Fire of 1871 The story blames a cow for starting the fire.

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accidents, animals, assertiveness, community, cow, decision making, fire, history, music, safety, song

Country crossing

Aylesworth, Jim

The sights and sounds of the country railroad crossing during the first part of the twentieth century are recounted. First there is only the wind blowing with animals standing around. As a car approaches the crossing, the gate is lowered to signal the approach of a noisy train.

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animals, birds, car, cricket, five senses, history, insects, noise, owl, sounds, train, transportation, vision

Time flies

Rohmann, Eric

A bird enters a museum where dinosaurs are on display. After flying around among the dinosaurs, the bird and dinosaurs travel back in time to when the dinosaurs roamed the earth. Eventually, the bird and the dinosaurs return to the museum where the dinosaurs become skeletons again, and the bird flies away. (A Wordless Book)

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animals, birds, dinosaur, history, museum, time

Bill and pete go down the nile

dePaola, Tomie

Bill and his friend Pete go on a field trip down the Nile. They are in for a surprise when they encounter a jewel thief and save the precious jewel from being stolen.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, crocodile, egyptian, history, multicultural, nonverbal communication, robbery, school, verbal communication, water

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

This land is your land

Guthrie, Woody

The traditional lyrics of the popular song, This Land Is Your Land, are combined with painted illustrations that represent the words and meaning of the song. America and her countryside are portrayed in a positive light through the text and illustrations.

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american, author's note, beach, bodies of water, culture, desert, folktale, forest, habitat, history, lyrics, maps, music, ocean, patriotism, poetry, rhyme, song

The never-ending greenness

Waldman, Neil

A young boy plants trees to cope with the separation and loss he feels from his father who is at war. In doing this he single handedly turns a gloomy countryside destroyed by war back into the beautiful, alive place it once was. He also starts a holiday known today as Tu b'Shvat.

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ambition, author's note, bravery, challenges, change, courage, dedication, dreams, escape, exploration, family, goal setting, hard work, hebrew, history, hope, israelian, Jewish, loss, mountains, multicultural, parents, plants, separation, war

B is for buckeye: An ohio alphabet

Schonberg, Marcia

From A to Z, various facts about Ohio are given. Each letter of the alphabet represents past and present symbols and accomplishments of the state of Ohio. Johnny Appleseed, eight presidents, Quaker Oats, and the Underground Railroad are all associated with Ohio.

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airplane, alphabet, animals, astronaut, beach, bee, birds, bodies of water, butterfly, cardinal, cow, deer, exploration, farm, garden, history, insects, inventions, ladybug, lake, recreation, rocks, sequence, ship, space, squirrel, transportation, underground railroad, war, zoo

Rip van winkle

Moses, Will

Could you sleep 20 years of your life away?Well, Rip Van Winkle didn't think he could. One day he was walking around his old familiar town, talking with his old familiar friends, and hunting with his old familar dog. The next day (or so Rip thinks) his old familiar town, friends, and dog are no longer famliar. Come find out what happens when Rip sleeps for 20 years.

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aging, american, author's note, community, contentment, dutch, farm, folktale, helping, history, hunting, mountains, multicultural, nature, neighbors, responsibilities, reunion, sleep, time

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.

Dancing with the indians

Medearis, Angela Shelf

An African American family watches a Seminole Indian celebration. After watching and learning of this culture and its customs, the family joins in the dancing.

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acceptance, african american, assertiveness, awareness, celebration, critical thinking, dancing, differences, family, history, multicultural, native american, nonverbal communication, recreation, traditions, verbal communication

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

Time train

Fleischman, Paul

A class takes a trip to learn about dinosaurs. Somehow the class takes a wrong turn and ends up visiting prehistoric times. During the trip, members of the class play with dinosaurs and eat dinosaur eggs for breakfast.

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adventures, critical thinking, decision making, dinosaur, food, history, imagination, school, travel, verbal communication

Dinosaur dream

Nolan, Dennis

Wilbur meets a baby dinosaur and travels back in time to take him home. He has the adventure of a lifetime and experiences more than he has ever dreamed.

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adventures, assertiveness, conflict resolution, dinosaur, dreams, goal setting, history, time, travel

Find waldo now

Handford, Martin

As Waldo travels through time, look for him in every era. Waldo visits the cavemen, Egyptians, Romans, Vikings, Middle Ages, Aztecs, and many more!His red and white striped shirt are tough to find!

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adventures, challenges, critical thinking, discovery, egyptian, exploration, future, history, multicultural, native american, nonverbal communication, time, travel

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