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It came from the swamp

Rubel, Nicole

Alfie, the alligator, gets knocked out during a baseball game. When he recovers, he cannot remember who he is. Alfie flees from his friends and finds refuge with humans. He finally gets hit in the head again and comes to his senses.

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alligator, baseball, change, exercise, fear, feelings, forgetful, friendship, games, illness, nonverbal communication, play, reptiles, sports, verbal communication

I know how we fight germs

Rowan, Kate

How do we get sick?Join Sam and his mom as they talk about germs and their bodies. Help them figure out how bodies fight off enemy germs.

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animals, body parts, caring, cat, chicken pox, cleanliness, clothing, cold, critical thinking, diseases, elephant, family, garden, health, hygiene, illness, imagination, numbers, parents, plants, pretend, rescue, school, science, sizes, teaching, verbal communication

We'll ride elephants through brooklyn

Roth, Susan

A little girl's grandfather is sick. She lists all the positive things they can do when he gets better.

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aging, coping, elephant, family, goal setting, grandparents, illness, nonverbal communication, problem solving, self esteem

When vera was sick

Rosenberry, Vera

Vera is sick. She has to sleep in the spare bedroom until she feels better, but it's lonely and scary in there. Her mother tries to make her more comfortable, but she just can't sleep and she's too sick to do anything else. After a few days of rest, Vera is feeling better. She plays games, sings songs, painted pictures, and then finally goes outside to play.

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art, books, caring, chicken pox, doctor, family, fear, feelings, flowers, food, games, health, illness, instruments, loneliness, medicine, music, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, plants, playing, reading, siblings, sleep, song

Tashi and the Tibetan flower cure

Rose, Naomi C.

Tashi's Papola becomes ill and is bedridden. Tashi remembers a cure from her family's homeland in Tibet. Tashi works hard to resemble the Tibetan flower cure and surround her Papola with many flowers and caring people. Although Papola argues that the cure wont work in America, neighbors work together to bring flowers to Papola and make him better.

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author's note, body parts, caring, cure, emotions, family, feelings, five senses, flowers, grandparents, health, illness, immigrants, language, love, medicine, multicultural, music, neighbors, plants, sadness, tibet, village

My doctor

Rockwell, Harlow

A little boy has to visit the doctor. Although he is scared at first, he leaves the doctors office feeling much better.

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doctor, fear, feelings, health, illness

Those mean nasty dirty downright disgusting but invisible germs

Rice, Judith Anne

Rosa has been playing all day and now she has germs all over her hands. Germs can make her sick. They are invisible bugs that no one can see. Rosa knows just what to do to get rid of the germs, because they like wet places and warm places to grow.

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critical thinking, diseases, health, hygiene, illness, multicultural, spanish

Dragon kite of the autumn moon

Reddix, Valerie

Every year, Tad-Tin and his grandfather make a special kite to fly on Kite's Day. This year Grandfather is sick, so it is up to Tin to sacrifice his special Dragon kite in order to carry all their misfortune away.

But she's still my grandma!

Rappaport, Doreen

Jessica convinces her hestiant parents to take her to visit her grandma in the nursing home. She is alarmed and hurt by how much her grandma has changed. The visit helps Jessica begin to accept her grandma's loss of memory and failing health.

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aging, alzheimer's disease, anticipation, diseases, family, feelings, grandparents, happiness, illness, memory, parents, sadness, understanding, verbal communication

Tiger flowers

Quinlan, Patricia

Joel's uncle, Michael, dies of AIDS. Joel remembers the fun times he and Michael spent together. These happy memories help to comfort Joel.

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aids, animals, coping, death, family, feelings, fun, happiness, illness, loss, memories, sadness, stress management, tiger, verbal communication

Mom and dad break up

Prestine, Joan Singleton

A young boy expresses his feelings about his parents' divorce. He feels angry, sad, and lonely at the same time, and often takes it out on his friends. But eventually, he learns to adjust to the change, and learns that he is not at fault for the break up of his parents.

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aggression, anger, art, biking, conflict resolution, coping, divorce, dreams, exercise, feelings, food, friendship, frustration, illness, loneliness, loss, parents, picnic, play, reading, sadness, seasons, self esteem, separation, skating, sledding, snow, winter

The tailor of gloucester

Potter, Beatrix

When the tailor of Glouchester falls ill, he worries that he will not get the mayor's waistcoat finished and not make any money to use for food. But some helpful mice come to the rescue and surprise the tailor on Christmas morning.

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animals, careers, cat, christmas, clothing, helping, holidays, illness, mouse, poverty

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 chalk doll

Pomerantz, Charlotte

Rosie is sick and asks her mother to tell her stories about when her mom was young. Her mother remininses about the clothes she used to wear, the toys she played with, and the foods she ate when she was little. At the end of the day, Rosie is feeling better so they make a paper doll together.

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clothing, critical thinking, family, food, illness, memories, nutrition, parents, self esteem, storytelling, teamwork, toys, verbal communication

Even little kids get diabetes

Pirner, Connie White

A little girl talks about her diabetes and how she and her family deal with the special consideration that must be taken.

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coping, diabetes, diseases, family, illness, responsibilities, stress management

A seed was planted/ Sembre una semilla

Palazeti, Toulla

A wonderful cycle of giving begins when a single seed is planted and sprouts are passed along from one person to the next. An entire community is touched.

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adaptation, animals, birthday, diary, dog, english, family, giving, holidays, idiom, illness, language, multicultural, neighbors, pattern, pets, picnic, plants, presents, reading, school, seed, siblings, spanish, tree, water, woods

Lulu goes to witch school

O'Connor, Jane

Lulu is nervous about starting witch school and really wants to do well. But, there is one little witch named Sandy that always does things better. Lulu realizes there are some things that she can do better!

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anger, assertiveness, competition, conflict resolution, excitement, fear, feelings, illness, peer resistance, school, verbal communication, witches

Beats me, claude

Nixon, Joan Lowery

Shirley and Tom are a lonely old couple until Tom comes to stay with them. Shirley tries to make pie but everytime she tries, robbers come. The pie is so bad it makes them all sick.

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conflict resolution, decision making, food, illness, loneliness, nutrition, robbery

Too far away to touch, close enough to see

Newman, Leslea

There is a special loving relationship between Zoe and her uncle. Although he is sick with HIV, her uncle makes an extra effort to take her on special outings. Zoe must come to terms with her uncle's illness throughout the story.

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adventures, aids, caring, death, diseases, homosexuality, illness, love, nonverbal communication, relationship, sadness, stars, trust, truth, verbal communication

The animal garden

Nash, Ogden

Roy and Joy beg their parents for pets, but they are not allowed because of their parents' allergies. One night, the magical Abidan comes and gives the children seeds. In the morning, they have an animal garden, free of allergies.

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allergies, animals, conflict resolution, family, illness, magic, parents, pets, siblings

Rolling round

Myller, Rolf

The king had to deal with his horse getting sick, so he invents a wheel after many tries. Everyone is happy about this new excitement and means of escape.

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animals, critical thinking, decision making, determination, goal setting, hard work, horse, illness, inventions, royalty

50 below zero

Munsch, Robert

Jason is repeatedly awakened from the noises his father makes when he is sleep walking. The last straw is when he finds him outside in the snow with only his pajamas on.

Crackle creek

Monsell, Mary Elise

A new newspaper comes to Crackle Creek. A fierce storm hits and floods the town, destroying one of the presses. The rival editors help each other.

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animals, community, conflict resolution, decision making, flood, goal setting, illness, newspaper, storm, stress management, weather

Uncle jed's barber shop

Mitchell, Margaree King

This man has a dream. Through a lot of trouble, his dream comes true.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, dreams, family, goal setting, helping, illness, love, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

The fantastic drawings of danielle

McClintock, Barbara

Danielle loves to draw and use her imagination. While her father photographs real things, she spends her time drawing flying fish and dogs with human heads. One day her father becomes ill, and Danielle has to find a way to help her father get well and raise enough money for them to survive. She finds a way by doing what she loves, drawing.

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art, caring, change, family, feelings, helping, illness, imagination, love, parents, photograph, responsibilities, stress management

The bobbin girl

McCally, Emily Arnold

Ten-year old Rebecca works all day in a hot and noisy cotton mill. She's grateful to be able to help her struggling family, but not all the girls at the boarding house feel the same way. Some girls are starting to get sick. Judith, an older girl that is Rebecca's idol, wants to protest the mill's recent paycut but the troublemakers are fired. Does Rebecca have the courage to join?

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assertiveness, business, careers, conflict resolution, coping, courage, critical thinking, decision making, family, history, illness, money, peer resistance, problem solving, sewing, verbal communication, work

Kisses from rosa

Mathers, Petra

When Rosa's mother gets sick and has to go away to get well, how will Rosa ever survive?How will she get along without her mother?Will she get along with her aunt and cousin?

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correspondence, family, feelings, illness, letters, nonverbal communication, parents, sadness, verbal communication

Too big!

Masurel, Claire

When Charlie and his dad are at the carnival, he wins the biggest prize of all, a dinosaur. His new toy is so big, he can't take it anywhere!Charlie's dinosaur must stay at home while he takes his other toys on outings, until he has to go to the doctor. All of the other toys hide so they don't have to go to the doctor's, but the dinosaur is too big- he can't!After their trip to the doctor, Charlie and his dinosaur are inseperable.

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carnival, circus, dinosaur, doctor, family, fear, feelings, games, illness, jealousy, loneliness, medicine, parents, park, shopping, sizes, toys

Five little piggies

Martin, David

Everyone knows the five little piggies- one that goes to the market, one stays home, one has roast beef, one has none, and one goes we, wee, wee all the way home. Now we will finally learn why these little piggies did all these different things!

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accidents, animals, balloon, caring, chicken, chicken pox, cow, fair, family, feelings, food, health, helping, illness, love, noise, nutrition, parents, pig, playing, rhyme, sadness, self esteem, shopping, siblings, surprises, verbal communication

Wash, scrub, brush!

Manning, Mick

There is a party tonight so the animals take time to clean up for good hygiene. We don't want anyone to get sick!

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animals, appearance, bath, body parts, cleanliness, five senses, hygiene, illness, party, protection, responsibilities, smell, vocabulary

Death in a nut

Maddern, Eric

Jackﾒs mother tells him she is dying. He stops the grim reaper from taking her by fighting him. He realizes death has to occur to survive, because he needs to eat. Grim reaper allows Jackﾒs mother to live longer.

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beach, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, death, decision making, exercise, family, farm, food, illness, ocean, parents, sewing, survival, verbal communication, walking

Through grandpa's eyes

MacLachlan, Patricia

John's grandfather is blind. John spends the day with him and tries to look at things in the same way his grandfather does.

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blindness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, disability, empathy, family, five senses, goal setting, grandparents, handicap, illness, self esteem, sight, vision

The sick day

MacLachlan, Patricia

A young girl stays home sick and her father takes care of her and plays with her. The following day, her father becomes sick and the little girl takes care of him.

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affection, family, illness, parents, play

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.

Cowboy bunnies

Loomis, Christine

Little rabbits acting as cowboys spend their day playing, eating, swimming, and having fun. When they grow tired, their parents put them to bed.

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animals, bedtime, cowboys, dancing, decision making, exercise, food, illness, music, nutrition, play, rabbit, ranch, rhyme

The lion who had asthma

London, Jonathan

Sean, an imaginative little boy, has asthma. Sometimes, he has a hard time breathing while he is playing. With the use of his nebulizer, Sean feels better and gets to be a pilot too.

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animals, asthma, health, illness, imagination, lion, medicine, play

Marsupial Sue

Lithgow, John

Marsupial Sue is not a happy kangaroo. She does not enjoy the things kangaroos do. Marsupial Sue decides to go explore and find the place where she belongs. She tries to fit in with many other groups of animals. She finally discovers the place where she is happiest.

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animals, autumn, birds, bodies of water, climbing, conflict resolution, decision making, exercise, feelings, freedom, goal setting, happiness, health, hopping, illness, kangaroo, koala, learning, music, nonverbal communication, platypus, sadness, sand, sea, self esteem, song, summer, verbal communication, wallaby

Mr. Sniff and the motel mystery

Lewis, Thomas P.

Someone is trying to get people to leave Mutt's Motel and it is up to Mr. Sniff with the help of Andy Mutt to figure out who. After finding many clues, Mr.Sniff deduces that it was Andy Mutt. The motive was that Andy wanted his own room.

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allergies, animals, critical thinking, dog, family, illness, mystery, parents, problem solving, siblings

Clipper ship

Lewis, Thomas P.

Adventures aboard the Rainbird, a clipper ship, are given from the perspective of the captain's young son as he journey's from New York around South America to California. On the voyage the captain becomes ill so his wives assume the duties of captain on the ship.

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adventures, assertiveness, boat, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, illness, parents, seasons, siblings, stress management, transportation, travel, winter

Gordon the goat

Leaf, Munro

Gordon the goat learns to do his own thinking after a series of disasters when following the flock. Gordon questions his aimless following of the flock leader and learns about peer resistance.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, goat, illness, overeating, peer resistance, ranch, separation, stress management

Nick joins in

Lasker, Joe

Nick, confined to a wheelchair, is going to school for the first time. He is anxious and scared. Nick overcomes his feelings and makes friends at school.

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acceptance, assertiveness, challenges, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, disability, fear, feelings, friendship, handicap, illness, nonverbal communication, school, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Doctor on an elephant

Kroll, Steven

The true life story of Dr. John Symington is detailed during his work in the province of Bengal. During his life on a tea plantation, he cares for many sick people.

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animals, beverage, doctor, elephant, illness, indian, multicultural, rain, river, survival, tiger

The lost christmas

Knotts, Howard

Luke is very sick but determined not to miss Christmas. He has a very high fever, loses consciousness and dreams of a wild flight through the countryside. When he awakens, Christmas has passed but a new present awaits him.

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adventures, christmas, conflict resolution, determination, dreams, holidays, illness, presents, sleep, train

I've got chicken pox

Kelley, True

Jess is excited to have the chicken pox because she gets to miss school. Unfortunately, this happiness quickly ends when she realizes it isn't fun to be stuck home without your friends.

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bedtime, chicken pox, coping, critical thinking, diseases, friendship, health, illness, learning, medicine, sadness, self esteem, truth, verbal communication

I'll see you in my dreams

Jukes, Mavis

On the way to see her sick uncle, a little girl pretends to fly like he used to. She learns to face her fears about flying in airplanes.

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airplane, assertiveness, dreams, fear, feelings, illness, nonverbal communication, stress management, transportation, travel

Losing uncle tim

Jordan, Mary Kate

A little boy tells a story of how he watches his Uncle Tim, who he looks up to and likes to spend time with, die of AIDS. He learns about death and funerals and inherits some of his favorite toys of his uncle's.

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change, coping, death, diseases, family, illness, loss, stress management, toys, verbal communication

Silly tilly's thanksgiving dinner

Hoban, Lillian

Silly Tilly Mole is very forgetful and almost ruins her Thanksgiving dinner. She forgets to mail invitations and make the food. In the end, her friends come to the rescue with food and they all enjoy dinner.

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animals, food, friendship, holidays, illness, memory, mole, nutrition, senility, thanksgiving

Silly tilly and the easter bunny

Hoban, Lillian

Silly Tilly, the mole, seems to be slightly senile. She looses her glasses and thinks that the Easter bunny has come to visit her. She eventually finds her glasses and the Easter bunny really does come to see her. Then they celebrate together.

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aging, animals, celebration, confusion, easter, family, grandparents, holidays, illness, memory, mole, rabbit, senility, smell, vision

The midnight eaters

Hest, Amy

Samantha and her grandma share a room because her grandma is sick. One night they decide to get up and have a midnight snack. They have sundaes and look through old pictures of her grandma and grandpa.

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decision making, family, fear, feelings, food, grandparents, illness, memories, nutrition, self esteem, sharing, shelter

When jessie came across the sea

Hest, Amy

Jessie and her Grandmother are very close family to each other because there are no other relatives. Grandmother teachers Jessie to sew and Jessie teaches Grandmother to read. One day, Jessie is requested to travel to America by the rabbi. Her journey by ship is hard, but she meets a young man, Low, who she finds again in America and marries. Grandmother travels to America on the money that Jessie earned sewing lace for three years.

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american, challenges, communication, correspondence, decision making, english, family, friendship, illness, immigrants, Jewish, language, marriage, money, monuments, multicultural, religion, school, sewing, ship, spiritual, stress management, transportation, travel, work

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