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If i ran the zoo

Seuss, Dr.

Young Gerald McGraw goes through the different changes he would make if her ran the zoo. He would add many new kinds of animals. Then everyone would think that he is the best zookeeper ever.

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animals, assertiveness, change, creativity, decision making, goal setting, imagination, zoo

Tillie and the wall

Lionni, Leo

Unlike the other mice, Tillie has always been curious about the wall they live next to. She imagines what could be on the other side of the wall and is determined to find out .

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, determination, exploration, goal setting, imagination, mouse, problem solving, shelter

The rain door

Hoban, Russell

Harry goes through the rain door and meets a man and his horse, Lightening. They are chased by a thundering lion and the man sprays water on it to keep it away. They create a rain storm

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animals, coping, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, folktale, horse, imagination, lion, rain, weather

Quiet

Parnall, Peter

A young boy lies quietly on the ground motionless waiting for animals to come near.

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animals, determination, goal setting, imagination, nature, nonverbal communication, play, relaxation

The calico jungle

Ipcar, Dahlov

A mother makes her son a beautiful quilt that has many pictures of animals on it. He looks at the quilt and imagines what it would be like to be in the jungle.

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animals, clothing, diversity, dreams, elephant, imagination, jungle, mythical, quilt, unicorns, verbal communication

Henry and mudge in the green time

Rylant, Cynthia

For Henry and his big dog, Mudge, summer means going on a picnic in the park, taking a bath under the garden hose, and going to the top of the big green hill.

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adventures, animals, bath, cleanliness, dog, exercise, food, friendship, hygiene, imagination, park, picnic, play, seasons, summer, swimming

Gregory has quite an imagination which he uses while drawing pictures. In class, they are to draw a still life of a flower vase. Gregory gets carried away, and his vase becomes a spaceship. Gregory thinks he will get in trouble for his drawing, but the teacher loves it and puts it up in the classroom.

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animals, art, creativity, dog, hippopotamus, imagination, pig, school, self esteem, sheep, verbal communication

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.

Sylvester and the magic pebble

Steig, William

Sylvester the donkey finds a magic pebble which grants him whatever he wishes. He runs into a lion and wishes that he is a rock. He turns into a rock and is unable to wish himself back. A year later, his parents find the rock while picnicing and wishes to see Sylvester again, which brings him back.

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animals, change, coping, critical thinking, decision making, donkey, family, feelings, happiness, imagination, lion, loneliness, magic, parents, picnic, self esteem

The porcelain man

Kennedy, Richard

Isolated by her father, a young girl finds her only joy in repairing broken pieces of porcelain her father brought her. She forms the pieces into a man who loves her and a horse that helps her escape her father and find true happiness.

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animals, family, feelings, happiness, horse, imagination, loneliness, love, parents, self esteem

Moon tiger

Root, Phyllis

After getting in trouble because of her little brother, Michael, Jessica Ellen imagines a visit from a wonderful giant tiger who can take her flying though the night or eat Michael.

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animals, coping, family, fight, imagination, self esteem, siblings, stress management, tiger

Ridin' that strawberry roan

Sewall, Marcia

A crazy cowboy rides his horse in a bronco contest to showoff to his fans. He meets his match with the horses he has to ride at Strawberry Roan.

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animals, competition, decision making, goal setting, horse, imagination, rhyme, rodeo, self esteem

Basil brush and the windmills

Firmin, Peter

A fox and a mole decide they need to cut down on their electrical costs. So, they invent a windmill to supply energy for many different things. By charging people to come see their inventions, they make enough money to pay their bills.

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animals, critical thinking, decision making, fox, goal setting, imagination, inventions, mole, poverty

Watch where you go

Noll, Sally

A mouse runs through a field even though a dragonfly warns the mouse not to go there.

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animals, critical thinking, decision making, imagination, insects, mouse, refusal skills, safety

The trek

Jonas, Ann

Two children utilize their imaginations to see many wild animals on their trip to school.

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animals, imagination, school

Before i go to sleep

Hood, Thomas

Prior to going to sleep, a child imagines himself as many animals.

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animals, imagination, self esteem, sleep

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

Four brave sailors

Ginsburg, Mirra

Four mice imagine the adventures they would encounter as sailors on a ship. They fear none of the threatening animals they encounter, except for the house cat that is outside their front door.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, bravery, cat, creativity, curiosity, fear, feelings, friendship, imagination, mouse, ship, teamwork, transportation

Where is freddy?

Allen, Laura Jean

Two mouse detectives solve a case of a missing youth mouse whose imagination and curiosity lead him to build and fly a hot air balloon with the help of his best friend.

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animals, balloon, critical thinking, family, grandparents, imagination, mouse, mystery, stress management

Herbert binns and the flying tricycle

Castle, C.//Weevers, P.

Herbert Binns is a mouse who is an incredible inventor and makes a flying tricycle. There are three animals who are jealous of him and try to sabotage his invention, but fail to do so.

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animals, bicycle, careers, critical thinking, imagination, inventions, jealousy, mouse, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem, transportation, verbal communication

A ride on the red mare's back

Le Guin, Ursula K.

A young boy is taken by trolls and his older sister tries to find him with the help of her magic wooden horse. The red mare comes to life and they rescue her brother from the troll's high mountain.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, determination, family, helping, horse, imagination, lost, magic, mythical, robbery, siblings, trolls

A painted tale

Canning, Kate

Based on Henri Rousseau's Exotic Landscape with Tiger and Hunters, the tiger in this story comes to life and leaps out of the painting, roams around an art museum and the outside world. He has trouble finding his part in the painting as he walks through the gallery to find his home.

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animals, art, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, imagination, museum, nonverbal communication, tiger, verbal communication

The collector of moments

Buchholz, Quint

A violin player becomes quick friends with an artist, Max, who moves into the apartment above her family's. She is curious about the secrets that were held in his imaginative paintings. When Max does share his paintings with her, she is amazed at what she sees.

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anticipation, appreciation, art, beach, bodies of water, collection, companion, creativity, critical thinking, curiosity, ferry, friendship, imagination, instruments, music, nonverbal communication, ocean, sea, secrets, self esteem, sharing, snow

Why a disguise?

Numeroff, Laura

A disguise can help you avoid doing things you don't like. Wear one to the dentist, when you have to take a bath, or when you get ready for school so no one will know it's you!

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appearance, bully, challenges, deception, dentist, family, food, hygiene, identification, imagination, trick

I am really a princess

Shields, Carol Diggory

A little girl dreams of being a princess. In her imaginary world, everything seems perfect. Finally she realizes her life isn't so bad.

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appreciation, attention, dreams, escape, family, fantasy, imagination, royalty, siblings

Georgia music

Griffith, Helen V.

A little girl and her grandfather share two kinds of music. One type of music is produced by the mouth organ and the other produced by the birds and insects around their cabin.

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appreciation, birds, conflict resolution, family, grandparents, imagination, insects, music, nature, verbal communication

April fools

Krahn, Fernando

Two boys create a monster that mysteriously appears and disappears all over town until they have to reveal their prank to get out of a tight spot. (Wordless book)

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April fool's day, conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, friendship, holidays, imagination, monsters, nonverbal communication, problem solving

Yellow and pink

Steig, William

Two wooden men sit in a field wondering why they are there and how they were created.

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argument, art, creativity, critical thinking, curiosity, imagination, nature, problem solving

I'm not oscar's friend anymore

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

A little boy and his friend, Oscar, have a little fight. The little boy wonders how Oscar will survive without him. He thinks all these bad things will happen to Oscar because he is not there. The little boy really misses and needs Oscar's friendship.

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argument, assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, feelings, friendship, imagination, nonverbal communication, sadness, verbal communication

Chickens!Chickens!

Porte, Barbara Ann

A man on a chicken farm only draws chickens in his paintings. He moves to the city, and comically draws chickens with briefcases in elevators.

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art, birds, careers, chicken, colors, critical thinking, farm, imagination, love, verbal communication

A crack in the wall

Haggerty, Mary E

A young boy and his mother move into a new apartment. While his mother spends her time looking for a new job, the boy spends a great deal of his time transforming an ugly, scary crack in the wall into something beautiful for his mom.

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art, change, family, fear, imagination, parents, relationship, shelter

Harold and the purple crayon

Johnson, Crockett

A little boy creates his own adventure by drawing with purple crayon. He explores forests, oceans and cities by drawing pictures and putting himself in those pictures. After all the adventures, he finally follows the moon back home.

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adventures, art, assertiveness, bodies of water, colors, conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, exploration, imagination, moon, nature, ocean, spelling, woods

The magic paintbrush

Muller, Robin

Nib is an orphan boy who dreams of being an artist. One day as a reward for a kind deed, Nib is given a magical paint set with a paint brush that brings things to life. Nib encounters a terrible king who uses Nib for his talent.

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art, assertiveness, careers, creativity, critical thinking, dreams, fantasy, greed, helping, imagination, orphan, royalty

Draw me a star

Carle, Eric

An artist begins by drawing a star then the sun, people, a house until many different things are formed.

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art, creativity, imagination, stars

Spaces

Parnall, Peter

Your imagination stretches when you view and think about the creative spaces in this book.

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art, dreams, imagination

Ernest and celestine at the circus

Vincent, Gabrielle

Celestine is bored, so Ernest dresses her up like a clown and takes her to the circus. Ernest used to work at the circus so they end up doing an act together and are loved by the audience.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, boredom, circus, clowns, critical thinking, imagination, mouse, nonverbal communication, presentation, self esteem, verbal communication

My mother never listens to me

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

A little boy's mother never pays attention to him so he does everything possible just to get her to notice him. Of all his crazy ideas and stories, he only tells one that will get his mother to listen.

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attention, boredom, family, imagination, listening, mischief, parents, storytelling, understanding

Water beds: Sleeping in the ocean

Karwoski, Gail Langer

How do marine mammals - animals that breathe air - sleep in the deep waters of the ocean? Meet ten marine mammals, including sea otters, bottlenose dolphins, manatees, harbor seals, humpback whales, and walruses. Learn about each animal's unique habitat as you drift into a peaceful sleep on the gentle waves of imagination.

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animals, author's note, bodies of water, classification, dolphin, dreams, habitat, imagination, nature, ocean, otter, river, sea, seal, sleep, walrus, whale

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.

Lu lu and the flying babies

Simmonds, Posy

Lu Lu is an impatient little girl who wants to play outside, but because her baby brother is cold, they end up in a museum. Her imagination takes over and she has a great time.

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baby, family, imagination, museum, play, recreation, siblings

Go and hush the baby

Byars, Betsy

Will wants to go out and play, but keeps having to hush his baby brother when he cries. Will tried everything to entertain him, but all the baby really wanted was a bottle.

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baby, child care, critical thinking, family, food, imagination, nonverbal communication, nutrition, patience, play, responsibilities, siblings, verbal communication

Captain bob sets sail

Schotter, Roni

Bob is a young boy who uses his imagination to turn his daily bath into an amazing adventure in which he encounters boats, sea creatures, and a water fall. When his bath is over, the brave Captain Bob drains the ocean and gets ready for bed.

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adventures, animals, bath, bedtime, boat, bodies of water, body parts, bravery, cleanliness, dinosaur, duck, feelings, fish, imagination, monsters, ocean, play, sea, toys

The boy on the beach

Daly, Niki

Joe loves the beach. He likes splashing his mom and playing in the sand. He doesn't like the big waves though. He would rather pretend to be in the water. When Joe's pretending game tosses him overboard, he becomes scared. A friendly lifeguard helps him find his parents and everyone is happy again.

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african american, beach, boat, bodies of water, exercise, family, fear, feelings, imagination, lost, love, multicultural, nonverbal communication, ocean, parents, photograph, playing, pretend, protection, safety, sand, storm, swimming, transportation, verbal communication, weather

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

I hate to go to bed!

Davis, Katie

This little girl hates to go to bed because she knows she is missing a party. But she still comes up with plenty of ways to make it to the party before it's over.

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bath, bedtime, books, boredom, colors, communication, creativity, critical thinking, curiosity, determination, disappointment, discovery, disobedience, dreams, goal setting, imagination, parents, party, preparation, reading, sleep, teeth

The adventures of sparrowboy

Pinkney, Brian

Henry, the paperboy, loves to read the comics. One day while on his route, he imagines that he has the ability to fly. He flies around saving the day like his favorite comic hero.

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assertiveness, biking, birds, books, conflict resolution, critical thinking, exercise, feelings, heroism, imagination, nonverbal communication, reading, self esteem, sparrow, stress management, verbal communication, work

The boat that mooed

Fry, Christopher

Tom Crunch lives on a boat with his Uncle Jack. The only problem is that Tom is very bored, because his Uncle doesn't talk to him. In a big fog, Tom ventures out on a small boat. He meets a friend and a swan to keep him company while they look for the sky and sun which are lost in the fog.

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birds, boat, fishing, fog, imagination, sounds, stress management, sun, swan, transportation, verbal communication, weather

Small clown

Faulkner, Nancy

Pete wakes up on his eighth birthday excited to find out what presents he received. He receives a clown suit he had been hoping for. He goes to the circus to perform with his father who is also a clown. The ringmaster allows him, and he has the best act of all the clowns.

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birthday, careers, circus, clowns, conflict resolution, determination, family, holidays, imagination, parents, performance, presents, self esteem

If I owned a candy factory

Stevenson, James

A boy imagines owning a candy factory. On each of his friends' birthdays, he gives them a carload of their favorite candy. He then invites all the kids in the world to come to the party.

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birthday, decision making, food, friendship, goal setting, holidays, imagination, party, presents

Wilbur waits

Sherrow, Victoria

Wilbur is waiting for his birthday. When it finally arrives, he gets exciting presents like a kite, a sail boat and a sled. Unfortunately, the weather is not suitable for playing with any of his new toys. Instead of using his new toys, Wilbur finds other things to occupy his time until the weather improves.

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assertiveness, birthday, celebration, coping, friendship, holidays, imagination, parents, patience, play, stress management, weather

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