Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Good night, knight | by Lewin, Betsy

After a tantalizing dream about golden cookies, Knight and his horse embark on a quest for baked goods.

Keywords: animals, dreams, food, horse, investigation, onomatopoeia, protection, sleep

The museum of everything | by Perkins, Lynne Rae

Through the eyes and thoughts of a child, an imagination opens up to wonderment and original dreams. Many things can be happening all at once and that can be overwhelming. Places for hiding and spaces for shadows makes this geographical experience an artistic escape depicting a museum of everything.

Keywords: activities, art, awareness, bodies of water, books, concepts, construction, creativity, daydreaming, geography, imagination, investigation, island, museum, perspective, seasons, shadows, sizes, uniqueness

I want my hat back | by Klassen, Jon

A bear almost gives up his search for his missing hat until he remembers something important.

Keywords: amphibians, animals, bear, clothing, concepts, deer, fox, frog, investigation, lost, manners, memory, rabbit, snake, surprises, turtle

Aunt Claire's yellow beehive hair | by Blumenthal, Deborah

Annie, Grandma Marilyn, and Great Aunt Ruth search through family memorabilia as they put together an album to show to their family. While scrapbooking the many memories, Grandma Marilyn and Great Aunt Ruth share stories about makeup, clothing, jewelery, hairdos, and food. Annie learns all about the relatives she never met.

Flood fish | by Eversole, Robyn

Every year the fish come with the flood waters. Every spring a young boy in Australia enjoys exploring the mystery the waters bring to the once-dry banks of the river.

Keywords: adventures, australia, author's note, change, discovery, exercise, exploration, fish, flood, geography, grandparents, investigation, multicultural, reproduction, river, rocks, sea, siblings, swimming, water

The great fuzz frenzy | by Stevens, Janet & Grummel, Susan Stevens

When a dog drops a tennis ball into a Prairie Dog hold, it travels down, down, down to their home. Once they've overcome their fear, the Prairie Dogs begin to collect the fuzz from the ball to adorn themselves. When word of this gets out, more prairie dogs come in search of fuzz, and a fight begins. The fight is ended by the largest of the Prairie Dogs, Big Bark, as he takes all of the fuzz to adorn himself. Just as the prairie dogs are about to get mad at Big Bark, Eagle swoops down and picks him up by the fuzz to carry him off. Big Bark then uses his loud bark to scare the eagle and protect…

Keywords: acceptance, animals, ant, appreciation, birds, bully, community, dog, eagle, feelings, fight, imagination, insects, investigation, prairie dog, pretend

If you find a rock | by Christian, Peggy

Real life photos capture children doing activities with rocks of different shapes, colors, and sizes. Can you remember the feel of a special rock in your hand?

Keywords: activities, colors, critical thinking, exploration, feelings, fun, geology, goal setting, imagination, investigation, memory, nature, nonverbal communication, play, rocks, science, self esteem, shapes, sizes, stress management, water, wish

The incredible water show | by Frasier, debra

A science fair project turns into a play for Mrs. Pages 5th grade students at Webster School. You will learn about atoms found in water and all the places where water is found. Discover why these students thing water is the most amazing substance on Earth.

Keywords: awareness, bodies of water, clouds, cycle, discovery, earth, entertainment, environment, investigation, performance, rainbow, school, science, sea, teamwork, theatre, water

Painted dreams | by Williams, Karen Lynn

Ti Marie loves to paint, but her family is too poor to afford paint so she uses bricks, stones and charcoal. One day, as she is walking to the river, she sees Msie Antoine painting a snake and admires his art supplies. Later on in the night she decides to look through his trash to see if he has any left over supplies. She uses them to paint on the wall behind her family's place at the Haitian market. Find out how the people at the market react.

Keywords: art, careers, culture, customs, food, haitian, investigation, jungle, language, market, multicultural, nutrition, parents, responsibilities, river, self esteem, siblings, spiritual, success

Bon appetit, mr. rabbit! | by 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!

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

Imogene's antlers | by Small, David

A young girl named Imogene awakes one morning to find that she has grown antlers. No one can figure out what the cause is?!The next morning, Imogene's antlers have disappeared but her family is in for another surprise!

Keywords: acceptance, change, chaos, confusion, family, fantasy, investigation, mystery, surprises

Me and my family tree | by Sweeney, Joan

Learning about one's family history (genealogy) is fun!You learn about the different members of a family, then learn how a family is connected through a family tree.

Keywords: family, feelings, grandparents, happiness, history, investigation, learning, nonverbal communication, parents, photograph, siblings, tree, verbal communication

Inspector hopper | by Cushman, Doug

Inspector Hopper and his partner McBugg work as a team to solve several mysterious case. Join them as they look for Mrs. Ladybug who strangely disappears. Find out what happens to the officer's boat. And discover how they catch a thief with additional help.

Keywords: adventures, caterpillar, clouds, critical thinking, grasshopper, hunger, insects, investigation, ladybug, light, missing, moon, mosquito, mystery, rat, sky, snail, spider, worm, worry

Sheep in wolves' clothing | by Kitamura, Satoshi

Three sheep go to the beach for the last swim of the year and ask some wolves to watch their fleecy coats. When they return from their swim, they find that their wool is gone. They hire a detective to solve the mystery of their stolen wool.

Keywords: adventures, animals, beach, boat, car, clothing, conflict resolution, crime, critical thinking, fight, golf, investigation, mystery, nonverbal communication, robbery, sand, sheep, sports, transportation, trick, verbal communication, water, wolf

Two-ton secret | by Christian, Mary Blount

Deke King and his friend open a detective business. A construction company owner hired them to find all of his bulldozers that were stolen. After looking over the site and the clues, Deke solved the mystery and found the bulldozers.

Keywords: assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, goal setting, investigation, mystery, nonverbal communication, robbery, verbal communication

Nate the great and the crunchy christmas | by Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman//Sharmat, Craig

When Annie's dog, Fang, is unhappy, everyone is unhappy, especially Nate the Great. When Fang's Christmas mail turns up missing, Nate agrees to help solve the mystery of the missing card. Join Nate the Great in solving this holiday case in time for Fang to have a crunchy Christmas.

Keywords: adventures, animals, bones, christmas, dog, elves, excitement, feelings, friendship, frustration, hanukkah, happiness, helping, holidays, investigation, letters, lost, sadness, seasons, show, weather, winter

Something queer is going on | by Levy, Elizabeth

Jill's dog Fletcher is not on the front steps when Jill arrives home from school, so Jill and her friend Gwen search the neighborhood for Fletcher. They believe Mr. Fernbach has Fletcher and convince Jill's mother to follow Mr. Fernbach to his studios. Fletcher is found in the studios where he is being used in a dog food commercial.

The detective of london | by Kraus, Robert//Kraus, Bruce

After being asked to search for the missing bones, the detective of London sets out to find clues. Through many adventures, he locates them and saves the day. All in a day's work.

Keywords: adventures, careers, critical thinking, determination, discovery, english, goal setting, investigation, multicultural, mystery, verbal communication

Stella, star of the sea | by Gay, Marie-Louise

Stella and Sam spend the day at the sea. Sam has never been before so he asks Stella plenty of questions. Stella tells her brother all about starfish, moon shells, sharks, and sea monsters. Then Sam finally gets in the water.

Keywords: activities, animals, beach, bodies of water, crustaceans, curiosity, dreams, exploration, family, fish, fishing, fun, investigation, learning, listening, recreation, sea, shark, shells, starfish, swimming

More m & m's math | by McGrath, Barbara

M & M candy characters guide you through the wonderful world of math as you learn the concepts of graphing, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, and ordinal numbers. The best part is that you get to eat the materials you're working with. Remember not to eat too many!

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