Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Ouch! | by Berger, Melvin

Do you wonder how your body quits bleeding when you have a cut or why the new skin under a scab is pink?A group of students finds answers to these questions when they complete their science fair project. This is a great resource for information on cuts, bleeding, and how wounds heal.

Keywords: biking, body parts, doctor, exercise, fear, feelings, happiness, health, injury, jumping, music, nurse, parents, playground, running, sadness, school, science

Tim tadpole and the great bullfrog | by Flack, Marjorie

Tim is a tadpole who feels sorry for himself because he can only swim and not jump. A bullfrog tells Tim not to be discouraged. Tim soon matures into a bullfrog and is able to jump.

Keywords: amphibians, assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, exercise, feelings, frog, growing up, jealousy, jumping, nature, sadness, self esteem, stress management, swimming

The honest-to-goodness truth | by McKissack, Patricia C.

Libby lies to Mama about feeding the cow. When she is caught and punished, Libby vows to tell the truth from then on. She ends up hurting her friends when she tells it like it is. Can Libby tell the truth and get her friends back?

Bouncing | by Hughes, Shirley

A young girl loves to bounce on sofas, beds, big cushions, and on her grandfather's knee.

Keywords: activities, baby, exercise, family, grandparents, jumping, play

Voices in the park | by Browne, Anthony

A typical day's walk through the park is seen through the eyes of a grouchy woman, an unhappy man, a lonely boy, and a happy young girl. An intriguing look at how friendships are made and torn apart.

Keywords: anger, animals, ape, assertiveness, confusion, depression, dog, exercise, family, feelings, food, friendship, happiness, jumping, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, peer resistance, playground, running, sadness, verbal communication

Guess how much i love you | by McBratney, Sam

When it is time for Little Nutbrown Hare to go to bed, he tells Big Nutbrown Hare how much he loves him. Little Nutbrown Hare tells Big Nutbrown Hare that he loves him all the way to the moon. Big Nutbrown Hare tells Little Nutbrown Hare that he loves him to the moon and back as Little Nutrbrown Hare falls asleep.

Keywords: affection, animals, baby, bedtime, closeness, exercise, family, feelings, happiness, jumping, love, moon, night, nonverbal communication, parents, rabbit, sleep, verbal communication

Pretend you're a cat | by Marzollo, Jean

A series of questions ask children to use their imaginations so they can leap like a cat, beg like a dog, and act like many other animals.

Keywords: acting, animals, bear, bee, birds, cat, chicken, cow, dog, exercise, fish, five senses, horse, imagination, insects, jumping, pig, play, pretend, running, seal, snake, sounds, squirrel

This is the way | by Dalton, Anne

A family goes through the routine of their day in the rhythm of the tune here we go round the mulberry bush.

Keywords: climbing, exercise, family, food, games, hygiene, jumping, nutrition, rhyme, school, song, teeth, weather

Things to play with | by Rockwell, Anne

Bicycle, pinwheels, balloons, sand, slides, and kites are some of the things to play with in the park. Noisy things to play with in the yard, things to play with at school, and things to play with at a party are some of the other areas described.

Keywords: beach, bicycle, books, exercise, five senses, games, jumping, kite, noise, park, party, play, school, seasons, skating, snow, sounds, sports, toys

Wingfin and topple | by Valens, Evans

Topple, the long-finned herring, learns that his difference is actually a blessing. He learns from another long-finned herring that he can fly, and in turn his seemingly unlucky fins save his life.

Keywords: assertiveness, critical thinking, decision making, differences, fish, freedom, heroism, herring, jumping, peer resistance, sea, stress management, swimming, verbal communication

My best shoes | by Burton, Marilee Robin

Days of the week are expressed through many different shoes that children wear. Have you ever worn sturdy lace-up high shoes, run all day shoes, or tiptoe in the sand shoes?

Keywords: african american, asian american, beach, clothing, dancing, Days of The Week, farm, jumping, play, running

In the rain with baby duck | by Hest, Amy

In order to get to Grandpa's house for the traditional pancake breakfast, Baby duck has to walk in the rain. Baby duck doesn't like the rain but his grandpa shows him a way to enjoy it.

Keywords: compromise, conflict resolution, duck, exercise, family, food, generations, grandparents, jumping, learning, nutrition, parents, play, problem solving, rain, song, traditions, umbrella, verbal communication, walking, water, weather

Can't sit still | by Lotz, Karen E.

A girl describes her busy days through each season, including all of the sights and sounds she sees as the seasons change.

Keywords: activities, autumn, bicycle, change, exercise, family, jumping, parents, play, seasons, skipping, spring, summer, winter

The low-down laundry line blues | by Millen, C.M.

A young girl finds herself down in the dumps, lonely, depressed, and hanging around just like the laundry line outside her window. She doesn't want to do anything and looks so pitiful sitting beside her window all alone: she's got the low-down laundry line blues. Her sister decides that something must be done to cheer her up!She uses jivey rhymes to lift her sister's mood, but to no avail, they just don't seem to work. As a last resort, she drags her lonely blues-stricken sister outside and turns the low-down laundry line into a lively jump rope to play with!Suddenly the low-down laundry line…

Keywords: caring, clothing, companion, conflict resolution, depression, determination, emotions, encouragement, excitement, exercise, family, feelings, friendship, helping, jumping, kindness, moods, patience, persistence, playing, problem solving, rhyme, siblings, song, unselfish

My father's luncheonette | by Greenberg, Melanie Hope

A little girl enjoys going to her father's luncheonette to eat, dance, waitress, clean-up, and close.

Keywords: careers, community, dancing, exercise, family, food, friendship, helping, jumping, learning, nutrition, parents, responsibilities

Like butter on pancakes | by London, Jonathan

A boy awakes to a sunny room and a delicious breakfast. This keeps him dancing and playing all day long on the farm. Supper time brings more good food and then comes bedtime with sweet dreams of the next day.

Keywords: animals, bedtime, birds, cat, chicken, dancing, dreams, exercise, family, farm, food, jumping, morning, night, nutrition, parents, sun, woodpecker

More spaghetti, I say! | by Gelman, Rita Golden

Minnie is too busy eating spaghetti in various ways in different places to play with Freddy.

Keywords: animals, biking, exercise, food, friendship, jumping, monkey, nutrition, play, rhyme, running, transportation, truck

My feet | by Aliki

The ways that we use our feet are explained in an amusing way. Running, skipping, walking, and kicking are discussed, as well as the different parts of our feet and how we use them.

Keywords: appearance, body parts, dancing, differences, exercise, family, health, jumping, parents, play, seasons, skating, skipping, summer, winter

Dance | by Shumaker, Ward

Join pigs, cats, dogs, ducks, and many other animals as they dance the night away. The animals demonstrate many different dances from flopping and dropping to swirling and twirling to the music.

Keywords: animals, bear, cat, dancing, dog, dragons, duck, elephant, exercise, fun, instruments, jumping, kangaroo, monkey, nonverbal communication, pig, play, poetry, rabbit, shapes, turtle, verbal communication

Slither, swoop, swing | by Ayliffe, Alex

Join animals of many shapes and sizes doing the activities they do best. Watch snakes slither, bats swoop, monkeys swing, penguins waddle, and other animals on the move.

Keywords: activities, animals, bat, bear, birds, cat, chicken, climbing, dog, dolphin, elephant, exercise, fish, fly, fox, frog, fun, jumping, koala, mole, monkey, mouse, ostrich, penguin, play, rabbit, running, snake, swimming, walking, worm, zebra

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