Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

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!

Emeline at the circus | by Priceman, Marjorie

Emeline's second grade class takes a field trip to the circus. After the teacher, Mrs. Splinter, gives the class instructions on the proper behavior, the circus begins. Mrs. Splinter tells the class important information about everything they see at the circus icluding the elephants, tigers, acrobats, and even the clowns. In the meantime, Emeline gets out of her seat to buy some peanuts and an elephant picks her up to become part of the circus.

Keywords: accidents, animals, behavior, body parts, bravery, circus, clowns, elephant, fire, food, giraffe, hippopotamus, horse, instruments, language, learning, llama, monkey, nutrition, performance, rules, school, tiger

Impossible possum | by Conford, Ellen

Randolph was a possum who could not hang upside down like everyone else. He cheats by using sticky sap on his tail, but the sap dries up in the winter. His pesky sister lends a hand and he finally can hang like the rest of the possums.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, goal setting, helping, learning, opossum, practice, self esteem, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

Nobody's perfect, not even my mother | by Simon, Norma

Everyone is good at some things, but no one is good at everything. No one can do everything perfectly. People can be wonderful just the same.

Keywords: acceptance, differences, disappointment, family, learning, love, parents, patience, performance, self esteem

Looking for atlantis | by Thompson, Colin

A young child learns about life by looking at it the way his grandfather did. He learns about himself at the same time.

Keywords: acceptance, critical thinking, death, feelings, grandparents, learning, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, sadness, stress management, verbal communication

Jesse's dream skirt | by Mack, Bruce

Jesse always likes to wrap himself up and try on his mother's old dresses. He has a dream skirt which his mother helped him make. When he wears it to school, all the children have something to say.

Keywords: acceptance, assertiveness, change, clothing, conflict resolution, differences, discrimination, family, learning, nonverbal communication, parents, peer resistance, school, self esteem, sexuality, verbal communication

Monster mama | by Rosenberg, Liz

Patrick Edward's mother is known as a monster all over town. One day, Patrick's mother sends him out to get strawberries. On his way home, three bullies steal the strawberries. Monster Mama is so upset that she teaches the boys a lesson, and they think of her as Cool.

Keywords: acceptance, assertiveness, bravery, bully, conflict resolution, decision making, differences, family, food, learning, monsters, nonverbal communication, parents, peer resistance, robbery, uniqueness

Gemma and the baby chick | by Barber, Antonia

Gemma is a very caring young child. She saves one of the hen's babies from dying. This child, with the help of her mother, understands that she can't keep it but must put it back into the hen's nest.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, chicken, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, helping, kindness, learning, rescue, safety, trust, verbal communication

Down dairy farm road | by Martin, CLG

After making veterinary rounds with her grandfather, Junie Mae realizes that money and curly hair are not the most important thing in life when she sees how her grandfather is paid in food.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, careers, community, doctor, farm, food, grandparents, history, learning, neighbors, nutrition, pets, responsibilities, understanding

The adventures of connie and diego | by Garcia, Maria

Connie and Diego are born multi-colored and get laughed at by their siblings. They travel to try to find a place where they fit in. They find that they are human beings and the place they belong is with their parents and family with the other humans.

Keywords: acceptance, adventures, appearance, differences, family, learning, parents, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

Mommy far, mommy near: An adoption story | by Peacock, Carol Antoinette

Elizabeth is a young Chinese girl who has been adopted by an American family. Elizabeth begins to question her adoption and wonders why her mommy in China did not keep her. Elizabeth's mother explains the adoption to her and loves that she has a mother who is far away and one who is close.

Hans and Peter | by Petrides, Heidrun

A teacher brings an African priest into her classroom to talk about the discovery of America.

Keywords: african, careers, critical thinking, discovery, history, learning, multicultural, school

Flap your wings and try | by Pomerantz, Charlotte

After a bird learns how to fly, he goes from nest to nest trying to encourage other birds to fly.

Keywords: assertiveness, birds, bravery, encouragement, goal setting, growing up, learning

Who came down that road? | by Lyon, George Ella

A boy and his mother walk down a road. The boy is curious about the history of the road.

Keywords: animals, critical thinking, curiosity, family, history, learning, parents, travel, verbal communication

Rude giants | by Wood, Audrey

Beatrix, the buttermaid, teaches two rude giants how to be clean and beautiful and to have good manners in order to rescue her friend, Gerda the cow, from being eaten.

Keywords: animals, cleanliness, cow, food, giants, hunger, hygiene, learning, manners, neighbors, nutrition, party

Hands down counting by fives | by Dahl, Michael

Learn to count by fives through artistic handprints made by children. Students use handprints to create leaves, butterflies, and turkeys, as well as other objects. Count along with the fingers from five to fifty. Dominoes at the bottom of each page show another way to count.

Keywords: activities, art, author's note, awareness, classification, colors, concepts, counting, critical thinking, education, fun, goal setting, learning, math, nonverbal communication, numbers, science, sequence

Now I'm big | by Miller, Margaret

Six children share pictures of themselves when they were babies. They describe the things that they used to do for fun and compare it to all of the things they can do now - all by themselves.

Keywords: accomplishment, bedtime, change, comparisons, growing up, learning, nonverbal communication, photograph, self esteem

Alphabet of girls | by Jacobs, Leland

A different letter is shown for each girl. Girls are shown doing many special activities.

Keywords: activities, alphabet, assertiveness, fun, gender, learning, rhyme, self esteem, sequence, skills, verbal communication

Dustin's big school day | by Carter, Alden R.

Dustin is very excited for the guests that are visiting his school one day. Along with the rest of his students, Dustin goes through his daily school routine awaiting the arrival of Dave and Skippy. When the time finally comes, the reader learns who Dave and Skippy actually are.

Keywords: activities, alliteration, bus, calendar, celebration, curiosity, differences, down syndrome, entertainment, exercise, food, friendship, fun, geography, handicap, learning, math, numbers, patience, puppets, role model, running, school, science, surprises, teaching

The ASCPA completes guide to pet care | by Carroll, David

The ASCPA Complete Guide to Pet Care is a great book that tells you everything you need to know about taking care of your pet to ensure a healthy life! It's a favorite among pet lovers everywhere. No picture; for intermediate to advanced readers.

Keywords: activities, adoption, aging, animals, birds, cat, conflict resolution, decision making, dog, exercise, goal setting, guinea pig, leadership, learning, rabbit, reptiles, responsibilities, verbal communication

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