Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

One lucky girl | by Lyon, George Ella

It is just a normal Sunday for a young boy and his family. The boy's family and neighbors relax in the shade away from the hot sun while his baby sister takes a nap in her crib inside their trailer. Suddenly the sky turns black and the air becomes very still. A tornado!The storm quickly sweeps through the neighborhood. A huge mess is left when the tornado is gone. Everyone is okay, but the boy's baby sister is missing. Will the boy and his family ever find her?

Keywords: animals, baby, baseball, buildings, family, horse, lost, neighbors, sports, storm, tornado, weather

The minstrel and the dragon-pup | by Sutcliff, Rosemary

A ministrel finds a dragon-pup egg on a beach and adopts it after it hatches. The minstrel raises the dragon-pup, Lucky, until he is stolen. Due to Lucky's absence, the minstrel's songs suffer until he is once again united with Lucky.

Keywords: assertiveness, beach, conflict resolution, critical thinking, deception, decision making, dragons, friendship, goal setting, lost, missing, music, mythical, persistence, reunion, song, stress management, verbal communication, zoo

Too tired | by Turnball, Ann

As the rain begins, two of all the animals on the Earth are getting aboard the Ark, except one. When Noah realizes that the sloths are not on the Ark, he goes to rescue them.

Keywords: animals, boat, critical thinking, elephant, flood, heroism, lost, rain, rescue, sleep, sloth, transportation, verbal communication, weather, worry

Suki the very loud bunny | by D'Amico, Carmela

Suki does not act the same way as the other bunnies. He is loud and always excited to play and explore. One day his curiosity takes him out into a new world and he gets lost. In the end it is his loud voice that helps him find his way back home.

Keywords: adventures, animals, butterfly, curiosity, decision making, differences, family, fear, feelings, hopping, insects, jumping, lost, noise, play, quiet, rabbit, self esteem, uniqueness

Return of the shadows | by Farber, Norma

Mimi's shadow runs away and calls for all the other shadows of the world to join her. For one full day the shadows entertain themselves by attaching to different objects. As darkness sets in, the shadows become lost and afraid. They decide to return home to the object that is familiar to them.

Keywords: amphibians, animals, camel, fear, feelings, frog, happiness, loneliness, lost, peer resistance, rhinoceros, running away, sadness, shadows

The jester has lost his jingle | by Saltzman, David

A court jester is banished from his kingdom for not being funny. He decides it's not him but the world that has lost laughter. The jester and his helpmate travel all over looking for laughter and eventually they find it.

Keywords: critical thinking, feelings, friendship, fun, happiness, humor, kindness, loneliness, lost, problem solving, royalty, sadness, self esteem, travel, verbal communication

The turtle and the dove | by Freeman, Don

A dove and a turtle meet. They are separated by a terrible storm. The dove has a family, but her life is not complete until she finds her friend. She and her family search and find the turtle and his new family.

Keywords: birds, change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, friendship, loneliness, lost, reptiles

Rabbit moon | by Rowe, John

Albert, an old rabbit, does not sleep well so he finds nightly comfort in gazing at the moon. One night, Albert does not see the moon, so he takes full responsibility for putting the moon back into the sky, once he finds it. Can Albert really do this?

Keywords: animals, decision making, fear, feelings, goal setting, happiness, lost, missing, moon, night, persistence, pride, rabbit, sleep

Where are you, ernest and celestine? | by Vincent, Gabrielle

When Ernest and Celestine go to a museum, they lose each other. They finally find each other, and Celestine admits her fear of being lost and alone. They admit they like each other better than the pictures in the museum.

Keywords: animals, art, assertiveness, bear, conflict resolution, fear, feelings, lost, mouse, museum, verbal communication

Maggie and the monster | by Winthrop, Elizabeth

Every night a monster comes into Maggie's room and messes it up. Maggie asks the monster what she wants and the monster tells Maggie that she is looking for her mother. Maggie helps the monster find her mother in the hall closet.

Keywords: bedtime, conflict resolution, family, helping, lost, mischief, monsters, night, nonverbal communication, parents, refusal skills, verbal communication

All aboard! | by Stevenson, James

Hubie and his family board a train to go to New York to see the World's Fair. At one of the train stops, Hubie gets off and mistakenly gets on another train going to California. During Hubie's attempt to get back on the train to New York, he meets some very helpful and interesting people. With their help, Hubie lands safely at the World's Fair.

Keywords: adventures, airplane, bravery, challenges, conflict resolution, critical thinking, excitement, family, kindness, lost, mistake, parents, rain, siblings, train, transportation, verbal communication, weather, wind

Khasa goes to the fiesta | by Sotomayor, Antonio

Khasa goes to the Fiesta with his uncle. When the two are separated, Khasa goes through a great adventure getting back to his uncle.

Keywords: adventures, assertiveness, carnival, crisis, family, feelings, instruments, lost, mexican, multicultural, music, party, sadness, separation, teeth

Left behind | by Carrick, Carol

Christopher goes on a field trip with his class to an aquarium. They take the subway there, but on the way back Christopher gets pushed off the train and lost. Eventually, he finds a policeman who helps him go home.

Keywords: conflict resolution, fear, loneliness, lost, separation, transportation, travel

Where's waldo? | by Handford, Martin

The reader follows Waldo as he hikes around the world. The reader must try to find him in the illustrations as Waldo is lost in the crowded places he visits.

Keywords: adventures, assertiveness, critical thinking, decision making, lost, mystery, nonverbal communication, self esteem, travel

This is the bear and the scary night | by Hayes, Sarah//Craig, Helen

A boy leaves his bear behind in the park. The bear begins an exciting nighttime adventure. After the boy realizes he forgot his bear, he goes back to the park to retrieve him.

Keywords: adventures, animals, assertiveness, bear, conflict resolution, decision making, fear, feelings, loneliness, lost, night, sadness

Finding the green stone | by Walker, Alice

Johnny loses his green stone because of his mean behavior. The entire community helps him look for it, but he finally realizes that he, alone, can find it.

Keywords: assertiveness, bully, community, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, helping, lost, mischief, nonverbal communication, self esteem, verbal communication

The mystery of the missing red mitten | by Kellogg, Steven

While out playing in the snow, Annie has lost one of her mittens. Annie and her dog Oscar search each place Annie has been that day to try and find the red mitten. You'll never guess where they find it!

Keywords: animals, clothing, critical thinking, dog, goal setting, lost, missing, play, snow, weather

Hazel's amazing mother | by Wells, Rosemary

A little girl and doll go through town and buy goodies for a picnic with their mother. The girl gets lost and bullies tear up her doll. Her mom comes and saves her.

Keywords: bully, conflict resolution, dolls, family, lost, parents, peer resistance, picnic, rescue

Jacko | by Goodall, John S.

Jacko, the monkey, runs away from his organ-grinder master. He takes a journey on a ship out to sea.

Keywords: animals, bodies of water, curiosity, family, lost, monkey, nonverbal communication, ocean, travel

Have you seen my duckling? | by Tafuri, Nancy

A mother duck swims around the pond with her ducklings looking for one duckling who is lost.

Keywords: birds, conflict resolution, critical thinking, duck, family, lost, parents, verbal communication

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