Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

The little blind goat | by Wahl, Jan

Casimiro, the hero, overcomes his disability in this tale of perserverance. The world is not always kind to our disabled friends, but with a little hard work anything can be overcome.

Keywords: accomplishment, animals, blindness, boat, cooperation, critical thinking, dancing, disability, exercise, family, folktale, hard work, listening, loneliness, lost, siblings, smell, stress management, swimming, taste, verbal communication, vision

The missing piece | by Silverstein, Shel

A circle is missing a piece. She rolls along singing and looking for her missing piece. She comes across several pieces that do not fit, butshe finally finds her missing piece.

Keywords: assertiveness, body image, feelings, goal setting, happiness, loneliness, lost, self esteem, shapes

Where's our mama | by Goode, Diane

After arriving in the Paris train station, the two young children lose their mother while she goes looking for her lost hat. A young man helps them search for their mother and eventually returns to the the trainstation to find her.

Keywords: clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, feelings, loneliness, lost, parents, transportation

Saving sweetness | by Stanley, Diane//Karas, G. Brian

Sweetness is a small orphan girl who runs away from Mrs. Sump's orphanage. When the sheriff goes out to look for her, Sweetness saves his life with food and water. She also saves him by dropping a rock on mean Coyote Pete's head. The sheriff ends up adopting her and seven of her friends.

Keywords: adoption, affection, careers, conflict resolution, desert, feelings, food, friendship, helping, lost, missing, nutrition, orphan, rocks, verbal communication

The haunted churchbell | by Byfield, Barbara Ninde

A small town has a mystery to solve. The town's churchbell is haunted. With teamwork, the town solves the mystery and make a sad, lost hermit very happy.

Keywords: community, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, fear, lost, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, teamwork, verbal communication

Mandy | by Booth, Barbara

Mandy, a hearing-impaired girl, spends time at her grandmother's house. On a walk in the woods, her grandmother's precious pin is lost. Mandy goes out alone in a storm that night to find the pin.

Keywords: adventures, assertiveness, challenges, conflict resolution, crisis, family, fear, feelings, five senses, frustration, grandparents, handicap, hearing impaired, illness, lost, nonverbal communication, stress management

Laney's lost momma | by Hamm, Diane Johnston

Laney can't find her mom in the department store. But luckily, she and her lost mom remember exactly where to find each other.

Keywords: african american, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, feelings, goal setting, helping, lost, multicultural, obedience, parents, reunion, self esteem, separation, shopping, stress management, verbal communication

The tub grandfather | by Conrad, Pam

Tub child finds his grandpa asleep under the radiator. Then, the whole tub family works to wake him up. Then, Grandmother and Grandfather reunite with a dance.

Keywords: bath, dancing, exercise, family, fantasy, grandparents, lost, nonverbal communication, reunion, sleep, verbal communication

The christmas of the reddle moon | by Lewis, J. Patrick

Will and Yiddy venture out on Christmas Eve to visit their aunt and cousins. On the way home, they get lost in a terrible snowstorm and are rescued by Wee Mary Fever. Mrs. Fever calls upon St. Nicholas by creating a reddle moon, and before Christmas morning the children are tucked safely in their beds.

Keywords: accidents, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, death, family, fear, feelings, food, happiness, health, holidays, loss, lost, love, parents, seasons, siblings, snow, verbal communication, weather, wind

The amazing felix | by McCully, Emily Arnold

Even on the boat, Felix has to play the piano and practice but he can't sit still. After watching the magic show, he decides he'd rather practice that. Felix ends up saving the day and amazing his father.

Keywords: assertiveness, boat, critical thinking, family, heroism, lost, magic, parents, practice, siblings, transportation, verbal communication

Big bushy mustache | by Soto, Gary

Ricky is always being told he looks like his mother. When he is given the chance to choose his costume for the school play, Ricky chooses the big bushy mustache. Now he will look like his papi. But Papi must come to the rescue when Ricky loses his mustache. There's only one way to replace a big bushy mustache!

Keywords: appearance, celebration, cinco de mayo, family, food, holidays, identification, language, lost, love, mexican american, mistake, multicultural, nutrition, parents, problem solving, school, spanish

Molly's moe | by Chorao, Kay

A young girl who loses everything is challenged by her mother on a shopping trip not to lose anything. She keeps track of things until someone gives her an apple and she puts down her dinosaur friend. She finds later that she put him in a bag and he was not lost at all.

Keywords: challenges, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, lost, nonverbal communication, parents, responsibilities, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

A lot of otters | by Berger, Barbara Helen

Mother Moon is looking for her lost child who is floating in the sea. As she cries for her lost child, Mother Moon's tears become falling stars. A group of otters swimming near the bay begin to play with the falling stars. The sparkle from those stars lead Mother Moon to her son.

Keywords: animals, bodies of water, family, feelings, lost, love, moon, mythical, nonverbal communication, otter, parents, sadness, sea, stars, verbal communication

Christina katerina and the great bear train | by Gauch, Patricia Lee//Primavera, Elise

When Christina's family goes to visit her mom and new baby sister, Christina makes a train out of boxes and baskets for her teddy bears. She travels around the block. Just when she thinks she may be lost, her father comes to get her.

Where's the baby? | by Hutchins, Pat

A baby monster is lost. He is easily found by his family. They just follow the trail of destruction.

Keywords: baby, family, lost, missing, monsters

The pipkins go camping | by Wahl, Jan

Cabin fever strikes the Pipkins and sends them on a journey through the wilderness. Lack of foresight, planning, and common sense is comical throughout the story.

Keywords: camping, critical thinking, decision making, family, fun, goal setting, homesickness, lost, nonverbal communication, preparation, recreation, seasons, snow, spring, storm, stress management, travel, verbal communication, weather, winter

Lost!A story in string | by Fleischman, Paul

A grandmother tells the story of a mountain girl who is lost in a blizzard. As she tells this story to her granddaughter, she uses string to illustrate it. Even you can learn how to make the string pictures!

Keywords: body parts, conflict resolution, courage, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, direction, family, fear, games, grandparents, heroism, listening, lost, mountains, nonverbal communication, pretend, stars, storm, storytelling, verbal communication, walking, weather

A day with Wilbur Robinson | by Joyce, William

Wilburs best friend spends the day at his house looking for his grandfather's false teeth. In the process, they meet one crazy relative after another.

Keywords: conflict resolution, family, friendship, grandparents, lost, teeth

Babar and that rascal arthur | by Brunhoff, Laurent de

Babar, his family, and cousin Arthur go on vacation. Arthur sneaks off to find adventure. After parachuting off a plain, Arthur is lost. Many animals try to help Arthur find his way home.

Keywords: adventures, animals, camel, critical thinking, elephant, family, lost, verbal communication, worry

Oscar otter | by Benchley, Nathaniel

Oscar, an otterhas a slide that gets blocked by a beaver and he has to make a new slide. He is told not to make a slide in the mountains, but instead of listening he makes the slide up in a mountain far from home. A fox watches Oscar and chases him down the mountain, until he runs safely into his home.

Keywords: animals, decision making, exploration, listening, lost, verbal communication

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