Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

I lost my bear | by P. Feiffer, Jules

Oh no, a little girl lost her teddy bear!Her family doesn't have time to help her, so she becomes a detective. In the process of searching for her bear, she finds many of her other missing toys before finding her bear.

Keywords: animals, bear, critical thinking, family, feelings, frustration, goal setting, happiness, helping, lost, missing, parents, play, sadness, siblings, toys

Blueberries for sal | by McCloskey, Robert

Little Sal is picking blueberries with her mom and she wanders off. She finds a bear who is looking for her baby. The bear and Sal wander around together to help the bear find her baby and Sal find her mom.

Keywords: animals, baby, bear, critical thinking, family, fear, feelings, food, helping, lost, nutrition, parents, problem solving

Love, your bear pete | by Sheldon, Dyan

Brenda loses her teddy bear, Pete, on a bus. She thinks he's gone forever, but soon starts to receive postcards from him. Pete is traveling all over the world and having many adventures. He soon realizes he misses Brenda too much and returns home.

Keywords: adventures, animals, bear, coping, correspondence, exploration, friendship, homesickness, loneliness, lost, multicultural, sadness, separation, travel, vacation

Moongame | by Asch, Frank

Bear and Little Bird play a game of hide-and-seek. Later in the evening, Bear plays a game with the moon.

Keywords: animals, balloon, bear, birds, clouds, critical thinking, decision making, forest, games, lost, verbal communication

You are here | by Crews, Nina

Have you ever been bored on a rainy day?Follow these two young girls on an exciting adventure with their imaginations and a magic map. Just as the magical map ends their rainy day doldrums, their mother tells them the sun is out and it's time to go to the park.

Keywords: african american, animals, birds, boredom, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dancing, decision making, exercise, family, feelings, forest, games, giants, imagination, inventions, island, jungle, library, lost, magic, maps, monsters, multicultural, mythical, park, penguin, photograph, playing, rain, siblings, sun, verbal communication, weather

The looking book | by Hoberman, Mary Ann

Nod sets out to look for his lost cat. He finds Pistachio on page 28 in a box.

Keywords: adventures, animals, cat, conflict resolution, determination, goal setting, lost, numbers, rhyme

Sheila rae the brave | by Henkes, Kevin

When brave Sheila Rae becomes lost and scared, her younger sister Louise comes to her rescue.

Keywords: anger, assertiveness, conflict resolution, family, fear, feelings, lost, siblings

Frog, where are you? | by Mayer, Mercer

A little boy is looking for his frog. When he finds it, the frog has started a family. He gets to take a new frog home and he is happy. (wordless)

Keywords: amphibians, birth, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, friendship, frog, goal setting, happiness, lost, nonverbal communication, pets

Little frog's song | by Schertle, Alice

Little frog loves to sing in the pond where he lives. One night a hard rain washes him far away and he cannot find his home. He meets a lamb and a dog and goes to their homes, but their homes do not make him sing. Finally, he meets a boy who takes him back to his pond, where once again he can sing.

Keywords: amphibians, animals, dog, fear, feelings, frog, goal setting, happiness, jumping, lost, nature, nonverbal communication, rain, refusal skills, self esteem, sheep, shelter, stress management, weather

Albert b. cub & zebra | by Rockwell, Anne

Albert B. Cub's friend named Zebra is missing. Albert looks all over for Zebra, travelling from A to Z. Finally, Albert finds Zebra at the zoo. (A Wordless Book)

Keywords: alphabet, animals, bear, friendship, lost, nonverbal communication, travel, zebra

Morris brookside is missing | by Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

After having his feelings hurt, Morris the dog is missing. His owners search for him so they can resolve their differences.

Keywords: aging, animals, conflict resolution, differences, dog, feelings, lost, missing, sadness, stress management

Madeline and the gypsies | by Bemelmans, Ludwig

Madeline goes to a Gypsy circus and is led astray. The other school girls follow and they get wrapped up in the excitement that they forget about home and school. The girls return home at the end.

Keywords: adventures, assertiveness, conflict resolution, decision making, fantasy, fun, lost, peer resistance, refusal skills, verbal communication

This is the bear | by Hayes, Sarah

Bear is pushed in the garbage by mistake. He goes on a great adventure to find his home.

Keywords: adventures, animals, bear, helping, lost, shelter

Bill and pete to the rescue | by dePaola, Tomie

Bill and Pete are best friends who leave the Nile in search for Pete's cousin, Little Jane Allison Crocodile. Little Jane has been stolen and taken to the United States. Bill and Pete get separated when Pete helps a rich lady retrieve her purse. Bill joins forces with alligators from the swamp to save cousin Jane- just as Pete escapes the rich lady!

Keywords: adventures, alligator, amphibians, animals, birds, bodies of water, crime, crocodile, disappearance, escape, family, friendship, lost, parents, rescue, separation, swamp, zoo

Benjie | by Lexau, Joan M.

Benjie's granny loses her earring on the way home from church, so bashful Benjie sets out to look for it while his granny is takng a nap. He finds the earring, but in the process he loses his bashfulness.

Keywords: accomplishment, adventures, african american, assertiveness, bravery, change, disappearance, exploration, family, goal setting, grandparents, lost, multicultural, shyness, sleep, success, unselfish, verbal communication

The littlest matryoshka | by Bliss, Corinne Denias

Nikolai shipped his last carved matryoshka from Russia to a toy store in America. While on display, one of the six dolls gets bumped from the shelf and begins a great adventure away from her sisters. She survived the snow, the stream, a bird, and a cat before being found by the very girl who had bought her sisters, and they were all together once again.

Keywords: accidents, adventures, american, animals, author's note, beauty, birds, colors, dolls, family, hobby, hope, lost, missing, multicultural, russian, seasons, shopping, snow, squirrel, surprises, survival, toys

Emma and the silk train | by Lawson, Julie

The silk trains that constantly cross the tracks near Emma's house fascinate her and spark her imagination of having silk clothing of her own. Her whole town is set into a frenzy when one of the trains derails, and in her attempt to snag a beautiful swatch of red silk in the river, she is swept away. Her rescue is dramatic and exciting.

Perfect the pig | by Jeschke, Susan

Perfect the piglet is granted three wishes. He gets wings and that brings him into Olive's life where he is happy. But his wings get him in trouble when he flies into the trap of a mean man.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, conflict resolution, fear, feelings, friendship, happiness, lost, magic, pig, sadness

The ghost of nicholas greebe | by Johnston, Tony

At midnight, Nicholas Greebe dies. The following day he is buried by his family. However, a small dog digs around his grave and runs off with one of Nicholas Greebe's bones!This upsets Nicholas. His ghost decides to haunt his family until the missing bone is returned.

Keywords: animals, assertiveness, body parts, death, dog, family, feelings, frustration, ghosts, grandparents, happiness, loss, lost, mythical, nonverbal communication, parents, siblings, verbal communication

A day, a dog | by Vincent, Gabrielle

A dog is left behind on a road to begin an adventure through the fields, city, beach, and country. Will it ever find someone who will love it again?(A Wordless Book)

Keywords: accidents, animals, beach, car, conflict resolution, dog, fear, feelings, friendship, loneliness, lost, love, transportation

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