Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

The santero's miracle: A bilingual story | by Anaya, Rudolfo

Don Jacobo and his grandson carve a figurine of a saint from wood for the Christmas season. A large snow storm comes and closes the roads. This creates problems for Don Jacobo's family who wants to visit their family. It is also a problem for his sick neighbor who needs to to go the the hospital.

Keywords: carving, christmas, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, grandparents, helping, holidays, language, mexican american, miracle, multicultural, snow, spanish, stress management, traditions, verbal communication, weather

Tikvah means hope | by Polacco, Patricia

When Justine and Duane help the Roth's build their Sukkoth, they do not realize how special it is until tragedy hits. A large fire rages over the land, saving very few things, yet a miracle does occur.

Keywords: animals, cat, celebration, feelings, fire, Jewish, miracle, multicultural, nonverbal communication, religion, spiritual, stars, stress management

A hanukkah treasury | by Kimmel, Eric

Hanukkah is to me the time for lighting the menorah, spinning the dreidel, and remembering heros from the past. Poetry, music, and recipes help keep the Hanukkah tradition alive!

Keywords: acceptance, accomplishment, adventures, ambition, american, animals, anticipation, appreciation, assertiveness, beliefs, bias, bravery, celebration, ceremony, challenges, change, charity, closeness, communication, conflict, conflict resolution, cooking, courage, critical thinking, culture, customs, decision making, destruction, determination, discrimination, elephant, family, feelings, folktale, food, freedom, games, goal setting, god, grandparents, grief, hanukkah, happiness, hebrew, heroism, history, holidays, hope, immigrants, independence, individuality, israelian, Jewish, kindness, language, love, loyalty, memories, miracle, moose, moving, multicultural, music, parents, peace, pilgrims, poetry, polish, politics, poverty, prayer, prejudice, presents, racism, religion, russian, sadness, secrets, siblings, snow, song, spiritual, storytelling, toys, traditions, war, weather

Welcome with love | by Overend, Jenni

The special day has arrived. Jack, his sisters Janie and Bea, Aunt Meg, Dad, and Anna the midwife are awaiting the home birth of mother's new baby. Share this wonderful miracle as Mum delivers her new baby at home.

Keywords: anticipation, baby, birth, celebration, excitement, family, feelings, happiness, health, miracle, nonverbal communication, parents, pregnancy, reproduction, siblings, support, technology, telephone

The marzipan moon | by Willard, Nancy

A priest receives a broken crock pot which brings him food and other things he needs. A bishop visits one day and declares the pot a miracle. He throws the pot away to have a gold one made which causes the magic to disappear.

Keywords: appreciation, change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, food, greed, magic, miracle, religion, verbal communication

The donkey's dream | by Berger, Barbara Helen

The story of the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus and how important the donkey was to their journey.

Keywords: animals, birth, christmas, donkey, holidays, miracle, nonverbal communication, travel, verbal communication

Grandfather's christmas tree | by Strand, Keith

A young couple embarks on their own to an unknown land to build their life. When times get hard for their family, they adjust their lifestyles to make things work.

Keywords: animals, author's note, birds, birth, challenges, christmas, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, goose, grandparents, holidays, hope, miracle, mountains, new year, nonverbal communication, settlers, snow, storm, storytelling, stress management, train, transportation, travel, tree, verbal communication, wagon, wilderness, winter

Arthur yorinks' the flying latke | by Yorinks, Arthur

A traditional family celebration of Hanukkah turns into a national emergency when a minor dispute between family members triggers a food fight that sends a latke flying out the window into outer space. The flying potato pancake is mistaken for a UFO by news reporters which forces the family to remain in the house with only the company of each other and the remaining plate of latkes to survive on for eight days and nights. In the end, they learn to get along and the true meaning of Hanukkah is shared.

Keywords: argument, celebration, chaos, conflict resolution, family, food, hanukkah, hebrew, holidays, humor, Jewish, miracle, multicultural, nonverbal communication, photograph, relationship, sharing, traditions

Dog breath | by Pilkey, Dave

The Tosis family has a dog named Hally. Hally is a wonderful dog except that she has very bad breath. When Mr. and Mrs. Tosis cannot take Hally's bad breath anymore they decide to give her away. The kids try to fix the problem by taking her to a mountain top to see the view, a movie, and a carnival to ride a roller coaster in the hopes that they will take Hally's bad breath away but nothing works. That night two burglars break into the house but when Hally kisses them the burglars pass out from the smell and Hally and her breath are, heroes!

Keywords: animals, carnival, crime, critical thinking, dog, family, fish, grandparents, heroism, hygiene, miracle, mountains, newspaper, night, parents, robbery, sadness, siblings, skunk, smell

Poor gabriella | by Forrester, Victoria

The birth of Christ has just taken place, and everyone in the barn is warm and safe except for poor Gabriella, a cow who is locked outside. Is it a miracle that a strong, fierce wind causes Joseph to let the cow in so she is safe and warm also?

Keywords: angel, animals, assertiveness, christmas, cow, family, goat, miracle, nonverbal communication, parents, sheep, verbal communication

December | by Bunting, Eve

A mother and son huddle together in a cardboard box on Christmas Eve when a mysterious woman knocks on their door. They give her a place to sleep, a small cookie, and a coat for a blanket. On Christmas morning, an angel appears and changes their life forever.

Keywords: acceptance, angel, appreciation, caring, celebration, christmas, community, coping, dreams, faith, family, five senses, giving, holidays, homeless, hunger, love, miracle, plants, pride, sharing, shelter, sounds

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