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Rhymes for annie rose

Hughes, Shirley

More than twenty rhymes tell about the daily life and activities of a young girl named Annie Rose. The playful poems cover several topics including animals, people, seasons, routines and adventures that children love.

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adventures, animals, bedtime, behavior, birds, boat, body parts, clothing, counting, cow, dancing, day, dog, dolls, dreams, food, friendship, games, garden, imagination, mice, moon, morning, nature, neighbors, night, numbers, playing, poetry, presents, rain, rhyme, sand, sea, seasons, sheep, snow, summer, sun, toys, tree, water, weather, winter

Rooster's off to see the world

Carle, Eric

Rooster wants to take a trip around the world. Two cats, three frogs, four turtles and five fish join him along the way. It gets dark, and everyone begins to worry about where they will sleep and what they will eat. Rooster decides he did not plan his trip very well. Everyone decides to go home. Rooster goes home also. He falls asleep and dreams about his trip around the world.

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amphibians, animals, cat, companion, critical thinking, decision making, exercise, exploration, fish, friendship, frog, homesickness, moon, reptiles, travel, turtle, verbal communication, walking

Saturn for my birthday

McGranaghan, John

Jeffrey wants Saturn for his birthday, and he wants the moons too- all 47 of them! But he's not selfish: he'll share the rings with some of his friends at school and with his teacher, Mrs. Cassini. Facts about Saturn are woven seamlessly throughout this funny story as Jeffrey explains just what he'll do with his present and how he'll take care of it.

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anticipation, bedtime, birds, birthday, cat, celebration, colors, communication, excitement, family, feelings, food, history, holidays, moon, mouse, numbers, nutrition, parents, pets, planet, presents, radio, sizes, space, technology, television, temperature

Sleep, big bear, sleep!

Wright, Maureen

It's time for Big Bear to hibernate, so Old Man Winter keeps telling him sleep, Big Bear, sleep. But Big Bear doesn't hear very well. He thinks Old Man Winter has told him to drive a jeep, to sweep, and to leap. Big Bear just can't seem to hear what Old Man winter is saying. Finally, Old Man Winter finds a noisy way to get Big Bear's attention.

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animals, autumn, basketball, bear, bee, birds, camping, cardinal, clouds, frog, hibernation, insects, jeep, moon, moose, mountains, owl, rabbit, seasons, sleep, snow, sounds, squirrel, tree, winter

Sophie and the new baby

Anholt, Laurence

A new baby is coming, and Sophie's going to be a big sister!She helps her mother and father prepare for the arrival of the baby, but when her little brother is born, she wishes that her family could give him back!Sophie slowly begins to realize that having a new brother might not be so bad after all.

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acceptance, affection, anticipation, appreciation, attention, autumn, baby, birth, carriage, change, cold, conflict resolution, confusion, decision making, disappointment, dolls, family, feelings, giving, jealousy, loneliness, moon, morning, night, nonverbal communication, parents, patience, pregnancy, preparation, resentment, seasons, secrets, snow, spring, sun, verbal communication, walking, winter, woods

Squawk to the moon, little goose

Preston, Edna Mitchell

A little goose thought the moon disappeared. While watching the moon, a fox grabbed her, but she tricked him and ran home.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, critical thinking, escape, fear, feelings, fox, goose, moon, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, self esteem

Stars! Stars! Stars!

Barner, Bob

Learn about the solar system through colorful pictures and creative rhyme. Blast off into space to see stars and more starts.

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astronomy, critical thinking, earth, imagination, moon, night, observation, planet, rhyme, sky, stars

Still dreaming = Seguimos sonando

Martinez, Claudia Guadalupe

Many workers from Mexico leave their homeland with their families to a land of opportunity where they dream to live a life without borders. A young boy and his parents drive their car far away until there are no city lights. Papa sings a sweet sad song on the side of the road where there are other people at a campfire. The boy eventually learns that the laborers worked in Alaska, Los Angeles, Michigan, Minnesota, Kansas, and Chicago, and they cross the border together to find answers to their dreams.

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america, author's note, border, butterfly, California, car, farmer, fishing, food, geography, hard work, history, immigrants, language, maps, Mexico, moon, music, neighbors, newspaper, ship, sleep, spanish, stars, train, transportation, travel

Sun dance water dance

London, Jonathan

A group of children enjoy a beautiful summer day by swimming, playing in the hot sun, picnicking, and skipping rocks. Their day ends as they look up at the stars and dream of what tomorrow will bring.

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animals, beverage, body parts, colors, constellation, dancing, day, dreams, exercise, five senses, friendship, imagination, lizard, moon, night, picnic, rocks, seasons, sky, snake, stars, summer, sun, swimming, taste, temperature, water

Sun mother wakes the world: An Australian creation story

Wolkstein, Diane

The indigenous people of Australia believe their ancestors created the world through the sun shining on all living things to wake them up, bringing them to life. Sun Mother then creates the Morning Sun and the Moon to watch over ther children living on Earth in this spiritual, emotional, and multicultural story of creation.

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aborigine, amphibians, animals, australian, beetle, birds, caterpillar, cave, celebration, cricket, direction, earth, emotions, emu, fear, folktale, frog, grub, happiness, insects, kangaroo, life, love, moon, multicultural, nonverbal communication, owl, plants, platypus, reptiles, self esteem, sky, sleep, snake, stars, sun, tree, understanding, verbal communication, walkabout, wind, wombat

The bear on the moon

Ryder, Joanne

A polar bear wonders about the deep sea and the lights in the sky. Her curiosity leads her to explore the mystery of the moon, and bring some of it back to her friends which helps explain why the polar bears came to live on ice and snow.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, bodies of water, community, courage, decision making, friendship, goal setting, imagination, independence, moon, nonverbal communication, sea, self esteem, snow, weather

The big big sea

Waddell, Martin

A mother and daughter grow closer as they take a walk to the beach at night. This memorable experience will stay with them throughout their lives.

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beach, bodies of water, exercise, moon, night, ocean, parents, relationship, running, sand, sea, stress management, walking

The bird, the monkey, and the snake in the jungle: a rebus book

Banks, Kate

The bird, the monkey, and the snake all share a tree for a home in the jungle. They don't always get along, but when their tree falls over, they must go in search of a new home. Just when it seems like every home is already taken, they meet the frog who offers to share his home. Now that there are four in the tree, they must all get along.

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animals, bat, birds, conflict resolution, crocodile, flowers, friendship, frog, homeless, jungle, monkey, moon, nature, reptiles, sharing, snake, spider, squirrel, stars, sun, tiger, tree

The boy in the moon

Olsen, I.B.

The boy in the moon travels to earth to look for the man in the moon.

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astronomy, earth, exploration, moon, travel

The boy who wouldn't go to bed

Cooper, Helen

Not wanting to go to sleep, a little boy rides away in his car to find someone to stay up and play with him all night. As the determined little boy drives off, he encounters exciting things such as a lion and a parade of soldiers. After searching for someone to play with him, the little boy finds someone who is still awake.

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animals, assertiveness, bedtime, car, conflict resolution, disobedience, family, imagination, instruments, moon, music, night, parade, play, shadows, sizes, sleep, train, transportation

The busy tree

Ward, Jennifer

Spectacular illustrations rendered in oil paint, and a rhyming text that describes tree's activities from its roots to its branches, introduce young readers to the amazing activities that go on in a tree. See acorns nibbled by chipmunks, ants scurrying across a trunk, and a spider spinning a web. Everything adds up to a busy tree for all to come and see.

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animals, ant, autumn, birds, chipmunk, cocoon, cycle, habitat, insects, mole, moon, moth, nature, owl, plants, rhyme, seed, spider, squirrel, swinging, tree, woodpecker

The church mice and the moon

Oakley, Graham

Two church mice are kidnapped for use as astronauts. As they are about to be launched to the moon, their caretaking cat rescues them.

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animals, astronaut, careers, cat, child care, kidnapped, moon, mouse, robbery

The cinder-eyed cats

Rohmann, Eric

A boy makes a journey to an island in the middle of the ocean by way of a flying boat. When night falls on the island, cinder-eyed cats come out to play. The creatures of the sea come out of the water to dance and interact with the boy and the cats until the night is over. When it is morning, the creatures all leave and the boy goes home too, until it is night again.

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animals, boat, bodies of water, cat, fire, fish, imagination, island, magic, moon, night, ocean, perspective, rhyme, sand, sardine, shadows, starfish, tuna, whale

The enemy: A book about peace

Bloch, Serge//Cali, Davide

There are two soldiers, each in a hole, with an order to kill the other. They both are tired and want the war to end. Finally one gives up and goes off to kill the other, only to find he has done the same. He sees that the other soldier is more like himself than he thought. In a desperate measure to end the war he doesn't understand, he launches a message in a bottle to the other hold.

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conflict resolution, correspondence, decision making, empathy, family, feelings, frustration, goal setting, hunger, moon, night, obedience, peace, photograph, sadness, war, weather, writing

The eyes of gray wolf

London, Jonathan

Gray wolf is restless because he lost his mate to a hunter. While wandering through the night, he meets a pack of wolves. From this pack of wolves, he finds a new mate with whom they start a new pack.

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animals, change, eagle, growing up, loss, moon, mountains, snow, weasel, winter, wolf, woods

The family under the moon

Jewell, Nancy

The moon tells a story of a family. Each family member has a different perspective of the night.

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differences, family, memories, moon, night, nonverbal communication, self esteem

The frog who wanted to see the sea

Billout, Gary

One day, a little frog named Alice asks a passing seagull about life beyond her pond. The seagull tells Alice about everything there is to see between her pond and the great sea. Feeling courageous, Alice take up her lilly pad and embarks on a wondrous adventure to the sea and back.

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adventures, animals, boat, bodies of water, buildings, clouds, colors, courage, dragonfly, fear, feelings, fish, flowers, fox, frog, happiness, moon, morning, mountains, nature, night, numbers, perspective, pond, river, sadness, sea, seagull, seasons, sky, sleep, spring, summer, surfing, turtle, woods

The house of boo

Lewis, J. Patrick

On a Halloween night three children dressed as ghosts get a scare when they visit the haunted house of Boo Scoggins. Spooky sounds frighten them as they try to discover who this mysterious man is up on Humpback Hill.

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animals, author's note, bat, birds, fear, friendship, ghosts, halloween, holidays, moon, night, owl, poetry, rhyme, river, shadows, sounds

The island-below-the-star

Rumford, James

Five brothers decide to go on an adventure to discover the Island-below-the-Star. They each have a love for something in nature. By using their talents and working together, the brothers overcome obstacles on their journey to the island.

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adventures, assertiveness, author's note, birds, boat, bodies of water, clouds, discovery, exploration, family, fish, fishing, food, goal setting, hawaiian, history, island, moon, multicultural, nature, nutrition, ocean, rain, siblings, stars, storm, sun, transportation, weather, wind

The leaf man

Joyce, William

When the Old Lady is too sick to take care of the garden, the brave bugs realized that they must summon the Leaf Men to save the garden from the destruction made by the evil Spider Queen. The Leaf Men save the garden and the Old Lady's heart returns so she can once again grow her garden.

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aging, ant, bravery, cricket, environment, flowers, garden, goblins, insects, lost, moon, mystery, nature, spider, storm, toys, weather

The moon jumpers

Udry, Janice May

A group of children, who call themselves the moon jumpers, love to play outside at night under the moon. They dance, play tag, make a camp and pretend they are on an island. When their mother calls them in to go to sleep, they dream of tomorrow's sun.

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bedtime, camping, dancing, dreams, exercise, island, jumping, moon, night, nonverbal communication, play, running, sleep, sun, verbal communication

The moon was at a fiesta

Gollub, Matthew

The moon over Oaxaca, Mexico is jealous of the sun. She plans for a fiesta one night so she can have fun like the sun. Afterwards though, she realizes that this causes imbalance in nature, so she never does it again.

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celebration, conflict resolution, jealousy, mexican, moon, multicultural, party, stars, sun

The moon was best

Zolotow, C.

A mother reflects about her trip to Paris as she shows her daughter beautifully enlarged photos of her favorite places.

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family, french, memories, moon, multicultural, parents, travel, verbal communication

The night eater

Juan, Ana

A night eater eats up the darkness in the sky, then continues to eat stars and clouds until they are gone. This makes it possible for the sun to be seen. The moon offends the night eater, which causes him to stop eating the night. It continues to stay dark until the children cry for him. The night eater eats up the dark sky to make way for the daylight again.

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clouds, colors, conflict resolution, day, decision making, fantasy, friendship, hard work, moon, mountains, mythical, night, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, running, sea, seasons, self esteem, sky, stars, summer, sun, weather

The nightgown of the sullen moon

Willard, Nancy

The moon wants a nightgown and a cozy bed to sleep in. The moon finds a nightgown and decides not to come out one night. All the people in the world are sad, so the sun makes the moon promise to take the nightgown back.

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assertiveness, bedtime, change, clothing, coping, critical thinking, feelings, moon, peer resistance, refusal skills, sadness, sleep, stress management, sun, verbal communication

The puddle pail

Kleven, Elisa

Ernst and Sol, two crocodile brothers, set out for the beach one morning. Sol suggests that they should start collecting various items along the beach. To Sol's disapproval, Ernst decides he wants to collect puddles. By the end of his tale, Ernst finds a creative use for his puddle collection.

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beach, celebration, clouds, collection, creativity, crocodile, dog, easter, food, holidays, moon, night, sand, shapes, siblings, stars, verbal communication, water

The rabbi and the twenty-nine witches

Hirsh, Marilyn

Once a month, when the moon is full, twenty-nine of the meanest, scariest, ugliest, wickedest witches that ever lived came out of the cave to terrify the villagers...until one day the wise rabbi invents a plan to rid his village of those wicked witches forever. The rabbi's clever plan works with hilarious results!

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animals, cat, cave, community, dancing, evil, fear, inventions, Jewish, magic, moon, numbers, problem solving, rain, religion, village, vulture, witches

The someday house

Shelby, Anne

Follow the path of a child's dream world as she describes many wonderful places to live from the mountains to a bakery to the moon.

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bodies of water, dancing, dreams, exercise, fishing, food, games, moon, mountains, music, nutrition, ocean, play, recreation, river, travel, tree

The spider who created the world

MacDonald, Amy

Nobb, the spider, needs a place to set her egg but the sun, moon, and cloud don't want her around. Her only friend, Air, offers her a place but Air can't hold an egg so Nobb uses her net to catch the sun, moon, and cloud and uses pieces of them to create a home for her egg. When she had created the world the egg hatched and from it came all the creatures of the world.

The squiggle

Schaefer, Carole Lexa

A young girl walking with her class finds a piece of string on the sidewalk. In her imagination, the string becomes a cloud, fireworks, a dragon, and more.

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assertiveness, chinese, clouds, dragons, feelings, fireworks, happiness, imagination, moon, multicultural, mythical, nonverbal communication, play, school, verbal communication

The tightrope walker

Gervais, Benadette//Pittau, Francisco

Phil dreams of walking on a tightrope. He practices on the edge of his bed and on the clothesline. Phil walks a tightrope that takes him over fields, past Louises's house, past the city, out to the sea, into the mountains, and back home just in time for bed.

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adventures, animals, bear, bedtime, bodies of water, cat, cow, dreams, exercise, friendship, goal setting, gymnastics, imagination, moon, mountains, night, nonverbal communication, play, sea, sheep, sleep, sports, stars, whale

The tooth fairy meets El Raton Perez

Lainez, Rene Colato

The Tooth Fairy and El Raton Perez see their signal for a new tooth. When they get to the house, they meet each other for the first time. They start fighting over whose tooth it is which causes the tooth to fly across the room. The tooth lands in the bookshelf. El Raton Perez can't climb up and the Tooth Fairy can't fit in small places. They decide to work together and share the tooth.

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american, author's note, bedtime, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, fairy, language, moon, mouse, multicultural, night, problem solving, sleep, spanish, teeth, travel, verbal communication

The unbeatable bread

Hoopes, Lyn Littlefield

Uncle Jon is determined to melt away the winter with his unbeatable bread. The wonderful aroma from his bread lures children and wild animals out of the cold winter morning into his kitchen.

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ambition, animals, cooking, determination, five senses, food, health, moon, music, nutrition, rhyme, seasons, sleep, smell, song, sun, verbal communication, winter

The very hungry caterpillar

Carle, Eric

A caterpillar hatches from it's egg and is very hungry. It eats a variety of food for seven days. After it is full, the caterpillar builds a cocoon and becomes a butterfly.

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butterfly, caterpillar, change, cocoon, critical thinking, Days of The Week, decision making, five senses, food, growing up, hunger, insects, moon, shelter, sizes, sun, taste

Ugh

Yorkins, Arthur

Many, many years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, there was a boy named Ugh who was looked down on and treated like a slave by his siblings. Ugh tells them he will be famous one day. After seeing a wheel, he invents the bicycle, and because of this becomes the boy king.

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anger, assertiveness, bicycle, cave, change, chores, confidence, critical thinking, differences, dinosaur, family, feelings, happiness, inventions, jealousy, moon, sadness, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication, whale

Under the moon

French, Vivian

Three classic fairytales are retold. An old lady cleans the cobwebs from the sky. A young boy is tricked by a Mother Wolf, and a log produces an Apple Child with magical abilities.

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animals, assertiveness, cleanliness, disobedience, magic, moon, sky, wolf

Water dance

Locker, Thomas

The water cycle is explained in a story form using beautiful illustrations as a visual lesson. All forms of water, including clouds, mist, rainbows, rivers, and seas are explained and described.

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bodies of water, clouds, environment, forest, lake, moon, mountains, nature, rain, rainbow, river, science, sea, sky, storm, stream, sun, water, weather, wind

We

Schertle, Alice

Describes the emergence of humankind out of Africa, charting the course of human development from seven million years ago to today, highlighting the development of diversity among peoples and our ability to invent and discover.

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africa, art, astronomy, baseball, boat, bodies of water, buildings, construction, desert, discovery, exploration, forest, history, home, inventions, machines, moon, mountains, music, nonverbal communication, poetry, prayer, religion, rhythm, river, sea, sports, sun, technology, transportation, travel, verbal communication, war

Welcome, precious

Grimes, Nikki

A young couple welcomes a new baby to the world, and introduces the baby to the wonders of nature: the rainbow, birds, grass and sunlight. The new baby is also introduced to caring relationships and love- and the pictures illustrate the miracle of it all.

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african american, baby, balloon, bath, bedtime, family, fun, games, glasses, grandparents, happiness, home, love, marriage, moon, morning, multicultural, night, parents, plants, play, rainbow, rhythm, sky

What the animals were waiting for

London, Jonathan

The story of the dramatic cycles of life on the African savanna, one of the last great, wild places on earth.

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africa, animals, bodies of water, celebration, crocodile, elephant, family, giraffe, grandparents, language, lightning, lion, moon, multicultural, nature, night, patience, river, storytelling, wisdom, zebra

When I heard the learn'd astronomer

Whitman, Walt

A boy is overwhelmed by all the charts and figures about space, but he gets tired of listening to the lectures. He goes outside to look up at the night sky. He is able to make the connection between what he heard and what he sees.

When the wind stops

Zolotow, Charlotte

A little boy questions the beginning and end of nature, and his mother helps him to understand that there truly is no end.

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assertiveness, autumn, bodies of water, conflict resolution, confusion, contentment, critical thinking, exercise, family, feelings, happiness, moon, nature, nonverbal communication, ocean, parents, play, rain, sadness, seasons, self esteem, spring, summer, sun, verbal communication, water, weather, wind, winter

Where does joe go?

Pearson, Tracey Campbell

Every winter Joe from the neighborhood Snack Bar disappears without a trace. All of the towns people have creative ideas on where he is. But in the end he turns out to be someone the children love...even more than the hotdogs and ice cream he gives them in the summertime!

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archeology, astronaut, autumn, beach, bones, change, community, critical thinking, dancing, excitement, five senses, food, gossip, instruments, monuments, moon, music, nonverbal communication, nutrition, privacy, royalty, santa, seasons, ship, spring, summer, transportation, travel, vacation, winter, work

Whistling wings

Goering, Laura

Marcel, a young tundra swan, is tired from the first half of a winter migration. One thousand miles is a long way to fly- too long for Marcel, so he hides in the rushes to stay behind while his parents and the flock continue south. But with the lake nearly frozen over, he soon realizes that he is not cut out for life on the ice. Other animals offer advice about how to survive the winter, but their ways of living aren't right for the swan. Hungry and scared, he falls asleep- only to be awakened by a big surprise!

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affection, animals, birds, eagle, feelings, food, ice, lake, loneliness, migration, moon, muskrat, raccoon, sadness, seasons, sounds, swan, travel, winter

White wave

Wolkstein, D.

A Chinese farmer finds a shell with a moon goddess in it. She eases his loneliness, but then he becomes greedy and she must leave. He eventually learns and has a happy life.

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chinese, decision making, feelings, goddess, greed, happiness, learning, loneliness, moon, multicultural, nonverbal communication, self esteem, verbal communication

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