Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Beastly feast | by Goldstone, Bruce

The animals are going to have a feast. Each animal brings a food that rhymes with its name. From carrots to honey, all of the food is enjoyed by all of the animals. When the armadillos arrive with pillows the feast is over.

Keywords: animals, bear, bee, birds, cooperation, fish, flea, fly, food, friendship, insects, moose, mosquito, mouse, nutrition, parrot, rabbit, rhyme, sharing, sleep

Meet the marching smithereens | by Hayes, Ann

Join the parade as the drum major leads the rest of the marching smithereens down the street towards the cheering crowd. Each animal plays a different instrument to make a sound the crowd loves.

Keywords: alligator, animals, band, bear, beaver, crocodile, elephant, exercise, fun, giraffe, hippopotamus, instruments, kangaroo, lion, mice, monkey, moose, mouse, music, nonverbal communication, parade, rabbit, raccoon, rhinoceros, rhythm, skating, sounds, tiger, turtle, verbal communication, walking, zebra

One duck stuck | by Root, P.

One duck gets stuck in the muck down by the marsh. Creatures by the marsh try to help him get free. Creatures come first two, then three, then adding one every time. No one can free the duck by themselves but as a team, the duck is freed.

Keywords: alliteration, animals, conflict resolution, counting, cricket, dragonfly, duck, fish, frog, helping, moose, numbers, opossum, rhyme, sequence, skunk, snail, snake, stress management, teamwork, verbal communication

Even that moose won't listen to me | by Alexander, Martha

Rebecca has a hard time convincing her busy family that there is a moose tearing up their garden. Rebecca runs the moose out of the garden by herself. When her family finally comes out to see what Rebecca is talking about, the moose and the garden are gone. Rebecca eventually moves onto a new project.

Keywords: animals, attention, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dog, family, garden, misunderstanding, moose, nonverbal communication, parents, problem solving, siblings

Santa's moose | by Hoff, Syd

Milton the moose wants to help pull Santa's sleigh. At first he is really clumsy and he wants to quit. Santa assures him that he can do it. It takes him several tries to learn how to do everything right, but he ends up doing so well, Santa asks him back for the next year.

Keywords: animals, christmas, decision making, determination, helping, holidays, moose, patience, self esteem

Moose, goose, and little nobody | by Raskin, Ellen

All the animals have a home except for little nobody. Moose and Goose try to find his home which leads them to a mouse hole.

Keywords: animals, birds, critical thinking, decision making, friendship, goose, moose, mouse, problem solving, self esteem, shelter, stress management

Tomorrow on rocky pond | by Reiser, Lynn

A child can't wait to go fishing on Rocky Pond so she can see animals and have picnics. It's a day full of adventure and fun.

Keywords: adventures, amphibians, animals, beaver, birds, boat, bodies of water, clothing, deer, dragonfly, duck, exercise, family, fish, fishing, five senses, food, frog, geography, insects, listening, maps, moose, nature, nonverbal communication, nutrition, observation, owl, parents, picnic, pond, rabbit, recreation, siblings, smell, spider, swimming, taste, touch, transportation, walking, woods

Voices of the wild | by London, Jonathan

The ways of wild animals are vividly described with beautiful poetry.

Keywords: animals, bear, beaver, birds, deer, eagle, five senses, loon, lynx, moose, night, otter, owl, poetry, reptiles, turtle, wolf

Thidwick the big hearted moose | by Seuss, Dr.

Thidwick was nice enough to let the other animals live on his antlers, but they took advantage of his generosity. Thidwick's life is threatened by a hunter, so he sheds his antlers and frees himself of all his guests.

Keywords: anger, animals, change, coping, feelings, moose, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, safety, stress management, verbal communication

A moose is not a mouse | by Berson, Harold

A mouse lives in fear of the cat. It is not until he sees a picture of a moose that he thinks that when he grows up he will be bigger than the cat. As it happens, the mouse's mother tells him that a mouse is not a moose.

Keywords: ambition, animals, assertiveness, beliefs, cat, confusion, decision making, goal setting, growing up, imagination, misunderstanding, moose, mouse, peer resistance, self esteem

Donna o'neeshuck was chased by some cows | by Grossman, Bill

Donna O'Neeshuck cannot understand why she is being chased by cows, moose, geese, and other animals. When she stops to ask the animals, she discovers that the way she pats their heads is irresistable.

Keywords: affection, animals, birds, conflict resolution, cow, decision making, kindness, moose, mystery, rhyme, verbal communication

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