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Some smug slug

Edwards, Pamela Duncan

A smug slug strolls on soil toward a slope. A sparrow, spider, swallow tail and other animals attempt to stop the slug from slithering up the slope, but it does not listen. Unfortunately the slop was a frog. Gulp!

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adventures, animals, birds, death, feelings, frog, insects, nature, sadness, snake, soil, sparrow, spider, squirrel

Verdi

Cannon, Janell

Wild and energetic, Verdi the snake is afraid of turning green and becoming lazy like the older snakes. To keep the green away, Verdi jumps and slithers all around the forest. One day Verdi does turn green, but he realizes it is the snake inside, not the color outside, that makes a great snake!

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animals, bodies of water, colors, environment, excitement, family, feelings, forest, fun, nature, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, siblings, snake, uniqueness, verbal communication

The happy hunter

Duvoisin, Roger

Mr. Bobbin goes hunting, but is unable to kill the animals. Instead, he admires them. Then when Mr. Bobbin is too old to hunt, the animals go to visit him.

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aging, animals, appreciation, decision making, nature, recreation, verbal communication

Raven and river

Carlstrom, Nancy White

The river ice begins to crack as spring descends upon the Alaskan tundra. The raven knows it is time to wake up, so he flies about alerting his animal friends of spring's arrival. The melting ice brings new life and excitement to the animals who live along side the river.

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animals, bear, beaver, birds, bodies of water, celebration, happiness, hare, hibernation, ice, nature, nonverbal communication, raven, river, seasons, sleep, snow, spring, squirrel, winter, wolf

Rebel

Schoenherr, John

Mother and father goose come to the same pond every year to make a nest to lay their eggs. This year when the eggs hatch, one of the goslings turns out to be a curious rebel. The gosling explores around the pond until the family flies south for the winter.

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amphibians, animals, baby, birds, bodies of water, curiosity, deer, family, feelings, frog, goose, happiness, hawk, nature, nonverbal communication, parents, pond, raccoon, reptiles, seasons, siblings, spring, turtle, verbal communication, winter

Rabbit's morning

Tafuri, Nancy

This picture book shows a rabbit's day and his travels through the countryside where he sees other animals.

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animals, nature, rabbit, travel

Play with me

Ets, Marie Hall

A little girl goes on a walk and encounters many animals. When she tries to catch them, they run away. Once she sits quietly, all the animals come to play with her.

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animals, nature, patience, plants, play, sounds

Anybody home?

Fisher, Aileen

A little girl walks through the wilderness looking at animals and seeing how they live.

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animals, five senses, nature, nonverbal communication, recreation, shelter

Ask a daffodil: A completely phonetic poetry book

Seronde, Adele

Many poems discuss different subjects from flowers to weather.

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animals, nature, plants, poetry, seasons, weather

In the tall, tall grass

Fleming, Denise

A little boy observes and hears the sounds that insects and animals make in nature.

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animals, five senses, hearing, insects, nature, nonverbal communication, sounds

Deep down underground

Dunrea, Olivier

One mole digs deep underground and affects all the other animals down there because of his noise.

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animals, ant, five senses, insects, mole, nature, nonverbal communication, reptiles, snake, sounds

Frederick's fables

Lionni, Leo

Many animals go through several adventures. Some of them learn lessons, solve conflicts, and make discoveries.

Black cowboy, wild horses: A true story

Lester, Julius

Using his amazing tracking ability, black cowboy Bob Lemmons is accepted by a herd of wild horses allowing him to corral them. Based on a true story, the reader gets a glimpse of the struggles that faced the cowboys in the plains of the United States.

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acceptance, african american, american, animals, birds, careers, challenges, cowboys, food, freedom, heroism, history, horse, multicultural, nature, snake, storm, survival, vulture, weather, wilderness

Shall we play?

Hutchins, Pat

Woodland creatures try to decide what game to play. They decide to play hide-and-go-seek.

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animals, assertiveness, decision making, friendship, games, nature, play, recreation, woods

Listen, rabbit

Fisher, Aileen

A boy spends many days trying to be-friend a rabbit. His sister has pets, and he wants one too. He settles with watching the rabbit's babies grow up.

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animals, conflict resolution, decision making, five senses, friendship, goal setting, nature, nonverbal communication, patience, pets, rabbit, rhyme, seasons

Gray fox

London, Jonathan

The life cycle of the gray fox is shown including a caring little boy who lays the fox to rest and says a prayer for his spirit.

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amphibians, animals, birds, death, deer, egret, family, fox, frog, nature, prayer, seasons

Hot hippo

Hadithi, Mwenye

The Hippo asks Ngai, the omniscent, if he can live in the water. Ngai allows Hippo to do this if he only eats plants and not the fish. In the end, they are both happy.

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animals, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, fish, folktale, food, goal setting, hippopotamus, nature, plants, respect, verbal communication

Dawn

Shulevitz, Uri

At nighttime, a grandfather and his grandson are asleep under a tree. Soon, the animals, the grandfather and the grandson begin to awaken - it is dawn!

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animals, bedtime, family, grandparents, nature, night, nonverbal communication, sharing, sleep

The secret hiding place

Bennett, Rainey

Little Hippo loves his family-they would do anything for him and watch closely over him every day. Sometimes though, Little Hippo wants to be alone...and he has a tough time escaping them!It is only when he runs away to a secret hiding place, though, that he discovers how much he really loves them!!

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animals, assertiveness, exploration, family, hiding, hippopotamus, nature, secrets

Johnny maple-leaf

Tresselt, Alvin

Johnny Maple-Leaf begins his life as a small brown bud. As time passes and the seasons change, he grows and develops into a mature leaf. Throughout his life, he encounters many animals. The other leaves help to keep him company, whether in the trees or on the ground.

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animals, autumn, birds, dog, duck, forest, fox, goose, growing up, mouse, nature, owl, plants, rain, robin, seasons, self esteem, spring, squirrel, summer, weather, wind, winter

The cloud eater

Reeves, Katherine

Henry and his dog, Laura, live and travel with the circus. When a problem occurs with their newest member, a giraffe, Henry has to do some critical thinking to solve the problem. Henry becomes friends with the cloud eater in the process.

Good morning, granny rose

Ludwig, Warren

Granny Rose and her dog, Henry, go for a walk in the woods and get stuck in a blizzard. Henry finds a cave for shelter, where the two run into a bear.

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animals, bear, discovery, dog, exercise, exploration, hibernation, nature, shelter, storm, walking, weather, woods

Great big air book

Scarry, Richard

The animals learn how to depend on air to fly planes, dry laundry, blow out candles, inflate tires and many other uses.

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animals, discovery, learning, nature, nonverbal communication

That sky, that rain

Otto, Carolyn

A young girl visits her grandparent's farm. As it is about to storm, the girl is able to observe the magic of the rain all around the farm.

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animals, conflict resolution, differences, family, farm, grandparents, nature, nonverbal communication, rain, weather

Quiet

Parnall, Peter

A young boy lies quietly on the ground motionless waiting for animals to come near.

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animals, determination, goal setting, imagination, nature, nonverbal communication, play, relaxation

Elf owl

Buff, Mary//Buff, Conrad

Desert life is described through animals, plants, and the weather patterns. There is always a need for water in the desert.

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animals, conflict resolution, desert, environment, nature, nonverbal communication, nutrition, plants, stress management, survival, water, weather

17 kings and 42 elephants

Mahy, Margaret

This book is done in Batik paintings and is a rhyming poem about kings and their animals marching through a jungle. They sing and dance enjoying each others company while moving along their merry way.

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animals, art, dancing, elephant, exercise, feelings, happiness, jungle, music, nature, nonverbal communication, royalty

Frederick

Lionni, Leo

While the other mice are gathering corn, nuts, wheat and straw for the winter, Frederick gathers sun rays, colors, and words. The other mice think that Frederick is lazy, but during the long winter days, his words warm the other mice.

Little bunny on the move

McCarty, Peter

Where is Little Bunny going?Past the cow and the sheep, over the train tracks, and through the fence - but where will his trip end?

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animals, cow, family, nature, nonverbal communication, rabbit, sheep, train, transportation, travel, wilderness

Bringing the rain to kapiti plain

Aardema, Verna

Ki-pat lives in Kapiti Plain where he watches over his herd of cattle. Ki-pat is worried because Kapiti Plain is having a drought, and his cattle and grass need water. A large cloud produces rain when Ki-pat shoots an arrow into it.

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africa, animals, baby, clouds, conflict resolution, cow, critical thinking, family, goal setting, multicultural, nature, patience, rain, weather

How the rabbit stole the moon

Moeri, Louise

All of the animals in the forest were sad because at night they could not see. All of the animals tried to get the sun to give them a little bit of light for the night. The rabbit stole some sun and created the moon and stars.

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animals, assertiveness, community, conflict resolution, coping, courage, critical thinking, fear, feelings, folktale, goal setting, moon, nature, peer resistance, rabbit, sight, woods

The brownstone

Scher, Paula

Six animal families live in an apartment building together. They switch apartments several times in order to make each other happy with their neighbors and to make a better living community.

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animals, change, community, compromise, critical thinking, decision making, moving, nature, neighbors, problem solving, shelter, teamwork

Heart of a tiger

Arnold, Marsha D.

One week before Naming Day, the character goes on a search for Bengal. The parrots and monkeys were not kind to him in the forest and even teased him. Even in the face of danger and violence, this character shows how to have the heart of a tiger.

The snow cat

Khalsa, Dayal Kaur

Elsie, who lives alone in a snow-covered house on the edge of the woods, makes a friend when a huge snow cat comes to play with her.

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animals, cat, creativity, decision making, feelings, friendship, imagination, loneliness, nature, woods

Cat's colors

Cabrera, Jane

What is cat's favorite color? Cat visits the ten most popular colors to try and decide which color is his favorite. In the end the decision is easy. Cat's favorite color is orange, which is the color of his mom!

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animals, bat, bee, birds, cat, clouds, colors, cow, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, flowers, happiness, kindness, lobster, love, mouse, nature, parents, sand, sheep, sky, sun, worm

The star rocker

Slate, Joseph

Old Cassie lives on a floating raft. One night, she tries to quiet the fears of her animal friends, by singing a lullaby near the pond.

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animals, bedtime, bodies of water, fear, feelings, friendship, music, nature, night, pond, song, stress management, verbal communication

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

Rain rain rivers

Shulevitz, Uri

Rain has many purposes. Rain affects people, animals, and nature. Most importantly, rain gives growth to living things.

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amphibians, animals, birds, bodies of water, frog, nature, ocean, plants, pond, rain, river, weather

The empty lot

Fife, Dale H.

Harry Hale decides to sell a two acre lot his grandfather had left him. He receives three offers for the lot. He visits the lot and finds an abundance of life and nature that he cannot destroy. Harry decides not to sell the lot and to leave it as it is.

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amphibians, animals, birds, bluejay, canary, chipmunk, critical thinking, decision making, frog, insects, mouse, nature, stress management, woodpecker

Iktomi and the ducks

Goble, Paul

An arrogant Indian loses his horse. While he is looking for his horse, he goes duck hunting and fools the ducks long enough to kill them. Because he does not like noises, he tries to stop two trees from creaking. While he does this, he becomes stuck and a wolf eats the Indian's ducks.

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animals, assertiveness, beliefs, birds, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, duck, food, goal setting, horse, imagination, multicultural, native american, nature, noise, nutrition, plants, self esteem, sounds, wolf

Tomorrow on rocky pond

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.

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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

Sleep bear

Dabcovich, Lydia

A bear is luckily in hibernation when a hunter comes to look for him, but wakes up when spring returns.

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animals, bear, decision making, hibernation, nature, nonverbal communication, seasons, spring, winter

A starlit somersault downhill

Willard, Nancy

Friendship is very important to this little rabbit who wants to nap with his bear friend. Unfortunately for the rabbit, he learns he cannot rest as long and as peacefully as the bear can. He learns that he is meant to be free doing somersaults downhill in the snow.

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animals, anticipation, assertiveness, bear, birds, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, happiness, nature, nonverbal communication, owl, rabbit, sadness, seasons, sleep, winter

Drawing lessons from a bear

McPhail, David

During his lessons on how to be a bear, a young bear discovers his love for drawing. As he grows he continues to practice, getting encouragement from his mother, his teacher, and most of all from himself.

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animals, art, bear, cave, drawing, family, fantasy, fish, forest, goal setting, museum, nature, nonverbal communication, parents, pride, rabbit, school, self esteem, squirrel, teaching

Beardream

Hobbs, Will

It is spring, and all the bears are out except one. Short Tail decides to go find the one they call the Great Bear. He quickly tries climbing the mountains and goes to sleep, where he often finds the Great One in his dream. The Great One is so impressed by Short Tail's respect, that he shares an important secret.

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animals, bear, ceremony, dancing, dreams, fish, mountains, multicultural, native american, nature, respect, seasons, secrets, sleep, spring

Deep in the forest

Turkle, Brinton

This picture book illustrates a story similar to that of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. When a little girl and her parents go out, a bear goes into their house and eats their food, sits on their chairs, and sleeps in their beds. (wordless book)

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animals, bear, conflict resolution, curiosity, decision making, family, food, forest, nature, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, sleep

Buzzy bear goes south

Marino, Dorothy

Buzzy Bear goes south with the birds, but realizes he forgot some important articles. He goes back home, becomes tired, and decides to take a long winter's nap.

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animals, bear, birds, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, hibernation, nature, peer resistance, seasons, sleep, winter

The sky jumps into your shoes at night

Tomkins, Jasper

The sky holds many roles and responsibilities in our lives. From every word that is spoken to every beautiful thing in nature, the sky is always present and ready to play. The sky is always with us, touching everyone of us in every moment.

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animals, bear, bodies of water, clouds, desert, fish, flowers, garden, mountains, nature, ocean, plants, rainbow, sky

Snow bear

George, Jean Craighead

Bessie finds a new friend while exploring an ice ship-- a baby polar bear. She and Snow Bear play together like best pals. Bessie's brother and Snow Bear's mother watch carefully because they are both concerned and worried about their friendship. Will Bessie and Snow Bear's happiness be enough to keep them together?

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animals, baby, challenges, cold, conflict, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, eskimo, family, fear, friendship, fun, gender, hunting, ice, multicultural, nature, ocean, opposites, perspective, playing, polar bear, ship, stereotypes, transportation, winter, worry

The little island

Brown, Margaret Wise

A kitten comes to an island and learns that the island is part of the world, just like he is. The island enjoys being both part of the world and on its own as the seasons change.

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animals, assertiveness, autumn, cat, change, fish, individuality, island, nature, relationship, seasons, self esteem, spring, summer, winter

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