Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Hooray for fish! | by Cousins, Lucy

Little Fish goes for a swim to see all of his friends. Along the way, Fish introduces his friends of various colors, size and numbers.

Keywords: counting, emotions, family, feelings, fish, friendship, moods, opposites, parents, rhyme, verbal communication

Wish come true cat | by Scamell, Ragnhild

The unlikely answer to a wish is a scruffy old cat that has to win the heart of a little girl. It takes a cold snowy day to make his wish come true.

Keywords: acceptance, affection, animals, appearance, attention, cat, communication, companion, conflict resolution, disappointment, friendship, homeless, hope, hunger, kindness, mistake, nonverbal communication, opposites, persistence, sadness, selfishness, snow, sounds, stars, understanding, uniqueness, wish

Food for thought: The complete book of concepts for growing minds | by Freymann, Saxton

Fruits and vegetables are strategically carved to emulate people and animals in order to teach shapes, colors, numbers, letters, and opposites. Readers can learn these skills while being entertained by the creative use of healthy foods.

Keywords: airplane, alphabet, animals, ant, birds, cat, colors, counting, dog, duck, elephant, feelings, fish, flowers, food, frog, giraffe, guinea pig, happiness, insects, kangaroo, letters, numbers, opposites, penguin, sadness, shapes, sheep, sizes, snake, turtle, umbrella

April fool! Watch out at school! | by DeGroat, Diane

It's April Fool's Day so Gilbert is excited to trick his friends. Throughout the day, his friends keep on tricking him, but he can't seem to trick anyone else. Gilbert doesn't give up though: he has one more trick in mind. The rest of the afternoon, he's extra nice to Lewis. Lewis gets so nervous about what Gilbert's trick is, the other classmates manage to trick him. At the end of the day, Lewis finds out Gilbert didn't have a trick after all. He had been tricked!

Keywords: accidents, animals, anticipation, assertiveness, books, creativity, critical thinking, feelings, food, frustration, humor, mischief, opposites, patience, reading, school, self esteem, sequence, sounds, trick, verbal communication

The duchess of whimsy: An absolutely delicious fairytale | by de Seve, Randall

The Duchess of Whimsy is very well known to be extravagant, through her celebrations, clothing, and conversation. The Earl of Norm is quite the opposite; in fact the Duchess thinks he is rather ordinary. However her father tells her, their two kingdoms have to be friends. The Earl of Norm loves the Duchess of Whimsy and goes to extraordinary lengths to try to impress her, but none of them impress her. One night at supper the cook becomes sick, so all the Duchess' guests try to impress her with their cooking. However the one food that impresses her is the one ordinary food. Cooked by whom?

Keywords: animals, assertiveness, attention, celebration, clothing, colors, conflict resolution, cooking, decision making, fairy, fantasy, feelings, food, friendship, giraffe, goal setting, humor, opposites, party, peer resistance, poetry, refusal skills, surprises

Tails | by Van Fleet, Matthew

Check out these rhyming, interactive pages with texture. Colorful 3-dimensional pictures come to life with humor on every page (A Board Book).

Keywords: alligator, animals, bear, counting, five senses, fox, humor, monkey, numbers, opposites, pig, raccoon, reptiles, rhyme, sequence, tiger

Tiny and Bigman | by Gershater, Phillis

Challenging stereotypical gender roles, Tiny and Bigman illustrate the unique people skills people have to help the world go around and to make a happy family. Tiny learns to use her large size, strength, and booming voice to help people in her community. Tiny falls in love with a small man who is hard of hearing. She builds their house, and he cooks and cleans.

Keywords: african american, animals, assertiveness, baby, beauty, body image, caribbean, confidence, conflict resolution, cooking, deafness, diving, family, garden, gender, helping, hurricane, language, love, multicultural, ocean, opposites, pregnancy, relationship, sizes, stereotypes, technology, verbal communication, weather, wedding

That's good! That's bad! On Santa's Journey | by Cuyler, Margery

Santa runs into a few problems on his Christmas Eve journey. At the beginning of the trip, he gets delayed by a snow storm. When it clears up, he continues to the first little boy's house, but his reindeer have trouble landing on the icy roof. Santa continues to encounter problems, but manages to deliver all the presents.

Keywords: animals, assertiveness, clothing, critical thinking, decision making, holidays, onomatopoeia, opposites, reindeer, santa, travel, weather

Amanda pig and her best friend lollipop | by Van Leeuwen, Jean

Amanda and Lollipop are best friends. Lollipop is very shy and will only speak to Amanda. The two friends share secrets, dolls, and their childhood. Amanda and Lollipop have very different personalities that compliment each other. Amanda is very vocal and excited, whereas Lollipop is very shy and quiet.

Keywords: activities, animals, baby, bedtime, caring, companion, cooperation, differences, dolls, friendship, opposites, pig, secrets, self esteem, shyness, support, verbal communication

Push, pull, empty, full | by Hoban, Tana

A book of opposites depicted in black and white photographs.

Keywords: opposites

City,country | by Robbins, Ken

A drive through the city and country is depicted through wonderful pictures as seen from the backseat of a car.

Keywords: car, community, opposites, transportation, travel

Fast-slow, high-low | by Spier, Peter

Pictures of opposites help us to understand how many different opposites there are. Examples of opposites include more-less and front-back.

Keywords: opposites, sizes, time

Look up, look low | by Hoban, Tana

Illustrations show scenes in nature from way up high and way down low.

Keywords: nature, opposites, seasons

Beach ball | by Sis, Peter

Mary and her mother visit the beach. They see numbers, opposites, letters, and shapes. There are many fun things to do at the beach.

Keywords: beach, boat, bodies of water, colors, critical thinking, differences, fishing, letters, numbers, opposites, play, sequence, shapes, swimming, transportation

The backward day | by Krauss, Ruth

A young boy decides that it is Backward Day and does everything backward all morning. His parents play along until the little boy announces that Backward Day is over.

Keywords: assertiveness, change, creativity, decision making, family, imagination, nonverbal communication, opposites, parents, play, self esteem

Becca backwards, becca frontwards: A book of concept pairs | by McMillan, Bruce

Through the use of photographs, a little girl named Becca, displays opposites. For example, a full glass of milk and an empty glass of milk are opposites.

Keywords: concepts, food, learning, nutrition, opposites

Fast is not a ladybug | by Schlein, Miriam

Some things are faster than people and some are slower. A firetruck must go fast, but growing up must go slow.

Keywords: appreciation, critical thinking, growing up, opposites, patience, self esteem

Snow bear | by 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?

Keywords: 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 cats of mrs. calamari | by Stadler, John

Mrs. Calamari moves into a new apartment and the landlord tells her No cats allowed! Mrs. Calamari is not about to put her cats out on the street, she'll have to think of something. Mrs. Calamari and her cats become friends to the landlord and he accepts them.

Keywords: acceptance, animals, appearance, argument, assertiveness, beach, birthday, cat, celebration, change, conflict, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, discovery, dog, emergency, family, fire, food, friendship, glasses, honesty, humor, marriage, moving, nonverbal communication, nutrition, opposites, party, peer resistance, pets, rules, safety, trick, verbal communication, wedding

The big pets | by Smith, Lane

There is a mysterious world where the children are small and the pets are big. These children, along with their pets, gather to play at night and are therefore called nightchildren.

Keywords: animals, dreams, imagination, night, opposites, pets, play, recreation, sizes

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