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Pete's a pizza

Steig, William

When Pete is in a bad mood, his dad makes him into a pizza. As each ingredient is assembled, Pete becomes more and more cheerful until he is laughing and running out the door to play football with his friends.

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body parts, creativity, disappointment, family, feelings, food, football, happiness, humor, nonverbal communication, parents, rain, sadness, sports, weather

Mary louise loses her manners

Cuneo, Diane

Mary Louise loses her manners during breakfast one day and goes on a journey to find them all around town. Through the journey, the importance of manners becomes a reality for Mary Louise while at the restaurant, doctor's office, and library.

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behavior, body parts, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, exercise, family, five senses, goal setting, library, listening, manners, nonverbal communication, parents, restaurant, siblings, sleep, verbal communication

Andrew's loose tooth

Munsch, Robert

Andrew's tooth is loose and he can't eat breakfast until it comes out. Mom tries, dad tries, the dentist tries, and even the tooth fairy tries, but the tooth won't come out. Will his best friend's final plan work to get Andrew's tooth out?

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body parts, challenges, courage, critical thinking, dentist, family, food, frustration, health, parents, problem solving, teamwork, teeth, tooth fairy

I know how we fight germs

Rowan, Kate

How do we get sick?Join Sam and his mom as they talk about germs and their bodies. Help them figure out how bodies fight off enemy germs.

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animals, body parts, caring, cat, chicken pox, cleanliness, clothing, cold, critical thinking, diseases, elephant, family, garden, health, hygiene, illness, imagination, numbers, parents, plants, pretend, rescue, school, science, sizes, teaching, verbal communication

Where the forest meets the sea

Baker, Jeannie

A boy travels with his father to a special place where no people are. While on this trip, the boy wonders what will happen in the future to nature and the environment.

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australian, bodies of water, critical thinking, family, fish, forest, multicultural, parents, sea

The seashore book

Zolotow, C.

A mother's story helps a little boy imagine the sights and sounds of the seashore, even though he's never seen the ocean.

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beach, bodies of water, family, five senses, imagination, mountains, nonverbal communication, parents, pretend, sea, sight, smell, sun, verbal communication

Fish in the air

Wiese, Kurt

Little fish owned everything that looked like a fish. One day he makes his dad buy him the biggest fish kite. The kite is caught by a gust of wind and little fish is taken into the air and dropped into a fish net in the nearest pond.

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assertiveness, bodies of water, change, conflict resolution, coping, family, fish, parents, pond, verbal communication, weather, wind

Just my dad and me

Komaiko, Leah

A little girl wants to go to the ocean with her father, but she soon realizes that their whole family will be joining them. She escapes to another place where she is the only person in the world.

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animals, bodies of water, family, fish, nonverbal communication, ocean, parents, siblings, whale

Tim in danger

Ardizzone, Edward

Ginger, a little boy, runs away to live on a ship, and Tim and Charlotte go after him. They both join the crew on another ship and work. Their ship collides with Ginger's ship. Ginger comes aboard. They all work and go back home to their parents.

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assertiveness, birthday, boat, bodies of water, critical thinking, decision making, family, fog, food, goal setting, holidays, nutrition, ocean, parents, stress management, train, transportation, verbal communication, weather

The thanksgiving story

Dalgliesh, Alice

The pilgrims voyage across the ocean from England to the new world. Many hardships await them in America, but they are determined to get there. After a long, cold winter and a beautiful spring, summer and autumn, the pilgrims celebrate Thanksgiving with the Indians.

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baby, boat, bodies of water, family, food, holidays, multicultural, native american, nutrition, ocean, parents, thanksgiving, transportation

My daddy was a soldier: A world war II story

Ray, Deborah Kogan

While Jeannie's daddy is away fighting in the Pacific, Jeannie plants a Victory garden, collects scraps to help the war effort, and sends her daddy letters. She awaits his safe return.

Today i'm going fishing with my dad

Sharp, N.L.

A young boy is preparing to go fishing with his dad. Preparations include cleaning Dad's tackle box, digging for worms, and preparing lunch. However, as they approach the lake, the boy reveals that he really hates to go fishing because of the mosquitoes, the heat, he has to be quiet all the time, and he has to go to the bathroom in the trees. But because he likes to spend time with his dad, he goes fishing with him.

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animals, bodies of water, family, fishing, food, insects, lake, mosquito, nutrition, parents, preparation, recreation, sports, worm

Tom and pippo on the beach

Oxenbury, Helen

Tom goes to the beach with his dad and his stuffed monkey, Pippo. Tom's dad says he must wear a hat so that he will not get sick. Tom thinks Pippo should do the same. Tom lets Pippo wear his sun hat, and Tom wears a newspaper hat.

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beach, bodies of water, clothing, family, friendship, health, parents, play, protection, safety, sun

Outside over there

Sendak, Maurice

Ida is supposed to take care of her baby sister while their father is at sea. One day when she is not paying attention, goblins come and kidnap her sister. Ida plays her horn to charm the goblins with her music and rescues her sister. From that day on, she never takes her eyes off her baby sister.

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assertiveness, bodies of water, child care, critical thinking, family, goblins, kidnapped, music, parents, refusal skills, responsibilities, robbery, sea, siblings, stress management

Sailing with the wind

Locker, Thomas

Elizabeth's uncle comes sail boating into two every two years to see her family. This year he takes Elizabeth on a sail boating trip to see the ocean.

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boat, bodies of water, family, feelings, happiness, ocean, parents, rain, river, shyness, transportation, travel, weather, wind, worry

The lost lake

Say, Allen

Luke and his father decide to hike to the lost lake. Luke's father used to go there when he was young. When they eventually find the lake, hundreds of people are there. They go off into the woods hoping to find another lake. In the morning they wake up to a dream come true.

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bodies of water, change, determination, divorce, dreams, family, goal setting, lake, nature, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, woods

Queenie, one of the family

Graham, Bob

A rescued hen becomes a member of a young girl's family. Even though they take the hen back to the farm where she lives, the hen returns to the house everyday so that her chicks can grow up along with the family.

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animals, baby, barn, birds, bodies of water, bravery, caring, chicken, child care, conflict resolution, courage, decision making, dog, family, farm, food, growing up, hospital, lake, nonverbal communication, parents, park, pets, pond, sharing, verbal communication

Three young pilgrims

Harness, Cheryl

The pilgrims journey to America aboard the Mayflower. When they land, they meet Native Americans.

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boat, critical thinking, death, decision making, ocean, parents, seasons

Wilbur waits

Sherrow, Victoria

Wilbur is waiting for his birthday. When it finally arrives, he gets exciting presents like a kite, a sail boat and a sled. Unfortunately, the weather is not suitable for playing with any of his new toys. Instead of using his new toys, Wilbur finds other things to occupy his time until the weather improves.

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assertiveness, birthday, celebration, coping, friendship, holidays, imagination, parents, patience, play, stress management, weather

A birthday for blue

Lydon, Kerry Raines

It was little Blue's seventh birthday. He must celebrate while traveling west with his family on a conastoga wagon. Blue's father was unable to give him a present, so he planted seven trees along the wagon trail that would be Blue's forever.

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birthday, family, history, holidays, nature, parents, plants, presents, transportation, travel

I can do it by myself

Little, Lessie Jones//Greenfield, Eloise

A young boy wants to go by himself to buy his mom a birthday gift. He becomes scared, but in the end he manages to do it by himself. He is proud of himself.

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assertiveness, birthday, family, fear, feelings, goal setting, holidays, parents, presents, self esteem

In the middle of the night

Fisher, Aileen

A girl loves the night and watches the sky and environment almost nightly. For her birthday, she wants to go out and explore that night. Her father takes her out, and they explore a wooded area finding a variety of plants, animals, and insects.

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animals, autumn, birthday, decision making, family, night, nonverbal communication, parents, plants, seasons, spring, summer, tree, verbal communication, winter, woods

The birthday door

Merriam, Eve

It is Helen's birthday. She wakes up and there is an envelope with a clue inside it. Her parents made several clues, each of them rhyming directions to different doors in her home. The last one leads her to a dollhouse which looks just like her home.

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birthday, critical thinking, decision making, dolls, dreams, family, holidays, nonverbal communication, parents, presents, rhyme, shelter, surprises

Mommy and me by ourselves again!

Vigna, Judith

Disappointed when her mother's ex-boyfriend forgets her birthday, Amy is comforted by her family when they give her a surprise birthday party and a special gift.

Small clown

Faulkner, Nancy

Pete wakes up on his eighth birthday excited to find out what presents he received. He receives a clown suit he had been hoping for. He goes to the circus to perform with his father who is also a clown. The ringmaster allows him, and he has the best act of all the clowns.

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birthday, careers, circus, clowns, conflict resolution, determination, family, holidays, imagination, parents, performance, presents, self esteem

Busy body nora

Hurwitz, Johanna

Nora is a curious child that wants to meet everyone in her apartment building. This makes everyone think that she is a pest. She even invites everyone to a giant birthday party for her dad.

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birthday, critical thinking, curiosity, family, holidays, neighbors, parents, party, verbal communication

Going up!

Sis, Peter

Mary is on an elevator going up to her mother's birthday party. The elevator stops at each floor and someone gets on. By the time they reach the twelvth floor, all of Mary's new friends have gathered for the celebration.

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assertiveness, birthday, counting, family, feelings, friendship, goal setting, happiness, holidays, parents, party

Pulling my leg

Carson, Jo

Uncle Tom is willing to help pull the loose tooth. He says he will need a hammer, screwdriver, and pliers. As she is being tickled by her father and Uncle Tom, her loose tooth falls out. She is now able to eat porkchops at her grandmother's birthday. Uncle Tom decides that all of his tools were not necessary to remove her tooth.

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birthday, celebration, critical thinking, family, fun, grandparents, humor, love, parents, tooth fairy, verbal communication

Baby, come out!

Manushkin, Fran

Mrs. Tracy is pregnant and the baby does not want to come out. Everyone tries to tell the baby why she should come out. The baby does not want to come out until her Daddy says just the right thing.

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anticipation, baby, birth, conflict resolution, decision making, family, feelings, happiness, parents, pregnancy, refusal skills, self esteem, verbal communication

You were born on your very first birthday

Girard, Linda Walvoord

The development of a growing baby is shown sleeping and moving. Body parts and special sounds develop from the inside environment of the mother's tummy until a new day when the baby is born. A nurse and doctors are there with the baby's parents in the hospital when the baby is born.

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balloon, bedtime, birth, birthday, body parts, doctor, excitement, family, hospital, love, new baby, nurse, onomatopoeia, parents, pregnancy, rainbow, relationship, reproduction, sizes, sleep

Niki's little donkey (Niki's eselchen)

Hol, Coby

When the family donkey finally has its baby, Niki can hardly wait to call the donkey her own. She is disappointed, though, when Niki's father insists that they sell the donkey. Through hard work and determination, Niki earns the money to buy the donkey from her dad!

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animals, assertiveness, birth, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, discipline, donkey, family, feelings, goal setting, greek, happiness, multicultural, parents, sadness, stress management, verbal communication

Woodpecker forest

Tejima, Keizaburo

A young woodpecker hatches out of his egg and matures until he is ready for his first flight. He is frightened to fly, but the image of his father comforts him.

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birds, birth, family, fear, feelings, growing up, parents, woodpecker

Like butter on pancakes

London, Jonathan

A boy awakes to a sunny room and a delicious breakfast. This keeps him dancing and playing all day long on the farm. Supper time brings more good food and then comes bedtime with sweet dreams of the next day.

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animals, bedtime, birds, cat, chicken, dancing, dreams, exercise, family, farm, food, jumping, morning, night, nutrition, parents, sun, woodpecker

My mom hates me in january

Delton, Judy

Lee Henry's mom hates him in the cold, snowy, winter month of January. Everything irritates his mom during this month especially Lee Henry. Does his mom really hate him in January or does she really hate January?

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birds, family, feelings, moods, parents, robin, seasons, snow, spring, weather, winter

Owl babies (Bebes chouettes)

Waddell, Martin

Three young owls become aware of the horror of being alone and learns to cope with the problem differently.

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baby, birds, change, coping, family, feelings, identification, individuality, loneliness, loss, love, nonverbal communication, owl, parents, stress management, uniqueness, verbal communication, worry

Dawn

Bang, Molly

Dawn's father tells her the story of his shipbuilding days, and how he met her mother. Her mother would weave the sails, and she makes her father promise to never look at her while she weaves.

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anger, birds, fairy, family, feelings, goal setting, goose, mythical, parents, ship

Petunia's christmas

Duvoisin, Roger

Petunia is a goose that wants to save her friend from being eaten Christmas Day. She uses many resources to get this done.

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assertiveness, baby, birds, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, goose, holidays, nonverbal communication, parents, seasons, wedding, winter

Arnold of the ducks

Gerstein, Mordicai

A boy is taken from his home and dropped into a duck nest. He grows up thinking he is a duck. He eventually must struggle to regain his true identity.

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birds, bodies of water, differences, duck, family, fear, feelings, happiness, love, parents, self esteem, siblings, swamp, verbal communication

Old black fly

Aylesworth, Jim

An old black fly bothers a crazy mixed-up family by flying around and interrupting every aspect of their lives. The fly progresses through the alphabet by landing first on an apple pie, a baby, cookies, then a dog.

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alphabet, animals, baby, birds, birthday, cat, clothing, concepts, death, dog, family, fly, food, grandparents, insects, nutrition, parents, parrot, seasons, sequence, summer

Something to crow about

Van Woerkom, Dorothy

Ralph, a rooster, living alone, finds three eggs on his porch one morning. He decides to keep the chicks and brave being a single parent.

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birds, change, chicken, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, discovery, family, parents, stress management

The surprise family

Reiser, Lynn

A little hen finds herself adopted into a strange family, but she loves them anyway. She then has a surprise in her own family, but learns to love anyway.

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adoption, birds, chicken, conflict resolution, confusion, duck, family, feelings, love, nonverbal communication, parents

Nene

Coste, Marion

The female nene keeps watch over her eggs, while the male nene stays close by watching for danger. When the eggs finally hatch, the birds must keep close watch over the baby goslings so that no cats, rats, or mongooses eat the young. The family must stay in this area for a few months, waiting until the babies get their flying wings. Not all of the goslings survive the wait, but when all the new feathers grow in, the family flies from the land near the ocean to the mountain.

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animals, author's note, birds, birth, bodies of water, cat, challenges, change, escape, family, goose, habitat, mountains, ocean, parents, protection, rat, seasons, summer, survival, winter

Pierino and the bell

Cassedy, Sylvia

Pierino, the son of a church warden in a small village in Tuscany, claims the bell is what brings all the pigeons. On San Colombino Day, Pierino finds a silver egg. The silver egg hatches into a beautiful silver pigeon. Pierino says the bird is his and does not share it with the village. One day, Pierino sets the bird free. Some time later, the village is full of silver eggs for everyone.

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birds, celebration, church, conflict resolution, decision making, family, grandparents, neighbors, parents, selfishness

Owliver

Kraus, Robert

Owliver's mother and father expect him to be different things when he grows up. The little owl makes up his mind to be a firefighter, something neither of his parents thought of.

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birds, careers, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, growing up, owl, parents, refusal skills, verbal communication

Make way for ducklings (Abran paso a los patitos)

McCloskey, Robert

Mr. and Mrs. Mallard are searching for the perfect place to settle down and raise ducklings. They find an island in the Charles River and later they have eight ducklings. While Mrs. Mallard raises the children, Mr. Mallard explores the river for a better home. They end up living in a public park and eat peanuts that people feed them.

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birds, birth, bodies of water, child care, critical thinking, decision making, duck, family, food, goal setting, language, nutrition, parents, responsibilities, river, shelter, spanish

Fly by night

Jarrell, Randall

David's dreams take him to visit an owl. The owl tells a bedtime story of a mother and her owlets. When David wakes the next morning, his mother greets him in much the same way as the mother owl did with her owlets.

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bedtime, birds, dreams, family, morning, night, owl, parents, sleep, storytelling

The restless robin

Flack, Marjorie

Mr. Robin flies from Georgia to New Hampshire in the spring. Then, Mr. and Mrs. Robin have three baby robins. The one male robin, Buffy, is very curious and gets into a few awkward situations that he must be rescued from.

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baby, birds, critical thinking, decision making, family, parents, robin, seasons, self esteem, spring, travel

Off to school, baby duck!

Hest, Amy

It's baby ducks first day of school and she's a little bit nervous. Mr. and Mrs. Duck tell her to be brave because she's going to have so much fun. They hurry off to school and meet Grandpa duck on the way who gives baby duck the confidence she needs for the first day. Baby duck happily goes off to school with her new friend Dary Duck.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, bravery, courage, duck, family, fear, feelings, food, friendship, grandparents, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, preparation, school, self esteem, shyness, song, sounds, teaching

The red racer

Wood, Audrey

Being too embarrassed to ride her old bike, a little girl schemes to get a new bike. But her family works together to fix up her old bike without having to buy the new one.

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bicycle, biking, bully, compromise, cooperation, deception, dreams, embarrassment, exercise, family, mischief, parents, peer resistance, running, surprises

Rip van winkle: Adapted from washington irving

Locker, Thomas

Rip Van Winkle drinks the brew of Henry Hudson and sleeps for twenty years. When he awakens, his own daughter does not recognize him.

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beverage, conflict resolution, family, folktale, parents, sleep

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