Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Snow family | by Kirk, Daniel

Join a young boy as he wanders into the snow to meet new friends. His friends are missing their noses, hats, and part of their family. Help the boy try to find what his new friends need.

Keywords: adventures, affection, animals, assertiveness, barn, bear, behavior, birds, body parts, cardinal, caring, clothing, cold, conflict resolution, cow, crow, decision making, dog, exercise, family, farm, fear, feelings, fight, forest, friendship, fun, love, mischief, nonverbal communication, parents, playing, problem solving, sadness, sleep, snow, sounds, sparrow, squirrel, tree, verbal communication, weather, wind, winter

A koala for katie | by London, Jonathan

A little girl named Katie is curious about adoption and who her real mom is. Katie goes to the zoo and adoptes a stuffed Koala so sch can protect and teach someone.

Keywords: adoption, baby, family, love, parents, teaching, understanding, zoo

The best single mom in the world: How I was adopted | by Zisk, Mary

A girl tells the story of her single mother's decision to adopt her from overseas. She discusses their time together and their happy life as a family.

Keywords: adoption, beauty, birth, caring, child care, decision making, family, feelings, friendship, garden, grandparents, happiness, love, parents, sharing, soccer, sports, storytelling, travel, work, working mother

Beginnings: How families come to be | by Kroll, Virginia

Parents tell their children how they became a family. There are birth families, adoption families, single-parent families, two parent families, and different ethnic families.

Keywords: adoption, birth, differences, disability, family, foster care, love, marriage, multicultural, parents, siblings

Horace | by Keller, Holly

A young leopard named Horace is adopted by a tiger family. Horace searches for other leopards but realizes in the end that his family is the tiger family.

Keywords: adoption, animals, conflict resolution, decision making, family, leopard, parents, running away, self esteem, storytelling, tiger, verbal communication

Adoption is for always | by Girard, Linda Walvoord

Upon learning that she is adopted, Celia experiences feelings of insecurity about her birth-parents. Through openly talking with her parents, Celia learns that she is loved by her birth-parents and her parents, and accepts her feelings about adoption.

Keywords: acceptance, adoption, anger, assertiveness, conflict resolution, coping, family, fear, feelings, loneliness, parents, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Little bunny's cool tool set | by Boelts, Maribeth

Little Bunny saves up all of his money to buy a tool kit, then decides to take it to school for show-and-tell the next day. Although he is usually good at sharing, Little Bunny finds it difficult to share his new tool kit while at school, even with his best friend.

Keywords: activities, anger, animals, argument, conflict resolution, cooperation, family, feelings, food, friendship, happiness, money, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, play, rabbit, refusal skills, school, sharing, stress management, tools, toys, verbal communication

I got a family | by Cooper, Melrose

A rhyming tale of a young girl's traditional family telling the activities they do together and the love they all share.

Keywords: activities, family, fun, grandparents, love, parents, rhyme, sharing, siblings

My daddy and i... | by Greenfield, Eloise

A young African American boy describes all the activities that he and his father do.

Keywords: activities, african american, cooperation, family, feelings, fun, happiness, multicultural, parents, sharing, siblings

I'm busy, too | by Simon, Norma

Three children and their families get ready for a busy work and school day. See how all three families spend their time during the week.

Keywords: activities, assertiveness, bedtime, child care, night, parents, school, stress management, time

A prairie year | by Bannatyne-Cugnet, Jo

Take a trip through the various activities that occur within a year. Start with hockey games, planting potatoes, fairs, and harvesting wheat. When fall approaches you will experience Halloween. To end the year is the celebration of Christmas.

Keywords: activities, animals, autumn, chicken, christmas, competition, cow, decision making, deer, dinosaur, fair, family, farm, fishing, food, grandparents, halloween, hockey, holidays, nutrition, parents, pig, santa, seasons, siblings, snow, sports, spring, summer, verbal communication, winter

Once upon a time | by Prater, John

A boy, his cat, and his mother observe what happens around them. The boy tells the story of what he sees and does throughout the day.

Keywords: activities, animals, bear, family, nonverbal communication, observation, parents, rhyme, verbal communication, wolf

Sit still | by Carlson, Nancy

Pat knows 101 ways to sit in a chair, but he does not know how to sit still. After trying several ways to get Pat to sit still, his mom finally finds something that works. All Pat needs are things to keep him busy.

Keywords: accomplishment, activities, body parts, doctor, exercise, family, jumping, nonverbal communication, parents, recreation, siblings, verbal communication, walking

Lucy's summer | by Hall, Donald

Lucy spends her New Hampshire summer of 1910 doing a variety of things. She helps her mother can fruits and vegetables and make beautiful hats to sell. She attends a Fourth of July celebration where she meets an organ grinder with a monkey and a gypsy couple trying to sell picture frames. The highlight of Lucy's summer was taking the train into Boston with her mother. That was one day that Lucy will never forget.

Keywords: accomplishment, animals, autumn, clothing, cooperation, dolls, family, farm, food, fourth of july, gypsy, helping, history, holidays, love, monkey, nutrition, parents, school, seasons, shopping, siblings, summer, train, transportation, travel, verbal communication

To hilda for helping | by Zemach, Margot

Hilda's sister gets jealous when her father gives Hilda a medal for helping out around the house. She tells Hilda that she hopes she loses the medal. Hilda says that if she loses it and it gets buried, it will grow into a tree full of medals.

Keywords: accomplishment, assertiveness, consequences, family, feelings, fight, growing up, helping, jealousy, parents, seasons, self esteem, siblings, summer, verbal communication

The boy who would be a hero | by Lewis, Marjorie

A boy grows up in a small village and trains to be a hero. After growing up he leaves the village to become a hero, but instead of rescuing a princess he is caught by a witch. He outwits the witch and returns to the village to be a farmer.

Keywords: accomplishment, assertiveness, careers, challenges, cleanliness, community, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, determination, family, hygiene, mythical, parents, problem solving, storytelling, success, witches

Great-grandma tells of threshing day | by Cross, Verda

Great Grandma tells her grandchildren of threshing day. It is a day in late June when the wheat is harvested. The men harvest the wheat while the women cook a hearty meal. This was always an exciting day for grandma and her brother. Threshing day was a day she will never forget.

Keywords: accomplishment, animals, bath, bedtime, beverage, chicken, cooperation, cow, family, farm, food, grandparents, hard work, horse, machines, memories, nutrition, parents, seasons, siblings, storytelling, summer, verbal communication

Marvin's best christmas present ever | by Paterson, Katherine

It's almost Christmas and Marvin doesn't know what gift to give his parents. After he asks his older sister for some help, he ends up making a wreath. Marvin's parents love their gift and it hangs on their trailer almost all year. When they finally decide to take it down, they discover a family of birds who have been enjoying it too.

Keywords: accomplishment, animals, birds, christmas, family, helping, holidays, nature, parents, presents, pride, self esteem, siblings, surprises, traditions

The house i'll build for the wrens | by Neitzel, Shirley

A young boy plans to build a house for the wrens in the yard. He starts with a diagram showing what the house will look like. He gets out a toolbox which holds wooden boards, a ruler, hammer, sandpaper, nails, a level, paintbrush, paint, and a scredriver. While he is constructing the birdhouse, his mother comes home. The boy and his mother hang the birdhouse from a tree in the backyard and admire his accomplishment.

Keywords: accomplishment, animals, author's note, birds, cat, cleanliness, colors, construction, dog, family, goal setting, imagination, parents, pride, rhyme, siblings, tools, wood, working mother

Max | by Graham, Bob

Max is the son of the legendary superheroes Captain Lightning and Madam Thunderbolt. His family has high expectations for him to follow in their footsteps and become a superhero too. Now he just needs to learn how to fly. After many persistent tries, Max still can't keep himself off the ground. His family is supportive and determined to get him to fly. Will this confidence be enough to help him fly like the birds?

Keywords: accomplishment, adventures, airplane, baby, birds, bully, challenges, community, confidence, courage, determination, embarrassment, encouragement, family, frustration, grandparents, growing up, heroism, learning, parakeet, parents, peer resistance, persistence, pride, rescue, school, self esteem, transportation

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