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I dance in my red pajamas

Hurd, Edith Thacher

Jenny visits her grandparents and has fun. Unlike Jenny's parents, her grandparents like noise and hopping around. She dances in her red pajamas while her grandparents dance.

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dancing, differences, exercise, family, grandparents, noise, parents, play, recreation, self esteem

Polly wakes up in the middle of the night and wants to play with her pillow. Polly and her pillow play and dance with other pillows in the house and then a pillow fight breaks out. Polly's feelings get hurt, but the other pillows make sure she is okay.

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bedtime, chaos, conflict resolution, dancing, exercise, feelings, fight, imagination, loneliness, mischief, night, nonverbal communication, play, resolution, sadness, sleep

Good ethan

Fox, Paula

Ethan is told not to cross the street. While playing with the ball, it rolls across the street. Ethan must find a way to get the ball without crossing the street.

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conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, disobedience, goal setting, listening, peer resistance, play, recreation, safety

The backward day

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.

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

Bored - nothing to do!

Spier, Peter

While the boys are bored one day, they take apart many things around their house in order to build an airplane which really flies.

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airplane, boredom, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, disobedience, family, imagination, play, recreation, siblings, transportation

Up to ten and down again

Ernst, Lisa Campbell

Four boys and five girls come in two cars to the park to play and have a picnic lunch. They bring along six balls, seven boats, and eight baskets.

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clouds, counting, duck, food, friendship, numbers, nutrition, pets, picnic, play, pond, rain, toys

Home lovely

Perkins, Lynne Rae

Tiffany and her mom, Janelle, have just moved to a new trailer that is pretty far away from everything else. Since Janelle has to work, Tiffany spends a lot of time playing alone. When she discovers plants growing by her driveway, the mailman helps her take care of them as they grow.

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careers, change, coping, family, flowers, friendship, goal setting, learning, loneliness, moving, parents, plants, play, scarecrows, self esteem, working mother

Kiki's play

Steiner, Charlotte

Kiki and her friends build a playhouse and a garden. Throughout every season, they play in their playhouse.

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cooperation, determination, friendship, garden, play, seasons, shelter, teamwork

Alfie's feet

Hughes, Shirley

After shopping with his mother, Alfie gets some boots. While splashing in puddles, Alfie discovers he has been wearing the boots on the wrong feet. After correcting the problem, he continues to play.

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assertiveness, clothing, conflict resolution, confusion, decision making, family, learning, nonverbal communication, parents, play, recreation

Zelda and ivy

Kvasnosky, Laura McGee

Zelda, the oldest sister, is always bossing Ivy around when they play. Zelda helps Ivy feel better by sharing her favorite toy with her.

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conflict resolution, family, play, sharing, siblings, toys, verbal communication

King of the playground

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds

Kevin is being bullied by Sammy on the playground. Kevin keeps going back to the playground because his father tells him Sammy is not able to do anything unless Kevin lets him. Kevin outsmarts Sammy and they become friends.

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bully, confidence, conflict resolution, decision making, friendship, goal setting, peer resistance, play, refusal skills, self esteem, verbal communication

In the rain with baby duck

Hest, Amy

In order to get to Grandpa's house for the traditional pancake breakfast, Baby duck has to walk in the rain. Baby duck doesn't like the rain but his grandpa shows him a way to enjoy it.

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compromise, conflict resolution, duck, exercise, family, food, generations, grandparents, jumping, learning, nutrition, parents, play, problem solving, rain, song, traditions, umbrella, verbal communication, walking, water, weather

Mine's the best

Bonsall, Crosby

At the beach, two little boys argue over whose balloon is better, even though they are essentially the same. In the end, their balloons are completely deflated because of the abuse they have taken from the two little boys. When a girl teases them with her ballon, they pull together in defense of each other.

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accidents, assertiveness, competition, conflict resolution, play, teamwork

My friend harry

Lewis, Kim

James takes his new stuffed elephant, Harry, everywhere with him. Eventually, when Harry begins to become worn and his ears start to sag, James is old enough to start school. Being separated from a close companion like Harry will take a little more effort than James thinks.

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animals, bath, biking, books, companion, conflict resolution, dog, elephant, exercise, family, farm, friendship, helping, hygiene, independence, love, play, pretend, reading, school, separation, support, toys, vacation, verbal communication

The big pile of dirt

Clymer, Eleanor

Several children in the city find that they have nowhere to play. They have to play in a big pile of dirt in an empty lot. Finally, the mayor builds a park for the kids in the empty lot to play in.

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assertiveness, community, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, friendship, imagination, nonverbal communication, play, recreation, self esteem, verbal communication

Bug city

Ipcar, Dahlov

A family of bugs go about their everyday life working, shopping, and having fun. They encounter worms, lightening bugs, butterflies, and other insects throughout the day.

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ant, beetle, butterfly, community, family, fun, humor, insects, parents, play, self esteem, shopping, verbal communication

Clifford the big red dog

Bridwell, Norman

Emily Elizabeth owns the biggest, reddest dog in the neighborhood. She talks about all the things they do together and how much she loves him. Even though he's big and red, she would never give him up for the world.

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animals, colors, dog, friendship, love, pets, play, self esteem

Little blue and little yellow

Lionni, Leo

Little blue and little yellow are good friends. One day they are playing and they hugged each other and became green. When they went home, their parents sent them away because they did not look the same. Little blue and little yellow both began to cry and they turned back into blue and yellow.

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affection, body image, colors, differences, family, feelings, friendship, parents, play, recreation, sadness

Thomas' snowsuit

Munsch, Robert

Thomas is a stubborn boy. One day when his mother buys him a new snowsuit, Thomas refuses to wear it. Eventually, Thomas wears the snowsuit and gets angry. This occurs at school, which leads to a humorous situation.

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anger, assertiveness, clothing, conflict resolution, disobedience, feelings, happiness, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, play, refusal skills, school, self esteem, snow, winter

Trucks, trucks, trucks

Sis, Peter

A little boy has made a mess in his room with his toy trucks everywhere. His mother asks him to pick up his trucks and as he puts each one away, he names the truck by the work that it does. When he is finished picking up his room, the little boy is praised for doing such a good job.

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cleanliness, colors, obedience, play, toys, transportation, truck

The snow lady

Hughes, Shirley

Sam and Barney build a snow lady that resembles their elderly neighbor, mean Mrs. Dean. Sam decides that it would only be polite to invite lonely Mrs. Dean to Christmas dinner.

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acceptance, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, food, friendship, holidays, neighbors, nonverbal communication, nutrition, peer resistance, play, recreation, seasons, verbal communication, winter

Mr. fong's toy shop

Politi, Leo

Mr. Fong entertains the children with stories and toys. In preparation for the Moon Festival, he creates a shadow puppet play for the children.

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assertiveness, celebration, chinese, dancing, decision making, exercise, holidays, multicultural, nonverbal communication, parade, play, preparation, puppets, self esteem, song, toys, verbal communication

The snowman

Briggs, Raymond

A boy builds a snowman which comes alive in the middle of the night. The boy and the snowman spend all night together. When the boy wakes up in the morning, his friend has melted.

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bedtime, change, coping, critical thinking, feelings, friendship, imagination, night, nonverbal communication, play, seasons, snow, weather, winter

Can't sit still

Lotz, Karen E.

A girl describes her busy days through each season, including all of the sights and sounds she sees as the seasons change.

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activities, autumn, bicycle, change, exercise, family, jumping, parents, play, seasons, skipping, spring, summer, winter

Carousel

Crews, Donald

A picturesque ride on a carousel which goes from empty to full, then faster and faster. Finally the carousel slows and stops.

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carnival, five senses, play, recreation, sounds

Gabrielle and selena

Desbarats, Peter

Gabrielle and Selena are tired of the same routine everyday. They switch places for the evening, and their parents play a trick on them. Be ready for a funny ending.

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assertiveness, boredom, conflict resolution, critical thinking, curiosity, differences, friendship, magic, play, verbal communication

The hokey pokey

La Prise, Larry

Children have fun engaging in a musical game where they sing and put different parts of their bodies in and out of the circle to do the hokey pokey.

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body parts, dancing, exercise, fun, music, play, song

The best-loved doll

Caudill, Rebecca

Betsy is invited to a party and can bring one doll. The doll should be dressed well, do something, or be old. Instead of taking one of these dolls, Betsy took Jennifer. Although Jennifer did not fit the party requirements, she was awarded a medal for being the best-loved doll at the party.

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body image, celebration, conflict resolution, decision making, dolls, love, party, play, toys

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

The king's stilts

Seuss, Dr.

King Bistram's stilts are taken away and he becomes depressed. His kingdom, which is surrounded by the sea, is sabotaged by an awful lord. Because the king is so depressed, he neglects his duties and the city is in danger of becoming flooded, until his page boy comes to the rescue.

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assertiveness, bodies of water, chaos, critical thinking, decision making, depression, diseases, fantasy, feelings, imagination, nature, play, robbery, royalty, sea

Mop top

Freeman, Don

Marty would rather play then get his hair cut. However, if he wants a birthday party, he has to get his hair cut. He has many adventures on his way to the barber.

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adventures, birthday, body image, conflict resolution, decision making, holidays, party, play, responsibilities, self esteem

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

Lucy and tom's 1 2 3

Hughes, Shirley

Lucy and Tom have a busy day of shopping and celebrating their grandmother's birthday. During these events, they create their own game of counting various objects.

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assertiveness, birthday, counting, critical thinking, family, games, goal setting, grandparents, holidays, play, recreation, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

One short week

Eriksson, Eva

Rosalie is bored because she has no one to play with. She calls her friend, Victor. Victor invites Rosalie to his birthday party, a whole week away. She turns one week into one day and ends up playing with Victor for a hundred hours.

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birthday, boredom, conflict resolution, cooperation, friendship, goal setting, holidays, party, play, stress management

The duck who loved puddles

Peliowski, Michael J.

Puddles the duck loves to splash in water. When the land becomes dry, he goes on a quest to find water. Puddles gets into trouble for using other people's water. Finally it rains and he is happy again.

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birds, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, duck, friendship, learning, play, rain, sharing, weather

A hat for minerva louise

Stoeke, Janet Morgan

A silly loving chicken ventures out in the cold for an winter adventure. See how he mistakes some mittens for a hat to keep himself warm.

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birds, chicken, clothing, fun, play, seasons, snow, winter

Charley, charlotte and the golden canary

Keeping, Charles

Charley and Charlotte are great friends who are separated when Charlotte is forced to move. Charley finds a canary that they always looked at together at the pet store. After Charley buys the canary, it flies out of the cage to Charlotte. Charley and Charlotte are reunited.

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birds, canary, change, conflict resolution, coping, feelings, friendship, loneliness, moving, pets, play, sadness

Luap

Brindel, June Rochuy

A small boy, Luap, goes through a day in his school and town. He sees things differently than most people. For example, he sees people walking on their hands and riding their bicycles backwards. Through this, Luap learns a valuable lesson.

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acceptance, biking, conflict resolution, critical thinking, differences, gymnastics, learning, nonverbal communication, play, recreation, sports, uniqueness, verbal communication

More spaghetti, I say!

Gelman, Rita Golden

Minnie is too busy eating spaghetti in various ways in different places to play with Freddy.

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animals, biking, exercise, food, friendship, jumping, monkey, nutrition, play, rhyme, running, transportation, truck

David goes to school

Shannon, David

David is quite the mischievous student, full of energy and always keeping his teacher on her toes. His entertaining antics make it impossible not to enjoy him.

Going to sleep on the farm

Lewison, Wendy C.

A father and his son are playing on the floor. The son asks how each farm animal sleeps, so the father describes each animal's sleep patterns in a quiet, gentle rhythm to the boy.

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animals, bedtime, family, farm, parents, play, rhyme, sleep

Ant plays bear

Byars, Betsy

Ant is a young boy with a wild imagination. An imagination that allows him to be a bear and a dog. He also imagines a giant outside his window and experiences the careers of his dreams.

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animals, bear, bedtime, careers, cave, creativity, dog, exercise, family, fear, fun, games, giants, goal setting, parents, play, playing, pretend, running, siblings, sounds

The bear at the hunter's ball

Hacks, Peter

A bear goes to a party disguised as a hunter and participates in some senseless drinking. All those at the party decide to go bear hunting.

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alcohol, animals, bear, beverage, food, party, play, recreation, verbal communication

Captain bob sets sail

Schotter, Roni

Bob is a young boy who uses his imagination to turn his daily bath into an amazing adventure in which he encounters boats, sea creatures, and a water fall. When his bath is over, the brave Captain Bob drains the ocean and gets ready for bed.

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adventures, animals, bath, bedtime, boat, bodies of water, body parts, bravery, cleanliness, dinosaur, duck, feelings, fish, imagination, monsters, ocean, play, sea, toys

Lullaby for emily

Kherdian, David

A mother sings a lullaby which describes all things that her daughter, Emily, will do as she grows older. Some of the things the mother envisions Emily doing are picking blueberries for cereal, jams, and pies, making cider, playing in the meadow, planting a garden and playing in the snow.

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animals, autumn, baby, birds, exercise, feelings, food, garden, love, nutrition, pets, plants, play, seasons, sledding, sleep, snow, spring, summer, swimming, winter

Go and hush the baby

Byars, Betsy

Will wants to go out and play, but keeps having to hush his baby brother when he cries. Will tried everything to entertain him, but all the baby really wanted was a bottle.

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baby, child care, critical thinking, family, food, imagination, nonverbal communication, nutrition, patience, play, responsibilities, siblings, verbal communication

I think he likes me

Winthrop, Elizabeth

Eliza's mother brings home her new baby brother. Eliza learns how to play with Andrew.

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baby, family, nonverbal communication, parents, play

Lu lu and the flying babies

Simmonds, Posy

Lu Lu is an impatient little girl who wants to play outside, but because her baby brother is cold, they end up in a museum. Her imagination takes over and she has a great time.

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baby, family, imagination, museum, play, recreation, siblings

Secret knowledge of grown-ups

Wisniewski, David

All those rules that grown-ups tell us aren't really true. Like why do you have to comb your hair or why can't you play with your food?Find out about several secret tricks that grown-ups use to get kids to do stuff. Do so quickly before any grown-ups find out that their secrets are being revealed.

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awareness, body parts, curiosity, discovery, food, health, humor, hygiene, mystery, nutrition, parents, play, responsibilities, secrets

A bargain for frances

Hoban, Russell

Frances saves money to buy a real china tea pot. Thelma swindles Frances out of her money and buys the tea pot. Frances then tricks Thelma out of the tea pot and they are friends again.

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animals, assertiveness, awareness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, deception, friendship, goal setting, honesty, play, refusal skills, self esteem, verbal communication

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