Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

The world's biggest birthday cake | by Greene, Carol

A group of kids bake the world's biggest birthday cake for their friend in an old water tower by heating it with a volcano. They decorate it with hedges, a pond, a zoo, a circus, and a brass band.

Keywords: animals, birthday, bodies of water, celebration, circus, food, friendship, music, nutrition, party, plants, pond, smell, teamwork, zoo

Rain rain rivers | by Shulevitz, Uri

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

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

No ducks in our bathtub | by Alexander, Martha

David endlessly tries to convince his mother to allow him to have a pet. However, all of his choices are inappropriate. Finally, they agree on fish, so he waits for the fish eggs to hatch. Only, the eggs aren't fish eggs after all.

Keywords: animals, bath, birds, compromise, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fish, frog, goal setting, obedience, parents, pets, pond, stress management, verbal communication

Tomorrow on rocky pond | by 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.

Keywords: 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

Bear shadow | by Asch, Frank

Bear sees his shadow and tries to get away from it. He tries many things but nothing seems to work. Eventually, he learns that he and his shadow can be happy together.

Keywords: animals, bear, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, fish, pond, shadows, sleep

What can rabbit hear? | by Cousins, Lucy

What can rabbit hear?

Keywords: airplane, animals, bedtime, bee, birds, clouds, duck, insects, nonverbal communication, pond, rabbit, sheep, sounds

One, two, three jump! | by Lively, Penelope

Frog wants to find a new home where he can jump. While exploring the garden the frog encounters some dangers. Thanks to the dragonfly, the frog makes it to the pond- the perfect place for any frog to live!

Keywords: amphibians, animals, birds, bodies of water, cat, crow, dragonfly, frog, garden, goal setting, helping, insects, jumping, numbers, pond, safety, sequence

Be good to eddie lee | by Fleming, Virginia

As Christy and Jim Bud approach the pond to search for frog eggs, they realize Eddie Lee, a neighbor with Down's Syndrome, has followed them. Christy's mother has always told her to be good to Eddie Lee. Christy is kind, but Jim Bud is not. As the story evolves, Eddie Lee shares the best discovery of all with Christy.

Keywords: acceptance, amphibians, bodies of water, differences, disability, feelings, fish, frog, happiness, nonverbal communication, pond, sadness, seasons, self esteem, summer, verbal communication

Felix's hat | by Bamcroft, Catherine//Coale, Hannah

Felix loves that orange hat and takes it everywhere he goes. He dreams that a turtle brings him his hat. However, it was really his brother, Fred, who brings him the hat.

Keywords: amphibians, assertiveness, critical thinking, dreams, frog, happiness, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, pond, refusal skills, sadness, security, stress management, turtle, verbal communication

The caterpillar and the polliwog | by Kent, Jack

A caterpillar is excited that when she grows up, she will change into a butterfly. When the polliwog learns that he, too, will transform, he assumes he will become a butterfly as well.

Keywords: amphibians, butterfly, caterpillar, change, differences, frog, growing up, insects, pond, pride, self esteem, uniqueness

Toad | by Brown, Ruth

A dirty toad has a slimy, mucky day in the swamp. It turns out that being disgusting pays off when a monster spits out the toad because of its terrible taste. You can't judge a toad by appearance alone.

Keywords: amphibians, appearance, bodies of water, conflict resolution, five senses, habitat, insects, jumping, pond, self esteem, smell, swamp, taste, toad

An extraordinary egg | by Lionni, Leo

Three frogs live together by a pond. One of them finds an egg. When the egg hatches, the three frogs believe that the animal is a chicken.

Keywords: alligator, amphibians, assertiveness, birds, birth, bodies of water, chicken, family, frog, helping, parents, pond, reptiles, self esteem, verbal communication

Be bop-a-do walk | by Hamanaka, Sheila

Emi and Martha go on a very long walk with Emi's dad. After many stops they reach Central Park, where Emi's dad makes them paper sail boats and hats. They are too tired to walk home so they take the bus. Emi's dad makes paper cranes for everyone.

Daisy and the egg | by Simmons, Jane

As Aunt Buttercup sits atop her eggs, Daisy awaits the arrival of new cousins and a brother or sister. Soon the eggs begin to hatch, all but the one Daisy has been watching. When Mama gives up hope, Daisy helps hatch the late egg!

Keywords: affection, birds, bodies of water, critical thinking, duck, empathy, excitement, family, helping, hope, lake, love, patience, persistence, pond, siblings, swimming, verbal communication

Some birthday! | by Polacco, Patricia

On her birthday, a girl's father takes her, her brother and her cousin down to Clay Pit to camp and cook over a campfire, and to take a picture of the monster of Clay Pit Bottoms.

Keywords: adventures, birthday, bodies of water, camping, celebration, decision making, divorce, family, feelings, five senses, food, holidays, monsters, mythical, night, nutrition, pond, recreation, smell, stress management

The eensy-weensy spider | by Hoberman, Mary Ann

Travel beyond the waterspout -- out into the garden, pond, brook, shoe store, and even the park with this determined spring-loving spider. Sing the all-time classic tune or just read with rhythm!This book will catch you in its colorful web and keep you on your toes as you advance beyond the traditional limits.

Keywords: acceptance, accidents, accomplishment, activities, adventures, affection, amphibians, anticipation, baby, bath, bedtime, beetle, birds, bodies of water, body parts, brook, bully, butterfly, caring, caterpillar, change, climbing, clothing, colors, community, companion, compromise, confidence, conflict resolution, cooperation, counting, courage, curiosity, cycle, dancing, decision making, determination, direction, discovery, dragonfly, duck, environment, exercise, family, fish, flowers, frog, fun, garden, grasshopper, injury, insects, instruments, language, morning, moving, music, nature, numbers, parade, parents, park, plants, pond, practice, rain, rhyme, routine, seasons, sharing, shopping, skipping, sleep, song, spider, spring, success, sun, swimming, travel, verbal communication, walking, weather, worm

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