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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

Simon's soup

Komoda, Beverly

Simon, the cat, prepares soup for dinner for his monkey friends, but he keeps getting interrupted during his preparations.

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animals, cat, conflict resolution, coping, food, friendship, goal setting, monkey, preparation, refusal skills, stress management, teamwork

Sleepers

Khalsa, Dayal Kaur

A young girl will not go to sleep. She knows that people sleep other places and proceeds to go through them all. By the time she finishes, she is asleep herself.

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animals, assertiveness, bedtime, creativity, goal setting, refusal skills, self esteem, shelter, sleep, verbal communication

Dr. Hunter invites Horace and Glenda Pork-fowler over to his house, Eatum Hall, for a weekend of gourmet food. They come over and realize Dr. Hunter won't be joining them until Sunday, so they eat and eat all weekend. In their cluelessness, they don't realize Dr. Hunter is a wolf.

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animals, art, correspondence, decision making, exercise, food, goose, humor, mystery, overeating, overweight, pig, refusal skills, surprises, survival, swimming, trick, wolf

Best friends

Kellogg, Steven

Kathy and Louise are best friends but Louise goes to the mountains for the summer. Kathy is mad because Louise is having a great summer without her. When Louise comes back, they both get a puppy to raise together.

Geraldine's blanket

Keller, Holly

Geraldine the pig does not want to give up her blanket. So when she gets a doll for Christmas, she makes a dress out of her blanket so she can take it with her.

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animals, christmas, clothing, conflict resolution, creativity, dolls, family, growing up, holidays, parents, pig, refusal skills, security, verbal communication

Peter's chair

Keats, Ezra Jack

Peter has a new baby sister. He is upset because his crib, chair, and other furniture have been painted pink. Peter runs away and becomes very frightened to be by himself. When his mom calls him home, he is very happy and tells his father that he wants to paint his favorite chair pink for his little sister.

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assertiveness, baby, change, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, feelings, happiness, jealousy, loneliness, nonverbal communication, parents, refusal skills, running away, siblings

Goggles!

Keats, Ezra Jack

Archie and Peter find a yellow pair of motorcycle glasses. Then some big boys come along and try to take them. Willie, their dog, takes the goggles and runs. After hiding out, they eventually regroup and make it back to their house.

The duchess bakes a cake

Kahl, Virginia

The Dutchess of Vingdom with many children is tired of her daily duties, so she bakes a cake. As she pushs the cook out of the kitchen saying she needs no help, disaster strikes. After making a mess and starting a fire the dutchess decides to stick to her usual routine

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assertiveness, change, family, food, nutrition, overweight, refusal skills, responsibilities, royalty

The teeth that looked for a new mouth

Jones, Jill

Luke refuses to brush his teeth despite his Mom's warnings about sugar bugs coming to eat his teeth. That night, Luke has a dream that his teeth try to find another mouth to live in because they are tired of being dirty with food stuck between them. In a startling end, Luke wakes from his dream and quickly goes to brush his teeth, promising that he will brush at least twice a day in order to maintain a healthy smile and happy teeth!

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animals, anticipation, bacteria, bedtime, behavior, body parts, cleanliness, consequences, destruction, fear, germs, goal setting, hygiene, refusal skills, routine, teeth, verbal communication

Night noises and other mole and troll stories

Johnston, Tony

A series of several short stories about two friends - a troll and a mole -that describe several adventures they go through together from losing a tooth to being afraid of the dark.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, fear, feelings, friendship, helping, mole, mythical, night, noise, refusal skills, self esteem, sounds, teeth, trolls

Almost gone

Jenkins, Steve

All living things are related in some way. The reality of human destruction, and its impact on the survival of animals are key components to the extinction of many animals in our environment. As each species disappears, the world as we know it, forever is changed. Will the little bird who visits your morning windowsill be next?

Dear mr. blueberry

James, Simon

Emily writes her teacher letters about a whale that is in her backyard pool. Her teacher tells and educates her that whales can't live in her pool. However, she has a great imagination and keeps trying to tell him.

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animals, assertiveness, correspondence, excitement, feelings, imagination, learning, letters, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, sadness, teaching, verbal communication, whale

The mud family

James, Betsy

Susi and her family are in desperate need of rain to save their corn and land. If it does not rain soon Susi and her family will have to move to a different place. Susi runs away to a secluded place and prays to her mud family to bring rain to the canyon. Eventually, the rain does come bringing Susi back to the family that needs her most of all.

Three-star billy

Hutchins, Pat

Billy is a little monster who does not want to go to school. At school, he receives stars. At the end of the day, he does not want to go home.

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assertiveness, decision making, disobedience, family, friendship, monsters, nonverbal communication, parents, peer resistance, refusal skills, school, verbal communication

Ella's big chance: A jazz-age Cinderella

Hughes, Shirley

This version of the Cinderella story takes place in a dressmakers shop. Mr. Cinders and his daughter Ella run the shop. Ellaﾒs father remarries a wicked woman, and she and her daughters take over the household. A ball is announced and Ella desperately wants to go. Her fairy godmother sends her in a beautiful gown and the duke falls in love with her. Ella, however, denies the Duke and admits her love for Buttons, who has helped her and her father in the shop.

Bathwater's hot

Hughes, Shirley

A little girl discovers opposites in the world around her. She discovers the difference between hot and cold water and many other things in her world.

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cleanliness, comparisons, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, five senses, friendship, hygiene, learning, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, touch

A boy went out to gather pears

Hoffmann, Felix

A boy goes out to get some pears, but they would not fall so he waits. The owner of the tree must stop the boy from picking his pears.

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conflict resolution, consequences, critical thinking, decision making, determination, food, listening, nutrition, refusal skills

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

Bread and jam for frances

Hoban, Russell

Frances, the badger, likes only one kind of food, jam on toast. After two days, she tries a different food after observing her friends' lunches at school.

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animals, badger, change, conflict resolution, decision making, family, food, nutrition, parents, refusal skills, school, verbal communication

Owen

Henkes, Kevin

Owen just loves his yellow blanket named Fuzzy, which he takes everywhere. Owen's parents decide Owen is getting too old to carry around a blanket. Owen is terribly upset and isn't happy again until Fuzzy is cut up into small pieces for Owen to carry around.

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animals, assertiveness, clothing, conflict resolution, family, feelings, growing up, happiness, mouse, parents, refusal skills, sadness, self esteem, stress management, toys, verbal communication

The cantankerous crow

Hellsing, Lennart//Strayer, Paul

The crow disobeys and flies into a farmer's yard to eat berries. The farmer catches him and sells the bird because he is so bad. The baker buys him and becomes frustrated too, so he sets the bird free. The crow goes back home to his family who missed him.

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assertiveness, birds, disobedience, family, food, nutrition, refusal skills, shelter

Amy unbounded: Belondweg blossoming

Hartman, Rachel

Through comic book style illustrations, Amy of Eddybrook Lodge encounters many exciting adventures with her best friend. During the summer between her ninth and tenth birthday, Amy and her friend learn many lessons about life. The most important ones are that love does not solve everything and even heroines sometimes need help.

Going north

Harrington, Janice N

Goodbye, Alabama, hello, Lincoln, Nebraska! This family moves from the South to the North so that the papa can find a better job. During their trip up North the family endures a couple struggles, such as the children not wanting to leave their home, the baby crying, and getting restless, and lastly, almost running out of gas! They make it to Nebraska and realize they are together and need to be brave and pioneering.

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african american, car, cooking, decision making, emotions, family, food, goal setting, listening, maps, multicultural, parents, pioneers, refusal skills, sadness, siblings, song, sounds, storytelling, transportation, travel, verbal communication

Headlines

Hall, Malcolm

A printing press, run by animals, has a mystery. Someone is stealing the letters which ends up making very confusing headlines.

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animals, careers, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, mystery, preparation, raccoon, refusal skills, refusal thinking, reptiles, snake, spelling, squirrel, teamwork, verbal communication

Lazy lion

Hadithi, Mwenye & Kennaway, Adrienne

Lazy lion orders everyone to build him a house, but he is not satisfied with it. When a big rain comes, all the other animals go into the house that was built for the lion to keep dry. This is why lions must roam the earth.

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aardvark, african, animals, ant, assertiveness, badger, bee, birds, conflict resolution, critical thinking, crocodile, decision making, folktale, geography, goal setting, insects, laziness, lion, rain, refusal skills, reptiles, shelter, teamwork, weather

Crafty chameleon

Hadithi, Mwenye

Chameleon is bullied by Leopard and Crocodile, so he comes up with a plan to teach them a lesson. Chameleon outsmarts his bullies and they never bother him again.

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animals, assertiveness, bully, chameleon, conflict resolution, critical thinking, crocodile, decision making, leopard, peer resistance, refusal skills, reptiles, self esteem, stress management

Billy the great

Guy, Rosa

Billy's parents have tried to plan his life for him since the day he was born. They try to even choose his friends. But, Billy knows what he wants so he proves to them that he can do it.

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african american, argument, critical thinking, decision making, family, friendship, goal setting, gymnastics, multicultural, parents, refusal skills, self esteem, sports, verbal communication

Luka's quilt

Guback, Gloria

Luka and Tutu are best friends. Tutu decides to make a quilt for Luka but she doesn't like it. For a while they aren't friends anymore, but then they are again.

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anger, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, hawaiian, love, multicultural, nonverbal communication, presents, quilt, refusal skills, stress management, verbal communication

Song of the boat

Graham, Lorenz

An African father and a son from West Africa build a boat from a special tree. They work together to find the perfect tree to use.

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african, assertiveness, conflict resolution, decision making, determination, family, goal setting, hard work, language, multicultural, parents, refusal skills, self esteem, teamwork, traditions, transportation

Smoking stinks

Gosselin, Kim

Maddie and Alex get the facts about smoking!They learn the truth by interviewing Maddie's grandpa, Norman. His mistakes intrigue their class's journey to stay healthy and live smoke-free.

Sportsercise: A school story about exercise-induced asthma

Gosselin, Kim

This book looks at exercise and how it can induce asthma. It explains that some children may have this problem, but encourages them to participate in physical activities.

The doubtful guest

Gorey, Edward

A guest becomes unwelcome in his hosts' home by doing silly and strange things. The hosts learn to accept him and to enjoy their company.

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acceptance, assertiveness, conflict resolution, differences, nonverbal communication, refusal skills

Death of the iron horse

Goble, Paul

Native American legends guide their people. The story of an iron horse proved to come true when the Native Americans witnessed a train crash. In an attempt to keep the white men from stealing more land, the Native Americans burned the objects from the train.

Keep your socks on, albert!

Glaser, Linda

Albert and his sister Shirley tell each other stories. They also go to the park and play.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, monkey, nonverbal communication, opossum, park, peer resistance, play, refusal skills, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

Jeremy's first haircut

Girard, Linda Walvoord

Jeremy is three years old and has very long hair. He is scared to get a haircut because he thinks it will hurt. Finally, he agrees to let his parents cut his hair and decides it was fun.

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assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, decision making, family, fear, feelings, parents, refusal skills

The three little pigs

Galdone, Paul

When three little pigs leave home to seek their fortune, each builds a house made of various materials. A mean wolf blows down the houses of the first and second pigs, then eats them for dinner. The wolf is outsmarted by the third pig who cooks the wolf for dinner.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, death, deception, food, fortune, pig, refusal skills, shelter, verbal communication, wolf

The little red hen

Galdone, Paul

The little red hen lived with a cat, dog, and mouse, but was the only one who ever did any work. She planted wheat, took it to the mill to ground into flour, and made a cake. Even though she asked for help, no one helped her with anything. But once the cake was made, they all wanted a piece. After the hen finished the cake herself, she had three eager helpers whenever there was work to be done.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, cat, cooperation, decision making, dog, food, helping, laziness, mouse, nutrition, refusal skills, responsibilities, sharing, shelter, verbal communication

The wishing hat

Fuchshuber, Annegert

A person's main intention in life should not be for money. Magic makes it fun though.

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assertiveness, clothing, magic, money, music, peer resistance, refusal skills, relaxation, unselfish, wish

Furlie cat

Freschet, Bernice

Furlie is a cat who is afraid of everything and hides in the house all day. He feels his life is dull, so he practices being brave. He becomes overly confident in himself and becomes a bully. He learns after he meets a bear that everyone should treat one another kindly and equally.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, bravery, bully, cat, confidence, critical thinking, decision making, fear, feelings, friendship, loneliness, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem

Dandelion

Freeman, Don

A lion tries to impress his friends through fashion and materialistic things. He is very lonely. It is when he is forced to be himself that he finds the acceptance of his friends.

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acceptance, animals, change, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, feelings, friendship, lion, loneliness, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem

Grandpa's farm

Flora, James

A grandfather tells his grandson tall tales about his life on the farm. As soon as one story is over, the little boy urges his grandfather to tell him another one.

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family, farm, grandparents, imagination, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem, storytelling, verbal communication

When agnes caws

Fleming, Candace

Agnes Peregrine has always loved birds and has recently found out that she has a true talent for bird calling. She goes to the Himalayan Mountains with her mother in search of the rarest bird of all. Little does she know that an evil colonel has followed them and wants this rare bird for his own collection!

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accomplishment, africa, assertiveness, beauty, birds, boat, careers, collection, conflict, conservation, critical thinking, deception, decision making, duck, hummingbird, hunting, jungle, maps, mischief, mountains, pheasant, refusal skills, rescue, sounds, train, travel, verbal communication, wilderness, yak

Bert and susie's messy tale

Erskine, Jim

Bert, a little boy pig, is sent by his mother to take her chrysanthemums to the flower show. Bert is distracted and plays in the mud. When he gets to the show he breaks the flowers. His mom sends him home with the flowers.

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competition, coping, disobedience, family, parents, peer resistance, plants, refusal skills, responsibilities

Ruby

Emberley, Michael

Ruby, a mouse, has to take cheese pies to her grandmother across town. Her mother has given Ruby strict orders not to talk to strangers, especially cats. When Ruby runs into a cat, she has to find a way to get through a sticky situation.

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animals, assertiveness, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, food, grandparents, mouse, nutrition, parents, refusal skills, rules, safety

Ollie

Dunrea, Oliver

An egg named Ollie does everything he can think of to keep from hatching. Two other geese want Ollie to hatch, but he refuses. Finally the geese tell him to not hatch. This gets Ollie motivated to hatch and break out of his shell.

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animals, birds, birth, farm, five senses, goose, mouse, peer resistance, pig, refusal skills, sheep

Three friends find spring

Delton, Judy

Duck hates winter because he thinks that it is too cold and long. Rabbit and Squirrel try to cheer him up and show him that winter can be fun, but nothing works. After a while, Rabbit and Squirrel begin not to like winter. Then all of a sudden, Duck likes winter.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, goal setting, peer resistance, rabbit, refusal skills, seasons, squirrel, winter

The duchess of whimsy: An absolutely delicious fairytale

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?

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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

May I bring a friend?

de Regniers, Beatrice Schenk

A boy is invited to go to the King and Queen's house. Everyday he brings a friend along. They invite him to come once again, but he says that he wants them to visit his friends in the zoo.

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animals, decision making, food, friendship, refusal skills, royalty, verbal communication, zoo

Horseshoe harry and the whale

De Leeuw, Adele

Horseshoe Harry is a cowboy who lives on the range in Wyoming. He gets tired of the range and wants to see the sea. So he sets off for the coast and ends up on a ship that captures whales. He finds out that he does not like the sea as much as he thought he would.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, bodies of water, careers, change, conflict resolution, cowboys, ocean, ranch, refusal skills, transportation, travel, whale

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