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Minnie and moo go dancing

Cazet, Denys

As Minnie and Moo sit watching the stars, they wish they could dance. When their wish comes true, they dress up as the farmer's twin sisters, Opal and Ruby, and attend a party at the farmer's house. They have a wonderful time at the party, but the fun ends when they are offered hamburgers. Fearing for their lives, the cows return to the barn.

When sophie gets angry--Really, really angry...

Bang, Molly

What do you do when you're angry?Sophie feels bad when she's angry. She wants to yell and kick and scream, but she runs outside to her special place instead. When she comes home, everyone is glad to see her and she feels much better.

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anger, art, climbing, conflict resolution, exercise, family, feelings, fight, nature, nonverbal communication, parents, relaxation, running, sadness, siblings, stress management, toys, tree, verbal communication, water

Goose

Bang, Molly

One day, a goose egg falls into the home of woodchucks and hatches open. A goose is raised by the woodchucks and becomes part of their family. Eventually, the goose feels very sad and doesn't know why. When she ventures out to find happiness, she accidentally learns to fly.

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acceptance, accomplishment, animals, appearance, birds, bodies of water, differences, family, feelings, goose, happiness, loneliness, nature, night, ocean, parents, rabbit, sadness, self esteem, siblings, teaching, wind, woodchuck

The best-ever good-bye party

Hest, Amy

Jessica's best friend Jason is moving away and she is sad. She gives him a party, but they have a fight about him moving, finding new friends, and having better parties. The two make up and admit that they will miss each other.

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change, conflict resolution, feelings, friendship, moving, nonverbal communication, party, sadness

Tim tadpole and the great bullfrog

Flack, Marjorie

Tim is a tadpole who feels sorry for himself because he can only swim and not jump. A bullfrog tells Tim not to be discouraged. Tim soon matures into a bullfrog and is able to jump.

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amphibians, assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, exercise, feelings, frog, growing up, jealousy, jumping, nature, sadness, self esteem, stress management, swimming

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.

Dealing with feelings: I'm scared

Crary, Elizabeth

Tracy can not wait to meet her new neighbors. Her smile disappears when she sees that her new neighbors own her worst fear, a big dog!What will Tracy do?Is she going to watch from her window, sing a happy song, or ask someone to hold her hand when she meets her new neighbors?No matter what Tracy decides, she will soon overcome her fears by getting a puppy of her own!

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anger, animals, author's note, bee, bicycle, cooking, dog, family, fear, feelings, food, friendship, happiness, insects, neighbors, play, sadness, siblings, song

The worst person in the world

Stevenson, James

Thanks to the ugliest thing in the world, Mr. Worst ends up looking at things in a good way instead of complaining about everything.

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assertiveness, decision making, feelings, friendship, happiness, peer resistance, sadness

Leon and albertina

Davenier, Christine

Leon falls in love with Albertine, but he's not sure how to get her attention. Leon takes the advice of his friends, but no matter how hard he tries, Albertine does not notice him. What will it take for Leon to win the love of Albertine?

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animals, attention, chicken, exercise, feelings, friendship, fun, gender, gymnastics, helping, honesty, love, pig, sadness, self esteem, sports

Jake and rosie

Lillie, Patricia

Jake is upset to find that his very best friend and neighbor is not at home. He worries that she will not ever return and he will not have anyone to play with. However, Rosie soon comes home and shows Jake a fun surprise.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, loneliness, neighbors, play, sadness, self esteem, stress management, worry

Sometimes i feel awful

Prestine, Joan Singleton

A young girl has a day full of different moods. Although she starts out happy, she begins to feel different throughout the day. She does not want to share with her friend and gets upset when he plays with her toys. She learns what she should have said to make her family and friends understand.

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aggression, anger, art, communication, dog, fear, feelings, food, friendship, frustration, happiness, jealousy, loneliness, moods, parents, patience, pets, sadness, selfishness, sharing, shyness, siblings

Miss spider's tea party

Kirk, David

Miss Spider is planning to have eight for tea. But what is she to do when the bugs are too scared to eat her cake?Ask Miss Spider how she makes friends with every moth, tick, and flea -- just by having cake and tea.

Ouch!

Berger, Melvin

Do you wonder how your body quits bleeding when you have a cut or why the new skin under a scab is pink?A group of students finds answers to these questions when they complete their science fair project. This is a great resource for information on cuts, bleeding, and how wounds heal.

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biking, body parts, doctor, exercise, fear, feelings, happiness, health, injury, jumping, music, nurse, parents, playground, running, sadness, school, science

All about you

Anholt, Catherine//Anholt, Laurence

Everyone is different, no one is quite the same. Discover all about you!How do you feel today?Are you hungry?Each time it's a new story.

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amphibians, animals, bat, bath, bear, bedtime, birds, camel, cat, celebration, cleanliness, climbing, cow, dancing, dog, donkey, duck, exercise, family, feelings, fish, food, frog, goat, goose, gorilla, grandparents, happiness, hygiene, jumping, library, mole, monkey, moose, nutrition, ox, parents, party, picnic, pool, running, sadness, school, seal, sheep, siblings, skipping, sleep, sliding, snail, walrus, whale, wolf, zoo

Natalie spitzer's turtles

Willner-Pardo, Gina

Jess is afraid of losing her best friend Molly, because there is a new girl in her class. Jess becomes close with the new girl's turtles. It's not too long until Jess learns what a true friend is and that you can have more than one.

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animals, fear, feelings, friendship, happiness, jealousy, play, reptiles, sadness, school, turtle

Kite flier

Haseley, Dennis

A young man leaves home, marries, and begins to fly kites. He teaches his son the joy of kite flying, and with each changing event in their lives, a new kite is launched. When the son wants to travel, too, they make a very symbolic kite for both of them.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, death, feelings, freedom, happiness, kite, loneliness, loss, nonverbal communication, play, sadness, stress management, traditions, travel, weather, wind

Aunt nancy and old man trouble

Root, Phyllis

Aunt Nancy won't be bothered by Old Man Trouble and his mean tricks. Instead, she turns every bad situation into a good one, ruining his fun so he'll leave her alone.

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animals, bodies of water, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, feelings, goal setting, happiness, nonverbal communication, patience, sadness, seasons, spring, stress management, summer, verbal communication

Birthday presents

Rylant, Cynthia

The celebration of a little girl's birthday begins as soon as she is born. As each year passes, her personality, behavior, and presents change. Her parents celebrate the special moments of growing up by surrounding her with love, presents, and memories.

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animals, baby, birth, birthday, cat, celebration, conflict resolution, family, feelings, food, growing up, happiness, health, illness, love, moon, nonverbal communication, presents, sadness, sky, stars, toys, verbal communication

Little lil and the swing-singing sax

Gray, Libba Moore

Little Lil lives with her mom Big Lil and her saxophone playing uncle. Everyone loves the sound of Uncle Sudi Man's sax!One day, Big Lil becomes ill and Uncle Sudi Man must sell his saxophone to pay for the medicine. Everyone is so sad until Little Lil saves the day!

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african american, art, critical thinking, dancing, family, feelings, happiness, illness, love, medicine, multicultural, music, nonverbal communication, parents, sadness, stress management

Ludlow laughs

Agee, Jon

Ever since Ludlow was born, he has been a big grump who never laughs or smiles. Suddenly he begins having the funniest dreams in the world and laughs hysterically all night long. His laughter becomes so contagious that a local radio station decides to broadcast Ludlow's laughter around the world. One night, Ludlow did not laugh in his sleep, but he did wake up with a huge smile on his face!

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anger, dreams, feelings, happiness, health, morning, multicultural, neighbors, night, nonverbal communication, radio, sadness, sleep, stress management, technology, verbal communication

On the day his daddy left

Adams, Eric J.//Adams, Kathleen

On the day his daddy leaves town, Danny wakes up early to write down a secret question, then he slips it into his pocket. He shows and talks about the secret question to his teacher, his mom, his friend, and even his dad. Each person tries to reassure Danny that his parent's divorce is not his fault. Danny's secret question flies away in the wind, but he still keeps asking other questions -- and he always will.

The magic tree

McCrea, James//McCrea, Ruth

An unhappy princess looks for happiness by trying to take it from the gardener's son. She finally decides to join him.

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conflict resolution, feelings, goal setting, magic, plants, royalty, sadness, stress management, verbal communication

Tale of a tail

Bodnar, Judit Z.

A fox catches fish for his dinner. WHen his friend, the bear, finds out he wants to know where the fox got all his fish. The bear takes his friend's advice and spends all night trying to catch fish. At dawn, he does not think he has caught any, but then he realizes he has caught a lot of fish on the way home.

Ginger

Voake, Charlotte

Ginger the cat lives a happy, comfortable life until the little girl who owns him gets a new kitten. The kitten is in Ginger's way at first, but eventually they learn to be friends.

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animals, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, feelings, friendship, happiness, jealousy, nonverbal communication, sadness, stress management, verbal communication

The goodbye painting

Berman, Linda

Nick's babysitter, Sara, is the best ever. She paints with him, bakes cookies with him, and even teaches him to paint. But one day, Sara has bad news for Nick -- soon she will be moving to California. Nick must learn to let go of not only a babysitter, but a good friend.

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animals, art, caring, change, conflict resolution, coping, dog, feelings, friendship, happiness, loss, moving, sadness

Double-dip feelings

Cain, Barbara S.

When you first started school, were you excited? Were you scared?Did you feel both excited and scared? Feelings can be hard to understand, especially when you have two feelings at the same time. Everyone has feelings at different times for different reasons.

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animals, bravery, change, chicken pox, competition, diseases, dog, embarrassment, exercise, feelings, friendship, happiness, illness, new baby, playing, reading, sadness, school, siblings, stress management, swimming

God bless the gargoyles

Pilkey, Dav

Over time the gargoyles have become feared and unloved, but at night angels come down and make them feel blessed again.

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angel, conflict resolution, feelings, god, happiness, history, love, mythical, night, nonverbal communication, religion, rhyme, sadness, self esteem, stress management

Heat wave at mud flat

Stevenson, James

It hasn't rained for months in Mud Flat, and the animals have never been so hot. They try to help each other stay cool, but it is the rain that brings relief and happiness in the end.

Swan sky

Tejima, Keizaburo

During the winter, a young swan becomes ill and is unable to fly to her summer home. Her family stays with her until she dies, then they fly to their summer home and grieve the loss of their daughter.

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caring, change, conflict resolution, coping, death, family, feelings, grief, illness, loss, sadness, seasons, summer, travel, winter

Best friends for frances

Hoban, Russell

Frances does not want to play with Gloria because she is young and small. Albert does not want to play with Frances because she is a girl. They all decided to play together, and each realizes how bad it feels to be left out.

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bias, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, play, sadness, stereotypes, verbal communication

Digby and kate and the beautiful day

Baker, Barbara

Digby and Kate spend every day together. They play games, eat, draw pictures, take walks, and just enjoy each other's company. The only problem is that they often disagree, as a dog and cat should. Still they have fun together and continue to be best friends.

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animals, anticipation, argument, art, assertiveness, cat, communication, compromise, conflict resolution, differences, dog, feelings, food, games, mouse, nutrition, photograph, play, rain, rules, sadness, sharing, weather

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.

How pizza came to queens

Khalsa, Dayal Kaur

There is no pizza in May's town until Mrs. Pelligrino comes to visit and teaches them how to make delicious food.

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careers, community, family, feelings, five senses, food, friendship, italian, multicultural, nutrition, sadness, smell

Believing sophie

Hutchins, Hazel

Sophie wants to make Monster cookies, but first she needs to go to the store and buy all of the ingredients. But then something happens and Sophie finds herself being accused of shoplifting!

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assertiveness, bicycle, conflict resolution, crime, decision making, exercise, fear, feelings, food, goal setting, nutrition, sadness, shopping, stress management, transportation, verbal communication

Fat chance

Borton, Lady

Marty Louise has to stay home the rest of the school year because she has rheumatic fever. Feeling alone, she finds a friend in a dying stray cat that she nurses back to health. Her mother hates cats. Will she let Marty keep him?

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animals, cat, conflict resolution, feelings, friendship, goal setting, illness, imagination, learning, loneliness, sadness, stress management

My best friend moved away

Carlson, Nancy

Two best friends do everything together from the time they are babies. When one friend moves away, the other person is sad and lonely, wondering if she will ever be happy again. All is well when a new family moves in next door.

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animals, boredom, change, chicken pox, diseases, dog, feelings, fight, friendship, games, happiness, loneliness, memory, moving, neighbors, photograph, play, sadness, school, secrets, sharing, soccer, sports, stress management

Friend or frog

Priceman, Marjorie

Kate is a little girl whose best friend is a frog. When the frog causes too much trouble, her mom tells her to get rid of it. As Kate tries to find a decent home for her frog, he escapes.

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amphibians, critical thinking, decision making, escape, feelings, friendship, frog, nonverbal communication, pets, sadness, swamp, verbal communication

The shrinking of treehorn

Heide, Florence Parry

Treehorn is shrinking. Being little is not easy. Treehorn discovers this by having difficulty doing his daily routine, like trying to mail a letter or go to school. One day, Treehorn finds a magical board game that helps him solve his problem.

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bus, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, feelings, food, games, growing up, happiness, nutrition, parents, sadness, school, stress management, transportation

The summer my father was ten

Brisson, Pat

A father and his daughter plant a garden every year, and every year she hears the story of how the ritual started. When her father was ten, he and some friends destroyed a neighbor's garden. In the father's guilt, he makes amends with the neighbor and gains a friend.

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aging, baseball, behavior, community, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, flowers, food, forgiveness, friendship, garden, growing up, italian, mischief, multicultural, neighbors, nutrition, opera, sadness, sharing, sports, storytelling, summer, tobacco, traditions

A chair for my mother

Williams, Vera B.

There is a jar that a mother saves all her change in from work. When the jar is finally full, she buys a chair that is very comfortable. This is important because all of her furniture was destroyed in a fire.

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conflict resolution, family, feelings, fire, giving, grandparents, happiness, parents, problem solving, sadness, stress management

Grandpa's teeth

Clement, Rod

Grandpa's teeth have been stolen!Officer Rate comes to investigate and they put wanted posters all over town. To avoid becoming a suspect, everyone in town begins to smile all the time. Tourists are afraid to get out of their cars because everyone is smiling. The problem is solved with a collection of money to get Grandpa new teeth, and the crime is solved in the process.

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animals, careers, crime, dog, feelings, grandparents, loss, mystery, robbery, sadness, teeth, television

Goodbye, Mitch

Wallace-Brodeur, Ruth

Mitch has been Michael's pet for 15 years. He is an important part of the family, and Michael loves him very much. When Mitch becomes ill, Michael has a difficult time dealing with the fact that Mitch is dying.

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animals, cat, coping, death, family, feelings, flowers, food, friendship, garden, growing up, happiness, health, illness, loss, nonverbal communication, parents, pets, sadness, teeth, verbal communication

Another celebrated dancing bear

Scheffrin-Falk, Gladys

Max is a dancing bear and his best friend, Boris, is sad and envious of him. Max teaches Boris to dance and each of them enjoys the time that they spend together. Boris is happy again.

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animals, bear, dancing, feelings, friendship, goal setting, happiness, jealousy, learning, multicultural, russian, sadness, teaching

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

A candle for christmas

Speare, Jean

Thomas's parents need to help his uncle, so they leave Thomas with a friend one week before Christmas. Thomas is afraid that his parents won't make it home. They show up late Christmas Eve and Thomas is happy.

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christmas, family, feelings, friendship, happiness, helping, holidays, parents, sadness, seasons, winter

The lunch box surprise

Maccarone, Grace

Sam's mother forgets to pack his lunch for school. So Sam's first grade friends come to the rescue.

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anger, feelings, food, friendship, helping, nutrition, sadness, school, surprises, unselfish

The oldest elf

Stevenson, James

Elwyn, Santa's oldest elf, enjoys making toys for all the little girls and boys. Unfortunately, this year Elwyn is too late in finishing his toys, and Santa has already left for the North Pole. Luckily, Blitzen, the oldest reindeer, takes Elwyn and his toys and delivers them.

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adventures, animals, christmas, elves, feelings, friendship, fun, giving, holidays, reindeer, sadness, santa, toys

Lyle at christmas

Waber, Bernard

Lyle the Crocodile is ready for Christmas, but his neighbor Mr. Grumps is having the blahs - enough blahs to make his cat Loretta run away. Lyle and the rest of his neighbors set out on a searching adventure where much excitement follows.

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animals, cat, christmas, conflict resolution, crocodile, feelings, friendship, happiness, holidays, lost, love, neighbors, sadness, worry

Welcome comfort

Polacco, Patricia

Welcome Comfort is the new kid in school and his peers tease him. Quintin Hamp, the school custodian, befriends him and teaches him to believe in himself and Christmas. Welcome is visited by Santa and starts to believe. After graduating from high school, Welcome joins Quintin as the school custodian and their Christmas experiences continue on a whole new level of love.

Irene jennie and the christmas masquerade: The johnkankus

Smalls, Irene

Irene Jennie, a young girl living on a plantation, is sad when she can't spend Christmas with her parents. She prays for things to change and a Christmas parade cheers her up. As she watches the parade with her godmother, she receives a nice surprise.

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african american, christmas, dancing, feelings, godmother, happiness, holidays, loneliness, loss, multicultural, parade, parents, prayer, religion, sadness, slavery, song, spiritual

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