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Beni's family treasury: Stories for the jewish holidays

Zalben, Breskin Jane

Beni is so excited because he's finally old enough to really understand his Jewish heritage and the traditions of his faith. In his quest for understanding, he encounters a number of situations, from learning the beauty of togetherness after reconciling with his feuding cousin, Max, to recreating the Pukim in a play with his friends and cousins. Through all of this, Beni truly begins to see the magical feeling of togetherness and heritage that his religion encompasses.

Sara loves her big brother

Hooker, Ruth

Sara is two years old and loves her big brother. Although her brother is very patient, sometimes he just wishes she would go away.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, decision making, family, patience, peer resistance, self esteem, siblings

My mom can't read

Stanek, Muriel

A little girl is learning to read then learns that her mother cannot read. Finally, she and her mom get help so that they can read together.

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decision making, family, goal setting, learning, parents, problem solving, reading, self esteem, sharing, stress management

Saturday at the new you

Barber, Barbara E.

A daughter and her mother have a nice relationship. The daughter spends every Saturday helping out in her mother's beauty parlor. Saturday is the daughter's favorite day of the week.

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african american, careers, day, family, goal setting, happiness, hard work, multicultural, parents, self esteem, working mother

From far away

Munsch, Robert

In a letter, Saoussan tells about when she first moved to Canada from her old country where there was war. She was scared at school because she didn't understand the language or traditions. Two years later, she has learned them and is happy.

New shoes, red shoes

Rollings, Susan

The little girl's shoes are too small so her mom takes her to get new shoes. On their way she observes different kinds of shoes different people are wearing. She wears her new shoes to a party and is very proud of them.

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celebration, clothing, colors, comparisons, dancing, excitement, exercise, family, feelings, happiness, nonverbal communication, parents, party, self esteem, shopping

Mama, do you love me?

Joosse, Barbara M

A little girl is testing her mother's love by imagining different scenarios in which she misbehaves. Then she asks her mother if she would still love her and the answer is always yes.

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family, feelings, imagination, love, misbehavior, parents, self esteem

I love my mother

Zindel, P.

A boy describes things his mother does and does not do. He explains why he loves his mother.

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family, love, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Molly's moe

Chorao, Kay

A young girl who loses everything is challenged by her mother on a shopping trip not to lose anything. She keeps track of things until someone gives her an apple and she puts down her dinosaur friend. She finds later that she put him in a bag and he was not lost at all.

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challenges, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, lost, nonverbal communication, parents, responsibilities, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Jamal's busy day

Hudson, W.

Jamal compares his busy day at school with that of his father, an architect, and his mother, an accountant. Jamal spends his day at school learning and playing with friends, but he has a great time doing it.

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african american, assertiveness, careers, decision making, family, growing up, learning, multicultural, parents, self esteem, stress management, working mother

The language of doves

Wells, Rosemary

On her sixth birthday Julietta is given a dove by her grandfather, and he shares a story about his doves being used for communication during World War I. Julietta is comforted by the dove after her grandfather's death.

Little red cowboy hat

Lowell, Susan

Little Red Cowboy Hat is sent to her Grandma's house to cheer her up. Along the way Little Red runs into a wolf but escapes. When she arrives at Grandma's, Little Red finds the wolf in Grandma's bed!Fortunately Grandma saves Little Red before she is eaten by the wolf.

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animals, bravery, canyon, conflict resolution, courage, cowboys, desert, family, feelings, flowers, grandparents, horse, love, parents, self esteem, snake, verbal communication, wolf

Bonnie mcsmithers you're driving me dithers

Alderson, Sue Ann

Bonnie is trying to entertain herself. In the process she makes mischief and irritates her mother. Mommy's anger disturbs Bonnie. She doesn't understand why Mommy gets mad and why she doesn't play with her. Bonnie confronts her and then Mommy realizes that her daughter needs her very much.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, frustration, games, imagination, love, mischief, parents, self esteem, verbal communication

The butterfly

Polacco, Patricia

When a little girls meets a ghost which turns out to be a girl that is hiding in the cellar with the rest of her family from the Nazi's. They form a friendship that is strong. But the friendship is broken up by the sudden movement of her and her family. But butterflies show that everything is fine even though they are apart.

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animals, author's note, bedtime, butterfly, decision making, family, feelings, french, hanukkah, happiness, hiding, holidays, Jewish, language, multicultural, parents, prejudice, racism, religion, sadness, self esteem, separation, stress management, verbal communication, war

Little tim and the brave sea captain

Ardizzone, Edward

Tim wants to be a sailor, so he stows away on a boat. He stays on the boat until a storm overturns it, and then he heads for home.

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assertiveness, boat, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, feelings, goal setting, happiness, parents, rain, refusal skills, sadness, sea, self esteem, transportation, verbal communication, weather

Dreamland

Schotter, Roni

Theo's favorite uncle, Gurney, moves west to try to find work. They correspond through letters, and Theo sends drawings of all his dream machines he has made up. Gurney builds Theo's machines to make an amusement park.

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correspondence, dreams, family, feelings, goal setting, happiness, machines, parents, park, plants, sadness, self esteem, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

How georgie radbourn saved baseball

Shannon, David

Before a boy named Geogie is born, baseball becomes illegal. Baseball can't even be talked about. Georgie breaks all the laws and challenges the man responsible for the laws to play against him. Georgie strikes him out and wins.

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assertiveness, baseball, conflict resolution, family, feelings, happiness, parents, sadness, seasons, self esteem, sports, winter

The painter

Catalanotto, Peter

A young girl loves to spend time with her father but he plays with her only at mealtimes. Between meals, he paints in his studio. She wants to play with her father but he says no. When she asks to paint, she spends time with her daddy and becomes a painter too.

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art, careers, creativity, dancing, disappointment, exercise, family, feelings, happiness, love, magic, nonverbal communication, parents, sadness, self esteem, success

When the wind stops

Zolotow, Charlotte

A little boy questions the beginning and end of nature, and his mother helps him to understand that there truly is no end.

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assertiveness, autumn, bodies of water, conflict resolution, confusion, contentment, critical thinking, exercise, family, feelings, happiness, moon, nature, nonverbal communication, ocean, parents, play, rain, sadness, seasons, self esteem, spring, summer, sun, verbal communication, water, weather, wind, winter

Louie's goose

Ehrlich, H.M.

Louie's toy goose goes everywhere he goes. Sometimes the goose needs to be fixed. Louie's mom and dad, and even the sun, fixes the goose.

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accidents, accomplishment, affection, animals, assertiveness, beach, birds, boat, bodies of water, caring, clams, coping, crab, critical thinking, crustaceans, decision making, disappointment, dog, exercise, family, feelings, goose, happiness, helping, ocean, parents, play, sadness, sand, seagull, seasons, self confidence, self esteem, song, summer, swimming, toys, verbal communication

Emma's rug

Say, Allen

Emma is a talented child artist who always finds her inspiration in an old rug. After her mother ruins the rug by washing it, Emma must discover that she can still draw without it.

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anger, art, coping, family, feelings, frustration, happiness, nature, nonverbal communication, parents, sadness, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Who is ben?

Zolotow, Charlotte

On a dark night, Ben contemplates where he came from and where he will go after he dies.

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birth, death, faith, family, feelings, happiness, nonverbal communication, parents, peace, self esteem, verbal communication

Rumpelstiltskin's daughter

Stanley, Diane

When Rumpelstiltskin's daughter is ordered by the King to spin straw into gold, she tricks him instead by telling him that sharing his gold with the townspeople is the way to increase his wealth.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, fable, family, feelings, goal setting, greed, magic, parents, refusal skills, royalty, self esteem, sharing, stress management, verbal communication

I live with daddy

Vigna, Judith

Olivia lives with her father since her parents have divorced. For a school assignment she writes a book about her mother, but dedicates it to her father to show that she loves them both.

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critical thinking, divorce, family, feelings, happiness, love, nonverbal communication, parents, sadness, school, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication, writing

Tell me again about the night i was born

Curtis, Jamie Lee

A young girl asks her mom and dad to tell her again about the night she was born and adopted by them. She knows the story well, but asks again about their feelings, their trips to pick her up, and their first night at home as a family.

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adoption, airplane, baby, family, feelings, happiness, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, shyness, transportation, verbal communication

Once there were giants

Waddell, Martin//Dale, Penny

People look like giants to infants. A young girl grows up and experiences a lot through life. Now she is a mother and a giant herself.

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baby, biking, conflict resolution, exercise, family, feelings, giants, happiness, nonverbal communication, parents, running, self esteem, sizes, walking

Sad days, glad days: A story about depression

Hamilton, Dewitt

Amanda Martha's mother has a disease called depression. Amanda and her father call them sad days, glad days, mostly in-between days. Amanda wants a cuddly pet and when an alley cat comes along she finally gets a chance.

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animals, art, assertiveness, cat, conflict resolution, confusion, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, depression, diseases, family, feelings, fish, flowers, food, happiness, love, nature, nutrition, parents, pets, responsibilities, sadness, self esteem, verbal communication

Christina katerina and the great bear train

Gauch, Patricia Lee//Primavera, Elise

When Christina's family goes to visit her mom and new baby sister, Christina makes a train out of boxes and baskets for her teddy bears. She travels around the block. Just when she thinks she may be lost, her father comes to get her.

Lester and mother

McGee, Myra

Lester and his mother do not ever want to forget the things they do together.

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conflict resolution, decision making, family, memories, nonverbal communication, parents, safety, self esteem, verbal communication

The family under the moon

Jewell, Nancy

The moon tells a story of a family. Each family member has a different perspective of the night.

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differences, family, memories, moon, night, nonverbal communication, self esteem

The very worst monster

Hutchins, Pat

Sister monster tries to prove she is the very worst monster - at least worse than her brother.

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conflict resolution, family, feelings, jealousy, misbehavior, self esteem, siblings

It's not fair

Harper, Anita//Hellard, Susan

A new baby brother gets special, unfair attention, and so does his older sister.

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assertiveness, baby, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, feelings, jealousy, self esteem, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

Uncle jed's barber shop

Mitchell, Margaree King

This man has a dream. Through a lot of trouble, his dream comes true.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, dreams, family, goal setting, helping, illness, love, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Annabell swift, kindergarten

Schwartz, Amy

Annabelle's sister, Lucy, tries to describe to Annabelle what her first day of Kindergarten will be like. It is much better than she thought.

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assertiveness, change, coping, decision making, family, goal setting, growing up, helping, individuality, school, self esteem, siblings, stress management

Manners can be fun

Leaf, Munro

Stick figures are used to demonstrate good manners and how to act properly for play, home, and visits.

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assertiveness, decision making, family, happiness, manners, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, responsibilities, self esteem, traditions, verbal communication

Higher on the door

Stevenson, James

A little boy dreams of what it will be like when he is older.

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dreams, family, growing up, self esteem

Little gorilla

Bornstein, Ruth

A little gorilla's family and friends try to help him overcome his special growing pains.

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animals, conflict resolution, decision making, family, friendship, growing up, helping, love, nonverbal communication, self esteem

The moon lady

Tan, Amy

Grandma Nai-Nai tells her granddaughters the stories of when she was a seven year old girl in China. One story was about going to see the moon lady and being granted a wish.

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animals, asian, assertiveness, boat, chinese, determination, family, grandparents, multicultural, self esteem, siblings, storytelling, tiger, verbal communication, wish

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

While the moon shines bright

Peterson, Jeanne Whitehouse

This story is a bedtime chant about a little boy who is too excited to sleep. His grandfather tells him to clean the house, get ready for bed, drink some milk, rock on his lap, listen to stories and finally kiss him goodnight.

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assertiveness, bedtime, decision making, family, goal setting, grandparents, self esteem, sleep

Matthew wheelock's wall

Weller, F.W.

Matthew Wheelock built a stone wall around his field with great care. The stone wall was his pride and joy and eventually a home and playground for the animals and his grandchildren.

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animals, decision making, family, feelings, goal setting, grandparents, happiness, nonverbal communication, playground, self esteem

Tell me a story mom

Johnson, Angela

A child asks her mother to tell her one of her favorite stories. The story is about when her mother was little.

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family, grandparents, growing up, parents, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

Flyaway girl

Grifalconi, Ann

Flyaway girl needs to learn to be a wise little woman for the New Year in her village. She is against the whole idea at first, but then she thinks it would not be that bad.

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african american, challenges, change, decision making, family, grandparents, growing up, multicultural, new year, parents, self esteem, verbal communication

Nana's birthday party

Hest, Amy

Maggie and Brette visit their grandmother to help her set up for her birthday party. This is their annual visit to see each other, sleep in the same room that their mom slept in, and spend some precious time with their grandmother. Challenges always seem to occur when they need to get their grandmother a present.

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assertiveness, birthday, family, fog, food, grandparents, holidays, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, presents, seasons, self esteem, verbal communication, weather, wedding, winter

A band of angels: A story inspired by the jubilee singers

Hopkinson, Deborah

A young girl listens to a story told by her aunt. Her story is about the young girl's great great grandmother and how she used her voice and dedication to fight for her education after the slaves were freed. The story was also tells how a group of singers toured and sang slave songs. They were trying to save their school, but ended up creating a university.

Can you dance, dalila?

Kroll, Virginia

Dalila tries many different forms of dance, but it isn't until she dances in response to her own feelings that she truly becomes a star.

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dancing, exercise, family, feelings, grandparents, happiness, music, nonverbal communication, persistence, rhythm, self esteem, stress management

Dragon kite of the autumn moon

Reddix, Valerie

Every year, Tad-Tin and his grandfather make a special kite to fly on Kite's Day. This year Grandfather is sick, so it is up to Tin to sacrifice his special Dragon kite in order to carry all their misfortune away.

Bravo, zan angelo!

Daly, Niki

Angelo Polo is a young boy who passionately wants to be a clown like his grandfather Zan Polo. His grandfather tells him that the theater is no place for a little boy. Finally, Zan Polo tells Angelo that he can be the little red rooster who crows in the last act. So, Angelo scurries and runs all over the city to prepare for his performance during the carnival. It turns out that Angelo is an excellent rooster and his grandfather agrees that the theater can be a place for a little boy.

The wednesday surprise

Bunting, Eve

Wednesday nights are special for Anna, because she gets to see her grandmother. Together they read book after book and plan a surprise for Anna's father on his birthday.

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birthday, books, conflict resolution, family, goal setting, grandparents, self esteem

The secret box mystery

Nixon, Joan Lowery

Michael John brings in a secret science project that makes wierd noises. It gets loose and a new classmate helps him catch the mystery animal. The new boy gains acceptance by the students.

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