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Always my dad

Wyeth, Sharon

A girl does not get to see her father often and she misses him very much. One summer at her grandparents' farm, she and her three brothers spend some very nice moments with their father. She realizes that no matter where he is, he will always be her father and loves her.

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african american, coping, family, feelings, food, games, grandparents, happiness, moon, multicultural, night, nutrition, parents, sadness, siblings, stars

Red dancing shoes

Patrick, Denise Lewis

A little girl's Grandmama brings her a new pair of red dancing shoes. She is so excited she dances all around town showing them to everyone she knows.

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african american, community, dancing, exercise, family, grandparents, helping, multicultural, parents, siblings

I need a lunchbox

Caines, J.

A little boy wants a lunchbox very badly. He feels sad because he can't have one until he starts school like his sister. In the end, his father surprises him with a lunchbox.

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african american, colors, family, food, multicultural, nutrition, parents, school, siblings

Brian's bird

Davis, Patricia

Brian receives a bird for his birthday. The two quickly become friends after Brian overcomes his fear. When Brian's brother Kevin carelessly lets the bird escape, Brian becomes upset. Will he ever see Scratchy again?

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african american, birds, birthday, blindness, celebration, conflict resolution, direction, disability, family, fear, feelings, forgiveness, happiness, multicultural, parakeet, presents, sadness, siblings, teaching, trick

Satchmo's blues

Schroeder, Alan

Louis Armstrong loves to watch the musicians play jazz music. He dreams of playing the cornet someday just like Bunk Johnson who plays in the Eagle Band. One day, Louis spots a cornet in a pawn shop and discovers that it costs five dollars. Louis works very hard for two weeks earning money any way that he can. Once the cornet is his, Louie begins living out his dream of becoming a musician.

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african american, author's note, biography, church, dancing, determination, exercise, family, food, goal setting, hard work, instruments, market, money, multicultural, music, nutrition, parents, siblings, sounds

Chidi only likes blue: An African book of colors

Onyefuln, Ifeoma

Nneka and Chidi, two children of a Nigerian village, play a game called Colors. Chidi only likes the color blue, so Nneka shows him all the other colors in the village. She shows Chidi how beautiful and colorful their African lifestyle is. The colors yellow, pink, red, gold are seen, but Chidi only likes blue best of all!

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african, ceremony, colors, culture, family, flowers, food, games, grandparents, hygiene, nigerian, nonverbal communication, parents, photograph, plants, sand, self esteem, siblings, teeth, verbal communication, wish

Increase rabbit

McCready, Thomas L.

Two supposedly male rabbits produce a family. When the mother escapes from her cage, the family decides to make the rabbit a house pet and later helps out children when selling her babies.

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affection, animals, baby, decision making, family, nonverbal communication, parents, pets, rabbit, siblings

Daisy and the egg

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!

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

I want a brother or sister

Lindgren, Astrid

Peter wants a little brother or sister but after Lena is born he feels that his mama doesn't love him anymore. He soon realizes however, that having a little sister is a big responsibility and a lot of fun.

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affection, baby, birth, conflict resolution, family, fun, love, nonverbal communication, parents, responsibilities, self esteem, siblings

I know a place

Ackerman, Karen

Everyone should have a familiar place where we feel comfortable and loved. This book shows one child's special place and what is done there. The place where this child feels safe and warm is with his family at home.

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affection, bedtime, caring, child care, family, love, parents, self esteem, siblings

The three legged cat

Mahy, Margaret

Mrs. Gimble's cat is dreaming of seeing the world while she only wants him to sleep and not eat. Her brother stops to visit and upon leaving, he mistakes his hat for the cat. The cat gets to see the world and she doesn't have to feed the cat.

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adventures, cat, clothing, conflict resolution, multicultural, neighbors, responsibilities, russian, siblings, stress management

Fiddler and his brothers

Nygren, Tord

Three brothers who are each special in their own way grow up and must seek their fortunes. They have a lot of adventures. The brother who plays the fiddle seems to come out on top.

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adventures, assertiveness, conflict resolution, family, feelings, goal setting, jealousy, self esteem, siblings, stress management, witches

Clipper ship

Lewis, Thomas P.

Adventures aboard the Rainbird, a clipper ship, are given from the perspective of the captain's young son as he journey's from New York around South America to California. On the voyage the captain becomes ill so his wives assume the duties of captain on the ship.

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adventures, assertiveness, boat, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, illness, parents, seasons, siblings, stress management, transportation, travel, winter

Gold fever

Kay, Verla

In a rhyming story a farmer joins a group of miners to look for gold. They travel through praries, deserts, and mountains panning for gold but never find much. The farmer, after finding no gold, leaves the miners to go back home to his farm and family.

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adventures, animals, author's note, bear, beverage, birds, camping, careers, clothing, desert, discovery, exploration, family, farm, food, hard work, hunger, mountains, nutrition, parents, rhyme, rocks, siblings, snake, tools, travel, vulture, water

Jackie's lunch box

Hines, Anna Grossnickle

While Jackie's sister is at school, Jackie is lonely because she must play by herself. When it is lunchtime, Jackie gets out her lunchbox and eats with her mom. Then Jackie takes a nap until her sister comes home. When her sister gets home, she has a surprise for Jackie.

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adventures, counting, dolls, family, food, helping, nutrition, parents, play, school, siblings, sleep

Santa calls

Joyce, William

A little girl and her brother take a trip to visit Santa in Toyland due to invite by Santa himself. As a result of the little girl's kidnapping, the brother and sister's relationship strengthens and the girl's Christmas wish comes true.

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adventures, christmas, conflict resolution, family, holidays, santa, siblings

Hickory

Brown, Palmer

There is a family of mice that live in an old grandfather's clock. One of the mice named Hickory decides that he wants to move out into the field. Hickory lives out there and makes friends with a grasshopper named Hop.

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adventures, animals, caring, family, friendship, goal setting, mouse, parents, peer resistance, siblings

Amanda pig on her own

Van Leeuwen, Jean

A collection of four short stories tell the adventurous tales of a young pig and her family. Often having a moral or value, the pigs usually resolve their problems well.

The magic house

Eversole, Robyn Harbert

April has a very vivid imagination which turns her house into a magical house. April's sister does not believe in the magic and when she is around it disappears for April too. One day when Meredith is struggling with her dance steps, April helps her to see the magic.

The day the goose got loose

Lindbergh, Reeve

The goose gets loose and causes all kinds of racket around the farm. If the brother hadn't known why the goose got loose who knows what might have happened?

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adventures, animals, bull, chaos, cow, critical thinking, family, goose, horse, parents, problem solving, sheep, siblings

What is a wise bird like you doing in a silly tale like this?

Shulevitz, Uri

The silly town of Pickleberry is full of nonsense. The emperor treats his bird better than his own brother, who is his janitor. He sends his brother out on an errand, not knowing he was tricked into doing a favor for the bird. As Lou escapes, a salesman gets a hold of him. He escapes again by reciting his nonsense tales of Pickleberry. He finally reaches his Aunt Millie and continues to recite and pass on his side of the story, a lot of nonsense!

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adventures, animals, birds, careers, citizen, counting, earthquake, entertainment, family, humor, maps, market, money, nonverbal communication, pretend, royalty, siblings, storytelling, verbal communication

Pianna

Ray, Mary Lyn

Take a trip with Anna through the happenings in her life. Look at Anna's experiences with piano lessons, picking blueberries with siblings, her marriage, and her children. After eighty years she is still playing the piano in the same house she grew up in.

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adventures, aging, baby, death, family, food, instruments, love, marriage, memories, music, nutrition, parents, siblings, train, transportation

My little foster sister

Stanek, Muriel

An only child is upset about a foster child temporarily living in her home, but then she grows to love the child as a sister. A bond grows between them through reading, singing, and playing together. The little girl grieves when the foster child is adopted by her aunt and uncle.

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adoption, assertiveness, change, coping, family, feelings, foster care, jealousy, loneliness, loss, play, reading, refusal skills, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

You bet your britches, claude

Nixon, Joan Lowery

Tom is adopted by Shirley and Claude, and he hopes that they will adopt his sister, Bessie. Bessie and Shirley make a great team of catching crooks. Bessie spots them, and Shirley stops them. Bessie makes a great deputy and new daughter.

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adoption, assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, cowboys, decision making, family, robbery, self confidence, siblings

Beginnings: How families come to be

Kroll, Virginia

Parents tell their children how they became a family. There are birth families, adoption families, single-parent families, two parent families, and different ethnic families.

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adoption, birth, differences, disability, family, foster care, love, marriage, multicultural, parents, siblings

Brothers are all the same

Milgram, Mary

A family has an adopted son named Joshie. Their neighbor tells them that Joshie is not really their brother because he does not look like them. His new sisters explain to him that Joshie is still their brother even though he is adopted.

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acceptance, adoption, appearance, assertiveness, critical thinking, family, neighbors, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

I got a family

Cooper, Melrose

A rhyming tale of a young girl's traditional family telling the activities they do together and the love they all share.

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activities, family, fun, grandparents, love, parents, rhyme, sharing, siblings

My daddy and i...

Greenfield, Eloise

A young African American boy describes all the activities that he and his father do.

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activities, african american, cooperation, family, feelings, fun, happiness, multicultural, parents, sharing, siblings

Once upon a time and grandma

Blegvad, Lenore

Grandma takes Emma and Luke to visit the house she once lived in when she was a little girl named Norrie. Grandma tells Emma and Luke the kinds of things Norrie used to do. When Emma and Luke have difficulty believing Grandma was Norrie, she proves it to them.

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activities, art, bedtime, dancing, exercise, family, food, games, generations, grandparents, history, jumping, memory, music, nutrition, play, playground, reptiles, seasons, siblings, sleep, spring, summer, toys, transportation, turtle, winter

A prairie year

Bannatyne-Cugnet, Jo

Take a trip through the various activities that occur within a year. Start with hockey games, planting potatoes, fairs, and harvesting wheat. When fall approaches you will experience Halloween. To end the year is the celebration of Christmas.

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activities, animals, autumn, chicken, christmas, competition, cow, decision making, deer, dinosaur, fair, family, farm, fishing, food, grandparents, halloween, hockey, holidays, nutrition, parents, pig, santa, seasons, siblings, snow, sports, spring, summer, verbal communication, winter

Sit still

Carlson, Nancy

Pat knows 101 ways to sit in a chair, but he does not know how to sit still. After trying several ways to get Pat to sit still, his mom finally finds something that works. All Pat needs are things to keep him busy.

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accomplishment, activities, body parts, doctor, exercise, family, jumping, nonverbal communication, parents, recreation, siblings, verbal communication, walking

The golly sisters ride again

Byars, Betsy

Two sisters, Rose and May-May, travel in a covered wagon to many places dancing and singing and encounter many adventures

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acting, adventures, compromise, conflict resolution, family, siblings, travel

Lucy's summer

Hall, Donald

Lucy spends her New Hampshire summer of 1910 doing a variety of things. She helps her mother can fruits and vegetables and make beautiful hats to sell. She attends a Fourth of July celebration where she meets an organ grinder with a monkey and a gypsy couple trying to sell picture frames. The highlight of Lucy's summer was taking the train into Boston with her mother. That was one day that Lucy will never forget.

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accomplishment, animals, autumn, clothing, cooperation, dolls, family, farm, food, fourth of july, fruit, gypsy, helping, history, holidays, love, monkey, nutrition, parents, school, seasons, shopping, siblings, summer, train, transportation, travel, vegetables, verbal communication

To hilda for helping

Zemach, Margot

Hilda's sister gets jealous when her father gives Hilda a medal for helping out around the house. She tells Hilda that she hopes she loses the medal. Hilda says that if she loses it and it gets buried, it will grow into a tree full of medals.

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accomplishment, assertiveness, consequences, family, feelings, fight, growing up, helping, jealousy, parents, seasons, self esteem, siblings, summer, verbal communication

Great-grandma tells of threshing day

Cross, Verda

Great Grandma tells her grandchildren of threshing day. It is a day in late June when the wheat is harvested. The men harvest the wheat while the women cook a hearty meal. This was always an exciting day for grandma and her brother. Threshing day was a day she will never forget.

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accomplishment, animals, bath, bedtime, beverage, chicken, cooperation, cow, family, farm, food, grandparents, hard work, horse, machines, memories, nutrition, parents, seasons, siblings, storytelling, summer, verbal communication

Marvin's best christmas present ever

Paterson, Katherine

It's almost Christmas and Marvin doesn't know what gift to give his parents. After he asks his older sister for some help, he ends up making a wreath. Marvin's parents love their gift and it hangs on their trailer almost all year. When they finally decide to take it down, they discover a family of birds who have been enjoying it too.

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accomplishment, animals, birds, christmas, family, helping, holidays, nature, parents, presents, pride, self esteem, siblings, surprises, traditions

The house I'll build for the wrens

Neitzel, Shirley

A young boy plans to build a house for the wrens in the yard. He starts with a diagram showing what the house will look like. He gets out a toolbox which holds wooden boards, a ruler, hammer, sandpaper, nails, a level, paintbrush, paint, and a scredriver. While he is constructing the birdhouse, his mother comes home. The boy and his mother hang the birdhouse from a tree in the backyard and admire his accomplishment.

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accomplishment, animals, author's note, birds, cat, cleanliness, colors, construction, dog, family, goal setting, imagination, parents, pride, rhyme, siblings, tools, wood, working mother

I can! Can you?

Adorjan, Carol

A little girl tells what her big sister is able to do which happens to be difficult for her. Then she tells what she can do. She keeps learning how to do more things each day.

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accomplishment, activities, comparisons, family, feelings, goal setting, growing up, happiness, siblings

The mother's day sandwich

Wynot, Jillian

Ivy and Hackett decide to surprise their mom for Mother's Day by making her breakfast in bed. They make a real mess. When they wake up their mom, the food spills. She tells them she wants a hug (a Mother's Day Sandwich).

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accidents, celebration, decision making, family, feelings, food, happiness, holidays, humor, kindness, mother's day, nutrition, parents, siblings, teamwork

The christmas tree ship

Winter, Jeanette

Captain Herman and his crew cut trees in Michigan to deliver to the city of Chicago for Christmas. When a blizzard forms over Lake Michigan, the Captain and his crew disappear. From then on, the Captain's wife and daughters carry out the Christmas Tree Ship tradition for many years.

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accidents, boat, bodies of water, business, careers, christmas, critical thinking, decision making, family, geography, holidays, lake, loss, love, missing, parents, plants, seasons, siblings, snow, teamwork, traditions, transportation, travel, verbal communication, weather, winter

Don't wake up mama another five little monkeys story

Christelow, Eileen

Five little monkeys wake early to make mama a birthday cake. But the five little monkeys must be careful not to wake mama or their surprise will be ruined -- can they do it?

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accidents, assertiveness, birthday, conflict resolution, decision making, monkey, morning, party, siblings, surprises

Jamie's turn

DeWitt, Jamie

Eleven year old Jamie helps his stepfather, Butch, pick corn one autumn day. When the corn picker becomes plugged up, Butch attempts to climb off the tractor but gets caught and is seriously injured. Jamie saves Butch's life by turning the corn picker off and running for help. Jamie keeps the farm running while Butch recovers from the accident.

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accidents, animals, assertiveness, author's note, baby, bravery, car, challenges, coping, courage, cow, crisis, decision making, disability, emergency, family, farm, fear, feelings, food, friendship, hard work, health, injury, love, maturity, motorcycle, neighbors, nonverbal communication, nutrition, pig, respect, responsibilities, safety, siblings, stepfather, transportation, truck

Nobody asked me if I wanted a little sister

Alexander, Martha

Oliver's new baby sister gets a lot of attention and he feels neglected. He tries to give his sister away, but realizes that she wants to be with him. Oliver discovers that he will have a playmate when she is a little older.

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acceptance, baby, change, conflict resolution, coping, family, jealousy, love, siblings

Impossible possum

Conford, Ellen

Randolph was a possum who could not hang upside down like everyone else. He cheats by using sticky sap on his tail, but the sap dries up in the winter. His pesky sister lends a hand and he finally can hang like the rest of the possums.

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acceptance, animals, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, goal setting, helping, learning, opossum, practice, self esteem, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

What's so great about cindy snappleby?

Samuels, Barbara

Faye tries to do things to make cool and confident Cindy Snappleby like her. However, Cindy begins making fun of Faye's little sister and she refuses to put up with it. She sees that family is more important.

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acceptance, assertiveness, decision making, friendship, kindness, peer resistance, play, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

The tiny visitor

de Mejo, Oscar

Gwen and her sister, Elizabeth, help find a tiny wife for their equally tiny friend, Sir Theodore.

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acceptance, critical thinking, decision making, differences, family, helping, marriage, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

Eagle eyes: A child's view of attention deficit disorder

Gehret, Jeanne

A child struggles through life with Attention Deficit Disorder. He goes to the doctor and learns several things that makes life easier.

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acceptance, attention, conflict resolution, disability, doctor, family, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

Stranger in the mirror

Say, Allen

Sam, a young Asian American boy, realizes first hand what it is like to be an old man. He wakes up one morning with a much older look, but is the same young boy on the inside. He has a difficult time convincing his family and friends that he is the same boy they all know.

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acceptance, aging, appearance, asian american, change, conflict resolution, confusion, coping, culture, differences, doctor, dreams, exercise, family, feelings, generations, health, identity, loneliness, mirror, parents, running away, sadness, school, siblings, skating, stereotypes, teasing

The adventures of connie and diego

Garcia, Maria

Connie and Diego are born multi-colored and get laughed at by their siblings. They travel to try to find a place where they fit in. They find that they are human beings and the place they belong is with their parents and family with the other humans.

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acceptance, adventures, appearance, differences, family, learning, parents, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

Who's whose?

Ormerod, Jan

Three families come together every day of the week to do activities help each other out. Some observe activities, do chores with others, or run errands with their friends. With so many people doing things together it is hard to keep track of who's whose!

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acceptance, activities, african american, animals, behavior, cat, challenges, child care, community, cooperation, correspondence, Days of The Week, dog, exercise, family, food, grandparents, helping, multicultural, nutrition, parents, play, responsibilities, school, sharing, siblings, television

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