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Major: The story of a black bear

McClung, Robert M.

A bear cub discovers the dangers and delights of the forest. The cub learns to hunt, fish, hibernate, and eventually chooses a mate.

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animals, baby, bear, critical thinking, decision making, family, growing up, nonverbal communication, plants, seasons, siblings, spring, winter, woods

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

The youngest mouse in a big family finds it very hard to adjust to the new baby. She was used to being the center of attention and now has competition. If she shows the adults that she is still a baby, she thinks she will get more attention. It backfires, but the baby pays attention to her.

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animals, baby, change, coping, family, feelings, growing up, jealousy, mouse, nonverbal communication, self esteem, siblings

School

McCully, Emily Arnold

A group of mice go to school and their little brother who is too young for school follows them.

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animals, conflict resolution, decision making, determination, family, imitation, mouse, nonverbal communication, school, siblings

Crossing the new bridge

McCully, Emily Arnold

A village's bridge is destroyed so the villagers have no way to leave the village. They find a family of bridge builders to make a new one. Once the bridge is finished, everyone is happy again.

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assertiveness, bodies of water, community, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, happiness, lake, moods, parents, siblings, verbal communication

First snow

McCully, Emily Arnold

A scared little mouse discovers the joys of sledding in the first snow of winter (A Wordless Book)

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animals, assertiveness, decision making, exercise, family, grandparents, mouse, parents, seasons, self esteem, siblings, skating, sledding, snow, weather, winter

The amazing felix

McCully, Emily Arnold

Even on the boat, Felix has to play the piano and practice but he can't sit still. After watching the magic show, he decides he'd rather practice that. Felix ends up saving the day and amazing his father.

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assertiveness, boat, critical thinking, family, heroism, lost, magic, parents, practice, siblings, transportation, verbal communication

Picnic

McCully, Emily Arnold

Have you ever been lost or disconnected by those you love? Little Bitty experiences those experiences when she accidentally falls out of the truck on the way to a family picnic. Will the mouse family successfully find Little Bitty?

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accidents, animals, family, feelings, hunger, loneliness, lost, mouse, nature, parents, picnic, sadness, siblings

Hannah's farm

McCurdy, Michael

Hannah helps her family cut wood, plant crops, gather crops, and make Christmas dinner on their farm in the early days of America. She discovers that her job changes with the seasons.

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animals, autumn, change, christmas, cow, dog, family, farm, food, grandparents, helping, history, holidays, horse, nutrition, parents, pioneers, plants, responsibilities, seasons, siblings, spring, summer, winter

The crystal apple

McDermott, Beverly B.

Three sisters work in the fields all day. Their father goes to market and bring each of them a gift. Marusha receives a crystal apple, but her sisters break it. She realizes that she did not need it, because she has her imagination so she forgives her sisters.

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conflict resolution, family, forgiveness, giving, imagination, parents, presents, responsibilities, siblings

Tim o'toole and the wee folk

McDermott, Gerald

A very poor Irishman is given magical things by the wee folk, but he must keep his good fortune away from the McGoons.

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assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, dwarfs, family, fantasy, fortune, goose, irish, magic, multicultural, parents, siblings, verbal communication

If daddy only knew me

McGinnis, Lila

In kindergarten, everyone talks about their daddies except Kate. She doesn't have a daddy in her life. Her mom explained that he moved away. Kate and her sister, Glory, are curious so one day they walk to his house. They meet him and his new baby, which he claims is his only one. They run all the way home to tell their mom. They talk about love and what it means.

Isla & Pickle: Best friends

McLelland, Kate

Pickle is a miniature Shetland pony who is fed, groomed, and loved by Isla. Isla's father wanted to buy her a pet but he wasn't interested in bringing Pickle into the family even though Pickle kept showing up a the beach, at school, and at bedtime. Eventually, Pickle becomes part of the family, and Isla plays with Pickle nonstop.

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animals, beach, games, pets, playing, pony, siblings

The year of the ranch

McLerran, Alice

A family moves from their house in town to a homestead ranch in 1919 The family feels many uncertainties about the move and has several adjustments to make. Together they make the best of their situation while Papa pursues his farming dreams.

Henry's pennies

McNamara, Louise

Henry has finally decided what to do with all of the pennies his father gave him. We wants to buy a white elephant at the school fair. When he realizes that the white elephant booth is just things that no one wants, he is sad, but soon finds something that he wants.

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animals, baby, colors, dreams, elephant, family, feelings, nonverbal communication, parents, rabbit, sadness, school, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

The train

McPhail, David

Matthew loves trains. One night, he lets his brother run the train and he crashes it. Matthew cannot sleep so he gets up to fix it. All of a sudden, it was a real train. Matthew fixes it, loads up the baggage, and helps the engineer.

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accidents, assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, decision making, determination, family, helping, imagination, sharing, siblings, train, transportation, verbal communication

Sisters

McPhail, David

Two sisters enjoy many different things, and they also enjoy many similar things. The most important thing they share is their love for each other.

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conflict resolution, differences, family, love, relationship, self esteem, siblings

Cinderella's rat

Meddaugh, Susan

Cinderella's fairy godmother turns a rat into a coachboy. The coachboy loves that he has more food to eat and less enemies (cats). But what will he do when someone wants to harm his sister (a rat)?

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animals, cat, challenges, conflict resolution, critical thinking, fantasy, godmother, humor, magic, protection, rat, siblings, stress management, surprises, verbal communication

Seven spools of thread

Medearis, Angela

Whether working on their family farm or eating dinner, the seven Ashanti brothers always fight amongst themselves to the dismay of their father. However, when their father passed away, the seven Ashanti brothers were tasked with creating gold from seven different color spools of thread. After completing this seemingly impossible task by working together, the brothers taught their community the value of the lessons they learned.

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african, argument, author's note, colors, communication, community, culture, fable, farm, ghana, language, peace, problem solving, siblings, success, support, teamwork, vocabulary, weaving

Annie's gift

Medearis, Angela Shelf

All of Annie's family members have musical talents; however, Annie cannot find hers. She feels despair until her father points out that everyone has unique talents, and hers is writing poetry.

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african american, critical thinking, family, goal setting, multicultural, music, parents, pride, self confidence, self esteem, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

Lucy's quiet book

Medearis, Angela Shelf

An annoyed Lucy decides to go the library to get away from her brothers. The librarian gives her a book to quiet her brothers down. Once Lucy begins to read to her brothers, they quiet down and Lucy learns the positive effects of books.

Daughter of the light-footed people: The story of indigenous marathon champion Lorena Ramirez

Medina, Belen

Lorena Ramirez is an athlete who loves to run. Her swift footsteps echo through the copper canyons of Mexico as she runs in an ultramarathon for sixty miles. She wears a skirt sewn by her mother and rubber sandals made from tires when she runs so she can honor the Raramuri people of Chihuahua, Mexico. She wins the race against hundreds of people from other countries.

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animals, author's note, ball, body parts, celebration, country, culture, family, food, goat, language, love, marathon, Mexico, multicultural, numbers, onomatopoeia, patience, persistence, photograph, pride, running, siblings

Emily emerson's moon

Merrill, Jean//Solbert, Ronni

Emily's father promises her he can give her the moon, but Emily's brother does not believe he can. Her father finds a creative way to present her with the gift of the moon.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, love, moon, parents, problem solving, siblings, verbal communication

I was born to be a brother

Michels-Gualtieri, Zaydek G.

A big brother describes the duties he has when teaching his little sister. He has many responsibilities to uphold and for the most part gets along well with his baby sister. There are times, however, when siblings get in the way, but in the end a little sister is the best thing in the world. (With music CD)

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anger, baby, careers, caring, child care, closeness, companion, family, feelings, food, friendship, growing up, helping, injury, learning, music, pets, play, relationship, responsibilities, role model, safety, siblings, song, teaching, technology, teeth, television, toys

Grandpa's gamble

Michelson, Richard

A brother and sister are tired of always having to be quiet so as not to interrupt Grandpa Sam while he is praying. The children think they have a very boring grandfather. Grandpa Sam overhears the children and tells them the story of his life. He was born a Jew in Poland and to escape persecution he came to the United States. He learns to gamble to make a living but when his daughter becomes very ill he decides to lead an honest, humble life and pray every morning and night. The children are now amazed by their Grandpa Sam's story and respect his prayer time.

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author's note, boredom, culture, faith, family, forgiveness, grandparents, holidays, immigrants, Jewish, multicultural, parents, passover, photograph, prayer, religion, siblings, storytelling, stress management

Teacher's pet

Miles, Miska

Lottie is embarrassed as she begins her new school because her clothes are different, and her cat continues to follow her to class. She tries to fit in with the other children but is unsuccessful. Her cat has kittens in the school which helps her win the friendship of Gertrude. Gertrude helps Lottie to realize that uniqueness is special, not bad.

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

The low-down laundry line blues

Millen, C.M.

A young girl finds herself down in the dumps, lonely, depressed, and hanging around just like the laundry line outside her window. She doesn't want to do anything and looks so pitiful sitting beside her window all alone: she's got the low-down laundry line blues. Her sister decides that something must be done to cheer her up!She uses jivey rhymes to lift her sister's mood, but to no avail, they just don't seem to work. As a last resort, she drags her lonely blues-stricken sister outside and turns the low-down laundry line into a lively jump rope to play with!Suddenly the low-down laundry line and the girl with the low-down laundry line blues become lively and upbeat.

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caring, clothing, companion, conflict resolution, depression, determination, emotions, encouragement, excitement, exercise, family, feelings, friendship, helping, jump rope, jumping, kindness, moods, patience, persistence, playing, problem solving, rhyme, siblings, song, unselfish

A visit to amy-claire

Mills, Claudia

Rachel is excited when she and her family visit her cousin Amy-Claire. When Amy-Claire pays more attention to Rachel's little sister, Rachel is hurt and angry. Rachel realizes that it is special to be a big sister.

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attention, conflict resolution, family, feelings, jealousy, sadness, siblings

No fighting no biting!

Minarik, Else Holmelund

Rosa and Willy are constantly fighting and annoying cousin Joan. So Joan tells the kids a story about two little alligators that were always fighting and how each time they were almost eaten by a big alligator because they were not paying attention.

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alligator, appreciation, conflict resolution, cooperation, decision making, family, fight, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, problem solving, refusal skills, reptiles, siblings, storytelling, stress management

Cinder-Elly

Minters, Frances

A little girl lives with her two sisters in New York. They all get invited to a basketball game to see the prince play. Elly doesn't have anything to wear but her godmother comes and saves the day. Elly goes to the game, gets her prince, and teaches others the value of not being mean.

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assertiveness, basketball, biking, clothing, comparisons, conflict resolution, exercise, family, godmother, magic, parents, poetry, rhyme, siblings, sports

How Willy got his wheels

Mohler, Diana & Turner, Deborah

As a homeless and handicapped dog, Willy never finds true happiness until he is rescued from the animal hospital and given a home and family. However, Willy lacks the ability to walk on his own and his owner Deborah tries several attempts to help Willy. Finally, Willy is given a wheel chair which enables him to finally be free and live his life to its fullest.

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animals, balloon, caring, cat, climbing, cold, disability, doctor, dog, dreams, excitement, family, fly, friendship, handicap, helping, homeless, hospital, imagination, independence, loneliness, memory, pets, presents, problem solving, protection, relief, rescue, running, running away, sadness, safety, siblings, sleep, smell, toys, wish

The secret of the sachem's tree

Monjo, F.N.

The new king of England is going to take away its charter from a Puritan town in Connecticut. When the lights go out, the charter disappears, and the English can't take it.

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assertiveness, community, decision making, english, family, friendship, halloween, history, holidays, independence, multicultural, parents, religion, royalty, siblings

Tomas and the library lady

Mora, Pat

Tomas and his family are migrant workers who travel between Iowa and Texas to find work. Tomas loves to listen to his grandfather's stories but he knows all of them and decides to go to the library to learn some new stories. The librarian welcomes Tomas in and offers him cold water to drink and stories to read. Tomas visits the library lady whenever he can and even teaches her some of his native language, Spanish. When Tomas' family must leave the library lady gives Tomas a book to take with him.

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author's note, books, careers, dinosaur, family, farm, geography, grandparents, immigrants, language, library, mexican american, multicultural, parents, playing, reptiles, siblings, sleep, soccer, spanish, sports, storytelling, water, work

Uno, dos, tres: One, two three

Mora, Pat

Two sisters go shopping in a Mexican market for their mother's birthday. They count the number of presents in Spanish and English as they go along, and also create a rhyme about the gifts.

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author's note, birthday, counting, family, feelings, goal setting, happiness, holidays, mexican, multicultural, nonverbal communication, parents, presents, rhyme, shopping, siblings, spanish, verbal communication

Inatuk's friend

Morrow, Suzanne Stark

Because it is winter and no seals can be found, Inatuk and the people in his village are going hungry. In order to survive, Inatuk's family must move into the city where his father can work. Inatuk has a hard time because he must leave his best friend.

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animals, change, coping, family, friendship, hunger, loss, moving, multicultural, native american, nonverbal communication, parents, rabbit, seal, siblings, stress management

Princess pooh

Muldoon, Kathleen

A young girl with a disability gets special attention sometimes. Her sister is jealous of this attention. When she finds out what it is like to be in her sister's shoes, she feels differently. After that she showers her sister with special attention too.

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feelings, jealousy, nonverbal communication, siblings

Get out of bed!

Munsch, Robert

Any stays up too late watching television and does not make it to breakfast with her family. They decide to take Amy to school in her bed because she was going to be late. At school the principal tries to wake her up but she keeps sleeping. Her teacher covers reading, math, and art, and her friends go to the gym, recess, and lunch-- all while Amy sleeps!The next day, Amy's habit is hilariously contagious!

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animals, art, bedtime, birds, cat, dog, dreams, exercise, family, food, math, nutrition, parents, play, reading, school, siblings, sleep, sounds, teaching, television, working mother

Where is gah-ning?

Munsch, Robert

A little girl is determined to go shopping in a place called Kapuskasing. Her father stops her from going several times, but Gah-ning doesn't give up. Finally she ends up getting there by balloons.

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assertiveness, balloon, bicycle, clowns, conflict resolution, exercise, family, goal setting, mischief, obedience, parents, refusal skills, safety, shopping, siblings, transportation, travel

Mortimer

Munsch, Robert

It is Mortimer's bedtime but he just will not stop singing. Everyone has yelled at him, even the police. What will make him stop singing?

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bedtime, family, frustration, music, night, noise, nonverbal communication, parents, siblings, song, sounds, stress management, time

Show and tell

Munsch, Robert

It's show-and-tell day, and Benjamin wants to take in something extra special to school. When he decides to take his baby sister, it causes quite a commotion until mom shows up and saves the day.

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baby, chaos, confusion, critical thinking, doctor, excitement, family, feelings, frustration, helping, parents, performance, school, sharing, siblings, verbal communication

A promise is a promise

Munsch, Robert//Kusugak, Michael

A little girl wants to go fishing in the icy cracks of the ocean but her parents tell her it is too dangerous. She promises that she will not go, but what happens when she breaks her promise?

Beep beep, vroom vroom!

Murphy, Stuart J.

Molly wants to play with her big brother's brightly colored toy cars just like him. But her family thinks she is too little to share Kevin's cars and besides, he likes to keep them in a special order. Each family member catches Molly playing with Kevin's cars and they help her put them back the way Kevin likes them. In the end, Molly gets a surprise of her own!

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animals, author's note, birthday, car, colors, disobedience, dog, family, fun, helping, parents, playing, sequence, siblings, sizes, sounds, transportation

The animal garden

Nash, Ogden

Roy and Joy beg their parents for pets, but they are not allowed because of their parents' allergies. One night, the magical Abidan comes and gives the children seeds. In the morning, they have an animal garden, free of allergies.

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allergies, animals, conflict resolution, family, illness, magic, parents, pets, siblings

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

Flowers on the wall

Nerlove, Miriam

During 1938 in Poland, Rachel and her family are struggling to survive along with other Jews in the area. Her father loses his store, Rachel and her brother stop going to school, and they have nothing to eat. Rachel paints flowers on their apartment walls to pass the time.

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art, change, critical thinking, decision making, discrimination, family, fear, feelings, flowers, food, german, history, hunger, Jewish, loss, multicultural, nonverbal communication, nutrition, painting, parents, polish, sadness, school, siblings, stress management, verbal communication, war

Passover

Nerlove, Miriam

It is time for Passover and a father tells his son the tradition of Passover. He explains the different types of food that are eaten and the hunt that occurs after dinner. They then sing songs together.

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author's note, family, food, holidays, Jewish, multicultural, music, nutrition, parents, passover, siblings, song, traditions

The deliverers of their country

Nesbit, Edith

Effie has something in her eye. It is a mysterious little dragon. Soon the whole country is invaded by dragons of all sizes. Effie and her brother Harry are the ones who discover how to get rid of all the dragons.

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community, critical thinking, decision making, dragons, family, parents, rain, siblings, sizes, weather

Exactly alike

Ness, Evaline

Elizabeth has four brothers who look exactly alike and she cannot tell who is who. Though her brothers make fun of her, she decides to be nice and share her toys with all of them. In return, they are nice to her and tell her their names.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fight, giving, imagination, play, problem solving, sharing, siblings, toys

Barkis

Newberry, Clare Turlay

James receives Barkis, a dog, for his birthday. His sister wants to share her cat and his dog, but James is not interested. It is not until Nell Jean, his sister, saves Barkis' life that James will share his dog.

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animals, birthday, cat, compromise, conflict resolution, dog, family, holidays, parents, sharing, siblings

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