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Alejandro's gift
Albert, Richard
A lonely man plants a garden full of vegetables in the middle of the desert. A wide array of desert wildlife finds their way to his garden and watering hole. He wants to be friends with the animals and help them.
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animals
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author's note
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badger
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birds
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cactus
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caring
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coyote
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critical thinking
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deer
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desert
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donkey
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dove
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feelings
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fox
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friendship
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garden
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habitat
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hummingbird
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loneliness
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mouse
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plants
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presents
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rabbit
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rat
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responsibilities
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shelter
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skunk
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sparrow
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squirrel
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tortoise
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vegetables
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wildlife
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woodpecker
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wren
How groundhog's garden grew
Cherry, Lynne
Little Groundhog is hungry. His friend Squirrel reminds him that it would not be nice to eat from someone else's garden, so he offers to teach Groundhog how to grow food in his own garden. Groundhog learns that cooperation with the birds and insects around him will help meet their needs and help his garden to grow. After planting, tending, and harvesting his garden, Groundhog has a feast with his friends.
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amphibians
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animals
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author's note
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birds
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bluebird
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butterfly
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cooperation
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cycle
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dragonfly
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flowers
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food
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friendship
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garden
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goldfish
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helping
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hunger
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insects
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mole
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nature
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opossum
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plants
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praying mantis
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reptiles
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robin
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seed
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skunk
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snake
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squirrel
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toad
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turtle
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vocabulary
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winter
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wren
Sally goes to the mountains
Huneck, Stephen
Sally, the dog, goes on a camping trip to the mountains. Sally dreams of meeting new animals including: rabbits, birds, fish, racoons, beavers, skunks, moose and bears. Will Sally really get to meet these new animals on her trip?
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animals
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bear
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beaver
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birds
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camping
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critical thinking
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dog
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dreams
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fish
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food
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goal setting
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moose
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morning
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mountains
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nonverbal communication
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nutrition
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raccoon
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skunk
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vacation
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verbal communication
The grouchy ladybug
Carle, Eric
A grouch ladybug and a friendly ladybug fly to a leaf with aphids. The grouchy ladybug tells the friendly ladybug to go away. They decide to fight, but the grouchy ladybug goes on to look for even bigger food. Every animal the grouchy ladybug encounters is not big enough until the whale slaps her across the ocean. At six o'clock, the grouchy ladybug returns to the leaf. The friendly ladybug saves the grouchy ladybug some aphids, and the two ladybugs become friends.
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animals
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aphid
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bee
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beetle
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birds
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conflict resolution
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crustaceans
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elephant
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fight
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food
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friendship
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gorilla
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greed
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hyena
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insects
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kindness
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ladybug
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lobster
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plants
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reptiles
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rhinoceros
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selfishness
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skunk
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snake
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sparrow
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verbal communication
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whale
Red wolf country
London, Jonathan
A wolf and his mate travel through the country during the winter in search of a home where soon the female wolf will have babies.
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alligator
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animals
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author's note
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baby
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destruction
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habitat
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hunger
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hunting
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nonverbal communication
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protection
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seasons
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skunk
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snow
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sounds
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travel
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weather
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winter
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wolf
The seals on the bus
Hort, Lenny
A group of people get onto a bus that takes them around to different places in town. At each stop a different type of animal gets on. Each animal has a distinctive sound that goes with the rhyme. Finally the people flee off the bus from the animals.
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animals
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birds
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bus
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conflict resolution
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decision making
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escape
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excitement
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feelings
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fish
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goose
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monkey
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noise
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nonverbal communication
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rabbit
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repetition
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seal
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sheep
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skunk
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snake
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song
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sounds
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tiger
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transportation
A little skink's tail
Halfmann, Janet
While Little Skink hunts for her breakfast, she is attacked by a crow! But she has a trick to escape-she snaps off her lizard tail and it keeps on wiggling. Little Skink is happy to be alive but she misses her bright blue tail.
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acceptance
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aggression
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animals
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ant
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birds
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crow
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deer
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escape
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forest
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habitat
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imagination
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insects
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lizard
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owl
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porcupine
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rabbit
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reptiles
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skunk
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squirrel
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trick
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turtle
Moose and Magpie
Restrepo, Bettina
It isn't always easy being a moose but this young moose has a special joke-telling friend to keep him company and to help him find his way. Join Moose, Magpie, and other animal friends as they frolic through a year of changes.
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adaptation
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animals
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author's note
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frog
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groundhog
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growing up
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humor
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hunting
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joke
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magpie
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migration
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moose
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raccoon
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seasons
,
skunk
In my backyard
Giogas, Valarie
Baby dogs are puppies and they belong to a litter. Counting from one to ten, familiar backyard animals are introduced by baby and family group name. Each stanza also tells a bit more about each animal by providing clues as to what they eat, how they sound, or where they live.
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animals
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baby
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counting
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deer
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flowers
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fox
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garden
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grasshopper
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habitat
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home
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mole
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porcupine
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rabbit
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raccoon
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sequence
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skunk
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snake
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squirrel
Happy birthday to whooo? A baby animal riddle book
Fisher, Doris
Babies come in all different sizes and shapes. Some babies have fur and some have feathers. Some may be the only baby born or some might be born with 100 brothers and sisters! Some babies are big (23 feet) and some are little (the size of a jelly-bean)! Babies have their own special families too! Some have a mom and a dad; some have a mom or a dad; and some even live with their mom, aunts, and grandmothers!
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animals
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baby
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birds
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birthday
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camel
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celebration
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eagle
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elephant
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family
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flamingo
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giraffe
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habitat
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holidays
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kangaroo
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leopard
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lion
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owl
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parents
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riddle
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sizes
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skunk
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whale
Clink Clank Clunk
Aroner, Miriam
Rabbit is taking a trip into town and is kind enough to pick up nine friends along the way. Much to his dismay, Rabbit's car begins to fall apart more and more with each friend that gets in! With a little teamwork and persistence though, the ten make it safely to town where Rabbit buys a new car.
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animals
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beaver
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birds
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car
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cow
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crow
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five senses
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fox
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friendship
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mole
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numbers
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persistence
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porcupine
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rabbit
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skunk
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sounds
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squirrel
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teamwork
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transportation
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travel
Don't take a snake for a stroll
Ireland, Karin
A little boy talks about taking a variety of animals into public places. Using his imagination he describes what could possibly happen. In the end, he advises to just take people along and leave the animals at home.
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animals
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bodies of water
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coyote
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critical thinking
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decision making
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duck
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elephant
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exercise
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fantasy
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humor
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imagination
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kangaroo
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moose
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ocean
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pets
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pig
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rabbit
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rhyme
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rhythm
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shopping
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skunk
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snake
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swimming
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television
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walking
Animalogy: Animal analogies
Berkes, Marianne
Compare and contrast different animals through predictable analogies that rhyme. Find the similarities between even the most incompatible animals....bat is to flit as eagle is to soar; dog is to bark as lion is to roar. Comparisons include sounds, physical adaptations, behaviors, and animal classifications.
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amphibian
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analogy
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animals
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ant
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arachnid
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author's note
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bat
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bear
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beaver
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biology
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birds
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bodies of water
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body parts
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book
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camping
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cat
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chicken
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classification
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comparisons
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deer
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dog
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eagle
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family
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fire
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fish
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flowers
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frog
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garden
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giraffe
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goldfish
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goose
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hippopotamus
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illustrator's note
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insects
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lion
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mammals
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moose
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mountains
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mouse
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numbers
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parents
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plants
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rabbit
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reading
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reptile
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robin
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rooster
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science
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sequence
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sizes
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skunk
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snake
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spider
Time to sleep
Fleming, Denise
Six animals communicate with each other at the commencement of winter hibernation. Each animal tells one animal, who in turn tells another. The cycle, which begins with the bear, does not stop until he hears the news of the upcoming winter himself.
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animals
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anticipation
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bear
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colors
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communication
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cycle
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decision making
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food
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forest
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hibernation
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ladybug
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morning
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seasons
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skunk
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sky
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sleep
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snail
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spring
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tree
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turtle
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verbal communication
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winter
,
woodchuck
I love you stinky face
McCourt, Lisa
A mother explains to her child how she would love her child no matter how the child smelled or what she looked like. The child's imagination creates an ugly, sick, terrible, and scary monster that the mother says she still loves.
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alien
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alligator
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animals
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ape
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bath
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bedtime
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birthday
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dinosaur
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family
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insects
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love
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monsters
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night
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parents
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skunk
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smell
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swamp
,
verbal communication
A year of beasts
Wolff, Ashley
Let's view a monthly listing of animals around a farm.
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animals
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autumn
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beaver
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cow
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deer
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farm
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fox
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mice
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month
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porcupine
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rabbit
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raccoon
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seasons
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sequence
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skunk
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spring
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squirrel
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summer
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winter
,
woodchuck
Dr. duck
Ehrlich, H.M.
Different animals are under the care of an old-fashioned country doctor named Dr. Duck. A crow has a broken toe, a baby mouse has a fever, and a beaver has a cough. Everyone comes to help Dr. Duck when he gets sick.
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aging
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animals
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beaver
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body parts
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careers
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caring
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chicken
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cow
,
crow
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diseases
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doctor
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dog
,
duck
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friendship
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illness
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measles
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medicine
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moose
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mouse
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mule
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rabbit
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rhyme
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sheep
,
skunk
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transportation
,
weasel
All wet!All wet!
Skofield, James
A little boy takes a walk while it is raining and finds that everything in nature responds to the rain. When the rain goes away and the sun dries everything, nature is even more beautiful.
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animals
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appreciation
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dancing
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environment
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exercise
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fox
,
learning
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mole
,
nature
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rain
,
skunk
,
sun
,
walking
,
weather
Night tree
Bunting, Eve
Nina and her brother go with the family to Luke's forest to decorate a Christmas tree. They sing songs, drink hot chocolate, and decorate the tree all night long.
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animals
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bear
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beverage
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birds
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christmas
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deer
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family
,
forest
,
holidays
,
music
,
nature
,
nonverbal communication
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opossum
,
owl
,
plants
,
preparation
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raccoon
,
skunk
,
song
,
squirrel
,
verbal communication
James bear's pie
Latimer, Jim
James Bear is tired of grazing and eating alfalfa. He desires to eat something with more calories, protein and more taste. So Bear goes to his friend, the crow, who provides Bear with an oven and ingredients to make a raisin-soybean pie. This is no ordinary pie!
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animals
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bear
,
birds
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critical thinking
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crow
,
decision making
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five senses
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food
,
friendship
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nutrition
,
skunk
,
taste
Three foolish tales
Tompert, Ann
Skunk and raccoon wanted Fox's purple umbrella. They tried to take it from her by theft and trickery, but in the end it was fox who out-tricked the both of them.
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animals
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assertiveness
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conflict resolution
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critical thinking
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deception
,
decision making
,
fox
,
goal setting
,
peer resistance
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raccoon
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refusal skills
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robbery
,
skunk
,
verbal communication
One duck stuck
Root, P.
One duck gets stuck in the muck down by the marsh. Creatures by the marsh try to help him get free. Creatures come first two, then three, then adding one every time. No one can free the duck by themselves but as a team, the duck is freed.
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alliteration
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animals
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conflict resolution
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counting
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cricket
,
dragonfly
,
duck
,
fish
,
frog
,
helping
,
moose
,
numbers
,
opossum
,
rhyme
,
sequence
,
skunk
,
snail
,
snake
,
stress management
,
teamwork
,
verbal communication
Dog breath
Pilkey, Dave
The Tosis family has a dog named Hally. Hally is a wonderful dog except that she has very bad breath. When Mr. and Mrs. Tosis cannot take Hally's bad breath anymore they decide to give her away. The kids try to fix the problem by taking her to a mountain top to see the view, a movie, and a carnival to ride a roller coaster in the hopes that they will take Hally's bad breath away but nothing works. That night two burglars break into the house but when Hally kisses them the burglars pass out from the smell and Hally and her breath are, heroes!
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animals
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carnival
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crime
,
critical thinking
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dog
,
family
,
fish
,
grandparents
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heroism
,
hygiene
,
miracle
,
mountains
,
newspaper
,
night
,
parents
,
robbery
,
sadness
,
siblings
,
skunk
,
smell
Moose and friends
Latimer, Jim
Moose and his friends confront many situations and must decide what to do about them. Together, as a group, they solve their problems.
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animals
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birthday
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conflict resolution
,
critical thinking
,
crow
,
decision making
,
food
,
fox
,
holidays
,
nonverbal communication
,
nutrition
,
reading
,
skunk
,
stress management
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teamwork
,
valentine's day
,
verbal communication
Twenty-two, twenty-three
Raskin, Ellen
A mouse wants to join the other animals in a special celebration but must choose what to wear. The mouse finally chooses a blouse and is invited for a Christmas and New Year gathering on Twenty-two, Twenty-three.
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animals
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ape
,
bear
,
celebration
,
christmas
,
clothing
,
conflict resolution
,
fox
,
holidays
,
mouse
,
new year
,
rabbit
,
rhyme
,
skunk
,
verbal communication
A beastly circus
Parish, Peggy
This alphabet book uses animals and various circus-like activities for each letter.
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alligator
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amphibians
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animals
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baboon
,
birds
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chipmunk
,
circus
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crab
,
crustaceans
,
dolphin
,
elephant
,
frog
,
gorilla
,
hippopotamus
,
hyena
,
jaguar
,
kangaroo
,
lion
,
mink
,
mythical
,
newt
,
nonverbal communication
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octopus
,
ostrich
,
panda
,
quail
,
rabbit
,
rhinoceros
,
sequence
,
skunk
,
snake
,
tapir
,
unicorns
,
verbal communication
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vulture
,
wasp
,
worm
,
yak
,
zebra
A kiss for little bear
Minarik, Else Holmelund
Little Bear draws grandma a picture and sends it with Hen. Grandma is pleased with the picture and sends Little Bear a kiss in return through Hen, who passes it on to a friend. Eventually, the kiss reaches two skunks who decide to get married.
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affection
,
animals
,
art
,
bear
,
birds
,
chicken
,
community
,
critical thinking
,
family
,
friendship
,
grandparents
,
marriage
,
nonverbal communication
,
skunk
Prairie storms
Pattison, Darcy
Cozy up for this great rainy day read! Prairie Storms gives you a front row seat to learn about a year of ever-changing prairie weather, and how the animals living in these grasslands adapt and survive in this harsh climate. Each month, read about a new animal, and learn about everything from prairie chicken can survive the January snows to how an earless lizard escapes the harsh, unrelenting drought of August. Told in lyrical prose, this story is a celebration of the great American prairies.
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animals
,
author's note
,
barn
,
biology
,
birds
,
bodies of water
,
buffalo
,
change
,
comparisons
,
cougar
,
crane
,
deer
,
eagle
,
fall
,
flowers
,
fog
,
fox
,
geography
,
grasslands
,
groundhog
,
habitat
,
illustrator's note
,
lightning
,
lizard
,
map
,
month
,
mouse
,
nest
,
owl
,
plants
,
prairie dog
,
rain
,
rainbow
,
science
,
seasons
,
sequence
,
skunk
,
sleet
,
snow
,
spring
,
storm
,
summer
,
weather
,
winter
Timothy Cox will not change his socks
Kinerk, Robert
A young boy, Timothy Cox, decides to go without changing his socks for a month. As the smell from his socks begins to grow, the entire community gets involved in trying to get him to change his socks. Timothy creatively avoids getting caught for the whole month. He aviods the fire fighters with their hoses and even a scout troop! When the month has come to an end, he keeps the socks in a cabinet as a trophy in his determination to stick to his word and not change his socks.
Tags
animals
,
community
,
cooperation
,
decision making
,
determination
,
doctor
,
dog
,
family
,
fantasy
,
fire engine
,
five senses
,
helicopter
,
month
,
neighbors
,
parents
,
peer resistance
,
rabbit
,
rhyme
,
school
,
skunk
,
sleep
,
smell
,
transportation
,
vocabulary