Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Bintou's braids | by Diouf, Sylviane

When Bintou, a little girl living in West Africa, finally gets her wish for braids, she discovers that what she dreamed for has been hers all along.

Keywords: africa, african, america, animals, beach, birds, bodies of water, celebration, chicken, clothing, critical thinking, dreams, envy, family, feelings, fish, food, fruit, grandparents, moon, multicultural, parents, prayer, pride, sadness, sea, selfishness, siblings, sleep, sounds, stars, storytelling, stress management, sun, traditions, tree, village

Always in trouble | by Demas, Corinne

Emma's dog Toby always seems to be in trouble. When Emma gives him more attention, he still gets into trouble. At dog training school, he is the best dog and receives a diploma after all the classes, but he still gets into trouble. So Emma takes him back to the school, and leaves Toby with the teacher for a week. When he comes back, Toby seems like the perfect dog, but Emma soon finds out, no dog is perfect.

Keywords: animals, attention, critical thinking, Days of The Week, decision making, dog, family, feelings, frustration, goal setting, misbehavior, obedience, pets, responsibilities, sequence, stress management, verbal communication

Gift of the sun: A tale from south africa | by Stewart, Dianne

Thulani is a South African farmer who keeps trading his animals in order to please his wife, until all he has is a pocket full of sunflower seeds. They produce many more seeds however, which are used to feed the animals and eventually lead to more wealth for the family than ever before.

Keywords: africa, animals, boredom, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, excitement, family, farm, feelings, garden, multicultural, self esteem, sheep, stress management, symbols, verbal communication

The talking cloth | by Mitchell, Rhonda

Aunt Phoebe has a collection of many wonderful things, each having an interesting story. The little girl's favorite thing is an adinkra cloth from Ghana. It has many colors and symbols to represent feelings, faith, power, and love.

Where's Jamela? | by Daly, Niki

A young girl named Jamela is upset when hearing the news from her mother that they will be moving to a new house. When itﾒs time to leave, everyone wonders where Jamela is and begin to search for her everywhere. Suddenly, she jumps out of a box from the back of the truck and agrees to go with her mother. On reaching her new house, she starts to like it and settles down in her room.

Keywords: african, african american, bedtime, beverage, books, cat, change, chicken, decision making, dog, emotions, future, language, love, moving, multicultural, music, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, stars, stress management, truck, verbal communication, vocabulary

Alex, the kid with AIDS | by Girard, Linda Walvoord

Alex has AIDS. In school, he begins as a visitor with special privileges and ends up making friends and being a part of the class. Alex realizes that although he is sick, he cannot misbehave in school.

Keywords: aids, conflict resolution, critical thinking, diseases, friendship, illness, misbehavior, school, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Enemy pie | by Munson, Derek

When confronted with his first enemy, a young boy seeks help from his father. He hopes that enemy pie will get rid of his enemy but instead he gains something he never expected.

Keywords: acceptance, anger, bravery, conflict resolution, family, feelings, friendship, jealousy, parents, relationship, revenge, stress management, verbal communication

Ruth and naomi | by Marzollo, Jean

After their husbands sadly pass away, Ruth moves to Bethlehem with her widowed mother-in-law Naomi. With no money and no sense of hope, the two women are unsure as to what will happen. A kind farmer known as Boaz, however shows his kindness and restores their happiness so that they can begin anew.

Keywords: anger, bravery, courage, critical thinking, faith, feelings, food, friendship, god, happiness, hard work, helping, kindness, loneliness, love, loyalty, marriage, moving, nutrition, sadness, song, spiritual, stress management, unselfish

Amy unbounded: Belondweg blossoming | by Hartman, Rachel

Through comic book style illustrations, Amy of Eddybrook Lodge encounters many exciting adventures with her best friend. During the summer between her ninth and tenth birthday, Amy and her friend learn many lessons about life. The most important ones are that love does not solve everything and even heroines sometimes need help.

Bertie the ghost | by Neale, Richard

Bertie the ghost wants a new place to live and new friends. He crosses through each page of the story then arrives at an old farmhouse and finds friends and a home.

Keywords: caring, community, companion, conflict resolution, disappointment, emotions, farm, feelings, food, friendship, ghosts, goal setting, happiness, helping, holidays, home, loneliness, moving, museum, nonverbal communication, park, playground, sadness, self esteem, stress management

Gregory's shadow | by Freeman, Don

Gregory needs his shadow in order for spring to come. He ends up losing his shadow for awhile; his shadow gets scared and hides in a barn. Gregory later adventured out and finds his shadow, causing spring to come.

Keywords: bravery, conflict resolution, fear, feelings, friendship, groundhog, holidays, loneliness, nonverbal communication, sadness, seasons, self esteem, shadows, spring, stress management, winter

Cock-a-doodle-moo! | by Most, Bernard

When a rooster can only whisper cock-a-doodle-doo, he must get help from the cow to wake everyone up on the farm. Unfortunately, the cow has trouble making the right sound. Eventually, the cow learns how to make a sound that will wake up the farm and she and the rooster work together.

Keywords: animals, cat, cow, dog, duck, farm, five senses, friendship, hearing, helping, learning, noise, pig, sleep, sounds, stress management, teamwork, verbal communication

Manana, Iguana | by Paul, Ann Whitford

Following the story line of Little Red Hen, Iguana decides to throw a fiesta and invite all of her friends. Set in the desert, the lazy cat, dog, and mouse are replaced by Conejo (rabbit), Culebra (Snake), and Tortuga (tortoise). As Iguana sets the stage for invitations, decorations, and of course, food preparation, her three lazy friends have an excuse for every task presented to them. Either they are too fast, too slow, or have no arms. As the evening of the fiesta approaches, Iguana decides that her three friends should not be included, as they did nothing. Feeling bad about not only…

Whatever | by Bee, William

Billy is a very difficult child. Billy's father tries to please him by showing him the world's curliest trumpet, bounciest castle and smokiest train. He even takes Billy to the edge of outer space, but all Billy can say is whatever. In the end, Billy will get a taste of his own medicine.

Keywords: acceptance, affection, animals, appreciation, communication, conflict resolution, family, giraffe, misbehavior, mischief, respect, stress management, taste, tiger

Over in the pink house: New jump rope rhymes | by Dotlich, Rebecca Kai

Predictable rhyming patterns and basic themes, such as nature, animals, food, and so much more, work together to complete this collection of thirty-two jump rope rhymes.

Keywords: animals, cat, collection, conflict resolution, counting, Days of The Week, exercise, food, holidays, jumping, nature, nutrition, poetry, relationship, rhyme, seasons, stress management, summer, time, winter

Moo who? | by Palatini, Margie

Hilda Mae Heifer, the cow, was singing, running, and having a good old time. Suddenly from out of nowhere a hard flying cow pie whacks her in the head. It causes her to lose her moo. She forgets what sound she makes. She meets a goose, chickens, a pig, and a cat and copies their sounds until she becomes familiar with her own sound again.

Keywords: animals, birds, cat, chicken, confusion, cow, excitement, feelings, five senses, forgetful, goose, injury, noise, pig, running, singing, sounds, stress management, verbal communication

Toni's topsy-turvy telephone day | by Ljungkvist, Laura

Toni wants to have a potluck dinner. She calls all of her guests and tells each of them what to bring. It's the day of the party and her guests have arrived. Something has happened! Her friends misunderstood what Toni told them to bring. Now Toni has no food to feed her guests. What will Toni do?

Keywords: animals, baboon, bee, birds, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, dog, food, friendship, goal setting, hunger, misunderstanding, moose, nutrition, party, problem solving, snake, stress management, technology, telephone, verbal communication

If nathan were here | by Bahr, Mary

Nathan was a brother, a wonderful best friend, and a great classmate. Then one day, Nathan was gone. If Nathan Were Here tells a story of what it is like for a community and family to lose a loved one. This book shows us the true need and meaning for friendship.

Keywords: baseball, change, coping, death, family, feelings, friendship, happiness, loss, love, memories, nonverbal communication, sadness, school, siblings, sports, stress management

The stars will still shine | by Ryland, Cynthia

The promises of a new year are given through rhyme and soft illustrations.

Keywords: animals, appreciation, awareness, birds, church, cow, encouragement, flowers, garden, home, light, love, new year, self esteem, storm, stress management

Cherry free | by Bond, Ruskin

A girl from India gathers cherries and plants a cherry seed. She takes care of the cherry tree even when experiencing many problems. The girl watches the tree grow up as her grandfather watches her grow up.

Keywords: aging, family, food, garden, grandparents, growing up, india, multicultural, patience, plants, seasons, spring, stress management, tree, verbal communication, winter

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