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Erika's story

Vander Zee, Ruth

After being thrown from a train as a baby during the Holocaust, Erika finds safety, love, and peace in the family that saves her.

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adoption, assertiveness, author's note, bravery, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, family, fear, feelings, germany, history, hope, identity, Jewish, loss, love, memories, multicultural, parents, prejudice, pride, rescue, sadness, self esteem, separation, storytelling, survival, train, transportation, verbal communication, war

The farm summer 1942

Hall, Donald

Peter goes on a trip to a farm to visit his father and experiences many adventures.

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adventures, airplane, family, farm, grandparents, parents, train, transportation, working mother

The silk trains that constantly cross the tracks near Emma's house fascinate her and spark her imagination of having silk clothing of her own. Her whole town is set into a frenzy when one of the trains derails, and in her attempt to snag a beautiful swatch of red silk in the river, she is swept away. Her rescue is dramatic and exciting.

When agnes caws

Fleming, Candace

Agnes Peregrine has always loved birds and has recently found out that she has a true talent for bird calling. She goes to the Himalayan Mountains with her mother in search of the rarest bird of all. Little does she know that an evil colonel has followed them and wants this rare bird for his own collection!

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accomplishment, africa, assertiveness, beauty, birds, boat, careers, collection, conflict, conservation, critical thinking, deception, decision making, duck, hummingbird, hunting, jungle, maps, mischief, mountains, pheasant, refusal skills, rescue, sounds, train, travel, verbal communication, wilderness, yak

The saturday kid

Sorel, Edward

Leo goes to the theatre with his friends every weekend. On Saturday, Marty, a bully, is disruptive in the theatre. The usher thinks it is Leo so he is thrown out. The next Saturday, Leo looks forward to going to the theatre, but his violin teacher wants to teach him a new piece. Leo is upset that he will miss the movie, but he goes to practice anyway. In the end, Leo's hard work pays off when his picture with his violin appears on the movie screen later that night when his mother takes him to see the later show.

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accomplishment, bully, conflict resolution, family, hard work, imagination, instruments, music, nonverbal communication, photograph, practice, restaurant, technology, theatre, train, transportation, violence

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

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

Henry hikes to fitchburg

Johnson, D.B.

Henry decides to take a trip to Fitchburg on foot and his friend decides to go by train. Henry partakes in numerous adventures on his journey into town, while his friend works odd jobs to earn the fare. Who will arrive in Fitchburg first?The journey to Fitchburg will prove to be an exploration of time and interests.

Mailing may

Tunnell, Michael

May is determined to visit her grandmother who lives far away. Since her family cannot afford to send her by train, May's dad gets the brilliant idea to mail her. After an adventurous ride in the mail car, May arrives at Grandma's house safe and sound.

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adventures, anticipation, author's note, careers, cold, communication, conflict resolution, determination, family, goal setting, grandparents, persistence, train, transportation, travel

The lost christmas

Knotts, Howard

Luke is very sick but determined not to miss Christmas. He has a very high fever, loses consciousness and dreams of a wild flight through the countryside. When he awakens, Christmas has passed but a new present awaits him.

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adventures, christmas, conflict resolution, determination, dreams, holidays, illness, presents, sleep, train

The guy who was five minutes late

Grossman, Bill

A guy is born five minutes late. He is always five minutes late for everything he tries to do. When he feels bad that he is late again, he meets a princess who was also born five minutes late!

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airplane, bus, celebration, exercise, growing up, maturity, school, train, transportation, wedding

Zoo allergy: A fun story about allergy and asthma triggers

Gosselin, Kim

Justin goes to the allergist for the first time. He has to be tested to see if he has any allergies. The tests are quick and painless. For doing so well at the doctor, Justin's mom takes him and his friend Ashley to the zoo for the day. While at the zoo, Justin, his mom, and Ashley play a fun game. They try to find as many allergy triggers as they can. How many zoo allergy triggers can you find?

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allergies, alligator, animals, birds, doctor, elephant, food, games, giraffe, health, lizard, medicine, nurse, nutrition, peacock, prevention, reptiles, rhinoceros, train, transportation, turtle, zoo

Hey!Get off our train

Burningham, John

A little boy dreams that he travels in his toy train and picks up a lot of different animals on his journey who are in trouble.

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animals, bedtime, environment, extinction, rescue, train, transportation, travel

The everything book

Fleming, Denise

An educational book with a little bit of everything from nursery rhymes to counting plus colors, fruits, seasons, alphabet, and animals.

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alphabet, animals, autumn, birds, bluejay, body parts, cardinal, cat, chicken, colors, counting, cow, dog, feelings, firefly, fish, food, fruit, guinea pig, insects, morning, night, nutrition, pets, poetry, rabbit, robin, seasons, sequence, shapes, sizes, sparrow, spring, summer, toys, train, transportation, winter

Country crossing

Aylesworth, Jim

The sights and sounds of the country railroad crossing during the first part of the twentieth century are recounted. First there is only the wind blowing with animals standing around. As a car approaches the crossing, the gate is lowered to signal the approach of a noisy train.

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animals, birds, car, cricket, five senses, history, insects, noise, owl, sounds, train, transportation, vision

Aunt minnie mcgranahan

Prigger, Mary Skillings

Aunt Minnie McGranahan lives alone and has a very orderly life. She has a system for doing everything from cleaning to feeding her animals. One day, Minnie receives a telegram from across the country telling her that her nieces and nephews need someone to raise them and take care of them. Despite her neighbors' doubts that nine children could never fit into her perfectly ordered schedule, Minnie and the children work as a team and live together quite nicely.

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animals, car, cat, chicken, cleanliness, correspondence, cow, critical thinking, dancing, discipline, family, farm, food, garden, horse, music, nutrition, orphan, play, problem solving, responsibilities, rules, sequence, sewing, siblings, stress management, teamwork, train, transportation, travel

Grandaddy's stars

Griffith, Helen V.

Janetta is excited about the upcoming visit from her Grandaddy. She makes a list of everything she wants to show him. Grandaddy shows Janetta that they share the same stars. Now when Janetta looks at the stars she realizes that Grandaddy isn't that far away after all.

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animals, cat, chicken, encouragement, excitement, family, fun, grandparents, love, mule, parents, playground, school, sharing, stars, storytelling, train, transportation, verbal communication

A visit to the country

Johnson, Herschel

A young boy named Mike lives with his grandparents near the train tracks. One day he finds a bird and takes it home. However, he realizes that the bird must be let go so it can live in the country.

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animals, birds, cardinal, cow, decision making, family, freedom, grandparents, rescue, responsibilities, stress management, train, transportation

Black and white

Macaulay, David

This story contains four separate stories. There is a train, a boy and his parents, commuters waiting for the train, and Holstien cows. All the stories are related to one another

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animals, assertiveness, cow, family, imagination, nonverbal communication, parents, responsibilities, train, transportation, travel

A regular rolling noah

Lyon, George Ella

A young boy is hired to be a helping hand with the farm animals during a move. On a train, he tells of his travels from Kentucky to Canada.

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animals, assertiveness, careers, cow, discovery, farm, horse, moving, self esteem, storytelling, train, transportation, travel, verbal communication

Little bunny on the move

McCarty, Peter

Where is Little Bunny going?Past the cow and the sheep, over the train tracks, and through the fence - but where will his trip end?

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animals, cow, family, nature, nonverbal communication, rabbit, sheep, train, transportation, travel, wilderness

Grandpappy

Carlstrom, Nancy White

Nate and his Grandfather have a loving relationship. When Nate goes to visit Grandpappy, they spend all their time together experiencing many adventures and creating memories to last a lifetime.

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animals, bodies of water, dog, family, feelings, grandparents, happiness, sadness, sea, train, transportation, verbal communication

Benny: An adventure story

Graham, Bob

Benny is a very talented magician's assisstant. When he outshines the magician though, he is kicked out of the show. For the first time, Benny is on his own and he doesn't know where to go or what to do. He searches everywhere for a place to belong. In the last place he looks, Benny finds the perfect home.

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actor, animals, confidence, dancing, dog, family, feelings, friendship, goal setting, grandparents, happiness, homeless, individuality, loneliness, love, magic, music, parents, pets, sadness, self esteem, siblings, train, transportation, travel, uniqueness

The cloud eater

Reeves, Katherine

Henry and his dog, Laura, live and travel with the circus. When a problem occurs with their newest member, a giraffe, Henry has to do some critical thinking to solve the problem. Henry becomes friends with the cloud eater in the process.

Down by the station

Hillenbrand, Will

Down by the station, early in the morning the train takes off to pick up all the baby animals. Not only can you hear the puff and toot of the train, but also all of the sounds that the animals make. They are on their way to the zoo with all of the children, and when they arrive they all play outside.

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animals, bus, elephant, flamingo, goal setting, kangaroo, morning, music, panda, play, safety, school, seal, song, sounds, tiger, train, transportation, verbal communication, zoo

One afternoon

Heo, Yumi

Minho and his mother hear all the sounds of the city when they spend the afternoon running errands like grocery shopping and doing laundry.

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animals, family, fire engine, food, japanese, multicultural, nutrition, responsibilities, sleep, sounds, train, transportation

Deep in the jungle

Yaccarino, Dan

A lion is taken to star in the circus by a man walking through the jungle. The lion must perform in the circus ring and do other typical animal activities. He just wants to be the king of the jungle and wishes to be back home. His wish does come true.

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adventures, animals, circus, escape, excitement, happiness, humor, jungle, lion, performance, train, transportation

Automobiles for mice

Ets, Marie Hall

Curious mice do not have fun while taking the evening to play with little Johnny's mice-sized toys. While playing with Johnny's trains, trucks, and cars, the two mice families end up with scratched noses and crinked tails.

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airplane, animals, car, family, mouse, train, transportation, truck

In coal country

Hendershot, Judith

Papa is a coal miner who works at night and Mamma works at home. They are hard working people who live near the Block Diamond Mine. They go through each season and recall a special memory.

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animals, appreciation, assertiveness, autumn, birds, bodies of water, christmas, exercise, family, food, games, goose, holidays, memories, mule, nutrition, parents, river, seasons, self esteem, sports, summer, train, transportation, verbal communication, walking, winter

Home to medicine mountain

Santiago, Chiori

Benny Lee and his brother Stanley must leave their famiy and Indian tribe to go to a boarding school run by the government. At school, the boys must wear uncomfortable clothes, speak English only, and learn lessons in a classroom. The boys visit their family and tribe in their dreams at night. Whem summer comes, the boys do not have a ticket to go home so they figure out a plan to get home to Medicine Mountain.

Grandfather's christmas tree

Strand, Keith

A young couple embarks on their own to an unknown land to build their life. When times get hard for their family, they adjust their lifestyles to make things work.

The owl who became the moon

London, Jonathon

A boy dreams about what it would be like to ride on a train at night through the forest.

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animals, birds, dreams, forest, night, owl, snow, sounds, train, transportation, weather

Subway sparrow (Gorrion del metro)

Torres, Leyla

When a sparrow flies on the D train, four people help figure out a way to get the sparrow off the train. The problem is that the four people on the train speak different languages. The teens on the train speak English, a man speaks Spanish, and a woman speaks Polish. Through various forms of communicating, the four of them come up with a strategy to help the sparrow.

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american, birds, caring, communication, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, goal setting, helping, hispanic, multicultural, nonverbal communication, polish, problem solving, rescue, sparrow, train, transportation, verbal communication

Little leo

Politi, Leo

When Leo gets an Indian costume from his father, he doesn't realize all the attention he will receive. From California to Italy, many people admire the costume so much that his friends make their own.

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assertiveness, boat, family, grandparents, horse, italian, multicultural, native american, nonverbal communication, school, self esteem, train

My life with the wave

Cowan, Catherine

When a little boy brings an ocean wave home with him, he finds himself in trouble. He soon realizes that he has to take the wave back to the ocean where it belongs.

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anger, beach, bedtime, bodies of water, cat, clouds, conflict resolution, decision making, exercise, fear, feelings, fish, flood, imagination, night, ocean, rainbow, sand, sea, shadows, sun, swimming, train, transportation

Tim in danger

Ardizzone, Edward

Ginger, a little boy, runs away to live on a ship, and Tim and Charlotte go after him. They both join the crew on another ship and work. Their ship collides with Ginger's ship. Ginger comes aboard. They all work and go back home to their parents.

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assertiveness, birthday, boat, bodies of water, critical thinking, decision making, family, fog, food, goal setting, holidays, nutrition, ocean, parents, stress management, train, transportation, verbal communication, weather

Siggy's spaghetti works

Thomson, Peggy

Siggy takes a group of students through his spaghetti factory. He shows them how to make spaghetti from start to finish. The children get to test the pasta during their tour. Siggy tells the students of the history of spaghetti and then they all dine on spaghetti.

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business, food, hard work, history, italian, learning, machines, multicultural, nutrition, presentation, taste, train, transportation, verbal communication

Train song

Siebert, Diane

This song book describes how trains work, where trains go, and what trains serve, as well as information about engineers and ticket buyers.

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careers, critical thinking, decision making, music, nonverbal communication, song, train, transportation, travel

Jonathan cleaned up, then he heard a sound

Munsch, Robert

Jonathon finally cleans his house -- but then he hears a noise. A wall in his house opens up and people rush through the house making a big mess. A computer is broken and a subway mistakes his house for a stop.

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accidents, assertiveness, chaos, cleanliness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, machines, noise, problem solving, refusal skills, revenge, shelter, sounds, technology, train, transportation, verbal communication

The christmas train

Gantschev, Ivan

Translated from German, this is a true story of a young girl whose wise actions saved many passengers on a train.

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assertiveness, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, german, multicultural, rescue, train, transportation

Mr. nicks's knitting

Wild, Margaret

Mr. Nick and Mrs. Jolley ride the train to the city and knit together each day. Mrs. Jolley gets ill and Mr. Nick decides to cheer her up and knit her a very special gift.

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clothing, friendship, goal setting, illness, nonverbal communication, presents, recreation, self esteem, train, transportation, travel, verbal communication

Changes, changes

Hutchins, Pat

Two dolls work together to build various things. They build a house, a boat, and a train out of wooden blocks. (A Wordless Book)

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boat, change, colors, cooperation, creativity, dolls, feelings, happiness, sadness, toys, train, transportation

The lemon drop jar

Widman, Christine

A little girl visits her Aunt Emma, and they enjoy lemon drop candies together. Aunt Emma tells the story about how she got a lemon drop jar when she missed the sun while away at school.

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autumn, colors, family, feelings, food, happiness, nutrition, seasons, storytelling, sun, train, transportation, travel

Freight train

Crews, Donald

This book illustrates and identifies the different colors of the rainbow. Each car of a freight train represents a different color. Freight trains move quickly and travel far distances.

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colors, moving, rainbow, shapes, train, transportation

Uptown

Collier, Bryan

Join this boy's pride as he shares his town's sights and sounds the way he sees and hears them. You'll see Harlem along the river, street, and neighborhood.

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basketball, buildings, church, community, day, entertainment, family, food, grandparents, music, night, parents, photograph, pride, rhythm, river, shopping, siblings, sports, theatre, train, transportation

The steam train crew

McLean, Andrew//McLean, Janet

The steam train needs to be on time today for Mary's party. But, Alf and Norm decide to get off to pick blackberries, only to lose the train!They finally catch it and make it on time.

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australian, celebration, companion, critical thinking, decision making, multicultural, party, responsibilities, time, train, transportation, verbal communication

The fast sooner hound

Bontemps, Anna//Conroy, Jack

A railroad man's dog outruns the trains and makes even the fastest train look slow. The Roadmaster will not let the dog ride in the cab with his owner until he races and beats The Cannonball.

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animals, assertiveness, competition, confidence, conflict resolution, decision making, dog, pets, train, transportation, travel

The gardener

Stewart, Sarah

Lydia takes a train to go live with her Uncle Jim who doesn't smile. Lydia uses flowers and plants to bring joy to everyone. She writes home to her mother, father, and grandmother to describe to new experiences.

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community, cooking, correspondence, depression, diary, family, feelings, flowers, garden, grandparents, happiness, neighbors, parents, sadness, train, transportation, travel, work

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

Pamela camel

Peet, Bill

Pamela is fed up with everyone calling her dumb, so she escapes from the circus. That night she finds a break in the train tracks, and she saves a train. Now everyone loves her.

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anger, animals, bias, camel, circus, critical thinking, decision making, differences, feelings, happiness, nonverbal communication, sadness, stereotypes, train, transportation

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