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Otto in Africa

du Bois, William Pene

Otto is a huge dog. His master takes him to Africa because he is too large for their town. They travel to Africa and help to win a war. Otto receives a medal for saving the town.

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african, animals, community, conflict resolution, dog, helping, loyalty, multicultural, pets, travel, verbal communication, war

Only passing through: The story of Sojourner Truth

Rockwell, Anne

A young woman named Isabella leads a strong and courageous life after being sold three times as a slave girl in the northeastern United States. After she is given a freedom day by a couple living nearby who knew of the 1827 New York law to set adults free, Isabella felt the "power of a nation" in court to win back her son who was unlawfully sold out of state. Isabella later heard God calling her to be a sojourner and spread her message about the value of freedom and what it had been like to be a slave. She would ask people "Is this any way to treat a human being"? Sojourner told her truth so well that she took the name Sojourner Truth and carried a white silk banner with the words "Proclaim Liberty" wherever she went.

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african american, children, correspondence, courage, death, faith, family, feelings, fight, god, government, happiness, history, justice, law, loss, money, multicultural, oppression, parents, reading, sadness, singing, slavery, speech, timeline, travel, truth, writing

On our vacation

Rockwell, Anne

The bear family takes a vacation to an island. They pack their things and hit the road. They see many water activities from the deck of the boat. After pitching their tent they begin a busy two weeks of swimming, fishing, and many other fun activities.

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animals, beach, bear, boat, bodies of water, car, exercise, family, food, motorcycle, nutrition, ocean, rain, seasons, summer, swimming, transportation, travel, truck, walking, weather

Ollie knows everything

Levine, Abby

When the O'Hares take a trip to New York, Ollie seems to know everything. When he gets lost on the subway, he is able to finds his way back to the hotel.

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animals, family, lost, rabbit, subway, transportation, travel, vacation

Old woman and the willy nilly man

Wright, Jill

The Little Old Woman who lives in the woods has not gotten a good night's rest because every night her shoes get up and dance. She visits a very scary man, the Willy Nilly Man, to ask for his help.

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bedtime, clothing, conflict resolution, dancing, fear, feelings, forgiveness, magic, night, sleep, travel, woods

Ola

D'Aulaire, Ingri//D'Aulaire, Edgar

A story about a boy, his travels, and his adventures through Norway.

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adventures, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, folktale, goal setting, multicultural, norwegian, peer resistance, refusal skills, travel

Oh say can you say?

Seuss, Dr.

Oh say can you say is filled with tongue twisters to make the reading fun and challenging. The story features pages of rhymes ranging from animals to people.

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beach, birds, boat, bones, books, christmas, colors, dinosaur, dog, duck, family, fish, island, money, monkey, music, parrot, pig, poetry, rain, reading, rhyme, storm, travel, umbrella, water, whale

Of course a goat

Bornstein, Ruth

A boy wants a goat so he asks his mother where he can find one. He has to climb a mountain and describes what he will do and see on his journey and how he will bring the goat back home where his mother will be waiting.

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animals, communication, critical thinking, family, goat, imagination, mountains, pets, travel, verbal communication

Oasis of the stars

Economakis, Olga

A desert family has to move constantly to be near a water supply. The young son of the family decides he is tired of moving. Using ingenuity, he digs a hole until he hits water. The family builds a well and the boy has his wish granted.

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assertiveness, bodies of water, conflict resolution, desert, determination, family, goal setting, hard work, nature, self esteem, travel

Now let me fly

Johnson, Dolores

A family moves from Africa to America. They suffer hardships in anticipation of a different future.

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african american, assertiveness, change, coping, family, feelings, grief, moving, multicultural, parents, peer resistance, sadness, self esteem, separation, slavery, stress management, travel

Nova's ark

Kirk, David

A young robot turns a field trip to space into a quest for his father when his stolen ship crashes. He makes new friends and finds his father as well as an alternative source of energy.

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animals, bat, birds, cat, critical thinking, deer, dog, exploration, family, friendship, future, hedgehog, hummingbird, iguana, inventions, kangaroo, monkey, moose, mouse, parents, planet, robot, spider, stress management, technology, travel, turkey

Nothing

Inkpen, Mick

A little stuffed animal is left behind when a family moves to a bigger house. During the toy's journey to finding his owner, he encounters the family cat who takes him to his new home.

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animals, attention, baby, cat, change, fox, frog, grandparents, identification, lost, mouse, moving, sewing, toys, travel, verbal communication

Not so fast songololo

Daly, Niki

A grandmother and her grandson go for a trip into the city. The young boy looked at a new pair of shoes and wanted them. Although the grandmother had little money, she managed to save enough so she could buy him the shoes.

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clothing, decision making, family, grandparents, nonverbal communication, poverty, travel

Nobody's cat

Miles, Miska

An alley cat goes on an adventure to different places. He has a few fights, finds some food and then goes home again.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, cat, discovery, feelings, fight, food, loneliness, nonverbal communication, stress management, travel

Nine for California

Levitin, Sonia

A family travels across country to go live with their dad in California. Their trip is long but full of interesting adventures and surprises.

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adventures, cowboys, critical thinking, family, parents, surprises, transportation, travel, verbal communication, wilderness

Night driving

Coy, John

When a young boy goes on a trip with his dad, they drive all night to get to the mountains. During the trip, the little boy learns many things from his father as they share many activities along the way.

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animals, baseball, camping, car, companion, deer, family, food, moon, mountains, night, nutrition, parents, radio, restaurant, sports, stars, technology, transportation, travel, truck

New old shoes

Blessing, Charlotte

A brand-new pair of shoes begin on the playful feet of an American boy then his shoes are donated and worn on the feet of African children. The shoes are worn and used in many different ways for play and work.

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africa, animals, author's note, balance, biking, birds, boat, body parts, change, chicken, china, cleanliness, clothing, colors, crow, decision making, dog, italy, jumping, market, ocean, play, portugal, running, scarecrows, school, shoes, signs, soccer, taiwan, transportation, travel, truck

Nettie's trip south

Turner, Ann

A young girl sees a slave auction then writes to her friend, Ardie, about the trip she took to the south.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, friendship, history, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem, slavery, stress management, travel, verbal communication

Nana, Nenek, & Nina

Ferneyhough, Liza

Nina enjoys her visits to her two grandmothers in Malaysia and in England. Nina compares the similarities and differences between the two and enjoys the special time with Nenek and Nana.

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comparisons, england, family, grandparents, language, malaysia, travel

Namaste!

Cohn, Diana

Nima Sherpa lives next to Mount Everest, and her father guides people to the top of the mountains once a year. Before he leaves, he tells Nima that he will have a story for her when he returns and asks Nima if she will have a story for him. As Nima walks around the village thinking of what her story could be, she greets everyone with Namaste, just as her mom taught her. She struggles with her story until she realizes that she spreads sweetness everytime she says Namaste.

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animals, author's note, cooking, critical thinking, culture, family, flag, flood, food, glossary, goddess, helping, indian, language, light, monk, mountains, multicultural, nepali, nonverbal communication, parents, prayer, school, storytelling, tiger, trading, travel, verbal communication, walking, yak

Mystery bottle

Balouch, Kristen

A little boy receives a package in the mail. In the package he finds a great bottle that, when opened, blows out a great wind that casts him all the way to Iran and into his Baba Bozorg's arms where he learns a great lesson about love and family.

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adventures, airplane, animals, bicycle, birds, boat, bodies of water, body parts, bus, car, communication, emotions, family, fish, grandparents, instruments, iranian, love, maps, mountains, mystery, transportation, travel, weather, whale, wind

My yellow ball

Lillegard, Dee

Five times a young girl throws her ball into the sky. With each throw, her imagination grows more and more as her ball travels to different parts of the world where it encounters various people and animals. On her last throw, the ball strikes a star and the girl makes a delightful wish.

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animals, birds, chimpanzee, coyote, desert, fish, geography, hawk, imagination, jungle, octopus, pets, play, recreation, seal, stars, swordfish, toys, travel, tuna

My uncle nikos

Delton, Julie

Helena and her uncle have a very special relationship. Journey with Helena to her uncle's house up in the mountains of Greece.

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conflict resolution, friendship, garden, mountains, relationship, seasons, self esteem, summer, traditions, travel, verbal communication

My shoes and I

Lainez, Rene Colato

Mario's shoes take him everywhere, and they have an important trip in front of them. Mario and his father are leaving El Salvador to join his mother in the United States. His shoes take him through three countries, through storms, over mountains and through rivers. Through each part of the journey, the shoes fall apart, but Mario makes sure they make it to the end of the journey.

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adventures, assertiveness, bravery, bus, excitement, family, fear, feelings, food, goal setting, immigrants, language, Mexico, parents, reunion, sadness, shoes, sleep, spanish, transportation, travel, trip

My parents won't stop talking

Hunsinger, Emma & Walden, Tillie

Waiting is hard, and every kid knows it's not fun. Molly wants to go the park but her parents have started talking with the neighbors for a very long time.

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alphabet, body parts, chipmunk, community, conversation, counting, dancing, dentist, family, food, grandparents, imagination, instruments, music, neighbors, onomatopoeia, parents, patience, sequence, siblings, travel

My name is sangoel

Williams, Karen Lynn//Mohammed, Khadra

Sangoel feels homesick after leaving his Sudanese homeland where his father died in the war. With his mother and sister, Sangoel arrives to the United States to start a new life where they learn so many things about technology, escalators, cooking stoves, and televisions. With a clever use of writing in his new school classroom, Sangoel helps his teacher and classmates learn how to pronounce his name. He will always be a Sangoel just like "his father and grandfather and his father" before him in Africa.

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african, author's note, careers, change, culture, drawing, family, grandparents, identity, learning, parents, problem solving, refugee, school, sudanese, technology, television, transition, travel

My mother's house, my father's house

Christiansen, C. P.

A young girl's parents do not live together. She spends half of the week at her mom's and the other half at her dad's. She dreams of a house she will have where she will live seven days a week.

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divorce, family, feelings, goal setting, parents, self esteem, separation, stress management, travel

My mom travels a lot

Bauer, Caroline, Feller

My mom travels all the time. I miss her, but sometimes it is fun-we get to go to the airport, and when she comes back, she brings us neat presents. My mom misses a lot of fun-like when our dog had puppies and, when I was in the school play-but that just makes seeing her when she comes home more fun!

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airplane, correspondence, family, parents, responsibilities, stress management, transportation, travel

My little round house

Baasansuren, Bolormaa Adapted by: Mixter, Helen

Baby Jilu talks through his first year in the world, from when he is born to when he is a year old. he is born into a round world, with a round bed in a round home in Mongolia. His family comes to meet him, and they travel to their autumn quarters. Once snow begins to fall, Jilu's family moves on to their winter campground and soon celebrate Tsagaan Sar, meaning Spring will come again. In the spring, Jilu can ride on the camel saddle with his mother, and he will not have to wear boots again until after summer.

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animals, autumn, baby, birthday, camel, clothing, community, critical thinking, day, decision making, family, food, goat, grandparents, growing up, home, moving, multicultural, night, safety, seasons, sequence, sheep, snow, spring, summer, survival, travel, weather, winter

My little island

Lessac, Frane

A young boy and his friend, Lucca, travel to the Caribbean to visit the boy's island home.

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bodies of water, family, friendship, multicultural, nature, ocean, shelter, travel

My librarian is a camel: How books are brought to children around the world

Ruurs, Margriet

Examine many different kinds of libraries from all around the world. Unlike the typical library room or building, many libraries are a bus, boat, train, or camel. Each type is different, but they all serve the same important purpose of delivering books to people, no matter where they live.

My gran

Boon, Debbie

A little girl has a very special grandmother. When Gran visits, they make things, eat different foods, and spend fun time together.

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activities, alcohol, animals, art, beverage, cat, colors, cow, family, farm, feelings, food, french, friendship, fun, garden, goat, grandparents, happiness, language, laziness, love, market, multicultural, nonverbal communication, nutrition, pig, plants, seasons, song, summer, transportation, travel, verbal communication

Muriel's red sweater

Dokas, Dara

Muriel Magee's party invitations are very late because her birthday is today! She runs around town handing out invitations to her friends. What she doesn't realize is that her sweater unravels with each person she invites. By the time she gets home, she sees that her sweater is all gone, but she is in for a surprise! Her friends are all there to wish her a happy birthday, and they give her a present. When she opens it she realizes it's just what she needed - a new sweater!

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animals, balloon, beaver, birds, birthday, bridge, celebration, clothing, duck, excitement, feelings, friendship, hedgehog, mystery, nonverbal communication, otter, owl, park, party, presents, rabbit, river, squirrel, travel, verbal communication

Mrs. Armitage on wheels

Blake, Quentin

Mrs. Armitage starts out with just a bike, but ends up with a one-of-a-kind contraption! After a great deal of additions and improvements, Mrs. Armitage's bike can't take it any more. Mrs. Armitage is forced to junk the bike and start over with roller skates.

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animals, bicycle, biking, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, dog, exercise, inventions, skating, travel

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

Mr. grumpy's motor car

Burningham, John

Mr. Grumpy decides to take a ride in his car. The neighborhood children and animals want to go with him. They all crowd into his car and go for a ride.

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conflict resolution, decision making, neighbors, self esteem, travel, verbal communication

Monster goes around the town

Blance, Ellen // Cook, Ann

Monster goes for a trip around the town with a little boy. The little boy brings his camera and takes pictures at all the places they visit together.

Mommy, daddy, me

Hoopes, Lyn Littlefield

A boy and his parents sail to visit their grandfather one summer day.

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family, grandparents, parents, seasons, summer, transportation, travel

Mommy far, mommy near: An adoption story

Peacock, Carol Antoinette

Elizabeth is a young Chinese girl who has been adopted by an American family. Elizabeth begins to question her adoption and wonders why her mommy in China did not keep her. Elizabeth's mother explains the adoption to her and loves that she has a mother who is far away and one who is close.

Molly bannaky

McGill, Alice

After spilling a bucket of milk and being brought before the court, Molly Walsh is sent from England to America as an indentured servant. After seven long years she gains her freedom, a farm of her own, and an African slave who becomes her husband.

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african, animals, author's note, boat, books, compromise, cow, crime, critical thinking, determination, family, farm, freedom, friendship, hard work, history, marriage, multicultural, ox, plants, reading, royalty, self esteem, settlers, slavery, tobacco, travel, verbal communication

Mississippi bridge

Taylor, Mildred D.

Jeremy Simms, a young white boy, lives in a small town in Mississippi that is segregated. One foggy, rainy day, a bus full of people (mostly whites since some black people had been thrown off to make room for the whites), heads across the bridge and, because of the weather, crashes through the railing and into the water below. Blacks and whites, together, come to the rescue.

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african american, assertiveness, cooperation, equality, family, fear, fog, helping, heroism, multicultural, obedience, parents, rain, siblings, travel, verbal communication, weather

Miss rumphius

Cooney, Barbara

Miss Rumphius was once a little girl who wanted to travel, see far away places, and eventually return home to live by the sea. She fulfills her life's goals of traveling and living by the sea. As an older woman, she seeks a way to complete her legacy.

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adventures, bodies of water, decision making, determination, goal setting, growing up, responsibilities, sea, self esteem, travel, verbal communication

Miss Bridie chose a shovel

Conner, Leslie

In 1856, Miss Bridie traveled to America with only her family shovel. She finds many uses for her shovel and it proves to be the right choice. She carves her path through life with a simple everyday shovel.

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aging, baby, critical thinking, death, drought, exercise, family, farm, feelings, flood, flowers, garden, happiness, history, ice, immigrants, loss, marriage, parents, plants, sadness, seasons, ship, siblings, skating, tools, transportation, travel

Minnie and moo go to paris

Cazet, Denys

Minnie and Moo go to see Africa, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and a monsoon in China all in time to be milked in America by five. Moo's delighted to see new places and new faces during her journey.

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adventures, africa, america, animals, bus, china, companion, confusion, cow, culture, curiosity, determination, farm, food, france, friendship, glasses, multicultural, reading, recognition, transportation, travel, verbal communication

Millions of cats

Gag, Wanda

An old man and woman live in a very nice, clean house, but they are very lonely until the day the old man brings hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats home.

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aging, animals, cat, counting, family, feelings, fight, numbers, sadness, travel

Meet the gizmos

Tocco, John V.

Pong, a young Chinese Gizmo, journeys to the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time. She is welcomed by Gizmos from other parts of the world, such as Russia, Africa and America. The other Pong is given a tour of the station while sharing the creative and imaginary world of the other Gizmos. The Gizmos do a fabulous job in working as a team to welcome Pong into her new space.

Max makes a million

Kalman, Maira

A dog named Max lives in New York and tells about his life as a poet struggling to survive. In the end, he gets his book published and makes enough money to follow his dreams to Paris.

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animals, books, careers, dog, dreams, poetry, travel, verbal communication

Marvin k. mooney, will you please go now!

Seuss, Dr.

The speaker describes many examples of ways for Marvin K. Mooney to leave town.

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assertiveness, travel, verbal communication

Marven of the great north woods

Lasky, Kathryn

A boy named Marvin leaves his family during the flu epidemic. He goes to a lumberjack camp in northern Minnesota and works and learns French while making some interesting friends. Marvin learns to ski, dance, and do the bookkeeping as a lumberjack.

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assertiveness, author's note, bedtime, cabin, careers, conflict resolution, counting, dancing, decision making, diseases, exercise, family, food, forest, french, friendship, language, money, numbers, nutrition, religion, seasons, shadows, skiing, snow, train, transportation, travel, verbal communication, weather, woods

Mandy's grandmother

Skorpen, Leisel

When her grandmother comes to town, Mandy thinks she is sad and mean. After awhile, they begin to understand one another and learn from each other.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, feelings, grandparents, learning, patience, refusal skills, sadness, sharing, travel, understanding, verbal communication

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