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The growing-up feet

Cleary, Beverly

Jimmy and Janet want their feet to grow so they can get new shoes. Their mom buys them new red boots that stretch with their feet. They play all day in their new boots.

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clothing, conflict resolution, family, growing up, nonverbal communication, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

One big wish

Williams, Jay

Farmer Fred has been given one wish so he wishes that all of his future wishes come true. This wish ends up getting him into trouble and things get out of control.

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anticipation, careers, chaos, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, greed, magic, verbal communication

Helga's dowry: A troll love story

dePaola, Tomie

Helga, a beautiful troll, sets out to earn her dowry to marry Lars. Her plan doesn't work out like she had hoped. Be ready for a funny ending.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, decision making, greed, laziness, loyalty, marriage, self esteem, selfishness, stress management, trolls, verbal communication, wedding

Strega Nona cures all the townspeople of aches, lovesickness, and other ailments. One day, her friend, Strega Amelia, steals her customers and opens a high-tech office. In the end, good old-fashioned ways win out.

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conflict resolution, decision making, goal setting, greed, helping, italian, language, loyalty, multicultural, technology, verbal communication

Grandmother and I

Buckley, Helen E.

This story is about what a little girl and her grandmother can do together now that the little girl is stuck at home with the measles.

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family, grandparents, illness, measles, nonverbal communication, verbal communication

Annushka's voyage

Tarbescu, Edith

When Tanya and Annushka's mother dies, their father has no choice but to leave Russia for the streets paved with gold. Several years later, the girls' father sends two tickets for their own voyage to America. Before the girls leave, their grandmother gives them each a Sabbath candlestick which will light their way to the New World. Tanya and Annushka's voyage is filled with many sick and sleepless nights. The girls unite with their father by raising their candlesticks.

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animals, author's note, birds, bodies of water, colors, cow, death, doctor, dolls, excitement, family, feelings, grandparents, happiness, horse, illness, immigrants, island, Jewish, letters, loneliness, loss, lost, multicultural, nonverbal communication, ocean, pigeon, prayer, russian, ship, smell, stress management, traditions, train, travel, verbal communication, writing

Glasses - who needs 'em?

Smith, Lane

A little boy is reluctant to get a pair of glasses because he is afraid of how he will look. The doctor points out all the neat images that the boy can see with his glasses on. He is amazed at what he can see with glasses.

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assertiveness, body image, change, coping, decision making, doctor, fear, feelings, five senses, glasses, goal setting, imagination, self esteem, sight, verbal communication, vision

The magician

Shulevitz, Uri

A magician, who is actually the prophet Elijah, comes to town. He gives an old, poor couple dinner and a soft place to sit during the Passover celebration. The reason the couple is chosen is because they are unselfish and they do not think that they are that bad off, since they have each other.

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decision making, food, giving, holidays, Jewish, nutrition, passover, peer resistance, poverty, religion, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

The clown of god: An old story

dePaola, Tomie

Giovanni loves to juggle. He juggles every day to make people laugh. He goes to great extremes to turn peoples' frowns upside down.

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assertiveness, critical thinking, giving, happiness, italian, nonverbal communication, religion, sharing, verbal communication

Giving

Hughes, Shirley

A young girl talks about how she gives to others and how others give too. She describes the difference between good giving and bad giving.

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animals, baby, cat, family, giving, grandparents, nonverbal communication, parents, stress management, verbal communication

Today i thought i'd run away

Johnson, Jane

A little boy packs his bag with his special belongings and runs away. In his travels, he comes in contact with bad creatures, but in the end he isn't hurt and goes back home.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, giants, independence, monsters, mythical, running away, security, self confidence, travel, verbal communication

Trouble at the mines

Rappaport, Doreen

With the help of Mother Jones, a famous leader, the miners go on strike to fight for better working conditions and wages. Rosie's family struggles to survive the eight-month strike. The persistant women and miners force the owners to give in, and the strike ends with victory.

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assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, equality, family, fight, geology, goal setting, kindness, parents, peer resistance, persistence, poverty, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

Matt's grandfather

Lundgren, Max

Matt and his family go to visit Matt's grandfather in a retirement home for his eighty-fifth birthday. Matt's grandfather is old and he forgets a lot. At first, Matt is afraid of his grandfather, but when they go for a walk in the park, he learns that older people are not so scary.

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aging, birthday, car, celebration, decision making, exercise, family, generations, grandparents, learning, parents, retirement, self esteem, shyness, transportation, verbal communication, walking

Yonder

Johnston, Tony

Vivid pictures depict the cycle of seasons while the story of a pioneer's life is told. The story begins with the pioneer's marriage then ends with the lives of the pioneer's children.

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adventures, aging, challenges, change, decision making, family, generations, goal setting, growing up, marriage, parents, pioneers, seasons, verbal communication

The very quiet cricket

Carle, Eric

As the little cricket makes his way across the land, he encounters many friends. The little cricket's only problem is that he cannot answer. He tries rubbing his wings together, but they do not make a sound. It is only when the very quiet cricket meets a female cricket that he makes a beautiful sound.

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cricket, determination, five senses, friendship, frustration, gender, goal setting, insects, self confidence, sounds, verbal communication

Everybody knows that!

Pearson, Susan

Patty and Herbie are best friends, but when they start school, Herbie decides he wants to play with the boys. Herbie ends up being friends with her again, because they both realize that it is silly not to be friends.

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conflict resolution, decision making, friendship, gender, play, school, verbal communication

A long way to go

Oneal, Zibby

During World War I in Europe, a girl named Lisa struggles because she feels that girls also deserve the right to vote. She is determined to prove this to others.

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assertiveness, beliefs, bias, critical thinking, discrimination, gender, history, nonverbal communication, parade, prejudice, self confidence, self esteem, verbal communication, war

In the children's garden

Schaefer, Carole Lexa

A group of neighborhood children work together to grow a garden full of vegetables in an urban area. In the Children's Garden, children take responsibility for planting the seeds and caring for them until they are grown.

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feelings, food, garden, goal setting, happiness, neighbors, nonverbal communication, nutrition, plants, responsibilities, seeds, teamwork, vegetables, verbal communication

Chess-dream in a garden

Sutcliff, Rosemary

After some laws and ways were disobeyed, the White-King along with his Queen, Knights, bishops, and pawns challenge the Red-Horde to a chess-like battle.

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assertiveness, bravery, conflict, conflict resolution, fantasy, games, garden, royalty, self esteem, verbal communication

When i am old with you

Johnson, Angela

A young boy and his granddaddy spend a lot of time doing different activities together. For example, they fish, go to the ocean, play cards, talk to people, and learn about the past.

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activities, aging, bodies of water, family, fishing, food, games, goal setting, grandparents, imagination, nonverbal communication, nutrition, ocean, play, recreation, relationship, security, verbal communication

Leprechauns never lie

Balian, Lorna

A young lazy Irish girl, Ninny Nanny, finds it difficult to do chores around the hut she shares with Gram. She decides to catch a leprechaun and get his pot of gold to solve all their problems.

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assertiveness, decision making, family, frustration, goal setting, grandparents, honesty, laziness, multicultural, nonverbal communication, problem solving, verbal communication

Friend or frog

Priceman, Marjorie

Kate is a little girl whose best friend is a frog. When the frog causes too much trouble, her mom tells her to get rid of it. As Kate tries to find a decent home for her frog, he escapes.

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amphibians, critical thinking, decision making, escape, feelings, friendship, frog, nonverbal communication, pets, sadness, swamp, verbal communication

A special trade

Wittman, Sally

When Nelly was a baby, Bartholomew would push her in her stroller and tell her stories. Now that he is in a wheelchair and she is older, she pushes him around.

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aging, baby, change, coping, disability, friendship, growing up, handicap, happiness, helping, illness, play, self esteem, sharing, storytelling, verbal communication

The snow party

de Regniers, Beatrice Schenk

On a snowy, windy night at a Dakota farm, a lonely man and woman wishes for company, music, and a party. Suddenly all their wishes start to come true.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, food, friendship, loneliness, nonverbal communication, nutrition, party, snow, verbal communication, weather

Let's go home, little bear

Waddell, Martin

Big bear and little bear walk home through the woods in the snow. When little bear is frightened by noises he hears during the walk, big bear reassures him about how the sounds are made.

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animals, bear, exercise, fear, feelings, five senses, friendship, noise, recreation, snow, sounds, verbal communication, walking, weather

Born in the gravy

Cazet, Denys

Margouita starts her first day of kindergarten. She tells papa all about her big day over an ice cream cone. She has one question that papa knows just how to answer.

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food, friendship, mexican, nutrition, racism, responsibilities, school, self esteem, song, stress management, verbal communication

Madeline in london

Bemelmans, Ludwig

Madeline is in London and meets a prince. She is distraught when they have to separate. The boy runs away and Madeline finds him.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, memories, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, verbal communication

Matthew and tilly

Jones, Rebecca C.

Matthew and Tilly are best friends. Sometimes they get in fights and do not play together. However, playing alone is not much fun, so they make up and are best friends again.

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anger, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, fight, friendship, loneliness, multicultural, play, verbal communication

Wheels

Hughes, Shirley

Carlos is jealous of his friend Billy's new bicycle. He desperately wants a new one for his upcoming birthday. He realizes that friends are important and gets an unexpected better gift for his birthday.

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birthday, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, holidays, jealousy, nonverbal communication, presents, self esteem, verbal communication

Summer wheels

Bunting, Eve

A kid without a father learns from the bicycle man about trust. From other kids he learns honesty and friendship.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, friendship, honesty, individuality, nonverbal communication, parents, trust, verbal communication

Gorilla

Browne, Anthony

Neglected by a busy father, a young girl receives a gorilla stuffed animal from her father. Gorillas are her favorite animal and soon she and her gorilla are off on a magical trip.

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animals, careers, conflict resolution, family, friendship, gorilla, imagination, love, magic, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, verbal communication

The tram to bondi beach

Hathorn, Elizabeth

Kieran loves to watch the tram. He wants to be a paper boy at the tram stop like Saxon. So his dad gets him a job there, and after learning the job the hard way, he is successful.

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careers, conflict resolution, critical thinking, friendship, goal setting, hard work, peer resistance, role model, self esteem, success, train, transportation, trolley, verbal communication

Hester

Barton, Byron

Hester was going to have a halloween party. Before the party, she decided to go trick-or-treating. She ended up flying around on a broom with an old lady. Hester ends up giving her broom to the old lady.

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conflict resolution, decision making, friendship, giving, halloween, holidays, self esteem, verbal communication

Girls are silly

Nash, Ogden

Two boys are playing and a girl walks by. Billy says that all girls are silly, then his friend points out that his mom was once a girl.

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assertiveness, decision making, friendship, gender, peer resistance, play, rhyme, verbal communication

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

Lyle at the office

Waber, Bernard

Lyle, the crocodile, possesses incredible people skills. Sometime this gift can cause problems.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, crocodile, friendship, fun, halloween, holidays, kindness, refusal skills, reptiles, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Frog and toad together

Lobel, Arnold

Frog and Toad are two friends that have many adventures together, including after baking cookies, trying not to eat the whole batch.

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adventures, amphibians, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, food, friendship, frog, goal setting, nonverbal communication, nutrition, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem, stress management, toad, verbal communication

The sugar-gum tree

Wrightson, Patricia

Two friends have good times and bad times. When they argue, they usually solve their problems. But have things gone too far this time?

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argument, conflict resolution, differences, fight, friendship, verbal communication

Stephanie's ponytail

Munsch, Robert

One day Stephanie shows up at school with her hair in a ponytail. At first all of her friends make fun of her, but she quickly becomes a trend-setter. When Stephanie tricks everyone into shaving their heads, they aren't very happy with her.

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acceptance, appearance, assertiveness, body image, body parts, family, friendship, individuality, parents, peer resistance, resentment, revenge, school, similarities, teasing, trick, verbal communication

The hating book

Zolotow, C.

A little girl stops speaking to her friend without telling her why. Her mother tells her to go to her friend's house and ask her what the problem is. She does and finds out that it was just a misunderstanding.

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conflict resolution, decision making, family, friendship, misunderstanding, parents, self esteem, verbal communication

Lunch bunnies

Lasky, Kathryn

A little bunny named Clyde is nervous about lunch time on his first day at school. Clyde worries about whether he will be able to balance his tray or if anyone will sit with him.

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accidents, animals, balance, challenges, change, dreams, feelings, food, friendship, manners, money, nutrition, practice, preparation, rabbit, restaurant, school, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication, worry

The velveteen rabbit

Bianco, Margery Williams

A stuffed rabbit searches for his life, yearning to be free and real. He reaches his destiny with the help of a few friends.

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animals, anticipation, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, freedom, friendship, goal setting, helping, nonverbal communication, rabbit, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Zelda and ivy and the boy next door

Kvasnosky, Laura McGee

A new boy named Eugene has moved in next door to Zelda and Ivy. the three quickly become friends. A romance blooms, they play imaginary games, and go camping. Like all friends, they don't always get along, but they work out their differences.

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animals, assertiveness, bully, business, camping, careers, cleanliness, collection, conflict resolution, family, feelings, fox, friendship, helping, imagination, love, money, neighbors, pirates, playing, pretend, sharing, siblings, sleep, song, stars, verbal communication, wish

A beach day

Florian, Douglas

A family takes a trip to the beach on the Fourth of July. The family flies kites, collects shells, builds castles, and watches fireworks.

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beach, birds, bodies of water, family, fourth of july, holidays, ocean, seagull, stress management, sun, verbal communication

Enona and the black crane: An aboriginal story

Meeks, Arone Raymond

Enona is an Aborigine village person who lives in a rainforest. He is very interested in the many birds in the forest. He spends his free time climbing trees to watch the birds.

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aborigine, birds, bodies of water, conflict resolution, crane, critical thinking, decision making, food, forest, multicultural, nonverbal communication, play, river, verbal communication

Jaguarundi

Hamilton, Virginia

The rainforest, ruined by humans, is no longer a safe place for Rundi Jaguarundi. Rundi decides to invite some strange and exotic animal friends to come along.

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animals, assertiveness, bat, cat, critical thinking, decision making, dog, forest, fox, friendship, jungle, monkey, stress management, verbal communication

Believing sophie

Hutchins, Hazel

Sophie wants to make Monster cookies, but first she needs to go to the store and buy all of the ingredients. But then something happens and Sophie finds herself being accused of shoplifting!

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assertiveness, bicycle, conflict resolution, crime, decision making, exercise, fear, feelings, food, goal setting, nutrition, sadness, shopping, stress management, transportation, verbal communication

Bread is for eating

Gershator, David//Gershator, Phillis

When a little boy leaves bread on his plate, his mother reminds him how important bread is and the hard work that goes into making it. Through a song, children learn why they should not waste food, and how to be thankful for grain and bread.

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appreciation, awareness, careers, critical thinking, culture, decision making, farm, farmer, food, health, hispanic, hunger, language, machines, money, multicultural, music, nature, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, plants, poverty, rain, rainbow, snow, song, spanish, storytelling, sun, teaching, verbal communication, weather, winter

The itch book

Dragonwagon, Crescent

On a hot summer day in the Ozarks, the itch begins. It's an itch epidemic and no one can escape it. Finally, without even discussing it, the whole town shows up at King Creek for a social picnic full of cold, itch-freeing water.

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animals, beverage, community, conflict resolution, cow, dog, food, horse, nonverbal communication, nutrition, picnic, swimming, verbal communication, water

Chester chipmunk's thanksgiving

Williams, Barbara

Chester was thankful on Thanksgiving. He was thoughtful to think of his sick cousin, Archie. Chester, Archie, and a friend all have dinner together in the end.

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assertiveness, caring, conflict resolution, decision making, family, food, friendship, holidays, illness, nutrition, thanksgiving, verbal communication

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