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The trolls of twelfth street

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

The troll family decides to leave their home under the ground and go to San Francisco. The family has a book of sayings to use, but the sayings are old and incorrect. The trolls think they are making friends but are actually upsetting the people they encounter.

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communication, decision making, family, mythical, parents, siblings, trolls, verbal communication

What do I do?

Simon, Norma

A little girl goes through an average day doing things and asking, What do I do? in key situations. Then on the next page, she does the appropriate thing. This book is in both Spanish and English.

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communication, critical thinking, decision making, family, multicultural, parents, school, shopping, siblings, spanish, verbal communication

The witch's hand

Utton, Peter

George notices a gross, brown, crinkly thing on his father's wall and is surprised to find out it's the hand of a witch who tried to kidnap him. He is also surprised and relieved to find out it is only a story.

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colors, conflict resolution, courage, curiosity, family, feelings, fight, night, parents, storytelling, surprises, verbal communication, witches

The colors that i am

Sheehan, Cilla

Using colors to express feelings, children learn to understand emotions. The reader is also asked how to express each emotion.

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anger, colors, excitement, feelings, jealousy, sadness, sun, verbal communication, weather

Indigo and moonlight gold

Gilchrist, Jan Spivey

A little girl reflects on her relationship with her mother. She lies on her porch staring at the stars and thinking.

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colors, family, growing up, night, parents, self esteem, stars, verbal communication

The story of may

Gerstein, Mordicai

May gets lost and is found by her Aunt Jane. She is informed that she has a father and trys to find him.

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assertiveness, autumn, colors, critical thinking, family, grandparents, lost, parents, plants, rain, seasons, siblings, snow, spring, summer, verbal communication, weather, wind, winter

Henry's pennies

McNamara, Louise

Henry has finally decided what to do with all of the pennies his father gave him. We wants to buy a white elephant at the school fair. When he realizes that the white elephant booth is just things that no one wants, he is sad, but soon finds something that he wants.

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animals, baby, colors, dreams, elephant, family, feelings, nonverbal communication, parents, rabbit, sadness, school, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

The house of four seasons

Duvoisin, Roger

A family buys a house and fixes it up. They decide to paint it many colors. They have some trouble getting the colors they want, but in the end, everything works out.

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assertiveness, autumn, colors, conflict resolution, critical thinking, disappointment, family, parents, seasons, shopping, siblings, spring, summer, verbal communication, winter

The sky was blue

Zolotow, C.

As a little girl looks through old pictures in a photo album, her mom explains to her that the sky will always be blue, the grass will always be green, and everything will be just the same when she grows up.

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change, clothing, colors, dolls, family, feelings, growing up, happiness, history, memories, nature, nonverbal communication, parents, sky, traditions, verbal communication

Losing willy

Mahood, Kenneth

Willy lives with his seven uncles who always keep everything in ship shape. Willy loses everything, but he does find something very important.

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collection, critical thinking, family, lost, nonverbal communication, parents, ship, transportation, verbal communication

The sky dog

Turkle, Brinton

While spending the summer at the beach, a boy notices that the clouds look like a dog. He wishes the dog was real and that it belonged to him. One day the boy finds a dog like the one in the clouds. He asks people in the town if it belongs to them, but no one claims it. At the end of the summer, the boy takes the dog home.

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animals, beach, bodies of water, clouds, community, dog, feelings, happiness, lost, nonverbal communication, ocean, pets, sadness, seasons, summer, travel, verbal communication, weather

Daddy has a pair of striped shorts

Otey, Mimi

Daddy likes to wear bright mismatched clothes all over town. His daughter feels embarrassed sometimes. Her daddy is also a preacher that everyone loves including his daughter despite his original way of dressing.

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clothing, critical thinking, family, love, parents, restaurant, uniqueness, verbal communication

Sheep in wolves' clothing

Kitamura, Satoshi

Three sheep go to the beach for the last swim of the year and ask some wolves to watch their fleecy coats. When they return from their swim, they find that their wool is gone. They hire a detective to solve the mystery of their stolen wool.

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adventures, animals, beach, boat, car, clothing, conflict resolution, crime, critical thinking, fight, golf, investigation, mystery, nonverbal communication, robbery, sand, sheep, sports, transportation, trick, verbal communication, water, wolf

This is the hat

Van Laan, Nancy

Cumulative verses describe an old man's hat as it becomes a home for a spider, a mouse and many other creatures. The hat eventually returns to the old man.

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animals, clothing, insects, mouse, shelter, spider, verbal communication

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

Max's christmas

Wells, Rosemary

It is Christmas Eve, Max sneaks downstairs to see Santa Claus but falls asleep by the chimmney. When Santa arrives, he puts his hat over Max's face because nobody is supposed to see Santa Claus. Max peeks anyway and was surprised to find himself surrounded by presents.

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assertiveness, christmas, clothing, goal setting, holidays, nonverbal communication, presents, refusal skills, santa, sleep, surprises, verbal communication

Vejeigantes masquerade

Delacre, Lulu

Ramon wanted to be a vejigante masqueradae and dance in the carnival. He didn't have enough money to buy a new costume, so he made one. He worked in a mask store so he could have a new mask too.

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assertiveness, carnival, clothing, courage, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, language, parade, persistence, poverty, preparation, puerto rican, self esteem, verbal communication

Belinda's new spring hat

Clymer, Eleanor

Belinda wants a new spring hat, so she wears different household items like a lampshade and a wastepaper basket as hats on her head.Finally her dad buys her a real hat as a surprise.

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clothing, conflict resolution, decision making, family, imagination, parents, self esteem, verbal communication

The hat

Ungerer, Tom

This book is about a magic hat. The hat made a poor man rich, saved a rare bird, won a battle, and saved a baby and an archduke's cousin.

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baby, birds, clothing, conflict resolution, magic, nonverbal communication, royalty, verbal communication

No roses for harry

Zion, Gene

Harry's grandmother gives him a sweater with roses on it for his birthday. He doesn't like it and tries to lose it. He finally does and grandma gives him a new sweater that has black and white spots!

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animals, clothing, conflict resolution, decision making, dog, family, goal setting, grandparents, lost, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, verbal communication

The halloween mystery

Nixon, Joan Lowery

It's almost Halloween, and Susan needs a new costume. Mrs. Foshee is an older woman who watches Susan and her two brothers one night. Susan and Mike think that she is a witch, and they cleverly try to solve the mystery.

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assertiveness, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, ghosts, halloween, holidays, imagination, mystery, neighbors, verbal communication

Sweet clara and the freedom quilt

Hopkinson, Deborah

Claro makes a quilt that describes the path that slaves must take to walk to freedom. She runs away with Jack and gets to freedom because of the quilt.

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assertiveness, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, diversity, family, freedom, goal setting, love, parents, quilt, siblings, slavery, verbal communication

The nightgown of the sullen moon

Willard, Nancy

The moon wants a nightgown and a cozy bed to sleep in. The moon finds a nightgown and decides not to come out one night. All the people in the world are sad, so the sun makes the moon promise to take the nightgown back.

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assertiveness, bedtime, change, clothing, coping, critical thinking, feelings, moon, peer resistance, refusal skills, sadness, sleep, stress management, sun, verbal communication

Hiding

Hughes, Shirley

Who is hiding?Let's see who is hiding behind books, newspapers, and hats.

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animals, baby, books, clothing, critical thinking, family, lost, monsters, nonverbal communication, parents, tortoise, verbal communication

The keeping quilt

Polacco, Patricia

When a Russian family moves to America they decide that in order to keep their heritage, a quilt that has been added on to by generation after generation, will be their way of keeping them together.

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birth, birthday, clothing, conflict resolution, death, family, multicultural, nonverbal communication, prayer, quilt, russian, verbal communication, wedding

Jesse bear, what will you wear?

Carlstrom, Nancy White

Jesse Bear talks about what he wears in the morning, at noon, and at night. Written in verse.

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animals, bear, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, nonverbal communication, rhyme, self esteem, verbal communication

Just us women

Caines, Jeanette

A young girl goes on a long trip with her aunt to North Carolina. They prepare their maps, their lunch, and plan all the fun things that they will do together. The trip is unique because they are just women spending time together.

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assertiveness, closeness, critical thinking, decision making, family, farm, food, gender, geography, goal setting, maps, nonverbal communication, nutrition, preparation, restaurant, shopping, stress management, travel, verbal communication

Pigsty

Teague, Mark

Wendell's room is such a pigsty that he imagines actual pigs living in his room and helping him make the mess. His mother often tells him to clean up the mess, but it isn't until the mess and the pigs get so out of hand that Wendell decides to clean things up.

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animals, cleanliness, decision making, family, helping, imagination, obedience, parents, pig, responsibilities, shelter, verbal communication

The very messy room

Stanton, Elizabeth//Stanton, Henry

A little girl has to figure out if she likes her messy room or if she should listen to her parents and clean it. Her parents clean it for her, and she realizes how cold and empty her room is clean. With her imagination and her brother's help, she turns her bedroom into superdoo woods.

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assertiveness, cleanliness, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, family, imagination, parents, responsibilities, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

Harriet, you'll drive me wild!

Fox, Mem

Harriet is a very busy little girl. She loves to play and be silly. When she makes messes in the house, her mother does not know what to do with her. Harriet spills her juice, drips paint on the floor, and dribbles jam on her pants. What will Harriet do next?How will her mom react?

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apology, cleanliness, conflict resolution, confusion, family, food, love, misbehavior, mischief, nonverbal communication, parents, patience, repetition, verbal communication

Morgan the magnificent

Wallace, Ian

Morgan loves acrobats. When the circus comes to town, she sneaks into the tent where the high wire act was performed. She performs for everyone and becomes known as Morgan the Magnificent.

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assertiveness, circus, conflict resolution, decision making, performance, verbal communication

Circus!

O'Kelly, Mattie Lou

A farm family anticipates a day at the circus. The story describes the work to be done first, the trip to the circus, and finally the excitement of the circus.

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circus, conflict resolution, decision making, excitement, family, fear, feelings, helping, teamwork, travel, verbal communication

Mei li

Handford, Thomas

Mei Li is celebrating New Year's Day with her family, but she isn't allowed to go to the fair because she is a girl. She sneaks off to the fair and encounters many adventures.

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adventures, assertiveness, chinese, circus, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, goal setting, holidays, multicultural, new year, peer resistance, pretend, recreation, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

A boy named giotto

Guarnieri, Paolo

Dreams really do come true for Giotto, a young shepard boy, who is mindless of his chores and duties because of his strong passion and talent for painting. Although he loses a sheep, Giotto's curiosity and persistence lead him to find someone who can unlock the door to his artistic future.

Madeline's christmas

Bemelmans, Ludwig

A little girl, Madeline, goes out of her way to take care of other sick children. Madeline makes a very special Christmas for all of her friends.

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assertiveness, christmas, conflict resolution, decision making, friendship, holidays, illness, peer resistance, stress management, unselfish, verbal communication

Christmas in the barn

Brown, Margaret Wise//Cooney, Barbara

The story of Christmas begins with Mary and Joseph being refused at the inn, so they experience the birth of a special baby in the barn.

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animals, barn, birth, christmas, conflict resolution, holidays, nonverbal communication, religion, rhyme, spiritual, storytelling, verbal communication

The wild christmas reindeer

Brett, Jan

Teeka has been asked by Santa to get his reindeer ready to fly on Christmas Eve. Once she works with them, her strong hand does more harm than good. Teeka finds that she may need a gentler touch to get the reindeer ready.

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animals, assertiveness, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, holidays, nonverbal communication, patience, reindeer, responsibilities, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

The snow lady

Hughes, Shirley

Sam and Barney build a snow lady that resembles their elderly neighbor, mean Mrs. Dean. Sam decides that it would only be polite to invite lonely Mrs. Dean to Christmas dinner.

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acceptance, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, food, friendship, holidays, neighbors, nonverbal communication, nutrition, peer resistance, play, recreation, seasons, verbal communication, winter

Pedro: The angel of olvera street

Politi, Leo

Pedro's favorite thing about Olvera Street is the celebration of Christmas. This year, Pedro directs the posada, and the angelic singer gets his wish -- a lovely music box.

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assertiveness, christmas, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, holidays, mexican, multicultural, nonverbal communication, toys, verbal communication, wish

Merry christmas space face

Marshall, James

Buddy McGee eagerly awaits a promised Christmas visit from his friend, a thing from outer space. In the end, Buddy is satisfied, but Grannie's neighbors are not!

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christmas, conflict resolution, decision making, family, fantasy, friendship, goal setting, grandparents, holidays, neighbors, patience, respect, verbal communication

Tree of cranes

Say, Allen

A young Asian boy learns of Christmas when his mother decorates a tree with cranes for him. She teaches him that it is a day of giving and receiving and he makes a promise to her as a gift. She gives him a kite in return.

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asian, christmas, critical thinking, decision making, family, giving, holidays, nonverbal communication, parents, presents, verbal communication

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, bear, beverage, birds, christmas, deer, family, forest, holidays, music, nature, nonverbal communication, opossum, owl, plants, preparation, raccoon, skunk, song, squirrel, verbal communication

A green christmas

Kroeber, Theordora

A family moves to California from Colorado. The little boy and girl have to adjust to a green Christmas, which they do not like. But then, they receive a letter from Santa Claus that cheers them up.

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change, christmas, coping, family, feelings, holidays, moving, verbal communication

Christmas tree memories

Aliki.

One Christmas eve, a family gathers in front of their Christmas tree. Each ornament brings back a memory. The family shares rememberences of friends, places, events and their own family through the stories of each decoration.

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christmas, family, friendship, holidays, memories, self esteem, traditions, verbal communication

Babar and father christmas

Brunhoff, Jean de

Babar, the elephant, is off to help Santa with Christmas. He gets to explore the North Pole and Santa's Workshop. Throughout the story, we get to see the true meaning of Christmas.

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animals, christmas, conflict resolution, decision making, elephant, family, giving, goal setting, helping, holidays, nonverbal communication, sharing, teamwork, verbal communication

Uncle vova's tree

Polacco, Patricia

A Russian family gathers together to celebrate Christmas in the Russian tradition.

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christmas, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, happiness, holidays, multicultural, russian, self esteem, traditions, verbal communication

Keeping a christmas secret

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds

Michael slips and gives away the secret of what his father's Christmas gift is. He is very upset with himself, so he decides to surprise the whole family with a small but important present.

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assertiveness, christmas, confidence, conflict resolution, creativity, decision making, disappointment, family, goal setting, holidays, parents, presents, self esteem, surprises, verbal communication

Emmet otter's jug-band christmas

Hoban, Russell

Emmet and his mother are poor and each want to get the other something special for Christmas. They each enter a contest to win money but lose. However, both tried hard and are touched by the effort.

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christmas, competition, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, holidays, love, presents, unselfish, verbal communication

Mr. fong's toy shop

Politi, Leo

Mr. Fong entertains the children with stories and toys. In preparation for the Moon Festival, he creates a shadow puppet play for the children.

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assertiveness, celebration, chinese, dancing, decision making, exercise, holidays, multicultural, nonverbal communication, parade, play, preparation, puppets, self esteem, song, toys, verbal communication

A winter walk

Barash, Lynne

A mother explains to her daughter that winter is more than just cold and gray. In fact, winter has the colors of blue, orange, green, and red. You can be happy in the wintertime too.

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animals, child care, critical thinking, happiness, learning, nonverbal communication, rabbit, sight, snow, stress management, verbal communication, winter

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