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Where the wild things are

Sendak, Maurice

Max gets sent to his room without dinner. There he dreams about a new world of his own where he sails to an island and becomes the king of all the beasts. After all of his fun frolicking with the beasts, he comes home where a hot meal is waiting for him.

Louie's search

Keats, Ezra Jack

Louie goes out to search for a father and sees all kinds of people. Finally, he finds a music box. A man thinks he stole it so he chases Louie and takes him home. Louie's mom and the man end up getting married.

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anger, conflict resolution, decision making, discovery, family, fear, feelings, marriage, music, nonverbal communication, parents, robbery, verbal communication

Paper john

Small, David

Paper John is a man who everyone loves. He also has a great talent for making things out of paper. He runs into a devil who appears in town as a thief. Paper John captures the devil before it destroys the town.

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anger, community, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, devils, feelings, folktale, greed, nonverbal communication, problem solving, rescue, robbery, verbal communication

William and the good old days

Greenfield, Eloise

William remembers how wonderful things were before his grandmother got sick. However, he slowly finds ways to make some good new days and is hopeful for the future.

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african american, anger, closeness, disappointment, family, feelings, grandparents, illness, memories, multicultural, verbal communication

Monnie hates lydia

Pearson, Susan

Monnie, Lydia's little sister, does all she can to be nice to her on her birthday, but Lydia is still very mean. In the end, they resolve their conflict and enjoy the rest of the day.

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anger, birthday, celebration, conflict resolution, family, feelings, party, siblings, verbal communication

Don't be my valentine

Lexau, Joan M.

Sam makes a mean valentine for his classmate Mary Lou but loses it. It ends up going to the teacher. After arguing about how the teacher got the valentine, they decide to be friends.

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anger, argument, assertiveness, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, friendship, holidays, peer resistance, school, valentine's day, verbal communication

Daddy is a monster...sometimes

Steptoe, John

Bweela and her brother, Javaka, think their dad turns into a monster when they do something wrong. But at other times he is not so bad.

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anger, argument, assertiveness, disobedience, family, fear, feelings, monsters, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

Elbert's bad word

Wood, Audrey

Elbert has to learn to deal with a bad word that he has just learned. The only way for him to do this was by filling his mind with new, appropriate words to use. These words get him in less trouble.

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anger, apology, assertiveness, awareness, conflict resolution, consequences, critical thinking, discipline, family, feelings, goal setting, language, parents, refusal skills, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Thidwick the big hearted moose

Seuss, Dr.

Thidwick was nice enough to let the other animals live on his antlers, but they took advantage of his generosity. Thidwick's life is threatened by a hunter, so he sheds his antlers and frees himself of all his guests.

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anger, animals, change, coping, feelings, moose, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, safety, stress management, verbal communication

Best friends

Kellogg, Steven

Kathy and Louise are best friends but Louise goes to the mountains for the summer. Kathy is mad because Louise is having a great summer without her. When Louise comes back, they both get a puppy to raise together.

Stone soup

Ross, Tony

A wolf goes to a hen's house to eat her up. She tells him she will make him some Stone Soup first. While she makes the soup and he waits, she has him do her chores. Finally, he realizes that she tricks him and he leaves.

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anger, animals, birds, chicken, critical thinking, deception, decision making, feelings, food, nutrition, verbal communication, wolf

Nicolas, where have you been?

Lionni, Leo

The field mice and birds compete for the bright red berries. The birds usually get the berries first and this angers the mice, especially Nicolas. One day, Nicolas is swooped up by a big, mean bird and dropped into a nest of nice birds that bring him berries and they share stories. He returns to tell the other mice that not all birds are bad.

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acceptance, anger, animals, appreciation, bias, birds, change, conflict resolution, cooperation, food, friendship, mouse, nutrition, prejudice, sharing, stereotypes, verbal communication

Poor gabriella

Forrester, Victoria

The birth of Christ has just taken place, and everyone in the barn is warm and safe except for poor Gabriella, a cow who is locked outside. Is it a miracle that a strong, fierce wind causes Joseph to let the cow in so she is safe and warm also?

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angel, animals, assertiveness, christmas, cow, family, goat, miracle, nonverbal communication, parents, sheep, verbal communication

River friendly river wild

Kurtz, Jane

A little girl remembers how her family survived a flood. The once friendly river that she loved turned wild and drove the community to evacuation. The little girl thought she would only be gone a couple of days. Days turned into weeks. When she returns, her family starts over, but where is the cat, Kiwi, that she left behind?

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angel, anger, animals, appreciation, author's note, bodies of water, books, cat, challenges, charity, clothing, cold, community, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, destruction, diary, dolls, emergency, emotions, environment, fear, feelings, fish, flood, goal setting, grief, history, homeless, kindness, machines, memories, nature, nonverbal communication, rain, relief, rescue, river, sadness, shelter, spring, storm, stress management, verbal communication, weather, worry

Bayou lullaby

Appelt, Kathi

A young girl is put to sleep by her parents telling a lullaby.

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alligator, amphibians, animals, birds, boat, bodies of water, cajun, crawfish, cricket, crustaceans, dragonfly, family, frog, heron, insects, language, moon, mosquito, multicultural, nature, parents, rhyme, sleep, stream, tadpole, transportation, verbal communication

Fish is fish

Lionni, Leo

A tiny fish and a little tadpole are friends. The tadpole becomes a frog and sees the world. The fish wants to see the world, but learns that life is better as fish.

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acceptance, amphibians, animals, change, cow, differences, discovery, fish, friendship, frog, growing up, helping, peer resistance, stress management, verbal communication

Be good to eddie lee

Fleming, Virginia

As Christy and Jim Bud approach the pond to search for frog eggs, they realize Eddie Lee, a neighbor with Down's Syndrome, has followed them. Christy's mother has always told her to be good to Eddie Lee. Christy is kind, but Jim Bud is not. As the story evolves, Eddie Lee shares the best discovery of all with Christy.

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acceptance, amphibians, bodies of water, differences, disability, feelings, fish, frog, happiness, nonverbal communication, pond, sadness, seasons, self esteem, summer, verbal communication

Better not get wet, jesse bear

Carlstrom, Nancy White

Jesse Bear discovers many objects and animals that can get wet while he is trying to stay dry. Jesse Bear's parents buy him a pool so he can get all wet splashing.

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amphibians, birds, excitement, family, fish, frog, insects, parents, swan, verbal communication, water, worm

Snake alley band

Nygaard, Elizabeth

The snakes of Snake Alley love their snake band. The snakes hiss and bop their tails to make a great sound together. One summer day, a cricket, frog, fish, bird, and turtle tell the littlest snake that they would like to be in a band and demonstrate their unique sounds. Snake only wants to be with his snake band until he realizes that they never sound different at all and maybe it would be nice to have the other musicians in the snake band too. The other snakes do not like his idea, so the littlest snake starts his own band with the cricket, frog, fish, bird, and turtle.

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amphibians, autumn, birds, bodies of water, cricket, fish, frog, insects, lake, music, noise, reptiles, seasons, sleep, snake, sounds, spring, turtle, verbal communication, winter, woods

The surprise party

Hutchins, Pat

A rabbit is going to have a surprise party. He tells the owl that he is going to have a surprise party and the owl misunderstood what the rabbit said. The owl passes the misunderstood message on to others and everyone becomes confused.

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amphibians, animals, birds, confusion, duck, frog, party, rabbit, verbal communication

Room for a stepdaddy

Cook, Jean Thor

Joey wishes Daddy still lived at home and has a great deal of trouble accepting Bill, his new stepfather. After many experiences with Bill, like playing ball and swimming, Joey decides there is plenty of room in his life for Daddy and Bill. He loves both of them.

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amphibians, animals, autumn, cat, change, conflict resolution, coping, dog, exercise, family, feelings, food, frog, happiness, loss, nonverbal communication, parents, park, playing, presents, sadness, school, seasons, spring, stepfather, summer, swimming, verbal communication, winter

Rooster's off to see the world

Carle, Eric

Rooster wants to take a trip around the world. Two cats, three frogs, four turtles and five fish join him along the way. It gets dark, and everyone begins to worry about where they will sleep and what they will eat. Rooster decides he did not plan his trip very well. Everyone decides to go home. Rooster goes home also. He falls asleep and dreams about his trip around the world.

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amphibians, animals, cat, companion, critical thinking, decision making, exercise, exploration, fish, friendship, frog, homesickness, moon, reptiles, travel, turtle, verbal communication, walking

No nap for benjamin badger

Carlstrom, Nancy White

Benjamin Badger is two years old going on three. He does not believe he needs to take a nap anymore. Mama Badger explains to Benjamin that everyone needs time to slow down and rest. While Mama Badger is explaining to Benjamin about who sleeps, Benjamin falls asleep.

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amphibians, animals, badger, butterfly, conflict resolution, dragonfly, family, frog, insects, parents, relaxation, reptiles, sleep, spider, turtle, verbal communication, worm

Jump frog jump

Martin, Patricia Miles

Two young children enter their newly found frog into a jumping contest. They train the frog to jump, but the frog decided he did not want to jump that day.

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amphibians, assertiveness, competition, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, exercise, family, frog, goal setting, jumping, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

Felix's hat

Bamcroft, Catherine//Coale, Hannah

Felix loves that orange hat and takes it everywhere he goes. He dreams that a turtle brings him his hat. However, it was really his brother, Fred, who brings him the hat.

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amphibians, assertiveness, critical thinking, dreams, frog, happiness, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, pond, refusal skills, sadness, security, stress management, turtle, verbal communication

Raising yoder's barn

Yolen, Jane

A boy and his family lose their barn to a fire but their Amish community works together to raise the barn again.

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accidents, amish, author's note, barn, communication, community, conflict resolution, construction, cooperation, family, farm, feelings, fire, food, goal setting, helping, lightning, nutrition, prayer, pride, religion, verbal communication, weather, work

Just plain fancy

Polacco, Patricia

Naomi is an Amish girl whose elders have told her that it is very important to be plain and simple. Naomi becomes very scared when her egg hatches into a fancy, little bird.

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amish, beauty, birds, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, fear, feelings, multicultural, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, self esteem, surprises, verbal communication

Marianthe's story one: Painted words. Marianthe's story two: Spoken memories

Aliki

When a child moves to a new school it can be frightening. Mari not only moved to a new school, but a new culture as well. Mari uses painted pictures to communicate her words and recalls her life through spoken memories.

The scrambled states of america

Keller, Laurie

The fifty states decide to hold a party so that they can meet the other states in the country. The states decide that they are bored with their places on the map and want to switch to new locations. At first, everything is new and exciting, but eventually the states realize where they really belong.

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alphabet, american, assertiveness, bodies of water, boredom, colors, counting, critical thinking, dancing, feelings, food, friendship, geography, goal setting, maps, morning, music, nutrition, party, shapes, storytelling, verbal communication, weather

Grandpa takes me to the moon

Gaffney, Timothy R.

A young boy's grandfather sparks his imagination by telling him bedtime stories about what it is like to be an astronaut and travel to the moon.

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american, astronaut, author's note, bedtime, careers, exploration, family, grandparents, moon, nonverbal communication, sleep, storytelling, verbal communication

Snuff

Blake, Quentin

Snuff lives wiht a knight and wants to become a knight someday. He begins his training, but does not do anything right. Until one day, he comes up with a brilliant strategy to save the bootmaker's boots from the thieves. It works and Snuff is on his way to becoming a knight after all.

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ambition, careers, confidence, critical thinking, royalty, self esteem, verbal communication

Oliver button is a sissy (Oliver button es un nena)

dePaola, Tomie

Despite Oliver's teasing classmates, he does not give up doing what he likes -- tap dancing. All of his dedication and hard work pays off in the end.

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ambition, bias, bully, conflict resolution, dancing, dolls, exercise, goal setting, peer resistance, practice, reading, school, self esteem, stereotypes, verbal communication

Lili at ballet

Isadora, Rachel

At ballet class, a young girl named Lili explains to the leader all about ballet. One day she dreams of becoming a great ballerina.

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ambition, appearance, clothing, dancing, exercise, feelings, goal setting, happiness, nonverbal communication, performance, practice, verbal communication

Lucy's picture

Moon, Nicola

Lucy's blind grandpa is coming to visit today, and she wants to make him a special collage. Lucy gathers many different materials to make the collage that her grandpa can see with his hands. She uses sticks and leaves to make a tree, sand to make a path, and her own hair to make a dog with fur.

Grandpa's hammer

Kidd, Ronald

Grandpa always say that it take two things to make dreams come true: faith and a hammer. After Grandma passes away, Grandpa sets aside his hammer and nearly loses his faith. His granddaughter tries everything she can think of to bring back his faith but nothing seems to work. One day, Grandpa visits a Habitat for Humanity worksite with a neighbor and realizes that he can made dreams come true for others.

The memory box

Bahr, Mary

A young boy goes to his grandparent's house for a summer vacation. His grandfather has recently found out that he has Alzheimers disease, so they spend their summer vacation collecting memories to put in a box. The box is to help them never forget the memories they have made together.

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alzheimer's disease, conflict resolution, decision making, diseases, family, fear, goal setting, grandparents, helping, illness, stress management, verbal communication

Pierrot's abc garden

Lobel, Anita

Pierrot is a lonely clown who decides to visit his friend, Pierrette. He decides to get a basket and take her several things from his garden. Each item begins with a different letter from the alphabet.

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alphabet, clowns, dreams, food, garden, goal setting, happiness, loneliness, nonverbal communication, nutrition, picnic, pig, reunion, sequence, sheep, stress management, verbal communication, zebra

A apple pie

Greenaway, Kate

This alphabet book discusses several actions that are done with an apple pie (e.g., I jumped for it).

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alphabet, assertiveness, food, nutrition, sequence, verbal communication

The alphabet from z to a

Viorst, Judith

This cute poem takes the reader from z to a in reverse order to teach the alphabet.

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alphabet, learning, letters, nonverbal communication, poetry, rhyme, sequence, sounds, verbal communication

Disney's elegant abc book

Jefferds, Vincent

All of the Disney characters in this book explain the ABCs through rhythm and fun.

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alphabet, colors, counting, humor, nonverbal communication, numbers, rhyme, sequence, storytelling, verbal communication

The abc exhibit

Fisher, Leonard Everett

This book introduces the letters of the alphabet by displaying paintings of pictures that start with each letter.

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alphabet, art, sequence, verbal communication

Brian Wildsmith's ABC

Wildsmith, Brian

Animals are shown for each letter of the alphabet.

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alphabet, animals, critical thinking, nonverbal communication, sequence, verbal communication

Curious george learns the alphabet

Rey, H.A.

Curious George begins to look through books and wants to read them. His owner teaches him the alphabet by giving him examples of words that begin with each letter.

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alphabet, animals, books, curiosity, learning, reading, verbal communication

The cow is mooing anyhow

Geringer, Laura

A young girl's mother brings her breakfast to her at the kitchen table. When the mother leaves, the girl's imagination goes wild. She imagines there are many different animals in the kitchen with her during breakfast. When her mother reappears, all of the animals seem to disappear except for the cow.

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alphabet, animals, beverage, birds, chaos, cow, crab, crustaceans, dragonfly, family, food, fox, goat, goose, iguana, imagination, insects, kangaroo, monkey, noise, nutrition, owl, parents, reptiles, seal, taxi, transportation, verbal communication

The teeny tiny teacher

Calmenson, Stephanie

The teeny tiny teacher and her teeny tiny students have a school day full of teeny tiny things. However, they are frightened by a voice coming from the closet asking for the bone the teacher found on their teeny tiny walk. Find out who the voice belongs to.

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alliteration, beverage, bones, fear, feelings, folktale, food, ghosts, learning, mystery, park, routine, school, science, sizes, teaching, verbal communication, walking

An extraordinary egg

Lionni, Leo

Three frogs live together by a pond. One of them finds an egg. When the egg hatches, the three frogs believe that the animal is a chicken.

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alligator, amphibians, assertiveness, birds, birth, bodies of water, chicken, family, frog, helping, parents, pond, reptiles, self esteem, verbal communication

It came from the swamp

Rubel, Nicole

Alfie, the alligator, gets knocked out during a baseball game. When he recovers, he cannot remember who he is. Alfie flees from his friends and finds refuge with humans. He finally gets hit in the head again and comes to his senses.

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alligator, baseball, change, exercise, fear, feelings, forgetful, friendship, games, illness, nonverbal communication, play, reptiles, sports, verbal communication

Harry's dog

Porte, Barbara Ann

Harry gets a dog from a neighbor who is moving. The dog cannot stay at Harry's house because his father is allergic to dogs. Harry's aunt offers to keep the dog at her house for Harry to visit. Harry ends up buying his father a fish.

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allergies, animals, conflict resolution, decision making, dog, family, fish, illness, moving, neighbors, parents, pets, responsibilities, verbal communication

Don't hurt me, mama

Stanek, Muriel

A child is being physically abused by her alcoholic mother at home. A school nurse discovers it and sees that both of them get help.

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alcoholism, careers, child abuse, conflict resolution, diseases, divorce, family, illness, nonverbal communication, parents, school, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Leo cockroach...toy tester

O'Malley, Kevin

Leo the cockroach is a toy tester for Mildred Splatt's toy company. He tests toys at night and puts the best toys in her office without her realizing it is him doing all the work. Whenever Mildred sees Leo she tries to squash him because she thinks he is only a pest. One day, Leo decides to fly over to the toy company across the street to see if he can help their business and earn more respect. When he is treated poorly, by the president who does not like his ideas, Leo escapes to work for Mildred again. He writes a letter explaining that he is the one that helps her and he is named Employee of the Year.

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airplane, animals, appreciation, business, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, feelings, hard work, helping, insects, nonverbal communication, recognition, resentment, success, toys, verbal communication

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