Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Moonstick: The seasons of the sioux | by Bunting, Eve

A young Sioux is taught the way of life by his father. The young boy is too young to do many things, but one day he will be able to do what he is taught. When the seasons change, he makes another notch in his moonstick.

Keywords: author's note, change, family, growing up, learning, moon, multicultural, native american, parents, poetry, rhyme, seasons, self esteem, spring, summer, traditions, verbal communication, winter

Very last first time | by Andrews, Jan

Eva, a little girl who lives in an Inuit Village in Canada, makes her first trip under the ice on the Seabed looking for mussels. While under the ice, she makes many discoveries and has an adventure.

Keywords: bodies of water, canadian, critical thinking, family, feelings, food, happiness, mollusks, multicultural, mussel, nutrition, ocean, parents, sadness, seasons, stress management, verbal communication, winter

The bakers dozen | by Forest, Heather

Jan Van Amsterdam is a well known baker. People travel from all over to buy his goods. When he begins to get greedy, he starts to use less ingredients in his cookies. When a woman asks for a bakers dozen, he only gives her 12 She puts a curse on him and his baked goods. When he finally realizes that a bakers dozen is 13, the curse is broken.

Keywords: author's note, careers, celebration, christmas, community, deception, folktale, food, greed, holidays, magic, nutrition, poverty, seasons, winter

Fox's dream | by Tejima, Keizaburo

A fox, who is on his own, struggles to survive during the winter. He is cold, hungry, and misses his family. In the end, he meets a friend and realizes that he is no longer alone.

Keywords: animals, family, feelings, fox, hunger, loneliness, sadness, seasons, survival, winter

A very important day | by Herold, Maggie Rugg

A snowstorm adds to the wonder and excitement of this very important day during which 219 people become U.S. citizens.

Keywords: american, anticipation, author's note, baby, celebration, change, citizen, cold, community, culture, diversity, excitement, family, feelings, friendship, giving, grandparents, happiness, immigrants, language, loyalty, memories, morning, multicultural, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, siblings, snow, verbal communication, weather, winter

Chanukah in chelm | by Adler, David A.

Mendal, the caretaker of the Chelm synagogue must find a table to set the menorah on. He searches the synagogue and cannot find one. Rabbi Nachman sends him to a carpenter to get one. Preparation for Hanukkah in this town of Chelm is remarkably eventful and fun.

Keywords: author's note, beliefs, church, critical thinking, customs, dancing, exercise, folktale, food, hanukkah, holidays, humor, Jewish, multicultural, nutrition, prayer, preparation, religion, traditions, verbal communication, winter

Island winter | by Martin, Charles E.

Heather has to stay on an island during the winter. She misses her summer friends.

Keywords: assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, coping, feelings, friendship, island, sadness, seasons, summer, winter

Polar | by Moss, Elaine

Polar decides to have fun and sled down a big hill. He is careless and breaks his leg. His friends take care of him and find ways to cheer him up.

Keywords: accidents, animals, bear, friendship, injury, peer resistance, play, presents, recreation, safety, snow, winter

Why, Charlie Brown, Why?A story about what happens when a friend is very ill | by Schulz, Charles M.

Linus becomes friends with Janice, a young girl who is diagnosed with leukemia. Despite all of the rumors and jokes, Linus learns that friendship is a very important part of Janice's recovery. He learns how to stand up for himself as well as others.

Keywords: animals, autumn, cancer, christmas, doctor, dog, friendship, holidays, hospital, illness, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, play, school, seasons, siblings, spring, stress management, verbal communication, winter

Winter fox | by Brutschy, Jennifer

A little girl gets a pet rabbit and discovers that a fox has eaten her pet. She goes with her father to hunt the fox, but feels sorry for it when she sees its hungry eyes. Then she asks her father not to kill it.

Keywords: animals, assertiveness, death, disappearance, feelings, fox, hunting, loss, pets, rabbit, sadness, seasons, snow, verbal communication, weather, winter

A kitten's year | by Day, Nancy Raines

A kitten explores her environment during her first year of life. She uses her senses to absorb the surroundings and playfully interacts with the world around her. Month after month the kitten grows and develops into a cat.

Keywords: animals, autumn, cat, christmas, curiosity, feelings, flowers, halloween, holidays, month, nonverbal communication, seasons, sequence, spring, summer, thanksgiving, time, toys, winter

Anno's counting book | by Anno, Mitsumasa

Daily activities in a countryside village are shown through the numbers 0 through 12

Keywords: autumn, bicycle, biking, christmas, community, counting, decision making, goal setting, holidays, numbers, seasons, sequence, shadows, similarities, snow, sports, spring, summer, transportation, weather, winter, witches

Dinosaurs' christmas | by Donnelly, Liza

Rex and his dog decide to go sledding. While sledding, they end up in the North Pole and meet up with a dinosaur who takes them to Santa's workshop. Rex tells the elves that they're making the toy dinosaurs wrong, helps them fix their mistake, and ends up saving Christmas.

Keywords: assertiveness, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, dinosaur, dog, friendship, helping, holidays, learning, pets, snow, trust, verbal communication, winter

What's the matter with carruthers? | by Marshall, James

Carruthers, the bear, is in a very grumpy mood and has been for days. His two friends notice it and try to cheer him up. Finally they realize Carruthers is tired and should have been asleep for the winter, so they help him go to bed.

Keywords: bedtime, critical thinking, feelings, friendship, helping, hibernation, moods, nonverbal communication, seasons, sleep, winter

A candle for christmas | by Speare, Jean

Thomas's parents need to help his uncle, so they leave Thomas with a friend one week before Christmas. Thomas is afraid that his parents won't make it home. They show up late Christmas Eve and Thomas is happy.

Keywords: christmas, family, feelings, friendship, happiness, helping, holidays, parents, sadness, seasons, winter

Harvey slumfenburger's christmas present | by Burningham, John

Santa Claus has just delivered his presents when he realizes that he forgot to deliver a present to Harvey Slumfenburger. Santa doesn't want to wake the reindeer to take the sleigh, so people with cars help him get to Harvey's house.

Keywords: christmas, critical thinking, forgetful, helping, holidays, santa, seasons, stress management, transportation, travel, winter

The cherry tree | by Ikeda, Daisaku

After war destroys the home and village of Taichi and Yumiko, some children find an aged cherry tree that they revive with the help of an old man. When the tree blossoms the following spring, the children realize that nature will help them overcome the losses from the war.

Keywords: community, helping, japanese, loss, multicultural, nature, plants, seasons, spring, war, winter

A long long song | by Delessert, Etienne

Acrobats and musicians appear out of nowhere and perform on the front steps of a town hall. The show takes place in a small New England village. Those who see them perform never forget who they are.

Keywords: autumn, community, gymnastics, music, performance, seasons, snow, song, sports, spring, summer, weather, winter

The eyes of gray wolf | by London, Jonathan

Gray wolf is restless because he lost his mate to a hunter. While wandering through the night, he meets a pack of wolves. From this pack of wolves, he finds a new mate with whom they start a new pack.

Keywords: animals, change, eagle, growing up, loss, moon, mountains, snow, weasel, winter, wolf, woods

Reunion | by Essley, Roger

Jon is spending the last day at his grandmother's cottage. Before she takes a nap, she tells Jon to look at some old photographs from 1915 To Jon, the photos are dull, gray, and gloomy. Jon hears some voices and falls into a photograph where he meets Paul. Where Paul sees colors, Jon sees gray. The two boys share some adventures as different photos come to life. Finally, Jon sees the color in the photographs, and finds out that Paul was his great-grandfather.

Keywords: exercise, fantasy, farm, grandparents, lake, play, seasons, skating, summer, swimming, winter

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