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Zen shorts

Muth, Jon

One day, three young children meet a panda after his umbrella lands in their yard. The children become friends with the panda, whose name is Stillwater. He passes on folktales to them to help them solve problems they are having.

You're a genius, blackboard bear

Alexander, Martha

Anthony wants to go to the moon. His only problem is that he does not know how to build a spaceship. When Anthony goes to sleep, his friend blackboard bear builds a spaceship. Together they pack the spaceship for their trip. Anthony begins to get worried about the trip and decides he will stay safely at home while blackboard bear goes to the moon himself.

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animals, astronomy, bear, bedtime, conflict resolution, dreams, helping, moon, night, preparation, sleep, stars, travel, verbal communication

Would they love a lion?

Denton, Kady MacDonald

Trying to get noticed with a new baby in the house, Anna pretends to be different animals. But even a lion, the biggest, loudest animal of all, still needs a nap!

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animals, attention, baby, bear, change, coping, dinosaur, elephant, five senses, lion, nonverbal communication, pretend, rabbit, sleep, sounds

Wish again, big bear

Margolis, Richard J.

As big bear catches a fish to eat, the fish says he will grant him three wishes if bear does not eat him. On his third wish, the bear wishes for a friend, then realizes the fish is his friend and he cannot eat him.

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animals, bear, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, fish, food, friendship, magic, nutrition, refusal skills, self esteem, verbal communication

Will it ever be my birthday?

Corey, Dorothy

Rabbit must first go to all his friends' birthday parties before it is time for his birthday again. Rabbit is impatient waiting but then happy when his own party day comes.

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animals, bear, birds, birthday, conflict resolution, duck, halloween, holidays, nonverbal communication, party, rabbit, verbal communication

Where's the bear?

Barton, Byron

A girl finds a bear and tells her neighbors. Several people trudge through the woods asking, Where's the bear? They look for it in the woods and when they find it, it scares them. They run and the bear chases them. The bear is too scared to cross the bridge, so the people are safe.

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animals, bear, bravery, conflict resolution, curiosity, fear, feelings, friendship, nature, neighbors, nonverbal communication, running away, safety, teamwork, woods

Where's spot?

Hill, Eric

Spot has not come to dinner so Spot's mom is on the look out for him. When searching for her son, she meets an array of other animals. Likewise she finds Spot and they enjoy their meal. (Flip Book)

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animals, assertiveness, bear, birds, critical thinking, crocodile, dog, food, hippopotamus, lion, monkey, nonverbal communication, penguin, reptiles, self esteem, snake, stress management, turtle, verbal communication

Where should Turtle be?

Ring, Susan

Little Turtle is lost. Free from his egg, he climbs out into a big, new world. Lost and alone, he wonders where does he really belong? He needs help, but where can he turn?

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adaptation, animals, baby, beach, bear, crab, fear, forest, frog, home, lost, ocean, pond, sand, survival, turtle

Where is the bear?

Nims, Bonnie

A young bear travels through kitchens, parks, and grocery stores to view the city.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, nonverbal communication, park, problem solving, travel

Where are you, ernest and celestine?

Vincent, Gabrielle

When Ernest and Celestine go to a museum, they lose each other. They finally find each other, and Celestine admits her fear of being lost and alone. They admit they like each other better than the pictures in the museum.

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animals, art, assertiveness, bear, conflict resolution, fear, feelings, lost, mouse, museum, verbal communication

When will sarah come?

Howard, Elizabeth F.

Jonathon's big sister Sarah is off to her first day of school. While she's gone, Jonathon tries to keep himself busy until she returns. He builds blocks with his grandma, rides his fire truck, and blows bubbles. He hears many sounds outside, but none of them are Sarah. When will Sarah come?Finally, Jonathon sees a yellow school bus. Sarah is finally home and now they can play together.

When the elephant walks

Kasza, Keiko

When an elephant walks he scares the bear, who scares the crocodile, who scares the wild hog then the cycle continues.

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animals, bear, boar, crocodile, elephant, fear, mouse, raccoon, reptiles

What's new at the zoo? An Animal Adding Adventure

Slade, Suzanne

Travel through the zoo and learn about zoo animals through rhyme. Count up all the animals you have seen.

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animals, baby, bat, bear, birds, counting, elephant, family, giraffe, habitat, kangaroo, math, monkey, panda, parents, peacock, penguin, snake, zebra, zoo

What would you do if you lived at the zoo?

Carlstrom, Nancy White

What would you do if you lived at the zoo?Would you stay with the lions and tigers or would you hang with the monkeys?How would you talk to the animals at the zoo?Take a trip to this zoo and find out just exactly what you would do if you live at a zoo.

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animals, bear, discovery, elephant, fun, insects, learning, lion, monkey, pony, rabbit, snake, spider, tiger, verbal communication, zoo

What we like

Rockwell, Anne

Children really like snowmen, fish, bubble bath, goodnight kisses, lullabies, and many other things that excite the five senses. Each page is filled with the things children like to do, wear, feel, eat, and play.

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activities, adventures, animals, art, bear, cat, clothing, creativity, dog, entertainment, feelings, fish, five senses, flowers, fox, fun, games, happiness, imagination, learning, listening, love, nonverbal communication, pig, rabbit, relaxation, toys

What a scare, jesse bear

Carlstrom, Nancy White

For Jesse, Halloween is an exciting time to carve pumpkins, trick or treat, and scare others. With confidence, Jesse trick or treats but soon gets frightened by all the many costumes. With his own mask he overcomes his fear and scares everyone else. What a scare, Jesse Bear!

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animals, bear, clothing, family, fear, feelings, halloween, holidays, preparation, stress management

We're going on a bear hunt

Rosen, Michael

A group of bear hunters must go through grass, a river, mud, a forest, a snowstorm and a cave before they even see a bear. After finding it, the bear chases them back into their homes.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, cave, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, fear, feelings, forest, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, recreation, river, safety, verbal communication

We all play

Flett, Julie

Just as humans do, animals play and sleep too! Rabbits love to hide and hop while bears love to wiggle and wobble. As a result, all living things are connected and everyone maintains the responsibility to look out for each other.

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activities, alliteration, animals, baby, bat, bear, birds, buffalo, colors, fox, goose, language, multicultural, native american, rabbit, seal, snake, turtle, wolf

Wake up, bear...it's christmas

Gammell, Stephen

A bear who hibernates every year in the winter, decides that this winter he was going to wake up for Christmas. To his surprise, when he wakes up it is wonderful. He met a special guy dressed in a red suit that took him around to see things. The bear did not know it was Santa Claus.

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animals, bear, christmas, critical thinking, decision making, determination, goal setting, holidays, seasons, winter

Wait! No paint!

Whatley, Bruce

The three little pigs move out to build their own homes. But when the big, bad wolf comes, the first two pigs escape to the brick house. Throughout the ordeal, the pigs hear a mysterious voice that turns out to be the illustrator. The illustrator runs out of paint while finishing the story and finally saves the pigs by changing them and the wolf into Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

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anger, animals, art, bear, body parts, change, clowns, colors, conflict resolution, decision making, embarrassment, fable, feelings, happiness, hunger, mystery, noise, pig, refusal skills, safety, storytelling, surprises, verbal communication, wolf

Voices of the wild

London, Jonathan

The ways of wild animals are vividly described with beautiful poetry.

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animals, bear, beaver, birds, deer, eagle, five senses, loon, lynx, moose, night, otter, owl, poetry, reptiles, turtle, wolf

Up and down on the merry-go-round

Martin, Bill Jr.//Archambault, John

A little girl describes her adventure on a merry-go-round using the sights and sounds around her.

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adventures, animals, bear, clowns, colors, disappointment, feelings, five senses, freedom, happiness, humor, music, ostrich, pig, sight, sounds

Two good friends

Delton, Judy

A duck stays at home and cleans his house all day. His friend, Bear, comes to visit and tries to find something to eat. Bear cannot find anything and they go to Bear's house to cook some food.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, birds, conflict resolution, decision making, food, friendship, nutrition, responsibilities, shelter, teamwork, verbal communication

Two by two: The untold story

Hewitt, Kathryn

Noah builds a boat to sail two of every animal for forty days and forty nights. It starts out as a pleasure trip until the rain becomes a problem. All the animals fight but in the end, they learn a valuable lesson never to be forgotten again.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, boat, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, feelings, fight, flood, food, frustration, goal setting, happiness, nutrition, parents, pig, rabbit, rain, sea, siblings, stress management, sun, transportation, vacation, weather, wolf

Twenty-two, twenty-three

Raskin, Ellen

A mouse wants to join the other animals in a special celebration but must choose what to wear. The mouse finally chooses a blouse and is invited for a Christmas and New Year gathering on Twenty-two, Twenty-three.

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animals, ape, bear, celebration, christmas, clothing, conflict resolution, fox, holidays, mouse, new year, rabbit, rhyme, skunk, verbal communication

Twas the day before zoo day

Ipcizade, Catherine

A zoo prepares for Zoo Day. But things do not go according to plan. The llamas won't quit spitting; the giraffes are drooling; and the zebras aren't happy at all with their stripes! Meanwhile, the zookeepers scurry this way and that, clean up poop, ring mealtime bells, and try to get the animals bathed. Will the zookeeper end up spending the night at the zoo? Will Zoo Day go off without a hitch, or will the dancing monkeys take over? This fun story is an adaptation of the classic, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.

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alligator, animals, bath, bear, bee, birds, cleanliness, dancing, elephant, flamingo, giraffe, gorilla, insects, laziness, lion, llama, monkey, mouse, preparation, reptiles, rhinoceros, rhyme, rhythm, singing, snake, toucan, turtle, zebra, zoo

Truck duck

Rex, Michael

Transportation comes in many forms. Rhyming words keep the beat.

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animals, bear, birds, boat, car, chimpanzee, cow, crab, crow, duck, fish, goat, jeep, keys, license, maps, moose, motorcycle, rhyme, sheep, signs, taxi, tractor, train, transportation, truck

Tops and bottoms

Stevens, Janet

Hare and Bear decide to become business partners. Due to Bear's laziness, Hare tricks him three times. This is a great book because it shows children proper eating habits (with vegetables), and it provides a moral.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, discipline, fable, food, goal setting, habit, hare, laziness, manners, nutrition, persistence, teamwork, vegetables, verbal communication

Too many cooks...

Kneen, Maggie

Twenty well known proverbs are given meaning through clever illustrations featuring animals in a variety of situations. Some of the proverbs illustrated include, Too many cooks spoil the broth, Half a loaf is better than none, and Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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animals, author's note, bear, birds, cat, dog, duck, elephant, flamingo, food, fox, horse, mouse, nutrition, owl, pig

Tom goes to kindergarten

Wild, Margaret//Tegge, David

Tom is anxious and excited for his first day of kindergarten. When he finally arrives, he does not want his family to leave and insists they stay with him. The next day, Tom feels grown up but now his parents do not want to leave kindergarten.

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baby, bear, change, family, fear, feelings, fun, growing up, homesickness, panda, parents, polar bear, pretend, school, security, work

Time to sleep

Fleming, Denise

Six animals communicate with each other at the commencement of winter hibernation. Each animal tells one animal, who in turn tells another. The cycle, which begins with the bear, does not stop until he hears the news of the upcoming winter himself.

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animals, anticipation, bear, colors, communication, cycle, decision making, food, forest, hibernation, ladybug, morning, seasons, skunk, sky, sleep, snail, spring, tree, turtle, verbal communication, winter, woodchuck

Tilly's house

Jacques, Faith

Tilly lived in a dollhouse as a maid. She was tired of the work so she ran away to look for her own house. Along the way, she meet a bear named Edward who helps her with her endeavors. Together they find Tilly a house and become good friends.

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animals, bear, careers, critical thinking, determination, friendship, independence, self esteem, shelter

Through the mickle woods

Gregory, Valiska

Three mythical stories told by a wise old bear help a mourning king go on with his life after his wife, the queen, dies.

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animals, bear, beauty, death, discovery, feelings, loss, mythical, royalty, sadness

This is the bear and the scary night

Hayes, Sarah//Craig, Helen

A boy leaves his bear behind in the park. The bear begins an exciting nighttime adventure. After the boy realizes he forgot his bear, he goes back to the park to retrieve him.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, bear, conflict resolution, decision making, fear, feelings, loneliness, lost, night, sadness

This is the bear

Hayes, Sarah

Bear is pushed in the garbage by mistake. He goes on a great adventure to find his home.

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adventures, animals, bear, helping, lost, shelter

Things that sometimes happen

Avi

This collection of short stories are exaggerated to intrigue your imagination. The stories are full of odd events involving animals, traveling, and much more.

Theodore

Ormondroud, Edward

A stuffed bear goes through the washer and dryer because Lucy is careless with him.

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animals, bear, hygiene, responsibilities, self esteem

The wonderful pumpkin

Hellsing, Lennart

Little Bear and Big Bear bite on a seed when eating. They go out and decide to plant the seed. It grows and grows. Then it becomes their home. The bears enjoy some wild adventures together as their relationship grows stronger and stronger.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, autumn, bear, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, feelings, fish, food, fox, happiness, insects, nutrition, rain, sea, seasons, stress management, summer, weather, worm

The winter bear

Craft, Ruth

Three young children bundle up for a walk on a winter day. On the way home, they find a discarded cold, knitted bear. They take him home, clean him up, dress him warmly, and give him a new home.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, conflict resolution, exercise, love, nonverbal communication, play, seasons, shelter, verbal communication, walking, winter

The twelve circus rings

Chwast, Seymour

Numbers are shown as characters in the circus. At first there is a dare devil, then a dare devil and two elephants, and then a dare devil, two elephants, and three monkeys.

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animals, bear, circus, counting, dog, elephant, exercise, horse, jumping, monkey, numbers, sequence, walking

The tightrope walker

Gervais, Benadette//Pittau, Francisco

Phil dreams of walking on a tightrope. He practices on the edge of his bed and on the clothesline. Phil walks a tightrope that takes him over fields, past Louises's house, past the city, out to the sea, into the mountains, and back home just in time for bed.

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adventures, animals, bear, bedtime, bodies of water, cat, cow, dreams, exercise, friendship, goal setting, gymnastics, imagination, moon, mountains, night, nonverbal communication, play, sea, sheep, sleep, sports, stars, whale

The sky jumps into your shoes at night

Tomkins, Jasper

The sky holds many roles and responsibilities in our lives. From every word that is spoken to every beautiful thing in nature, the sky is always present and ready to play. The sky is always with us, touching everyone of us in every moment.

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animals, bear, bodies of water, clouds, desert, fish, flowers, garden, mountains, nature, ocean, plants, rainbow, sky

The singing chick

Stenmark, Victoria

The song of a very cheerful chick cannot be stopped, even after becoming lunch. Soon the fox, the wolf, and the bear are all singing his happy song.

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animals, bear, birds, family, feelings, happiness, parents, sadness, sequence, sky, sounds, sun, wolf

The raft

LaMarche, Jim

When a boy visits his grandmother for the summer, he finds adventure along the river. By making a raft, the boy is able to interact with the nature around him. He especially enjoys drawing the animals and fishing.

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animals, art, author's note, bear, birds, cabin, crane, deer, dragonfly, exercise, family, fish, fishing, fog, fox, grandparents, insects, nature, rabbit, raccoon, recreation, river, seal, self esteem, summer, swimming, vacation

The patchwork path: A quilt map to freedom

Stroud, Bettye

Hannah and her father are slaves who decide to escape to freedom. They use the patterns in the quilt made by her mother, who passed away, to follow the Underground Railroad.

The oreo cookie counting book

Albee, Sarah

From 10 to 1, it's Oreo counting fun. Practice counting down from 10 to 1 with the help of Oreo cookies. Oh, some friends have come along to help. Turn the page and find out how many Oreos are left.

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activities, animals, baby, bear, beverage, birthday, cat, celebration, counting, dog, elephant, food, magic, numbers, nutrition, rabbit, sequence, sharing, zoo

The night after christmas

Stevenson, James

A doll and teddy bear are thrown out after Christmas, because their owners received new toys for Christmas. A dog befriends them and finds them a new home.

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animals, bear, change, christmas, coping, critical thinking, dog, dolls, feelings, friendship, holidays, loneliness, nonverbal communication, sadness, self esteem, stress management

The morning the sun refused to rise

Rounds, Glen

Although it seems impossible, there once was a day when the sun did not rise. As it turns out, the Earth's axle froze at the North Pole and the world stopped revolving. With the help of Paul Bunyan and a few friends, the earth was set in motion again.

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animals, bear, conflict resolution, folktale, geography, morning, problem solving, seasons, sun, winter

The mixed-up chameleon

Carle, Eric

A little chameleon catches flies with his sticky tongue. One day the chameleon goes to the zoo and wishes he could be like all of the animals. His wish comes true. The chameleon sees a fly but he can not catch it because he is mixed up. He wishes he could be himself again.

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amphibians, animals, appearance, bear, chameleon, change, colors, conflict resolution, decision making, deer, elephant, fly, fox, giraffe, insects, reptiles, seal, turtle, wish, zoo

The lonely doll

Wright, Dare

A little doll, Edith, is lonely when two bears come to visit her. Mr. Bear watches Edith and Little Bear for awhile, but Mr. Bear has to leave for an errand. Edith and her new friend disobey, get into trouble and are punished. Edith is afraid that Mr. Bear and Little Bear will leave which will bring back feelings of loneliness again. However, they stayed.

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animals, bear, child care, conflict resolution, decision making, disobedience, dolls, feelings, friendship, loneliness, peer resistance, self esteem, verbal communication

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