Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Franklin has a sleepover | by Bourgeois, Paulette

Franklin and Bear are excited for their first sleepover at Franklin's house. It's fun to play games, have a campfire, and campout in the livingroom with your friend. However, when it's time to go to bed, Bear and Franklin realize how scary sleepovers can be.

Keywords: animals, anticipation, bear, bedtime, camping, conflict resolution, critical thinking, emotions, excitement, fear, feelings, food, friendship, games, growing up, happiness, health, homesickness, parents, playing, pretend, sadness, safety, separation, toys, traditions, turtle

What planet are you from, Clarice Bean? | by Child, Lauren

Clarice Bean is having a hard time coming up with an idea for her project on the environment. To make matters worse, she is paired up with her tag-along neighbor, Robert Granger. Her situation looks hopeless until her brother becomes an ecowarrior in an effort to free the tree from being cut down in their neighborhood. Robert and Clarice become ecowarriors themselves, saving the tree and their project.

Oh, no! Where are my pants? | by Hopkins, Lee Bennett

Fourteen poems about everyday life tell about friends moving away, forgetting your pants and the death of a class pet. Other poems include Winter Rabbit, Play Ball, Nightmare, and My Friend Is Gone.

Keywords: animals, baseball, beach, birthday, camping, critical thinking, dancing, death, exercise, fair, feelings, friendship, moving, performance, poetry, rabbit, rhyme, sadness, school, self esteem, sports

Our tree named Steve | by Zweibel, Alan

A father writes a letter to his children about the tree that they named Steve years ago, which they has insisted on not cutting down when building their new home. The children had formed a strong bond with Steve and now, years later, the tree has fallen down in a storm. Through the friendship with Steve, the children learned about the importance of home, family and relationships.

Keywords: aging, animals, appreciation, camping, caring, change, closeness, community, correspondence, critical thinking, death, decision making, dedication, destruction, emotions, family, friendship, goal setting, home, rain, relationship, seasons, storm, tree, verbal communication, weather

Three days on a river in a red canoe | by Williams, Vera B

A boy and his brother Sam take a canoe trip with their mother and aunt and engage in a variety of adventurous activities along the way.

Keywords: birds, boat, bodies of water, camping, car, cat, family, fire, fish, fishing, fog, food, heron, island, listening, maps, moose, morning, mosquito, preparation, rainbow, recipe, recreation, rescue, river, safety, shelter, shopping, sky, sleep, stars, storytelling, sun, swimming, travel, water, weather

Sally goes to the mountains | by Huneck, Stephen

Sally, the dog, goes on a camping trip to the mountains. Sally dreams of meeting new animals including: rabbits, birds, fish, racoons, beavers, skunks, moose and bears. Will Sally really get to meet these new animals on her trip?

Keywords: animals, bear, beaver, birds, camping, critical thinking, dog, dreams, fish, food, goal setting, moose, morning, mountains, nonverbal communication, nutrition, raccoon, skunk, vacation, verbal communication

My half day | by Fisher, Doris; Sneed, Dani

The wacky fun continues as a young boy awakens to find he's missing a half-head of hair. After chugging down his glass of milk that's two-thirds gooey paste, he and his friend are off to camp for a day of fraction fun and an out-of-this world soccer game.

Keywords: animals, body parts, cactus, camping, dog, exercise, flowers, food, friendship, math, nutrition, parents, plants, time, transportation

The bat boy and his violin | by Curtis, Gavin

Reginald loves playing the violin. Every free moment Reginald practices his violin, but his dad wants him to play baseball instead. Reginald does not give up. Soon his dad realizes the value and talent that Reginald has for the violin.

Keywords: acceptance, african american, ambition, baseball, bus, camping, car, celebration, crowd, dedication, discrimination, embarrassment, encouragement, family, feelings, games, happiness, hard work, helping, history, instruments, love, mistake, multicultural, music, performance, practice, relationship, running, sports, transportation

Sleep, big bear, sleep! | by Wright, Maureen

It's time for Big Bear to hibernate, so Old Man Winter keeps telling him sleep, Big Bear, sleep. But Big Bear doesn't hear very well. He thinks Old Man Winter has told him to drive a jeep, to sweep, and to leap. Big Bear just can't seem to hear what Old Man winter is saying. Finally, Old Man Winter finds a noisy way to get Big Bear's attention.

Keywords: animals, autumn, basketball, bear, bee, birds, camping, cardinal, clouds, frog, hibernation, insects, jeep, moon, moose, mountains, owl, rabbit, seasons, sleep, snow, sounds, squirrel, tree, winter

The moon jumpers | by Udry, Janice May

A group of children, who call themselves the moon jumpers, love to play outside at night under the moon. They dance, play tag, make a camp and pretend they are on an island. When their mother calls them in to go to sleep, they dream of tomorrow's sun.

Keywords: bedtime, camping, dancing, dreams, exercise, island, jumping, moon, night, nonverbal communication, play, running, sleep, sun, verbal communication

Going west | by Waddell, Martin

A little girl experiences one of the most dramatic changes in her life. While going west to build a new home, she learns to cope with many different things. She regains hopes and dreams for her new home.

Keywords: anger, animals, bear, bodies of water, camping, change, cold, community, conflict, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, death, family, feelings, happiness, horse, mountains, neighbors, nonverbal communication, parents, pioneers, rain, river, sadness, safety, shelter, siblings, snow, stress management, transportation, verbal communication, weather

Starry night | by Spohn, David

Nate, Matt, and their dad go camping. The three enjoy the stars and each other's company. They stoke the fire and settle down for the chilly night.

Keywords: astronomy, bedtime, camping, family, feelings, fire, happiness, night, parents, recreation, siblings, sleep, stars

What dad's can't do | by Wood, Douglas

Throughout the day, a dad shows his love for his son by showing him things that he can't do alone such as pitching a baseball very fast, reading a book to himself, fishing alone, and winning at cards.

Keywords: activities, baseball, bedtime, books, camping, car, careers, caring, cooking, family, fear, feelings, fishing, food, games, hygiene, love, nonverbal communication, parents, reading, recreation, sleep, sports, transportation

Night driving | by Coy, John

When a young boy goes on a trip with his dad, they drive all night to get to the mountains. During the trip, the little boy learns many things from his father as they share many activities along the way.

Keywords: animals, baseball, camping, car, companion, deer, family, food, moon, mountains, night, nutrition, parents, radio, restaurant, sports, stars, technology, transportation, travel, truck

Addie runs away | by Robins, Joan

Addie's parents want to send her to camp. She thinks that they do not want her anymore, so she runs away. Her friend, Max, tells her camp is fun and they decide to go to camp together.

Keywords: camping, exercise, family, fear, feelings, friendship, independence, neighbors, parents, play, recreation, running, running away

The cut-ups at camp custer | by Marshall, James

Two boys are cut-ups at school. They go to summmer camp and are framed for pranks that they never did.

Keywords: camping, conflict resolution, critical thinking, deception, friendship, misbehavior, school

Amelia bedelia goes camping | by Parish, Peggy

Amelia Bedielia follows exact instructions given to her on a camping trip, including rowing boats and pitching the tent.

Keywords: boat, camping, confusion, decision making, literal interpretation, recreation, stress management, travel, verbal communication

Zelda and ivy and the boy next door | by 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.

Keywords: 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

The pipkins go camping | by Wahl, Jan

Cabin fever strikes the Pipkins and sends them on a journey through the wilderness. Lack of foresight, planning, and common sense is comical throughout the story.

Keywords: camping, critical thinking, decision making, family, fun, goal setting, homesickness, lost, nonverbal communication, preparation, recreation, seasons, snow, spring, storm, stress management, travel, verbal communication, weather, winter

Camp-out | by Maynard, Joyce

A family decides to go camping. They do many fun and exciting things, including swimming, sleeping in sleeping bags, and cooking over a campfire.

Keywords: camping, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, exercise, family, food, goal setting, nature, nonverbal communication, nutrition, recreation, sleep, swimming, verbal communication

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