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Cloudy with a chance of meatballs

Barrett, Judi

Grandpa tells a bedtime story about a town where all the food came from the sky in rain, snow, hurricane, and tornado forms. It becomes a disaster, and people flee to a new town.

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animals, change, community, conflict resolution, food, grandparents, grief, happiness, humor, hurricane, moving, nonverbal communication, rain, sadness, snow, storm, survival, tornado, weather

Now I'm big

Miller, Margaret

Six children share pictures of themselves when they were babies. They describe the things that they used to do for fun and compare it to all of the things they can do now - all by themselves.

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accomplishment, bedtime, change, comparisons, growing up, learning, nonverbal communication, photograph, self esteem

In a letter to his children, a father reflects upon the importance of a good friend and the value of a place to feel safe and secure. The father recalls various memories of his family as it has grown in relationship to a favorite tree that had been part of their lives since they built their home. The tree seems to help the family through many events but does not withstand a huge storm. The father uses the wood to build a tree house to continue its importance to the family.

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aging, appreciation, camping, caring, change, community, conflict resolution, correspondence, critical thinking, death, decision making, dedication, destruction, dog, emotions, family, feelings, friendship, goal setting, happiness, home, jumping, loss, moving, neighbors, parents, peace, plants, rain, relationship, sadness, safety, seasons, siblings, sleep, spring, storm, storytelling, summer, swinging, tree, verbal communication, weather, winter, writing

Every autumn comes the bear

Arnosky, Jim

A bear wakes up in autumn to get food and eventually hibernate. The big bear scares all the other animals.

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animals, assertiveness, autumn, bear, change, hunger, nonverbal communication, raccoon, wilderness, woods

Meteor!

Polacco, Patricia

A meteor crashes into the Gaw's front yard and changes the quiet communitylives forever.

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change, community, family, nature, self esteem

The new friend

Zolotow, C.

A little girl's best friend finds a new friend to play with. The little girl hopes she finds a new friend too.

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change, coping, friendship, play, self esteem

A tiger called thomas

Zolotow, C.

A tiger family moves and Thomas worries that no one will like him in his new home.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, family, feelings, moving, self esteem, shelter, worry

From this to that

Jennison, Keith

This book describes things that change, including how a spruce tree becomes this book.

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books, change, critical thinking, growing up, plants

Louis the fish

Yorinks, Arthurs

Louis inherits his father's meat store after he dies. Louis never like meat and prefers fish. He eventually turns into a fish himself.

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careers, change, coping, death, family, fish, food, nutrition, parents, responsibilities

Sail away

Crews, Donald

A family enjoys a day of sailing in their sailboat. During their sail, they observe how the weather changes throughout the day.

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activities, boat, bodies of water, change, family, observation, transportation, weather

The eensy-weensy spider

Hoberman, Mary Ann

Travel beyond the waterspout -- out into the garden, pond, brook, shoe store, and even the park with this determined spring-loving spider. Sing the all-time classic tune or just read with rhythm!This book will catch you in its colorful web and keep you on your toes as you advance beyond the traditional limits.

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acceptance, accidents, accomplishment, activities, adventures, affection, amphibians, anticipation, baby, bath, bedtime, beetle, birds, bodies of water, body parts, brook, bully, butterfly, caring, caterpillar, change, climbing, clothing, colors, community, companion, compromise, confidence, conflict resolution, cooperation, counting, courage, curiosity, cycle, dancing, decision making, determination, direction, discovery, dragonfly, duck, environment, exercise, family, fish, flowers, frog, fun, garden, grasshopper, injury, insects, instruments, language, morning, moving, music, nature, numbers, parade, parents, park, plants, pond, practice, rain, rhyme, routine, seasons, sharing, shopping, skipping, sleep, song, spider, spring, success, sun, swimming, travel, verbal communication, walking, weather, worm

Sophie and the new baby

Anholt, Laurence

A new baby is coming, and Sophie's going to be a big sister!She helps her mother and father prepare for the arrival of the baby, but when her little brother is born, she wishes that her family could give him back!Sophie slowly begins to realize that having a new brother might not be so bad after all.

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acceptance, affection, anticipation, appreciation, attention, autumn, baby, birth, carriage, change, cold, conflict resolution, confusion, decision making, disappointment, dolls, family, feelings, giving, jealousy, loneliness, moon, morning, night, nonverbal communication, parents, patience, pregnancy, preparation, resentment, seasons, secrets, snow, spring, sun, verbal communication, walking, winter, woods

Pushkin meets the bundle

Ziefert, Harriet M.

Pushkin lives with Kate and Michael. Kate and Michael took Pushkin everywhere and did everything with him. That is, until one day when Kate and Michael brought home a bundle. They started paying attention to the bundle and not to Pushkin. The bundle was a baby. Pushkin does everything in his power to get Michael and Kate's attention. The baby always cries, too. Finally, Pushkin decides to do some of his tricks and the baby started laughing. The baby and Pushkin were best friends from then on.

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acceptance, affection, baby, baseball, change, competition, conflict, conflict resolution, dog, exercise, family, gymnastics, jealousy, loss, nonverbal communication, parents, relationship

Stranger in the mirror

Say, Allen

Sam, a young Asian American boy, realizes first hand what it is like to be an old man. He wakes up one morning with a much older look, but is the same young boy on the inside. He has a difficult time convincing his family and friends that he is the same boy they all know.

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acceptance, aging, appearance, asian american, change, conflict resolution, confusion, coping, culture, differences, doctor, dreams, exercise, family, feelings, generations, health, identity, loneliness, mirror, parents, running away, sadness, school, siblings, skating, stereotypes, teasing

So far from the sea

Bunting, Eve

Laura and her family are moving, so they are coming to visit the Manzanar War Relocation Center one last time. Years ago, this center was used to house anyone living in the United States that were of Japanese descent. These people were forced to leave their homes and come to the center because Japan bombed the United States. The center is bare now except for all of the memories and the cemetary, including her grandfather's grave.

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acceptance, airplane, american, anger, anticipation, assertiveness, author's note, awareness, bias, bravery, change, citizen, cold, community, conflict, confusion, critical thinking, crow, culture, death, differences, discrimination, diversity, family, fear, feelings, flowers, forgiveness, generations, ghosts, grandparents, growing up, history, illness, japanese, loss, memories, monuments, mountains, moving, prison, sea, sky, snow, survival, verbal communication, war

The cats of mrs. calamari

Stadler, John

Mrs. Calamari moves into a new apartment and the landlord tells her No cats allowed! Mrs. Calamari is not about to put her cats out on the street, she'll have to think of something. Mrs. Calamari and her cats become friends to the landlord and he accepts them.

Wemberly worried

Henkes, Kevin

A young mouse named Wemberky worries about everything. Now she faces her biggest worry, the first day of school. Find out what Wemberly will do with so many worries to worry about!

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acceptance, animals, bath, bedtime, birthday, body parts, butterfly, car, change, confidence, conflict resolution, dolls, emotions, encouragement, family, feelings, friendship, grandparents, halloween, happiness, holidays, imagination, mouse, noise, parents, party, playground, playing, rabbit, relief, school, self esteem, shyness, stress management, verbal communication, worry

Good-bye, house

Ballard, Robin

A little girl copes with moving to a new house with mama and papa. Before they leave for the new house, the girl says good-bye to the old house and all the rooms in it. When they arrive at the new house, she decides the change is not as bad as she thought.

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acceptance, animals, cat, change, coping, courage, family, feelings, food, growing up, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, sadness, stress management, toys, transportation, truck, worry

Leo the late bloomer

Kraus, Robert

Leo is a young tiger that is developing slowly. His father watches him over a season and notices that Leo does not grow. One day, Leo blooms and he is the best tiger in the whole kingdom.

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acceptance, animals, body image, change, conflict resolution, coping, differences, family, food, growing up, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, tiger, verbal communication

Englebert the elephant

Paxton, Tom

An elephant is invited to the Queen's royal ball by mistake. When he first appears at the ball, he is a shock to everyone, but soon everyone grows to love him.

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acceptance, animals, change, elephant, friendship, individuality, nonverbal communication, party, royalty, surprises

Dandelion

Freeman, Don

A lion tries to impress his friends through fashion and materialistic things. He is very lonely. It is when he is forced to be himself that he finds the acceptance of his friends.

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acceptance, animals, change, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, feelings, friendship, lion, loneliness, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem

Prairie storms

Pattison, Darcy

Cozy up for this great rainy day read! Prairie Storms gives you a front row seat to learn about a year of ever-changing prairie weather, and how the animals living in these grasslands adapt and survive in this harsh climate. Each month, read about a new animal, and learn about everything from prairie chicken can survive the January snows to how an earless lizard escapes the harsh, unrelenting drought of August. Told in lyrical prose, this story is a celebration of the great American prairies.

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animals, author's note, barn, biology, birds, bodies of water, buffalo, change, comparisons, cougar, crane, deer, eagle, fall, flowers, fog, fox, geography, grasslands, groundhog, habitat, illustrator's note, lightning, lizard, map, month, mouse, nest, owl, plants, prairie dog, rain, rainbow, science, seasons, sequence, skunk, sleet, snow, spring, storm, summer, weather, winter

The blue faience hippopotamus

Grant, Joan Marshall

A hippopotamus falls in love with an Egyptian princess. He finds a magician who turns him into a statue. The princess discovers the statue and there is a surprise ending.

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acceptance, animals, assertiveness, baby, change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, egyptian, fable, feelings, hippopotamus, love, magic, multicultural, stress management, surprises, verbal communication, wish

The beautiful christmas tree

Zolotow, Charlotte

Mr. Crockett moved into a new apartment. Before Mr. Crockett moved in, the apartment was run down, but Mr. Crockett worked hard to make the apartment beautiful. His neighbors did not appreciate his hard work or planted tree. The neighbors thought it was ugly, but years passed and Mr. Crockett's tree grew and his neighbors enjoyed it.

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acceptance, aging, autumn, birds, bluejay, canary, cardinal, change, christmas, community, differences, dove, environment, flowers, friendship, hard work, holidays, neighbors, nonverbal communication, pride, robin, seasons, self esteem, spring, summer, tree, uniqueness, winter

Tico and the golden wings

Lionni, Leo

Tico, a bird, is born without wings. When he receives a golden pair of wings after wishing for them, he is not accepted by the other birds. After he gives his golden feathers away, he is accepted by his fellow birds.

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acceptance, assertiveness, bias, birds, change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, peer resistance, self esteem, stereotypes, uniqueness

It happened in pinsk

Yorinks, A.

Irv Irving is not happy with his life. He wants fame and fortune. One day, Irv loses his identity and everyone mistakes him for someone else. After he finally retrieves his identity, he realizes what he has and becomes content.

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acceptance, assertiveness, boredom, change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, fame, feelings, fortune, frustration, individuality, jealousy, mistake, misunderstanding, refusal skills, uniqueness, verbal communication

Jesse's dream skirt

Mack, Bruce

Jesse always likes to wrap himself up and try on his mother's old dresses. He has a dream skirt which his mother helped him make. When he wears it to school, all the children have something to say.

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acceptance, assertiveness, change, clothing, conflict resolution, differences, discrimination, family, learning, nonverbal communication, parents, peer resistance, school, self esteem, sexuality, verbal communication

The backyard

Collier, John

A flashback through time of the exciting past of a child's backyard. The child's imagination runs wild as he visualizes the various turns of the changing land and the people which were effected.

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acceptance, change, critical thinking, dreams, forest, growing up, history, mountains, nature, ocean, parents, sea, verbal communication, vision

Hildilid's night

Ryan, C

An old woman hates the night and decides to try to get rid of it. One evening, she stays up and tries to catch the night, but is unsuccessful. When the sun arises, she is so tired she cannot enjoy the sunlight.

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acceptance, change, creativity, decision making, determination, fear, feelings, goal setting, night, nonverbal communication, sun

No friends

Stevenson, James

Mary and Louie have just moved into a new neighborhood. They are worried because they do not have any friends. Their grandpa tells them about when he moved to a new neighborhood when he was young.

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acceptance, change, coping, family, feelings, friendship, grandparents, loneliness, memories, moving, peer resistance, self esteem, storytelling

Addie meets max

Robins, Joan

Addie is reluctant to befriend her new neighbor Max, expecially after they run into each other when riding bikes. Eventually Addie's mom sets up a luncheon between the two of them. Addie begins to like Max and they become friends.

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acceptance, accidents, assertiveness, bicycle, biking, change, compromise, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, food, friendship, jealousy, neighbors, nutrition, peer resistance, play, transportation

Nobody asked me if I wanted a little sister

Alexander, Martha

Oliver's new baby sister gets a lot of attention and he feels neglected. He tries to give his sister away, but realizes that she wants to be with him. Oliver discovers that he will have a playmate when she is a little older.

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acceptance, baby, change, conflict resolution, coping, family, jealousy, love, siblings

Benjie

Lexau, Joan M.

Benjie's granny loses her earring on the way home from church, so bashful Benjie sets out to look for it while his granny is takng a nap. He finds the earring, but in the process he loses his bashfulness.

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accomplishment, adventures, african american, assertiveness, bravery, change, disappearance, exploration, family, goal setting, grandparents, lost, multicultural, shyness, sleep, success, unselfish, verbal communication

The character in the book

Zemach, Kaethe

Although the character in this book enjoys his life immensely, he is ecstatic to receive an invitation to visit his Auntie in another book. There's just one problem: he can't figure out how to get out of his book! After many attempts, he is finally able to hop, skip, whirl, twirl, skate, scoot, and crawl his way through his book and into some new adventures in his Auntie's book.

Look out kindergarten, here I come

Carlson, Nancy

Henry can't wait for his first day of kindergarten to begin!He imagines all the wonderful things that he and his classmates will do. When he arrives at school, Henry becomes frightened that he will get lost and won't enjoy all of his new classmates. When his teacher invites him in and shows him all the neat activities, Henry realizes again how much fun kindergarten will be!

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activities, animals, art, change, clothing, colors, confidence, curiosity, dentist, encouragement, excitement, family, fear, feelings, fun, games, growing up, math, mouse, numbers, playing, school, spelling, walking

My special family

McCully, Emily Arnold

Little Sarah, the bear, feels her family doesn't care for her anymore especially with the adoption of Blanche. Sarah decides to runaway and find her real family.

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adoption, animals, bear, change, coping, family, feelings, loneliness, sadness

My little foster sister

Stanek, Muriel

An only child is upset about a foster child temporarily living in her home, but then she grows to love the child as a sister. A bond grows between them through reading, singing, and playing together. The little girl grieves when the foster child is adopted by her aunt and uncle.

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adoption, assertiveness, change, coping, family, feelings, foster care, jealousy, loneliness, loss, play, reading, refusal skills, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

Gotta go!Gotta go!

Swope, Sam

A bug crawls all the way out of her skin! She sleeps then she blossoms into a beautiful butterfly. On her journey, she repeats her chant, Gotta Go! Gotta Go To Mexico! to all the insects and animals along her way. When her destination is reached, she flutters and dances around in the warm sky with her companion. A bug returns, lays her eggs, and the cycle of life is repeated again and again.

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adventures, aging, animals, ant, appearance, author's note, baby, birth, butterfly, caterpillar, challenges, change, cocoon, colors, companion, confidence, courage, cycle, dancing, discovery, environment, farm, flowers, food, forest, grasshopper, growing up, happiness, hibernation, insects, mexican, migration, morning, nature, nonverbal communication, overeating, relationship, reproduction, rhyme, seasons, sleep, travel, verbal communication, weather, winter

Arlene sardine

Raschka, Chris

Have you ever wanted to be a sardine?Arlene does, but there are many steps to go through first. From going into the nets, to the factory, and finally into a can. Arlene becomes a sardine right before your eyes.

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adventures, animals, anticipation, bodies of water, change, death, dreams, fish, fishing, food, friendship, habitat, machines, preparation, sequence, swimming, water

The seasons and someone

Kroll, Virginia

Have you ever wondered what the seasons are like in the northern most parts of the world?As a little girl passes through the seasons, you experience the changes of the land with her.

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adventures, change, excitement, feelings, geography, nonverbal communication, sadness, seasons, summer, winter

The wishing chair

Dupre, Rick

Eldon grows up from his childhood into this teenage years. He realizes that his wishes could come true through his actions and what he does for others.

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adventures, change, critical thinking, decision making, growing up, helping, learning, moving, responsibilities, self esteem, wish

Amos: The story of an old dog and his couch

Seligson, Susan//Schneider, Howie

An old dog is bored and sad because the kids are all grown up and the Bobsons are always gone. He later discovers he can make new friends and his couch can go places if he uses his imagination.

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adventures, animals, boredom, change, decision making, dog, feelings, friendship, growing up, imagination, loneliness, pets, sadness, travel

The black snowman

Mendez, Phil

Jacob, a young African American boy, lives with his poverty striken family in the city. He dislikes his culture, life and heritage and is filled with hate. It takes some special magic to change his ideas.

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african american, anger, body image, change, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, growing up, magic, multicultural, nonverbal communication, poverty, seasons, self esteem, traditions, verbal communication

Stevie

Steptoe, John

A young African American boy feels jealous and angry when his mother accepts a new babysitting job for a younger child. It is only until the boy moves away that he realizes how much fun he had with him.

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african american, anger, change, child care, coping, critical thinking, decision making, differences, family, feelings, friendship, jealousy, moving, parents, peer resistance, self esteem

What's wrong with julio

Ormsby, Virginia

Julio has just moved to the United States and does not speak English. At school he always causes trouble. When the school realizes his parents did not come to the United States with him, they have a fundraiser so that he can call home.

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aggression, assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, coping, diversity, family, feelings, friendship, loneliness, multicultural, parents, school, self esteem, spanish, teamwork, verbal communication

Billy, the condominium cat

Slobodkina, Esphyr

Billy, an old cat, retires with his owner to a condo in Florida. When they visit their former hometown, they reminise about when they were younger. In the end, they appreciate their present place in life.

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aging, animals, cat, change, critical thinking, feelings, growing up, happiness, memories, moving, retirement, self esteem, shelter

Captain whiz-bang

Stanley, Diane

Annie and her cat Whiz-bang do everything together. Whiz-bang is lonely when Annie goes away, but he is happy to find a new friend.

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aging, animals, cat, change, coping, feelings, friendship, growing up, happiness, moving, relationship, sadness

The king's equal

Paterson, Katherine

An obnoxious prince is very greedy. His father, the King, is dying and says that the son could not become King unless he found an equal in intelligence, beauty, and wealth. Rosamund was a poor girl who was kind and wise. Surprisingly, she changes the ways of the prince and becomes Queen.

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aging, assertiveness, beauty, change, conflict resolution, coping, greed, kindness, royalty

Hard to be six

Adoff, Arnold

This is one little boy's story of coming to accept his age. He feels inferior to his big ten year old sister and he longs to be old like her. It is not until he talks to his grandmother and sees his grandfather's grave that he realizes that life at any age is hard.

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african american, aging, birthday, change, death, family, grandparents, holidays, loss, love, multicultural, parents, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

A tale of stolen time

Schwartz, Evgeny

Peter is a lazy boy that never does his homework. He soon falls behind all the other students. Peter always thinks he will have time to catch up. Until one day, he becomes an old man.

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aging, change, critical thinking, decision making, growing up, laziness, refusal skills, responsibilities, school, stress management

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