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Moira's birthday

Munsch, Robert

Moira's birthday wish is to have a party with all of the kids in the school from kindergarten to sixth grade. She orders 200 pizzas and 200 birthday cakes. What will her parents do?

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birthday, celebration, chaos, cleanliness, conflict, critical thinking, family, food, friendship, goal setting, nutrition, parents, peer resistance, presents, stress management, teamwork, verbal communication, wish

Helene-Angel is the only person in her class to have to wait for her brother, Mauricio to walk her home. On their walk home, a group of boys decide to pick on her. Her brother is out-numbered so the boys paint her white. She is devastated and refuses to leave her room. Find out how her grandma helps her overcome her fears.

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acceptance, african, aggression, american, apathy, appreciation, awareness, behavior, beliefs, bravery, challenges, chaos, family, feelings, frustration, mischief, multicultural, persistence, racism, resentment, stereotypes, support, uniqueness

Emma and the silk train

Lawson, Julie

The silk trains that constantly cross the tracks near Emma's house fascinate her and spark her imagination of having silk clothing of her own. Her whole town is set into a frenzy when one of the trains derails, and in her attempt to snag a beautiful swatch of red silk in the river, she is swept away. Her rescue is dramatic and exciting.

In enzo's splendid gardens

Polacco, Patricia

A young boy eating at a restaruant notices a bee on a tree and drops his book on the ground which causes the waiter to trip and tip his tray. One event leads to another as the mess gets worse and worse. Drinks are spilled, a man falls onto the dessert tray and a pot full of spaghetti falls onto a cat. All of this chaos occurs because a bee landed on a tree!

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accidents, animals, bee, beverage, books, careers, cat, chaos, fire engine, food, garden, insects, nutrition, rescue, restaurant, rhyme, sequence

Oops

Mayer, Mercer

Hippo causes accidents wherever she goes and always says oops.

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accidents, animals, chaos, critical thinking, decision making, hippopotamus, problem solving, self esteem

Good morning, city

Moore, Elaine

In a typical city, the morning dawns. Have you ever wondered what goes on before the sun rises while you are still in bed?

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activities, appearance, careers, chaos, critical thinking, hard work, machines, morning, noise, school, sky, time, transportation

You can't take a balloon into the metropolitan museum

Weitzman, Jacqueline

A little girl spends a day with her grandma at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. When the little girl decides to bring along her bright yellow balloon, a security guard sees her and quickly tells her that she can't bring it in. He assures her he will watch over it as she views the exhibits, but the task ends up being more work than he ever imagined. (A Wordless Book).

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adventures, african, animals, art, balloon, beauty, birds, boat, chaos, clowns, collection, culture, disappearance, dog, egyptian, escape, exercise, frustration, grandparents, history, humor, instruments, multicultural, museum, music, observation, park, performance, pigeon, relief, skating, transportation, travel, wedding, zoo

The day the goose got loose

Lindbergh, Reeve

The goose gets loose and causes all kinds of racket around the farm. If the brother hadn't known why the goose got loose who knows what might have happened?

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adventures, animals, bull, chaos, cow, critical thinking, family, goose, horse, parents, problem solving, sheep, siblings

The awful aardvarks go to school

Lindberg, Reeve

Some mischievous aardvarks visit school and create chaos in the class. The other animals in the class do not like the aardvarks' behavior and the aardvarks are expelled.

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aardvark, alliteration, alphabet, animals, chaos, misbehavior, mischief, rhyme, school, sequence

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 awful aardvarks shop for school

Lindbergh, Reeve

This morning the aardvarks are going to the mall for back-to-school shopping. They have a list prepared for backpacks, lunch boxes, school supplies, and more. However, while following their list, they continue to add new items, making for a crazy and chaotic day.

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aardvark, animals, autumn, bear, behavior, books, chaos, clothing, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, food, glasses, misbehavior, nutrition, rabbit, rhinoceros, rhyme, running, school, shopping, skating, skiing, sports, worry

I took my frog to the library

Kimmel, Eric A.

Bridgett has many unusual animals as pets. Each day she tries to take a different animal to the library with her. Each animal creates a mess in one way or another.

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animals, birds, chaos, chicken, elephant, frog, giraffe, library, listening, mischief, nonverbal communication, pelican, pets, reptiles, snake

The christmas tree tangle

Mahy, Margaret

A litte kitten climbs to the top of a Christmas tree and gets stuck -all the others try to help, and end with a animal decorated tree.

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animals, bravery, cat, chaos, christmas, courage, critical thinking, decision making, dog, goal setting, goat, helping, holidays, nonverbal communication, pig, plants

The howling dog

Pearson, Tracey Campbell

A howling dog howls and barks all night until the entire town is awake. The howling dog is no longer lonely, so she stops howling and barking. The town goes back to sleep and so does the howling dog.

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animals, bedtime, cat, chaos, community, confusion, dog, loneliness, mischief, night, sleep

Up a tree

Lubell, Winifred//Lubell, Cecil

A cat named Kira, who is very set in her ways is chased up a tree by the neighbor's dog. Kira's family tries to get her to come down but she won't until she's ready -see what the reason is.

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animals, cat, chaos, critical thinking, decision making, dog, family, neighbors, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

Martha and skits

Meddaugh, Susan

The whole family, including Martha, the talking dog, is excited when Skits arrives. Skits is a young and mischievious dog. As he grows, the family thinks that it is time to give him alphabet soup so he will be able to talk. However, it doesn't have the same effect on Skits as it did on Martha. At first everyone is sad, especially Skits, until they discover his other talents.

Pigs

Munsch, Robert

A little girl opens the gate to feed the pigs. All the pigs go running out and she must retrieve them.

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animals, assertiveness, chaos, exercise, family, food, nonverbal communication, pig, rescue, responsibilities, running, running away, verbal communication

Popsicle pony

Stover, Jill

Popsicle Pete had a pony named Chiefy who had a taste for a variety of snacks found around the town. Chiefy got his snacks while Popsicle Pete traveled around the town selling popsicles to children. When Popsicle Pete gets sick and goes into the hospital, Chiefy takes charge and leads everyone during the county parade.

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animals, business, celebration, chaos, excitement, food, friendship, fun, helping, horse, nutrition, parade, seasons, summer, verbal communication

10 minutes till bedtime

Rathmann, Peggy

When dad yells 10 minutes till bedtime, the hamster parade shows up to take you on a tour to get ready for bed. From the kitchen to the bath and the bedroom the hamsters help along each step of the way to make getting ready for bed fun.

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animation, bath, bedtime, books, chaos, counting, creativity, family, fun, hygiene, love, numbers, parents, routine, sequence, teeth, time, toys

Arthur yorinks' the flying latke

Yorinks, Arthur

A traditional family celebration of Hanukkah turns into a national emergency when a minor dispute between family members triggers a food fight that sends a latke flying out the window into outer space. The flying potato pancake is mistaken for a UFO by news reporters which forces the family to remain in the house with only the company of each other and the remaining plate of latkes to survive on for eight days and nights. In the end, they learn to get along and the true meaning of Hanukkah is shared.

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argument, celebration, chaos, conflict resolution, family, food, hanukkah, hebrew, holidays, humor, Jewish, miracle, multicultural, nonverbal communication, photograph, relationship, sharing, traditions

The turnaround wind

Lobel, Arnold

Everyone goes out to enjoy the beautiful day. A troublesome wind comes blowing through but leaves quickly. Everyone is still happy after the wind left.

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baby, chaos, day, nonverbal communication, royalty, sun, weather, wind

David goes to school

Shannon, David

David is quite the mischievous student, full of energy and always keeping his teacher on her toes. His entertaining antics make it impossible not to enjoy him.

The king's stilts

Seuss, Dr.

King Bistram's stilts are taken away and he becomes depressed. His kingdom, which is surrounded by the sea, is sabotaged by an awful lord. Because the king is so depressed, he neglects his duties and the city is in danger of becoming flooded, until his page boy comes to the rescue.

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assertiveness, bodies of water, chaos, critical thinking, decision making, depression, diseases, fantasy, feelings, imagination, nature, play, robbery, royalty, sea

Stella louella's runaway book

Ernst, Lisa Campbell

Stella Louella cannot seem to find her library book that is due at 5:00 All day, she tracks down its whereabouts along with others in the community who have seen the book along its trip. Find out where the book ends up.

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books, chaos, community, conflict, conflict resolution, disappearance, family, feelings, helping, library, lost, neighbors, parents, relief, responsibilities, time, worry

The cut-ups (Los bromistas)

Marshall, James

Spud Jenkins and Joe Turner are a couple of boys who have wild imaginations, create chaos through their neighborhood, help a girl get some toys and start off on the wrong foot with the assistant principal.

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car, chaos, curiosity, deception, imagination, misbehavior, mischief, neighbors, school, toys, transportation

Preep: The little pigeon of trafalgar square

Shulman, Milton

An odd little pigeon is taken from Trafalgar Square. All the rest of the pigeons go on strike until he is returned. Life returns to normal when the little pigeon is returned.

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birds, celebration, change, chaos, coping, england, loneliness, lost, multicultural, pigeon, separation, stress management, teamwork

Bearsie bear and the surprise sleepover party

Waber, Bernard

Bearsie bear is all snuggly in his bed when Moosie moose arrives. This is when all the chaos starts. After Moosie moose arrives, Goosie goose, Foxie fox, Cowsie cow, and finally Porkie porcupine stop by for a visit. Everyone jumps out when Porkie porcupine gets into bed. In the end, they all sleep peacefully during the surprise sleepover party.

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animals, bear, bedtime, birds, celebration, chaos, cold, conflict resolution, cow, feelings, fox, goose, moose, night, party, porcupine, sleep, surprises, temperature, verbal communication

Pigs in the mud in the middle of the road

Plourde, Lynn

There are pigs blocking the road!Grandma knows what to do though -- shoo them out of the way!The whole family moves the pigs, hens, sheep, and bulls out of the way so their car can get through.

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animals, assertiveness, bull, car, chaos, family, goal setting, grandparents, nonverbal communication, parents, pig, problem solving, sheep, siblings, transportation, verbal communication

Alexander, who's not (do you hear me?I mean it!) going to move

Viorst, Judith

Alexander loves his home, friends, and his life the way it is. Faced with a move to another town, Alexander becomes agitated and upset. In time he finds a way to adjust.

Alpha and the dirty baby

Cole, Brock

Alpha's parents get replaced one day with two of the devils' imps. The imps bring their dirty baby and mess up Alpha's house. When the imps go to sleep, Alpha washes the house and the baby, which upsets the imps, so they bring back her parents and leave.

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assertiveness, chaos, cleanliness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, devils, family, hygiene, parents, peer resistance, refusal skills

Tacky in trouble

Lester, Helen

Tacky the penguin always seems to be getting himself in trouble. This time, while he is surfing, he lands on a tropical island. An elephant named Rocky is envious of Tacky's pretty flowered shirt. He almost doesn't get home because Rocky wants him to decorate his table. Thanks to Tacky's quick thinking, he leaves the island safely.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, bodies of water, chaos, cold, creativity, dancing, differences, elephant, exercise, flowers, ice, island, mistake, ocean, penguin, plants, problem solving, travel, verbal communication, weather, wind

Jonathan cleaned up, then he heard a sound

Munsch, Robert

Jonathon finally cleans his house -- but then he hears a noise. A wall in his house opens up and people rush through the house making a big mess. A computer is broken and a subway mistakes his house for a stop.

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accidents, assertiveness, chaos, cleanliness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, machines, noise, problem solving, refusal skills, revenge, shelter, sounds, technology, train, transportation, verbal communication

The owl scatterer

Norman, Howard

Owls overrun the village of Big Footprint Lake. Little does the town know that the old lonely man by the lake can help them. Jake scatters the owls and reminds the town of how useful he is!

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assertiveness, birds, bodies of water, chaos, community, conflict resolution, goal setting, heroism, lake, loneliness, nonverbal communication, owl, rescue

Midnight pillow fight

Ormerod, Jan

Polly wakes up in the middle of the night and wants to play with her pillow. Polly and her pillow play and dance with other pillows in the house and then a pillow fight breaks out. Polly's feelings get hurt, but the other pillows make sure she is okay.

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bedtime, chaos, conflict resolution, dancing, exercise, feelings, fight, imagination, loneliness, mischief, night, nonverbal communication, play, resolution, sadness, sleep

Do you see a mouse?

Waber, Bernard

There could not possibly be a mouse at the Park Snoot Hotel could there?The hotel staff did not see a mouse as they make their rounds through the hotel. When the mouse catchers extraordinaire, Hyde and Snide, come to the hotel, they do not find a mouse. The clever mouse gets to keep his nice home at the hotel because no one can find him.

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animals, attention, awareness, business, chaos, critical thinking, deception, mouse, shelter, sly, success, verbal communication

Who bop?

London, Jonathon

Join this celebration of dance and jazz music!A cat named Jazz-Bo leads a band that plays at the sock hop. All the animals gather together for a fun time of dance and rhyme.

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animals, assertiveness, body parts, cat, celebration, chaos, dancing, diversity, dog, exercise, feelings, frog, happiness, hare, instruments, lion, party, rhyme, rhythm, sheep, snake

Imogene's antlers

Small, David

A young girl named Imogene awakes one morning to find that she has grown antlers. No one can figure out what the cause is?!The next morning, Imogene's antlers have disappeared but her family is in for another surprise!

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acceptance, change, chaos, confusion, family, fantasy, investigation, mystery, surprises

50 below zero

Munsch, Robert

Jason is repeatedly awakened from the noises his father makes when he is sleep walking. The last straw is when he finds him outside in the snow with only his pajamas on.

Frog goes to dinner

Mayer, Mercer

A boy goes to a fancy dinner with his family and in his pocket brings along his pet frog. When the frog gets loose, all kinds of disasters happen.

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amphibians, chaos, disobedience, family, food, frog, nonverbal communication, nutrition, pets

One big wish

Williams, Jay

Farmer Fred has been given one wish so he wishes that all of his future wishes come true. This wish ends up getting him into trouble and things get out of control.

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anticipation, careers, chaos, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, greed, magic, verbal communication

Katie's trunk

Turner, Ann//Himler, R.

Katie hides in her mother's wedding trunk when the British rebels comes to search her house during the American Revolution. Katie gets scared because it is hard for her to breathe. Someone finally opens the trunk so she can breathe again.

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assertiveness, bravery, chaos, confusion, coping, critical thinking, decision making, english, family, fear, food, history, memories, multicultural, parents, war

Never poke a squid

Cazet, Denys

Arnie and Raymond come home from a Halloween celebration at school. Arnie's mother asks them all about the adventures of the day. They tell her about decorating the classroom, playing games, and marching in a parade. After their story, they go off to trick-or-treat.

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animals, calendar, celebration, chaos, conflict resolution, dancing, dog, family, food, friendship, frog, games, halloween, hippopotamus, holidays, language, math, parade, party, pig, rabbit, school, spanish, teaching, verbal communication

The stinky cheese man and other fairly stupid tales

Scieszka, Jon//Smith, Lane

A collection of about fifteen different children's stories. All the stories have a humorous twist to them.

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activities, adventures, change, chaos, humor, storytelling

"Stand back" said the elephant. I'm going to sneeze!

Thomas, Patricia

When an elephant announces that he is going to sneeze, all of the animals panic. If he sneezes, chaos will erupt by feathers flying off birds and stripes leaving zebras. Fortunately, the mouse has a plan, and it is up to him to save the animals from the elephant's devastating sneeze.

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animals, bear, bee, chaos, consequences, critical thinking, crocodile, elephant, giraffe, health, helping, hippopotamus, hygiene, illness, insects, kangaroo, manners, monkey, mouse, preparation, problem solving, zebra

Eppie m. says...

Dunrea, Olivier

Ben Salem worships his older sister, Eppie M., and will do anything she proposes. Since Eppie M. knows the effect she has on her brother, the things she proposes are off-the-wall. Ben ends up in some ludicrous situations.

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challenges, chaos, exploration, family, mischief, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, siblings, trust, verbal communication

There's a cow in the road!

Lindbergh, Reeve

As this girl gets ready for school, a cow and many other animals show up outside of her house. When the bus finally comes, there is chaos with people, cars, and animals in the neighborhood.

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animals, bus, car, chaos, cleanliness, cow, goat, goose, horse, hygiene, neighbors, pig, rhyme, school, sheep, time, transportation

Friday night at hodges's cafe

Egan, Tim

When three tigers walk into an elephant's cafe and start causing trouble, a duck fights back. As the tigers ask to eat each animal in the cafe, a food fight begins. When a pie hits the head tiger and he gets a taste of it, the good food is appreciated.

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animals, birds, chaos, conflict resolution, duck, elephant, fight, five senses, food, fun, nonverbal communication, nutrition, pig, taste, tiger, verbal communication

Show and tell

Munsch, Robert

It's show-and-tell day, and Benjamin wants to take in something extra special to school. When he decides to take his baby sister, it causes quite a commotion until mom shows up and saves the day.

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baby, chaos, confusion, critical thinking, doctor, excitement, family, feelings, frustration, helping, parents, performance, school, sharing, siblings, verbal communication

Aunt pitty's patty's piggy

Aylesworth, Jim

Aunt Pitty Patty and her niece Nelly bring a pig home from the market. But the pig won't enter the gate to Aunt Pitty Patty's yard. Nelly seeks out the help of others to get the pig through the gate but no one is willing. Nelly problem solves to get others to help and they get the pig through the gate before dinner.

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animals, assertiveness, cat, challenges, chaos, compromise, cow, dog, farm, fire, ox, pig, water

The old pirate of central park

Priest, Robert

An old pirate who lives in New York City takes a walk in Central Park and spends time with other old pirates. One day, when he brings his ship to sail on the pond, he meets the retired Queen. A battle ensues between vessels. Chaos reigns until a truce is called. Now the Old Pirate and the Old Queen spend time together at the pond every day as Retirates.

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animals, birds, boat, bodies of water, chaos, conflict resolution, dog, exercise, friendship, park, parrot, pets, pirates, pond, relaxation, retirement, royalty, tools, transportation, verbal communication, walking, war

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