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A country far away

Gray, Nigel

This is a story comparing two young boys who live in Africa and the United States. Their lives are identical even though they live in different countries.

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african, america, bicycle, birth, celebration, comparisons, critical thinking, differences, friendship, geography, goal setting, growing up, maps, multicultural, school, soccer, sports, swimming, village

On one summer’s day, a girl is attentive to all the sights and sounds around her. Whether it’s the subtle noise of crickets at night or the loud boom of thunder during a storm, there are many things in the environment, big and small, that influence her experiences.

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adventures, amphibians, animals, appreciation, awareness, colors, comparisons, cricket, day, earth, five senses, insects, lightning, mollusks, night, plants, play, rain, shadows, sight, snail, space, stars, stream, tadpole, walking, weather, worm

A new improved Santa

Wolff, Patricia

Santa is determined to become a new and improved Santa. He changes his hair, loses weight, and changes his clothing style. The children are not happy with his changes; they want the old Santa back.

A pig is big

Florian, Douglas

What is bigger than a pig?A variety of comparisons are expressed through poetic lyrics and illustrations, all of which are bigger than a pig.

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animals, bus, car, community, comparisons, cow, lyrics, pig, planet, poetry, sizes, stars, transportation, truck

Ambrosia

Manalang, Dan

What do a grumpy grape, a pompous pineapple, and a humble coconut have in common? The answer is revealed in this charming rhyme that addresses the sensitive subject of prejudice.

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beauty, colors, comparisons, diversity, filipino, food, fruit, nutrition, prejudice, rhyme

Animalogy: Animal analogies

Berkes, Marianne

Compare and contrast different animals through predictable analogies that rhyme. Find the similarities between even the most incompatible animals....bat is to flit as eagle is to soar; dog is to bark as lion is to roar. Comparisons include sounds, physical adaptations, behaviors, and animal classifications.

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amphibian, analogy, animals, ant, arachnid, author's note, bat, bear, beaver, biology, birds, bodies of water, body parts, book, camping, cat, chicken, classification, comparisons, deer, dog, eagle, family, fire, fish, flowers, frog, garden, giraffe, goldfish, goose, hippopotamus, illustrator's note, insects, lion, mammals, moose, mountains, mouse, numbers, parents, plants, rabbit, reading, reptile, robin, rooster, science, sequence, sizes, skunk, snake, spider

Bathwater's hot

Hughes, Shirley

A little girl discovers opposites in the world around her. She discovers the difference between hot and cold water and many other things in her world.

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cleanliness, comparisons, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, five senses, friendship, hygiene, learning, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, touch

Be quiet, Marina!

DeBear, Kristen

Marina and Moira are very much alike, and yet very different. They like to play with one another, but often have conflicts. They learn to work through their differences and become the best of friends.

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aggression, anger, body parts, comparisons, cooperation, coping, dancing, differences, diseases, diversity, dolls, down syndrome, emotions, fear, feelings, friendship, happiness, noise, photograph, play, playground, school, similarities

Beautiful blackbird

Bryan, Ashley

Colorful birds in the forest want to be like the blackbird. The blackbird teaches the other birds that each one is beautiful in its own unique way and that beauty does not come from a color.

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african, assertiveness, beauty, birds, colors, comparisons, dancing, differences, envy, exercise, feelings, multicultural, poetry, rainbow, rhyme, rhythm, self esteem

Best best colors

Hoffman, Eric

Nate finds it difficult to decide which color is his favorite. Every time he sees a new color, he likes it better than the other. He learns that he can have more than one favorite color.

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animals, art, author's note, birds, bluejay, cat, caterpillar, clothing, colors, comparisons, conflict, conflict resolution, differences, dreams, family, fight, fish, flood, flowers, language, ocean, picnic, rabbit, rainbow, rocks, shopping, sky, spanish, stereotypes, tiger, tree, turtle, whale

Big cat, little kitty

Cohn, Scotti

Big cats are fierce predators that roam the world from the mountains to the deserts. How are these wild cats that hunt for their food the same as pet cats that might chase a mouse or ball of yarn? How are they different? The award-winning prequel to this book, One Wolf Howls, introduces children to counting and the months of the year as they watch the seasons changing. This sequel introduces children to the days of the week as they travel to seven different world habitats to meet the big cats, and then back home to compare and contrast the domestic cat's behavior to that of its relative. Compare and contrast big cat predators to little kitty cats each day of the week.

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adaptation, amphibians, animals, arachnid, author's note, biology, birds, bobcat, bodies of water, body parts, cardinal, cheetah, comparisons, cougar, crocodile, Days of The Week, dog, endangered, five senses, forest, frog, garden, geography, illustrator's note, jaguar, lake, leopard, lion, month, mouse, plants, pond, reptile, science, sequence, sheep, smell, spider, tiger, tree, wart hog

Billy Twitters and his blue whale problem

Barnett, Mac

When Billy Twitters doesn't brush his teeth or finish his peas, his mother says we are going to buy you a whale. This does not worry Billy, because he knows how large blue whales are and he couldn't possibly have one delivered. To his surprise, one morning there is a blue whale sitting outside his house, and it is his responsibility. The whale causes problems at school because Billy's classmates pick him at gym. And it just gets worse: his parents give him the owner's manual for the whale. While feeding him, Billy realizes that when he's inside the whale, nobody's laughing and nobody's telling him what to do...so he decides to make himself at home!

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animals, bridge, bus, cleanliness, colors, community, comparisons, critical thinking, decision making, dinosaur, feelings, five senses, food, frustration, history, hygiene, language, loneliness, numbers, parents, park, perspective, problem solving, responsibilities, school, sight, sizes, smell, teeth, time, transportation, whale

Black, white, just right!

Davol, Marguerite W.

A little girl who has a white father and a black mother compares the differences between them. Mama like to dance ballet and walk fast along the street. Papa likes to dance to rap and stroll along the street. They have different tastes in food and art, but all is just right in this special family.

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african american, art, body parts, colors, comparisons, dancing, differences, diversity, exercise, family, food, height, love, multicultural, nutrition, parents, pets, similarities, sizes, walking

Blue rabbit and friends

Wormell, Christopher

Blue Rabbit, Bear, Goose, and Dog all go looking for new places to live because each of them are unhappy with where they currently live. They help each other find new places to live.

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animals, awareness, bear, comparisons, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, disappointment, discovery, dog, feelings, goose, rabbit, sadness, verbal communication

Boundless grace

Hoffman, Mary

According to the stories Grace read, her family is not normal. Grace's father lives in Africa while she and her mother live in America. Grace visits her father to learn about his new family and the African culture in Gambia. Grace's visit to Africa helps her to understand that her family is normal.

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african, african american, change, comparisons, crocodile, divorce, family, grandparents, letters, love, multicultural, parents, reptiles, shopping, siblings, storytelling, travel, vacation, verbal communication

Brown bear, brown bear: What do you see?

Martin, Bill

Through a repeating phrase what do you see?, animals of different colors fulfill the intellectual and social dimensions of health. In the end, a mother looks at a variety of children.

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amphibians, animals, bear, birds, cat, colors, comparisons, deer, differences, dog, duck, family, feelings, fish, frog, horse, memory, observation, pets, sequence, sheep, sight, sizes, variety, vision

Can I keep him?

Kellogg, Steven

Arnold is continually asking his mother if he can have one sort of pet or another, and his mother is always saying no. Finally, Arnold finds a friend and that suits his mother.

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animals, assertiveness, comparisons, conflict resolution, family, feelings, friendship, loneliness, nonverbal communication, parents, persistence, pets, verbal communication

Cherry pies and lullabies

Reiser, Lynn

A young girl does four different things with three generations of her family. With her great grandmother, grandmother, and mother, she makes cherry pies, flower wreaths, and quilts. They also sing a lullaby. Each person does the same thing, but each of their products are different.

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activities, author's note, bedtime, comparisons, cooking, family, flowers, food, generations, grandparents, individuality, love, numbers, nutrition, quilt, sequence, sewing, similarities, song, uniqueness

Cinder-Elly

Minters, Frances

A little girl lives with her two sisters in New York. They all get invited to a basketball game to see the prince play. Elly doesn't have anything to wear but her godmother comes and saves the day. Elly goes to the game, gets her prince, and teaches others the value of not being mean.

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assertiveness, basketball, biking, clothing, comparisons, conflict resolution, exercise, family, godmother, magic, parents, poetry, rhyme, siblings, sports

Cocoa ice

Appelbaum, Diana

A young girl from Maine and a young girl from Santa Domingo learn about each other's home through Jacob the Sailor. The girl from Santa Domingo describes how to make chocolate, and the girl from Maine tells about making ice.

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accomplishment, activities, adventures, american, animals, anticipation, author's note, beverage, boat, bodies of water, careers, climbing, clothing, cold, comparisons, culture, curiosity, differences, environment, food, horse, ice, multicultural, plants, snow, water, weather

Cork and fuzz: Short and tall

Chaconas, Dori

Cork and Fuzz are best friends, but there's one problem, and it's not that one is an opossum and the other is a muskrat. The problem is that Cork is older than Fuzz, but shorter than him. Bothered by this difference, the pair try to make Fuzz shrink and Cork grow. Fortunately, they realize that friendship is more important than a difference in height.

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acceptance, animals, comparisons, conflict resolution, critical thinking, differences, food, friendship, frustration, height, helping, individuality, muskrat, opossum, self esteem, similarities

David's father

Munsch, Robert

Julie has new neighbors. David seems like a regular boy, but Julie wonders what the rest of his family is like, because she saw a spoon the size of a shovel, a knife as big as a flagpole, and a fork the size of a pitchfork all being moved into David's house.

Did i ever tell you how lucky you are?

Seuss, Dr.

Duckie believes he has the worst luck in the world until and old man tells him how lucky he really is. The old man on the cactus gives many examples of kids with bad luck. After he gives all of the examples, the old man wants Duckie to realize how lucky he really is.

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appreciation, awareness, comparisons, encouragement, listening, self esteem, understanding

Different: Just like me

Mitchell, Lori

The visit to Grammie's house is a week away, and April can't wait! She comes across different people who look differently, sense differences, and move differently. Regardless of their differences, April can find ways she is like these other people. Finally, it is time to visit Grammie. Grammie's flowers from her garden are all different, and April is not allowed to pick her favorite flower. April realizes this is like all things and people. She learns to appreciate the differences in all things and people.

Disasters in nature: Hurricanes

Chambers, Catherine

This informational text takes you inside a hurricane with questions of what? where? why? and when? to explain hurricane zones around the earth. Explains rain, wind, and air pressure of hurricanes. Global warming, storm tracking, and prediction problems are discussed for hurricanes and tornadoes. Learn how technology and the natural world alert us about upcoming storms.

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australia, bangladesh, belize, careers, caribbean, change, comparisons, cyclone, destruction, disasters, history, hurricane, india, island, jamaica, japan, maps, multicultural, nature, netherlands, nonfiction, numbers, photograph, prediction, prevention, problem solving, science, sequence, storm, technology, temperature, tornado, typhoon, weather

Eat healthy, feel great

Sears, William; Sears, Martha, Kelly, Christine Watts

As kids grow their needs begin to change and a variety of foods are necessary to stay healthy. There are foods that give us energy, and food that make us tired. These foods can be divided into red, green and yellow light foods, just like the colors on a stop light. By including plenty of colors in a meal, you will eat many nutrients.

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colors, comparisons, food, growing up, health, nonfiction, nutrition

Elephants can paint too!

Arnold, Katya

Comparisons are made between human students and elephants who are learning how to paint. Photographs of elephants and their artwork are shared. Children learn that these elephants have many similarities to humans and must take part in the same learning process as them in order to achieve goals.

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animals, art, body parts, colors, communication, comparisons, creativity, elephant, food, friendship, goal setting, jungle, learning, nonverbal communication, playing, school, self esteem, similarities, teaching, wildlife

First pooch: The Obamas pick a pet

Boston Weatherford, Carole

Throughout their father's twenty-two month campaign for president, Malia and Sasha Obama beg their parents for a dog. Finally, when their father becomes the forty-fourth president of the United States, he rewards their patience and good behavior in his victory speech: Malia and Sasha will get their new puppy. What type of dog will they choose? Finally, on April 14th, 2009, a new puppy moves into the White House. It is a Portuguese water dog, and the girls name him Bo.

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allergies, american, animals, author's note, comparisons, decision making, dog, family, health, history, numbers, pets, president, secrets, sequence, siblings, success, united states

Going home

Bunting, Eve

Carlos and his family go home to Mexico for Christmas. He and his siblings think of California as their home, but they discover their roots in Mexico.

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acceptance, christmas, comparisons, discovery, diversity, family, friendship, grandparents, holidays, love, mexican, multicultural, parents, siblings, travel

Grandfather's lovesong

Lindbergh, Reeve

Grandfather describes the love he has for his young grandson. He compares his love to the different seasons and the beautiful scenery of the rural landscape.

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affection, autumn, comparisons, family, grandparents, love, nature, seasons, spring, summer, verbal communication, winter

Guji Guji

Chen Chih-Yuan

A rolling egg finds a home in a duck nest. It wasn't until three crocodiles find Guji Guji that she may not be a duck. The crocodiles ask Guji Guji to trap his family for them to eat. Instead Guji Guji, with the help of his duck family, drop heavy rocks into the crocodiles open mouths.

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animals, birds, books, comparisons, crocodile, duck, family, feelings, fight, food, loyalty, reading

Happy to be nappy

Hooks, Bell

A whimsical rhythm of sweet jive jumps from watercolored illustrations on different pages to portray portraits of little girls who celebrate their African American culture. Hooray for the frizzy, fuzzy, nappy, twisty hair!Hooray for the sizzling semblance and fantastic flare that shines in every hair on every head. Beauty lies everywhere.

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african american, appearance, appreciation, awareness, beauty, body parts, caring, celebration, child care, cleanliness, closeness, colors, comparisons, confidence, creativity, culture, day, differences, family, feelings, fun, happiness, health, hope, images, individuality, multicultural, parents, play, pride, rhythm, self confidence, self esteem, shapes

Henry hikes to fitchburg

Johnson, D.B.

Henry decides to take a trip to Fitchburg on foot and his friend decides to go by train. Henry partakes in numerous adventures on his journey into town, while his friend works odd jobs to earn the fare. Who will arrive in Fitchburg first?The journey to Fitchburg will prove to be an exploration of time and interests.

Hip & Hop, don't stop!

Czekaj, Jef

Hip, a turtle from Slowjamz Swamp, and Hop, a rabbit from Breakbeat Meadow, both love to rap. Hip raps very slowly, and Hop raps very slowly. Animals of Slowjamz Swamp and Breakbeat Meadow don't socialize until one day Hip and Hop meet each other when they see a sign for a rapping contest. In this twist of the fable Tortoise and the Hare, Hip and Hop bring the animals of the swamp and meadow together through their performance.

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animals, communication, comparisons, competition, conflict resolution, cooperation, creativity, dancing, decision making, fable, friendship, peer resistance, performance, problem solving, rabbit, reptiles, rhyme, turtle

How much is a million?

Schwartz, David M.

Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician and the kids explore what the number million means. Just exactly how much is a million?If you wanted to count from one to one million, it would take about 23 days!Marvelosissimo looks at different ways of seeing big numbers in the context of ordinary things.

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alliteration, awareness, balloon, comparisons, counting, moon, nonverbal communication, numbers, planet, stars, time, verbal communication

Hurricanes

Erlbach, Arlene

This informational text describes how tropical disturbances become a tropical storm, then a hurricane. Compares and contrasts hurricanes and tornadoes, including watches and warnings. Learn how storms are predicted and monitored. Photographs show the storm with an eye. Hurricanes have different names across the world.

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careers, central america, china, clouds, comparisons, cyclone, earth, gender, geography, history, hurricane, index, india, maps, month, multicultural, nonfiction, numbers, photograph, prediction, science, seasons, sequence, storm, technology, tornado, typhoon, united states, vocabulary, weather, wind

Hurricanes

Galiano, Dan

This informational text explains the life cycle of tropical storms, the coriolis effect, and the anatomy of a hurricane. Wind and flooding damage are explained and especially the effects of storm surges. Hurricane strength is measured by a category scale. Improvements in technology have helped us with hurricane prediction and safety.

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comparisons, cyclone, destruction, flood, geography, glossary, history, hurricane, index, maps, nonfiction, prediction, safety, science, storm, technology, typhoon, weather

I can! Can you?

Adorjan, Carol

A little girl tells what her big sister is able to do which happens to be difficult for her. Then she tells what she can do. She keeps learning how to do more things each day.

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accomplishment, activities, comparisons, family, feelings, goal setting, growing up, happiness, siblings

I eat fruit

Tofts, Hannah

Explains how one fruit can come in different forms. For example oranges are displayed as juicy, halves, seeds, peels and segments. Enjoy many bright photographs of fruits, including pages that fold out to create a very interactive book.

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colors, comparisons, cooking, fruit, math, measurement, nonfiction, photograph, plants

I wish I had freckles like Abby/ Quisiera tener pecas como Abby

Heling, K. & Hembrook, D.

Rosa goes to elaborate and comical lengths to have freckles like Abby. She realizes she might have something that is just as desirable as the longed-for freckles. Rosa gains appreciation for her own uniqueness.

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animals, appearance, appreciation, art, beauty, body image, body parts, chicken pox, cleanliness, comparisons, dog, envy, friendship, glasses, illness, language, spanish, telephone, uniqueness, vocabulary, wish

I wish I had glasses like Rosa/ Quisiera tener lentes como Rosa

Heling, Kathryn & Hembrook, Deborah

Abby goes to elaborate and comical lengths to get glasses like Rosa. She realizes that she might have something that is just as desirable as the longed-for glasses. Abby gains appreciation for her own uniqueness.

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art, beach, body parts, comparisons, friendship, glasses, humor, imagination, jump rope, jumping, language, pretend, recess, safety, spanish, swimming, vocabulary

In jail, Ms. wiz?

Blacker, Terence

Ms. Wiz changes Lizzie Thompson into a cat to foil a gang of catnappers and now she can't turn her back again. Lizzie's mother is panicking, and the evil Mrs. D'Arcy is closing in. But how can Ms. Wiz straighten things out when she's in jail?

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animals, cat, comparisons, humor, parents, robbery

Inside-outside dinosaurs

Munro, Roxie

Enjoy a giant dinosaur, a flying reptile, a dinosaur with plates and spikes on its body, and even a baby dinosaur cracking out of their shells. There is a ferocious dinosaur that eats meat and vegetarian dinosaurs that hide from carnivores. Look inside the dinosaurs and you'll see a dynamic view of eight dinosaur skeletons. Look outside the dinosaurs and you'll see sweeping paintings of these creatures as they once lived on our planet.

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adaptation, archeology, author's note, body parts, bones, comparisons, dinosaur, extinction, history, nonfiction, reptiles, rocks, swamp, teeth, tree

Jelly beans for sale

McMillan, Bruce

Math is fun and in this case -- delicious! As each child displays the number of jelly beans, coins are also displayed to show the correct and equal amount of money.

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author's note, body parts, change, colors, comparisons, concepts, counting, critical thinking, food, learning, math, money, nonverbal communication, numbers, photograph, president, problem solving, skills

Lights for Gita

Gilmore, Rachna

Today is a new day. What a glow! Gita is excited about Divali. The festival of lights and time to celebrate with family. There are things to prepare for the fathering of friends. And time passes just like day and night. Gita wonders no more with laughter.

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acceptance, activities, anticipation, attention, bedtime, beliefs, celebration, change, closeness, comparisons, confidence, courage, culture

Little fur family

Brown, Margaret Wise

A father bear goes to work, and the younger bear goes exploring. He comes across many animals different from him. He comes home for dinner and bed.

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animals, bear, bedtime, bodies of water, bug, comparisons, critical thinking, curiosity, environment, exploration, family, fish, five senses, flowers, food, forest, grandparents, home, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, rhyme, river, sounds, tree, wildlife, wind

Little sister and the Month brothers

Schenk de Regniers, Beatrice

A retelling of the Slavic folktale in which the Month brothers' magic helps Little Sister fulfill seemingly impossible tasks. Little Sister's tasks prove the undoing of her greedy stepmother and stepsister.

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animals, author's note, comparisons, cow, fable, feelings, flowers, food, hard work, month, peace, resentment, responsibilities, royalty, seasons, siblings, stepmother

Mama cat has three kittens

Fleming, Denise

Mama cat's daily routine includes washing her paws, chasing leaves, sharpening her claws, and taking naps. Two of her kittens, Fluffy and Skinny, follow this same routine with her. Meanwhile, Boris is napping. When Mama cat and the other two kittens nap, Boris washes his paws, sharpens his claws, chases leaves, pounces on Mama cat while Fluffy and Skinny fall back to sleep.

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activities, animals, behavior, cat, comparisons, differences, family, fun, hygiene, imitation, laziness, learning, play, role model, routine, sand, sleep, uniqueness, walking

Me and you

Cote, Genevieve

A rabbit and a pig both want to be like their friend. They try changing color, including their ears and tail in order to be like the other. After seeing each other, they realize that they like themselves just like they are.

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animals, art, comparisons, differences, friendship, individuality, love, pattern, pig, rabbit, self esteem

Me, all alone, at the end of the world

Anderson, M. T.

A young boy loves living quietly by himself because he enjoys reading, whistling dance tunes, and listening to the wind and sounds of nature. A boisterous man shows up one day and installs an amusement park for tourists to visit and play. Eventually, he leaves to live all alone at the Top of the World where he is quite happy for the time being.

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adventure, companion, comparisons, fantasy, five senses, fun, future, life, map, nature, noise, park, quiet, trees, wind

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