Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Nana, Nenek, & Nina | by Ferneyhough, Liza

Nina enjoys her visits to her two grandmothers in Malaysia and in England. Nina compares the similarities and differences between the two and enjoys the special time with Nenek and Nana when she travels to see them.

Keywords: airplane, animals, beach, bedtime, cat, chicken, clothing, dog, england, family, food, games, garden, grandparents, hygiene, language, malaysia, monkey, onomatopoeia, plants, shopping, sleep, technology, telphone, transportation, travel

Dragon in the rocks: A story based on the childhood of early paleontologist Mary Anning | by Day, Marie

A twelve year old girl loves to find and dig out fossils from the cliffs along the beach. She helps out her family financially by selling the fossils. She uncovers a rare dinosaur and digs it out by herself. Her determination shows as she pieces the puzzle together.

Keywords: beach, bodies of water, bones, critical thinking, death, determination, dinosaur, england, extinction, family, fossil, goal setting, history, loss, market, museum, ocean, parents, rhyme, sequence, siblings

My librarian is a camel: How books are brought to children around the world | by Ruurs, Margriet

Examine many different kinds of libraries from all around the world. Unlike the typical library room or building, many libraries are a bus, boat, train, or camel. Each type is different, but they all serve the same important purpose of delivering books to people, no matter where they live.

Keywords: animals, australia, books, camel, canada, communication, community, creativity, critical thinking, crowd, culture, diversity, donkey, education, elephant, england, excitement, feelings, geography, happiness, horse, indonesian, kenyan, kindness, library, multicultural, nonverbal communication, pakistani, poverty, reading, thai, transportation, travel, verbal communication, village, zimbabwe

House | by Lorenz, Albert // Schleh, Joy

A home is a place where people go to feel secure and comfortable. Home is a place of belonging and shelter. Learn interesting facts and details of history by examining different types of home structures from B.C. to the nineteen hundreds. From the Egyptians to the Eskimos, a variety of culture and famous folks are explored.

Keywords: africa, assertiveness, critical thinking, culture, dutch, egypt, england, english, eskimo, europe, family, germany, history, home, indian, multicultural, nonverbal communication, norwegian, president, romanian, royalty, south american, stress management

Dangerous crossing | by Krensky, Stephen

Showing no signs of fear, young Johnny Adams boards a ship with his father, the future second President of the United States, for a voyage from Massachusetts to Paris to gain support for the colonies. Their journey is depicted with vivid pictures and an exciting storyline portraying the battles, harsh weather and seasickness endured along the way by two key Presidents in U.S. history.

Natural disasters: Hurricanes and tornadoes | by Jennings, Terry

This informational text discusses hurricanes and tornadoes by photographs and diagrams. Weather researchers use satellites to circle the earth and take photographs of cloud patterns and the ground. Tornadoes are born in thunderclouds. Learn how tornadoes and hurricanes are tracked and studied, including the damage these natural disasters cause.

Keywords: bangladesh, careers, clouds, comparisons, destruction, disasters, electricity, energy, england, geography, glossary, hurricane, index, jamaica, maps, multicultural, nonfiction, numbers, photograph, research, school, science, storm, technology, temperature, tornado, united states, weather, wind

Sleds on boston common: A story from the american revolution | by Borden, Louise

It's 1774 and British troops are occupying Boston. King George closes Boston Harbor to punish people who speak out against his laws. Henry, a young boy from Boston, hopes to try out his new sled on his birthday. But when he and his brothers and sister get to the hill they find that the troops have set up camp there. After building up enough courage, Henry asks General Gage to move his troops because Boston Common is for everyone. Being a kind man of his word, General Gage agrees and the children can once again sled.

Keywords: american, assertiveness, author's note, beliefs, birthday, boat, british, courage, england, exercise, family, giving, history, play, presents, royalty, school, sharing, skating, sledding, snow, transportation, verbal communication, war

Let's dance | by Ancona, George

Children from all backgrounds move and dance to different rhythms of their culture. Dances range from tap to folk dances and from Native American dance to Tibetan dance. There are many forms, types, and styles of dance a person can do to express their emotions. There are different dances for men, women, animals, and puppets too!

Keywords: acrobat, afghani, african american, american, appalachian, body parts, celebration, child care, chinese, clothing, congo, creativity, culture, dancing, england, feelings, greek, india, indian, instruments, jumping, korean, mexican, moving, multicultural, native american, nature, puppets, relationship, rhythm, sadness, scottish, singing, spain, storytelling, turkish, yak

Hedgehog haven: A story of a British hedgerow community | by Dennard, Deborah

A young male hedgehog is learning about the ways of nature and how to survive within it. Through close encounters with danger, he learns how to change his life to survive. This young hedgehog takes many adventures to learn that every place and time is not always safe.

Keywords: animals, baby, birds, bug, butterfly, england, fish, flowers, food, goldfish, hedgehog, horse, insects, maps, mollusks, multicultural, night, noise, owl, plants, rabbit, snail, sparrow, stream, tractor

Just like new | by Manson, Ainslie

It is a time of war and children in England won't have Christmas presents. A little girl's class decides to give gifts they love that are like new. The little girl unselfishly gives up her most cherished doll and inserts a note, and a girl from England becomes her pen pal after receiving the gift.

Keywords: books, canada, charity, christmas, church, correspondence, critical thinking, decision making, dolls, empathy, england, family, feelings, food, friendship, happiness, history, holidays, maps, multicultural, nutrition, parents, sadness, ship, siblings, toys, transportation, verbal communication, war

The queen's progress: An Elizabethan alphabet | by Mannis, Celeste Davidson

Queen Elizabeth I of England takes an alphabetical journey one letter at a time. Factual footnotes are written on each page. Learn how the queen travels, likes, and interacts with her people.

Keywords: alphabet, animals, clothing, culture, england, garden, goal setting, history, horse, maps, multicultural, respect, rhyme, royalty, sequence

River beds: Sleeping in the world's rivers | by Karwoski, Gail Langer

Take an around-the-world boatride to learn how mammals sleep in or around ten of the world's major rivers. Row down the Mississippi and watch two river otters slip into a hollow tree, or look to the bank of the Bribane River as a platypus pops into a hole and disappears into a narrow tunnel.

Keywords: africa, animals, australia, author's note, beaver, bodies of water, canada, comparisons, dolphin, dragonfly, england, germany, habitat, hippopotamus, insects, maps, mole, platypus, river, sleep, vietnamese

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