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Where is it?

Hoban, Tana

A rabbit is looking for something and the reader follows him through the forest until he finds his treasure - carrots.

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animals, curiosity, discovery, food, forest, nature, nutrition, rabbit

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

A family adopts a baby jackrabbit after its home is destroyed by humans. They care for it until it is ready to return to the wild. Jackie, the rabbit, adapts to her natural environment but never forgets her human caretakers.

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adoption, animals, baby, destruction, environment, family, food, forest, habitat, nature, rabbit, tree

Snow family

Kirk, Daniel

Join a young boy as he wanders into the snow to meet new friends. His friends are missing their noses, hats, and part of their family. Help the boy try to find what his new friends need.

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adventures, affection, animals, assertiveness, barn, bear, behavior, birds, body parts, cardinal, caring, clothing, cold, conflict resolution, cow, crow, decision making, dog, exercise, family, farm, fear, feelings, fight, forest, friendship, fun, love, mischief, nonverbal communication, parents, playing, problem solving, sadness, sleep, snow, sounds, sparrow, squirrel, tree, verbal communication, weather, wind, winter

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

A forest of boxes

Gunthorp, Karen

Davy the mouse is curious to see what lies beyond his area of the forest. One day he leaves and what an adventure he has when he goes to the city and thinks he is in a forest of boxes.

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adventures, community, curiosity, discovery, forest, independence, travel

Across the blue mountains

Clark, Emma Chichester

Miss Milberry lives happily at the base of the blue mountains with her beautiful garden and her animals, but she is curious about what it is like on the other side of the mountains. Miss Milberry takes a long trip trying to get to the other side, but she ends up at a place that looks very familiar.

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adventures, animals, birds, cat, curiosity, dog, food, forest, garden, mountains, nutrition, plants, travel

Beware of boys

Blundell, Tony

A young boy is captured by a seemingly clever wolf while walking in the woods one day. When the wolf threatens to eat the boy, the boy creatively sends the wolf running in circles and ends up stumping him and escaping!

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, critical thinking, food, forest, nutrition, survival, wolf

The old ladies who liked cats

Greene, Carol

The order of the community is safe and secure until one night the mayor makes a law banning cats outside at night. Due to this, the community order is lost, and the town is invaded. The old ladies who liked cats point out the problem to the mayor who then lets the cats out at night so order can return.

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aging, bee, beverage, boat, bodies of water, cat, community, cow, food, forest, health, law, neighbors, night, nutrition, pets, plants, protection, rules, sea, transportation

I look like a girl

Hamanaka, Sheila

A girl uses her imagination to become a tiger, dolphin, horse, jaguar, and wolf. She needs nature to become independent so she can follow her dream.

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adventures, ambition, animals, appearance, beauty, beliefs, birds, dancing, dolphin, dreams, forest, horse, jaguar, jungle, nature, sea, sounds, tiger, wolf

This land is your land

Guthrie, Woody

The traditional lyrics of the popular song, This Land Is Your Land, are combined with painted illustrations that represent the words and meaning of the song. America and her countryside are portrayed in a positive light through the text and illustrations.

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american, author's note, beach, bodies of water, culture, desert, folktale, forest, habitat, history, lyrics, maps, music, ocean, patriotism, poetry, rhyme, song

african american, animals, birds, boredom, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dancing, decision making, exercise, family, feelings, forest, games, giants, imagination, inventions, island, jungle, library, lost, magic, maps, monsters, multicultural, mythical, park, penguin, photograph, playing, rain, siblings, sun, verbal communication, weather

The great kapok tree

Cherry, Lynne

A man begins to chop the Kapok tree down but then falls asleep. All the animals and creatures of the rainforest persuade the man while he is asleep to save the tree.

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amphibians, animals, anteater, bee, birds, critical thinking, decision making, destruction, forest, frog, insects, monkey, plants, sleep, snake, verbal communication

One halloween night

Teague, Mark

Three children get more than they are trick-or-treating for, when the night turns into one unexpected event after another. The neighbors pass out Broccoli Chews and Eggplant Fizzlers and the trio runs into their nemesis Leona Fleebish. With a sweep of a wand, flash of a pirate sword, and gulp of magic potion, the children create an unforgetable Halloween.

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adventures, african american, animals, assertiveness, autumn, baby, bat, cat, clothing, critical thinking, disappearance, fairy, fear, forest, friendship, halloween, holidays, magic, multicultural, night, rabbit, rhyme, running away, school, seasons, stress management, verbal communication, walking, witches

Moongame

Asch, Frank

Bear and Little Bird play a game of hide-and-seek. Later in the evening, Bear plays a game with the moon.

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animals, balloon, bear, birds, clouds, critical thinking, decision making, forest, games, lost, verbal communication

Oregon's journey

Rascal

A dwarf, Duke, listens to a bear, Oregon, and releases him into the forest. They have a long journey there together but eventually make it.

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animals, bear, clowns, decision making, dwarfs, feelings, forest, happiness, nonverbal communication, relationship, verbal communication

We're going on a bear hunt

Rosen, Michael

A group of bear hunters must go through grass, a river, mud, a forest, a snowstorm and a cave before they even see a bear. After finding it, the bear chases them back into their homes.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, cave, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, fear, feelings, forest, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, recreation, river, safety, verbal communication

Deep in the forest

Turkle, Brinton

This picture book illustrates a story similar to that of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. When a little girl and her parents go out, a bear goes into their house and eats their food, sits on their chairs, and sleeps in their beds. (wordless book)

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animals, bear, conflict resolution, curiosity, decision making, family, food, forest, nature, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, sleep

Drawing lessons from a bear

McPhail, David

During his lessons on how to be a bear, a young bear discovers his love for drawing. As he grows he continues to practice, getting encouragement from his mother, his teacher, and most of all from himself.

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animals, art, bear, cave, drawing, family, fantasy, fish, forest, goal setting, museum, nature, nonverbal communication, parents, pride, rabbit, school, self esteem, squirrel, teaching

Jamberry

Degen, Bruce

A boy and his bear friend love berries. They rhyme about berry picking while walking in the forest and decide what they are going to do with their berries.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, exercise, food, forest, nonverbal communication, numbers, nutrition, recreation, rhyme, sequence

Rain forest

Cowcher, Helen

A powerful change threatens the creatures of the tropical rain forest-machines. How long will they be able to survive?

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animals, birds, change, fear, flood, forest, machines, nonverbal communication, worry

Casper and the rainbow bird

Hyman, Robin//Hyman, Inge

One day, Casper flies all the way to town. Through a window, Casper sees Rainbow, a bright, colorful bird who lives in a cage in the city. Rainbow is afraid to leave the comfort of her cage, but Rainbow overcomes her fear and lives with Casper in the forest after Casper proves that he is a true friend.

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adventures, animals, beauty, birds, colors, critical thinking, crow, differences, environment, feelings, flowers, forest, freedom, friendship, giving, growing up, happiness, nonverbal communication, parrot, rain, rainbow, self esteem, verbal communication, weather

Where's my share?

Greeley, Valerie

A robin asks where's the wheat milled into flour, where's the flour baked into bread, where's my share?

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animals, birds, farm, food, forest, nutrition, robin, seasons

Happy Valentine's Day, Emma!

Stevenson, James

Emma is a kind-hearted witch, who makes valentines for the animals in the forest. Two mean witches play tricks on Emma but she gets sweet revenge and a surprise.

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animals, caring, creativity, deception, forest, holidays, kindness, mythical, revenge, surprises, valentine's day, witches

Johnny maple-leaf

Tresselt, Alvin

Johnny Maple-Leaf begins his life as a small brown bud. As time passes and the seasons change, he grows and develops into a mature leaf. Throughout his life, he encounters many animals. The other leaves help to keep him company, whether in the trees or on the ground.

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animals, autumn, birds, dog, duck, forest, fox, goose, growing up, mouse, nature, owl, plants, rain, robin, seasons, self esteem, spring, squirrel, summer, weather, wind, winter

Cock-a-doodle dudley

Peet, Bill

Dudley the rooster is the only one to wake up to the sun each day. When goose chases him into the forest, the sun doesn't rise the next day. Hector the horse rescues him, and the day goes on.

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animals, birds, chicken, conflict resolution, forest, fox, goose, horse, pig, rescue, self esteem, sun, turkey, verbal communication

Baboon

Banks, Kate

Upon entering the world, Baboon and his mother take a trip around the forest. For the first time, Baboon sees animals, water, fire, and even another baboon!While wandering about, Baboon and his mother talk about the great big world in which they live.

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animals, bodies of water, critical thinking, crocodile, elephant, feelings, fire, food, forest, hunger, lake, love, monkey, parents, rhinoceros, trust, turtle, verbal communication

Seven wild pigs

Heine, Helme

An artist paints a forest for seven wild pigs to roam. They ruined the painting by splashing colors everywhere. Then he gets rid of the pigs and he realizes what he had done. Finally, decides to never paint pigs again.

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anger, animals, art, assertiveness, careers, critical thinking, dog, family, feelings, food, forest, happiness, nonverbal communication, nutrition, pig, relationship, rhyme, verbal communication

Rabbit makes a monkey out of a lion

Aardema, Verna

Rabbit and his friends have crossed lion by eating his honey. Lion chases Rabbit two days in a row, but does not catch him. Both times Rabbit outsmarts him. However, Rabbit learns his lesson to stop stealing Lion's honey.

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anger, animals, assertiveness, birds, decision making, feelings, food, forest, lion, rabbit, rat, refusal skills, teasing, turtle

Verdi

Cannon, Janell

Wild and energetic, Verdi the snake is afraid of turning green and becoming lazy like the older snakes. To keep the green away, Verdi jumps and slithers all around the forest. One day Verdi does turn green, but he realizes it is the snake inside, not the color outside, that makes a great snake!

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animals, bodies of water, colors, environment, excitement, family, feelings, forest, fun, nature, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, siblings, snake, uniqueness, verbal communication

Just you and me

McBratney, Sam

Little Goosey and Big Gander Goose search for shelter from a storm. Together they visit several animals looking for the perfect place but don't want to hide with anyone else. They find a place, but end up sharing it with the other animals.

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animals, birds, family, forest, goose, mouse, nature, rabbit, rain, relationship, shelter, squirrel, storm, survival, tree, weather

I took a walk

Cole, Henry

A boy goes on a nature walk along the woods, meadows, and pond. He explores a variety of animals, birds, plants, insects, and fish on his journey. He explores the ground, sky, and water and sees more than fifty living things.

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animals, birds, bodies of water, butterfly, deer, duck, exercise, firefly, fish, flowers, forest, frog, nature, pond, swallow, tree, turtle, walking, woodpecker

Ouch!

Babbit, Natalie

A baby born with the destiny of marrying a princess is brought by the King and thrown into the river to prevent a possible marriage with his newborn daughter. Rescued by a loving couple, the boy grows up and meets the King once again. The Kings plan to kill the young man backfires again and the young man marries the princess. As a test, the King sends the new prince to steal the golden hairs off the devil's head. In a surprise ending, the prince prevails, but the King is not so lucky.

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anger, architecture, baby, boat, bodies of water, bridge, confidence, correspondence, dancing, death, devils, dreams, fable, family, feelings, food, forest, happiness, lost, magic, marriage, nonverbal communication, river, royalty, secrets, sleep, transportation, trick, wedding

The owl who became the moon

London, Jonathon

A boy dreams about what it would be like to ride on a train at night through the forest.

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animals, birds, dreams, forest, night, owl, snow, sounds, train, transportation, weather

Shadow the deer

Radcliffe, Theresa

Shadow, the deer, leaves her fawn to search for food in the forest. She senses danger and returns just in time to save her fawn from a hungry fox.

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animals, bat, birds, conflict resolution, deer, food, forest, fox, heroism, hunger, nature, nonverbal communication, owl, rescue, safety

Where the forest meets the sea

Baker, Jeannie

A boy travels with his father to a special place where no people are. While on this trip, the boy wonders what will happen in the future to nature and the environment.

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australian, bodies of water, critical thinking, family, fish, forest, multicultural, parents, sea

The dreamer

Rylant, Cynthia

An artist dreams and then creates a world that contains the earth, sky, trees, and living creatures. We are all children of this artist.

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art, birds, bodies of water, careers, forest, ocean, self esteem, stars

Dikou and the baby star

Elzbieta

Dikou finds a baby star in the forest. He takes the star home, but does not know what to feed it. It keeps getting dimmer until his parents help him launch it back into the sky.

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baby, change, conflict resolution, decision making, family, forest, growing up, helping, multicultural, nature, nonverbal communication, parents, sky, stars, verbal communication

Night tree

Bunting, Eve

Nina and her brother go with the family to Luke's forest to decorate a Christmas tree. They sing songs, drink hot chocolate, and decorate the tree all night long.

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animals, bear, beverage, birds, christmas, deer, family, forest, holidays, music, nature, nonverbal communication, opossum, owl, plants, preparation, raccoon, skunk, song, squirrel, verbal communication

Spring comes to the forest

Gunthorp, Karen

Several animals from the forest are excited because spring has arrived. The animals make sure all their friends wake up to begin their work.

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animals, badger, bear, beaver, birds, canary, excitement, feelings, forest, happiness, seasons, spring

The camel who took a walk

Tworkov, Jack

In this book, the forest is waking up and the sun is slowly rising. A camel takes a walk through the forest and approaches other animals who have come up with a plan. However, the camel turns around before he reaches the other animals and their plan falls through.

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animals, anticipation, camel, exercise, forest, morning, sun, walking

Jaguarundi

Hamilton, Virginia

The rainforest, ruined by humans, is no longer a safe place for Rundi Jaguarundi. Rundi decides to invite some strange and exotic animal friends to come along.

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animals, assertiveness, bat, cat, critical thinking, decision making, dog, forest, fox, friendship, jungle, monkey, stress management, verbal communication

Enona and the black crane: An aboriginal story

Meeks, Arone Raymond

Enona is an Aborigine village person who lives in a rainforest. He is very interested in the many birds in the forest. He spends his free time climbing trees to watch the birds.

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aborigine, birds, bodies of water, conflict resolution, crane, critical thinking, decision making, food, forest, multicultural, nonverbal communication, play, river, verbal communication

Airplane ride

Florian, Douglas

A pilot flies across the United States and sees nature in all its grandeur.

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airplane, desert, fly, forest, geography, mountains, nonverbal communication, snow, weather

Petunia, I love you

Duvoisin, Roger

Raccoon hopes to eat Petunia for a goose dinner, but while walking in the forest, they end up as good friends.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, decision making, food, forest, freedom, friendship, goal setting, goose, kindness, nutrition, raccoon

The little fir tree

Brown, Margaret Wise

A fir tree is cut down to be used as a Christmas tree for a boy with a handicap. After the holidays, the tree is replanted in the forest. Every year, the boy's father digs up the tree to be decorated. One year, the boy goes to the forest by himself to decorate a tree.

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change, christmas, conflict resolution, disability, family, forest, growing up, handicap, holidays, illness, nature, parents, plants, song, traditions, verbal communication

The pearl

Heine, Helme

A beaver dreams about a pearl. He dreams that he becomes so greedy that he destroys his friendships, the pond, and eventually the whole forest. When he awakens, he gets rid of the oyster he has without even opening it in order to save his friendships and the forest.

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animals, beaver, bodies of water, conflict resolution, decision making, dreams, forest, friendship, goal setting, greed, nature, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, pond

No dinner! The story of the old woman and the pumpkin

Souhami, Jessica

An old woman is on her way to her granddaughter's house for dinner, but meets many animals on her way. In order to escape the animals, she promises to come back all fat and fed. The animals are outwitted when the old woman is disguised as a pumpkin.

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adventures, aging, animals, author's note, bear, body image, bravery, critical thinking, deception, decision making, fable, family, food, forest, fruit, goal setting, habitat, heroism, hunting, intelligence, nature, nonverbal communication, nutrition, overeating, pretend, protection, relief, sly, sounds, tiger, verbal communication, wolf

Sir toby jungle's beastly journey

Tripp, Wallace

A feared knight, growing old, decides it is time for his last adventure. He goes into the forest and finds all of his enemies. They travel with him in the hopes of getting revenge. However, the revenge is Sir Toby's.

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adventures, aging, animals, bear, dragons, forest, fox, horse, nonverbal communication, revenge, royalty, tiger, travel, verbal communication

The grannies three

Tozer, Mary

One day, a strong wind carries three grannies to a strange land called the Doodlebird Forest. On their adventure, they meet and make friends with three Doodlebirds, a dragon, and four large honey bears, all of whom help the three grannies return home safely.

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adventures, animals, bear, critical thinking, dragons, forest, friendship, safety, travel, verbal communication, weather, wind

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