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A year of beasts

Wolff, Ashley

Let's view a monthly listing of animals around a farm.

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animals, autumn, beaver, cow, deer, farm, fox, mice, month, porcupine, rabbit, raccoon, seasons, sequence, skunk, spring, squirrel, summer, winter, woodchuck

As it gets close to bedtime, a brother and sister gather up their animal friends and go on an adventure because they do not want to go to sleep. They go hunting for more friends and fun and travel through woods and across an ocean. As the children and animals get sleepy, they return home to take a bath, brush their teeth, and put on their pajamas. The words of the story are set to the classic children's tune A-Hunting we will go.

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adventures, animals, bear, bedtime, cleanliness, clothing, family, fox, friendship, giraffe, goose, happiness, health, hunting, kangaroo, moose, music, parents, preparation, reading, rhyme, siblings, sleep, song, teeth, weasel, whale

Alejandro's gift

Albert, Richard

A lonely man plants a garden full of vegetables in the middle of the desert. A wide array of desert wildlife finds their way to his garden and watering hole. He wants to be friends with the animals and help them.

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animals, author's note, badger, birds, cactus, caring, coyote, critical thinking, deer, desert, donkey, dove, feelings, fox, friendship, garden, habitat, hummingbird, loneliness, mouse, plants, presents, rabbit, rat, responsibilities, shelter, skunk, sparrow, squirrel, tortoise, vegetables, wildlife, woodpecker, wren

All wet!All wet!

Skofield, James

A little boy takes a walk while it is raining and finds that everything in nature responds to the rain. When the rain goes away and the sun dries everything, nature is even more beautiful.

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animals, appreciation, dancing, environment, exercise, fox, learning, mole, nature, rain, skunk, sun, walking, weather

Asher and the capmakers: A hanukkah story

Kimmel, Eric A.

Asher, a Jewish boy, wonders into the night to borrow an egg for his mother. Along the way he gets lost and discovers a house with three old women inside knitting caps. Asher finds out that these caps are magical and he, the women, and the fairies fly off to Jeruselum for a Hanukkah party. He returns home some time later to discover his family thought he was not coming back.

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animals, celebration, critical thinking, decision making, fairy, fox, hanukkah, holidays, Jewish, multicultural, mythical, night, seasons, snow, weather, winter

Asleep, asleep

Ginsburg, Mirra

Everyone and everything sleeps. Sometimes children must be reminded of this so they can fall back to sleep like the boy in the story.

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animals, bedtime, bee, birds, family, fish, fox, insects, nonverbal communication, parents, sleep, weather, wind, wolf

Autumn: An alphabet acrostic

Schnur, Steven

The autumn season is described using the alphabet. From apple cider to weather, each letter of the alphabet describes what happens from September to December.

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acrostic, alphabet, animals, autumn, barn, birds, cat, colors, concepts, farm, food, fox, holidays, horse, mouse, nutrition, owl, plants, quilt, seasons, sequence, sleep, snow, squirrel, thanksgiving, weather

Basil brush and the windmills

Firmin, Peter

A fox and a mole decide they need to cut down on their electrical costs. So, they invent a windmill to supply energy for many different things. By charging people to come see their inventions, they make enough money to pay their bills.

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animals, critical thinking, decision making, fox, goal setting, imagination, inventions, mole, poverty

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

Bug in a rug

Cole, Joanna//Calmenson, Stephanie

Come learn the alphabet, match words with pictures, and tell silly stories. Bright, colorful pictures and clever rhymes help capture and hold your attention.

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airplane, alphabet, animals, assertiveness, bear, bicycle, books, bus, cat, concepts, critical thinking, dog, elephant, food, fox, frog, goat, kangaroo, monkey, pig, poetry, reading, rhyme, transportation, truck, verbal communication

Carnival of the animals

Lithgow, John

A young boy sneaks off from a school field trip. He is left in the history museum overnight where he discovers his classmates, family, and acquaintances take on new forms.

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animals, baboon, badger, birds, cattle, chicken, cuckoo, dinosaur, dreams, elephant, family, feelings, ferret, fish, fox, happiness, hyena, kangaroo, lion, mischief, museum, nonverbal communication, sadness, swan, turtle, weasel

Chicken little (Pollita pequenita)

Kellogg, Steven

Chicken Little thinks that the sky is falling so she tells all her friends. They are all tricked by the fox, and he captures them. In the end, the fox is captured and put in prison.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, chicken, conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, deception, decision making, fantasy, fear, fox, goal setting, goose, imagination, nonverbal communication, sky, turkey, verbal communication

Clink Clank Clunk

Aroner, Miriam

Rabbit is taking a trip into town and is kind enough to pick up nine friends along the way. Much to his dismay, Rabbit's car begins to fall apart more and more with each friend that gets in! With a little teamwork and persistence though, the ten make it safely to town where Rabbit buys a new car.

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animals, beaver, birds, car, cow, crow, five senses, fox, friendship, mole, numbers, persistence, porcupine, rabbit, skunk, sounds, squirrel, teamwork, transportation, travel

Cluck's clock

Gray, Kes

Day begins on the farm at 4 o'clock in the morning. The chickens stretch and begin breakfast followed by laying their eggs from 6 to 8 oﾒclock. At 2 o'clock, they play a game of hide-and-seek, and then visit the horses before dinner. As the sun sets, the chickens return to the coop and await the fox. When the fox arrives, a chicken lures him to a hole in the door then dirt is thrown on him to scare him away. At midnight, the chickens say good night.

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animals, birds, chicken, day, dog, duck, exercise, farm, fear, feelings, fox, happiness, horse, morning, night, nonverbal communication, numbers, sequence, time, tractor, transportation, walking

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

Dark night

Monfreid, Dorothee de

Felix is walking home in the dark woods when he hears a fox howling, so he climbs into a nearby tree and hides. A tiger comes along and scares the fox, but then an alligator comes along and scares the tiger, which frightens Felix even more. Felix doesn't know how to get home, but then he finds a door which leads to a rabbit's house. The rabbit offers to help him get home and they make it home safely, and end up scaring the fox, tiger and alligator themselves!

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alligator, animals, critical thinking, decision making, escape, fear, feelings, fox, goal setting, numbers, rabbit, sounds, surprises, teamwork, tiger, wolf

Deep in the desert

Donald, Rhonda

Variations on traditional children's songs and poems will have children chiming in about cactuses, camels, and more as they learn about the desert habitat and its flora and fauna. A tarkawara (kangaroo rat) hops on the desert sand instead of a kookaburra sitting in an old gum tree. And teapots aren't the only things that are short and stout-just look at the javelina's hooves and snout. Travel the world's deserts to dig with meerkats, fly with bats, and hiss with Gila monsters! Whether sung or read aloud, "Deep in the Desert" makes learning about deserts anything but dry.

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alphabet, animals, ant, arachnid, bat, birds, butterfly, cactus, camel, compass rose, continent, deer, desert, fox, geography, habitat, hawk, insects, lizard, map, meerkat, monster, moth, mouse, numbers, ostrich, owl, plants, reptile, rhythm, science, sheep, song, spider, tortoise, wart hog

Doctor De Soto

Steig, William

Dr. De Soto, a dentist who is a mouse, confronts his most dangerous patient of all - a fox!

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animals, careers, critical thinking, dentist, fox, mouse, stress management, teeth

Does a kangaroo have a mother, too?

Carle, Eric

Does a kangaroo have a mother too? Of course a kangaroo does, and so do all animals, humans included! Inquiry about mothers and baby animals lead us to this simple, but very important fact. All living creatures have a mother, just like you.

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animals, baby, bear, deer, dolphin, elephant, fox, giraffe, kangaroo, lion, love, monkey, pattern, penguin, repetition, sheep, swan

Duck, duck, goose?

Arnold, Katya

A goose wishes to look different than all the other geese so she travels to all the different birds she envies and switches one of her body parts for theirs. She later learns she is unable to perform the same things the other birds can even with her new look, and she begins to appreciate her own qualities.

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animals, birds, crow, differences, duck, envy, fly, fox, goose, helping, jealousy, peacock, pelican, pond, rescue, running, storks, swan, swimming, teasing

Dumpy la rue

Winthrop, Elizabeth

Dumpy La Rue is a pig with a passion for dancing. All of the other animals, including his family, keep telling Dumpy that pigs can't dance. But Dumpy doesn't listen and soon all of the animals are dancing with him.

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animals, assertiveness, beliefs, birds, cow, dancing, determination, exercise, family, fox, french, fun, goat, goose, horse, language, learning, mule, music, passion, pig, rat, rhyme, sheep, turkey

Fables

Lobel, Arnold

In these twenty different tales, a little line of advice is shared.

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animals, baboon, bear, beetle, birds, chicken, crab, crow, crustaceans, deception, duck, excitement, fable, fox, frog, insects, lion, lobster, ostrich

Five little foxes and the snow

Johnston, Tony

Five foxes wanted to go outside in the snow to play. Their grandma told them their bare paws would get cold. On Christmas morning, grandma fox gives each of the five foxes a pair of mittens so they can go outside to play.

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animals, assertiveness, christmas, clothing, conflict resolution, decision making, family, fox, grandparents, holidays, play, prevention, recreation, snow, weather

Flossie and the fox

McKissack, Patricia C.

Flossie will not believe the fox is a fox until he proves it.

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animals, conflict resolution, critical thinking, fox, refusal skills, verbal communication

Four famished foxes and fosdyke

Edwards, Pamela Duncan

A mother fox leaves her four children at home for five days. They must feed themselves. Three of the siblings plan different ways to catch meat. The fourth fox is a vegetarian and saves the day by cooking a feast for all of them.

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alliteration, animals, assertiveness, chicken, cooking, critical thinking, dog, duck, family, food, fox, french, goal setting, health, individuality, multicultural, nutrition, parents, self esteem, sequence, siblings, verbal communication

Fox and heggie

Guzzo, Sandra E.

Fox tries to earn enough money to buy a Greek fishing hat by helping out all his friends and neighbors. But, his generosity keeps him from earning the money, so his friends pull through for him in the end.

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animals, bear, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, fox, frustration, giving, hard work, presents, rabbit, raccoon, stress management, unselfish, verbal communication

Fox and his friends

Marshall, Edward

A fox is asked to watch his sister but he does not watch her and she wanders off. At the end, he learns his lesson and realizes that he needs to be more responsible.

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animals, assertiveness, child care, conflict resolution, family, fox, friendship, lost, responsibilities, siblings

Fox at school

Marshall, Edward

Fox learns important lessons from his friends on how to be a friend. For example, he learns how not to be greedy and how not to be too proud.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, fox, friendship, goal setting, greed, learning, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, pride, refusal skills, school, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Fox in a box

Hurd, Edith Thacher

Joe decides to go hunting for a fox because he wants a pet. He catches one with the help of a lion. When Joe brings the fox home in a box, the fox isn't very happy. Joe returns him to the woods where the lion and the fox help him find an owl who will happily be his pet.

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animals, birds, feelings, fox, kindness, lion, neighbors, owl, pets, sadness, woods

Fox in love

Marshall, Edward

Fox falls in love with many girls. He goes to the fair with each of them, but pretty soon they all find out he has other girlfriends. Because all of the girls are upset, he has to enter the dance contest with his sister and they win second place.

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animals, assertiveness, competition, conflict resolution, dancing, decision making, exercise, family, feelings, fox, frustration, goal setting, love, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, siblings

Fox in socks

Seuss, Dr.

A tongue twisting book which is about a fox who tries to play many games, but ends up hanging out with his blue socks.

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animals, clothing, decision making, fox, games, goal setting, rhyme

Fox on stage

Marshall, James

Fox and his friends are bored, so they decide to put on a scary play for the neighborhood. The play goes wrong and instead of being scary it is the funniest play the neighbors have ever seen.

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actor, animals, boredom, careers, fox, fun, humor, neighbors, performance, play, rain, weather

Fox on the job

Marshall, James

Fox needs a job so he tries four different places. Because of his honesty, fear and clumbsiness, he loses his first three jobs. He then finds the perfect job where he can dream all day.

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accidents, animals, fear, feelings, food, fox, honesty, nutrition, sleep

Fox outfoxed

Marshall, James

It's Halloween and Fox and his friends are looking forward to it, until Fox's little sister wants to come along. They scare her away, but she plays a trick on them. This makes them wish they had been nicer to her.

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animals, creativity, deception, disappearance, fear, feelings, food, fox, halloween, holidays

Fox under first base

Latimer, Jim

Fox has a habit of stealing baseballs. With the help of his bear friend, he learns the error of his ways and returns the balls. In turn, he receives a baseball autographed by Shoeless Joe Jackson.

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animals, baseball, bear, exercise, fox, honesty, presents, robbery, sports

Fox's dream

Tejima, Keizaburo

A fox, who is on his own, struggles to survive during the winter. He is cold, hungry, and misses his family. In the end, he meets a friend and realizes that he is no longer alone.

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animals, family, feelings, fox, hunger, loneliness, sadness, seasons, survival, winter

Goose's story

Best, Cari

A young girl and her dog care for an injured goose with one leg. They encourage her to learn to walk, swim, and fly. When they goose leaves for winter, they search for her everyday. A year later the goose returns with a mate and with seven baby geese.

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accidents, animals, change, colors, differences, dog, fear, feelings, fly, fox, friendship, goose, growing up, injury, learning, loneliness, migration, month, parents, pond, raccoon, rain, robin, sadness, seasons, spring, swimming, teaching

Grandfather Tang's story: A tale told with tangrams

Tompert, Ann

Tangrams are a fun way to tell a story in picture art and words. Grandfather Tang arranges his seven tangram pieces into the shape of a fox and the story builds from there. See a rabbit, dog, squirrel, hawk, turtle, crocodile, goldfish, goose, and lion in this tale of puzzle pieces.

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dog, fox, goose, lion, rabbit, squirrel, turtle

Gray fox

London, Jonathan

The life cycle of the gray fox is shown including a caring little boy who lays the fox to rest and says a prayer for his spirit.

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amphibians, animals, birds, death, deer, egret, family, fox, frog, nature, prayer, seasons

Habitat spy

Kieber-King, Cynthia

Told in rhyming narrative, Habitat Spy invites children to search for and find plants, invertebrates, birds, and mammals and more that live in 13 different habitats: backyard, beach, bog, cave, desert, forest, meadow, mountain, ocean, plains, pond, river, and cypress swamp. Children will spend hours looking for and counting all the different plants and animals while learning about what living things need to survive.

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amphibians, animals, antelope, author's note, badger, bat (animal), beach, bear, beaver, bee, beetle, binoculars, biology, birds, blackbird, bluejay, bobcat, bodies of water, body parts, bog, butterfly, cactus, cave, classification, cormorant, cow, cycle, deer, dog, dolphin, dragonfly, dug, finch, fish, flowers, forest, fox, frog, goldfish, grasshopper, grassland, habitat, hawk, heron, illustrator's note, insects, jellyfish, moose, moth, observation, opossum, otter, owl, pelican, plover, pond, porcupine, quail, rabbit, reptile, roadrunner, robin, science, scorpion, seagull, seal, sheep, snail, snake, squirrel, starfish, swallow (bird), swamp, swan, toad, tree, turkey, turtle, vision, walrus, wetland, whale, wolf, woods, wren

Hattie and the fox

Fox, Mem

Hattie the hen sees a fox approaching her and the other animals. The fox attacks, and the cow scares the fox away with a loud moo. Then, the animals are silent for a long time.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, chicken, cow, decision making, fox, horse, pig, sheep, verbal communication

Henny penny

Galdone, Paul

An acorn falls on Henny Penny's head and she thinks the sky is falling. She goes to tell the king, and a few of her friends go with her. A fox lures them into his cave and eats up Henny Penny and her friends.

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animals, birds, conflict resolution, death, fear, feelings, food, fox, friendship, loss, misunderstanding, royalty, shelter, sly

Henry and the red stripes

Christelow, Eileen

Henry the Rabbit decides to paint himself with red stripes. Because of the stripes, a fox sees Henry and kidnaps him. Eventually, Henry is reunited with his parents and learns a lesson.

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animals, art, colors, decision making, fox, friendship, learning, parents, rabbit, reunion, verbal communication, woods

Here is the arctic winter

Dunphy, Madeleine

The animals of the fascinating world of the arctic show their land. Nature and the environment are the themes.

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animals, caribou, cod, fish, fox, hare, nature, owl, polar bear, seal, whale, winter, wolf

I love you with all my heart

Kern, Noris

Polo doesn't understand how his mother loves him with all her heart. On his way home to ask, he encounters his friends who share with hom how their mothers love them. The penguin loves with all her wings, the seal loves with all her flippers. When Polo finally reaches home and seees his mother, he realizes what it means to love with all your heart.

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affection, animals, body parts, caribou, cold, family, fishing, fox, love, parents, penguin, polar bear, seal, self esteem, sleep, snow, verbal communication, weather

I want my hat back

Klassen, Jon

A bear almost gives up his search for his missing hat until he remembers something important.

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amphibians, animals, bear, clothing, concepts, deer, fox, frog, investigation, lost, manners, memory, rabbit, snake, surprises, turtle

In my backyard

Giogas, Valarie

Baby dogs are puppies and they belong to a litter. Counting from one to ten, familiar backyard animals are introduced by baby and family group name. Each stanza also tells a bit more about each animal by providing clues as to what they eat, how they sound, or where they live.

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animals, baby, counting, deer, flowers, fox, garden, grasshopper, habitat, home, mole, porcupine, rabbit, raccoon, sequence, skunk, snake, squirrel

Is that josie?

Narahashi, Keiko

An adult and child play an imaginative question and answer game. The questions are real situations that Josie experiences, but Josie becomes wild animals when she uses her imagination to answer the questions.

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adventures, animals, ant, birds, crocodile, dolphin, eagle, family, feelings, fox, fun, games, happiness, hippopotamus, imagination, kangaroo, love, nonverbal communication, opossum, parents, turtle, verbal communication

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

Johnny crow's garden

Brooke, L. Leslie

Johnny Crow makes a garden that all the animals in the kingdom come to see. When a clever fox captures all the animals, Johnny Crow must save them. He rescues all the animals and they have a party to thank him.

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animals, birds, conflict resolution, coping, dancing, exercise, fox, party, rhyme

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