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Love is

Adams, Diane

A little girl raises a duckling and loves it very much. One day, she realizes that it is time for her duckling to leave and join the other ducks outside. Even though she misses her pet, their love stays strong and she still gets to see her duck and its new family.

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african american, animals, bath, birds, bodies of water, change, companion, courage, duck, feelings, health, hygiene, love, morning, multicultural, nature, pets, pond, sadness, sleep, swimming, teaching, trust

A day in the life of a dentist

Adamson, Heather

Dr. Fong provides readers with an outline of what she does in her job as a dentist. Starting at the beginning of her day, Dr. Fong describes the various articles of clothing that she and the other office staff wears. This includes office managers and hygienists, who help the dentist when she cares for her patients. After eating her lunch, Dr. Fong demonstrates various techniques, including x-ray imaging and models, that she uses to visualize a patient's mouth. Finally, Dr. Fong shows the tools she uses when examining a patient and describes the importance of visiting dentists, like her, regularly!

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appearance, careers, critical thinking, dentist, education, hard work, helping, history, hygiene, nonverbal communication, responsibilities, role model, routine, teamwork, teeth, tools, verbal communication, work

Bacteria Joe

Adler, Sigal

One night, a boy does not brush his teeth and eats chocolate before going to bed. Bacteria Joe comes along and begins eating away at any remaining sugars and sweets in the boy's mouth. After causing cracks to form in the boy's teeth, Bacteria Joe is finally washed away, and the boy promises his Mom that he will always brush his teeth twice a day in order to maintain a healthy smile and prevent tooth decay!

My dad has HIV

Alexander, Earl//Rudin, Sheila//Sejkora, Pam

The virus (called HIV) is explained in this gentle and descriptive story about a young girl whose father is living with HIV. The facts about the virus are described in a way that children can understand. The story helps children to know that a person with HIV can lead a normal life.

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acceptance, aids, awareness, careers, communication, differences, diseases, family, fear, feelings, food, health, hygiene, illness, love, medicine, nutrition, parents, presentation, sadness, school, science, sleep, support, verbal communication

World famous muriel and the scary dragon

Alexander, Sue

A king asks Muriel to help people from his kingdom who are afraid of a dragon. With her peanut butter cookies, Muriel finds the dragon. She then gives the dragon a bath which makes him feel better. In return, he becomes a nicer dragon so the king continues to give him a bath once a week.

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bravery, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dragons, fear, food, helping, hygiene, mythical, nonverbal communication, nutrition, royalty

Ready, set, brush! A pop-up book

American Dental Association

Elmo and his gang teach you how to brush your teeth. First, Elmo teaches you about how much toothpaste to use, and Marvin Monster helps you learn about where you should brush. Then Zoe reminds you to brush your tongue, and you learn about rinsing from the Cookie Monster. Next, Martha Monster visits the dentist for a checkup, and he tells her that she, and all of her friends, do a great job of taking care of their mouth by brushing and rinsing twice a day!

All about you

Anholt, Catherine//Anholt, Laurence

Everyone is different, no one is quite the same. Discover all about you!How do you feel today?Are you hungry?Each time it's a new story.

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amphibians, animals, bat, bath, bear, bedtime, birds, camel, cat, celebration, cleanliness, climbing, cow, dancing, dog, donkey, duck, exercise, family, feelings, fish, food, frog, goat, goose, gorilla, grandparents, happiness, hygiene, jumping, library, mole, monkey, moose, nutrition, ox, parents, party, picnic, pool, running, sadness, school, seal, sheep, siblings, skipping, sleep, sliding, snail, walrus, whale, wolf, zoo

Prudy's problem and how she solved it

Armstrong-Ellis, Carey

Prudy loves to collect things. But unlike most kids who collect only a few things, Prudy collects everything. Some things are even unsanitary. One day her enormous collection becomes too much for her to handle. She must come up with an idea on what to do with all her stuff. Finally she has it. She solves her problem by creating a collection museum. Here her collection can be neat, orderly and seen by everyone.

Cell wars

Balkwill, Fran

Did you know that there is war going on in your body every day? Well, Neutrophills, Macrophages and Lymphocytes battle to get rid of viruses and bacteria. Come watch the battle between the defender cells as they protect people from microscopic enemies.

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bacteria, cells, chicken pox, cold, critical thinking, decision making, diseases, germs, health, hygiene, illness, medicine, nonverbal communication, prevention, science, verbal communication, virus

One fine day

Bang, Molly

From morning until bedtime, a child plays with toys to experience one fine day of activities.

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animals, beach, bear, car, cat, cleanliness, clouds, colors, five senses, food, friendship, hygiene, nutrition, play, rain, shadows, sleep, sounds, sun, toys, wind

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

Monster and the magic umbrella

Blance, Ellen // Cook, Ann

Monster enjoys a day of play with his friends and his magical umbrella. Monster and the little boy play games in the afternoon sun and make sure to follow good hygiene practices and sun safety by wearing hats and carrying a giant magical umbrella that provides protection from the sun. The monster's umbrella eventually, magically opens into a much larger umbrella filling with rain so all of the neighborhood children can play and cool off.

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celebration, cleanliness, companion, critical thinking, exercise, feelings, friendship, happiness, hygiene, magic, monsters, play, rain, storm, stress management, sun, swimming, umbrella, weather

Why we go to the dentist

Clark, Rosalyn

Let's take a trip to the dentist to learn more about what dentists do in order to develop and maintain a healthy smile for each of their patients. First, the dentist takes x-ray images of the patient's teeth and performs a routine checkup on the teeth and gums. Next, the dentist explains how to properly clean your teeth using a toothbrush and floss each day. Now you know more about the dentist, and why it is so important to go for checkups on a regular basis.

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body parts, child care, cleanliness, critical thinking, dentist, diseases, diversity, education, germs, hygiene, nonverbal communication, routine, tools, verbal communication, vocabulary

My parents are divorced, my elbows have nicknames, and other facts about me

Cochran, Bill

Ted's parents are divorced but that doesn't make him weird. His elbows have nicknames and he sleeps with a sock on one foot, and he admits that may make him weird. Ted lists off many other facts about himself that may seem weird to others, but that's him and he is happy the way he is! He is sad though when his parents can't hug him at the same time.

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attention, body parts, cleanliness, comparisons, coping, divorce, feelings, halloween, happiness, holidays, hygiene, pretend, sadness, self esteem, separation, stress management, uniqueness

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

How to... brush your teeth

Cottage Door Press

Learn from the tiger how your teeth develop over time, how teeth are classified, and why it is so important to take care of them regularly. The tiger gives you a step-by-step explanation of how to brush your teeth, and he reminds you how to brush for two minutes twice a day. Finally, the tiger explains other ways to care for your teeth that include proper nutrition and visits twice a year to the dentist.

Toothful tales

Courtad, Jeanette

Incisa tells the story of how she and her friends, Cuspi, Mola, and Tongo, are attacked by a "sticky sweet" given to them by Grandma. After being covered in sugar, germs begin to attack as they make acid and dissolve holes in Incisa and her tooth friends. Then, Incisa, Cuspi, Mola, and Tongo get a pleasant surprise when Grandma brings other things to make the teeth happy; an electric toothbrush and floss! Finally, after a good cleaning, Incisa, and her friends, Cuspi, Mola, and Tongo, are once again, all shiny and bright just in time for lunch!

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body parts, cartoons, cleanliness, conflict resolution, consequences, critical thinking, decision making, education, family, food, germs, grandparents, hygiene, nonverbal communication, nutrition, problem solving, tools, verbal communication, vocabulary

This is the way

Dalton, Anne

A family goes through the routine of their day in the rhythm of the tune here we go round the mulberry bush.

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climbing, exercise, family, food, games, hygiene, jumping, nutrition, rhyme, school, song, teeth, weather

Robby visits the doctor

Davison, Martine

Robby wakes up one morning with an earache. His father takes him to the doctor in order to get medicine which will make him feel better. After he sees his friend in the doctor's office and is told about what the doctor will do, Robbie is not scared anymore.

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author's note, Days of The Week, doctor, exercise, family, feelings, friendship, health, hospital, hygiene, illness, medicine, nonverbal communication, nurse, parents, routine, school, stress management, teeth, temperature

The amazing voyage of jackie grace

Faulkner, Matt

Jackie goes into the bathroom with his ship to take a bath. In the bathtub, he begins to imagine that he is sailing in a ship with other men. After a huge storm appears, they run into pirates and have a confrontation. Jackie conquers the captain of the pirates when all of a sudden his mother calls for him to get out of the bathtub.

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cleanliness, conflict resolution, family, hygiene, imagination, parents, pirates

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

A bedtime story

Fox, Mem

Polly has a room filled with books but does not know how to read. With her stuffed animal, Bed Rabbit, Polly interrupts her parents' reading time for a bedtime story.

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affection, bedtime, books, family, hygiene, love, nonverbal communication, parents, reading, routine, teeth, toys

The tooth book

Geisel, Theodor

Using clever rhyme, Dr. Seuss describes why teeth are important and what they help people and animals do. The structure of the mouth and the different stages of tooth development are described. Finally, Dr. Seuss explains what his readers should and should not eat in order to maintain a healthy smile.

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animals, behavior, body parts, cleanliness, consequences, decision making, food, humor, hygiene, learning, nonverbal communication, rhyme, self esteem, teeth, verbal communication

Teddy bears 1 to 10

Gretz, Susanna

Learn to count numbers by playing with teddy bears and keeping them clean.

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assertiveness, cleanliness, conflict resolution, counting, hygiene, numbers, sequence, toys

My doctor, my friend

Hallinan, P.K.

Explore the sights, sounds, and care that kids experience at the doctor's office. After explaining why they go to the doctor for a medical check-up, the children describe the different tests that are performed at every appointment to diagnose their illness. Afterwards, the children are much less afraid about going to the doctor. Kids want to feel better so they like going to their check-ups to see their doctor.

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appearance, careers, critical thinking, doctor, education, hard work, health, helping, hygiene, nonverbal communication, responsibilities, role model, routine, teamwork, tools, verbal communication, work

My dentist, my friend

Hallinan, P.K.

Take a tour through the sights, sounds, and care of the friendly dentist's office! After spending time in the waiting room and visiting with the oral hygienist, the children are seen by the dentist. Some of their teeth may need to get some x-ray scans during the dental checkup. After a successful appointment, the children are given the knowledge and tools to practice oral health behaviors at home.

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appearance, careers, critical thinking, dentist, education, hard work, health, helping, hygiene, nonverbal communication, responsibilities, role model, routine, teamwork, tools, verbal communication, work

My dog rosie

Harper, Isabelle

When Isabelle's grandpa goes to work, she takes care of his dog Rosie. Isabelle does everything for Rosie -- feeds him, plays with him, and even bathes him. Isabelle loves to take care of Rosie!

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animals, bath, dog, feelings, happiness, helping, hygiene, pets, play, responsibilities

This is the house where jack lives

Heilbroner, Joan

While Jack takes a bath he does not realize what is going on downstairs.

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adventures, bath, cleanliness, hygiene, shelter

Wanted: Perfect parents

Himmelman, John

A boy dreams of perfect parents who would let him do whatever he would like to do. He tells a very wild story about what happens if he was in charge of the house

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cleanliness, family, fantasy, humor, hygiene, mischief, parents, storytelling

Bedtime for frances

Hoban, Russell

It's France's bedtime but she isn't very tired, so she makes up an alphabet song, imagines a tiger, sees a giant, and learns that the wind has a job before she falls asleep.

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animals, badger, bedtime, family, food, giants, hygiene, night, nutrition, responsibilities, sleep

Kaddish for grandpa in Jesus' name amen

Howe, James

A young girl finds her own spirituality while observing the differing social customs of her Jewish and Christian relatives following her grandfather's sudden death. She interacts with her family to remember her grandfather in special ways at home, at church, and before bed.

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aging, angel, art, baby, bath, bedtime, behavior, church, dancing, emotions, exercise, family, feelings, food, grandparents, grief, hebrew, hygiene, Jewish, multicultural, mythical, parents, sadness

The woman who lived in holland

Howells, Mildred

A woman cleans everything in her town to the annoyance of other citizens. She later wishes that she could wash off the stars. When a storm blows her up into the sky, she gets her chance.

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assertiveness, careers, cleanliness, community, dedication, determination, dreams, goal setting, hygiene, peer resistance

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

The birthday pet

Javernick, Ellen

Danny can have a pet for his birthday and he knows exactly what he wants. The other members of his family think differently.

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animals, birds, birthday, cat, decision making, dog, family, food, hygiene, parents, pattern, pets, presents, rat, rhyme, turtle, walking

Mommy go away

Jonell, Lynne//Mathers, Petra

Christopher is tired of his mommy telling him what to do. Christopher tells his mommy to go away. Suddenly, mommy shrinks to the size of a toy and he sends her away on a toy boat in his bathtub. After Mommy's scary adventure, she realizes that it is rough being little.

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adventures, anger, bath, bedtime, boat, change, conflict resolution, fear, feelings, hygiene, imagination, love, manners, sizes, toys, verbal communication, water

The teeth that looked for a new mouth

Jones, Jill

Luke refuses to brush his teeth despite his Mom's warnings about sugar bugs coming to eat his teeth. That night, Luke has a dream that his teeth try to find another mouth to live in because they are tired of being dirty with food stuck between them. In a startling end, Luke wakes from his dream and quickly goes to brush his teeth, promising that he will brush at least twice a day in order to maintain a healthy smile and happy teeth!

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animals, anticipation, bacteria, bedtime, behavior, body parts, cleanliness, consequences, destruction, fear, germs, goal setting, hygiene, refusal skills, routine, teeth, verbal communication

Great aunt martha

Jones, Rebecca C.

A young girl wonders what is so great about Great Aunt Martha when she comes to visit. Since Great Aunt Martha is visiting, the girl has to be very quiet. She decides nothing is great about her great aunt until Great Aunt Martha wants to have fun and make noise.

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animals, boredom, dancing, disappointment, dog, exercise, family, feelings, food, friendship, fun, happiness, hygiene, noise, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, play, relief, sadness, verbal communication

My first look at time

Kindersley, Dorling

Important times of a child's day are highlighted from nutrition to hygiene.

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cleanliness, food, hygiene, nutrition

Max goes to the dentist

Klein, Adria

Max visits the dentist where he gets his teeth checked and cleaned. Max makes sure to brush his teeth twice a day so, when the dentist looks for cavities, he doesn't have any! After looking at x-rays of his teeth, Max gets a new toothbrush from the dentist and leaves his office after having a great checkup!

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appearance, body parts, careers, cleanliness, decision making, dentist, diversity, encouragement, health, hygiene, nonverbal communication, routine, teeth, tools, verbal communication, vocabulary

Davy's day

Lenski, Lois

On Davy's day, he goes through his daily routine. Davy makes choices about the things he will do during the day. Also, he takes care of himself by taking a bath on his own, dressing himself, and getting out of bed.

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bath, clothing, critical thinking, decision making, food, goal setting, hygiene, independence, nutrition, prayer, reading, self esteem, sleep

Franny B. Kranny, there's a bird in your hair!

Lerner, Harriet//Goldhor, Susan

Franny B. Kranny loves her wild and crazy hairstyle, but her parents say that she needs to get her hair done before the family reunion. Initially she is upset, but then a bird decides to make her new hairstyle its home. Everyone, including Franny, loves the hairstyle. They want her to keep it, but Franny decide it's now time to cut it.

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appearance, beauty, birds, body parts, bus, careers, cleanliness, embarrassment, family, feelings, hygiene, preparation, pride, reunion, sleep, teeth, television, transportation

My friend harry

Lewis, Kim

James takes his new stuffed elephant, Harry, everywhere with him. Eventually, when Harry begins to become worn and his ears start to sag, James is old enough to start school. Being separated from a close companion like Harry will take a little more effort than James thinks.

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animals, bath, biking, books, companion, conflict resolution, dog, elephant, exercise, family, farm, friendship, helping, hygiene, independence, love, play, pretend, reading, school, separation, support, toys, vacation, verbal communication

The boy who would be a hero

Lewis, Marjorie

A boy grows up in a small village and trains to be a hero. After growing up he leaves the village to become a hero, but instead of rescuing a princess he is caught by a witch. He outwits the witch and returns to the village to be a farmer.

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accomplishment, assertiveness, careers, challenges, cleanliness, community, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, determination, family, hygiene, mythical, parents, problem solving, storytelling, success, witches

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

Benny's had enough!

Lindgren, Barbro

Benny the pig is tired of rules. After refusing to take a bath and pick up his toys, Benny decides he would like to live somewhere else. He soon discovers the problems of being away from home.

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anger, animals, bath, cleanliness, critical thinking, decision making, disappearance, disobedience, dog, family, feelings, homeless, homesickness, hygiene, independence, missing, moods, nonverbal communication, parents, pig, technology, telephone

Wash, scrub, brush!

Manning, Mick

There is a party tonight so the animals take time to clean up for good hygiene. We don't want anyone to get sick!

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animals, appearance, bath, body parts, cleanliness, five senses, hygiene, illness, party, protection, responsibilities, smell, vocabulary

Princess kalina and the hedgehog

Marshall, F.

Kalina, a very untidy Princess, was ordered to clean up herself and her room. A hedgehog, who was actually a Prince, helped her clean up her room. When everything was cleaned up, he turned back into a Prince and the two were married.

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animals, cleanliness, conflict resolution, fable, hedgehog, helping, hygiene, love, marriage, mythical, nonverbal communication, responsibilities, royalty, shelter, witches

Here are my hands

Martin, Bill//Archambault, John

All the body parts are used for something, Here are my hands for catching and throwing. Here are my feet for stopping and going. Read on to find out about the other body parts!

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activities, body parts, critical thinking, exercise, hygiene, nonverbal communication, rhyme

Moon jump

Matura, Mustapha

Cayal loves jumping. He jumps everywhere. One day, he jumps to the moon where he meets a moon man and has tea with him. When he is tired, he jumps home.

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acceptance, bath, bedtime, beverage, exercise, family, fantasy, food, hygiene, imagination, jumping, moon, multicultural, nonverbal communication, nutrition, school, self esteem, sleep

The tooth book

Miller, Edward

Let's learn how oral health and the mouth develops over a lifetime. The mouth grows a set of primary teeth and then a set of secondary teeth. You can learn proper dental hygiene and interesting historical facts as you read. You can also learn about tooth decay and different techniques to treat oral health issues when and if they occur.

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behavior, body parts, cleanliness, consequences, decision making, dentist, education, food, germs, goal setting, growing up, hygiene, protection, self esteem, teeth, vocabulary

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