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Nobody asked me if I wanted a little sister

Alexander, Martha

Oliver's new baby sister gets a lot of attention and he feels neglected. He tries to give his sister away, but realizes that she wants to be with him. Oliver discovers that he will have a playmate when she is a little older.

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acceptance, baby, change, conflict resolution, coping, family, jealousy, love, siblings

When the new baby comes, i'm moving out

Alexander, Martha

Oliver is becoming a big brother, and is dreading the arrival of his new sibling. He becomes angry and jealous and threatens to leave his mother. However, she is able to convince him that he is loved and needed at home.

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argument, assertiveness, baby, conflict, conflict resolution, family, jealousy, love, parents, siblings, verbal communication

Dancing in the wings

Allen, Debbie

Sassy uses her unique characteristics and height to become a great ballet dancer. Sassy does not allow bullying from the other students to prevent her from trying out for a summer dance festival. Sassy learns the benefits of perseverence and self-esteem.

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challenges, competition, dancing, depression, determination, dreams, embarrassment, family, feelings, glasses, humor, imagination, individuality, instruments, jealousy, multicultural, performance, persistence, playing, self esteem, stars, theatre, travel

Sophie and the new baby

Anholt, Laurence

A new baby is coming, and Sophie's going to be a big sister!She helps her mother and father prepare for the arrival of the baby, but when her little brother is born, she wishes that her family could give him back!Sophie slowly begins to realize that having a new brother might not be so bad after all.

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acceptance, affection, anticipation, appreciation, attention, autumn, baby, birth, carriage, change, cold, conflict resolution, confusion, decision making, disappointment, dolls, family, feelings, giving, jealousy, loneliness, moon, morning, night, nonverbal communication, parents, patience, pregnancy, preparation, resentment, seasons, secrets, snow, spring, sun, verbal communication, walking, winter, woods

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

Let's talk about needing attention

Berry, Joy

A girl names Casey tries all the wrong ways to get attention from her Mom and Dad. Eventually she finds solutions for achieving attention the right way and learns how to help others as well.

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anger, attention, baby, bicycle, birds, depression, disobedience, encouragement, envy, feelings, helping, jealousy, love, patience, resolution, sadness, self esteem, support, teasing

The pain and the great one

Blume, Judy

A dual story of a brother and sister and how they feel about each other.

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envy, family, feelings, jealousy, peer resistance, self esteem, siblings

The chocolate-covered-cookie tantrum

Blumenthal, Deborah

As Sophie walks home from the park with her mother, she sees another little girl eating a chocolate-covered-cookie. Sophie's mother does not have any cookies to give her and will not allow Sophie to eat cookies so close to supper time. Sophie is outraged and throws a temper tantrum! Sophie learns that not eating a cookie before supper isn't so bad after all.

Arthur's chicken pox

Brown, Marc

Arthur's family is excited about their trip to the circus on Saturday. On Monday, Arthur gets the chicken pox. His younger sister, Dora, is jealous of all the attention Arthur receives. By Saturday, Arthur feels better, but then Dora has the chicken pox.

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attention, chicken pox, circus, excitement, family, grandparents, illness, jealousy, parents, siblings, verbal communication

High-wire henry

Calhoun, Mary

Henry, the cat, is jealous of all the attention his family pays to the new puppy. He learns how to walk a high-wire. In the end, Henry rescues the puppy from disaster. He finally gets the attention he's been craving for so much.

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animals, cat, conflict resolution, decision making, determination, dog, goal setting, jealousy, nonverbal communication

Silly baby

Caseley, Judith

Lindsey does not welcome her new baby sister to the family at first. She finally realizes that they both have something to contribute to the family and she changes her mind.

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acceptance, baby, change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, jealousy, siblings

Herbert binns and the flying tricycle

Castle, C.//Weevers, P.

Herbert Binns is a mouse who is an incredible inventor and makes a flying tricycle. There are three animals who are jealous of him and try to sabotage his invention, but fail to do so.

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animals, bicycle, careers, critical thinking, imagination, inventions, jealousy, mouse, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem, transportation, verbal communication

Ida and betty and the secret eggs

Chorao, Kay

Ida and Betty are summer friends. When playing, the girls find a bird's nest with eggs in it. A new girl moves into the neighborhood, and Betty makes friends with her. Ida becomes jealous of their friendship. The nest and eggs restore the original friendship when Betty's new friend shows her real personality.

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conflict resolution, friendship, jealousy, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, play, refusal skills, verbal communication

The secret friend

Dunbar, Joyce

Gander is writing a letter to his secret friend. As Gander adds special touches to the letter, Panda becomes jealous. He does not know this secret friend and he is worried it might be Gander's new best friend. Little does Panda know, he is Gander's only best friend.

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animals, birds, caring, correspondence, feelings, friendship, goose, happiness, jealousy, nonverbal communication, panda, secrets, self esteem, sharing, writing

Panda's new toy

Dunbar, Joyce

Panda just got a new toy and he is having a lot of fun playing with it. Gander wants to try it too, but Panda is unwilling to share. When Gander decides to play with another toy, Panda wants that one too. The friends talk about it and decide that sharing and working together are more fun than being selfish.

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animals, argument, birds, conflict resolution, cooperation, feelings, fight, friendship, goose, jealousy, panda, playing, sadness, selfishness, sharing, toys, verbal communication

Tim tadpole and the great bullfrog

Flack, Marjorie

Tim is a tadpole who feels sorry for himself because he can only swim and not jump. A bullfrog tells Tim not to be discouraged. Tim soon matures into a bullfrog and is able to jump.

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amphibians, assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, exercise, feelings, frog, growing up, jealousy, jumping, nature, sadness, self esteem, stress management, swimming

Almira's violets

Fregosi, Claudia

A lady owned a flower shop with the most beautiful violets. Her cat was mad and jealous that the flowers got all the attention. One day she noticed that none of the plants had blossoms. Then she realized her cat had eaten the blossoms.

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animals, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, jealousy, nonverbal communication, pets, plants, self esteem, stress management

The moon was at a fiesta

Gollub, Matthew

The moon over Oaxaca, Mexico is jealous of the sun. She plans for a fiesta one night so she can have fun like the sun. Afterwards though, she realizes that this causes imbalance in nature, so she never does it again.

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celebration, conflict resolution, jealousy, mexican, moon, multicultural, party, stars, sun

She come bringing me that little baby girl

Greenfield, Eloise

A little boy's mother brings him home a new sister instead of a new baby brother. All of the attention goes to the new baby at first. In the end, the little boy becomes a protective big brother and thinks it is pretty neat to have a little sister.

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baby, change, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, family, feelings, goal setting, insecurity, jealousy, parents, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

Oh, brother!

Grimes, Nikki

Xavier feels sad, angry, and jealous towards his new step brother, Chris. Xavier soon realizes that Chris is coping with loneliness and resentment too. The pain over losing a parent to divorce forms a special band between Xavier and Chris so they promise each other, that no one will ever leave. Through short vignettes, the story ends with Our family is a song we sing, and we can add new notes anytime we like.

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african american, aggression, anger, apology, baby, baseball, bedtime, behavior, books, celebration, change, chores, climbing, comparisons, conflict, conflict resolution, divorce, emotions, family, fear, feelings, friendship, fun, games, hispanic, jealousy, mountains, multicultural, parents, photograph, playing, pregnancy, relationship, rhythm, school, self esteem, siblings, sports, stepfather, stepmother, sympathy, technology, telephone, verbal communication, wedding

It's not fair

Harper, Anita//Hellard, Susan

A new baby brother gets special, unfair attention, and so does his older sister.

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assertiveness, baby, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, feelings, jealousy, self esteem, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

A to z do you ever feel like me?

Hausman, Bonnie

How are you feeling today?Join the children in this book to find out if they are feeling the same way. Learn the letters of the alphabet while you solve the puzzles of emotions. Have fun!

Julius, the baby of the world

Henkes, Kevin

Lilly is not happy about the arrival of her new baby brother, Julius. She is happier when her cousin Garland comes to visit.

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assertiveness, baby, change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, goal setting, happiness, jealousy, sadness, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Angelina on stage

Holabird, Katharine

Angeline and Henry are asked to do a play and both are excited. Angelina gets jealous when Henry gets to speak. During the performance, Henry gets nervous and Angelina saves him and the play.

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conflict resolution, excitement, friendship, jealousy, nonverbal communication, performance, self confidence, selfishness, verbal communication

The two Tyrones

Hudson, Wade

Tyrone Rashon Williams goes to school on the first day, excited about his new sneakers that he bought himself. He is disappointed when he gets there and finds that everyone has the same ones, and there is a new student, Tyrone Rashon Williams. Tyrone must deal with both of his problems, and get things back to normal.

Another helping of chips

Hughes, Shirley

Four short stories tell about the adventures of chips and Jessie. Together they encounter adventures concerning spring cleaning, a visiting uncle, a stray kitten, and Christmas.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, cat, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, feelings, friendship, goal setting, holidays, jealousy, nonverbal communication, self esteem

Wheels

Hughes, Shirley

Carlos is jealous of his friend Billy's new bicycle. He desperately wants a new one for his upcoming birthday. He realizes that friends are important and gets an unexpected better gift for his birthday.

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birthday, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, holidays, jealousy, nonverbal communication, presents, self esteem, verbal communication

The very worst monster

Hutchins, Pat

Sister monster tries to prove she is the very worst monster - at least worse than her brother.

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conflict resolution, family, feelings, jealousy, misbehavior, self esteem, siblings

Slither mccreep and his brother, joe

Johnston, Tony

Slither McCreep, a young snake, is upset that his brother, Joe, won't share his toys. Out of anger, Slither breaks Joe's toys. Later, he feels guilty and tries to make up with Joe.

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aggression, conflict resolution, destruction, family, feelings, guilt, jealousy, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, reptiles, sharing, siblings, snake, toys

Jump up time: A trinidad carnival story

Joseph, Lynn

The Trinidad carnival is coming up and Lily's sister Christine is getting all the attention from her family over her hummingbird costume. Lily wishes that she could wear a fancy costume and jump up at the children's carnival too. When the big day comes, Lily helps Christine have courage to go up on the stage.

Bently and egg

Joyce, William

A frog becomes jealous of the egg laid by a close friend. He gradually learns to love the egg after saving it from a little boy.

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amphibians, birds, conflict resolution, decision making, duck, feelings, friendship, frog, jealousy, love, nonverbal communication, rescue, self esteem

Peter's chair

Keats, Ezra Jack

Peter has a new baby sister. He is upset because his crib, chair, and other furniture have been painted pink. Peter runs away and becomes very frightened to be by himself. When his mom calls him home, he is very happy and tells his father that he wants to paint his favorite chair pink for his little sister.

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assertiveness, baby, change, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, feelings, happiness, jealousy, loneliness, nonverbal communication, parents, refusal skills, running away, siblings

Silly chicken

Khan, Rukhsana

Rani is jealous of Amiﾒs affection for Bibi, a chicken. Rani finally learns how to lay an egg - much to the motherﾒs delight. However, when left alone one day, the chicken dies and Ami is sad. An egg from Bibi is found, which hatches a new baby chick.

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affection, animals, assertiveness, birth, chicken, death, decision making, dog, family, feelings, jealousy, loss, multicultural, pakistani, parents, sadness, self esteem, verbal communication

Earl's too cool for me

Komaiko, Leah

Earl is a boy who does all of these really cool things. The young boy admires Earl but eventually realizes that they are both cool and Earl is just a regular guy.

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differences, feelings, friendship, imagination, jealousy, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, self confidence, self esteem

How santa got his job

Krensky, Stephen

Santa was not always the lovable gift giver we know him as today. He tried out many jobs starting when he was a young man including chimney sweep, postal worker, cook, zookeeper, and circus performer before he found the job that was right for him. He only became the Santa we know and love after meeting the elves at the circus and going to their homes where he suggested they work together to give gifts to people around the world on one special night a year.

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animals, careers, christmas, circus, critical thinking, decision making, elves, emergency, food, hard work, holidays, jealousy, mistake, night, overeating, overweight, polar bear, presents, problem solving, reindeer, responsibilities, santa, teamwork, toys, zoo

Sometimes i wish i were mindy

Levine, Abby//Levine, Sarah

Mindy is a very wealthy girl. Her friend is jealous of all the things Mindy has. But she realizes that she is fortunate to have a loving family and maybe someday she will have the things Mindy has.

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acceptance, family, feelings, jealousy, poverty, self esteem

Frederick's fables

Lionni, Leo

Many animals go through several adventures. Some of them learn lessons, solve conflicts, and make discoveries.

Cornelius

Lionni, Leo

Cornelius, the crocodile, is able to walk upright by standing on his head. The other crocodiles become jealous when Cornelius brags about his skill.

Little though I be

Low, Joseph

A little boy is jealous because he is much smaller than his two brothers and they always get all of the attention. In the end, he finds that he can use his wits to accomplish things and brings home a golden bird, which pleases his father.

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assertiveness, birds, decision making, family, feelings, jealousy, parents, self esteem, siblings

Rachel parker, kindergarten show off

Martin, Ann

Olivia's new neighbor, Rachel, is in her kindergarten class. They must overcome feelings of jealousy and competitiveness to be friends.

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assertiveness, competition, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, friendship, jealousy, neighbors, peer resistance, school, verbal communication

Arijole

Mashiri, Pascal

Arijole's stepsisters are envious of her beauty. They do not want Arijole to be chosen as a wife in a nearby village, so the stepsisters turn her into a dog. When only Arijole (the dog) is left, a mother takes her home for her son to hunt. Soon they realize that Arijole is not a dog but a beautiful woman. She and Obondo are then married.

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africa, beauty, conflict resolution, culture, envy, family, folktale, jealousy, love, marriage, multicultural, nonverbal communication, obedience, parents, respect, self esteem, siblings, stepmother, storytelling

Too big!

Masurel, Claire

When Charlie and his dad are at the carnival, he wins the biggest prize of all, a dinosaur. His new toy is so big, he can't take it anywhere!Charlie's dinosaur must stay at home while he takes his other toys on outings, until he has to go to the doctor. All of the other toys hide so they don't have to go to the doctor's, but the dinosaur is too big- he can't!After their trip to the doctor, Charlie and his dinosaur are inseperable.

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carnival, circus, dinosaur, doctor, family, fear, feelings, games, illness, jealousy, loneliness, medicine, parents, park, shopping, sizes, toys

Lottie's new friend

Mathers, Petra

Herbie the duck and Lottie the chicken have been friends for a long time. One day Herbie goes to visit Lottie and finds Lottie spending time with a new friend, Dodo. Herbie becomes very jealous of Lottie's new friendship and he thinks that she doesn't care about him anymore. When Lottie has to leave to visit her sick aunt, Herbie becomes very lonely without Lottie's company. He decides to go over to visit Dodo and finds her stuck on her roof because she is afraid of heights. Herbie rescues her and Dodo tells Herbie how much Lottie cares about him. When Herbie finds out that Lottie is coming home, he calls Dodo and they go together to meet Lottie and welcome her home.

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animals, birds, boat, caring, chicken, closeness, cooking, duck, fear, flowers, friendship, glasses, jealousy, kindness, loneliness, relationship, rescue, resentment, transportation

Don't forget me, santa claus

Mayo, Virginia

Santa Claus comes to deliver presents but he forgets to give them to the youngest boy. The boy becomes very upset and follows Santa outside and gets in his sleigh. When Santa realizes he has company, he gives the boy his presents and takes him back home.

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christmas, coping, decision making, determination, disappointment, feelings, holidays, jealousy, nonverbal communication, presents, problem solving

New baby

McCully, Emily Arnold

The youngest mouse in a big family finds it very hard to adjust to the new baby. She was used to being the center of attention and now has competition. If she shows the adults that she is still a baby, she thinks she will get more attention. It backfires, but the baby pays attention to her.

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animals, baby, change, coping, family, feelings, growing up, jealousy, mouse, nonverbal communication, self esteem, siblings

Fighting words

Merriam, Eve

Dale and Leda are each jealous of what they do not have. They decide to fight and hurl a number of creative words at each other.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, envy, fight, friendship, games, humor, jealousy, self esteem, verbal communication

A visit to amy-claire

Mills, Claudia

Rachel is excited when she and her family visit her cousin Amy-Claire. When Amy-Claire pays more attention to Rachel's little sister, Rachel is hurt and angry. Rachel realizes that it is special to be a big sister.

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attention, conflict resolution, family, feelings, jealousy, sadness, siblings

The painted pig

Morrow, Elizabeth

A little Mexican boy, Pedro, wants a piggy bank just like Pita's. After trying to buy one, he decides to make his own.

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assertiveness, critical thinking, determination, family, feelings, goal setting, jealousy, mexican, multicultural, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, sharing, verbal communication

Princess pooh

Muldoon, Kathleen

A young girl with a disability gets special attention sometimes. Her sister is jealous of this attention. When she finds out what it is like to be in her sister's shoes, she feels differently. After that she showers her sister with special attention too.

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feelings, jealousy, nonverbal communication, siblings

Enemy pie

Munson, Derek

When confronted with his first enemy, a young boy seeks help from his father. He hopes that enemy pie will get rid of his enemy but instead he gains something he never expected.

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acceptance, anger, bravery, conflict resolution, family, feelings, friendship, jealousy, parents, relationship, revenge, stress management, verbal communication

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