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Song and dance man

Ackerman, Karen

When the children go to visit their grandpa, he takes them to the attic to show his three grandchildren what he used to do for entertainment before television was invented. He dresses up in his hat, vest, and cane, then begins to dance and sing for his grandchildren. When they go downstairs, they wonder how much he misses the good old days.

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aging, clothing, dancing, exercise, family, grandparents, imagination, memories, nonverbal communication, play, recreation, respect, self esteem, technology, television

Marianthe's story one: Painted words. Marianthe's story two: Spoken memories

Aliki

When a child moves to a new school it can be frightening. Mari not only moved to a new school, but a new culture as well. Mari uses painted pictures to communicate her words and recalls her life through spoken memories.

Christmas tree memories

Aliki.

One Christmas eve, a family gathers in front of their Christmas tree. Each ornament brings back a memory. The family shares rememberences of friends, places, events and their own family through the stories of each decoration.

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christmas, family, friendship, holidays, memories, self esteem, traditions, verbal communication

We are best friends

Aliki.

Two young boys must deal with the idea of one best friend moving away. Luckily, each meets a new friend. They are able to keep their friendship through letters.

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correspondence, critical thinking, feelings, friendship, games, loneliness, memories, missing, moving, nonverbal communication, playground, sadness, verbal communication

A name on the quilt: A story of remembrance

Atkins, Jeannine

A family remembers an uncle that died of AIDS by constructing a quilt. Each panel reminds the family of a memory shared with Uncle Ron.

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affection, aids, art, author's note, dancing, death, diseases, exercise, family, feelings, friendship, letters, memories, nonverbal communication, photograph, quilt, sadness, sewing, siblings, skating, stress management, symbols, verbal communication

If nathan were here

Bahr, Mary

Nathan was a brother, a wonderful best friend, and a great classmate. Then one day, Nathan was gone. If Nathan Were Here tells a story of what it is like for a community and family to lose a loved one. This book shows us the true need and meaning for friendship.

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baseball, change, coping, death, family, feelings, friendship, happiness, loss, love, memories, nonverbal communication, sadness, school, siblings, sports, stress management

The cat who walked across France

Banks, Kate

After the death of his owner, a cat is moved to another city. He has fond memories of the old woman and wishes to find his home again. The cat begins a journey across the country to find his way back to the stone house. When he arrives, he finds the door open, walks in, and finds a spot to fall asleep. He is awoken by two children who reminds him of the old woman with whom he finds home again.

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animals, bodies of water, cat, critical thinking, exercise, feelings, france, happiness, lake, memories, pond, river, sadness, sea, stress management

Mr. bow tie

Barbour, Karen

A family makes friends with a homeless man. They find out his name and invite his parents to see him. Mr. Bow tie goes home with his parents, but leaves behind his memory.

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acceptance, family, friendship, helping, kindness, memories, parents, respect

Home now

Beake, Lesley

How can Sieta feel happy with so many sad pictures inside her head? She remembers her real home far away over the mountains, her parents getting sick, and Aunty taking her to live in a new place she calls Home Now. There Sieta meets another orphan with memories like her own.

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africa, animals, community, death, diseases, elephant, empathy, family, feelings, flowers, friendship, happiness, home, illness, memories, orphan, parents, sadness, stars, sympathy

May'naise sandwiches & sunshine tea

Belton, Sandra

Big Mama shares family memories of her childhood with her grandchild about a special friendship she had with Bettie Jean. Little Miss and Big Mama share the pages of a scrapbook which tells the favorite story of May'naise sandwiches and sunshine tea.

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african american, books, careers, clothing, dancing, dentist, doctor, dreams, flowers, food, friendship, garden, hunger, imagination, memories, nutrition, parents, photograph, picnic, play, rain, running, school, sun, teaching, technology, telephone, tree, water

Pictures for Miss Josie

Belton, Sandra

A young boy is introduced by his father to Miss Josie, who as first freightens him. As he grows up, he learns to admire her and the two develop a special friendship. Soon the grown boy passes on his memories to his own son and introduces Miss Josie to him.

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african american, aging, airplane, art, celebration, church, contentment, dancing, dreams, family, fear, giants, listening, marriage, memories, multicultural, radio, role model, school, skills, teeth, telephone, train, transportation, walking, worry

Madeline in london

Bemelmans, Ludwig

Madeline is in London and meets a prince. She is distraught when they have to separate. The boy runs away and Madeline finds him.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, memories, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, verbal communication

We are moving

Biale, Rachel

Make a scrapbook on how do you feel before we move. Draw several pictures of how you feel. What does your house look like now?What will our new house look like?What is special to you before we move?

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anger, author's note, change, community, confusion, coping, family, fear, feelings, happiness, loss, memories, moving, neighbors, perspective, sadness, school, separation, stress management, transportation, travel

Journey

Billout, Guy

Time passes on as a man grows older.

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aging, critical thinking, day, feelings, memories, moods, nonverbal communication, sadness, time

Aunt Claire's yellow beehive hair

Blumenthal, Deborah

Annie, Grandma Marilyn, and Great Aunt Ruth search through family memorabilia as they put together an album to show to their family. While scrapbooking the many memories, Grandma Marilyn and Great Aunt Ruth share stories about makeup, clothing, jewelery, hairdos, and food. Annie learns all about the relatives she never met.

Gifts

Bogart, Jo Ellen

Whenever Grandma goes on a trip, she brings back a present. Sometimes it's something tangible and other times it's just a memory. No matter what Grandma brings, it's always special and can be shared.

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african, australian, british, chinese, family, giving, grandparents, hawaiian, indian, memories, mexican, multicultural, presents, travel, verbal communication

Those summers

Brandenberg, Aliki

Take a trip to the seaside through memories. Travel to the seaside to build sandcastles and splash around in the ocean with family members. Experience the magical, musical spell of the boardwalk at night. Never forget those wonderful memories from the trip to the seaside.

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adventures, beach, bodies of water, car, carnival, clams, exercise, family, five senses, food, games, gymnastics, memories, nutrition, ocean, parents, play, radio, sand, sea, seasons, shadows, shells, siblings, sports, summer, sun, swimming, technology, transportation, vacation, verbal communication

The prince and the pink blanket

Brenner, Barbara

The prince carries an old pink blanket around with him at all times. It makes the prince feel safe, brave, and happy to carry the blanket. The king decides no kids are allowed to carry blankets. The king is shown a film of when he was a kid and that he too carried a blanket. Finally, the king allows the children to have their blankets back.

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feelings, growing up, memories, refusal skills, royalty, security, verbal communication

Fox song

Bruchac, Joseph

Jamie remembers her grandmother and all the things that they did together. These memories help Jamie deal with the loss of her grandmother.

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change, coping, critical thinking, death, family, grandparents, loss, love, memories, multicultural, native american, traditions

Babar comes to america

Brunhoff, Laurent de

Babar, the elephant, visits America. Babar and other elephants visit their old friends, meet new friends, and sight see throughout America. Although Babar is sad to leave, he will always treasure the memories.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, elephant, feelings, friendship, learning, memories, nonverbal communication, sadness, travel, verbal communication

The christmas ghost

Buck, Pearl S.

A small boy shares the spirit of Christmas with his family and neighborhood. One of the older neighbors tells him about a ghost who walks each Christmas Eve. In turn, the boy learns about friendship, believing, and remembering.

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christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, faith, family, friendship, ghosts, holidays, memories, neighbors, nonverbal communication, sharing, verbal communication

So far from the sea

Bunting, Eve

Laura and her family are moving, so they are coming to visit the Manzanar War Relocation Center one last time. Years ago, this center was used to house anyone living in the United States that were of Japanese descent. These people were forced to leave their homes and come to the center because Japan bombed the United States. The center is bare now except for all of the memories and the cemetary, including her grandfather's grave.

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acceptance, airplane, american, anger, anticipation, assertiveness, author's note, awareness, bias, bravery, change, citizen, cold, community, conflict, confusion, critical thinking, crow, culture, death, differences, discrimination, diversity, family, fear, feelings, flowers, forgiveness, generations, ghosts, grandparents, growing up, history, illness, japanese, loss, memories, monuments, mountains, moving, prison, sea, sky, snow, survival, verbal communication, war

The wall

Bunting, Eve

A father and son go to the Vietnam Memorial Wall to see the boy's grandfather's name. The little boy does not understand the wall at first, but this experience tells him a little about how his grandfather died.

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coping, death, family, grandparents, grief, memories, monuments, nonverbal communication, stress management, verbal communication, war

Someday a tree

Bunting, Eve

A family has a beautiful tree in their yard which becomes poisoned and dies. The young daughter plants her acorns in hopes of a new tree growing someday.

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caring, community, dedication, environment, memories, nature, neighbors, stress management

One candle

Bunting, Eve

A Jewish family spends Hanukkah that same way every year. Traditions are passed from generation to generation. After a family meal, grandma and great-aunt Rose tell their story. One very special candle is lit in honor of their memories.

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family, feelings, food, generations, grandparents, hanukkah, history, holidays, Jewish, language, memories, multicultural, nutrition, parents, prayer, sadness, siblings, stars, storytelling

I have an olive tree

Bunting, Eve

On Sophia's seventh birthday, her grandfather gave her an olive tree. Sophia is a little disappointed by the gift and doesn't understand why her grandfather would give her an olive tree that she can't even see. After all, it is Greece and she lives in California! It isn't until her grandfather passes away that Sophia truly understands the importance and meaning of the gift when she and her mother visit the olive tree in Greece.

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appreciation, birthday, communication, community, culture, customs, dedication, disappointment, emotions, exploration, family, feelings, generations, geology, giving, grandparents, greece, greek, grief, immigrants, instruments, language, learning, loss, love, memories, memory, misunderstanding, music, parents, plants, presents, resentment, sadness, traditions, travel, tree, understanding, verbal communication

Home run: The story of babe ruth

Burleigh, Robert

It was clear at a young age that Babe Ruth was talented at baseball. This talent became even more amazing as he got older, when he wowed the stadium fans with his memorable home runs. These historic moments will be remembered in baseball forever.

I'm not moving, mama!

Carlstrom, Nancy White

A young boy is apprehensive about moving to another house. The boy is willing to let his mother take all of his things, but he is not willing to go. She reminds him that at his new home he will have many new things and special places, but more importantly, the family will be together.

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change, decision making, differences, family, feelings, loss, memories, moving, parents, sadness, stress management, toys

Blow me a kiss, miss lilly

Carlstrom, Nancy White

A young girl, Sara, has an elderly woman as her best friend. They spend much time together. One day the old woman dies and Sara is very sad. She remembers the good things about her best friend and still feels her love.

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aging, death, friendship, grief, memories, nonverbal communication, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Up north at the cabin

Chall, Marsha Wilson

A little girl spends the summer up north at a cabin with her grandparents and family. Her summer is filled with exploration and activities that she cherishes during the winter months until she can return again.

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adventures, appreciation, assertiveness, critical thinking, family, grandparents, imagination, memories, nonverbal communication, recreation, seasons, self esteem, shelter, summer, vacation

The piano man

Chocolate, Debbie

A young girl listens to her grandfather share his deep love for music and the piano. Grandfather shares the history of silent movies, Vaudeville, Ragtime, and Broadway. He never lets his passion for music end and continues to share it with his grandaughter.

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african american, aging, author's note, body parts, careers, celebration, clothing, dancing, emotions, entertainment, exercise, family, feelings, film, grandparents, history, humor, instruments, marriage, medicine, memories, multicultural, music, new baby, opera, performance, presents, relationship, rhythm, sounds, technology, theatre, travel

The josefina story quilt

Coerr, Eleanor

A small girl named Faith had a very special friendship with her goose Josefina. Faith is part of a pioneer family moving West. Throughout their journey, Faith makes a patch to represent each event she encounters, including the death of Jusetina. At the end, the quilt tells the story of the friendship between the goose and the little girl.

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birds, change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, death, decision making, friendship, goal setting, grief, memories, moving, nonverbal communication, pets, pioneers, problem solving, stress management, transportation, travel, verbal communication

See you in second grade

Cohen, Miriam

A first grade class spends their last day of school at the beach. They are afraid of going onto second grade, but the teacher assures them it will be fun. When they go home for the summer, they are excited about what the next school year may bring.

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beach, bodies of water, change, conflict resolution, cooperation, fear, growing up, memories, nonverbal communication, play, recreation, school, seasons, self esteem, summer, verbal communication

Wash day

Cole, Barbara H.

Every wash day, Granpa plays his trumpet, keeping the children entertained while Miss. Ett does the wash. This music tradition stays strong until grandpa becomes ill and a tragedy occurs, causing grandpa to pass on his beloved trumpet to begin a new tradition.

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clothing, family, feelings, fire, friendship, grandparents, happiness, helping, illness, instruments, loss, memories, multicultural, music, neighbors, parents, president, pretend, respect, sadness, traditions, train, work

Memorial

Crew, Gary

Storytime is a great time to recollect and gain lessons on past events. Take a stand with a young boy as he tries to preserve a memory.

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assertiveness, conservation, critical thinking, decision making, family, fight, generations, grandparents, history, memories, monuments, plants, storytelling, tree, war

Great-grandma tells of threshing day

Cross, Verda

Great Grandma tells her grandchildren of threshing day. It is a day in late June when the wheat is harvested. The men harvest the wheat while the women cook a hearty meal. This was always an exciting day for grandma and her brother. Threshing day was a day she will never forget.

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accomplishment, animals, bath, bedtime, beverage, chicken, cooperation, cow, family, farm, food, grandparents, hard work, horse, machines, memories, nutrition, parents, seasons, siblings, storytelling, summer, verbal communication

Amber brown is not a crayon

Danziger, Paula

Justin is Amber Brown's best friend and companion in all sorts of imaginative and pretend play. Amber is sad when she discovers Justin is moving away. Third grade adds up to one terrible year.

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conflict resolution, friendship, memories, moving, school, verbal communication

Valerie and the silver pear

Darling, Benjamin

Valerie enjoys visiting her grandfather. One day, during her visit, he tells her a story of a pear tree. After hearing the story, they decide to make pear pies.

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family, food, grandparents, memories, nutrition, recipe, seasons, storytelling, summer

Saying goodbye to Lulu

Demas, Corinne

A young girl copes with the death of her childhood dog. She loves the dog very much. She remembers when the dog was younger. She overcomes the loss of her dog and remembers him, even shares her memories with her new puppy.

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aging, animals, blindness, deafness, death, dog, emotions, feelings, health, love, loyalty, memories, parents, sadness, tree

The worry stone

Dengler, Marianna

When growing up, Amanda loved her Grandfather and his stories. But now that Amanda is old, she feels lonely. One day at the park she befriends a lonely boy. She is able to give the boy something very special. Then he gives her something in return.

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aging, author's note, death, family, feelings, folktale, fossil, giving, grandparents, hope, loneliness, memories, multicultural, native american, park, rocks, self esteem, sharing, storytelling, verbal communication, worry

Loop the loop

Dugan, Barbara

Mrs. Simpson and a girl, Anne, become friends. Mrs. Simpson shows Anne how to do a loop the loop with a yo-yo before she is placed in a nursing home and cannot remember anything.

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aging, animals, cat, change, dolls, feelings, friendship, illness, memories, moods, nonverbal communication, senility, shelter, teaching, toys, verbal communication, worry

I walk at night

Duncan, Lois

A cat enjoys spending time with its owner, but yearns for adventures of the night. The cat waits for night to fall so that all the memories will come back again. When morning dawns, the cat returns to being a familiar pet.

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adventures, animals, attention, author's note, bedtime, birds, cat, cleanliness, critical thinking, dreams, fish, love, loyalty, memories, morning, night, nonverbal communication, sleep, tree, walking

Rondo in c

Fleischman, Paul

Everyone in the audience of a little girl's piano recital is reminded of different memories when hearing the music.

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appreciation, feelings, memories, music, nonverbal communication, performance

Tanya's reunion

Flournoy, Valerie

It's family reunion time so Tanya goes to the farm early with her grandmother to help with the preparations. Tanya is excited to see the farm house and to spend time with her grandmother. But when Tanya gets to the farm, she is very disappointed. Will Tanya be able to overcome her disappointment and get something positive from this trip?

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african american, celebration, critical thinking, disappointment, family, farm, feelings, food, grandparents, loneliness, memories, multicultural, nutrition, preparation, reunion, verbal communication

Night noises

Fox, Mem

An old woman sleeps but her dog is disturbed by all kinds of noises. The old woman dreams of all the important events in her life. When she wakes up, her family giving her a surprise 90th birthday party.

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aging, animals, birthday, critical thinking, dog, dreams, family, five senses, hearing, holidays, memories, noise, party, sleep, sounds

Wilfrid gordon mcdonald partridge

Fox, Mem

Miss Nancy loses her memory. Wilfrid asks everyone what a memory is so he can restore Miss Nancy's memory. When Wilfred gives her things in his lifetime that were memorable to him, Miss Nancy begins to remember things from her past.

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aging, caring, conflict resolution, critical thinking, helping, memories

The hickory chair

Fraustino, Lisa Rowe

Louis is born blind. He and his Gran play hide-and-seek or just sit and tell stories in her favorite old hickory chair. When Gran dies, her memory lives on through the gifts she leaves behind for her family.

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