Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Brothers of the knight | by Allen, Debbie

Twelve brothers magically disappear every night even though their door is locked. Their father hires a housekeeper to figure out the mystery of his boys. She learns to listen, which turns out to be more powerful than simply solving a mystery.

Keywords: african american, bedtime, careers, church, conflict resolution, dancing, deception, exercise, family, generations, hard work, magic, multicultural, music, mystery, parents, relationship, secrets, siblings, stress management

Muriel's red sweater | by Dokas, Dara

Muriel Magee's party invitations are very late because her birthday is today! She runs around town handing out invitations to her friends. What she doesn't realize is that her sweater unravels with each person she invites. By the time she gets home, she sees that her sweater is all gone, but she is in for a surprise! Her friends are all there to wish her a happy birthday, and they give her a present. When she opens it she realizes it's just what she needed - a new sweater!

Keywords: animals, balloon, beaver, birds, birthday, bridge, celebration, clothing, duck, excitement, feelings, friendship, hedgehog, mystery, nonverbal communication, otter, owl, park, party, presents, rabbit, river, squirrel, travel, verbal communication

Roy make a car | by Lyons, Mary E.

Roy Tyle is a mechanic from Florida. He can fix any car, in fact he can even build his own car. He decides to build one that will not crash. This car is fast. It can jump over cars and shrink to go under cars. He decides to build a car that can fly. He is flying up in the sky when God approaches him. Roy sells God the car for his angels.

Keywords: accomplishment, african american, ambition, author's note, car, careers, competition, creativity, god, hobby, multicultural, mystery, resolution, safety, self confidence, skills, transportation

Big jabe | by Nolan, Jerdine

Momma Mary goes back in time and tells stories of a unique young man named Jabe, who is responsible for creating magic among the slaves of the Plenty Plantation. He is described as a hero with the strength of fifty men, a big heart, and a wondrous gift at leading slaves away to freedom.

Keywords: african, african american, animals, bee, chicken, cow, fable, fantasy, feelings, fish, fishing, flood, food, freedom, generations, happiness, heroism, horse, hunger, magic, multicultural, mystery, nonverbal communication, plants, recreation, river, slavery, storytelling, tornado, tree, uniqueness, unselfish, weather, wind

Mystery bottle | by Balouch, Kristen

A little boy receives a package in the mail. In the package he finds a great bottle that , when opened, blows out a great wind that casts him all the way to Iran and into his Baba Bozorg's arms where he learns a great lesson about love and family.

Keywords: adventures, airplane, animals, bicycle, birds, boat, bodies of water, body parts, bus, car, communication, emotions, family, fish, grandparents, instruments, iranian, love, maps, mountains, mystery, transportation, travel, weather, whale, wind

The mystery of eatum hall | by Kelly, John//Ticknell, Cathy

Dr. Hunter invites Horace and Glenda Pork-fowler over to his house, Eatum Hall, for a weekend of gourmet food. They come over and realize Dr. Hunter wonﾒt be joining them until Sunday, so they eat and eat all weekend. In their cluelessness, they donﾒt realize Dr. Hunter is a wolfﾅ

Keywords: animals, art, correspondence, decision making, exercise, food, goose, humor, mystery, overeating, overweight, pig, refusal skills, surprises, survival, swimming, trick, wolf

Shadow | by Brown, Marcia

The village storytellers and shamans of African expound on the important, mysterious, haunted, and enchanted life of shadows.

Keywords: africa, animals, appreciation, birds, bodies of water, cow, dancing, eagle, elephant, fable, fire, forest, insects, magic, mystery, night, reptiles, river, scorpion, shadows, snake, spy, storytelling, tree, war

Alphabet mystery | by Wood, Aubrey

Charley's alphabet becomes worried when they learn that little x is missing. They set off on an adventure to find little x and experience a problem when they do.

The lizard man of crabtree county | by Nolan, Lucy

Join James Arthur on his adventure in uncovering the identity of the Lizard Man, who is supposedly causing an uproar in quiet Crabtree County. Is it really a frightening creature invading the community? Or is it a familiar face?

Keywords: adventures, amphibians, animals, chaos, community, curiosity, dog, duck, goal setting, lizard, misunderstanding, mystery, nonverbal communication, pond

Missing mittens | by Murphey, Stuart J.

When Farmer Bill begins to get dressed in his warm winter clothes, he finds he only has one mitten. Therefore, he has an odd number and he doesn't have a pair!When he checks on his animals in the barn he finds that they're missing mittens also. They find the footprints that lead to the mitten thief. Who could it be?

Keywords: animals, barn, chicken, clothing, confusion, cow, critical thinking, farm, goat, horse, math, missing, mystery, nonverbal communication, numbers, seasons, snow, stress management, verbal communication, winter

The christmas eve mystery | by Nixon, Joan Lowery

Susan and Mike accompany their neighbors on Christmas Eve to find out if horses really talk at midnight. While in the barn, Susan and Mike hear a robbery take place and help to find the robbers and the money stash.

Keywords: animals, awareness, christmas, critical thinking, family, holidays, honesty, horse, mystery, neighbors, robbery, siblings, superstition

December 24th | by Cazet, Denys

Emily and Louie vist Grandpa and give him a surprise gift. Grandpa tries to guess what the holiday gift could be. Eventually, he sees that it is his birthday gift.

Keywords: birthday, christmas, conflict resolution, family, grandparents, holidays, mystery, presents, verbal communication

Anno's magical abc: An anamorphic alphabet | by Anno, Masaichiro//Anno, Mitsumasa

Children's eyes are opened to the excitement of seeing and learning the alphabet in a different way. Although initially distorted, the letters can be easily viewed when using a silver tube as directed.

Keywords: alphabet, angel, creativity, japanese, letters, magic, multicultural, mystery, pirates, sequence, ship, transportation

The mystery of king karfu | by Cushman, Doug

The great detective Seymour Sleuth and his assistant travel to Egypt in search of a missing stone chicken, part of the lost treasure of King Karfu. They explore many clues and take photographs.

Keywords: animals, art, body parts, camel, careers, crime, exploration, food, geography, language, mystery, nutrition, photograph, pig, recipe, ship, symbols, transportation, travel

Piggins | by Yolen, Jane

The Reynard's are going to have a party. When the lights go out and jewelry is stolen, Piggins solves the mystery.

Keywords: critical thinking, mystery, party, robbery, self esteem

Minnie and moo meet frankenswine | by Cazet, Denys

It is a dark and stormy night on the farm when Minnie and Moo hear a scream. The barn doors open and out come all the animals panicking. Olga the pig is missing and everyone thinks a monster is responsible. When a flash is seen in the barn, the animals get the nerve up to see what it is. Finally, they learn that it was Olga, not a monster after all.

Keywords: animals, barn, chicken, cow, farm, lightning, monsters, moon, mystery, night, noise, pig, sleep, storm, turkey

The grumpalump | by Hayes, Sarah

Every animal has an action that they do to try to figure out what the grumpalump is. No one can figure it out until the gnu comes. He blows it up to create a hot air balloon.

Keywords: animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, decision making, discovery, gnu, goal setting, mystery, self esteem

Where does the night hide? | by Carlstrom, Nancy White

The night hides everywhere, in shadows and in dark places. The night is not something to be feared, but a place of mystery and comfort.

Keywords: companion, fear, love, mystery, night, shadows

Angel's kite | by Blanco, Alberto

Young Angel is sad because the town bell is missing. One night, Young Angel builds a giant kite that mysteriously turns into the town bell. (Also in Spanish).

Keywords: animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dog, feelings, goal setting, mystery, sadness, secrets, spanish

Where's waldo? | by Handford, Martin

The reader follows Waldo as he hikes around the world. The reader must try to find him in the illustrations as Waldo is lost in the crowded places he visits.

Keywords: adventures, assertiveness, critical thinking, decision making, lost, mystery, nonverbal communication, self esteem, travel

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