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It's the bear

Alborough, Jez

Eddie and his mother plan to have a picnic in the woods but a big bear comes and eats all the food.

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animals, bear, family, food, nutrition, picnic, rhyme, woods

Bearskin, an infant son of a miller, is sent down the river by the king only to be found by a she-bear who raises him. As Bearskin gets older he goes out into the world to be with other people. He learns about a three-headed dragon who takes the princess. If anyone can kill the dragon, then they get to marry the princess. Will Bearskin be able to kill the dragon and win her heart?

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adoption, adventures, affection, animals, art, baby, bear, bravery, castle, ceremony, challenges, clothing, companion, conflict, courage, deception, dragons, fable, fear, folktale, food, heroism, honesty, marriage, multicultural, nature, nutrition, picnic, royalty, violence

Morning beach

Baker, Leslie

At the beach, a mother sees the same characteristics of herself in her daughter. Her day is complete just by watching her daughter have fun.

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adventures, assertiveness, beach, companion, critical thinking, food, goal setting, happiness, kindness, morning, nonverbal communication, nutrition, picnic, self esteem, verbal communication

A picnic in october

Bunting, Eve

Tony and his extended family celebrate the birthday of the Statue of Liberty every October. They travel out to Libery Island to have a picnic and show their appreciation to the meaning the statue brings. Tony is embarrassed by his family's dedication, but in the end realizes the meaning of the statue.

Pierrot's abc garden

Lobel, Anita

Pierrot is a lonely clown who decides to visit his friend, Pierrette. He decides to get a basket and take her several things from his garden. Each item begins with a different letter from the alphabet.

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alphabet, clowns, dreams, food, garden, goal setting, happiness, loneliness, nonverbal communication, nutrition, picnic, pig, reunion, sequence, sheep, stress management, verbal communication, zebra

Antonia's surprise

Gunthorp, Karen

Antonia has a big surprise for the picnic, but she needs her boat to get there quickly, and it is filled with holes. Will she get there before it is too late?!

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amphibians, boat, decision making, frog, hard work, patience, picnic, surprises, transportation

Tomorrow on rocky pond

Reiser, Lynn

A child can't wait to go fishing on Rocky Pond so she can see animals and have picnics. It's a day full of adventure and fun.

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adventures, amphibians, animals, beaver, birds, boat, bodies of water, clothing, deer, dragonfly, duck, exercise, family, fish, fishing, five senses, food, frog, geography, insects, listening, maps, moose, nature, nonverbal communication, nutrition, observation, owl, parents, picnic, pond, rabbit, recreation, siblings, smell, spider, swimming, taste, touch, transportation, walking, woods

Weekend girl

Hest, Amy

Sophie always spends a weekend with her grandparents when her parents take a trip to honeymoon cottage. Every year her grandparents have a special surprise, so she can hardly wait for this year's surprise.

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animals, beach, bodies of water, car, dancing, dog, exercise, family, feelings, five senses, food, grandparents, marriage, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, picnic, poetry, sadness, sea, seasons, self esteem, smell, summer, taste, transportation, travel, verbal communication, walking, weather

Five little monkeys sitting in a tree

Christelow, Eileen

While on a picnic, five little monkeys decide to tease Mr. Crocodile. One by one they fall from the tree. In the end, the monkeys are found in another tree.

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animals, assertiveness, bodies of water, crocodile, monkey, picnic, plants, reptiles, river, teasing, verbal communication

The take-along dog

Porte, Barbara Ann

Sam and Abigail take Benton, their dog, everywhere because their mother doesn't like him. However, she learns to like Benton when he scares away another dog to protect her.

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animals, assertiveness, bravery, dog, family, feelings, library, park, picnic, sports, swimming, verbal communication

The rain came down

Shannon, David

The rain creates unexpected chaos one Saturday morning. The endless arguments in houses and on the street turn into disaster, until the rain finally stops.

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airplane, animals, argument, beauty, birds, car, careers, cat, chicken, colors, dog, five senses, food, humor, moods, noise, nonverbal communication, nutrition, picnic, rain, rainbow, running, sleep, stress management, sun, taxi, technology, television, transportation, truck, umbrella, verbal communication, weather

Picnic

McCully, Emily Arnold

A family of mice go on a picnic. When one of the children fall out of the car, the family discovers that he is missing and they go to find him.

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animals, courage, critical thinking, determination, family, fear, feelings, loneliness, lost, mouse, picnic, transportation, travel

The school picnic

Steffy, Jan

Amish children have a full day of activities which start very early in the morning. After school, all the children and their parents go on a large picnic and have lots of fun.

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amish, animals, baseball, celebration, community, cow, family, farm, fishing, food, games, multicultural, nutrition, picnic, recreation, school, sports

Henry and mudge in the green time

Rylant, Cynthia

For Henry and his big dog, Mudge, summer means going on a picnic in the park, taking a bath under the garden hose, and going to the top of the big green hill.

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adventures, animals, bath, cleanliness, dog, exercise, food, friendship, hygiene, imagination, park, picnic, play, seasons, summer, swimming

Mr. floop's lunch

Novak, Matt

Mr. Floop shares his lunch with animals in the park, but then Mr. Floop is hungry. A woman stops by and shares her lunch with Mr. Floop.

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animals, birds, cat, celebration, dog, food, friendship, hunger, kindness, nutrition, park, picnic, sharing, squirrel

Sylvester and the magic pebble

Steig, William

Sylvester the donkey finds a magic pebble which grants him whatever he wishes. He runs into a lion and wishes that he is a rock. He turns into a rock and is unable to wish himself back. A year later, his parents find the rock while picnicing and wishes to see Sylvester again, which brings him back.

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animals, change, coping, critical thinking, decision making, donkey, family, feelings, happiness, imagination, lion, loneliness, magic, parents, picnic, self esteem

Wolf!

Bloom, Becky

A wolf is determined to learn to read so he can gain acceptance by a group of educated farm animals. The wolf goes to school to learn to read and refines his skills through practice and using the library. The wolf becomes so talented his skilss impres the farm animals who then welcome his company.

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animals, books, determination, duck, friendship, hunger, picnic, pig, practice, reading, school, storytelling, wolf

The happy hippopotami

Martin, Bill Jr.

A group of happy Hippopotami go on a picnic at the beach in the month of May.

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animals, beach, family, feelings, happiness, hippopotamus, month, picnic

The picnic: A frolic in two colors and three parts

Daugherty, James

A mouse family goes on a picnic. While walking they run into a sleeping lion who captures one of the mouse children. When the lion lets the mouse go, the family promises that they will one day return the favor. One day, the lion gets into trouble and the mice come to his rescue.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, lion, loyalty, mouse, picnic, verbal communication

Lottie's new beach towel

Mathers, Petra

Lottie's new beach towel certainly comes in handy during her day with Herbie. They are just going on a picnic, but they run into many adventures on the way. From using the towel as a sail, to using it as a veil, both Lottie and Herbie are ingenious when it comes to solving problems.

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animals, beach, birds, boat, bodies of water, celebration, ceremony, chicken, correspondence, creativity, critical thinking, food, friendship, hunger, island, letters, mouse, nutrition, ocean, picnic, presents, problem solving, starfish, transportation, wedding

Remember me?

Wild, Margaret

Ellie's grandmother doesn't remember very much anymore. For example, she forgets where her keys are, and she needs to pay the electric bill. She does remember one thing though -- Ellie growing up. Ellie and Grandma celebrate with a picnic in the park.

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aging, animals, biking, conflict resolution, decision making, exercise, family, feelings, food, frustration, grandparents, happiness, memory, nutrition, picnic, rabbit, running, self esteem, verbal communication

The greatest picnic in the world

Hines, Anna Grossnickle

It is picnic time with turkey sandwiches, mustard, cheese, pickles, crackers, cheese nips, chocolate chips, celery sticks, apples, grapes and hard-boiled eggs. It begins to rain, so everything is packed back into the car. The picnic continues inside.

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animals, celebration, food, nutrition, picnic, rain, rhyme, weather

A real nice clambake

Hammerstein, Oscar

A bunch of friends gather to have a big clambake at the beach. Everyone eats a lot and enjoys the beautiful day.

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beach, celebration, family, feelings, food, happiness, music, nutrition, picnic, rhyme, song

Spring story

Barklem, Jill

It is Wilfred's birthday. He is so excited, he wakes up early and opens all of his presents. He is sad because everyone in town seems to have forgotten his birthday. Everyone meets at the Palace and have a picnic to surprise Wilfred.

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birthday, feelings, friendship, picnic, surprises

We had a picnic this sunday past

Woodson, Jacqueline

Teeka and her grandmather wait fo the arrival of all their relatives at the family picnic. They both fear that Aunt Martha will show up with her dried-out apple pie. When everyone arrives, they have a wonderful feast.

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african american, celebration, colors, family, five senses, food, multicultural, nutrition, picnic, reunion, sun

Hurray for the fourth of july

Watson, Wendy

A family shows how they enjoy celebrating the Fourth of July through a series of events like a parade, picnic, and watching fireworks.

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baseball, birthday, celebration, exercise, family, five senses, food, fourth of july, games, holidays, nutrition, parade, party, picnic, recreation, seasons, sight, sports, summer, swimming

Fish fry

Saunders, Susan

Edith wakes up and rushes out of bed. She is excited because today is the fish fry. The whole town gathers down by the river to fish and have a picnic.

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celebration, community, family, fishing, food, nutrition, picnic, recreation, traditions

Knoxville, Tennessee

Giovanni, Nikki

A young girl likes summer best because of the fresh corn from her daddy's garden, the okra, barbecue, and homemade ice cream from the church picnic, and the gospel music from the church homecoming. She also likes to go to the mountains with her grandmother where she feels safe and warm.

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african american, church, community, family, food, garden, grandparents, multicultural, music, nutrition, picnic, seasons, sleep, summer

Ernest and celestine's picnic

Vincent, Gabrielle

Ernest and Celestine plan to go on a picnic, but it is raining outside. They decide to pretend it is a sunny day and they go on the picnic anyway. While they are on their picnic, they make a new friend who invites them to his house.

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animals, bear, conflict resolution, creativity, decision making, food, friendship, goal setting, imagination, mouse, nonverbal communication, nutrition, picnic, rain, verbal communication, weather

The mushroom center disaster

Bodecker, N.M.

A beetle finds a home in a community of insects and small woodland creatures and makes many friends. One day the discarded remnants of a human's picnic makes a mess of their mushroom house neighborhood. Through a series of town meetings, the creatures come up with creative ways to use the rubbish to make a park.

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assertiveness, community, conflict resolution, cooperation, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, environment, friendship, goal setting, insects, neighbors, picnic, stress management, teamwork, verbal communication

Up to ten and down again

Ernst, Lisa Campbell

Four boys and five girls come in two cars to the park to play and have a picnic lunch. They bring along six balls, seven boats, and eight baskets.

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clouds, counting, duck, food, friendship, numbers, nutrition, pets, picnic, play, pond, rain, toys

Playtime 123

Williams, Jenny

Counting to 20 can be fun!Nine children go on a Sunday picnic and 10 bear-buddies eat in the sun. Later on in this book, 19 children run to the ice cream truck and eat a treat.

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exercise, food, numbers, nutrition, picnic, sequence

The mellops strike oil

Ungerer, Tomi

During a picnic, the Mellops family drinks water from a spring and finds it tastes like oil. The family looks for the possibility of oil in the area. When they find that there is oil, they build a derrick. A forest fire sends the family home to take baths.

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bath, beverage, camping, cleanliness, decision making, discovery, environment, family, feelings, fire, fuel, goal setting, hygiene, picnic, recreation, verbal communication, water

I love my family

Hudson, Wade

A family takes a summer trip to Grandpa Lawrence's farm in North Carolina. The family enjoys laughing, talking, playing basketball, dancing and having a picnic together. Everyone hates to leave at the end of the week.

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african american, family, food, multicultural, nutrition, picnic, storytelling

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

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The hershey's milk chocolate bar fractions book

Pallotta, Jerry

Unwrap a Hershey's milk chocolate bar and read along as chocolate pieces become math fractions. Learn about parts of a whole, numerators, denominators, and fractions. Take a trip to count more fractions on the farm. Visit the chocolate factory and the cacao trees where cocoa pods grow.

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animals, colors, counting, cow, farm, food, math, numbers, nutrition, picnic, plants, recipe, sequence

The rattlebang picnic

Mahy, Margaret

Jack and Marion McTavish decide to get an old car and have 7 children instead of 1 new car. They go on a picnic adventure with their children and Granny McTavish who always cooks everything too long.

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adventures, car, critical thinking, decision making, family, food, geology, grandparents, mountains, nutrition, parents, picnic, siblings, transportation, travel, verbal communication, volcano

The itch book

Dragonwagon, Crescent

On a hot summer day in the Ozarks, the itch begins. It's an itch epidemic and no one can escape it. Finally, without even discussing it, the whole town shows up at King Creek for a social picnic full of cold, itch-freeing water.

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animals, beverage, community, conflict resolution, cow, dog, food, horse, nonverbal communication, nutrition, picnic, swimming, verbal communication, water

The pig's picnic

Kasza, Keiko

Mr. Pig goes to Miss Pig's to invite her for a picnic and on the way gets advice on how he should look from others. He finds he is better off just being himself.

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animals, food, fox, friendship, lion, peer resistance, picnic, pig, self esteem, zebra

Chestnut cove

Egan, Tim

Chestnut Cove is a town of strange events, but caring and helpful townspeople. That all changes when King Milford decrees that the one who can grow the largest watermelon will inherit the kingdom. Pretty soon, everyone becomes too greedy to even talk to one another, and it takes a big event to get them back to normal.

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animals, community, food, garden, greed, helping, hippopotamus, picnic, rescue, selfishness

Hey, little ant

Hoose, Phillip//Hoose, Hannah

While playing with his friends one day, a little boy spies an ant. As he prepares to squash the tiny insect, the boy listens to the ant's plea not to step on him.

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ant, appreciation, baby, bully, death, decision making, differences, family, food, helping, insects, nature, nutrition, parents, peer resistance, perspective, picnic, rhyme, similarities, sizes, song, work

One hundred hungry ants

Pinczes, Elinor

One hundred hungry ants go off to a picnic. A single file line is no way to go. New ways are used so they will not be so slow.

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ant, critical thinking, decision making, food, goal setting, hunger, insects, math, nonverbal communication, picnic, rhyme

Picnic with piggins

Yolen, Jane

Piggins the butler solves the mystery of Mrs. Reynard's disappearing necklace before anyone else.

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animals, critical thinking, dog, fox, loss, mystery, picnic, pig, rabbit, rat, reptiles, turtle

Hazel's amazing mother

Wells, Rosemary

A little girl and doll go through town and buy goodies for a picnic with their mother. The girl gets lost and bullies tear up her doll. Her mom comes and saves her.

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bully, conflict resolution, dolls, family, lost, parents, peer resistance, picnic, rescue

Mom and dad break up

Prestine, Joan Singleton

A young boy expresses his feelings about his parents' divorce. He feels angry, sad, and lonely at the same time, and often takes it out on his friends. But eventually, he learns to adjust to the change, and learns that he is not at fault for the break up of his parents.

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aggression, anger, art, biking, conflict resolution, coping, divorce, dreams, exercise, feelings, food, friendship, frustration, illness, loneliness, loss, parents, picnic, play, reading, sadness, seasons, self esteem, separation, skating, sledding, snow, winter

Billy and the big new school

Anholt, Laurence

Billy is very nervous about starting at his new school. He wants to stay home with his mother. Then he meets a small bird who is hurt and cannot fly. Billy takes care of it until it is ready to fly again. Find out how Billy gets himself ready to go to school and how he uses his bird story to make a friend.

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animals, birds, blackbird, bravery, bully, change, clothing, conflict resolution, dreams, excitement, fear, feelings, food, friendship, loss, parents, pets, picnic, pigeon, preparation, school, self esteem, sparrow, starling, teaching, thrush, wish, worry

Sun dance water dance

London, Jonathan

A group of children enjoy a beautiful summer day by swimming, playing in the hot sun, picnicking, and skipping rocks. Their day ends as they look up at the stars and dream of what tomorrow will bring.

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animals, beverage, body parts, colors, constellation, dancing, day, dreams, exercise, five senses, friendship, imagination, lizard, moon, night, picnic, rocks, seasons, sky, snake, stars, summer, sun, swimming, taste, temperature, water

Caps, hats, socks, and mittens: A book about the four seasons

Borden, Louise

Learn the many colors, smells, and activities of each season. We start and finish the cycle with the caps, hats, socks, and mittens of winter.

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activities, autumn, clothing, colors, exercise, food, nutrition, picnic, running, school, seasons, sledding, soccer, sports, spring, summer, winter

Pig william

Dubanevich, Arlene

William takes his time doing everything. One day he messes around so long that he misses the bus and also the school picnic. At home, William takes his fish and radio outside for his own picnic. At the school picnic, it starts to rain and the picnic is cancelled. By the time his brothers arrive home, it stopped raining and they join in his picnic.

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decision making, family, music, picnic, play, procrastination, rain, recreation, school, self esteem, siblings, time, transportation, weather

Magic beach

Johnson, Crockett

Two children draw different words in the sand. As the tide washes over the word, the object written in the sand appears. They explore the land they created by writing in the sand.

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adventures, alphabet, animals, beach, beverage, bodies of water, books, cabin, cow, critical thinking, decision making, fantasy, farm, fish, fishing, food, horse, hunger, magic, nutrition, peer resistance, picnic, royalty, sand, sea, shells, storytelling, tree, verbal communication, village, writing

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