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Crickwing

Cannon, Janell

Crickwing is different from all the other cockroaches. He likes to create sculptures and has a twisted wing. Crickwing is tired of being bullied by the bigger animals in the forest and mistakenly takes his anger out on the leaf-cutter ants, learning a valuable lesson in return.

The day jimmy's boa ate the wash

Noble, Trinka Hakes

Jimmy and his classmates go on a trip to a farm. The trip is boring until Jimmy takes out his boa constrictor to meet the farm animals. The farm turns into total chaos. In all the rush to get back on the bus, Jimmy forgets his boa constrictor. Jimmy is not left without a pet because there was a pig left on the bus.

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adventures, animals, barn, chaos, chicken, cow, farm, fight, fun, mischief, pig, revenge, school, snake, travel, verbal communication

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

Sir toby jungle's beastly journey

Tripp, Wallace

A feared knight, growing old, decides it is time for his last adventure. He goes into the forest and finds all of his enemies. They travel with him in the hopes of getting revenge. However, the revenge is Sir Toby's.

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adventures, aging, animals, bear, dragons, forest, fox, horse, nonverbal communication, revenge, royalty, tiger, travel, verbal communication

The meanest squirrel i ever met

Zion, Gene

Nibble, a squirrel, plans his Thanksgiving dinner of acorns, but a mean squirrel comes up and cons the food from Nibble. Through a series of strange circumstances, Nibble is able to get his family's acorns back and even get back at the mean squirrel.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, food, holidays, nutrition, refusal skills, revenge, robbery, self esteem, squirrel, stress management, thanksgiving, verbal communication

Emma at the beach

Stevenson, James

A friendly witch, Emma, is tormented by two mean witches, Dolores and Lavinia. Emma and her clever friends find a way to get sweet revenge.

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beach, conflict resolution, decision making, friendship, mischief, problem solving, revenge, seasons, stress management, summer, witches

Stephanie's ponytail

Munsch, Robert

One day Stephanie shows up at school with her hair in a ponytail. At first all of her friends make fun of her, but she quickly becomes a trend-setter. When Stephanie tricks everyone into shaving their heads, they aren't very happy with her.

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acceptance, appearance, assertiveness, body image, body parts, family, friendship, individuality, parents, peer resistance, resentment, revenge, school, similarities, teasing, trick, verbal communication

Hurry, hurry, mary dear

Bodecker, N.M.

An old man sits in his chair. He tells his wife that winter is coming. While he sits and directs, she carries out the chores needed to be done for them to be prepared for the winte. She works hard to get ready for winter while he does nothing. But in the end, she gets her revenge.

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autumn, cleanliness, conflict resolution, correspondence, exercise, food, garden, hard work, nutrition, plants, poetry, preparation, responsibilities, revenge, seasons, tree, winter, wood, work

Minnie maloney & macaroni

Stamaty, Mark Alan

Ever since Minnie Maloney was a little girl she has been buying seven boxes of macaroni for good luck. Her sister Molly told her it was the only way to ward off bad luck. Find out if Minnie can get even with Molly for her trickery.

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deception, family, food, giving, kindness, memory, revenge, siblings, trust

Wombat stew

Vaughan, Marcia K.

A dingo catches a wombat and wants to make stew. A lot of other animals help to make the stew, but they all end up tricking the dingo.

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animals, critical thinking, dancing, deception, dingo, food, koala, lizard, nonverbal communication, platypus, revenge, song

The cat's purr

Bryan, Ashley

A cat and a rat are friends. However, the rat tricks the cat and plays the special cat drum which only cats play. The cat seeks revenge on the rat and ends up swallowing the drum, and that's how the cat first started to purr.

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animals, assertiveness, cat, conflict, conflict resolution, critical thinking, friendship, mouse, nonverbal communication, revenge, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Jonathan cleaned up, then he heard a sound

Munsch, Robert

Jonathon finally cleans his house -- but then he hears a noise. A wall in his house opens up and people rush through the house making a big mess. A computer is broken and a subway mistakes his house for a stop.

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accidents, assertiveness, chaos, cleanliness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, machines, noise, problem solving, refusal skills, revenge, shelter, sounds, technology, train, transportation, verbal communication

The ant bully

Nickle, John

Lucas is different than the other kids and he is often bullied by one boy in particular, Sid. Sid takes Lucas' hat and sprays him with water and to take out his frustrations, Lucas in turn bullies the ants. To teach Lucas a lesson the ants take him to their queen ant. The Queen ant has the wizard ant shrink Lucas so he can live and work as an ant so he can appreciate what they do. Lucas gathered food, defended the colony, and attended to the queen. The queen has Lucas turned back into his normal size and when Lucas wakes up, he sees that the ants have decided to teach Sid a lesson because how he is ant size.

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ant, bath, beetle, bully, courage, family, food, glasses, hard work, insects, misbehavior, nutrition, parents, protection, revenge, spider, teamwork, television, tobacco, wasp, water, work

Nosey mrs. rat

Allen, Jeffrey//Marshall, James

Mrs. Rat is always spying on her neighbors. One day, she finds out someone is spying on her and the tables are turned.

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animals, assertiveness, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, goal setting, mouse, peer resistance, refusal skills, revenge

Buster loves buttons

Manushkin, Fran

Buster loves buttons and even goes so far as to take them right off of people's clothing. Finally, a little girl and her dog set Buster straight.

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animals, assertiveness, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, determination, dog, goal setting, imagination, nonverbal communication, problem solving, revenge, robbery, verbal communication

Mean murgatroyd and the ten cats

Zimelman, Nathan

Arabella takes her ten cats for a walk every day, but Mean Murgatroyd, the dog next door, scares them away. Arabella comes up with a great idea for dealing with Murgatroyd.

Happy Valentine's Day, Emma!

Stevenson, James

Emma is a kind-hearted witch, who makes valentines for the animals in the forest. Two mean witches play tricks on Emma but she gets sweet revenge and a surprise.

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animals, caring, creativity, deception, forest, holidays, kindness, mythical, revenge, surprises, valentine's day, witches

The volcano

Gantschev, Ivan

On a beautiful island, one cranky crab seeks revenge on a powerful volcano and meets his match.

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anger, change, crab, crustaceans, feelings, geology, island, reptiles, revenge, turtle, volcano

Lilly's purple plastic purse

Henkes, Kevin

Lilly wants to be a teacher like Mr. Slinger. She always says wonderful things about him until one day he takes her purple plastic purse away. For revenge, Lilly draws a nasty picture of Mr. Slinger which makes her feel worse than before. This teaches Lilly that revenge is the wrong way to resolve conflict.

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aggression, anger, animals, apology, appreciation, attention, careers, caring, compromise, conflict resolution, consequences, dancing, decision making, embarrassment, emotions, envy, excitement, exercise, family, feelings, food, forgiveness, fun, honesty, learning, mouse, parents, performance, play, pretend, resentment, respect, revenge, role model, sadness, school, teaching, truth, worry, writing

Tough cookie

Wisniewski, David

After discovering that his long time partner, Chips, has been eaten by Fingers, Tough Cookie travels to the Top of the Jar to find Fingers and put him away for good. Pecan Sandy shows how she can be a smart cookie in the end.

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adventures, body parts, bravery, challenges, community, confidence, conflict resolution, courage, death, feelings, food, friendship, humor, imagination, prejudice, problem solving, revenge, teamwork

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