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We all play

Flett, Julie

Just as humans do, animals play and sleep too! Rabbits love to hide and hop while bears love to wiggle and wobble. As a result, all living things are connected and everyone maintains the responsibility to look out for each other.

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activities, alliteration, animals, baby, bat, bear, birds, buffalo, colors, fox, goose, language, multicultural, native american, rabbit, seal, snake, turtle, wolf

Baby food

Freymann, Saxton

Can you imagine how to make people food into animal art? Photographs portray baby animals like chicks, pups, and cubs made from different fruits and vegetables.

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animals, art, baby, body parts, colors, creativity, elephant, family, food, fruit, giraffe, imagination, insects, photograph, seal, turtle, vegetables, vocabulary

Danny and the dinosaur

Hoff, Syd

Danny visits a museum one day and comes across a dinosaur who begins to speak with Danny. The two spend the day together playing and having fun. By the end of the day it is time for the dinosaur to go back and Danny, although sad, admits he had a wonderful day.

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animals, baseball, bear, boat, bus, car, climbing, communication, dinosaur, dog, elephant, friendship, fun, giraffe, helping, hippopotamus, imagination, indian, lion, monkey, museum, neighbors, noise, play, pretend, rocks, running, sadness, seal, sports, swimming, teaching, teeth, trick, walking, water, wish, zoo

The seals on the bus

Hort, Lenny

A group of people get onto a bus that takes them around to different places in town. At each stop a different type of animal gets on. Each animal has a distinctive sound that goes with the rhyme. Finally the people flee off the bus from the animals.

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animals, birds, bus, conflict resolution, decision making, escape, excitement, feelings, fish, goose, monkey, noise, nonverbal communication, rabbit, repetition, seal, sheep, skunk, snake, song, sounds, tiger, transportation

Polar bear night

Thompson, Lauren

Take a quiet journey through the stillness of the night where stars form a blanket of light over sleeping animals. Then let the warmth of mother bear's fur guide you into a deep slumber.

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animals, bear, family, listening, moon, mountains, night, observation, sea, seal, sight, sleep, snow, stars, walrus, whale

Ocean seasons

Hirschi, Ron

Seasons change in the ocean much as they do on land: spring brings new plants and baby animals; summer oceans are aglow with sparkly plankton lights; and autumn winds blow across the open water. In winter, the humpback whales migrate to warmer waters, just as some land animals move to warmer climates. Learn about plants and animals that are joined through the mix of seasons, food webs and habitats beneath the waves. While set in the Pacific, similar changes occur in all the worldﾒs oceans.

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autumn, baby, birth, bodies of water, change, crab, crustaceans, fish, habitat, ocean, otter, plants, sea, seal, seasons, shrimp, spring, summer, whale, winter

The adventures of Marco Flamingo under the sea/ Las aventuras submarinas de Marco Flamenco

Jarkins, Sheila

The comical Adventures of Marco continue as your favorite flamingo explores the wonders of ocean life to find unlikely friends.

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adventures, birds, crab, curiosity, diving, dolphin, exploration, fish, flamingo, jellyfish, language, multicultural, octopus, pelican, reptiles, sea, seal, shark, spanish, starfish, swordfish, turtle, whale

If I could/ Si yo pudiera

Sweetland, Nancy

A world full of beautiful, fanciful and comical possibilities where you explore what life would be like if you could be anything you wanted to be, if you only could.

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animals, ant, birds, butterfly, eagle, elephant, fantasy, fish, frog, goose, identity, insects, language, lizard, moon, multicultural, reptiles, river, seal, snake, spanish, stars, toad, walrus, wind, wish

Habitat spy

Kieber-King, Cynthia

Told in rhyming narrative, Habitat Spy invites children to search for and find plants, invertebrates, birds, and mammals and more that live in 13 different habitats: backyard, beach, bog, cave, desert, forest, meadow, mountain, ocean, plains, pond, river, and cypress swamp. Children will spend hours looking for and counting all the different plants and animals while learning about what living things need to survive.

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amphibians, animals, antelope, author's note, badger, bat (animal), beach, bear, beaver, bee, beetle, binoculars, biology, birds, blackbird, bluejay, bobcat, bodies of water, body parts, bog, butterfly, cactus, cave, classification, cormorant, cow, cycle, deer, dog, dolphin, dragonfly, dug, finch, fish, flowers, forest, fox, frog, goldfish, grasshopper, grassland, habitat, hawk, heron, illustrator's note, insects, jellyfish, moose, moth, observation, opossum, otter, owl, pelican, plover, pond, porcupine, quail, rabbit, reptile, roadrunner, robin, science, scorpion, seagull, seal, sheep, snail, snake, squirrel, starfish, swallow (bird), swamp, swan, toad, tree, turkey, turtle, vision, walrus, wetland, whale, wolf, woods, wren

My yellow ball

Lillegard, Dee

Five times a young girl throws her ball into the sky. With each throw, her imagination grows more and more as her ball travels to different parts of the world where it encounters various people and animals. On her last throw, the ball strikes a star and the girl makes a delightful wish.

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animals, birds, chimpanzee, coyote, desert, fish, geography, hawk, imagination, jungle, octopus, pets, play, recreation, seal, stars, swordfish, toys, travel, tuna

The raft

LaMarche, Jim

When a boy visits his grandmother for the summer, he finds adventure along the river. By making a raft, the boy is able to interact with the nature around him. He especially enjoys drawing the animals and fishing.

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animals, art, author's note, bear, birds, cabin, crane, deer, dragonfly, exercise, family, fish, fishing, fog, fox, grandparents, insects, nature, rabbit, raccoon, recreation, river, seal, self esteem, summer, swimming, vacation

Watch out!

Smaridge, Norah

Signs are good things to have around because they keep you safe. Every sign has a purpose and danger strikes when you do not obey them. For example, watch your step signs tell you to be careful so you do not fall down and hurt yourself.

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animals, bicycle, bus, car, discovery, dog, environment, hospital, library, lion, nonverbal communication, park, poetry, rhyme, seal, toys, train, transportation, truck, verbal communication, zoo

Moonbathing

Rosenberg, Liz

A young girl goes out moonbathing at night when her cousin comes to visit. They search along the coast looking for different treasures.

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animals, beach, birds, bodies of water, exploration, family, feelings, happiness, moon, night, ocean, parrot, seal, shells, sky, stars

Birdie's lighthouse

Hopkinson, Deborah

Ten year-old Bertha, daughter of a lighthouse keeper, receives a diary for her birthday. She records significant family events such as their relocation to rugged Turtle Island and the time when her brother went to sea for a long time.

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author's note, birds, birthday, boat, bodies of water, bravery, calendar, careers, challenges, change, courage, diary, family, fishing, fog, growing up, hard work, helping, heroism, island, light, moving, ocean, recreation, responsibilities, sea, seagull, seal, ship, storytelling, stress management, transportation, verbal communication, weather, writing

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

Pretend you're a cat

Marzollo, Jean

A series of questions ask children to use their imaginations so they can leap like a cat, beg like a dog, and act like many other animals.

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acting, animals, bear, bee, birds, cat, chicken, cow, dog, exercise, fish, five senses, horse, imagination, insects, jumping, pig, play, pretend, running, seal, snake, sounds, squirrel

In arctic waters

Crawford, Laura

An arctic adaptation of ﾓThis is the House that Jack Builtﾔ follows polar bears, walruses, seals, narwhals, and beluga whales as they chase each other around ﾓthe ice that floats in the Arctic waters.ﾔ Learn how these animals live in the cold, icy arctic region.

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adaptation, animals, arctic, author's note, bear, birds, bodies of water, exercise, fish, hunting, ice, owl, pattern, seal, swimming, teasing, walrus, whale

Here is the arctic winter

Dunphy, Madeleine

The animals of the fascinating world of the arctic show their land. Nature and the environment are the themes.

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animals, caribou, cod, fish, fox, hare, nature, owl, polar bear, seal, whale, winter, wolf

Whose nose is this?

Van Gelder, Richard

People and animals have noses. Can you guess which nose belongs to whom?What is that nose used for?

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animals, anteater, bat, body parts, cow, dog, elephant, hippopotamus, horse, learning, monkey, nonverbal communication, pig, seal, whale

Water beds: Sleeping in the ocean

Karwoski, Gail Langer

How do marine mammals - animals that breathe air - sleep in the deep waters of the ocean? Meet ten marine mammals, including sea otters, bottlenose dolphins, manatees, harbor seals, humpback whales, and walruses. Learn about each animal's unique habitat as you drift into a peaceful sleep on the gentle waves of imagination.

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animals, author's note, bodies of water, classification, dolphin, dreams, habitat, imagination, nature, ocean, otter, river, sea, seal, sleep, walrus, whale

Ellen and the goldfish

Himmelman, John

Ellen loves to draw. One day she notices a goldfish watching her. They become friends and she draws pictures for the fish. When the fish is about to be caught, she uses a clever idea to set him free from the bait.

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animals, assertiveness, bodies of water, critical thinking, fish, fishing, food, lake, nonverbal communication, pond, recreation, seal, stress management, toad, verbal communication

Inatuk's friend

Morrow, Suzanne Stark

Because it is winter and no seals can be found, Inatuk and the people in his village are going hungry. In order to survive, Inatuk's family must move into the city where his father can work. Inatuk has a hard time because he must leave his best friend.

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animals, change, coping, family, friendship, hunger, loss, moving, multicultural, native american, nonverbal communication, parents, rabbit, seal, siblings, stress management

Follow me

Tafuri, Nancy

A sea lion follows a wandering crab to an entire colony of crabs,then returns to his fellow sea lions.

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animals, bodies of water, crab, fish, ocean, seal

Oley the sea monster

Hall, Marie Ets

Young Oley, the harbor seal, is separated from his mother near the shore and ends up on display in the Midwest. Oley soon grows homesick and is set free. However, before Oley is able to be reunited with his mother, he accidently causes everyone to think he is a sea monster.

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animals, boat, bodies of water, careers, conflict resolution, geography, lake, lost, monsters, newspaper, nonverbal communication, ocean, reunion, seal, storytelling, swimming, transportation

I love you with all my heart

Kern, Noris

Polo doesn't understand how his mother loves him with all her heart. On his way home to ask, he encounters his friends who share with hom how their mothers love them. The penguin loves with all her wings, the seal loves with all her flippers. When Polo finally reaches home and seees his mother, he realizes what it means to love with all your heart.

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affection, animals, body parts, caribou, cold, family, fishing, fox, love, parents, penguin, polar bear, seal, self esteem, sleep, snow, verbal communication, weather

Jimmy's boa and the big splash birthday bash

Noble, Trinka Hakes

Jimmy takes his goldfish and boa constrictor to Sealand for a birthday party with his friends. Chaos occurs when the goldfish falls in the whale's tank. Jimmy's party ends up in the tank, and they have a blast with the seals and penguins.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, birthday, holidays, party, penguin, presents, reptiles, rescue, seal, shark, snake, verbal communication, whale

My many colored days

Suess, Dr.

Dr. Suess uses bright colors, fun rhymes, and active animals to discuss the different moods a person feels. Some days you feel yellow, like a buzzy bee, while other days you feel brown, low, low down. Despite all the different moods you feel, you're still you!

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anger, animals, bear, bee, birds, bluebird, business, change, colors, day, differences, feelings, fish, flamingo, happiness, health, horse, insects, moods, owl, sadness, seal, self confidence, self esteem, surprises

Down by the station

Hillenbrand, Will

Down by the station, early in the morning the train takes off to pick up all the baby animals. Not only can you hear the puff and toot of the train, but also all of the sounds that the animals make. They are on their way to the zoo with all of the children, and when they arrive they all play outside.

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animals, bus, elephant, flamingo, goal setting, kangaroo, morning, music, panda, play, safety, school, seal, song, sounds, tiger, train, transportation, verbal communication, zoo

Brian wildsmith's circus

Wildsmith, Brian

Vivid colors and movement across each page makes a reader feel like they are actually at a circus. Come see the different animals and people that perform in a circus!

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animals, bear, birds, circus, clowns, dog, elephant, fun, horse, lion, monkey, performance, seal, tiger

One dragon's dream

Pavey, Peter

A dragon dreams about various animals. Counting is made fun through the drawings and rhyming words of a dragon's dream.

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amphibians, animals, birds, counting, dragons, dreams, elephant, frog, kangaroo, mythical, nonverbal communication, reptiles, rhyme, seal, sequence, storks, tiger, turkey, turtle

There was an old lady who swallowed a trout

Sloat, Teri

An old woman swallows a trout and must keep swallowing different creatures to try and catch the trout. She gets quite a mouthful of animals and fish, then they all swim out.

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animals, bodies of water, dolphin, fish, ocean, otter, rhyme, salmon, seal, sequence, swimming, trout, walrus, whale

Chimps don't wear glasses

Numeroff, Laura

Chimps don't wear glasses. And many other animals don't do silly human activities but when imagination is put to work anything can happen. For example, have you ever seen yaks wearing tuxedos and hippos on boats, and others who ride in parades full of floats?

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animals, boat, camel, car, chimpanzee, chipmunk, cooking, creativity, dancing, dog, dreams, exercise, feelings, ferret, food, giraffe, hamster, happiness, hippopotamus, horse, imagination, kangaroo, lion, lizard, llama, mouse, otter, panda, pig, reindeer, reptiles, rhyme, seal, skating, squirrel, tiger, transportation, turtle, weasel, wolf, yak, zebra

The great othello: The story of a seal

Palazzo, Tony

Othello, the seal, performs at carnivals. His trainer, Mr. Higgins, helps him perform at all of the carnival shows. Once Othello becomes famous, he is invited to Sealskin Island where he decides to stay.

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animals, carnival, decision making, exercise, fame, jumping, music, nonverbal communication, performance, seal, self esteem, verbal communication

Prince william

Rand, Gloria

After an oil spill covers Prince William Sound, a little girl rescues a baby seal and helps get him ready to go back to his natural home.

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accidents, animals, baby, bodies of water, community, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, determination, environment, goal setting, nonverbal communication, seal, self esteem, stress management, teamwork

The mixed-up chameleon

Carle, Eric

A little chameleon catches flies with his sticky tongue. One day the chameleon goes to the zoo and wishes he could be like all of the animals. His wish comes true. The chameleon sees a fly but he can not catch it because he is mixed up. He wishes he could be himself again.

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amphibians, animals, appearance, bear, chameleon, change, colors, conflict resolution, decision making, deer, elephant, fly, fox, giraffe, insects, reptiles, seal, turtle, wish, zoo

The cow is mooing anyhow

Geringer, Laura

A young girl's mother brings her breakfast to her at the kitchen table. When the mother leaves, the girl's imagination goes wild. She imagines there are many different animals in the kitchen with her during breakfast. When her mother reappears, all of the animals seem to disappear except for the cow.

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alphabet, animals, beverage, birds, chaos, cow, crab, crustaceans, dragonfly, family, food, fox, goat, goose, iguana, imagination, insects, kangaroo, monkey, noise, nutrition, owl, parents, reptiles, seal, taxi, transportation, verbal communication

Johnny crow's party

Brooke, L. Leslie

Johnny crow has a bunch of animals that gather in his garden. They have many rhyming adventures.

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adventures, animals, bear, birds, camel, crow, duck, eagle, garden, giraffe, kangaroo, mole, porcupine, reptiles, rhyme, seal, sheep, snake

Alligator baby

Munsch, Robert

Kristen's mom is having a baby but she accidently makes a wrong turn into the zoo. Her parents make repeated attempts to find their baby until finally Kristen takes a journey to the zoo.

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