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Susan shouted shark

Smith, Raymond//Schoenheimer, Henry

A little girl tells so many lies about sharks being around that people finally didn't believe her. When she shouted shark and no one believed her, a man is killed by a shark.

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death, deception, fear, fish, misbehavior, mischief, shark, truth

Ocean hide and seek

Kramer, Jennifer Evans

The ocean is an old, old place, and the exotic animals in the depths have learned to adapt to their surroundings. Can you find the creatures hidden on every page?

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activities, adaptation, animals, colors, crab, fish, habitat, jellyfish, ocean, sand, shark

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 a dolphin were a fish

Wlodarski, Loran

A dolphin imagines that she is a fish, a turtle, a bird, an octopus, a shark, and a manatee. Learn how special she really is and how special each of her other sea animal friends are too.

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acceptance, author's note, birds, bodies of water, dolphin, fish, habitat, hearing, ocean, octopus, reptiles, shark, smell, turtle

I know why I brush my teeth

Rowan, Kate

Sam's discovery of his loose tooth strikes up a conversation about teeth and the importance of caring for them. Sam and his mom take an indepth look at teeth and the proper way to care for them.

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animals, bath, body parts, careers, dentist, dog, growing up, health, hygiene, shark, teeth

Cyrus the unsinkable sea serpent

Peet, Bill

Cyrus the serpent wants to have more fun, so he decides to follow a ship and destroy it. But he eventually saves it and makes sure it gets to its final destination.

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animals, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, fish, monsters, pirates, rescue, shark, ship, transportation

Oswego Pete, a monkey living on Monkey Island, is tired of working for his good life. He wants to find the easy life so he challenges Uh-Huh Freddie, the Chief Monkey, for his position. The two of them, along with other monkeys go off in search for the Easy Life. While exploring, they run into challenges and they realize that work is good if you have a good life.

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adventures, animals, bodies of water, challenges, conflict, conflict resolution, consequences, dancing, decision making, dreams, exercise, fear, feelings, goal setting, happiness, hard work, hippopotamus, instrument, leadership, lion, maps, monkey, mountains, rhythm, safety, shark, teamwork, travel, umbrella, walking

Meanwhile

Feiffer, Jules

Raymond is busy fighting pirates, cowboys, and martians, but MEANWHILE...mom wants his help time and time again. Will Raymond ever listen?

The great white man-eating shark: A cautionary tale

Mahy, Margaret

Norman was a good swimmer who was upset with all of the other swimmers who got in his way. He pretended he was a shark to get them out of his way.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, deception, decision making, exercise, fear, feelings, fish, frustration, goal setting, nonverbal communication, shark, swimming, verbal communication

Rainbow fish to the rescue

Pfister, Marcus

Rainbow Fish and his friends are playing flash-tag with their shiny scales. When a striped fish comes to play, they won't let him join their game. Suddenly a shark appears, so Rainbow Fish and his friends risk their lives to save the lonely striped fish.

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assertiveness, bodies of water, colors, decision making, feelings, fish, friendship, games, loneliness, loyalty, rescue, sadness, safety, sea, shark

Coral island

Mordivnoff, Nicolas

Terii dreams of growing bigger so he can become a pearl-shell diver like his Uncle Teopu. Uncle Teopu always tells Terii that he will grow bigger when Teopu's hat is all worn out. Whe Terii saves the hat from Kaveka, Uncle Teopu let Terii paddle the canoe. After he saves Teopu from a shark, Terii is ready to become a diver.

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activities, animals, assertiveness, beach, birds, boat, bodies of water, careers, cat, celebration, dog, dreams, exercise, feelings, fishing, food, fun, growing up, happiness, horse, island, nonverbal communication, nutrition, party, relief, running, sea, shark, swimming, verbal communication, walking

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

The story of the three kingdoms

Myers, Walter Dean

A shark, elephant, and a hawk believe that each rules the earth. One day people show up and want to figure out why the animals will not share. They sit around and talk, coming up with stories to help get the animals to cooperate.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, elephant, fable, fish, hawk, intelligence, nonverbal communication, sharing, shark, verbal communication

Stella, star of the sea

Gay, Marie-Louise

Stella and Sam spend the day at the sea. Sam has never been before so he asks Stella plenty of questions. Stella tells her brother all about starfish, moon shells, sharks, and sea monsters. Then Sam finally gets in the water.

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activities, animals, beach, bodies of water, crustaceans, curiosity, dreams, exploration, family, fish, fishing, fun, investigation, learning, listening, recreation, sea, shark, shells, starfish, swimming

Car wash

Steen, Sandra//Steen, Susan

Dad and the twins hop into their car to grab some lunch at a restaurant. On the way, they drive through mud puddles so now it's time for a car wash!As the car enters the car wash, something mysterious happens. Oh boy, the twins are in for a big adventure!

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acting, adventures, animals, bravery, car, courage, crab, critical thinking, crustaceans, discovery, entertainment, environment, fantasy, fish, five senses, food, imagination, monsters, nonverbal communication, nutrition, ocean, octopus, plants, safety, sea, shark, ship, sounds, storm, transportation, verbal communication

Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Browse Items (15 items total)

Susan shouted shark

Ocean hide and seek

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

If a dolphin were a fish

I know why I brush my teeth

Cyrus the unsinkable sea serpent

Looking for the easy life

Meanwhile

The great white man-eating shark: A cautionary tale

Rainbow fish to the rescue

Coral island

Jimmy's boa and the big splash birthday bash

The story of the three kingdoms

Stella, star of the sea

Car wash