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Mice, morels & monkey business: Likely lessons from Aesop's Fables

Wormell, Christopher

Character building lessons are presented in a condensed version of Aesop's Fables. Bright illustrations and simple explanations of these famed lessons present self development messages that range from Be prepared to Be careful what you wish for.

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acceptance, animals, ant, awareness, birds, boar, bull, camel, cat, conflict resolution, courage, crab, crane, critical thinking, crow, deception, decision making, deer, determination, dog, dolphin, eagle, fable, fly, fox, friendship, frog, grasshopper, identity, lion, monkey, mouse, nonverbal communication, peacock, peer resistance, reptiles, sheep, turtle, verbal communication, wolf

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

The day the goose got loose

Lindbergh, Reeve

The goose gets loose and causes all kinds of racket around the farm. If the brother hadn't known why the goose got loose who knows what might have happened?

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adventures, animals, bull, chaos, cow, critical thinking, family, goose, horse, parents, problem solving, sheep, siblings

Fanny's dream

Buehner, Carolyn

Fanny Agnes is a young farm girl who dreams of marrying a prince. When her fairy godmother does not arrive the day of the ball, Fanny decides to marry Hebert, a local farmer. As Fanny gets older, she realizes that Herbert really is her prince.

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adventures, animals, decision making, determination, dreams, fairy, family, fantasy, farm, feelings, godmother, happiness, love, marriage, mythical, nonverbal communication, pig, self esteem, sheep, verbal communication

Tomorrow's alphabet

Shannon, George

Join in and guess the product that will be made tomorrow from the clue given today. For example, A is for seed, tomorrow's apple.

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alphabet, animals, birds, body parts, concepts, dog, flowers, food, future, insects, sheep

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

Little frog's song

Schertle, Alice

Little frog loves to sing in the pond where he lives. One night a hard rain washes him far away and he cannot find his home. He meets a lamb and a dog and goes to their homes, but their homes do not make him sing. Finally, he meets a boy who takes him back to his pond, where once again he can sing.

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amphibians, animals, dog, fear, feelings, frog, goal setting, happiness, jumping, lost, nature, nonverbal communication, rain, refusal skills, self esteem, sheep, shelter, stress management, weather

Poor gabriella

Forrester, Victoria

The birth of Christ has just taken place, and everyone in the barn is warm and safe except for poor Gabriella, a cow who is locked outside. Is it a miracle that a strong, fierce wind causes Joseph to let the cow in so she is safe and warm also?

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angel, animals, assertiveness, christmas, cow, family, goat, miracle, nonverbal communication, parents, sheep, verbal communication

What can rabbit hear?

Cousins, Lucy

What can rabbit hear?

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airplane, animals, bedtime, bee, birds, clouds, duck, insects, nonverbal communication, pond, rabbit, sheep, sounds

Old mcdonald had a farm

Quackenbush, Robert

More and more animals, birds, and, finally, a car and wife keep adding on to the traditional song of Old MacDonald.

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animals, birds, car, chicken, cow, donkey, duck, farm, goose, horse, pig, sheep, turkey, verbal communication

What baby wants

Root, Phyllis

When mama goes to bed, it is up to grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, sister, and brother to help care for baby. Baby won't stop crying and everyone tries to help figure out what baby wants.

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affection, animals, baby, birds, caring, cow, family, flowers, goose, grandparents, helping, noise, problem solving, sheep, siblings, sleep, sounds

Sheep in a shop

Shaw, Nancy

Five sheep go shopping to look for a birthday gift for one of their friends. They find the perfect gift but do not have enough money to buy the gift. The sheep share their wool and trade in for the gift.

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animals, birthday, conflict resolution, critical thinking, presents, sheep, shopping, verbal communication

Market day

Ehlert, Lois

Morning comes with the crow of the chickens and the animals must be tended. Everyone in town packs up and heads off to market day. They pass many animals in the fields as they go to the town square in trucks, on motorcycles, and in carts to buy and sell at the market.

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amphibians, animals, birds, bull, business, butterfly, chicken, farm, fish, food, frog, goose, market, mexican, motorcycle, multicultural, play, rhyme, sheep, snake, south american, sun, transportation, truck, turkey, work

The cat who loved to sing

Hogrogian, Nonny

A cat goes through a series of trades with many people. Each trade makes the person happy and in the end, the cat gets what it wanted.

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animals, cat, change, decision making, dog, feelings, happiness, nonverbal communication, sadness, self esteem, sheep, verbal communication

Farmer brown goes round and round

Sloat, Teri

Farmer Brown lives on a farm and he and his animals are very content. One day, a tornado whips through the farm picking up Farmer Brown and his animals. When they land back on the ground everyone is mixed up and making the wrong sounds. When the tornado returns and picks up the farmer and the animals again, things return back to normal.

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animals, behavior, birds, cat, chicken, confusion, cow, dog, dove, farm, food, goat, horse, nutrition, pig, responsibilities, rhyme, sheep, sounds, tornado, verbal communication, weather, wind

Cat's colors

Cabrera, Jane

What is cat's favorite color? Cat visits the ten most popular colors to try and decide which color is his favorite. In the end the decision is easy. Cat's favorite color is orange, which is the color of his mom!

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animals, bat, bee, birds, cat, clouds, colors, cow, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, flowers, happiness, kindness, lobster, love, mouse, nature, parents, sand, sheep, sky, sun, worm

The very busy spider

Carle, Eric

A spider is busy working on its web. As the day goes by different animals come and visit but the spider doesn't have time to talk. By the end of the day, the spider feasts on a fly and has a good night's rest after a hard day's work.

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animals, cat, cow, dog, fly, goat, hard work, horse, insects, pig, sheep, spider

Wild and tame animals

Ipcar, Dahlov

Wild animals are tamed by humans to be used as pets and for work purposes in different parts of the world.

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animals, camel, cat, cow, dog, donkey, elephant, goat, horse, pets, pig, reindeer, sheep, woods

Look look look

Hoban, Tana

Animals, flowers, food, and instruments have different textures. A small part of each object is seen first then the whole picture comes into view when you turn the page. (A Wordless Book)

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animals, art, cat, critical thinking, dog, elephant, five senses, flowers, food, instruments, reptiles, sheep, smell, touch, turtle

Mice squeak, we speak

dePaola, Arnold L.

Everyone knows that people communicate through talking. What about animals? How do animals communicate? Looking at different animals we can see that each kind of animal communicates in its own unique way using different sounds.

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animals, bat, bear, bee, birds, cat, chicken, colors, communication, cow, coyote, cricket, dog, dove, duck, fly, frog, horse, insects, lion, monkey, mouse, multicultural, owl, parrot, pig, rhythm, sheep, sounds, speech

Silly sally

Wood, Audrey

On the way to town, Silly Sally gets sidetracked by a dancing pig, a singing loon, a dog who wants to play leapfrog, and a sheep who wants to sleep. When Neddy Buttercup comes along, they all go to town.

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animals, birds, community, dancing, dog, exercise, friendship, gymnastics, loon, pig, play, rhyme, sequence, sheep, song, sports, travel, walking

Chester the out of work dog

Singer, Marilyn

Chester is a sheep dog whose family moves from their farm to New York City. Chester no longer has a job to do, so he gets into trouble in the strange city. He runs away, then finds a group of lost students which he leads back to school.

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animals, conflict resolution, confusion, dog, nonverbal communication, running away, self esteem, sheep, walking

Jeanne-marie counts her sheep

Francoise.

Jeanne-Marie and her sheep, Patapone, sit and discuss how many sheep Patapone will have one day. They talk about what they can get and do. Paptapone only has one lamb but is happy.

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animals, counting, critical thinking, friendship, numbers, sheep, verbal communication

Country fair

Cooper, Elisha

At the county fair, there are many animals to see, events and contests to try, and lots of food to eat. But the fair can't last forever -- soon all the tents have to come down.

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animals, assertiveness, competition, cow, fair, farm, five senses, food, goal setting, pig, preparation, puppets, rabbit, sheep, transportation, truck

Mister penny's race horse

Ets, Marie Hall

Mister Penny takes all of his farm animals to the fair to win a prize. He enters all them but his old horse Limpy. All the animals make trouble at the fair because of their curiosity, and Limpy ends up winning the horse races. Mister Penny wins a prize after all.

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animals, cow, curiosity, fair, goal setting, goat, horse, pig, self esteem, sheep, stress management, verbal communication

Hattie and the fox

Fox, Mem

Hattie the hen sees a fox approaching her and the other animals. The fox attacks, and the cow scares the fox away with a loud moo. Then, the animals are silent for a long time.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, chicken, cow, decision making, fox, horse, pig, sheep, verbal communication

The big alfie out of doors storybook

Hughes, Shirley

Alfie enjoys the outdoors. He goes camping, plays on big trees, and just about anything one could imagine to do in the outdoors.

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animals, camping, cow, decision making, family, imagination, parents, play, sheep, siblings, verbal communication

The emperor's old clothes

Lasky, Kathryn

A farmer is on his way home from the market and discovers the emperor's old clothes along the road. He tries them on and feels wonderful!When he gets back to his farm and beloved animals, he discovers how hard it is to do his chores in his new clothes and finds it is better to just be himself and wear his regular clothes.

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animals, birds, clothing, contentment, cow, exercise, farm, feelings, food, goat, happiness, royalty, self esteem, sheep, walking

The nursery collection

Hughes, Shirley

A Grandmother tells her granddaughter the story of the house beginning with great-great-great-great grandpa. Grandmother explains how the house was built, what food were grown to eat, and the ways of life throughout the years.

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animals, baby, change, cooperation, cow, family, farm, food, garden, grandparents, hard work, history, horse, memories, nutrition, parents, sheep, storytelling, verbal communication

Little bunny on the move

McCarty, Peter

Where is Little Bunny going?Past the cow and the sheep, over the train tracks, and through the fence - but where will his trip end?

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animals, cow, family, nature, nonverbal communication, rabbit, sheep, train, transportation, travel, wilderness

Sheep in a jeep

Shaw, Nancy

Sheep in a jeep create havoc and learn a lesson of how catastrophies come from fooling around.

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animals, critical thinking, disobedience, nonverbal communication, rhyme, safety, sheep, travel

One crow: A counting rhyme

Aylesworth, Jim

A farm is the setting for this counting rhyme. The rhyme takes us through summer then through winter.

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animals, birds, cat, chicken, counting, crow, dog, farm, horse, pig, seasons, sheep, summer, winter

I swapped my dog

Ziefert, Harriet

In an effort to find the perfect pet which he believes he should be able to ride, a countryman exchanges his dog for a mare. However he soon finds that the mare is not what he expected which begins a long series of unsuccessful pet exchanges, including a goat, a sheep, a cow, and a rooster among others. In the end, however, the countryman makes a successful exchange, in which he acquires his dog who is always by his side.

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animals, cat, companion, cow, dog, exploration, forgiveness, friendship, goat, horse, market, mistake, mule, neighbors, nonverbal communication, pig, rat, relationship, rhyme, security, selfishness, sheep, uniqueness

Frosted glass

Cazet, Denys

Gregory has quite an imagination which he uses while drawing pictures. In class, they are to draw a still life of a flower vase. Gregory gets carried away, and his vase becomes a spaceship. Gregory thinks he will get in trouble for his drawing, but the teacher loves it and puts it up in the classroom.

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animals, art, creativity, dog, hippopotamus, imagination, pig, school, self esteem, sheep, verbal communication

Open me...i'm a dog

Spielgelman, Art

The dog narrating this story explains the wizard's curse and many other adventures that turn him into this book. He longs for the curse to be broken and for someone to save him from being the pages of a book. He wants someone to give him a loving home.

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anger, animals, birds, books, bull, car, dog, feelings, fish, frog, german, loneliness, magic, mountains, multicultural, rabbit, sheep, transportation, witches, woods

Springtime for jeanne-marie

Francoise.

A girl, her duck, and her sheep play together. The duck gets lost and Jeanne-marie must find her.

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animals, duck, french, friendship, loyalty, multicultural, sheep

Duck in the truck

Alborough, Jez

As duck drives home in his truck, he hits a rock which leaves him stuck in the muck. Frog first tries to help, then sheep and finally goat. Working together the four animals are able to get the truck out.

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accidents, anger, animals, boat, car, critical thinking, duck, feelings, frog, happiness, rhyme, sequence, sheep, teamwork, transportation, truck

Salt boy

Perine, Mary

Salt boy wants to learn to rope horses. His father will not teach him until he is older and has learned to respect animals. Salt boy saves a lamb from drowning with a rope and his father agrees that he has grown up.

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animals, assertiveness, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, growing up, helping, horse, parents, respect, self esteem, sheep

Sheep out to eat

Shaw, Nancy

Five sheep stop at a restaurant to eat on the way home from a trip. The sheep order a variety of food and are sloppy, noisy, and rude. They get kicked out of the restaurant and graze on the restaurant lawn. This makes the sheep happy so they leave a big tip.

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animals, conflict resolution, decision making, food, manners, nutrition, restaurant, sheep

Mr. goat's bad good idea

Robinson, Marileta

Three stories featuring Mr. Goat, Jerry Prairie Dog, Grandfather Sheep, and other Navajo friends.

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animals, cooperation, decision making, friendship, goal setting, goat, multicultural, native american, prairie dog, sharing, sheep, storytelling

Sheep on a ship

Shaw, Nancy

Five sheep set sail on their ship. They run into a violent storm that causes their ship to sink. The sheep escape on a life raft and drift to shore where they are safe again.

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animals, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, friendship, sheep, ship, storm, verbal communication, weather, wind

Big red barn

Brown, Margaret Wise

The big red barn has many different farm animals that live in it. All the animals go out and play on the day when the children are not there.

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animals, barn, farm, goat, goose, horse, night, rhythm, scarecrows, sheep, verbal communication

Jeanne-marie at the fair

Francoise.

Jeanne-Marie goes to the fair, and is told not to take her pet sheep. She ties her sheep to the tree. The sheep gets loose and runs to the fair, where he is confronted by a large elephant. Jeanne-Marie saves him.

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animals, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, elephant, peer resistance, pets, sheep, verbal communication

And the cow said moo!

Phillips, Mildred

A cow wonders why she says moo but all the other farm animals make different noises. She soon learns that each animal has its own identity and makes its own sounds, making them all unique.

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animals, cow, differences, dog, duck, farm, horse, individuality, morning, noise, nonverbal communication, owl, pets, pig, rhyme, sheep, sounds, uniqueness, verbal communication

Dumpy la rue

Winthrop, Elizabeth

Dumpy La Rue is a pig with a passion for dancing. All of the other animals, including his family, keep telling Dumpy that pigs can't dance. But Dumpy doesn't listen and soon all of the animals are dancing with him.

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animals, assertiveness, beliefs, birds, cow, dancing, determination, exercise, family, fox, french, fun, goat, goose, horse, language, learning, mule, music, passion, pig, rat, rhyme, sheep, turkey

Grunter: A pig with an attitude

Jolley, Mike

Grunter is a pig with an attitude. He thinks he rules the little green farm. All of the other animals are sick of it! On his birthday, Grunter thinks everyone forgot him but they have decided to get their revenge. Before Grunter knows what's going on, he's blasted into outer space. Where will he end up now?

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