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Ziggy piggy and the three little pigs

Asch, Frank

A new character is added to the story of the three little pigs, changing the tale to four little pigs. The fourth pig saves his brothers from the wolf by being resourceful.

Zen shorts

Muth, Jon

One day, three young children meet a panda after his umbrella lands in their yard. The children become friends with the panda, whose name is Stillwater. He passes on folktales to them to help them solve problems they are having.

Yummers!

Marshall, James

Emily, the pig, decides she needs to lose weight. She takes a walk then eats everything in sight. Eugene Turtle suggests that walking is a good way for losing weight.

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animals, assertiveness, body image, conflict resolution, exercise, food, friendship, goal setting, hunger, nutrition, overeating, pig, recreation, refusal skills, reptiles, stress management, turtle, walking, weight loss

You hold me and i'll hold you

Carson, Jo

This story deals with death through the eyes of a child. It displays different emotions and questions a child may have. It expresses worry and comfort provided by family members.

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coping, critical thinking, death, family, feelings, grief, nonverbal communication, self esteem, stress management, support, verbal communication

You can't catch me

Oppenheim, Joanne

A pesky black fly troubles alot of animals and eventually gets caught.

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animals, assertiveness, bravery, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, determination, fly, insects, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, self esteem, stress management

Yesterday I had the blues

Frame, Jean Ashford

A family explores the various emotions they face each day. Through the use of colors, the main character realizes that even with all the ups and downs of emotions, one color really matters- LOVE of family.

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african american, anger, animals, basketball, bicycle, buildings, bus, car, colors, confidence, cooking, dancing, Days of The Week, depression, dog, drawing, emotions, exercise, family, feelings, games, grandparents, instruments, jumping, multicultural, music, nonverbal communication, rhythm, school, sports, stress management, subway, technology, transportation

Worse than the worst

Stevenson, James

When Warren comes for a brief visit, he acts like his great-uncle and proves even more difficult to get along with.

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conflict resolution, discipline, family, frustration, misbehavior, mischief, relationship, selfishness, similarities, stress management

Wingfin and topple

Valens, Evans

Topple, the long-finned herring, learns that his difference is actually a blessing. He learns from another long-finned herring that he can fly, and in turn his seemingly unlucky fins save his life.

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assertiveness, critical thinking, decision making, differences, fish, freedom, heroism, herring, jumping, peer resistance, sea, stress management, swimming, verbal communication

Wilson's world

Hurd, Edith Thacher

Wilson paints a picture of a beautiful world that becomes overrun by too many cities and people. Wilson decides the world he has painted is not suitable to live in and begins to paint what he wants his world to look like.

Will you please feed our cat?

Stevenson, James

Maryann and Louie's grandpa had to take car of his neighbors' pets when he was a young boy. He describes the escapades of feeding hundreds of cats, a rabbit, fish and gerbils.

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animals, cat, critical thinking, decision making, family, fish, gerbil, goal setting, grandparents, pets, rabbit, responsibilities, stress management

Wilbur waits

Sherrow, Victoria

Wilbur is waiting for his birthday. When it finally arrives, he gets exciting presents like a kite, a sail boat and a sled. Unfortunately, the weather is not suitable for playing with any of his new toys. Instead of using his new toys, Wilbur finds other things to occupy his time until the weather improves.

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assertiveness, birthday, celebration, coping, friendship, holidays, imagination, parents, patience, play, stress management, weather

Why, Charlie Brown, Why?A story about what happens when a friend is very ill

Schulz, Charles M.

Linus becomes friends with Janice, a young girl who is diagnosed with leukemia. Despite all of the rumors and jokes, Linus learns that friendship is a very important part of Janice's recovery. He learns how to stand up for himself as well as others.

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animals, autumn, cancer, christmas, doctor, dog, friendship, holidays, hospital, illness, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, play, school, seasons, siblings, spring, stress management, verbal communication, winter

Why rabbit doesn't lie

Mashiri, Pascal

While every animal of the forest is planning for next year's harvest, Rabbit decides to grow money. He lies to the chief and keeps the money for himself. Eventually the chief grows angry with Rabbit and demands the money Rabbit was supposed to grow. Rabbit deceives everyone in order to get out of his lie and he vows to never lie again.

Why is baby crying?

Johnson, Ryerson

A mother reminices about when her little girl was a baby and would not stop crying. The baby just wanted to be held, just like tonight.

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baby, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, memories, nonverbal communication, parents, sleep, stress management

Why did we have to move here?

Davies, Sally J.K.

A little boy is having problems adjusting to his new home. He compares his new school to his old school which makes him feel sad and frustrated. The boy decides to go ice skating with other kids even though he isn't invited. He helps to solve a problem when the ice isn't safe.

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anger, art, assertiveness, author's note, change, critical thinking, feelings, friendship, happiness, hockey, ice, loneliness, loss, math, moving, nonverbal communication, play, playground, problem solving, sadness, safety, school, science, shyness, skating, sports, stress management

Who owns the moon?

Levitin, Sonia

Abel, Nagel and Zeke are farming friends who argue about everything, including who owns the moon. The farmers go to a teacher in the city to settle their argument about the moon. The teacher tells the three men that they each own the moon two nights a week and the remaining nights they are to share it.

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argument, compromise, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, friendship, greed, moon, nature, sharing, stress management, verbal communication

White dynamite and curly kidd

Martin, Bill Jr.

A young child, Curly Kidd, wants to grow up to be just like Dad. Dad is a bronco rider, and together they ride the toughest bulls in all the country. In the end, the reader learns that Curly Kidd is a girl.

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animals, assertiveness, bull, careers, critical thinking, determination, growing up, imagination, role model, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Where's Jamela?

Daly, Niki

A young girl named Jamela is upset when hearing the news from her mother that they will be moving to a new house. When itﾒs time to leave, everyone wonders where Jamela is and begin to search for her everywhere. Suddenly, she jumps out of a box from the back of the truck and agrees to go with her mother. On reaching her new house, she starts to like it and settles down in her room.

Where's spot?

Hill, Eric

Spot has not come to dinner so Spot's mom is on the look out for him. When searching for her son, she meets an array of other animals. Likewise she finds Spot and they enjoy their meal. (Flip Book)

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animals, assertiveness, bear, birds, critical thinking, crocodile, dog, food, hippopotamus, lion, monkey, nonverbal communication, penguin, reptiles, self esteem, snake, stress management, turtle, verbal communication

Where the wild things are

Sendak, Maurice

Max gets sent to his room without dinner. There he dreams about a new world of his own where he sails to an island and becomes the king of all the beasts. After all of his fun frolicking with the beasts, he comes home where a hot meal is waiting for him.

Where is freddy?

Allen, Laura Jean

Two mouse detectives solve a case of a missing youth mouse whose imagination and curiosity lead him to build and fly a hot air balloon with the help of his best friend.

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animals, balloon, critical thinking, family, grandparents, imagination, mouse, mystery, stress management

Where is daddy?The story of a divorce

Goff, Beth

Jane's parents get a divorce. At first she is angry and she feels that it is her fault. Then she regains her faith and stability and realizes both of her parents love her and are not going to abandon her.

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change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, divorce, family, fear, feelings, guilt, insecurity, parents, self esteem, stress management

Where do i fit in?

Noble, Joan

John's parents get divorced and his mom re-marries. He does not understand where he belongs. When he goes to his new grandparents and has a good time, he realizes they love him and he does have a place where he belongs.

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assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, divorce, family, grandparents, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, stress management

When the wind blew

Brown, Margaret Wise

An old lady lives with seventeen cats and a kitten. On a windy day she brings the cats in the house. She gets a toothache and her kitten soothes it.

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animals, cat, conflict resolution, illness, nonverbal communication, pets, stress management, teamwork, teeth, verbal communication

When sophie gets angry--Really, really angry...

Bang, Molly

What do you do when you're angry?Sophie feels bad when she's angry. She wants to yell and kick and scream, but she runs outside to her special place instead. When she comes home, everyone is glad to see her and she feels much better.

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anger, art, climbing, conflict resolution, exercise, family, feelings, fight, nature, nonverbal communication, parents, relaxation, running, sadness, siblings, stress management, toys, tree, verbal communication, water

When mommy is sick

Sherkin-Langer, Ferne

When a little girl's mom is sick and has to stay in the hospital she becomes sad and doesn't want to sing or play with her friends. She visits her mom, but she is nervous that her hugs might hurt her. When her mom finally comes home, the little girl is happy to have her back but worries that she won't be there when she wakes up.

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calendar, colors, coping, Days of The Week, family, feelings, friendship, happiness, health, hospital, illness, nonverbal communication, play, playground, sadness, school, stress management, teaching, verbal communication

When jessie came across the sea

Hest, Amy

Jessie and her Grandmother are very close family to each other because there are no other relatives. Grandmother teachers Jessie to sew and Jessie teaches Grandmother to read. One day, Jessie is requested to travel to America by the rabbi. Her journey by ship is hard, but she meets a young man, Low, who she finds again in America and marries. Grandmother travels to America on the money that Jessie earned sewing lace for three years.

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american, challenges, communication, correspondence, decision making, english, family, friendship, illness, immigrants, Jewish, language, marriage, money, monuments, multicultural, religion, school, sewing, ship, spiritual, stress management, transportation, travel, work

When I heard the learn'd astronomer

Whitman, Walt

A boy is overwhelmed by all the charts and figures about space, but he gets tired of listening to the lectures. He goes outside to look up at the night sky. He is able to make the connection between what he heard and what he sees.

When grandpa came to stay

Caseley, Judith

Benny's grandpa visits after his grandma dies. They tell stories, play games, and talk. One day grandpa cries and Benny learns that it is okay to cry.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, death, family, feelings, grandparents, grief, stress management, verbal communication

When eric's mom fought cancer

Vigna, Judith

A young boy copes with his mother's cancer. Going through a range of emotions, he finally comes to more of an understanding about her illness.

When bluebell sang

Ernst, Lisa Campbell

Bluebell the cow is on her way to stardom because of her wonderful singing voice. Yet once she hits stardom, she becomes homesick. After tricking her nasty manager, Bluebell spends the rest of her days singing with the other cows.

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animals, assertiveness, cow, critical thinking, deception, homesickness, peer resistance, stress management, success

Whatever

Bee, William

Billy is a very difficult child. Billy's father tries to please him by showing him the world's curliest trumpet, bounciest castle and smokiest train. He even takes Billy to the edge of outer space, but all Billy can say is whatever. In the end, Billy will get a taste of his own medicine.

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acceptance, affection, animals, appreciation, communication, conflict resolution, family, giraffe, misbehavior, mischief, respect, stress management, taste, tiger

What zeesie saw on delancey street

Rael, Wlsa Okon

On her 7th birthday, Zeesie goes with Mama and Papa to her first party where suprise packages are auctioned off to raise money. While there she explores a secret money room, and learns a lesson about money, generosity, and the importance of community.

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birthday, celebration, community, critical thinking, family, feelings, food, happiness, holidays, immigrants, Jewish, money, nonverbal communication, parents, party, sharing, stress management, verbal communication

What to do about pollution...

Shelby, Anne

A closer look at the problems of the world such as pollution, hunger, and homelessness is taken and a simple solution is proposed; to love.

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assertiveness, critical thinking, feelings, friendship, hunger, love, pollution, sadness, stress management, verbal communication

What planet are you from, Clarice Bean?

Child, Lauren

Clarice Bean is having a hard time coming up with an idea for her project on the environment. To make matters worse, she is paired up with her tag-along neighbor, Robert Granger. Her situation looks hopeless until her brother becomes an ecowarrior in an effort to free the tree from being cut down in their neighborhood. Robert and Clarice become ecowarriors themselves, saving the tree and their project.

What if?

Collins, Ross//Thomas, Frances

A bad dream causes Little Monster to imagine several scary events that might occur when he wakes up. To reassure his fears, Little Monster's mother creates a different twist on the fun and exciting events that might occur instead of his bad dream. Mother Monster's comforting suggestions calm Little Monster's fears.

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affection, balloon, bedtime, colors, conflict resolution, coping, dreams, emotions, family, fear, fire, food, imagination, monsters, parents, spider, storytelling, stress management, verbal communication

What happens next

Hughes, Susan

Bully B. makes a student feel uncomfortable at school by making fun of him and calling him mean names. This student goes home and acts like he is fine, but his mother is able to tell that this is not true and she suggests that her son talks to the bully. With this advice, he talks to Bully B. and expresses how her behavior makes him feel and explains how similar they actually are, ending their negative relationship.

What Eddie can do

Gebhard, Wilfried

Eddie goes on many adventures but ignores his momﾒs advice on shoe tying lessons. After discovering his friend Clara, who needs to be rescued by a double tailed monster, Eddie takes time out and learns to tie knots, and succeeds in saving his friend.

What a scare, jesse bear

Carlstrom, Nancy White

For Jesse, Halloween is an exciting time to carve pumpkins, trick or treat, and scare others. With confidence, Jesse trick or treats but soon gets frightened by all the many costumes. With his own mask he overcomes his fear and scares everyone else. What a scare, Jesse Bear!

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animals, bear, clothing, family, fear, feelings, halloween, holidays, preparation, stress management

Wemberly worried

Henkes, Kevin

A young mouse named Wemberky worries about everything. Now she faces her biggest worry, the first day of school. Find out what Wemberly will do with so many worries to worry about!

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acceptance, animals, bath, bedtime, birthday, body parts, butterfly, car, change, confidence, conflict resolution, dolls, emotions, encouragement, family, feelings, friendship, grandparents, halloween, happiness, holidays, imagination, mouse, noise, parents, party, playground, playing, rabbit, relief, school, self esteem, shyness, stress management, verbal communication, worry

We're growing together

Ransom, Candice F.

Candice's mother marries Howard and they move to a new house. When Candice asks how long they will live there, Howard replies forever and she wonders how long that is. One day Candice realizes how long forever is.

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acceptance, animals, birthday, car, cat, change, christmas, conflict resolution, cow, exercise, family, farm, feelings, food, garden, grandparents, holidays, marriage, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, pig, plants, relationship, seasons, self esteem, spring, stars, stress management, summer, transportation, valentine's day, verbal communication, walking

We're back!A dinosaur's story

Talbott, Hudson

Prehistoric dinosaurs travel in the twentieth century and are confused by what they see in the city. Their mission, though, is to become part of an exhibit at the Museum of Natural History in New York.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, confusion, critical thinking, decision making, dinosaur, feelings, goal setting, history, museum, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, self esteem, stress management, travel, verbal communication

We hate rain

Stevenson, James

Two children are upset because it rains for two days. Their grandpa tells them a story about when he was young, it rained for weeks and his house flooded. Finally, a man walks in the door and the children see it has stopped raining.

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family, feelings, grandparents, rain, sadness, stress management, weather

We are moving

Biale, Rachel

Make a scrapbook on how do you feel before we move. Draw several pictures of how you feel. What does your house look like now?What will our new house look like?What is special to you before we move?

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anger, author's note, change, community, confusion, coping, family, fear, feelings, happiness, loss, memories, moving, neighbors, perspective, sadness, school, separation, stress management, transportation, travel

We are all in the dumps with jack and guy

Sendak, Maurice

There are two rhymes that precede one another to make a story about kids that are homeless. Two mean rats take one child and some kittens, and the children go after him. Jack and Guy later find the boy and the mother of the kittens. They all go and save the kittens. Jack and Guy take care of the little boy.

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african american, animals, critical thinking, feelings, food, happiness, multicultural, nonverbal communication, nutrition, rat, sadness, stress management, verbal communication

Warton and the contest

Erickson, Russell E.

Someone steals Grampa Arbuckle's gold watch-compass. Warton, Grampa, and Neville go traveling to capture the thief and get the compass. Instead of getting back the compass, Grampa gives it away to someone who really needs it.

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adventures, animals, birds, bluejay, critical thinking, decision making, giving, mouse, stress management, toad, travel, verbal communication

Waiting to sing

Kaplan, Howard

A young boy loves playing the piano but especially listening to his father play while his mother sings along. The boy's mother also listens to him play. Shortly after the boy, his sister, and his father come back from a vacation at the beach, the mother dies. Playing the piano helps the young boy and his father cope with their loss.

Waiting for mom

Tyler, Linda Wagner

At three o'clock, all the students at school went home except for a young hippopotamus. His mother did not come to pick him up so he helped out around school while he waited.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, fear, hippopotamus, nonverbal communication, parents, school, self esteem, stress management, understanding, verbal communication, working mother

Waiting for baby joe

Collins, Pat Lowery

Missy was waiting for her new brother or sister. The baby came prematurely and had many problems. Missy waited and waited for the baby to get better. Finally, he came home and she was glad that she waited.

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anticipation, baby, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, fear, illness, nonverbal communication, patience, pregnancy, refusal skills, self esteem, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

Wag-by-wall

Potter, Beatrix

Wag-by-wall is an old clock found annoying by most people, but not to Sally Benson, a kind old woman. She cares for everything, especially a family of owls. When an owl knocks over the clock, out comes some gold!

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birds, caring, confidence, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, farm, nonverbal communication, owl, stress management, surprise, time, verbal communication

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