Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Easy as pie | by Best, Carl

Chef Jacob is known for his happy peach pie. Read the ingredients of his pie recipe and the baking rules that he learns from Chef Monty on television. Lots of sounds comes out of Chef Jacob's kitchen. By the end, Chef Jacob says: "P is for Pie and P is for Peach, and, of course, P is for Parents! Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad". Have fun celebrating this event with the whole family.

Keywords: alliteration, anniversary, baking, celebration, cooking, counting, family, food, ingredients, numbers, nutrition, parents, recipe, rules, television, time

The way to start a day | by Baylor, Byrd

Morning time is a sacred time. The beginning of a new day is about to unfold. There's a lot of movement around the world. Wake up to enjoy the warmth of the sun.

Keywords: activities, adventures, africa, exercise, five senses, health, magic, multicultural, music, seasons, song, sounds, sun, symbols, time, weather

Coming on home soon | by Woodson, Jacqueline

A girl says goodbye to her mother who is heading to find work in the city. The girl waits everyday for her mother's letter that says she will be coming home. All the while, the girl remembers her mother loves her more than snow or rain.

Keywords: african american, animals, careers, cat, coping, correspondence, death, disappointment, emotions, family, future, love, money, multicultural, nature, parents, prayer, rain, snow, time, war, weather

Messenger, messenger | by Burleigh, Robert

Being a bicycle messenger in a big city is a rigorous job, but someone has to do it. The messenger wakes early and works late to deliver the proper messages to their appropriate places. Nothing can stop him, not rain, snow, or distractions of others.

Keywords: african american, assertiveness, bicycle, biking, careers, cold, community, critical thinking, day, dedication, discipline, exercise, food, goal setting, hard work, loyalty, morning, multicultural, night, radio, rain, refusal skills, responsibilities, rhyme, rhythm, routine, snow, sun, technology, time, weather, wind, work

My half day | by Fisher, Doris; Sneed, Dani

The wacky fun continues as a young boy awakens to find he's missing a half-head of hair. After chugging down his glass of milk that's two-thirds gooey paste, he and his friend are off to camp for a day of fraction fun and an out-of-this world soccer game.

Keywords: animals, body parts, cactus, camping, dog, exercise, flowers, food, friendship, math, nutrition, parents, plants, time, transportation

Cluck's clock | by Gray, Kes

Day begins on the farm at 4 o'clock in the morning. The chickens stretch and begin breakfast followed by laying their eggs from 6 to 8 oﾒclock. At 2 o'clock, they play a game of hide-and-seek, and then visit the horses before dinner. As the sun sets, the chickens return to the coop and await the fox. When the fox arrives, a chicken lures him to a hole in the door then dirt is thrown on him to scare him away. At midnight, the chickens say good night.

Keywords: animals, birds, chicken, day, dog, duck, exercise, farm, fear, feelings, fox, happiness, horse, morning, night, nonverbal communication, numbers, sequence, time, tractor, transportation, walking

In the small, small night | by Kurtz, Jane

A young boy moves to America from Ghana. He is worried about forgetting his past. Thanks to his mother, he is able to go back to the world he once knew.

Keywords: acceptance, africa, bedtime, birds, challenges, child, conflict resolution, decision making, eagle, friendship, ghana, multicultural, nonverbal communication, parents, relationship, reptiles, storytelling, time, turtle, verbal communication, village, wisdom, worry

Monster and the surprise cookie | by Blance, Ellen // Cook, Ann

Monster and the little boy decide to throw a party! They travel to the supermarket to find refreshments for their guests. They pack their shopping cart full of cookies, but when they go through the line, they realize that they donﾒt have enough money! Instead, they buy a few ingredients, so they can make cookies at home. Using a recipe book, they make a variety of shaped cookies. Surprisingly, these cookies take the shape of Monster when placed together. The cookies are delicious and everyone is pleased!

Keywords: anger, assertiveness, conflict resolution, counting, critical thinking, decision making, disappointment, feelings, food, goal setting, helping, money, nonverbal communication, party, preparation, recipe, sadness, shapes, shopping, taste, time, verbal communication

Something to tell the grandcows | by Spinelli, Eileen

Hoping to have a wonderful adventure to tell her grandcows, Emmadine volunteers to go to the South Pole in 1933. Emmadine learns a lot of interesting facts about Antarctica. After being there for a while, Emmadine misses the other animals on the farm. When she returns home from her adventure, her grandcows are very impressed with her experiences on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition

Keywords: adventures, animals, antarctica, assertiveness, boat, cow, critical thinking, dancing, decision making, family, farm, feelings, history, illness, jealousy, pig, pride, seasons, self esteem, summer, time, transportation, verbal communication, winter

African beginnings | by Haskins, James//Benson, Kathleen

Come explore and celebrate the powerful impact people of African descent have made on world history and on the American experience.

Keywords: africa, african, animals, architecture, art, bodies of water, business, clothing, culture, dancing, death, desert, discrimination, donkey, egypt, europe, flood, food, geography, ghana, hard work, history, instruments, islam, leadership, lizard, maps, multicultural, music, muslim, nigerian, nonfiction, nonverbal communication, ocean, religion, river, ship, slavery, time, traditions, transportation, verbal communication, village, work, zimbabwe

Billy Twitters and his blue whale problem | by Barnett, Mac

When Billy Twitters doesn't brush his teeth or finish his peas, his mother says We're going to buy you a whale. This doesn't worry Billy, because he knows how big blue whales are and he couldn't possibly have one delivered. To his surprise, one morning there is a blue whale sitting outside his house and it is his responsibility. The whale causes problems at school because Billy's classmates don't pick him at gym. And it just gets worse: his parents give him the owner's manual for the whale. While feeding him, Billy realizes that when he's inside the whale,…

Keywords: animals, bridge, bus, cleanliness, colors, community, comparisons, critical thinking, decision making, dinosaur, feelings, five senses, food, frustration, history, hygiene, language, loneliness, numbers, parents, park, perspective, problem solving, responsibilities, school, sight, sizes, smell, teeth, time, transportation, whale

To be a drum | by Coleman, Evelyn

Daddy Wes whispers to his two young children about the history of Africans forced into slavery and how the pulse of the drum has moved through them over time. Daddy Wes promises his children that as long as they can hear the heartbeat of the earth, they will be free.

Keywords: africa, african, bodies of water, careers, colors, community, culture, five senses, freedom, hearing, history, instruments, language, multicultural, music, nonverbal communication, ocean, playing, pride, rhythm, sea, ship, slavery, sounds, spiritual, storytelling, symbols, time, verbal communication, war

Over in the pink house: New jump rope rhymes | by Dotlich, Rebecca Kai

Predictable rhyming patterns and basic themes, such as nature, animals, food, and so much more, work together to complete this collection of thirty-two jump rope rhymes.

Keywords: animals, cat, collection, conflict resolution, counting, Days of The Week, exercise, food, holidays, jumping, nature, nutrition, poetry, relationship, rhyme, seasons, stress management, summer, time, winter

Pig william | by Dubanevich, Arlene

William takes his time doing everything. One day he messes around so long that he misses the bus and also the school picnic. At home, William takes his fish and radio outside for his own picnic. At the school picnic, it starts to rain and the picnic is cancelled. By the time his brothers arrive home, it stopped raining and they join in his picnic.

Keywords: decision making, family, music, picnic, play, procrastination, rain, recreation, school, self esteem, siblings, time, transportation, weather

A child's good morning | by Brown, Margaret Wise

As they awake in the morning, animals and plants go through a series of interesting activities.

Keywords: animals, bedtime, bee, day, environment, feelings, goat, happiness, horse, insects, morning, plants, rabbit, sheep, sleep, squirrel, sun, time, verbal communication

Weslandia | by Fleischman, Paul

Wesley never really fits in at school. Even his parents think he is odd. One summer though, he creates his own civilization. Everyone develops a new respect for Wesley by the time he returns to school in the fall.

Keywords: bully, clothing, creativity, culture, differences, exploration, flowers, food, friendship, games, garden, inventions, language, learning, nutrition, peer resistance, plants, problem solving, school, seasons, self esteem, shelter, sleep, sports, summer, time, work

Weeks and weeks | by Watts, Mabel

Mr. Hobbs is the town photographer who does well in his business until the town plans to start having activity weeks. The townspeople get so busy with each new activity that they don't pay much attention to Mr. Hobbs, until Take-A-Picture Week comes along.

Keywords: activities, business, careers, chaos, community, fun, memories, recreation, time

Wag-by-wall | by 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 and out comes some gold.

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

Fast-slow, high-low | by Spier, Peter

Pictures of opposites help us to understand how many different opposites there are. Examples of opposites include more-less and front-back.

Keywords: opposites, sizes, time

There's a cow in the road! | by Lindbergh, Reeve

As this girl gets ready for school, a cow and many other animals show up outside of her house. When the bus finally comes, there is chaos with people, cars, and animals in the neighborhood.

Keywords: animals, bus, car, chaos, cleanliness, cow, goat, goose, horse, hygiene, neighbors, pig, rhyme, school, sheep, time, transportation

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