Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

The any bully | by Nickle, John

Lucas is and ordinary boy with glasses being mistreated by Sid, the neighborhood bully. Lucas copes with the bullying by tormenting ants with water. The ants retaliate and take Lucas to their Queen ant. She has Lucas shrunk so he can live and work as an ant so he can appreciate what they do. Lucas gathered food, defended the colony, and attended to the queen. The queen appreciates the lesson Lucas has learned and rewards him by turning him back into his normal size. When Lucas wakes up, he sees that the ants have decided to teach Sid a lesson, because he has now been shrunk to their…

Keywords: ant, bath, beetle, body parts, bully, conflict resolution, courage, decision making, family, feelings, glasses, hard work, insects, misbehavior, nonverbal communication, nutrition, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem, sizes, spider, stress management, wasp, water

Pop-up bugs: Creepy crawlers face to face | by Hewitt, Sally

Rhyming words and 3-Dimensional pictures describe various bugs. Specific facts are given about each bug. These pages come alive! (A Board Book)

Keywords: beetle, bug, insects, mosquito, praying mantis, rhyme, scorpion, tarantula, wasp

The giant jam sandwich | by Lord, John Vernon//Burroway, Janet

When 4 million wasps suddenly descend upon the town of Itching Down, the villagers decide something must be done. They set out to make a mountain sized loaf of bread for a jam sandwich that will hopefully capture the buzzing insects.

Keywords: community, critical thinking, food, goal setting, insects, nutrition, rhyme, verbal communication, wasp

The ant bully | by Nickle, John

Lucas is different than the other kids and he is often bullied by one boy in particular, Sid. Sid takes Lucas' hat and sprays him with water and to take out his frustrations, Lucas in turn bullies the ants. To teach Lucas a lesson the ants take him to their queen ant. The Queen ant has the wizard ant shrink Lucas so he can live and work as an ant so he can appreciate what they do. Lucas gathered food, defended the colony, and attended to the queen. The queen has Lucas turned back into his normal size and when Lucas wakes up, he sees that the ants have decided to teach Sid a lesson because how…

Keywords: ant, bath, beetle, bully, courage, family, food, glasses, hard work, insects, misbehavior, nutrition, parents, protection, revenge, spider, teamwork, television, tobacco, wasp, water, work

A beastly circus | by Parish, Peggy

This alphabet book uses animals and various circus-like activities for each letter.

Keywords: alligator, amphibians, animals, baboon, birds, chipmunk, circus, crab, crustaceans, dolphin, elephant, frog, gorilla, hippopotamus, hyena, jaguar, kangaroo, lion, mink, mythical, newt, nonverbal communication, octopus, ostrich, panda, quail, rabbit, rhinoceros, sequence, skunk, snake, tapir, unicorns, verbal communication, vulture, wasp, worm, yak, zebra

1 is one | by Tudor, Tasha

This counting book uses the numbers 1-20. Each number is given a rhythmical saying to go along with it.

Keywords: coyote, night, wasp

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