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Great-grandma tells of threshing day

Cross, Verda

Great Grandma tells her grandchildren of threshing day. It is a day in late June when the wheat is harvested. The men harvest the wheat while the women cook a hearty meal. This was always an exciting day for grandma and her brother. Threshing day was a day she will never forget.

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accomplishment, animals, bath, bedtime, beverage, chicken, cooperation, cow, family, farm, food, grandparents, hard work, horse, machines, memories, nutrition, parents, seasons, siblings, storytelling, summer, verbal communication

Marvin's best christmas present ever

Paterson, Katherine

It's almost Christmas and Marvin doesn't know what gift to give his parents. After he asks his older sister for some help, he ends up making a wreath. Marvin's parents love their gift and it hangs on their trailer almost all year. When they finally decide to take it down, they discover a family of birds who have been enjoying it too.

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accomplishment, animals, birds, christmas, family, helping, holidays, nature, parents, presents, pride, self esteem, siblings, surprises, traditions

The house I'll build for the wrens

Neitzel, Shirley

A young boy plans to build a house for the wrens in the yard. He starts with a diagram showing what the house will look like. He gets out a toolbox which holds wooden boards, a ruler, hammer, sandpaper, nails, a level, paintbrush, paint, and a scredriver. While he is constructing the birdhouse, his mother comes home. The boy and his mother hang the birdhouse from a tree in the backyard and admire his accomplishment.

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accomplishment, animals, author's note, birds, cat, cleanliness, colors, construction, dog, family, goal setting, imagination, parents, pride, rhyme, siblings, tools, wood, working mother

The tale of Willie Monroe

Schroeder, Alan

Willie isn't a smart man, but he sure is strong. He decides to enter a contest to prove it. However, Delilah and her granny have to get him in shape first. Now Willie's reputation and Delilah's love depend on his winning the contest. Do you think he can do it?

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accomplishment, animals, appalachian, author's note, barn, celebration, ceremony, challenges, competition, confidence, cow, determination, encouragement, exercise, family, farm, feelings, folktale, food, friendship, grandparents, hard work, horse, love, marriage, multicultural, nutrition, preparation, pride, self esteem, travel, walking, wedding

What a truly cool world

Lester, Julius//Cepeda, Joe

God created the world with water, trees, land, animals, and people, and thought he had done a great job. God's angel Shaniqua told God that the world looked too boring. God then set out to make the world more interesting. First he made grass but that did not help much so God started singing and making beautiful music. When the flowers complained about being lonely, God called on Shaniqua to sing. Her voice was so pretty that the planets and starts started crying. The people on earth were very happy with their world and so was God.

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accomplishment, african american, angel, animals, author's note, birds, butterfly, colors, critical thinking, dancing, decision making, dog, goal setting, god, insects, library, multicultural, music, planet, shapes, song, tree, water, whale

The little scarecrow boy

Brown, Margaret Wise

The little scarecrow boy anxiously awaits the day when he can go into the fields and frighten crows like his father does every day. As he grows and grows, he becomes even more determined to become an actual scarecrow. The day finally comes when he has to put his courage to the test.

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accomplishment, ambition, assertiveness, birds, body parts, challenges, confidence, courage, crow, determination, family, farm, goal setting, growing up, nonverbal communication, scarecrows

Home run: The story of babe ruth

Burleigh, Robert

It was clear at a young age that Babe Ruth was talented at baseball. This talent became even more amazing as he got older, when he wowed the stadium fans with his memorable home runs. These historic moments will be remembered in baseball forever.

Miss Bindergarten celebrates the 100th day of kindergarten

Slate, Joseph

Miss Bindergarten and her class have lots of fun preparing for the 100th day of kindergarten. Everyone must bring 100 of some wonderful, one-hundred-full thing! Watch as everyone prepares their special thing and find out what Miss Bindergarten does for the 100th day.

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accomplishment, alligator, amphibians, animals, anticipation, beaver, celebration, chimpanzee, chipmunk, creativity, elephant, excitement, frog, goldfish, hippopotamus, iguana, lion, nonverbal communication, pig, reptiles, rhinoceros, uniqueness, zebra

When agnes caws

Fleming, Candace

Agnes Peregrine has always loved birds and has recently found out that she has a true talent for bird calling. She goes to the Himalayan Mountains with her mother in search of the rarest bird of all. Little does she know that an evil colonel has followed them and wants this rare bird for his own collection!

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accomplishment, africa, assertiveness, beauty, birds, boat, careers, collection, conflict, conservation, critical thinking, deception, decision making, duck, hummingbird, hunting, jungle, maps, mischief, mountains, pheasant, refusal skills, rescue, sounds, train, travel, verbal communication, wilderness, yak

Wagons west

Gerrard, Roy

Buckskin Dan and his followers embarked on a wild and dangerous journey on the Oregon Trail. After many exciting adventures like fighting off outlaws and saving an Indian boy, the group finally settles in the Willamette Valley.

Jim's chimp story

Blaustein, Muriel

In school Jim Chimp is always afraid of getting called on. One day when he is called on to tell a story, he tells a wild and crazy adventure about a pirate ship.

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accomplishment, adventures, imagination, pirates, school, shyness, storytelling

Benjie

Lexau, Joan M.

Benjie's granny loses her earring on the way home from church, so bashful Benjie sets out to look for it while his granny is takng a nap. He finds the earring, but in the process he loses his bashfulness.

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accomplishment, adventures, african american, assertiveness, bravery, change, disappearance, exploration, family, goal setting, grandparents, lost, multicultural, shyness, sleep, success, unselfish, verbal communication

Max

Graham, Bob

Max is the son of the legendary superheroes Captain Lightning and Madam Thunderbolt. His family has high expectations for him to follow in their footsteps and become a superhero too. Now he just needs to learn how to fly. After many persistent tries, Max still can't keep himself off the ground. His family is supportive and determined to get him to fly. Will this confidence be enough to help him fly like the birds?

The very clumsy click beetle

Carle, Eric

The very clumsy click beetle goes for a walk and accidently falls onto his back. The wise old click beetle sees him struggling and demonstrates how he can flip back to his feet. The clumsy click beetle tries and tries but cannot master it until he's about to get stepped on. He narrowly avoids the foot and saves his own life.

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accomplishment, adventures, animals, beetle, encouragement, escape, frustration, insects, learning, mouse, night, persistence, practice, snail, sounds, turtle, walking, worm

Astro bunnies

Loomis, Christine

Zip!Zoom!Join these astro bunnies as they explore outer space. Help the bunnies get to outer space. What will they find there?Whether it's shooting starts or bunnies from other places, astro bunnies always come home.

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accomplishment, adventures, animals, astronaut, astronomy, challenges, critical thinking, emotions, exploration, friendship, fun, goal setting, happiness, imagination, moon, nonverbal communication, ocean, planet, playing, rabbit, rhyme, science, sky, stars, technology, transportation, travel, weather

Johnny appleseed

Lindbergh, Reeve

On his way to the western frontier, Johnny Appleseed stops to eat and chat with Hannah Goodwin and her family. His adventures bring many encounters with pioneers, Indians, and nature. When he is old, he returns to visit Hannah Goodwin who continues to tell children about Johnny Appleseed.

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accomplishment, adventures, ambition, appreciation, determination, exercise, exploration, folktale, goal setting, history, kindness, multicultural, native american, pioneers, rhyme, success, survival, unselfish, walking

Raising sweetness

Stanley, Diane

The town sheriff adopts eight orphans to save them from the mean Ms. Stump, but there are a few problems. Pa is not too good at cooking and his cleaning is quite shabby. The orphans one wish is for him to get married. One of the orphans, Sweetness, believes a letter that arrived in the mail is the answer.

I can! Can you?

Adorjan, Carol

A little girl tells what her big sister is able to do which happens to be difficult for her. Then she tells what she can do. She keeps learning how to do more things each day.

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accomplishment, activities, comparisons, family, feelings, goal setting, growing up, happiness, siblings

Even if I did something awful

Hazen, Barbara Shook

A little girl breaks a vase and asks her mom about all these horrible things she could have done. She wonders if her mom will still love her. Her mom proves to her that she will love her, no matter what.

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accidents, conflict resolution, consequences, critical thinking, discipline, family, feelings, love, parents, sadness, verbal communication

More m & m's math

McGrath, Barbara

M & M candy characters guide you through the wonderful world of math as you learn the concepts of graphing, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, and ordinal numbers. The best part is that you get to eat the materials you're working with. Remember not to eat too many!

The mother's day sandwich

Wynot, Jillian

Ivy and Hackett decide to surprise their mom for Mother's Day by making her breakfast in bed. They make a real mess. When they wake up their mom, the food spills. She tells them she wants a hug (a Mother's Day Sandwich).

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accidents, celebration, decision making, family, feelings, food, happiness, holidays, humor, kindness, mother's day, nutrition, parents, siblings, teamwork

The lady with the alligator purse

Westcott, N. B.

Tiny Tim ate soap so his mother calls the doctor, the nurse, and a lady with the alligator purse. The lady with the alligator purse cures Tim with pizza.

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accidents, conflict resolution, decision making, doctor, family, food, illness, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, safety, verbal communication

The christmas tree ship

Winter, Jeanette

Captain Herman and his crew cut trees in Michigan to deliver to the city of Chicago for Christmas. When a blizzard forms over Lake Michigan, the Captain and his crew disappear. From then on, the Captain's wife and daughters carry out the Christmas Tree Ship tradition for many years.

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accidents, boat, bodies of water, business, careers, christmas, critical thinking, decision making, family, geography, holidays, lake, loss, love, missing, parents, plants, seasons, siblings, snow, teamwork, traditions, transportation, travel, verbal communication, weather, winter

Don't wake up mama another five little monkeys story

Christelow, Eileen

Five little monkeys wake early to make mama a birthday cake. But the five little monkeys must be careful not to wake mama or their surprise will be ruined -- can they do it?

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accidents, assertiveness, birthday, conflict resolution, decision making, monkey, morning, party, siblings, surprises

Why the chicken crossed the road

Macaulay, David

A chicken crosses a road. This starts a whole series of events which eventually come back to the beginning to explain why the chicken crossed the road.

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accidents, birds, chicken, conflict resolution, nonverbal communication, robbery

Eric needs stitches

Marino, Barbara Pavis

Eric is a little boy who falls off his bike and needs stiches, but is scared. His father and a nurse explain the procedure. Eric gets his stiches and a treat for being brave.

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accidents, bicycle, bravery, doctor, family, fear, feelings, food, injury, nurse, nutrition, parents

Tales for a winter's eve

Watson, Wendy

Freddie the Fox's skiing trip ends in disaster!His grandmother, Bert Blue Jay, and Nellie Mouse each try to relieve his pain by telling him funny stories. By the end of the night he feels better and is ready for a good night's sleep.

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accidents, animals, caring, exercise, fear, feelings, friendship, fun, grandparents, helping, injury, seasons, skiing, sleep, storytelling, winter, woodchuck

Oops

Mayer, Mercer

Hippo causes accidents wherever she goes and always says oops.

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accidents, animals, chaos, critical thinking, decision making, hippopotamus, problem solving, self esteem

Fox on the job

Marshall, James

Fox needs a job so he tries four different places. Because of his honesty, fear and clumbsiness, he loses his first three jobs. He then finds the perfect job where he can dream all day.

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accidents, animals, fear, feelings, food, fox, honesty, nutrition, sleep

If you give a moose a muffin

Numeroff, Laura

A little boy decides to entertain a moose who asks for many things. The boy runs around trying to satisfy the moose, who in turn, makes a big mess.

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accidents, animals, conflict resolution, decision making, food, mischief, mouse, nutrition, play

Emeline at the circus

Priceman, Marjorie

Emeline's second grade class takes a field trip to the circus. After the teacher, Mrs. Splinter, gives the class instructions on the proper behavior, the circus begins. Mrs. Splinter tells the class important information about everything they see at the circus icluding the elephants, tigers, acrobats, and even the clowns. In the meantime, Emeline gets out of her seat to buy some peanuts and an elephant picks her up to become part of the circus.

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accidents, animals, behavior, body parts, bravery, circus, clowns, elephant, fire, food, giraffe, hippopotamus, horse, instruments, language, learning, llama, monkey, nutrition, performance, rules, school, tiger

Jamie's turn

DeWitt, Jamie

Eleven year old Jamie helps his stepfather, Butch, pick corn one autumn day. When the corn picker becomes plugged up, Butch attempts to climb off the tractor but gets caught and is seriously injured. Jamie saves Butch's life by turning the corn picker off and running for help. Jamie keeps the farm running while Butch recovers from the accident.

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accidents, animals, assertiveness, author's note, baby, bravery, car, challenges, coping, courage, cow, crisis, decision making, disability, emergency, family, farm, fear, feelings, food, friendship, hard work, health, injury, love, maturity, motorcycle, neighbors, nonverbal communication, nutrition, pig, respect, responsibilities, safety, siblings, stepfather, transportation, truck

In enzo's splendid gardens

Polacco, Patricia

A young boy eating at a restaruant notices a bee on a tree and drops his book on the ground which causes the waiter to trip and tip his tray. One event leads to another as the mess gets worse and worse. Drinks are spilled, a man falls onto the dessert tray and a pot full of spaghetti falls onto a cat. All of this chaos occurs because a bee landed on a tree!

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accidents, animals, bee, beverage, books, careers, cat, chaos, fire engine, food, garden, insects, nutrition, rescue, restaurant, rhyme, sequence

A to z do you ever feel like me?

Hausman, Bonnie

How are you feeling today?Join the children in this book to find out if they are feeling the same way. Learn the letters of the alphabet while you solve the puzzles of emotions. Have fun!

Alligator baby

Munsch, Robert

Kristen's mom is having a baby but she accidently makes a wrong turn into the zoo. Her parents make repeated attempts to find their baby until finally Kristen takes a journey to the zoo.

The travels of babar (Le voyage de babar)

Brunhoff, Jean de

King Babar and his wife, Celeste, go on a trip but their balloon they are traveling in, crashes. They find different people to help them get back. When they arrive home they must help the other elephants regain their kingdom.

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accidents, adventures, animals, elephant, rescue, rhinoceros, travel

The littlest matryoshka

Bliss, Corinne Denias

Nikolai shipped his last carved matryoshka from Russia to a toy store in America. While on display, one of the six dolls gets bumped from the shelf and begins a great adventure away from her sisters. She survived the snow, the stream, a bird, and a cat before being found by the very girl who had bought her sisters, and they were all together once again.

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accidents, adventures, american, animals, author's note, beauty, birds, colors, dolls, family, hobby, hope, lost, missing, multicultural, russian, seasons, shopping, snow, squirrel, surprises, survival, toys

Oh, no, toto!

Tchana, Katrin Hyman//Pami, Louise Tchana

Toto and Big Mami go to market for a day of shopping. Oh, no, Toto! the villagers cry when Toto Gourmond, the lovable, terrible two year old, sees food. Everything he sees he wants to eat!

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accidents, adventures, africa, animals, assertiveness, author's note, family, feelings, food, friendship, grandparents, happiness, hunger, language, monkey, multicultural, nutrition, parents, shopping, sleep, verbal communication

Emma and the silk train

Lawson, Julie

The silk trains that constantly cross the tracks near Emma's house fascinate her and spark her imagination of having silk clothing of her own. Her whole town is set into a frenzy when one of the trains derails, and in her attempt to snag a beautiful swatch of red silk in the river, she is swept away. Her rescue is dramatic and exciting.

Walter the baker

Carle, Eric

The Duke and Duchess love the sweet rolls prepared by Walter the Baker each morning. One morning, an accident forces Walter to change his recipe which results in a bad tasting sweet roll. In order to stay in the kingdom, the Duke orders Walter to create a roll through which the rising sun can shine three times, be made from one piece of dough, and taste good. In his effort to please the Duke and Duchess, and to prevent being banished from his homeland, Walter creates the pretzel.

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accidents, creativity, food, nutrition, royalty

My brown bear barney

Butler, Dorothy

Brown bear Barney goes with his owner, a little girl, everywhere. The little girl's mother told her that bears do not go to school. The little girl does not listen and takes the bear to school.

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acceptance, animals, bear, conflict resolution, friendship, nonverbal communication, school, security, self esteem

The remarkable plant in apartment 4

Maestro, Giulio

Michael buys a plant from a man who says it will grow overnight. Amazingly, it does and takes up the whole apartment building. At first the neighbors do not like the plant, but eventually they come to enjoy their new life.

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acceptance, community, critical thinking, nature, neighbors, nonverbal communication, plants, shelter, stress management, verbal communication

An enchanted hair tale

De Veaux, Alexis

Sudan had unruly hair. Everyone made fun of him for it. He found a place to be himself with people who were like him. He began to appreciate his differences.

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acceptance, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, differences, multicultural, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, prejudice, self esteem, stress management, understanding, verbal communication

Nobody asked me if I wanted a little sister

Alexander, Martha

Oliver's new baby sister gets a lot of attention and he feels neglected. He tries to give his sister away, but realizes that she wants to be with him. Oliver discovers that he will have a playmate when she is a little older.

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acceptance, baby, change, conflict resolution, coping, family, jealousy, love, siblings

Impossible possum

Conford, Ellen

Randolph was a possum who could not hang upside down like everyone else. He cheats by using sticky sap on his tail, but the sap dries up in the winter. His pesky sister lends a hand and he finally can hang like the rest of the possums.

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acceptance, animals, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, goal setting, helping, learning, opossum, practice, self esteem, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

Princess jessica rescues a prince

Brooks, Jennifer

A young princess with a pure heart plays with three gnomes who are handicapped. She is kind and accepting to her new friends. In turn, she gains another friend.

What's so great about cindy snappleby?

Samuels, Barbara

Faye tries to do things to make cool and confident Cindy Snappleby like her. However, Cindy begins making fun of Faye's little sister and she refuses to put up with it. She sees that family is more important.

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acceptance, assertiveness, decision making, friendship, kindness, peer resistance, play, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

Mr. bow tie

Barbour, Karen

A family makes friends with a homeless man. They find out his name and invite his parents to see him. Mr. Bow tie goes home with his parents, but leaves behind his memory.

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acceptance, family, friendship, helping, kindness, memories, parents, respect