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No mirrors in my nana's house

By looking in her nana's eyes, this little girl sees beauty in ways that others may not see. When her grandmother reflects love back to the little girl, she discovers the beauty in herself and doesn't learn hate. The little girl finds beauty in everything.

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african american, animals, beauty, body parts, book, buildings, cat, clothing, colors, community, flowers, jump rope, jumping, mirror, multicultural, multigenerational, music, neighbors, self esteem

Mouth

A group of children demonstrate all of the different things they can do with their mouths so that other kids can do the same. However, in order to be able to do all of these things, the children make sure to explain why it is so important to go to the dentist in order to take care of your mouth and keep your teeth clean and healthy.

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body parts, careers, children, comparisons, dentist, health, hygiene, photograph, skills, teeth

Our tree named Steve

Zweibel, Alan

In a letter to his children, a father reflects upon the importance of a good friend and the value of a place to feel safe and secure. The father recalls various memories of his family as it has grown in relationship to a favorite tree that had been part of their lives since they built their home. The tree seems to help the family through many events but does not withstand a huge storm. The father uses the wood to build a tree house to continue its importance to the family.

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aging, appreciation, camping, caring, change, community, conflict resolution, correspondence, critical thinking, death, decision making, dedication, destruction, dog, emotions, family, feelings, friendship, goal setting, happiness, home, jumping, loss, moving, neighbors, parents, peace, plants, rain, relationship, sadness, safety, seasons, siblings, sleep, spring, storm, storytelling, summer, swinging, tree, verbal communication, weather, winter, writing

Secrets of the garden: Food chains and the food web in our backyard

Zuehfeld, Kathleen Weidner

Alice and her family plant their garden together. Many plants, animals, and insects join them in their efforts. Alice's family depends on the garden for their food chain. The garden is cared for each day until the food is finally harvested in the fall. The garden rests in the winter and a new growing process begins again in the spring. Did you know that every food chain begins with a plant and that all the food chains in the garden comprise a food web?

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chicken, plants, routine, system

The storm book

Zolotow, Charlotte

A little boy watches a storm as it rolls in. He and his mother watch the storm until the end when a rainbow comes out.

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family, observation, parents, rainbow, storm, weather

When the wind stops

Zolotow, Charlotte

A little boy questions the beginning and end of nature, and his mother helps him to understand that there truly is no end.

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assertiveness, autumn, bodies of water, conflict resolution, confusion, contentment, critical thinking, exercise, family, feelings, happiness, moon, nature, nonverbal communication, ocean, parents, play, rain, sadness, seasons, self esteem, spring, summer, sun, verbal communication, water, weather, wind, winter

Who is ben?

Zolotow, Charlotte

On a dark night, Ben contemplates where he came from and where he will go after he dies.

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birth, death, faith, family, feelings, happiness, nonverbal communication, parents, peace, self esteem, verbal communication

Do you know what i'll do?

Zolotow, Charlotte

A sister tells her younger brother all the different things that she will do for him. She will bring him things that will apply to his five senses. Most of all, she brings her brother her love and attention.

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african american, attention, author's note, baby, bedtime, clouds, day, dreams, emotions, family, five senses, flowers, happiness, multicultural, night, nonverbal communication, party, plants, rain, sea, self esteem, shells, siblings, snow, song, surprises, verbal communication, walking, wind

The beautiful christmas tree

Zolotow, Charlotte

Mr. Crockett moved into a new apartment. Before Mr. Crockett moved in, the apartment was run down, but Mr. Crockett worked hard to make the apartment beautiful. His neighbors did not appreciate his hard work or planted tree. The neighbors thought it was ugly, but years passed and Mr. Crockett's tree grew and his neighbors enjoyed it.

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acceptance, aging, autumn, birds, bluejay, canary, cardinal, change, christmas, community, differences, dove, environment, flowers, friendship, hard work, holidays, neighbors, nonverbal communication, pride, robin, seasons, self esteem, spring, summer, tree, uniqueness, winter

The quarreling book

Zolotow, C.//Lobel, A.

The inclement weather causes a father to be in a bad mood. He takes his feelings out on the mother, then the mother takes it out on the children. The quarreling continues with other characters, but is resolved at the end of the book.

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conflict resolution, family, moods, nonverbal communication, parents, verbal communication, weather

Something is going to happen

Zolotow, C.

An entire family wakes up one November morning with the feeling that something exciting is going to happen. They are all thrilled when they open the front door to find the first snow of the year.

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anticipation, excitement, family, feelings, seasons, snow, weather, winter

A rose, a bridge, and wild black horse

Zolotow, C.

A small boy describes all the marvelous things he will do for his sister when he is grown up, such as bringing her coral from the bottom of the sea and building her the biggest bridge in the world.

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assertiveness, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, growing up, imagination, presents, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

The quiet mother and the the noisy boy

Zolotow, C.

Sandy is a boy who talks loud all of the time. One day, he meets a boy Roger who talks even louder. This bothers Sandy so he has a talk with his mom about when noise is okay.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, family, noise, parents, peer resistance, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

My grandson lew

Zolotow, C.

Lew misses his grandfather who died when he was two. Although Lew was young, he can still remember his grandfather's beard and eyes. Together, Lew and his mother reminisce about someone they both loved very much.

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critical thinking, death, family, grandparents, loss, love, memories, nonverbal communication, parents, verbal communication

Over and over

Zolotow, C.

A little girl begins to learn about months, seasons, and holidays. When she wakes up, it's a different season or holiday. On the last day, it is her birthday. She wishes for it to all happen again.

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anticipation, birthday, helping, holidays, learning, seasons, verbal communication

The hating book

Zolotow, C.

A little girl stops speaking to her friend without telling her why. Her mother tells her to go to her friend's house and ask her what the problem is. She does and finds out that it was just a misunderstanding.

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conflict resolution, decision making, family, friendship, misunderstanding, parents, self esteem, verbal communication

Mr. rabbit and the lovely present

Zolotow, C.

A girl looks for a birthday present for her mother. She has no money so she asks Mr. Rabbit for help. She tells Mr. Rabbit the various colors that her mom likes. In the end, her mother receives a beautiful fruit basket.

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animals, birthday, colors, conflict resolution, decision making, food, holidays, nutrition, poverty, presents, rabbit, stress management, verbal communication

Do you know what i'll do?

Zolotow, C.

A little girl tells her younger brother what she will do when it snows or rains or when she goes to a party.

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decision making, family, goal setting, party, rain, siblings, snow, weather

William's doll

Zolotow, C.

William wants a doll to play with. His brothers and father make fun of him. They buy him a ball and an electric train, but William still wants a doll. His Grandma comes to visit and buys him the doll he wants.

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bias, bully, critical thinking, decision making, dolls, family, grandparents, parents, peer resistance, siblings, stereotypes, toys

The sky was blue

Zolotow, C.

As a little girl looks through old pictures in a photo album, her mom explains to her that the sky will always be blue, the grass will always be green, and everything will be just the same when she grows up.

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change, clothing, colors, dolls, family, feelings, growing up, happiness, history, memories, nature, nonverbal communication, parents, sky, traditions, verbal communication

Someone new

Zolotow, C.

A little boy grows up and begins to find out what is different in his life.

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change, coping, critical thinking, growing up, self esteem

The seashore book

Zolotow, C.

A mother's story helps a little boy imagine the sights and sounds of the seashore, even though he's never seen the ocean.

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beach, bodies of water, family, five senses, imagination, mountains, nonverbal communication, parents, pretend, sea, sight, smell, sun, verbal communication

This quiet lady

Zolotow, C.

A little girl looks at pictures of her mother through her life and ends by looking at a photo of her mother holding her as a baby.

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baby, family, memories, parents, self esteem

Not a little monkey

Zolotow, C.

A little girl tries to get her busy mother to play with her by doing a series of silly things, from pouring water on her head to climbing into the big wastebasket.

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assertiveness, attention, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, mischief, nonverbal communication, parents, peer resistance, play, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

The poodle who barked at the wind

Zolotow, C.

A little black poodle barks at everything to keep his family safe.

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animals, assertiveness, dog, family, noise, nonverbal communication, responsibilities, safety

One step, two

Zolotow, C.

A little girl takes her mother for a walk and shows her all the wonderful things to see.

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affection, colors, curiosity, discovery, exercise, family, five senses, nature, nonverbal communication, numbers, parents, sight, sun, verbal communication, walking, weather, wind

The moon was best

Zolotow, C.

A mother reflects about her trip to Paris as she shows her daughter beautifully enlarged photos of her favorite places.

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family, french, memories, moon, multicultural, parents, travel, verbal communication

The park book

Zolotow, C.

A little boy who lives in the country asks his mother what a park is like.

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family, parents, park, verbal communication

A father like that

Zolotow, C.

A little boy wishes he had a father. He tells his mother all the things he would do with his father if he were there.

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conflict resolution, family, imagination, parents

A tiger called thomas

Zolotow, C.

A tiger family moves and Thomas worries that no one will like him in his new home.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, family, feelings, moving, self esteem, shelter, worry

The new friend

Zolotow, C.

A little girl's best friend finds a new friend to play with. The little girl hopes she finds a new friend too.

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change, coping, friendship, play, self esteem

What's alive

Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner

Understand the simple distinctions between living and nonliving things. Experience the living things through plants and animals. Experience the nonliving things through objects such as a rock. The cycles of life and materials for living are explained as well.

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animals, birds, books, cat, death, dog, dolls, environment, food, jumping, nutrition, plants, sun, survival, water

What I like about me!

Zobel-Nolan, Allia

Features are what make each of us different. The children of this story like their unique appearance.

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acceptance, body parts, differences, diversity, multicultural, rhythm, self esteem

The best single mom in the world: How I was adopted

Zisk, Mary

A girl tells the story of her single mother's decision to adopt her from overseas. She discusses their time together and their happy life as a family.

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adoption, beauty, birth, caring, child care, decision making, family, feelings, friendship, garden, grandparents, happiness, love, parents, sharing, soccer, sports, storytelling, travel, work, working mother

All falling down

Zion, Gene//Graham, M.B.

Rain, snow, leaves, stars, and many other things all fall down.

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nature, plants, rain, snow, stars, weather

The meanest squirrel i ever met

Zion, Gene

Nibble, a squirrel, plans his Thanksgiving dinner of acorns, but a mean squirrel comes up and cons the food from Nibble. Through a series of strange circumstances, Nibble is able to get his family's acorns back and even get back at the mean squirrel.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, food, holidays, nutrition, refusal skills, revenge, robbery, self esteem, squirrel, stress management, thanksgiving, verbal communication

Harry and the lady next door

Zion, Gene

Harry doesn't like the lady next door because she sings very high and loud and it makes his ears hurt. Harry tries to have the lady sing lower and quieter.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, hearing, neighbors, noise, song, sounds

No roses for harry

Zion, Gene

Harry's grandmother gives him a sweater with roses on it for his birthday. He doesn't like it and tries to lose it. He finally does and grandma gives him a new sweater that has black and white spots!

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animals, clothing, conflict resolution, decision making, dog, family, goal setting, grandparents, lost, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, verbal communication

Harry by the sea

Zion, Gene

On a hot day at the beach, Harry cannot stay cool. He suddenly is covered with seaweed and everyone mistakes him as a sea monster, even his family!

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animals, beach, bodies of water, cold, dog, exercise, family, lost, mistake, monsters, nonverbal communication, parents, plants, sea, siblings, sun, uniqueness, verbal communication, walking

Harry the dirty dog

Zion, Gene

When Harry hears that he is about to get a bath, he runs away from home and gets even dirtier until he is a black dog instead of a white dog. When he decides to go home, he is not recognized until he gets a bath!

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animals, bath, cleanliness, colors, critical thinking, dog, exercise, family, hunger, lost, nonverbal communication, parents, play, running, siblings, worry

Cricket boy

Ziner, Feenie

Hu Sing's father is asked to come to the emperor's palace to fight his champion cricket against the emperor's own champion. In trying to protect the cricket, Hu Sing accidentally kills it, and then kills himself, until he has a strange dream.

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assertiveness, beliefs, chinese, competition, conflict resolution, cricket, death, decision making, dreams, family, grandparents, grief, insects, loss, multicultural, parents, respect, royalty, self esteem, verbal communication, vision

I love my mother

Zindel, P.

A boy describes things his mother does and does not do. He explains why he loves his mother.

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family, love, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Trashy town

Zimmerman, Andrea//Clemesha, David

Mr. Gilly gets up every morning to go to work. He drives the trash truck which cleans up the garbage all around town. When he is finished he has to clean up one more thing...himself!

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bath, careers, cleanliness, community, environment, hard work, nonverbal communication, park, pollution, school, transportation, truck, verbal communication

The cow buzzed

Zimmerman, Andrea G.

Something is amiss on this farm. All the farm animals have a cold and sound quite differently when they cough and sneeze!

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animals, cat, cow, dog, farm, five senses, fun, humor, illness, pig, sounds

I will tell you of peach stone

Zimelman, Nathan

A wise old man and his dog bring the gift of the peach from China to the rest of the world.

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aging, animals, chinese, dog, food, multicultural, nature, nonverbal communication, nutrition, plants, presents

How the second grade got $8,20550 to visit the statue of liberty

Zimelman, Nathan

Tells the triumphs and setbacks of the second grade as they try a variety of fundraisers to save money for a trip to the Statue of Liberty.

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car, critical thinking, family, giving, goal setting, heroism, humor, math, nonverbal communication, numbers, parents, robbery, school, teamwork, transportation, travel

Treed by a pride of irate lions

Zimelman, Nathan

An animal likes his Mother but not his Father -- so off he goes to Africa where he hopes to find some loving animals. In the end, the Dad returns home, telling his family that no animal will ever be like him. Dad is happy that his family still loves him.

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african, animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, love, peer resistance, refusal skills, self esteem, stress management, travel, verbal communication

A good morning's work

Zimelman, Nathan

When Mitsuo hoes his garden, he finds rare things in nature which he tries not to harm. All the while, his dad makes sure he's working.

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asian, beauty, critical thinking, decision making, family, garden, hard work, multicultural, nature, nonverbal communication, parents, plants, responsibilities, sight, sun, verbal communication

So you shouldn't waste a rhinoceros

Zimelman, Nathan

Maxel's family tries to find a way to get Maxel out of a bubble. Someone suggests getting a rhinoceros to pop it, but by the time the animal gets there, Maxel is already out. His grandmother tells him he shouldn't waste a rhinoceros, so he should blow more bubbles.

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animals, conflict resolution, crisis, critical thinking, determination, family, grandparents, helping, parents, play, rhinoceros, verbal communication

Mean murgatroyd and the ten cats

Zimelman, Nathan

Arabella takes her ten cats for a walk every day, but Mean Murgatroyd, the dog next door, scares them away. Arabella comes up with a great idea for dealing with Murgatroyd.

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