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Is it hard? Is it easy?

Green, Mary McBurney

Four friends demonstrate how activities might be easy or hard depending on the person who performs them. Through physical activities, like jumping or skipping, these children promote emotional health by letting kids know it's okay if you are not good at everything.

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accomplishment, assertiveness, diversity, exercise, goal setting, gymnastics, helping, jumping, self confidence, self esteem, teamwork

Rachel's recital

Green, Melinda

Rachel's mother thinks Rachel is going to be a famous pianist, so she has Rachel take piano lessons once a week and practice for an hour everyday after school. But Rachel is in trouble when she finds she will be in a recital and doesn't know her piece.

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courage, decision making, disappointment, family, music, parents, practice, pretend, responsibilities, worry

A apple pie

Greenaway, Kate

This alphabet book discusses several actions that are done with an apple pie (e.g., I jumped for it).

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alphabet, assertiveness, food, nutrition, sequence, verbal communication

The bravest babysitter

Greenberg, Barbara

Heather babysits Lisa on a rainy, stormy night. Terrified of lightning and thunder, Heather seeks comfort from Lisa. Lisa ends up babysitting Heather until the storm is over.

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assertiveness, bravery, child care, fear, feelings, rain, responsibilities, self esteem, weather

My father's luncheonette

Greenberg, Melanie Hope

A little girl enjoys going to her father's luncheonette to eat, dance, waitress, clean-up, and close.

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careers, community, dancing, exercise, family, food, friendship, helping, jumping, learning, nutrition, parents, responsibilities

Uncle wizzmo's new used car

Greenblat, Rodney A.

Uncle Wizzmo goes looking for a new used car and it turns out that the journey to the car dealer is just as much fun as buying the new used car.

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careers, decision making, differences, family, observation, transportation

The old ladies who liked cats

Greene, Carol

The order of the community is safe and secure until one night the mayor makes a law banning cats outside at night. Due to this, the community order is lost, and the town is invaded. The old ladies who liked cats point out the problem to the mayor who then lets the cats out at night so order can return.

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aging, bee, beverage, boat, bodies of water, cat, community, cow, food, forest, health, law, neighbors, night, nutrition, pets, plants, protection, rules, sea, transportation

The world's biggest birthday cake

Greene, Carol

A group of kids bake the world's biggest birthday cake for their friend in an old water tower by heating it with a volcano. They decorate it with hedges, a pond, a zoo, a circus, and a brass band.

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animals, birthday, bodies of water, celebration, circus, food, friendship, music, nutrition, party, plants, pond, smell, teamwork, zoo

Barnyard song

Greene, Rhonda Gowler

When some barnyard animals catch the flu, it is up to the farmer to nurse them back to health and restore the barnyard song to its usual splendor.

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animals, autumn, barn, bee, birds, careers, cat, chicken, cow, decision making, doctor, dog, donkey, duck, farm, farmer, five senses, food, goose, horse, illness, insects, medicine, mule, nature, noise, nonverbal communication, nutrition, pets, poetry, rhyme, sheep, sounds, turkey, verbal communication, work

Big friend, little friend

Greenfield, Eloise

Three African American children show their friendship for one another in different ways as each child has different interests according to their age (A Board Book)

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activities, african american, body image, caring, differences, friendship, health, kindness, multicultural, play, sizes

My daddy and i...

Greenfield, Eloise

A young African American boy describes all the activities that he and his father do.

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activities, african american, cooperation, family, feelings, fun, happiness, multicultural, parents, sharing, siblings

Grandpa's face

Greenfield, Eloise

Tamika loves her grandpa and she especially loves the way she can tell how he is feeling by looking at his face. One day when her grandpa is rehearsing for a play, Tamika sees his angry, mean face. Tamika misbehaves at dinner by playing with her food, because she is afraid that he will make that face at her.

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african american, conflict resolution, family, feelings, food, friendship, generations, grandparents, mischief, moods, multicultural, nutrition, walking

William and the good old days

Greenfield, Eloise

William remembers how wonderful things were before his grandmother got sick. However, he slowly finds ways to make some good new days and is hopeful for the future.

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african american, anger, closeness, disappointment, family, feelings, grandparents, illness, memories, multicultural, verbal communication

Aaron and gayla's counting book

Greenfield, Eloise

Two African American children explore numbers on a rainy day. The children play in the rain, counting all the things they see.

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african american, counting, friendship, fun, learning, multicultural, numbers, rain, weather

My doll, keshia

Greenfield, Eloise

Keshia teaches and cares for her doll with her brother's help.

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assertiveness, caring, dolls, family, helping, nonverbal communication, siblings, toys, verbal communication

Africa dream

Greenfield, Eloise

A black child dreams of the old Africa and of her ancestors. The child journeys to exciting places and sees old familiar faces.

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african american, dreams, family, generations, grandparents, history, magic, multicultural

First pink light

Greenfield, Eloise

Tyree, a young boy, waits patiently all night long for the return of his father.

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african american, assertiveness, conflict resolution, family, multicultural, nonverbal communication, parents, patience, verbal communication

She come bringing me that little baby girl

Greenfield, Eloise

A little boy's mother brings him home a new sister instead of a new baby brother. All of the attention goes to the new baby at first. In the end, the little boy becomes a protective big brother and thinks it is pretty neat to have a little sister.

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baby, change, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, family, feelings, goal setting, insecurity, jealousy, parents, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

Me and neesie

Greenfield, Eloise

Janell and her make-believe friend, Nessie, have many adventures. The friendship ends when Janell begins school.

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adventures, conflict resolution, decision making, fantasy, friendship, growing up, imagination, nonverbal communication, school, verbal communication

Grandpa's face

Greenfield, Eloise

Tamika loves spending time with her Grandfather. They enjoy walking, talking, and going to theatre together. One day, Tamika gets afraid while watching her Grandfather rehearse for a play. Tamika learns about different emotions, and especially that her Grandfather will always love her.

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actor, african american, aging, anger, body parts, books, communication, creativity, exercise, family, fear, feelings, food, friendship, generations, glasses, grandparents, imagination, love, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, relationship, storytelling, theatre, tree, walking, worry

One little lamb

Greenstein, Elaine

One little lamb is shaved for wool. The wool is cleaned, combed, spun into yarn, dipped into dye, and transformed into a pair of mittens. A little girl visits the lambs while wearing mittens.

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activities, animals, body parts, cleanliness, clothing, farm, mittens, pets, sequence, sheep, sizes, tools, wool

One little seed

Greenstein, Elaine

Day after day, a small seed establishes its' roots. In order for the seed to sprout and blossom, it needs water, sun, and care to grow into a beautiful sunflower.

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caring, feelings, flowers, garden, growing up, love, plants, rain, seed, sun, weather

The stingy baker

Greeson, Janet

Jan is a stingy baker. When a woman enters his cookie shop and asks for a bakers dozen, Jan refuses to give her an extra free cookie. The woman puts an evil spell on Jan. When Jan finally gives her a bakers dozen of cookies, the spell is broken.

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careers, family, folktale, food, greed, numbers, nutrition, parents

The fox in the box

Gregorich, Barbara

Fox and his friends venture out to discover all that fox can do with the box. With a rhyming pattern, the fox sits, eats, plays and jumps on the box. Come discover fox and the box.

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animals, butterfly, chipmunk, discovery, exercise, exploration, fox, friendship, grasshopper, insects, jumping, mouse, pattern, play, rabbit, rhyme

How smudge came

Gregory, Nan

A developmentally challenged girl named Cindy finds love and companionship in a puppy she names Smudge. However, the home where Cindy lives does not allow pets, so the puppy is taken away. With the help of her friends at Hospice, a perfect solution is thought of so that Smudge is taken care of and everyone can benefit from his companionship.

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affection, animals, assertiveness, blindness, caring, community, companion, decision making, disability, dog, down syndrome, pets, responsibilities, sounds, verbal communication

Through the mickle woods

Gregory, Valiska

Three mythical stories told by a wise old bear help a mourning king go on with his life after his wife, the queen, dies.

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animals, bear, beauty, death, discovery, feelings, loss, mythical, royalty, sadness

Roger takes charge

Gretz, Susanna

Roger is left in charge of his little brother Nelson. Their neighbor, Flo, decides to take care of both of the boys. In the end, the two brothers trick her into getting in trouble.

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assertiveness, child care, conflict resolution, critical thinking, deception, decision making, family, neighbors, play, responsibilities, self esteem, siblings

Roger loses his marbles!

Gretz, Susanna

Roger's aunt comes for a birthday party and stays in his room. He cannot find his marbles and gets angry at his aunt, who later finds them. They play after everyone is asleep.

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anger, birthday, conflict resolution, family, feelings, games, holidays, nonverbal communication, party, play, recreation, responsibilities, shelter

Teddy bears 1 to 10

Gretz, Susanna

Learn to count numbers by playing with teddy bears and keeping them clean.

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assertiveness, cleanliness, conflict resolution, counting, hygiene, numbers, sequence, toys

Teddy bears cure a cold

Gretz, Susanna//Sage, Allison

When William catches a cold, all of the bears pull together to take care of William and help him get better.

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animals, attention, bear, friendship, helping, illness, snow, weather

Darkness and the butterfly

Grifalconi, Ann

Osa is afraid of the dark, but learns that the dark is nothing to fear after visiting the wise woman in the woods.

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african american, butterfly, dreams, fear, insects, multicultural, nature, night, woods

Kinda blue

Grifalconi, Ann

Sissy is sad and lonely because she thinks about her father who died when she was a baby. Sissy's Uncle Dan helps her to understand differences among people and cheers her up through the use of his cornfields. He also makes her understand that even though her father is not alive, she has a family that loves her very much.

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african american, coping, death, family, farm, feelings, five senses, food, loss, moods, multicultural, nutrition, sadness, sight

Osa's pride

Grifalconi, Ann

Osa has a lot of pride in herself and her father, but when her friends get tired of hearing about Osa all of the time, they don't stick around. Osa receives a wise lesson from her grandma that will set her straight.

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african american, family, grandparents, imagination, learning, multicultural, parents, pride, selfishness

Flyaway girl

Grifalconi, Ann

Flyaway girl needs to learn to be a wise little woman for the New Year in her village. She is against the whole idea at first, but then she thinks it would not be that bad.

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african american, challenges, change, decision making, family, grandparents, growing up, multicultural, new year, parents, self esteem, verbal communication

City rhythms

Grifalconi, Ann

Jimmy's dad talks about keeping up with the rhythm of the city, but Jimmy doesn't understand what his dad means until the end of the summer when Jimmy makes the city rhythms his own.

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activities, african american, bedtime, community, family, five senses, multicultural, parents, rhythm, seasons, summer

The village of round and square houses

Grifalconi, Ann

In a village in West Africa, women live in round houses and men live in square houses. After supper, grandmother tells a story about the origin of these houses aand how it is related to the rupturing of volcanic mountain, Naka.

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african, celebration, coping, family, folktale, generations, grandparents, mountains, multicultural, nature, parents, respect, shapes, siblings, storytelling, traditions

Ain't nobody a stranger to me

Grifalconi, Ann

As a girl and her grandfather walk to the family’s apple orchard, grandfather shares his experiences as a slave to explain how the apple orchard came to be. Her grandfather traveled north in pursuit of freedom and encountered members of the Underground Railroad who helped their family by providing food, shelter, and transportation. This allowed her grandfather, grandmother, and mother to cross the Ohio River and gain freedom, working until they had enough money to buy land and start their own apple orchard.

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ambition, bodies of water, challenges, courage, family, freedom, future, grandparents, growth, happiness, hard work, helping, kindness, memories, neighbors, plants, progress, protection, river, shelter, slavery, tree, underground railroad

Grandaddy's stars

Griffith, Helen V.

Janetta is excited about the upcoming visit from her Grandaddy. She makes a list of everything she wants to show him. Grandaddy shows Janetta that they share the same stars. Now when Janetta looks at the stars she realizes that Grandaddy isn't that far away after all.

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animals, cat, chicken, encouragement, excitement, family, fun, grandparents, love, mule, parents, playground, school, sharing, stars, storytelling, train, transportation, verbal communication

Georgia music

Griffith, Helen V.

A little girl and her grandfather share two kinds of music. One type of music is produced by the mouth organ and the other produced by the birds and insects around their cabin.

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appreciation, birds, conflict resolution, family, grandparents, imagination, insects, music, nature, verbal communication

Emily and the enchanted frog

Griffith, Helen V.

A young girl named Emily kisses a frog and turns him into a handsome prince. The prince does not enjoy being a prince, so he wants to be turned back into a frog. The prince must first be kissed by another frog that has been turned into a beautiful princess.

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amphibians, assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, differences, fantasy, frog, magic, mythical, royalty, verbal communication

Grandaddy's place

Griffith, Helen V.

When Janetta first visits her grandaddy's place in the country, she does not like the strange place. But in time, she learns that some things about the place are actually fun, including grandaddy himself.

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appreciation, change, coping, critical thinking, discovery, family, grandparents, shelter, travel

Oh, brother!

Grimes, Nikki

Xavier feels sad, angry, and jealous towards his new step brother, Chris. Xavier soon realizes that Chris is coping with loneliness and resentment too. The pain over losing a parent to divorce forms a special band between Xavier and Chris so they promise each other, that no one will ever leave. Through short vignettes, the story ends with Our family is a song we sing, and we can add new notes anytime we like.

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african american, aggression, anger, apology, baby, baseball, bedtime, behavior, books, celebration, change, chores, climbing, comparisons, conflict, conflict resolution, divorce, emotions, family, fear, feelings, friendship, fun, games, hispanic, jealousy, mountains, multicultural, parents, photograph, playing, pregnancy, relationship, rhythm, school, self esteem, siblings, sports, stepfather, stepmother, sympathy, technology, telephone, verbal communication, wedding

Welcome, precious

Grimes, Nikki

A young couple welcomes a new baby to the world, and introduces the baby to the wonders of nature: the rainbow, birds, grass and sunlight. The new baby is also introduced to caring relationships and love- and the pictures illustrate the miracle of it all.

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african american, baby, balloon, bath, bedtime, family, fun, games, glasses, grandparents, happiness, home, love, marriage, moon, morning, multicultural, night, parents, plants, play, rainbow, rhythm, sky

Everyone asked about you

Gross, Theodore Faro

Charlie wants Nora to come out and play, but Nora is so stubborn that she won't come out of her room. Charlie finally convinces Nora when he tells her about all of the people and creatures who have been asking about her.

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challenges, communication, friendship, kindness, persistence

Find the animal abc

Grossett, Dunlap

This alphabet book encourages the reader to find the animal that's first letter corresponds with the letter in the book.

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alphabet, animals, critical thinking, nonverbal communication, sequence

Donna o'neeshuck was chased by some cows

Grossman, Bill

Donna O'Neeshuck cannot understand why she is being chased by cows, moose, geese, and other animals. When she stops to ask the animals, she discovers that the way she pats their heads is irresistable.

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affection, animals, birds, conflict resolution, cow, decision making, kindness, moose, mystery, rhyme, verbal communication

The guy who was five minutes late

Grossman, Bill

A guy is born five minutes late. He is always five minutes late for everything he tries to do. When he feels bad that he is late again, he meets a princess who was also born five minutes late!

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airplane, bus, celebration, exercise, growing up, maturity, school, train, transportation, wedding

Tommy at the grocery store

Grossman, Bill

Little Tommy is left at the grocery store and mistaken for items in the store. Finally his mom comes back to get him.

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confusion, family, food, lost, parents

My little sister ate one hare

Grossman, Bill

A little girl can eat almost anything -- except her peas!An excellent counting book for young children.

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amphibians, animals, ant, bat, counting, family, food, frog, hare, hunger, insects, lizard, mouse, nonverbal communication, numbers, nutrition, poetry, reptiles, rhyme, sequence, siblings

Saturday market

Grossman, Patricia

Everyone gathers together early Saturday morning to open the market. They sell their wares, food, flowers, sandals, rugs, shawls, or animals to the tourists

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animals, careers, community, dolls, five senses, food, friendship, market, mexican, multicultural, nutrition, smell, storytelling, superstition, traditions, travel

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