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Arthur's funny money

Hoban, Lillian

Arthur wants to earn enough money to buy a t-shirt and matching cap so he decides, with the help of his sister, to have a bike wash. He must use his math skills to figure out when he has reached his goal. However, he must first decide how to overcome a few obstacles.

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anger, assertiveness, bicycle, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, excitement, family, feelings, friendship, frustration, goal setting, money, numbers, siblings, teamwork

Arthur's christmas cookies

Hoban, Lillian

Arthur decides to bake some cookies for his parents for their Christmas presents. Even though they turn out badly, Arthur finds another way to make wonderful presents out of his cookies.

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activities, animals, assertiveness, celebration, chimpanzee, christmas, cooking, critical thinking, family, food, friendship, giving, helping, holidays, money, monkey, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, party, preparation, presents, sharing, siblings, snow, teamwork, teeth, verbal communication, weather, winter

Arthur's back to school day

Hoban, Lillian

Arthur and his friends are very excited about going back to school. They even have new lunch boxes!School goes great that first day as the friends learn about school bus safety and eat their yummy chocolate chip cookies for snack.

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animals, bus, dog, excitement, feelings, food, friendship, happiness, health, hunger, monkey, nutrition, safety, school, teaching, transportation, verbal communication

Silly tilly's thanksgiving dinner

Hoban, Lillian

Silly Tilly Mole is very forgetful and almost ruins her Thanksgiving dinner. She forgets to mail invitations and make the food. In the end, her friends come to the rescue with food and they all enjoy dinner.

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animals, food, friendship, holidays, illness, memory, mole, nutrition, senility, thanksgiving

Arthur's pen pal

Hoban, Lillian

Arthur longs to be his pen pal's big brother, so they can wrestle and do karate. He does not like having to jump rope with his little sister. But one day, he learns something very surprising about his pen pal.

The great gum drop robbery

Hoban, Russell

Three boys imagined that they were deep sea diving. The oldest boy wants a gum drop, but the middle boy would not share. While they were fighting, the other boy took all the gumdrops and ate them. Finally on the way back home, they all made up and had dinner with their parents.

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anger, argument, assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, food, imagination, nutrition, parents, play, recreation, sharing, siblings, verbal communication

Bread and jam for frances

Hoban, Russell

Frances, the badger, likes only one kind of food, jam on toast. After two days, she tries a different food after observing her friends' lunches at school.

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animals, badger, change, conflict resolution, decision making, family, food, nutrition, parents, refusal skills, school, verbal communication

Letitia rabbit's string song

Hoban, Russell

Letita is the spring queen and Miss Green tells her she must find a song to put Mr. Brumus, who is in charge of winter, to sleep. With the help of a magic string and her own creativity, she finds a song.

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animals, bee, conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, goal setting, insects, rabbit, seasons, song, spring, verbal communication, winter, wolf

Bedtime for frances

Hoban, Russell

It's France's bedtime but she isn't very tired, so she makes up an alphabet song, imagines a tiger, sees a giant, and learns that the wind has a job before she falls asleep.

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animals, badger, bedtime, family, food, giants, hygiene, night, nutrition, responsibilities, sleep

Dinner at alberta's

Hoban, Russell

Arthur, the crocodile, lacks manners. Food falls out of his mouth, and he talks with his mouth full. He is invited to dinner at Alberta's house, so he tries to learn some table manners. He watches how Alberta eats and tries to eat the way she does.

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animals, crocodile, food, learning, manners, nutrition

The rain door

Hoban, Russell

Harry goes through the rain door and meets a man and his horse, Lightening. They are chased by a thundering lion and the man sprays water on it to keep it away. They create a rain storm

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animals, coping, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, folktale, horse, imagination, lion, rain, weather

A bargain for frances

Hoban, Russell

Frances saves money to buy a real china tea pot. Thelma swindles Frances out of her money and buys the tea pot. Frances then tricks Thelma out of the tea pot and they are friends again.

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animals, assertiveness, awareness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, deception, friendship, goal setting, honesty, play, refusal skills, self esteem, verbal communication

The twenty elephant restaurant

Hoban, Russell

A man decides to build eighteen tables and seventy-two chairs in order to open a restaurant. People come from miles around to see his dancing elephant waiters.

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animals, careers, determination, elephant, food, nutrition, restaurant

Emmet otter's jug-band christmas

Hoban, Russell

Emmet and his mother are poor and each want to get the other something special for Christmas. They each enter a contest to win money but lose. However, both tried hard and are touched by the effort.

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christmas, competition, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, holidays, love, presents, unselfish, verbal communication

A baby sister for frances

Hoban, Russell

Frances has a new sister, Gloria. She believes that she is not loved because of her new sibling and runs away to the dining room. Her parents cleverly talk her into returning.

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conflict resolution, decision making, discovery, family, loneliness, love, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, siblings, verbal communication

Best friends for frances

Hoban, Russell

Frances does not want to play with Gloria because she is young and small. Albert does not want to play with Frances because she is a girl. They all decided to play together, and each realizes how bad it feels to be left out.

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bias, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, play, sadness, stereotypes, verbal communication

A birthday for frances

Hoban, Russell

Frances buys a candy bar for Gloria's birthday then thinks about how she can keep it or eat part of it. However, her heart softens and she decides Gloria should have it all.

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birthday, conflict resolution, family, food, giving, greed, honesty, love, nonverbal communication, nutrition, presents, sharing, siblings, verbal communication

Nothing to do

Hoban, Russell

Walter is bored, so his father gives him a magic stone that will make him think of fun activities when rubbed. However, after Walter loses the stone, he realizes that he is capable of entertaining himself. He gives his sister a magic stick so she will stop bothering him.

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boredom, critical thinking, family, imagination, imitation, magic, parents, play, recreation, siblings

A near thing for captain najork

Hoban, Russell

Tom finds that Captain Najork is not as hard to beat at games after all. Tom wins at more than games.

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competition, conflict resolution, determination, games, imagination, play, recreation, success

How tom beat captain najork and his hired sportsman

Hoban, Russell

Tom is always fooling around. His aunt decides to teach him a lesson. She has Captain Najork come to compete with Tom. Tom ends up teaching the captain a lesson by always winning.

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assertiveness, competition, critical thinking, family, learning, play, success

Arthur's new power

Hoban, Russell

Arthur's family uses too much electricity and keeps blowing fuses. So Arthur, the chimp, learns how to use water power and he makes a generator for the family to use

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cooperation, critical thinking, family, hard work, learning, technology

The little brute family

Hoban, Russell

It isn't until Baby Brute finds a lost good feeling in a field of daisies that the family becomes happy and friendly. In the springtime, they flew thier kites together. In summer, they swam together. In fall, they gathered nuts and acorns. And in winter, they sang songs together. When spring came again, the little Brute family changed their name to nice.

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autumn, baby, change, family, feelings, fight, flowers, food, kite, manners, nature, parents, pony, school, seasons, siblings, sledding, sleep, snow, song, spring, summer, sun, swimming, winter, woods

Where is it?

Hoban, Tana

A rabbit is looking for something and the reader follows him through the forest until he finds his treasure - carrots.

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animals, curiosity, discovery, food, forest, nature, nutrition, rabbit

Look look look

Hoban, Tana

Animals, flowers, food, and instruments have different textures. A small part of each object is seen first then the whole picture comes into view when you turn the page. (A Wordless Book)

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animals, art, cat, critical thinking, dog, elephant, five senses, flowers, food, instruments, reptiles, sheep, smell, touch, turtle

Let's count

Hoban, Tana

Tana Hoban introduces the numbers one to one hundred. Each page shows the number, its correct spelling, dots, and a photograph.

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animals, balloon, colors, counting, dog, food, glasses, instruments, numbers, photograph, plants

Letters and 99 cents

Hoban, Tana

Photographs of letters, numbers, and coins help to introduce the alphabet and how to count some common amounts of money.

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alphabet, counting, money, numbers, photograph, sequence

Look up, look low

Hoban, Tana

Illustrations show scenes in nature from way up high and way down low.

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nature, opposites, seasons

Push, pull, empty, full

Hoban, Tana

A book of opposites depicted in black and white photographs.

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comparisons, direction, opposites, photograph

Count and see

Hoban, Tana

Sequential photographs show the numbers, 1 through 100

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counting, numbers, photograph, sequence

Beardream

Hobbs, Will

It is spring, and all the bears are out except one. Short Tail decides to go find the one they call the Great Bear. He quickly tries climbing the mountains and goes to sleep, where he often finds the Great One in his dream. The Great One is so impressed by Short Tail's respect, that he shares an important secret.

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animals, bear, ceremony, dancing, dreams, fish, mountains, multicultural, native american, nature, respect, seasons, secrets, sleep, spring

The eensy-weensy spider

Hoberman, Mary Ann

Travel beyond the waterspout -- out into the garden, pond, brook, shoe store, and even the park with this determined spring-loving spider. Sing the all-time classic tune or just read with rhythm!This book will catch you in its colorful web and keep you on your toes as you advance beyond the traditional limits.

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acceptance, accidents, accomplishment, activities, adventures, affection, amphibians, anticipation, baby, bath, bedtime, beetle, birds, bodies of water, body parts, brook, bully, butterfly, caring, caterpillar, change, climbing, clothing, colors, community, companion, compromise, confidence, conflict resolution, cooperation, counting, courage, curiosity, cycle, dancing, decision making, determination, direction, discovery, dragonfly, duck, environment, exercise, family, fish, flowers, frog, fun, garden, grasshopper, injury, insects, instruments, language, morning, moving, music, nature, numbers, parade, parents, park, plants, pond, practice, rain, rhyme, routine, seasons, sharing, shopping, skipping, sleep, song, spider, spring, success, sun, swimming, travel, verbal communication, walking, weather, worm

The looking book: A hide-and-seek counting story

Hoberman, Mary Ann

Nod sets out to look for his lost cat. He finds Pistachio on page 28 in a box.

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adventures, animals, cat, conflict resolution, determination, goal setting, lost, numbers, rhyme

One of each

Hoberman, Mary Ann

Oliver Tolliver lives alone in his one little house that has just one of everything. He thinks he is happy until he discovers that having more to share with friends is even better!

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animals, art, birds, cat, change, clothing, colors, companion, conflict resolution, counting, critical thinking, decision making, dog, feelings, food, friendship, happiness, night, nonverbal communication, numbers, nutrition, pig, rabbit, reptiles, rhyme, self esteem, sharing, sheep, snake, stars, unselfish, verbal communication

A house is a house for me

Hoberman, Mary Ann

In a rhyme, this book describes many creatures and their houses. It depicts how the different homes are tailored for each creature.

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animals, critical thinking, differences, shelter

Whose garden is it?

Hoberman, Mary Ann

Whose garden is it? A garden belongs to everyone because many contribbuted to its growth.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, garden, identity, leadership, mole, rabbit, recognition, rhyme, rhythm, self confidence, self esteem, selfishness, snake, verbal communication, woodchuck

And to think that we thought we'd never be friends

Hoberman, Mary Ann

Arguments erupt everywhere. For a brother and sister, conflicts end as quickly as they begin. When a fight almost starts with their neighbors next door, music erupts until the whole town marches into the ocean. Even the whales join in the rhythmic fun!

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anger, animals, argument, beverage, bodies of water, conflict, conflict resolution, dancing, exercise, family, feelings, five senses, friendship, instruments, music, neighbors, nonverbal communication, ocean, parade, parents, relationship, rhyme, siblings, walking, whale

The seven silly eaters

Hoberman, MaryAnn

Mr. and Mrs. Peters have seven lovely children but they are all very picky eaters. Each child wants his or her particular food at every meal. Soon they discover a food that all the children will eat - Mrs. Peter's birthday cake made from a combination of everyone's favorite foods!

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assertiveness, birthday, celebration, conflict resolution, differences, family, feelings, food, frustration, happiness, holidays, love, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, relief, siblings, surprises, verbal communication

The sorely trying day

Hobin, Russell

Father comes home after a long day of work. Things in the house are hectic and all the children blame each other and the pets. Eventually, they share the blame and apologize to each other.

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animals, argument, cat, conflict resolution, day, dog, family, mouse, parents, problem solving, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

Beyond old MacDonald

Hoce, Charley

Visit all the animals on old MacDonald's Farm and and learn how they really acted while learning language skills. Through rhyming poems, see all the silly moments and experiences the animals had living down on the farm!

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animals, assertiveness, birds, cow, critical thinking, donkey, family, farm, goat, grandparents, hockey, horse, language, nonverbal communication, parents, pig, poetry, rhyme, rhythm, self esteem, sheep, sports, swan, verbal communication

The underbed

Hoellworth, Cathryn Clinton

Tucker is unable to fall asleep at night until his mom helps him scare away the underbed that Tucker says is living under his bed.

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bedtime, books, counting, family, fear, feelings, gymnastics, jumping, parents, reading, sports

Star of fear, star of hope

Hoelstlandt, Jo

Helen doesn't understand why her best friend, Lydia, has to wear a yellow star. On the eve of Helen's birthday, Nazis begin rounding up Jews. Their friendship is lost forever.

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assertiveness, bias, change, confusion, decision making, family, friendship, history, Jewish, loss, missing, nonverbal communication, parents, separation, stereotypes, stress management, verbal communication

Mrs. brice's mice

Hoff, Syd

Mrs. Brice has twenty-five mice. The mice do everything that Mrs. Brice does. There is one very small mouse that will not work. However he saves all the mice from a vicious cat.

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acceptance, animals, cat, critical thinking, differences, fear, feelings, mouse, nonverbal communication, pets, teamwork

Mrs. switch

Hoff, Syd

Mrs. Switch is a witch who moves to a suburb. All of the neighbors love her until they discover that she is a witch. However, in a crisis, the neighbors realize that they need her help and soon they all like her again.

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acceptance, bias, careers, crisis, differences, helping, neighbors, peer resistance, stereotypes

Santa's moose

Hoff, Syd

Milton the moose wants to help pull Santa's sleigh. At first he is really clumsy and he wants to quit. Santa assures him that he can do it. It takes him several tries to learn how to do everything right, but he ends up doing so well, Santa asks him back for the next year.

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animals, christmas, decision making, determination, helping, holidays, moose, patience, self esteem

Barkley

Hoff, Syd

Barkley is a talented dog that does tricks for the circus. Soon, Barkley is too old and another dog takes his place. Barkley feels all alone and no longer useful. The circus owner calls Barkley back to teach the new dogs.

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aging, animals, change, circus, conflict resolution, coping, dog, feelings, helping, learning, loneliness, self esteem

The horse in harry's room

Hoff, Syd

Harry has an imaginary horse in his room. However, when Harry's family take him to see horses that are free to run, Harry thinks he should set his horse free. He tries, but the horse will not go. The horse loves Harry too much to leave.

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animals, companion, decision making, friendship, horse, imagination

Danny and the dinosaur

Hoff, Syd

Danny goes to a museum and meets a live dinosaur. They decide to play all around town together for the entire day. At the end of the day, they say goodbye and go to their separate homes.

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decision making, dinosaur, friendship, museum, play, recreation, sharing

Danny and the dinosaur

Hoff, Syd

Danny visits a museum one day and comes across a dinosaur who begins to speak with Danny. The two spend the day together playing and having fun. By the end of the day it is time for the dinosaur to go back and Danny, although sad, admits he had a wonderful day.

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animals, baseball, bear, boat, bus, car, climbing, communication, dinosaur, dog, elephant, friendship, fun, giraffe, helping, hippopotamus, imagination, indian, lion, monkey, museum, neighbors, noise, play, pretend, rocks, running, sadness, seal, sports, swimming, teaching, teeth, trick, walking, water, wish, zoo

Best best colors

Hoffman, Eric

Nate finds it difficult to decide which color is his favorite. Every time he sees a new color, he likes it better than the other. He learns that he can have more than one favorite color.

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animals, art, author's note, birds, bluejay, cat, caterpillar, clothing, colors, comparisons, conflict, conflict resolution, differences, dreams, family, fight, fish, flood, flowers, language, ocean, picnic, rabbit, rainbow, rocks, shopping, sky, spanish, stereotypes, tiger, tree, turtle, whale

Henry's baby

Hoffman, Mary

Henry wants to be a part of the in crowd at his school. They want to come over to Henry's house, but he is afraid for them to see he has a baby brother. However, all the guys think the baby is neat.

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baby, conflict resolution, critical thinking, deception, family, feelings, friendship, happiness, multicultural, self esteem, siblings, stress management

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