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Voices in the park

Browne, Anthony

A typical day's walk through the park is seen through the eyes of a grouchy woman, an unhappy man, a lonely boy, and a happy young girl. An intriguing look at how friendships are made and torn apart.

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anger, animals, ape, assertiveness, confusion, depression, dog, exercise, family, feelings, food, friendship, happiness, jumping, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, peer resistance, playground, running, sadness, verbal communication

Louie's goose

Ehrlich, H.M.

Louie's toy goose goes everywhere he goes. Sometimes the goose needs to be fixed. Louie's mom and dad, and even the sun, fixes the goose.

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accidents, accomplishment, affection, animals, assertiveness, beach, birds, boat, bodies of water, caring, clams, coping, crab, critical thinking, crustaceans, decision making, disappointment, dog, exercise, family, feelings, goose, happiness, helping, ocean, parents, play, sadness, sand, seagull, seasons, self confidence, self esteem, song, summer, swimming, toys, verbal communication

Emma's rug

Say, Allen

Emma is a talented child artist who always finds her inspiration in an old rug. After her mother ruins the rug by washing it, Emma must discover that she can still draw without it.

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anger, art, coping, family, feelings, frustration, happiness, nature, nonverbal communication, parents, sadness, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

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

Ernestine and her great-aunt spent Sunday afternoons at the train station watching the passengers, and Ernestine always dreamed of being one of them. Finally Ernestine's family saves enough money so she can ride the train herself.

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excitement, family, feelings, goal setting, happiness, hope, independence, money, parents, stress management, train, transportation, verbal communication, worry

Rumpelstiltskin's daughter

Stanley, Diane

When Rumpelstiltskin's daughter is ordered by the King to spin straw into gold, she tricks him instead by telling him that sharing his gold with the townspeople is the way to increase his wealth.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, fable, family, feelings, goal setting, greed, magic, parents, refusal skills, royalty, self esteem, sharing, stress management, verbal communication

Mama is a miner

Lyon, Goerge E

A daughter describes the health risks and personal safety of her mother's job as a miner. The beautiful illustrations depict a warm home life contrasted by the cold, hard work of the mines.

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careers, family, fear, feelings, gender, health, parents, safety, stress management, verbal communication

Edward and the pirates

McPhail, David

Edward falls asleep while reading a book about pirates, then awakes to find them in his room. Edward's mother and father come to the rescue.

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assertiveness, bravery, conflict resolution, decision making, family, feelings, imagination, library, parents, peer resistance, pirates, reading, refusal skills, ship, stress management, transportation, verbal communication

Great aunt martha

Jones, Rebecca C.

A young girl wonders what is so great about Great Aunt Martha when she comes to visit. Since Great Aunt Martha is visiting, the girl has to be very quiet. She decides nothing is great about her great aunt until Great Aunt Martha wants to have fun and make noise.

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animals, boredom, dancing, disappointment, dog, exercise, family, feelings, food, friendship, fun, happiness, hygiene, noise, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, play, relief, sadness, verbal communication

Ghost's hour, spook's hour

Bunting, Eve

A young boy wakes up around midnight to no electricity, scary sounds, and the howling wind. He gets really scared, but his parents comfort him.

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bedtime, companion, family, fear, feelings, night, parents, pets, protection, sounds

Dark day, light night

Carr, Jan

Manda curls up on her bed, mad because Bobby took the basketball right out of her hands. Aunt Ruby sits down and talks with Amanda, trying to cheer her up. With Manda in the crook of her arm, Aunt Ruby shares her list of favorite things causing Manda's frown to turn into a smile.

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african american, anger, basketball, conflict resolution, family, feelings, happiness, love, parents, sports, stress management, verbal communication

Noise in the night

Alexander, Anne

Sherri realizes one night that she does not like the noises that she hears in the darkness. Her parents try to come up with many alternatives so that she is not afraid any more. Finally, she tries to think of all the noises as friendly noises.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, fear, night, noise, parents, sleep

Lottie's princess dress

Dorrie, Doris

Lottie wakes up from a dream of castles and gold and realizes that it is a very special day. She cannot wear her usual outfit to school, she must wear her special princess dress. Although her mother says that it is too cold outside, Lottie tries to explain that it is a very special day and everyone should be dressed up. Eventually, Lottie's mother agrees and they both wear princess dresses all day.

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anger, argument, bus, clothing, cold, conflict resolution, day, decision making, dreams, family, feelings, happiness, health, moods, morning, parents, royalty, school, sleep, teeth, transportation, verbal communication, weather, work, working mother

I live with daddy

Vigna, Judith

Olivia lives with her father since her parents have divorced. For a school assignment she writes a book about her mother, but dedicates it to her father to show that she loves them both.

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critical thinking, divorce, family, feelings, happiness, love, nonverbal communication, parents, sadness, school, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication, writing

Bert and susie's messy tale

Erskine, Jim

Bert, a little boy pig, is sent by his mother to take her chrysanthemums to the flower show. Bert is distracted and plays in the mud. When he gets to the show he breaks the flowers. His mom sends him home with the flowers.

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competition, coping, disobedience, family, parents, peer resistance, plants, refusal skills, responsibilities

Lollopy

Dunbar, Joyce

Sophie, a young girl, takes her toy rabbit into the woods - disobeying her mother. She accidentally leaves him in the woods where he is hurt. Then some other rabbits try to fix him up. When Sophie gets back, she tells him never to go to the woods again.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, disobedience, family, friendship, nature, parents, rabbit, toys, woods

Goodbye geese

Carlstrom, Nancy White

A father and child bid farewell to a passing Autumn. Together they discover the many mysteries the winter will bring.

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critical thinking, discovery, family, parents, seasons, verbal communication

Dancing in the breeze

Shannon, George

A father and daughter dance among the flowers in the yard to the music of the breeze.

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dancing, exercise, family, flowers, parents, plants, wind

Harry's bath

Ziefert, Harriet

It is time for Harry's bath but he can't get in the tub because it is filled with characters from his imagination. Finally, they leave through the window -- just before his mother comes upstairs!

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bath, cleanliness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, hygiene, imagination, nonverbal communication, parents, peer resistance, refusal skills, stress management, verbal communication

Poor monty

Fine, Anne

Sometimes when a single parent works so much, their children may feel a bit neglected. Single parents are loving parents too.

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chicken pox, diseases, doctor, family, feelings, illness, love, parents, sadness, security

Turtle spring

Zagwyn, Deborah Turney

One summer, as young Clee finds herself lost in the shuffle with the arrival of a new baby brother, Uncle Fishtank Hal comes to the rescue when he asks her to care for his special southern-breed turtle. For Clee, caring for the turtle is like therapy to cope with the new changes in her life. That is until the turtle dies due to the harsh cold winter and Clee is forced to bury him out in the yard. Without the turtle, Clee spends time with her new brother and learns to enjoys his company. In spring however, the turtle springs back to like in the compost pile and Clee gains a new outlook on the changes in her life.

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affection, author's note, autumn, baby, caring, change, closeness, cold, coping, disappointment, environment, excitement, family, feelings, friendship, geography, grief, guilt, happiness, hibernation, jealousy, loneliness, nonverbal communication, parents, radio, reptiles, sadness, seasons, siblings, snow, spring, stress management, summer, surprises, survival, technology, telephone, turtle, weather, wind, winter

The lotus seed

Garland, Sherry

A girl tells the story of her grandmother's life. Her grandmother was forced to flee Vietnam during the war and move to America.

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asian american, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, feelings, grandparents, multicultural, parents, plants, sadness, storytelling, travel, verbal communication, war

Potato: A tale from the great depression

Lied, Kate

During the Great Depression Dorothy is just a baby, but she remembers how hard her parents had to work. For two weeks the family moves to Idaho and picks potatoes. They use the leftover potatoes to trade for groceries which helps the family survive the Depression.

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assertiveness, baby, conflict resolution, critical thinking, depression, family, farm, feelings, food, goal setting, happiness, hard work, history, hope, love, parents, pig, siblings

Happy birthday

Harris, Robie H.

A child is born and loved from the very first day of his life. Though long and tiring, the day of birth is filled with hearing voices, seeing faces, and many more wonderful things.

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baby, birth, birthday, family, feelings, five senses, grandparents, happiness, holidays, nonverbal communication, parents, verbal communication

Tell me again about the night i was born

Curtis, Jamie Lee

A young girl asks her mom and dad to tell her again about the night she was born and adopted by them. She knows the story well, but asks again about their feelings, their trips to pick her up, and their first night at home as a family.

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adoption, airplane, baby, family, feelings, happiness, nonverbal communication, parents, self esteem, shyness, transportation, verbal communication

Once there were giants

Waddell, Martin//Dale, Penny

People look like giants to infants. A young girl grows up and experiences a lot through life. Now she is a mother and a giant herself.

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baby, biking, conflict resolution, exercise, family, feelings, giants, happiness, nonverbal communication, parents, running, self esteem, sizes, walking

Meanwhile

Feiffer, Jules

Raymond is busy fighting pirates, cowboys, and martians, but MEANWHILE...mom wants his help time and time again. Will Raymond ever listen?

Muffel and plums

Fromm, Lilo

A father and son enjoy many activities together. They get up in the morning, go fishing, have a picnic, and shovel snow (A Wordless Book).

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activities, animals, critical thinking, decision making, dog, family, fish, fishing, food, goose, mouse, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, rain, recreation, snow, sports, weather, wind

Sad days, glad days: A story about depression

Hamilton, Dewitt

Amanda Martha's mother has a disease called depression. Amanda and her father call them sad days, glad days, mostly in-between days. Amanda wants a cuddly pet and when an alley cat comes along she finally gets a chance.

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animals, art, assertiveness, cat, conflict resolution, confusion, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, depression, diseases, family, feelings, fish, flowers, food, happiness, love, nature, nutrition, parents, pets, responsibilities, sadness, self esteem, verbal communication

The way mothers are

Schlein, Miriam

A baby kitten tries to figure out if his mother loves him the most. The mother cat says she loves him all the time, because he is her son.

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animals, baby, caring, cat, family, listening, love, parents

Rachel fister's blister

MacDonald, Amy

Rachel gets a blister and her mother calls all kinds of people to cure it. None of the remedies work so the queen tells them just to kiss it and it works.

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affection, careers, conflict resolution, family, injury, parents, rhyme, royalty

Don't forget

Lakin, Patricia

Sarah shares secrets with her neighbors, the Singers, who are Holocaust survivors. She talks with them while out shopping for ingredients for her mother's birthday cake. An orange, cake flour, baking powder, sugar, and eggs are part of the birthday surprise.

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birthday, celebration, community, family, food, helping, history, holidays, Jewish, multicultural, neighbors, nutrition, secrets

Nice new neighbors

Brandenberg, Franz

The Fieldmouse children struggle to gain friends and acceptance when they move into their new home. Father encourages them to go play with each new family, but they are rejected each time.

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acceptance, conflict resolution, family, friendship, moving, neighbors, play

My little cabbage

Purdy, Susan

Nine children from different countries have different meanings for their names.

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family, multicultural

The five chinese brothers

Bishop, Clair Huchet//Wiese, Kurt

A young boy persuades one of the five identical brothers that has special powers to drink the sea so he could catch fish. The boy exploits his power and ends up drowning. The brother goes to trial and the other brothers come to his rescue. The brother that tried to help the boy was found innocent.

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chinese, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, fish, helping, multicultural, siblings, support

Christina katerina and the great bear train

Gauch, Patricia Lee//Primavera, Elise

When Christina's family goes to visit her mom and new baby sister, Christina makes a train out of boxes and baskets for her teddy bears. She travels around the block. Just when she thinks she may be lost, her father comes to get her.

Where's the baby?

Hutchins, Pat

A baby monster is lost. He is easily found by his family. They just follow the trail of destruction.

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baby, family, lost, missing, monsters

Lester and mother

McGee, Myra

Lester and his mother do not ever want to forget the things they do together.

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conflict resolution, decision making, family, memories, nonverbal communication, parents, safety, self esteem, verbal communication

The family under the moon

Jewell, Nancy

The moon tells a story of a family. Each family member has a different perspective of the night.

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differences, family, memories, moon, night, nonverbal communication, self esteem

The three wishes

Zemach, Margot

When a man and wife free an imp from under a tree, they are given three wishes that could greatly improve their love. However, without thinking, they foolishly waste the three wishes.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, escape, family, love, magic, marriage, nonverbal communication

Thank-you you're welcome

Slobodkin, Louis

Jimmy always says thank-you and uses his best manners. Jimmy is upset though, because he never gets to say you're welcome. When he tells his mom why he is upset, she tells him that if he does nice things for other people he will get to say you're welcome more often.

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critical thinking, family, learning, manners, parents, verbal communication

The pipkins go camping

Wahl, Jan

Cabin fever strikes the Pipkins and sends them on a journey through the wilderness. Lack of foresight, planning, and common sense is comical throughout the story.

The tub people

Conrad, Pam

The Tub People are wooden toys who love to play in the tub. Until one day the child of the Tub People gets sucked down the drain. Eventually, a plumber is called and he rescues the child. The next day the Tub People find themselves in a new room with no drains.

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careers, conflict resolution, family, loss, nonverbal communication, play, reunion, stress management, verbal communication

Good-bye, daddy!

Weninger, Briggitte

Tom gets very upset when he must say goodbye to his father, who no longer lives with him and his mother. He gets so upset that he hides and cries, and then misses out on a hug. But his mother tells him a story of a young bear in the same situation who learns how to resolve the problem.

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aggression, anger, animals, bear, conflict resolution, divorce, family, feelings, loneliness, loss, parents, sadness, separation, storytelling

The very worst monster

Hutchins, Pat

Sister monster tries to prove she is the very worst monster - at least worse than her brother.

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conflict resolution, family, feelings, jealousy, misbehavior, self esteem, siblings

Peter's chair

Keats, Ezra Jack

Peter has a new baby sister. He is upset because his crib, chair, and other furniture have been painted pink. Peter runs away and becomes very frightened to be by himself. When his mom calls him home, he is very happy and tells his father that he wants to paint his favorite chair pink for his little sister.

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assertiveness, baby, change, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, feelings, happiness, jealousy, loneliness, nonverbal communication, parents, refusal skills, running away, siblings

It's not fair

Harper, Anita//Hellard, Susan

A new baby brother gets special, unfair attention, and so does his older sister.

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assertiveness, baby, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, feelings, jealousy, self esteem, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

Truman's aunt farm

Rattigan, Jama Kim

Truman's Aunt Fran sends him an aunt farm for his birthday. Hundreds of aunts appear at Truman's house. He cares for them until he runs out of room. Truman puts a sign in his yard which says that the aunts are free to good homes. Girls and boys line up at Truman's house and each take an aunt home.

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ant, birthday, caring, celebration, family, humor, insects, misunderstanding, presents, surprises

The daddy machine

Valentine, Johnny

Sue and her sister do not have a dad. They want a dad, so they build a dad-making machine. The machine goes haywire, but it is really the girls' imaginations running away with them.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, goal setting, imagination, machines, neighbors, parents, siblings, verbal communication

Home place

Dragonwagon, Crescent

A family on a hike discovers an old house that is deserted. Looking through remains, they learn about who once lived there.

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critical thinking, decision making, family, imagination, love, time, verbal communication, walking

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