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Little mouse's painting

Wolkstein, D.

Little mouse paints a picture and her friends Bear, Squirrel, and Porcupine all see their images in it. Mouse tells them that they are seeing things, but when she takes the painting home she sees it from a new perspective.

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animals, art, bear, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, differences, friendship, mouse, porcupine, self esteem, squirrel, verbal communication

The important book

Brown, Margaret Wise

An informative book that shows various characteristics of many everyday objects.

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critical thinking, self esteem

The puddle pail

Kleven, Elisa

Ernst and Sol, two crocodile brothers, set out for the beach one morning. Sol suggests that they should start collecting various items along the beach. To Sol's disapproval, Ernst decides he wants to collect puddles. By the end of his tale, Ernst finds a creative use for his puddle collection.

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beach, celebration, clouds, collection, creativity, crocodile, dog, easter, food, holidays, moon, night, sand, shapes, siblings, stars, verbal communication, water

There's a crocodile under my bed

Schubert, Ingrid

Peggy finds out that a crocodile is not such a bad friend after all. The two become good friends and enjoy many adventures together.

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adventures, assertiveness, critical thinking, crocodile, fear, feelings, friendship, imagination, reptiles, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Have you seen the crocodile?

West, C.

A parrot looks for a crocodile, and on the way, a dragonfly, frog, bumble bee, butterfly, and hummingbird join in the search. The crocodile is much closer than they realize, and they all get eaten by the crocodile.

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assertiveness, bee, birds, butterfly, crocodile, dragonfly, food, frog, hummingbird, hunger, insects, parrot, reptiles, verbal communication

Cornelius

Lionni, Leo

Cornelius, the crocodile, is able to walk upright by standing on his head. The other crocodiles become jealous when Cornelius brags about his skill.

The house on east 88th street

Waber, Bernard

The Primms moved into their new house only to find Lyle, the crocodile, in their bathtub. They were afraid at first, but eventually they became good friends with Lyle.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, crocodile, fear, feelings, friendship, hygiene, refusal skills, reptiles, shelter, verbal communication

A house for hermit crab

Carle, Eric

Hermit crab outgrew his shell in January so he must find a new home. Month by month he collects friends to make his home better. As he outgrows his shell, Herman is sad because he will have to leave his friends. A smaller homeless crab comes along and promises to take care of Herman's friends and home.

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change, crab, crustaceans, feelings, friendship, growing up, happiness, moving, ocean, sadness, shelter

A gift for abuelita: Celebrating the day of the dead

Luenn, Nancy

Rosita and her grandmother are very close. Rosita's grandmother teaches Rosita how to braid, garden, and make tortillas. When Rosita's grandmother dies, Rosita feels a great loss without her around and misses her terribly. Her family tells Rosita that she can make a gift to give to her grandmother on the Day of the Dead. Rosita braids a cord that is filled with love and memories for her grandmother.

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author's note, change, culture, death, family, food, garden, grandparents, language, loss, love, mexican american, multicultural, nutrition, parents, presents, reunion, siblings, spanish, stress management, traditions, verbal communication

Tea with milk

Say, Allen

Masoko's life changes dramatically when her parents move from California back to their native country, Japan. Masako feels like she will never belong in this new country where her life is so completely different.

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change, clothing, culture, customs, differences, family, food, homesickness, independence, japanese, language, loss, love, market, marriage, multicultural, nutrition, parents, relationship, travel

Bonjour, lonnie

Ringgold, Faith

Lonnie is an orphan who learns his family heritage through the help of the Love Bird. He eventually finds his adoptive parents.

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adoption, african american, author's note, birds, culture, family, french, grandparents, Jewish, language, love, multicultural, orphan, parents, war

Angus and the ducks

Flack, Marjorie

Angus is a curious dog who wonders what the sound is on the other side of the hedge. He discovers ducks and scares them away. The ducks finally turn on Angus and scare him.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, curiosity, dog, duck, fear, feelings, goal setting

Don't open this box

Razzi, James

Harry finds a box at his door with Don't Open this Box written on it. Ultimately, Harry's curiousity gets the best of him and he opens the box. Inside is a boat called Don't Open this Box.

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assertiveness, curiosity, decision making, mystery, presents, stress management

Seeing is believing

Shub, Elizabeth

As a child, Tom is tricked by a leprechaun. As an adult, Tom is a married man who has a run in with Pisky who try to steal his horse. This time, Tom is not tricked.

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challenges, critical thinking, curiosity, deception, elves, magic, mythical, verbal communication

The secret in the dungeon

Krahn, Fernando

A curious child slips away from a tour group at an old castle. He stumbles upon a sleeping dragon in the dungeon.

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conflict resolution, curiosity, dragons, mythical, stress management, travel

City dog

Kuskin, Karla

A city dog goes to the country and experiences the sun, trees, and fields. The city dog runs, barks, and realizes the differences between the city and country.

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animals, community, confusion, curiosity, differences, dog, learning, moving, nonverbal communication, sun, travel

Big anthony and the magic ring

dePaola, Tomie

Big Anthony steals Strega Nona's magic ring and wishes to be handsome. Be ready for a surprise when he realizes it's more of a hassle than fun.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, curiosity, dancing, decision making, escape, italian, language, magic, mischief, night, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Grandad bill's song

Yolen, Jane

Jon loses his grandad and needs help showing his emotions. He doesn't know if he's reacting in the right way. Jon's family shows him that everyone reacts to the death of a loved one differently, and no reaction is right or wrong.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, curiosity, death, differences, empathy, family, feelings, grandparents, loss, memories, nonverbal communication, parents, sadness, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Grasshopper on the road

Lobel, Arnold

A grasshopper travels down a long road and meets different insects and sees their homes. He meets beetles, a worm, butterflies, a housefly and some dragonflies.

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assertiveness, critical thinking, curiosity, differences, insects, refusal skills, shelter

The wild baby

Lindgren, Barbro

Ben is a naughty baby. He disobeys what his mom tells him to do. One day, he takes along his friends to sail through many adventures. His mom finds him and he ends up safely at home. Even though he is bad, she loves her wild little boy.

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adventures, baby, conflict resolution, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, disobedience, family, friendship, goal setting, imagination, parents, safety, transportation

Tonight's the night

Aylesworth, Jim

Daniel lays in bed one night and wants to know how it feels to fall asleep. He hears the world around him and the next thing he knows it is the morning. He is determined to try it the next night again.

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assertiveness, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, determination, dreams, five senses, goal setting, imagination, night, sleep

The fire station

Munsch, Robert

When Michael and Sheila explore a fire truck, the bells go off and the truck is driven to a fire. When the fire chief finds the children and takes them home to their parents, they are so dirty that no one recognizes them.

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curiosity, excitement, exploration, family, fire, fire engine, five senses, friendship, parents, peer resistance, sight, sounds, transportation

Curious clownfish

Madder, Eric

A curious clownfish wants to explore the other creatures of the ocean. He goes out on an adventure and finds out what creatures are friendly and what creatures are dangerous.

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bodies of water, conflict resolution, curiosity, decision making, exploration, fish, friendship, goal setting, ocean, verbal communication

Posy

Pomerantz, Charlotte

It is Posy's bedtime and she asks for her father to tell her stories about when she was little. He tells her four separate stories and they discuss their memories.

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assertiveness, bedtime, curiosity, family, growing up, memories, parents, sleep, storytelling, verbal communication

Whoo-oo is it?

McDonald, Megan

Mother owl is nesting her eggs and she hears a strange sound. She struggles to find out what it is and finally realizes it is her new nestling cracking out of it's shell.

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birds, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, family, love, nonverbal communication, owl, sounds

Anna's secret friend

Tsutsui, Yoriko

Anna moves to a new house close to the mountains. After a couple of days she feels lonely and misses all of her friends. Anna keeps hearing noises at the front door and finds flowers, a letter, and a paper doll. One day Anna opens the door in enough time to meet a girl her age and they become friends.

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assertiveness, change, conflict resolution, coping, curiosity, dolls, friendship, giving, loneliness, moving, mystery, neighbors, nonverbal communication, presents, self esteem, sounds, verbal communication

Noisy gander

Miles, Miska

A gosling spends the day with his father, not understanding why his father honks so loudly. That evening, the loud honking saves many farm animals from being surprised by a coyote attack. The gosling understands the value of the honking and hopes to someday emulate it.

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animals, birds, conflict resolution, coyote, critical thinking, curiosity, family, goose, love, peer resistance, stress management, surprises, uniqueness

Upside-downers

Anno, Mitsumasa

In the land of cards, everyone has an upside-down double. Everyone bickers over who is really up and who is down. The joker guides us through this world. Finally, the king tells them it's all about your point of view.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, curiosity, imagination, stress management

Emily

Bedard, Michael

A little girl's family moves to a new house. Across the street lives a woman called the Myth because she does not leave her home. The little girl and her mom are invited over to play piano. The little girl shares a secret with the Myth who turns out to be Emily Dickenson.

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assertiveness, curiosity, decision making, mystery, neighbors, nonverbal communication, verbal communication

I have another language: The language is dance

Schick, Eleanor

The night before her first dance performance, a young girl has a dream which she finds she can't put into words. After an exciting day of preparation, she dances that night and realizes that she can communicate her dream to the entire audience through dance.

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dancing, excitement, exercise, feelings, happiness, language, nonverbal communication, performance, pride, rhythm, self esteem

Complete adventures of curious george

Rey, Al//Rey, H.A.

A compilation of Curious George stories show his adventures which range from getting a job, riding a bike, getting a medal, flying a kite, learning the alphabet, and going to the hospital.

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alphabet, animals, balloon, bicycle, boat, bodies of water, books, circus, conflict resolution, curiosity, decision making, doctor, elephant, emotions, fire, hospital, kite, letters, monkey, newspaper, river, sequence, symbols, verbal communication, work, writing

A is for Africa

Owoo, Ifr

The country of Africa is explored from A to Z. Africa has a rich culture, many customs, and hardworking people that have lasted throughout history.

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african, alphabet, assertiveness, customs, equality, food, freedom, multicultural, nutrition

Tracks in the sand

Leedy, Loreen

The life cycle of the sea turtle is described. It explains the turtle's instinct to dig holes in the sand and lay its eggs.

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birth, change, cycle, death, nature, reptiles, turtle

Making friends

Mahy, Margaret

Mrs. DeVere and Mr. Derry are two lonely people who don't realize they should talk to one another. When they both get dogs, they walk right into each other!After that, they continue to walk but also take up ballroom dancing lessons, opera, and fishing.

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animals, dancing, decision making, discovery, dog, exercise, friendship, loneliness, nonverbal communication, self esteem, walking

All wet!All wet!

Skofield, James

A little boy takes a walk while it is raining and finds that everything in nature responds to the rain. When the rain goes away and the sun dries everything, nature is even more beautiful.

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animals, appreciation, dancing, environment, exercise, fox, learning, mole, nature, rain, skunk, sun, walking, weather

Midnight pillow fight

Ormerod, Jan

Polly wakes up in the middle of the night and wants to play with her pillow. Polly and her pillow play and dance with other pillows in the house and then a pillow fight breaks out. Polly's feelings get hurt, but the other pillows make sure she is okay.

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bedtime, chaos, conflict resolution, dancing, exercise, feelings, fight, imagination, loneliness, mischief, night, nonverbal communication, play, resolution, sadness, sleep

Presenting tanya the ugly duckling

Gauch, Particia Lee

Tanya's ballet class is getting ready for their recital. Tanya is not sure why she was chosen to play the lead, after all she is only Tanya. During practices, Tanya has a hard time dancing like the ugly duckling. After the dress rehearsal, it is time for Tanya to find her character.

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accomplishment, acting, beauty, birds, clothing, dancing, duck, encouragement, exercise, french, language, learning, performance, practice, self esteem, teaching

I dance in my red pajamas

Hurd, Edith Thacher

Jenny visits her grandparents and has fun. Unlike Jenny's parents, her grandparents like noise and hopping around. She dances in her red pajamas while her grandparents dance.

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dancing, differences, exercise, family, grandparents, noise, parents, play, recreation, self esteem

Dance, Tanya

Gauch, Patricia Lee

Tanya, the little sister, wants to dance just like her big sister. She watches her big sister during dance class and during a performance. One day, Tonya gets to join her sister at a dance class.

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anticipation, dancing, excitement, exercise, family, feelings, grandparents, observation, parents, performance, siblings, surprises

Nicholas cricket

Maxner, Joyce

Nick the cricket plays the banjo every night. All of the critters come out to dance in the still evening.

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animals, cricket, dancing, exercise, insects, music, night, nonverbal communication, recreation, rhyme, verbal communication

Piggies

Wood, Audrey//Wood, Don

Ten pigs dance on a child's fingers, and eventually go to sleep.

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animals, bedtime, dancing, exercise, nonverbal communication, pig, play, sleep

All upon a stone

George, Jean Craig

A mole cricket is lonely and wants to find others. He struggles to the top of a large stone and signals the other mole crickets. In the end he discovers he was happy where he was originally.

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cricket, dancing, feelings, friendship, goal setting, insects, loneliness, self esteem, separation, verbal communication

A firefly named torchy

Waber, Bernard

A very special firefly deals with his uniqueness. It is not easy to be different, but this story shows it is okay to be different.

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acceptance, critical thinking, dancing, decision making, firefly, growing up, insects, self esteem, stress management, uniqueness, verbal communication

Can't sleep

Raschka, Christopher

A moon stays awake for a restless dog, comforting and watching over him throughout the night. The dog does the same for the moon during the day.

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animals, day, dog, family, fear, moon, night, nonverbal communication, parents, siblings, sleep, stress management

The family reunion

Tusa, Tricia

A family reunion takes place in the wrong house. A very colorful and humorous story of a simple misunderstanding between two families.

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day, family, humor, party, sun

My best shoes

Burton, Marilee Robin

Days of the week are expressed through many different shoes that children wear. Have you ever worn sturdy lace-up high shoes, run all day shoes, or tiptoe in the sand shoes?

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african american, asian american, beach, clothing, dancing, Days of The Week, farm, jumping, play, running

Growing time

Warburg, Sandol Stoddard

Jamie has to deal with the death of a King. We see the healing process is long and slow, but healthy.

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anger, animals, assertiveness, critical thinking, death, dog, empathy, farm, feelings, friendship, frustration, love, nonverbal communication, pets, royalty, sadness, stress management, verbal communication

Jim's dog muffins

Cohen, Miriam

Jim's dog, Muffins, gets killed and when he goes to school, he won't talk to anyone. His friend, Paul, makes him laugh and realize that life goes on even after someone you love dies.

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animals, conflict resolution, death, dog, feelings, grief, happiness, pets, sadness, school, stress management, verbal communication

Papa lucky's shadow

Daly, Niki

Sugar's grandpa, Papa Lucky, has always been a terrific dancer. Papa Lucky teaches Sugar how to dance. She becomes Papa Lucky's dancing shadow after grandma dies.

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dancing, death, exercise, family, grandparents, shadows, sounds

Annie and the old one

Miles, Miska

Annie's grandmother tells her that as soon as her weaving is finished, she will return to the the earth. Annie tries to find many ways to avoid the completion of the weaving; however, she realizes at the conclusion of the story that fate and life cycles are inevitable.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, death, family, feelings, goal setting, grandparents, love, multicultural, native american, progress, protection, sadness, sewing, stress management, verbal communication, weaving

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