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Arthur's first sleepover

Brown, Marc

Arthur is having his first sleepover in a tent in his backyard. Arthur and his friends Buster and Brian plan to watch for spaceships and aliens during the night. Arthur's sister plays a trick on the boys, and they come up with a plan to get her back.

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bedtime, camping, critical thinking, deception, excitement, family, fear, fun, night, parents, recreation, shadows, siblings, sounds, teasing, verbal communication

The magic pumpkin

Martin, Bill Jr.

A pumpkin is picked from its patch on Halloween Eve to guard its picker and keep the foolies away. However, strange things start to happen and the jack-o-lantern turns out to be the leader of the foolies.

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deception, decision making, fear, feelings, halloween, holidays, mischief, nonverbal communication, plants, verbal communication

Feathertop

San Souci, Robert D.

A witch makes a scarecrow and decides to play a joke on a judge. The judge does not like witches. The scarecrow, Feathertop, finds it hard to follow through with the witch's wishes.

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animals, cat, critical thinking, deception, decision making, feelings, happiness, love, nonverbal communication, obedience, sadness, scarecrows, verbal communication, witches

The ridiculous story of gammer gurton's needle

Lloyd, David

Gammer Gurton's servant loses her needle while sewing Gammer's pants. One of Gammer's friends accuses the neighbor of stealing the needle. After duking it out with the neighbor, Gammer realizes his friend is lying and insists on his punishment.

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argument, clothing, conflict resolution, deception, friendship, neighbors, verbal communication

Molly mccullough and tom the rogue

Stevens, Kathleen

Tom roams the countryside charming the farmers' wives and tricking farmers out of fruits and vegetables. He meets his match in a plain-faced, sharp tongued farmer's daughter.

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assertiveness, critical thinking, deception, decision making, farm, food, fruit, nonverbal communication, nutrition, robbery, vegetables

The great white man-eating shark: A cautionary tale

Mahy, Margaret

Norman was a good swimmer who was upset with all of the other swimmers who got in his way. He pretended he was a shark to get them out of his way.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, critical thinking, deception, decision making, exercise, fear, feelings, fish, frustration, goal setting, nonverbal communication, shark, swimming, verbal communication

Fox outfoxed

Marshall, James

It's Halloween and Fox and his friends are looking forward to it, until Fox's little sister wants to come along. They scare her away, but she plays a trick on them. This makes them wish they had been nicer to her.

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animals, creativity, deception, disappearance, fear, feelings, food, fox, halloween, holidays

Minnie maloney & macaroni

Stamaty, Mark Alan

Ever since Minnie Maloney was a little girl she has been buying seven boxes of macaroni for good luck. Her sister Molly told her it was the only way to ward off bad luck. Find out if Minnie can get even with Molly for her trickery.

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deception, family, food, giving, kindness, memory, revenge, siblings, trust

Troll country

Marshall, Edward

Elsie Fay Johnson is a little girl who is fascinated with trolls and would like to meet one. After she hears her mother's story, she finds herself in the same situation and must use quick thinking to get free.

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deception, family, games, mythical, parents, storytelling, trolls, woods

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

The true francine

Brown, Marc

Francine and all of her friends, including the new girl, Muffy, get the meanest teacher for third grade. Francine gets in trouble for cheating when it was really Muffy who cheats. Francine is kept from playing in the big softball game until at the last minute Muffy tells the truth.

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conflict resolution, deception, decision making, exercise, feelings, friendship, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, self esteem, softball, sports, stress management, teamwork, telephone, television, truth, verbal communication

They thought they saw him

Strete, Craig

A little chameleon is very smart. He uses his wisdom to hide from all the different animals that try to capture and eat him. By changing colors quickly he is able to outsmart the animals.

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animals, birds, chameleon, change, colors, community, critical thinking, deception, desert, escape, fox, insects, jungle, owl, reptiles, snake

Liar, liar, pants on fire!

Cohen, Miriam

A new boy in the first grade boasts and tells lies to impress his classmates. It backfires and the kids will not play with him because he is a liar. He makes friends at the Christmas party by being himself and telling the truth.

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appearance, conflict resolution, deception, friendship, honesty, nonverbal communication, party, school, self esteem, truth, verbal communication

The mean mouse and other mean stories

Udry, Janice May

Various mean stories are told about mice, witches, tigers, a dwarf, and many others. The stories show how their meanness affects other people and how others put them in their place by tricking them.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, deception, decision making, dwarfs, mouse, storytelling, verbal communication, witches

Do you see a mouse?

Waber, Bernard

There could not possibly be a mouse at the Park Snoot Hotel could there?The hotel staff did not see a mouse as they make their rounds through the hotel. When the mouse catchers extraordinaire, Hyde and Snide, come to the hotel, they do not find a mouse. The clever mouse gets to keep his nice home at the hotel because no one can find him.

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animals, attention, awareness, business, chaos, critical thinking, deception, mouse, shelter, sly, success, verbal communication

Roland, the minstrel pig

Steig, William

Roland, a singing pig, travels far away to play for the king. Little does he know that a sly fox wants to eat him.

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animals, deception, fox, goal setting, lion, music, pig, royalty, self esteem, song, verbal communication

Wombat stew

Vaughan, Marcia K.

A dingo catches a wombat and wants to make stew. A lot of other animals help to make the stew, but they all end up tricking the dingo.

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animals, critical thinking, dancing, deception, dingo, food, koala, lizard, nonverbal communication, platypus, revenge, song

Seven sillies

Dunbar, Joyce

Six barnyard animals are tricked by a frog to jump into a pond.

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amphibians, animals, bodies of water, deception, farm, frog, mouse, pig, pond, self esteem, sheep, verbal communication

Red riding hood

Galdone, Paul

Little Red Riding Hood goes off to visit her grandmother. A wolf spots her and beats her to her grandmother's house. The wolf is after both the grandmother and Red Riding Hood, but a hunter ends up killing the wolf and saving them both.

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animals, clouds, death, family, feelings, grandparents, happiness, parents, seasons, shadows, summer, sun, violence, weather, wolf

A fish in his pocket

Cazet, Denys

On his way to school, Russell drops his math book in the pond. The teacher finds a fish in it when she opens it. Russell worries all day long about what to do with the fish. He finally comes up with a solution in art class.

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bodies of water, books, conflict resolution, death, fish, nonverbal communication, pond, problem solving, responsibilities, school, verbal communication

Someone special died

Prestine, Joan Singleton

A young girl deals with the death of someone close to her. She has many feelings of anger, sadness, and loneliness. She has many feelings of anger, sadness, and loneliness. She finds a way to feel better, though, when she makes a scrapbook to remember everything about this special person. She learns that everything dies.

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acceptance, aggression, anger, art, books, coping, death, feelings, loneliness, loss, memories, play, pretend, reading, sadness, toys

The fall of freddie the leaf

Buscaglia, Leo

This book explains the process of life and death by utilizing a tree leaf. Each season is depicted and shows how the leaf grows and eventually dies.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, death, feelings, grief, nonverbal communication, plants, seasons, verbal communication

The dead bird

Brown, Margaret Wise//Charlip, Remy

A group of young children find a dead bird. They decide to bury the bird. They take the bird to the woods to give it a proper burial. The children mourned, sang, and planted flowers around the dead bird's grave. The children came back to visit the grave, until they forgot.

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birds, death, decision making, grief

Grandpa

Burningham, John

Grandpa and his granddaughter do everything together. Then as Grandpa gets older, he cannot do as much with her. Finally he dies.

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death, family, grandparents, grief, nonverbal communication, stress management, verbal communication

When grandpa came to stay

Caseley, Judith

Benny's grandpa visits after his grandma dies. They tell stories, play games, and talk. One day grandpa cries and Benny learns that it is okay to cry.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, death, family, feelings, grandparents, grief, stress management, verbal communication

The josefina story quilt

Coerr, Eleanor

A small girl named Faith had a very special friendship with her goose Josefina. Faith is part of a pioneer family moving West. Throughout their journey, Faith makes a patch to represent each event she encounters, including the death of Jusetina. At the end, the quilt tells the story of the friendship between the goose and the little girl.

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birds, change, conflict resolution, critical thinking, death, decision making, friendship, goal setting, grief, memories, moving, nonverbal communication, pets, pioneers, problem solving, stress management, transportation, travel, verbal communication

Blow me a kiss, miss lilly

Carlstrom, Nancy White

A young girl, Sara, has an elderly woman as her best friend. They spend much time together. One day the old woman dies and Sara is very sad. She remembers the good things about her best friend and still feels her love.

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aging, death, friendship, grief, memories, nonverbal communication, self esteem, stress management, verbal communication

Beyond the ridge

Goble, Paul

A grandmother takes a spritual journey of death while her family copes with their loss.

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conflict resolution, death, decision making, family, grandparents, multicultural, native american, self esteem, stress management

My grandpa died today

Fassler, Joan

David's grandfather dies. David learns how to deal with the grief by knowing his grandfather went to a better place. This helps David feel better.

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conflict resolution, death, decision making, family, feelings, grandparents, grief, loss, stress management

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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