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Witch hazel

Schertle, Alice

A boy makes a scarecrow out of a witch hazel branch. The scarecrow, Hazel, has special powers only the boy knows of. Hazel saves a pumpkin to make a large harvest moon with it.

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assertiveness, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, family, halloween, holidays, imagination, magic, moon, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, scarecrows

All the pretty horses

Jeffers, Susan

A small girl is having trouble sleeping during the night. Her mother comes into her room and begins to tell her about the horses that she can have when she wakes up.

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animals, bedtime, creativity, dreams, family, fantasy, horse, images, imagination, parents, sleep

Bored - nothing to do!

Spier, Peter

While the boys are bored one day, they take apart many things around their house in order to build an airplane which really flies.

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airplane, boredom, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, disobedience, family, imagination, play, recreation, siblings, transportation

Oh, the thinks you can think

Seuss, Dr.

This book encourages readers to use their imaginations.

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creativity, differences, imagination, self esteem

Sparky: The story of a little trolley car

Gramatky, Hardie

A trolley's imagination keeps his repetitive job exciting but also gets him into trouble sometimes. At last the town council decides to turn him into a diner. He saves the day and is rewarded in the end.

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conflict resolution, creativity, decision making, differences, goal setting, helping, imagination, self esteem, transportation

Up and up

Hughes, Shirley

A little girl wants to fly. She makes it off the ground, but so many people are frightened that she will hurt herself, so they chase her. One man even attempts to get her into his hot air balloon. She gets away from him by popping his balloon and they both fall to the ground. (Wordless)

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creativity, critical thinking, determination, goal setting, nonverbal communication, problem solving, safety, transportation

Herbert's treasure

Low, Alice

Herbert collects treasures from the dump, until his whole room is filled with things. His mother wants all the junk out of his room. One day, Herbert's problems are solved by finding a key that fits a door from the dump. He decides to build a castle, with the door and wood he finds, to store all his treasures. This satisfies both his mother and himself.

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conflict resolution, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, determination, family, parents, problem solving, toys

Patchwork tales

Roth, Susan//Phang, Ruth

Right before bedtime, a little girl asks her grandma to tell her stories about her quilt.

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bedtime, creativity, curiosity, family, grandparents, memories, quilt, self esteem, storytelling, verbal communication

The pile of junk

Schlein, Miriam

An elderly lady, who lives by herself, decides to clean her house and get rid of all her junk. She puts all the junk outside. People walking by see her pile of junk and find something of use to them. Soon everything is gone and the old lady wonders where her pile of junk went.

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aging, cleanliness, community, creativity, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, shelter

Bear's bargain

Asch, Frank

Bear wishes he could fly like Little Bird, and Little Bird wants to be big and strong like Bear. Both of them got their wishes fulfilled in a very creative and imaginative way.

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acceptance, animals, bear, birds, body image, cooperation, creativity, critical thinking, imagination, nonverbal communication, self esteem

The cowboy and the black-eyed pea

Johnston, Tony

After her father dies, Farethee Well, is left with a huge herd of longhorns on a big Texas farm to find a husband to help her run it. She must determine whether or not he is a real cowboy by his sensitivity while riding a horse with a blackeyed pea under the saddle.

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animals, cowboys, death, decision making, horse, loss, marriage, rain, weather

I had trouble getting to solla sollew

Seuss, Dr.

A creature is experiencing trouble and decides to get away from his troubles. Eventually he must face and deal with his troubles.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, coping, courage, decision making, problem solving

Mozart tonight

Downing, Julie

Mozart look back on the events of his great operatic truimph, Don Giovanni. Events of his life are told and what led to this moment in his life.

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assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, hard work, history, music, nonverbal communication, verbal communication

Tim to the lighthouse

Ardizzone, Edward

One night, Tim noticed the light from the lighthouse was not flashing past his window. So Tim, the captain, and their friends braved the storm only to find robbers who wanted the ship to crash so they could get their goods. The children help save the lighthouse.

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adventures, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, fear, friendship, helping, refusal skills, robbery

Sarah and simon and no red paint

Ardizzone, Edward

Two children and their family are rather poor. Their father is a painter and he needs a tube of red paint to finish a painting, but he has no money left. The children try to help him get the red paint.

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conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, family, helping, poverty, teamwork

Arthur babysits

Brown, Marc

Arthur is asked to babysit for the Tibble twins who are a challenge. Once he finally gets the twins under control, he likes the job.

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courage, family, ghosts, goal setting, responsibilities, siblings, stress management, success

My grandmother's journey

Cech, John

Karie's grandmother tells her about her hard life in Russia during World War II. This is a true story.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, determination, family, goal setting, grandparents, multicultural, peer resistance, russian, self esteem, stress management

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

Nils

D'Aulaire, Ingri//D'Aulaire, Edgar

Nils dreams of being a bold and fearless cowboy. His homeland, Norway, has some very curious customs in the eyes of his schoolmates. But, the customs do not interfere with his needs or dreams in the end.

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courage, cowboys, dreams, family, farm, feelings, grandparents, sadness

The christmas witch

Kellogg, Steven

Gloria is in training to be a witch. She decides to quit to become a good witch. Then she decides to help the Pepperwills and Valdoons find peace. With the help of elves, her dream comes true.

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assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, elves, fight, goal setting, imagination, love, mythical, nonverbal communication, peace, peer resistance, verbal communication, witches

The bobbin girl

McCally, Emily Arnold

Ten-year old Rebecca works all day in a hot and noisy cotton mill. She's grateful to be able to help her struggling family, but not all the girls at the boarding house feel the same way. Some girls are starting to get sick. Judith, an older girl that is Rebecca's idol, wants to protest the mill's recent paycut but the troublemakers are fired. Does Rebecca have the courage to join?

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assertiveness, business, careers, conflict resolution, coping, courage, critical thinking, decision making, family, history, illness, money, peer resistance, problem solving, sewing, verbal communication, work

Beast

Meddaugh, Susan

Anna sees a beast in the forest. Her family thinks it must be mean, dangerous, strong, ferocious, and fearless. Anna discovers it is hungry, scared, and gentle, so she helps the beast.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, courage, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, hunger, nonverbal communication, peer resistance

Only one

Harshman, Marc

Sometimes groups of things are called something very different. What can you count?

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counting, numbers, sequence

Count!

Fleming, Denise

Colorful animals teach counting from one to ten and then by tens to fifty. Suggested activities are mentioned along with the numbers.

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animals, colors, counting, critical thinking, numbers, sequence

1, 2, buckle my shoe

Cranstoun, Margaret

Learn numbers one through ten by listening to this rhyming pattern.

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counting, nonverbal communication, numbers, rhyme, sequence, verbal communication

Anno's counting house

Anno, Mitsumasa

Children discover numbers while playing a game. Children learn to relate abstract symbols to real objects.

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counting, critical thinking, numbers, problem solving

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

One sun, two eyes and a million stars

Stobbs, Joanna//Stobbs, William

Learn to count numbers one to twenty with bright pictures that correspond to each number.

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counting, critical thinking, numbers, sequence

Up to ten and down again

Ernst, Lisa Campbell

Four boys and five girls come in two cars to the park to play and have a picnic lunch. They bring along six balls, seven boats, and eight baskets.

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clouds, counting, duck, food, friendship, numbers, nutrition, pets, picnic, play, pond, rain, toys

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

Six foolish fisherman

Elkin, Benjamin

Six brothers venture on a fishing trip to a river. After catching fish from their different spots, the brothers count each other to make sure everyone is OK. When a little boy helps them figure out their mistake, all is well.

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counting, family, fishing, love, siblings, verbal communication, worry

Get up and go!

Murphy, Stuart J.

Time to wake up! Sammie the dog helps his friend get ready for school. How many minutes will it take to get ready for school? Help Sammie count the minutes it takes to get things done: eat breakfast, brush teeth, get dressed, give hugs, and go off to school.

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affection, animals, clothing, counting, dog, food, helping, hygiene, morning, numbers, nutrition, pets, preparation, routine, school, sequence, teeth, time

Numbers

Reiss, John J

Numbers are everywhere!There are 6 birthday candles, 13 cakes, 14 bananas, 15 grapefruit and 19 radishes. Counting is fun if you do it with food.

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colors, counting, food, numbers, nutrition, sequence

One dancing drum

Kredenser, Gail//Mack, Stanley

Let's build a band by counting!Has numbers written in words and has 10 different instruments. This will help you recognize number words and colors.

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collection, colors, counting, instruments, music, numbers, sequence

Dear mr. blueberry

James, Simon

Emily writes her teacher letters about a whale that is in her backyard pool. Her teacher tells and educates her that whales can't live in her pool. However, she has a great imagination and keeps trying to tell him.

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animals, assertiveness, correspondence, excitement, feelings, imagination, learning, letters, nonverbal communication, refusal skills, sadness, teaching, verbal communication, whale

The jolly christmas postman

Ahlberg, Allan//Ahlberg, Janet

Santa's postman visits various nursery rhyme characters to deliver letters from Santa.

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christmas, conflict resolution, correspondence, giving, holidays, nonverbal communication, rhyme, self esteem

Who owns the moon?

Levitin, Sonia

Abel, Nagel and Zeke are farming friends who argue about everything, including who owns the moon. The farmers go to a teacher in the city to settle their argument about the moon. The teacher tells the three men that they each own the moon two nights a week and the remaining nights they are to share it.

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argument, compromise, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, friendship, greed, moon, nature, sharing, stress management, verbal communication

Seven brave women

Hearne, Betsy

A young girl tells the story of her family's history. She explains how each of her female ancestors played a very important role in the shaping of this family's history.

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aging, airplane, anger, animals, art, author's note, basketball, boat, careers, coping, farm, feelings, flowers, german, god, grandparents, history, horse, hospital, instruments, loneliness, loss, medicine, multicultural, music, native american, parents, school, science, sports, storytelling, transportation, war

Indian summer

Monjo, F.N.

During the American Revolution, a father fights under General George Washington. This leaves the mother and children to fend off some Indians by themselves.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, family, history, native american, nonverbal communication, parents, safety, stress management, verbal communication, war

To hell with dying

Walker, Alice

A little girl grows up and copes with the disease of alcoholism and the alcoholic she loves.

Home lovely

Perkins, Lynne Rae

Tiffany and her mom, Janelle, have just moved to a new trailer that is pretty far away from everything else. Since Janelle has to work, Tiffany spends a lot of time playing alone. When she discovers plants growing by her driveway, the mailman helps her take care of them as they grow.

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careers, change, coping, family, flowers, friendship, goal setting, learning, loneliness, moving, parents, plants, play, scarecrows, self esteem, working mother

Lauren's secret ring

De Bruyn, Monica

Lauren was a new girl in town with no friends. She found a ring and pretended that it had magical powers. She was upset when she lost it one day, but she made new friends and realized she did not need the ring.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, friendship, imagination, loneliness, magic, nonverbal communication, school, self esteem, verbal communication

The black dog who went into the woods

Hurd, Edith Thacher

When Black Dog doesn't come home, his family searches the nearby woods and calls their neighbors looking for him. That night, each of the family members dreams about Black Dog. The next morning they realize it was Black Dogs way of saying good-bye to them as he died.

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animals, coping, death, dog, dreams, family, feelings, loss, neighbors, pets, sadness

Christmas with grandfather

Wolf, Winfried

After the death of his father, Thomas is not looking forward to Christmas. Christmas at his grandfather's house in the country changes that when Thomas receives a special gift.

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animals, change, christmas, coping, death, deer, family, grandparents, holidays, horse, loss, presents, snow

Aurora means dawn

Sanders, Scott Russell

New settlers in Ohio get stuck in a rain storm. Villagers come to take the new settlers to their land.

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community, coping, critical thinking, decision making, helping, history, nonverbal communication, rain, stress management, travel, weather

Now one foot, now the other

dePaola, Tomie

Bobby loves to hear his grandfather tell the story of how he taught Bobby to walk. When his grandfather suffers from a stroke, Bobby teaches his grandfather how to walk.

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change, conflict resolution, coping, family, goal setting, grandparents, growing up, helping, illness, nonverbal communication, storytelling, teaching, walking

The fortune tellers

Alexander, Lloyd

A carpenter who is unhappy with his life, goes to a fortune teller. The fortune teller tells him that he will be rich and famous. The carpenter does become rich and famous by becoming a fortune teller himself.

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assertiveness, careers, conflict resolution, coping, decision making, dreams, fantasy, feelings, fortune, goal setting, sadness, verbal communication

Everett anderson's nine month long

Clifton, Lucille

Everett Anderson is a young boy whose parents are divorced. His Mama remarries Mr. Perry and now they all live happily together. Then Everett finds his mother is pregnant and is no longer sure of his role within the family. When the baby is born Everett is able to accept the new addition to the family.

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conflict resolution, coping, family, love, parents, pregnancy, stress management, verbal communication

The number on my grandfather's arm

Adler, David A.

A little girl's grandpa comes over to her house to babysit her. She sees a number on his arm. She asks about it and he tells her about when he was young and in a concentration camp in Germany.

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assertiveness, child care, coping, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, german, grandparents, history, Jewish, multicultural, nonverbal communication, self esteem, verbal communication

The monster in the third dresser drawer

Smith, Janice Lee

In this collection of stories, Adam is very upset about his family's move to a new town.

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change, community, coping, family, fear, feelings, friendship, loss, monsters, moving, sadness

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