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Our puppy's vacation

Brown, Ruth

It is puppy's first vacation and everything is new and full of adventure. Puppy meets some challenges and makes unexpected friends.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, curiosity, decision making, dog, friendship, nonverbal communication

Our snowman

Goffstein, M.B.

A boy and his sister build a snowman. At night, they notice the snowman looks lonely. The girl and her father build a snowwoman to keep him company.

In a letter to his children, a father reflects upon the importance of a good friend and the value of a place to feel safe and secure. The father recalls various memories of his family as it has grown in relationship to a favorite tree that had been part of their lives since they built their home. The tree seems to help the family through many events but does not withstand a huge storm. The father uses the wood to build a tree house to continue its importance to the family.

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aging, appreciation, camping, caring, change, community, conflict resolution, correspondence, critical thinking, death, decision making, dedication, destruction, dog, emotions, family, feelings, friendship, goal setting, happiness, home, jumping, loss, moving, neighbors, parents, peace, plants, rain, relationship, sadness, safety, seasons, siblings, sleep, spring, storm, storytelling, summer, swinging, tree, verbal communication, weather, winter, writing

Out and about

Hughes, Shirley

A little boy and girl utilize their senses to explore the world around them.

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family, five senses, rhyme, siblings, weather

Out of the nursery, into the night

Hague, Kathleen//Hague, Michael

Children are told by their parents that dreaming is a good way to fall asleep. They dream wonderful dreams with their teddy bears.

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animals, bear, conflict resolution, family, fear, feelings, night, parents, relaxation, sleep

Outside over there

Sendak, Maurice

Ida is supposed to take care of her baby sister while their father is at sea. One day when she is not paying attention, goblins come and kidnap her sister. Ida plays her horn to charm the goblins with her music and rescues her sister. From that day on, she never takes her eyes off her baby sister.

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assertiveness, bodies of water, child care, critical thinking, family, goblins, kidnapped, music, parents, refusal skills, responsibilities, robbery, sea, siblings, stress management

Over and over

Zolotow, C.

A little girl begins to learn about months, seasons, and holidays. When she wakes up, it's a different season or holiday. On the last day, it is her birthday. She wishes for it to all happen again.

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anticipation, birthday, helping, holidays, learning, seasons, verbal communication

Over in the ocean: In a coral reef

Berkes, Marianne

Count one through 10 while using rhymes to talk about different activities between mother fishes and their babies. Move to the rhythm of this poem about ocean creatures !

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animals, author's note, counting, dolphin, fish, illustrator's note, music, numbers, ocean, octopus, pattern, poetry, repetition, rhyme, rhythm, song, starfish

Over in the pink house: New jump rope rhymes

Dotlich, Rebecca Kai

Predictable rhyming patterns and basic themes, such as nature, animals, food, and so much more, work together to complete this collection of thirty-two jump rope rhymes.

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animals, cat, collection, conflict resolution, counting, Days of The Week, exercise, food, holidays, jump rope, jumping, nature, nutrition, pattern, poetry, relationship, rhyme, rhythm, seasons, stress management, summer, time, winter

Over the deep blue sea

Ikeda, Daisaku

Akiko and Hiroshi are anxious to explore their new home. They meet a boy named Pablo who helps them explore the sea by swimming and by boat. Pablo becomes their good friend once he is able to accept the fact that Akiko and Hiroshi are not natives of the land.

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acceptance, boat, bodies of water, conflict resolution, decision making, exercise, family, feelings, friendship, happiness, multicultural, sea, siblings, swimming, transportation

Over the moon

Katz, Karen

A couple wait for a phone call that will tell them that their soon-to-be-adopted daughter is born. When they receive the call, they race to the airport to get the newborn child. The new family of mom, dad, and baby girl go to their loving home to get acquainted.

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adoption, airplane, anticipation, baby, birth, dreams, family, feelings, grandparents, happiness, love, moon, neighbors, parents, transportation, travel, verbal communication

Over the shop

Lawson, Jon Arno

A little girl and her grandparent show the apartment over their store to a couple looking for a fixer-upper place to stay. Little by little the place and the neighborhood take on a fresh new life and love (A Wordless Book).

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acceptance, cleanliness, community, cooking, love, multicultural, neighbors, numbers, party, plants, preparation, shopping, signs, sleep

Overground railroad

Cline-Ransome, Lesa

One day, Ruth Ellen and her family leave North Carolina to travel North to New York City, looking for a better life and a brighter future in a society without segregation. During their travels, Ruth Ellen read a book about Frederick Douglass's journey and how his experiences compared to hers. Despite these differences, both traveled in pursuit of a common goal.

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african american, bodies of water, body parts, family, farm, feelings, food, freedom, games, grandparents, history, moon, multicultural, neighbors, parents, reading, river, train, transportation, travel, walking, writing

Owen

Henkes, Kevin

Owen just loves his yellow blanket named Fuzzy, which he takes everywhere. Owen's parents decide Owen is getting too old to carry around a blanket. Owen is terribly upset and isn't happy again until Fuzzy is cut up into small pieces for Owen to carry around.

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animals, assertiveness, clothing, conflict resolution, family, feelings, growing up, happiness, mouse, parents, refusal skills, sadness, self esteem, stress management, toys, verbal communication

Owl at home

Lobel, Arnold

This book contains five stories about Owl and his daily adventures - from inviting winter in to sit by the fire to thinking sad thoughts to make tear-water tea.

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assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, fear, feelings, goal setting, nature, nonverbal communication, owl, problem solving, refusal skills, sadness, seasons, verbal communication

Owl babies (Bebes chouettes)

Waddell, Martin

Three young owls become aware of the horror of being alone and learns to cope with the problem differently.

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baby, birds, change, coping, family, feelings, identification, individuality, loneliness, loss, love, nonverbal communication, owl, parents, stress management, uniqueness, verbal communication, worry

Owl lake

Tejima, Keizaburo

Father Owl hunts for fish at nightfall to feed his hungry family.

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birds, family, food, hunger, night, owl, parents

Owl moon

Yolen, Jane

A young girl goes owling with her father. She has waited a long time for this privilege, and though it is a difficult outing, she is thrilled about it.

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anticipation, assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, night, verbal communication

Owliver

Kraus, Robert

Owliver's mother and father expect him to be different things when he grows up. The little owl makes up his mind to be a firefighter, something neither of his parents thought of.

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birds, careers, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, growing up, owl, parents, refusal skills, verbal communication

Owly

Thaler, Mike

Owly, a baby owl, asks his mother questions about the woods and she in turn helps him to discover the answers on his own.

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baby, birds, critical thinking, discovery, family, growing up, nature, owl, parents, woods

Ox-cart man

Hall, Donald

Descibes the daily activities of a farm family throughout the seasons of the year.

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family, farm, food, nutrition, responsibilities, seasons, work

Pablo's tree

Mora, Pat

When Pablo is adopted as a baby, his grandfather buys a tree in his honor. Each year on Pablo's birthday, his grandfather decorates the tree in a special way to surprise Pablo.

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adoption, birthday, family, five senses, grandparents, holidays, multicultural, music, plants, sight, sounds, spanish, surprises, toys, travel

Paddy goes traveling

Goodall, John S.

Paddy leaves on a trip to the beach. While trying to help a young boy, Paddy ends up in the mountains.

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animals, beach, bear, helping, mountains, nature, nonverbal communication, travel

Paddy underwater

Goodall, John S.

Paddy takes a dip in the ocean. Paddy has many escapades and encounters with deep sea monsters, but also finds a treasure.

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animals, bear, bodies of water, nonverbal communication, ocean

Paddy's christmas

Monsell, Helen A.

Paddy the bear discovers Christmas. He asks his parents, uncle, and aunt for the meaning of Christmas. Each of them gives a different answer, but it is his mother who knows the true meaning of Christmas.

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animals, bear, christmas, critical thinking, family, holidays, parents, traditions, verbal communication

Paddy's evening out

Goodall, John S.

Paddy's evening out turns out to be very active and full of mishaps.

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animals, bear, nonverbal communication

Pages of music

Johnston, Tony

A young boy returns to the childhood village that introduced him to music. He repays the village with music of his own.

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appreciation, community, music, nonverbal communication, traditions

Painted dreams

Williams, Karen Lynn

Ti Marie loves to paint, but her family is too poor to afford paint so she uses bricks, stones and charcoal. One day, as she is walking to the river, she sees Msie Antoine painting a snake and admires his art supplies. Later on in the night she decides to look through his trash to see if he has any left over supplies. She uses them to paint on the wall behind her family's place at the Haitian market. Find out how the people at the market react.

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art, careers, culture, customs, food, haitian, investigation, jungle, language, market, multicultural, nutrition, parents, responsibilities, river, self esteem, siblings, spiritual, success

Painting the wind

MacLachlan, Patricia // MacLachlan, Emily

A young boy observes the various painters who travel to his island. Through discussions and interactions with the painters, the boy learns about painting and is finally able to achieve his goal.

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animals, appreciation, art, beach, bodies of water, body parts, colors, companion, dog, flowers, images, moon, ocean, sea, seasons, shadows, teaching, transportation, weather, wind

Pamela camel

Peet, Bill

Pamela is fed up with everyone calling her dumb, so she escapes from the circus. That night she finds a break in the train tracks, and she saves a train. Now everyone loves her.

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anger, animals, bias, camel, circus, critical thinking, decision making, differences, feelings, happiness, nonverbal communication, sadness, stereotypes, train, transportation

Pamela's first musical

Wasserstein, Wendy

It is Pamela's birthday, and her Aunt Louise is taking her to her first musical. Along the way, they stop at the Russian Tea Room for lunch. The musical captures Pamela's imagination, and she gets to meet everyone associated with the musical. At home, Pamela sets up her dolls and recreates the play.

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birthday, dancing, dolls, excitement, exercise, family, feelings, food, imagination, music, nutrition, performance

Pancake pie

Nordgvist, Sven

Festus, the farmer, wants to bake a cake for his cat's birthday. He has many obstacles to overcome to get the supplies to make the cake. Finally, he is able to make and eat the cake.

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animals, birthday, cat, celebration, food, fourth of july, holidays, nutrition, preparation

Pancakes for breakfast

dePaola, Tomie

A little old lady attempts to have pancakes for breakfast but is hindered by a scarcity of supplies and participation of her pets.

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food, nonverbal communication, nutrition, pets

Pancakes, pancakes

Carle, Eric

Jack wants pancakes for breakfast. He helps his mom gather all the ingredients -- milk from a cow, grain from a field, and eggs from a chicken. Finally he is able to eat a pancake!

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animals, chicken, cow, critical thinking, farm, food, goal setting, helping, hunger, nutrition, plants, preparation, verbal communication

Panda's new toy

Dunbar, Joyce

Panda just got a new toy and he is having a lot of fun playing with it. Gander wants to try it too, but Panda is unwilling to share. When Gander decides to play with another toy, Panda wants that one too. The friends talk about it and decide that sharing and working together are more fun than being selfish.

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animals, argument, birds, conflict resolution, cooperation, feelings, fight, friendship, goose, jealousy, panda, playing, sadness, selfishness, sharing, toys, verbal communication

Panther's dream: A story of the African rainforest

Weir, Bob//Weir, Wendy

Lokuli lives in the rainforest. His village will soon starve if they do not find meat. Even though the rainforest is supposedly full of evil spirits, Lokuli is brave enough to go inside. Amidst the splendor of the jungle animals, he meets a panther who teaches him an important lesson.

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african, animals, bravery, environment, food, hunger, jungle, multicultural, panther, teaching

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

Papa small

Lenski, Lois

The small family work together to get the housework completed. They also eat together, go to the supermarket together, and go to church together.

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baby, car, church, family, food, helping, nutrition, parents, shopping, siblings, support, teamwork, transportation

Papa, please get the moon for me

Carle, Eric

Monica wants her father to get the moon so she can play with it. So her father finds the tallest items he can and climbs until he reaches the moon. He brings the moon back only to discover that it keeps changing sizes as it passes through the lunar cycle.

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animals, cat, change, climbing, cooperation, curiosity, cycle, family, five senses, goal setting, love, moon, mountains, night, parents, sizes, sky, stars, touch, tree, verbal communication, wish

Papa's latkes

Edwards, Michelle

A Jewish family deals with the recent death of their mother and wife, while trying to keep their Chanukan traditions alive. Each family member deals with their emotions. They work as a single parent family to move on, while embracing their traditions of the past.

Papa's lemonade and other stories

Rice, Eve

There are several short stories in this book to depict a variety of family experiences.

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adventures, beverage, family, food, teamwork, verbal communication

Papa's magical water-jug clock

Trejo, Jesus

Papa is working today so Jesus tags along to help him with planting, cutting grass, and trimming trees. The family business works on Saturdays too so Jesus is in charge of filling Papa's big water jug. The two work around the neighborhood with all the tools rattling in the work van, stopping to work in 14 yards. Does the water hold out for them even though Jesus splashes some water on his face and gives water to some animals. Even though Jesus panics when the water is gone by 10:30 am, Papa explains that Jesus is still part of the family business. At the end of the day, Papa says "Time and water are precious. We don't want to waste them".

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animals, beverage, birds, calendar, community, counting, Days of The Week, family, fun, garden, hard work, humor, language, multicultural, neighbor, numbers, nutrition, parents, peacock, spanish, teamwork, tools, water

Papa's mark

Battle-Lavert, Gwendolyn

Simms teaches his father how to write. For many years, Simm's father struggled when writing his own name. However, Papa learns just in time so he can vote in the first election which gave Blacks the right to vote.

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accomplishment, african american, american, animals, bedtime, buildings, change, church, community, cow, crowd, discrimination, education, election, equality, family, food, freedom, hard work, helping, horse, learning, letters, multicultural, night, parents, prejudice, quilt, relationship, school, shopping, signs, teaching, writing

Papa's pastries

Toscano, Charles

Miguel and his father set out to sell their homemade pastries in the near by villages. Since money was scarce, Miguel's father decided that kindness was more important than money and was later repaid.

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baby, body parts, careers, clothing, dancing, encouragement, faith, family, feelings, food, god, kindness, language, money, multicultural, parents, poverty, prayer, rest, sharing, singing, spanish, trust, village, worry

Paper john

Small, David

Paper John is a man who everyone loves. He also has a great talent for making things out of paper. He runs into a devil who appears in town as a thief. Paper John captures the devil before it destroys the town.

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anger, community, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, devils, feelings, folktale, greed, nonverbal communication, problem solving, rescue, robbery, verbal communication

Paperwhite

Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth

On the first day of winter, Lucy and Miss Mamie decide to bring a little spring into the house by planting a paperwhite bulb in a big glass jar. The winter days grow longer and lighter while Lucy and Miss Mamie keep themselves busy by making cookies, playing the piano, and stringing beads. Meanwhile, the bulb grows and grows into a bunch of sweet, white flowers. Lucy and Miss Mamie have created spring!

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animals, colors, cooking, critical thinking, day, decision making, flowers, food, friendship, goal setting, kindness, music, neighbors, night, nonverbal communication, patience, plants, rabbit, seasons, snow, spring, time, verbal communication, weather, winter

Parents in the pigpen, pigs in the tub

Ehrlich, Amy

When little Millie forgets to close the pasture gate, the animals discover the good life inside the house. As the animals take over, the family moves to the barn. After a while, even the animals get tired of their new life, and eventually everything returns to normal.

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animals, barn, celebration, chicken, conflict resolution, cow, family, farm, humor, nonverbal communication, parents, pig, sheep, siblings, verbal communication

Pass the peas, please: A book of manners

Anastasio, Dina

Clever, funny rhymes are used to show how to behave in a variety of situations. Eating with your mouth full, taking food that doesn't belong to you, eating spaghetti the right way, and sharing food with others are rhymes about food manners.

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conflict resolution, food, kindness, manners, nutrition, rhyme

Passover

Nerlove, Miriam

It is time for Passover and a father tells his son the tradition of Passover. He explains the different types of food that are eaten and the hunt that occurs after dinner. They then sing songs together.

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author's note, family, food, holidays, Jewish, multicultural, music, nutrition, parents, passover, siblings, song, traditions

Pasta

Haycock, Kate

What is pasta?What is pasta made from?How does pasta effect the body?Explore the history of pasta and the various types of pasta through this story. Learn how to make and cook your own pasta from step-by-step instructions that are included.

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cooking, exercise, food, health, italian, machines, multicultural, nutrition, running, walking

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