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Pastry school in Paris: An adventure in capacity

Neuschwander, Cindy

A family and their children travel to Paris and visit a pastry academy. The kids work with others to practice baking. When a situation arises, the kids are called to save the day by making brownies for the competition.

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

Patrick's dinosaurs

Carrick, Carol

Patrick's older brother, Hank, knows everything about dinosaurs. As Hank tells Patrick about them, Patrick begins to see them everywhere. They are in the streets, at the zoo, outside his window - until Hank explains that they have been gone for sixty million years.

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dinosaur, family, fear, history, imagination, siblings, verbal communication, zoo

Paul

Kuskin, Karla

Using his imagination, Paul goes on a fantastic trip looking for his magical grandmother. Along the way, he sings a song that his grandmother eventually loves.

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animals, family, fantasy, grandparents, imagination, magic, song, travel

Paul and arthur search for the egg

Rockwell, Anne

Paul and Arthur the bull, hear a crying seagull. The seagull has lost her egg and Paul and Arthur take on the responsibility of finding it. When they do, a baby gull is born and the mother gull is very happy.

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animals, assertiveness, baby, birds, birth, bull, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, friendship, goal setting, lost, responsibilities, sadness, seagull, verbal communication

Paws, claws, hands, and feet

Hutmacher, Kimberly

We run, jump, hop and rest, just like the critters and creatures featured in Paws, Claws, Hands, and Feet. Go along on the exciting dream journey from morning to night, playing alongside squirrels, monkeys, kangaroos, and penguins. Finally, as the sun sets, snuggle beneath the covers and snooze, with recollections of animals at play.

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activities, adaptation, animals, birds, dreams, eagle, elephant, frog, habitat, kangaroo, lion, monkey, mouse, panda, penguin, spider, squirrel

Peabody

Wells, Rosemary

Annie receives Peabody for her birthday, and they become the best of friends. However when Rita arrives at Annie's next birthday, Peabody is forgotten. When Rita breaks, Annie goes back to playing with Peabody.

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birthday, change, dolls, friendship, holidays, jealousy, presents, self esteem, toys

Peace at last

Murphy, Jill

Mr. Bear, Mrs. Bear, and Baby Bear were all tired so they went to bed. Mr. Bear could not fall asleep, so he tried sleeping in many different places. Everywhere he went there were noises that bothered him.

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animals, baby, bear, coping, family, five senses, noise, nonverbal communication, parents, sleep, sounds, stress management

Peace crane

Hamanaka, Sheila

A young African American girl learns about the Peace Crane, created by Sadako Sasaki, survivor of Hiroshima. The girl wishes the Peace Crane would take her away from the violence in her own world to a place without racism and violence.

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african american, author's note, birds, crane, death, dreams, feelings, hope, japanese, love, multicultural, nonverbal communication, peace, prejudice, racism, sadness, self esteem, verbal communication, violence, war

Peacebound trains

Balgassi, Haemi

Sumi, a young Korean girl, lives with her grandmother when her mother goes off to the army. Sumi watches the train go by each day, wishing her mother would come home soon. The train reminds her grandmother of the days of war when she had to leave her own husband.

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affection, aging, birthday, caring, change, chinese, coping, courage, death, destruction, dolls, family, feelings, freedom, grandparents, hope, korean, loss, multicultural, peace, presents, sadness, school, seasons, train, transportation, understanding, war, winter

Peanut butter and jelly

Westcott, Nadine Bernard

Through a rhyme, two little children show how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

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animals, cooperation, elephant, family, food, nutrition, parents, rhyme, sequence, siblings, teamwork

Pearl moscowitz's last stand

Levine, Arthur A.

Pearl Moscowite has seen many changes on Gingko Street, but cutting down the last gingko tree was too much. Pearl decides that the last tree is going to stay so she takes action to ensure that the electric company will not cut it down.

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assertiveness, change, community, courage, nature, neighbors, nonverbal communication, plants

Pecorino's first concert

Madison, Alan

Pecorino Sasquatch is a very silly boy who likes to do things backward. His mom decides to take him to a concert by the famous Vittorio Pimplelini. He travels by bus to the concert hall where he learns about musical instruments while being mischievous.

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bus, concert, curiosity, entertainment, excitement, family, feelings, instruments, learning, music, parents, stress management, transportation, verbal communication

Pedro: The angel of olvera street

Politi, Leo

Pedro's favorite thing about Olvera Street is the celebration of Christmas. This year, Pedro directs the posada, and the angelic singer gets his wish -- a lovely music box.

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assertiveness, christmas, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, holidays, mexican, multicultural, nonverbal communication, toys, verbal communication, wish

Peeping beauty

Auch, Mary Jane

Poulette, the dancing hen, dreams of becoming a ballerina someday. A hungry fox tries to trick Poulette onto his dinner plate by appealing to her dreams of dancing in a New York show. It is Poulette that ends up deserving the applause in the end.

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animals, birds, chicken, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dancing, deception, dreams, exercise, food, fox, self esteem, stress management, trick

Peepo!

Ahlberg, Janet//Ahlberg, Allan

A baby boy watches his family do lots of activities all day long.

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activities, baby, counting, family, five senses, growing up, nonverbal communication, observation, verbal communication, vision

Pegas the horse

Kaufman, Angelika

A horse that is really a dog imagines he can fly. He falls asleep in the clouds and dreams of words in different languages.

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animals, birds, cat, clouds, differences, dreams, horse, imagination, language, owl

Pelle's new suit

Beskow, Elsa

One day Pelle takes his shears and trims some wool from his sheep. Then he goes to various people to ask favors in helping him make a new suit. In return for their help, he also does favors for them. In the end, Pelle has a handsome new blue suit.

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animals, careers, clothing, cooperation, critical thinking, helping, sheep, teamwork, verbal communication

Pemba Sherpa

Cossi, Olga

Perma, a nyuny pa,or old man, tells a story from when he had to gather firewood for school as young boy. One morning his sister Yang Ki says she wants to go with him. Yang Ki wants to be a Sherpa but girls aren't allowed. That morning she disobeys her brother and follows him, but when Pemba falls in a landslide, Yang Ki becomes the heroine and proves that girls can be brave and strong.

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assertiveness, climbing, courage, critical thinking, family, gender, goal setting, helping, heroism, injury, mountains, multicultural, obedience, problem solving, safety, siblings, village, walking

Penguin day

Winteringham, Victoria

Penguins are portrayed as being very similar to human beings. The penguins get up, play, laugh, make friends, eat, exercise, and sleep.

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animals, birds, celebration, climbing, excitement, exercise, feelings, food, fun, happiness, jumping, nonverbal communication, party, penguin, play, skating, walking

Penguin dreams

Seibold, J. Otto

In the wild and colorful dreams of a young penguin, the adventure unfolds. In his dreams Chongo-Chingi and his friend Icicle-Barnicle fly with airplanes and geese and see many wacky scenes.

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adventures, airplane, animals, bedtime, creativity, dreams, excitement, nonverbal communication, penguin, sleep, transportation, vision

Pepito's story

Fern, Eugene

Pepito is the only boy in the village who likes to dance, and so he is made fun of because of his dancing. Only his grandmother understands until a girl in the village gets very sick, and only Pepito's singing makes her well.

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conflict resolution, dancing, exercise, family, friendship, grandparents, individuality, mexican, multicultural, nonverbal communication, self esteem

Perfect crane

Laurin, Anne

A lonely magician makes a paper crane come to life. He is surrounded by many friends. When winter comes, the crane must leave, but his new friends still come over.

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birds, careers, change, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, friendship, japanese, loneliness, magic, multicultural, neighbors, seasons, self esteem, winter

Perfect the pig

Jeschke, Susan

Perfect the piglet is granted three wishes. He gets wings and that brings him into Olive's life where he is happy. But his wings get him in trouble when he flies into the trap of a mean man.

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acceptance, animals, conflict resolution, fear, feelings, friendship, happiness, lost, magic, pig, sadness

Pet of the met

Freeman, Don//Freeman, Lydia

A wonderful introduction to the Opera through the adventures of a mouse, his family, and a cat.

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adventures, animals, cat, family, friendship, mouse, music, opera

Pet show

Keats, Ezra Jack

The neighborhood is having a pet show but Archie can't find his cat. He searches diligently for the cat but can't find it. When the judges are passing out awards, an old woman arrives with the cat while Archie arrives with another pet and also gets a prize.

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animals, cat, competition, critical thinking, decision making, determination, dog, friendship, neighbors, pets, verbal communication

Pete's a pizza

Steig, William

When Pete is in a bad mood, his dad makes him into a pizza. As each ingredient is assembled, Pete becomes more and more cheerful until he is laughing and running out the door to play football with his friends.

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body parts, creativity, disappointment, family, feelings, food, football, happiness, humor, nonverbal communication, parents, rain, sadness, sports, weather

Pete's chicken

Ziefert, Harriet

Pete's picture of a chicken doesn't make it to the classroom bulliten board. Is it really that funny?

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animals, art, chicken, colors, creativity, exercise, feelings, peer resistance, play, rabbit, sadness, school, self esteem, uniqueness

Peter penny's dance

Quin, Janet

Peter Penny goes around the world dancing. As he travels, everyone wants him to stay, but he must move on. He returns home after his great voyage to marry a beautiful girl.

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assertiveness, dancing, decision making, exercise, feelings, happiness, marriage, recreation, royalty, self esteem, travel, verbal communication

Peter rabbit's abc

Potter, Beatrix

Illustrations from Beatrix Potter's stories form the basis for this alphabet story of letters.

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alphabet, amphibians, animals, bee, birds, cat, duck, food, fox, frog, insects, letters, mouse, nutrition, pig, rabbit

Peter spier's christmas!

Spier, Peter

A family prepares for the Christmas holiday. They go to speciality stores and the grocery. After all the festivities, the family has to rest in order to clean up (A Wordless Book)

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christmas, food, holidays, nutrition, party, preparation, presents, santa, seasons, shopping, winter

Peter spier's circus

Spier, Peter

The circus comes to town. Everyone is introduced, performs and when finished, they all pack up and the circus moves on.

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animals, careers, circus, community, critical thinking, performance, travel

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

Peter's long walk

Kingman, Lee

Peter lives in a house far away from the village. He desperately wants to find a friend to play with so he goes on a long search for one. When he can't find a friend, he goes home and finds that he has all kinds of friends.

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animals, cat, dog, exercise, feelings, friendship, happiness, loneliness, verbal communication, walking

Peter's pockets

Rice, Eve

Peter's mom made him a new pair of pants, but forgot to sew in pockets. When Peter visits the boat pond with his uncle, he has no place to put the little treasures he finds. When he gets home, Peter's mom sews on lots of pockets.

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bodies of water, clothing, discovery, family, parents, pond, self esteem, sharing, verbal communication

Peter's pony

Kingman, Lee

Peter, a young boy, lives far up a mountainside on a farm with his mother and father. They live far from any town and Peter looks forward to starting school in town so he can make and have friends. Before the beginning of the school year Peter receives a pony that takes him to school. Peter discovers that his new pony can perform tricks and was once famous.

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animals, anticipation, barn, excitement, family, farm, friendship, happiness, loneliness, mountains, parents, pets, pony, relationship, responsibilities, rules, school, self esteem

Petits bleus dans paris

Leblond, Joelle//Willemin, Veronique

Jean loses his mother while sightseeing in Paris. A bird shows him all the famous sights in Paris and eventually leads him to his mother (Written in French)

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birds, family, french, language, lost, multicultural, parents, stress management, travel

Petook

Houselander, Caryll

Petook, a rooster, experiences a period of depression after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. He then learns the joy of Easter when a chick is born, representing Jesus' rebirth from the tomb. Petook develops an appreciation for life and Easter.

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assertiveness, birds, birth, chicken, conflict resolution, critical thinking, depression, easter, feelings, happiness, holidays, nonverbal communication, religion, self esteem, spiritual

Petronella

Williams, Jay

Getting what you want isn't always easy. This is the lesson that Petronella, once known as Peter, learns. Petronella battles off animals and people to get the man she loves. In doing so, she also realizes that the richest people aren't always the best people.

Petunia beware!

Duvoisin, Roger

Petunia is a goose who eats everyone else's food and never touches her own because she thinks the other food is better. Petunia decides to go up a windy hill to get the better grass, but others warn her not to because of wild animals. After escaping from the wild animals, she realizes that her grass is just as good.

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animals, birds, conflict resolution, coping, curiosity, food, goose, greed, nutrition, peer resistance, selfishness, verbal communication

Petunia takes a trip

Duvoisin, Roger

Petunia realizes she is too heavy to fly so she starts doing calisthenics to get into shape. When she does fly, she gets blown into the city and she sees how small she is in proportion to other things. She misses her home and takes a train back there.

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birds, body image, conflict resolution, coping, curiosity, exercise, feelings, goose, jumping, self esteem, sizes, stress management, transportation, travel

Petunia, I love you

Duvoisin, Roger

Raccoon hopes to eat Petunia for a goose dinner, but while walking in the forest, they end up as good friends.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, decision making, food, forest, freedom, friendship, goal setting, goose, kindness, nutrition, raccoon

Petunia's christmas

Duvoisin, Roger

Petunia is a goose that wants to save her friend from being eaten Christmas Day. She uses many resources to get this done.

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assertiveness, baby, birds, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, goal setting, goose, holidays, nonverbal communication, parents, seasons, wedding, winter

Petunia's treasure

Duvoisin, Roger

Petunia the goose finds a treasure chest. Before she opens it, she tells her friends about it and they all beg her for gifts. She finds that the chest had nothing in it and that money is not always that important.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, decision making, feelings, friendship, goose, greed, money, peer resistance, self esteem, verbal communication

Pianna

Ray, Mary Lyn

Take a trip with Anna through the happenings in her life. Look at Anna's experiences with piano lessons, picking blueberries with siblings, her marriage, and her children. After eighty years she is still playing the piano in the same house she grew up in.

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adventures, aging, baby, death, family, food, instruments, love, marriage, memories, music, nutrition, parents, siblings, train, transportation

Picasso and the girl with the ponytail

Anholt, Laurence

Sylvette is a shy young girl, until she meets Picasso. He has moved to France for the summer to work on his art. Seeing Sylvette through his window, he decides to use her as his new model. All summer they work together and become good friends. Picasso helps Sylvette unlock her secrets and artistic talent.

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anger, animals, art, author's note, beauty, biography, careers, dog, encouragement, feelings, french, friendship, fun, goat, happiness, history, monkey, multicultural, nonverbal communication, owl, photograph, sadness, seasons, secrets, shyness, summer, verbal communication

Pick a pumpkin, Mrs. Millie!

Cox, Judy

Silly Mrs. Millie is at it again. In the fall, she takes her kindergarten class on a trip to pick pumpkins for their harvest party. The class has fun guessing the meanings of their favorite teacher's nonsense words. They go on a dragon (wagon) ride, pet the boats (goats), and drink apple spider (cider). Coupled with hilarious artwork in pen, pencil, and colored dyes by Joe Mathieu, this lighthearted text sets a class trip on its ear with subtle lessons in wordplay.

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animals, bus, clothing, farm, food, garden, goat, holidays, humor, mule, nutrition, play, scarecrows, school, sheep, spider, transportation, vocabulary

Pickles have pimples

Barrett, J

Did you know that pickles have pimples?Well, ice cream has cones, birthdays have cakes, sodas have sips, and potatoes have chips.

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food, nutrition, rhyme

Picnic

McCully, Emily Arnold

A family of mice go on a picnic. When one of the children fall out of the car, the family discovers that he is missing and they go to find him.

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animals, courage, critical thinking, determination, family, fear, feelings, loneliness, lost, mouse, picnic, transportation, travel

Picnic

McCully, Emily Arnold

Have you ever been lost or disconnected by those you love? Little Bitty experiences those experiences when she accidentally falls out of the truck on the way to a family picnic. Will the mouse family successfully find Little Bitty?

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accidents, animals, family, feelings, hunger, loneliness, lost, mouse, nature, parents, picnic, sadness, siblings

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