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Trucks: Whizz! zoom! rumble!

Hubbell, Patricia

Trucks come in different sizes, shapes, and colors. They travel to different places on the map and in various directions. Trucks also have multiple uses and jobs.

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colors, community, direction, five senses, maps, moving, signs, sounds, toys, transportation, travel, truck, variety

Boats speeding! Sailing! Cruising!

Hubbell, Patricia

Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate different kinds of boats and what they can do.

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airplane, animals, boat, careers, direction, ferry, fire, fishing, ice, lobster, penguin, radio, technology, toys, transportation, vocabulary, war, whale

2 is for dancing: A 1 2 3 of actions

Hubbard, Woodleigh

Animals and actions illustrate each number one through twelve. For example, 3 is for jumping, 7 is for fishing, and 12 is for balancing.

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animals, counting, dancing, exercise, fishing, jumping, numbers, reading, recreation, sequence, swimming

My crayons talk

Hubbard, Patricia

A little girl's box of crayons comes to life. Each color of crayon speaks of its role through different actions and rhyme words.

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animals, art, colors, imagination, rhyme, verbal communication

The magic moonberry jump ropes

Hru, Dakari

April and Erica love to Double Dutch, but they have no friends to Double Dutch with. When their Uncle Zambezi returns from a trip to Tanzania, he gives the girls a jump rope that will grant wishes because it is made from magic moonberries. The girls Double Dutch and wish for two new friends to arrive. Suddenly, a moving van pulls up, and a family with a boy and girl moves in across the street.

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african american, author's note, bicycle, biking, colors, exercise, family, friendship, jump rope, jumping, karate, language, multicultural, neighbors, plants, play, rhyme, siblings, skating, wish

Joshua's masai mask

Hru, Dakari

When Joshua is pressured by his parents to play his African instrument in the school talent show, he is embarrassed because it is not as cool as the rap his friends will do. His uncle then gives him a magical mask which makes Joshua seem cool to other people. When he realizes he would rather make music with his Kalimmba, he is a hit at the talent show.

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african american, competition, embarrassment, empathy, fable, family, instruments, magic, music, parents, performance, school

The woman who lived in holland

Howells, Mildred

A woman cleans everything in her town to the annoyance of other citizens. She later wishes that she could wash off the stars. When a storm blows her up into the sky, she gets her chance.

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assertiveness, careers, cleanliness, community, dedication, determination, dreams, goal setting, hygiene, peer resistance

Kaddish for grandpa in Jesus' name amen

Howe, James

A young girl finds her own spirituality while observing the differing social customs of her Jewish and Christian relatives following her grandfather's sudden death. She interacts with her family to remember her grandfather in special ways at home, at church, and before bed.

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aging, angel, art, baby, bath, bedtime, behavior, church, dancing, emotions, exercise, family, feelings, food, grandparents, grief, hebrew, hygiene, Jewish, multicultural, mythical, parents, sadness

There's a monster under my bed

Howe, James

Alex is convinced that there are monsters under his bed that want to get him. He eventually decides to confront the monster, and discovers that his frightened brother is under his bed. The boys sleep together, comforted by each other's company.

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assertiveness, bravery, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, feelings, imagination, self esteem, siblings, sleep

I wish I were a butterfly

Howe, James

A little cricket is sad and wishes to be a beautiful butterfly. Through talking to an older cricket, the littlest cricket soon realized, that he too, was beautiful.

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acceptance, appearance, beauty, body image, cricket, dragonfly, feelings, happiness, insects, sadness, self esteem, spider, verbal communication

The day the teacher went bananas

Howe, James

One day a new teacher came to school. He was quite a unique individual, in fact, he was a gorilla.

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animals, confusion, creativity, gorilla, learning, nonverbal communication, school, teaching

Scared silly

Howe, James

Harold, Chester, and Howie are a little spooked on Halloween. They became quite scared when Bunnicula, the family rabbit, wakes up in the middle of the night and their master comes home dressed as a witch.

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animals, cat, dog, family, fear, ghosts, halloween, holidays, parents, rabbit, siblings, stress management, verbal communication, witches

Hot fudge

Howe, James

Two dogs and one cat are crazy about fudge!On a saturday morning, the Monroes leave the animals alone in the house with the delicious fudge. The animals have to guard the house and overcome their temptations to eat the fudge.

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affection, animals, cat, decision making, dog, family, food, nutrition, peer resistance

When i'm hungry

Howard, Jane R.

When I am hungry I like to eat. The little boy in this book uses his imagination at mealtime. He wonders what it would be like to eat underwater, to eat in the mud, to dive for his food, and to store food in his cheeks.

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adventures, food, hunger, imagination, nutrition