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Squirrel park

Ernst, Lisa Campbell

Chuck, the squirrel, and Stuart are best friends. Their favorite place is an ancient tree in town. When Chuck and Stuart's tree is threatened of being cut down, they join together to build a park that will save the ancient tree.

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animals, conflict resolution, critical thinking, environment, friendship, goal setting, park, plants, squirrel, teamwork

Meet the marching smithereens

Hayes, Ann

Join the parade as the drum major leads the rest of the marching smithereens down the street towards the cheering crowd. Each animal plays a different instrument to make a sound the crowd loves.

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alligator, animals, band, bear, beaver, crocodile, elephant, exercise, fun, giraffe, hippopotamus, instruments, kangaroo, lion, mice, monkey, moose, mouse, music, nonverbal communication, parade, rabbit, raccoon, rhinoceros, rhythm, skating, sounds, tiger, turtle, verbal communication, walking, zebra

The popcorn dragon

Thayer, Jane

Dexter, the dragon, likes to blow smoke and show off. His friends get tired of him always showing off and Dexter becomes very lonely. One day when he is dreaming, he hears fireworks going off. Dexter awakes to corn popping off the cobs -- caused by his hot breath while sleeping!

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animals, dragons, elephant, five senses, food, friendship, giraffe, mythical, nutrition, zebra

The royal hiccups

Trez, Alain//Trez, Denise

A young prince, who cannot get rid of his hiccups, is told to be frightened in order to stop them. He goes on a journey to the jungle to find a tiger who will scare him. Although he encounters the tiger many times, he is not scared. However in the end, the young prince's hiccups are gone.

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animals, critical thinking, elephant, fear, feelings, health, jungle, monkey, multicultural, reptiles, royalty, snake, tiger, travel

The elephant in duck's garden

Delton, Judy

Duck had an elephant in his garden that smashed his chair and lettuce. Duck and Bear tried everything possible to make the elelphant leave. Finally, Rabbit Junior suggested they ask him to leave. The elephant kindly left the garden.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, birds, communication, conflict resolution, coping, determination, elephant, persistence, rabbit, verbal communication

Down by the station

Hillenbrand, Will

Down by the station, early in the morning the train takes off to pick up all the baby animals. Not only can you hear the puff and toot of the train, but also all of the sounds that the animals make. They are on their way to the zoo with all of the children, and when they arrive they all play outside.

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animals, bus, elephant, flamingo, goal setting, kangaroo, morning, music, panda, play, safety, school, seal, song, sounds, tiger, train, transportation, verbal communication, zoo

Sometimes i feel like a mouse: A book about feelings

Modesitt, Jeanne

Feelings such as happiness, sadness, anger, shame, excitement, and pride are compared to different animals to help children understand what feelings are like. For example, sometimes I feel like a lion roaring mad. It is alright to have different feelings.

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anger, animals, elephant, excitement, fear, feelings, happiness, lion, rabbit, sadness, shyness, wolf

The mean old mean hyena

Prelutsky, Jack

The hynea prides himself on being the meanest animal who plays dirty tricks on the zebra, ostrich, elephant, and lion. The other animals try to take revenge on him, but he fools them and gets away.

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animals, conflict resolution, consequences, deception, elephant, humor, hyena, lion, mischief, ostrich, verbal communication, zebra

Tell me, little boy

Foster, Doris Van Liew

A young boy and a rabbit have a conversation about which animal they would be if they had a choice. The boy lists many animals but cannot make his mind. The rabbit decides he wants to be the Easter Bunny.

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animals, birds, critical thinking, decision making, elephant, horse, lion, monkey, owl, rabbit, reptiles, turtle, verbal communication

Brian wildsmith's circus

Wildsmith, Brian

Vivid colors and movement across each page makes a reader feel like they are actually at a circus. Come see the different animals and people that perform in a circus!

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animals, bear, birds, circus, clowns, dog, elephant, fun, horse, lion, monkey, performance, seal, tiger

A is for...?

Horenstein, Henry

Each letter of the alphabet is represented with a partial picture of an animal that begins with that letter. (A Wordless Book).

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alphabet, animals, author's note, birds, duck, elephant, giraffe, horse, letters, monkey, ostrich, parrot, photograph, quail, sequence, turtle, vulture, zebra

Babar and the ghost

Brunhoff, Jean de

Babar, his friends, and family go on a hike. A storm comes so they go into a castle. The children find a ghost that only they can see, and it follows them home.

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animals, critical thinking, elephant, family, fear, feelings, ghosts, mythical, parents, play, siblings, storm, stress management

Babar and his children

Brunhoff, Jean de

Babar, the king of Celesteville, and his wife are expecting a baby. There is not just one baby but triplets. The babies experience many adventures growing up.

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animals, baby, elephant, family, growing up, helping, royalty, stress management

The trouble with elephants

Riddell, Chris

A little girl thinks that elephants are a lot of trouble. They do many annoying things, such as take all the covers at night and eat all the cupcakes. The real trouble with elephants is that you cannot help but love them.

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animals, critical thinking, elephant, feelings, food, frustration, mischief, nonverbal communication, sleep, stress management, verbal communication

Babar the king

Brunhoff, Jean de

Babar, now king, decides to build a beautiful city. With the help of a teacher, he is able to bring things back from his honeymoon to build the city with. All the elephants make the city and the rest of the animals are confused by all the commotion.

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animals, change, community, cooperation, decision making, elephant, goal setting, helping, royalty, teamwork, verbal communication

Splash!

McDonnell, Flora

It is a hot day for all of the animals. Baby elephant has an idea. He leads everyone down to the water for a cool drink. When everyone has had a drink, the fun begins. Splash!Everyone is cool and wet.

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animals, baby, birds, bodies of water, decision making, elephant, family, fun, parents, playing, rhinoceros, rhythm, tiger, water, weather

Baby elephant's trunk

Joslin, Sesyle

Baby Elephant is very happy when mother elephant tells him that they are going to cross the ocean and visit France. All night long, Baby Elephant quizzes Mother Elephant about what they will do and say when they get to Paris.

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animals, baby, boat, bodies of water, elephant, excitement, family, feelings, french, happiness, language, multicultural, nonverbal communication, ocean, parents, transportation, travel, verbal communication

Little elephant

Ford, Miela

An elephant frolics in the water while his loving mother looks on. Hugs feel great too.

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animals, bath, elephant, games, love, persistence

Easter parade

Chalmers, Mary

The Easter animals gather for a springtime parade and everyone receives an Easter basket.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, easter, holidays, nonverbal communication, parade, verbal communication

Wolf!

Bloom, Becky

A wolf is determined to learn to read so he can gain acceptance by a group of educated farm animals. The wolf goes to school to learn to read and refines his skills through practice and using the library. The wolf becomes so talented his skilss impres the farm animals who then welcome his company.

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animals, books, determination, duck, friendship, hunger, picnic, pig, practice, reading, school, storytelling, wolf

Number nine duckling

Akass, Susan

Eight of Delushka's nine eggs have hatched. The ninth duckling is scared to come out and needs his mother's help. After he emerges from his shell, he lags behind his siblings due to his fears. All of the farm animals encourage him until he can catch up and join his family.

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animals, confidence, conflict resolution, duck, encouragement, family, fear, fly, goal setting, goat, helping, horse, jumping, parents, patience, siblings

Flip and the morning

Dennis, Wesley

Flip, a young horse, always wakes the other animals. Willie the goat tells Flip about a wooden duck that lives in a swamp and that anyone who comes into contact with the duck receives wisdom. Willie made oup the story so Flip would leave. Flip does leave to search for the duck and actually finds one. He races back and wakes up Willie to show him the duck.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, bodies of water, decision making, duck, fear, feelings, horse, self esteem, swamp

Duck in the truck

Alborough, Jez

As duck drives home in his truck, he hits a rock which leaves him stuck in the muck. Frog first tries to help, then sheep and finally goat. Working together the four animals are able to get the truck out.

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accidents, anger, animals, boat, car, critical thinking, duck, feelings, frog, happiness, rhyme, sequence, sheep, teamwork, transportation, truck

Springtime for jeanne-marie

Francoise.

A girl, her duck, and her sheep play together. The duck gets lost and Jeanne-marie must find her.

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animals, duck, french, friendship, loyalty, multicultural, sheep

Pippa mouse: Six read aloud,read alone stories

Boegehold, Betty

Pippa is a field mouse involved in various activities with her family and animal friends. Pippa works, plays, skates, and prepares for Christmas.

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animals, birds, christmas, duck, exercise, fox, friendship, holidays, mouse, play, preparation, skating, squirrel

One duck stuck

Root, P.

One duck gets stuck in the muck down by the marsh. Creatures by the marsh try to help him get free. Creatures come first two, then three, then adding one every time. No one can free the duck by themselves but as a team, the duck is freed.

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alliteration, animals, conflict resolution, counting, cricket, dragonfly, duck, fish, frog, helping, moose, numbers, opossum, rhyme, sequence, skunk, snail, snake, stress management, teamwork, verbal communication

Come along, daisy

Simmons, Jane

As Mama Duck continually calls for Daisy to follow along, Daisy is distracted by everything around her. Suddenly, Mama Duck is no where to be found, and Daisy is all alone. Will Daisy find her mother and learn the importance of staying close to her?

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animals, butterfly, disobedience, dragonfly, duck, fear, feelings, fish, frog, insects, loneliness, lost, obedience, parents, sounds

Mary alice returns

Allen, Jeffrey

Mary Alice is a switchboard operator on whom everyone depends. She completes her job perfectly until one day, when Karen squirrel plays dangerous games with her.

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animals, chicken, communication, deception, duck, misunderstanding, mystery, squirrel, teasing

Emmett's pig

Stolz, Mary

Emmett is very fond of pigs and dreams of having one of his own. Unfortunately, he lives in the city.

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animals, decision making, dreams, goal setting, patience, pets, pig, responsibilities

Sometimes i dream horses

Peterson, Jeanne Whitehouse

A little girl dreams of riding horses. While on her grandmother's farm, she finally gets to ride a horse.

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animals, assertiveness, dreams, family, farm, goal setting, grandparents, horse, verbal communication

One dragon's dream

Pavey, Peter

A dragon dreams about various animals. Counting is made fun through the drawings and rhyming words of a dragon's dream.

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amphibians, animals, birds, counting, dragons, dreams, elephant, frog, kangaroo, mythical, nonverbal communication, reptiles, rhyme, seal, sequence, storks, tiger, turkey, turtle

The king's procession

McCrea, James//McCrea, Ruth

As the king's procession rides through the village, Pipin, the tall boy, is made fun of becauses he rides a donkey. The king makes a proclamation to give Pipin a new grand pony, but Pipin chooses to keep his donkey.

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animals, decision making, donkey, feelings, horse, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, pony, royalty, sadness, seasons, self esteem, winter

For pepita- An orange tree

Oleson, Claire

It is Pepita's birthday soon, and all she talks about is getting an orange tree. Her family thinks that she is silly, so they give her presents but no orange tree. Manolo is her best friend and knows exactly what Pepita wants.

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animals, birthday, conflict resolution, donkey, family, giving, grandparents, holidays, parents, plants, verbal communication

Sylvester and the magic pebble

Steig, William

Sylvester the donkey finds a magic pebble which grants him whatever he wishes. He runs into a lion and wishes that he is a rock. He turns into a rock and is unable to wish himself back. A year later, his parents find the rock while picnicing and wishes to see Sylvester again, which brings him back.

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animals, change, coping, critical thinking, decision making, donkey, family, feelings, happiness, imagination, lion, loneliness, magic, parents, picnic, self esteem

The night of las posadas

dePaola, Tomie

Lupe and Roberto are going to play the roles of Mary and Joseph in a reenactment of the night that Jesus Christ was born. Lupe's aunt, Sister Angie, is in charge of the production. However, Sister Angie becomes sick and Lupe and Roberto must proceed to the village. There is a bad snowstorm and the couple gets stranded in the snow. Friends of Sister Angie come to the rescue and play the role of Mary and Joseph, then disappear. Lupe and Roberto finally arrive and close the production. Later, Sister Angie wanders the church and finds the cloaks of the carving of Mary and Joseph covered in fresh snow.

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animals, anticipation, author's note, baby, birthday, christmas, church, confusion, donkey, excitement, family, feelings, happiness, holidays, language, multicultural, nonverbal communication, preparation, sadness, seasons, snow, spanish, transportation, truck, verbal communication, weather, winter, worry

Bolivar

Gramatky, Hardie

Bolivar, is a clumsy donkey who dilligently tries to live up to his namesake, the famous hero of South America. At the city's fiesta, Bolivar proves himself worthy of his name when he saves his owner Pepito and others from a raging bull.

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accomplishment, animals, assertiveness, bull, conflict resolution, courage, donkey, multicultural, party, south american

Cocolo's home

Ehrlich, Bettina

Cocolo the donkey travels from his homeland to America. When Cocolo's master, Lucin, gets a visit from his parents, Cocolo becomes homesick. Cocolo gets to visit his homeland and ended up missing America all along.

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animals, appreciation, donkey, feelings, happiness, homesickness, stress management

There was an old lady who swallowed a trout

Sloat, Teri

An old woman swallows a trout and must keep swallowing different creatures to try and catch the trout. She gets quite a mouthful of animals and fish, then they all swim out.

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animals, bodies of water, dolphin, fish, ocean, otter, rhyme, salmon, seal, sequence, swimming, trout, walrus, whale

Harry and lulu

Yorinks, Arthur

Just like any other little girl, Lulu wants a dog. Her parents give her a stuffed poodle named Harry instead of a real pet. At first, Lulu doesn't like Harry at all!But when he comes to life and they have an adventure together, Lulu discovers what a good friend he is.

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anger, animals, architecture, bodies of water, decision making, dog, family, feelings, french, friendship, multicultural, parents, pets, reading, river, sleep, toys, travel, verbal communication

Mr. floop's lunch

Novak, Matt

Mr. Floop shares his lunch with animals in the park, but then Mr. Floop is hungry. A woman stops by and shares her lunch with Mr. Floop.

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animals, birds, cat, celebration, dog, food, friendship, hunger, kindness, nutrition, park, picnic, sharing, squirrel

$Eating fractions$

Eating fractions

McMillan, Bruce

Using foods like muffins and pizza, two children divide up and share food in three quantities (one-half, one-third and one-fourth).

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animals, author's note, concepts, counting, dog, food, math, numbers, nutrition, recipe, sequence, sharing

Circle dogs

Henkes, Kevin

Two circle dogs live in a big, square house with Mama, Papa, Big Sister, and Baby. They like to run, dig, jump, and eat circle snacks. Most of all they like to sleep.

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animals, dog, dreams, family, morning, night, obedience, play, routine, shapes, sizes, sleep, sounds

Night owls

Denslow, Sharon Phillips

William and his aunt are both night owls. They stay up late and experience the wonder of a midsummer night.

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animals, decision making, dog, family, five senses, goal setting, night, nonverbal communication, play, seasons, sleep, summer, verbal communication

Spring is

Domanska, Janina

A little dog explores the four seasons. Each season is described with different adjectives.

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animals, autumn, dog, seasons, spring, summer, winter

Go dog go!

Eastman, P.D.

This story depicts dogs in many different places and situations.

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animals, dog, nonverbal communication, rhyme

Burnt toast on davenport street

Egan, Tim

Arthur Crandall is granted three wishes from a magic fly. Since Arthur does not really believe in the magic fly, his wishes are not very thoughtful. Two of his wishes come true but they are mixed up. The third wish has the potential to change life as the Crandall's know it.

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animals, bully, conflict resolution, crocodile, dog, fly, insects, magic, reptiles, wish

Silent night

Turner, Sandy

It is Christmas Eve and Santa is delivering presents. When he arrives at a house, he finds a very noisy, active dog. Santa is still able to drop off the presents without waking the children and they all enjoy their presents the next morning. They also have a red surprise to touch -- thanks to the dog!

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animals, cat, christmas, discipline, dog, excitement, family, feelings, five senses, happiness, holidays, night, noise, nonverbal communication, presents, reindeer, santa, sleep, sounds, surprises, touch

Mystery of the gate sign

Friskey, Margaret

Rackety goes out one day to learn something. Rackety is able to read the signs in the garden and is excited, but then a dog comes along and spoils it for him. He goes to the zoo and finds happiness there after he is able to read the sign and finds that no dogs are allowed.

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animals, conflict resolution, dog, feelings, learning, peer resistance, reading, signs, stress management, verbal communication, zoo

Grandfather's christmas camp

McCutcheon, Marc

Mr. Biggins, a three-legged dog, is lost in the mountain on Christmas Eve. Grandfather and Lizzie dress warmly, pack a small bag, and head up the mountain to find their dog. They camp overnight in an igloo and find two surprises on Christmas Day.

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animals, assertiveness, camping, christmas, critical thinking, decision making, dog, exercise, family, feelings, frustration, grandparents, happiness, holidays, lost, mountains, nutrition, raccoon, seasons, shelter, sledding, snow, verbal communication, walking, weather, winter

Open me...i'm a dog

Spielgelman, Art

The dog narrating this story explains the wizard's curse and many other adventures that turn him into this book. He longs for the curse to be broken and for someone to save him from being the pages of a book. He wants someone to give him a loving home.

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anger, animals, birds, books, bull, car, dog, feelings, fish, frog, german, loneliness, magic, mountains, multicultural, rabbit, sheep, transportation, witches, woods

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