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 Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) [extensive links] "Strive and Succeed"
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 Paint Me Like I Am: Teen Poems from Writerscorps is a powerful and remarkable collection of nearly 100 poems written by homeless and at-risk teens taking part in writing programs run by a national alliance called WritersCorps. Recommended for any teen.
[Foreward by Nikki Giovanni] ORDER@AMAZON
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| Jaime Adoff
The Song Shoots Out of My Mouth: A Celebration of Music - Ages 10-14+ [collection of 24 poems/free form/diverse/hits the high notes/author debut] |
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Giles Andreae Giraffes Can't Dance [Fitting in] |
Jill Bennett
Grandad's Tree: Poems about Families |
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Maya Angelou Life Doesn't Frighten Me |
Berger, Carin
Not So True Stories & Unreasonable Rhymes |
| Berry, James
Around the World in Eighty Poems [imaginary journey through 51 countries/ invites children to share in the richness of cultures around the globe.' |
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| BENEFITS STARBRIGHT FOUNDATION
The Emperor's New Clothes [Lesson Plan Included] Once Upon a Fairy Tale: Four Favorite Stories [contemporary] |
Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917-2000)
Bronzeville Boys and Girls - Ages 7-10 - poems that celebrate the joy, beauty, imagination, and freedom of childhood. Diversity. |
| Ashley Bryan [click here for Ashley Bryan]
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| Kathi Appelt
Incredible ME! [what makes you special?/celebration of Self] Bats on Parade |
Crisler, Curtis L.
Tough Boy Sonatas [powerful and hard-hitting]
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| cummings, e. e.
E. E. Cummings: A Poet's Life by Catherine Reef [well-rounded portrait of Cummings while examining the culture in which he lived as he developed his craft/comprehensive biography includes Cummings’s original sketches and paintings, quotes from friends and family, photographs, and the poetry of Cummings and his peers. Bibliography, endnotes, index. |
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Edward Ardizzone (1900-1979)
Little Tim Series |
Kalli Dakos
Put Your Eyes Up Here: And Other School Poems [poems and mini plays/challenges and triumphs in the classroom] (Ages 7-10) If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems About School (Ages 7-10) |
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Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson's Letters to the World [introduction to Emily Dickinson] |
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| Meshack Asare
Sosu's Call [disability/handicap/prejudice/courage] Ages 6 Up |
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes |
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Richard Bach
Jonathan Livingston Seagull Illusions Messiah's Handbook: Reminders for the Advanced Soul |
Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Lemonade Sun: And Other Summer Poems Sweet Dreams of the Wild: Poems for Bedtime Castles: Old Stone Poems |
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Wallace Edwards
Mixed Beasts [bizarre beasts, such as the Bumblebeaver and the Rhinocerostrich in their natural environment/exotic flora and fauna hidden in each remarkable painting and poem.] |
| Engle, Margarita
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano [Powerful poetry. Brief Afterword fills in historical background.] Ages 12 Up |
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| Karen English
Speak to Me: (And I Will Listen between the Lines) [six inner-city third-graders talk about their school day/perceptive/free-verse poems] |
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| James M. Barrie
Peter Pan [Lesson Plan Included] |
Paul Fleischman
Big Talk: Poems for Four Voices (Ages 10-13) - A collection of poems to be read aloud by four people, with color-coded text to indicate which lines are read by which readers.
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Graeme Base The Sign of the Seahorse: A Tale of Greed and High Adventure in Two Acts My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch Animalia The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery The Discovery of Dragons |
Doug Florian [
Books in Nature Section]
Zoo's Who (2005) Omnibeasts (2004) Lizards, Frogs, And Polliwogs (2001) Mammalabilia: Poems And Paintings (2000) Laugh-Eteria (1999) Insectlopedia (1998) In The Swim: Poems And Paintings (1997) On The Wing: Bird Poems And Paintings Beast Feast (1994) |
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L. Frank Baum
The Wizard of OZ - 100th Anniversary Edition 2000 Extensive Resources Karen Beaumont
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Kristine O'Connell George
Hummingbird Nest: A Journal of Poems Little Dog Poems [Lesson Plan] The Great Frog Race and Other Poems Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems "Where do I fit?/Nothing is clear./Can already tell/this will be/a jigsaw year." |
| Ludwig Bemelmans
Mad About Madeline: The Complete Tales |
Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) |
| Giovanni,
Nikki
COTTON CANDY ON A RAINY DAY - Collection of Giovanni's Poems THE NIKKI GIOVANNI POETRY COLLECTION [Audio CD 2002] |
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Barbara Helen Berger
Gwinna Grandfather Twilight |
Jan Greenberg (Editor)
Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art - Ages 10 Up [more info in Art Section ]
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| Heard, Georgia
This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort [18 picture book artists are featured in thie collection, each illustrating a poem by esteemed poets. Their words and images of grief, comfort, and hope are for all to find our way.] |
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BOOKS BY KIDS FOR KIDS SERIES PRISON-Not Me! |
William J. Higginson
Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku Haiku World: An International Poetry Almanac
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| Anne Blackshaw & Tim McKee
No More Strangers Now: Young Voices from a New South Africa [first person stories - experiences under Apartheid] |
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| Nikki Grimes
Thanks a Million [sixteen extraordinary poems that range in form from a haiku to a rebus to a riddle, Nikki Grimes reminds us how wonderful it is to feel thankful, and how powerful a simple "thank you" can be.] |
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| Barbara Bottner
Charlene Loves to Make Noise [shyness] The Scaredy Cats (2003) [blowing our fears way out of proportion] Wallace's Lists [over-programmed kids/trying new experiences/unlikely friends/spontaneity]. |
Linda Oatman High
Sister Slam and the Poetic Motormouth Roadtrip - YA
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Corinne Demas Bliss Matthew's Meadow - [learning to "think beyond your thoughts"] - All Ages |
Lee Bennett Hopkins
Hoofbeats, Claws & Rippled Fins: Creature Poems - Ages 9-12 [14 poems inspired by artist Stephen Alcorn's woodcuts] Wonderful Words: Poems About Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening - Ages 6-11 Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? and Other Disasters [14 poems for kids 5-9. Ever wonder whether anyone else knows what it's like to have a really bad day?] |
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Connie Bowen I Believe in Me |
Patricia Hubbell
City Kids Earthmates A Grass Green Gallop |
| Sandra Boynton
YAY YOU: Moving Out, Moving Up, Moving on [All Ages - transition, change, graduation] The Going To Bed Book (preK Board Book) |
Langston Hughes [more in Black History]
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems |
| Vanita Braver
Madison's Patriotic Project [Trying your best and accepting that you will not always win are what truly counts.] Madison and the Two Wheeler [emphasizes that determination is a key ingredient in achieving your goals.] |
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| Denise Brennan-Nelson
Someday Is Not a Day of the Week "We can't always make room for the things that matter most," Sunday said kindly. "If you want to do something, Max, don't wait for Someday, pick one of us." |
Paul B. Janeczko (Editor)
Stone Bench in an Empty Park - Ages 10 Up [Haiku/black and white photographs/20 contributors/a reflection of all that is city life] |
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Normal Bridwell CLIFFORD |
Alan Katz
Take Me Out of the Bathtub (Ages 2-6) OOPS! (Ages 7-10) |
| Walter R. Brooks
THE FREDDY BOOKS 75TH ANNIVERSARY Twenty-nine (29) titles which chronicle the adventures of Freddy, a talking pig and his Bean Farm friends. First published between 1927 and 1958, and illustrated by Kurt Wiese. |
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| Jeff Brown
Flat Stanley [The Flat Stanley Project] |
Bobbi Katz
Pocket Poems [collection of 50 short, easy to recite, easy to memorize, fun poems] |
| Laurie K. Brown & Marc Brown
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Kate Kiesler (Illustrator)
Wings on the Wind: Bird Poems [anthology includes poetry of Elizabeth Coatsworth, Margaret Wise Brown, Carl Sandburg,Eleanor Farjeon,Robert Louis Stevenson. Edward Lear and more] |
| Margaret Wise Brown (1910-1952 ) Goodnight Moon - 50th Anniversary The Runaway Bunny The Little Island Two Little Trains [newly illustrated by Diane and Leo Dillon] The Important Book Robin's Room Sneakers the Seaside Cat (2003) |
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Marcia Brown Stone Soup |
Dean Koontz The Paper Doorway : Funny Verse and Nothing Else - Ages 9-12 |
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Anthony Browne Voices in the Park Gorila Willy the Champ, Willy the Dreamer, Willy the Wimp My Dad |
Ruth Krauss, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)
I'll Be You and You Be Me Karla Kuskin
Moon, Have You Met My Mother: The Collected Poems of Karla Kuskin - Ages 6-9 |
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Jeff Brumbeau
The Quiltmaker's Gift [generosity] Quilts from the Quiltmaker's Gift Miss Hunnicutt's Hat [being yourself] |
Edward Lear
The Owl and the Pussycat - A new and brilliantly illustrated reinterpretation of a classic. The artist's vision begins in a segregated world where different species never mix and everyone hides behind a mask. An artstocratic owl and a bohemian pussycat find each other and excape society's disapproval by sailing in their pea green boat to "the land where the bong-tree grows," a utopia of mismatched creatures living together, their masks doffed for good.
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| Eve Bunting
Your Move [Making good decisions] Can You Do This, Old Badger? [intergenerational story/grandpa's wisdom] |
Sandford Lyne
Soft Hay Will Catch You: Poems by Young People [100 young people, from ages 8 to 18, share their thoughts and feelings about the world they live in.] Ten-Second Rainshowers: Poems by Young People [130 young people share poems about childhood, home and family, challenges, friendship and love, solitude and spirit]
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
(1849-1924) Inside the Secret Garden: A Treasury of Crafts, Recipes and Activities The Secret Garden A Little Princess |
Charles Mathes
In Every Moon There Is a Face: Poem
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Laura Ann Campbell Storybooks for Tough Times |
Tony Mitton
Plum [delicious, mysterious, thoughtful, captivating collection of poetry and art]. "As I went walking down Green Man Lane / I met a stranger there. / His clothes were all of foliage / and tangled was his hair." |
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Janell Cannon Verdi Stellaluna Crickwing Little Yau Pinduli |
David McCord
Every Time I Climb a Tree [ collection of 25 poems for young children demonstrating McCord's gift of "making serious ideas unforgettable and ordinary events extraordinary."] |
| Eric Carle [Includes: Author Study/Teacher Guide] Panda Bear, Banda Bear, What Do You See? [endangered animals] 2003 The Very Busy Cricket From Head to Toe [self esteem and confidence builder] The Very Hungry Caterpillar [metamorphosis of a butterfly] A House For Hermit Crab [embracing change, cooperation] The Very Busy Spider [use of senses] The Tiny Seed [life cycle of a flower] |
Jeffrey Moss The Butterfly Jar Myers, Christopher
Jabberwocky Reimagined by Myers as a face-off on the basketball court with his signature exuberant, high-energy art. |
| Nancy Carlson
Smile a Lot! [life's ups/downs; power of positive thinking/working through it] How to Lose All Your Friends I Like Me! |
Marilyn Nelson
Carver: A Life in Poems - YA. Biographiy of George Washington Carver in poems. |
| Giora Carmi
Circle of Friends - All Ages - A young boy shares his snack with a homesless man/cycle of good will/you get back what you give/wordless picture book/powerful message] |
Judith Nicholls
The Sun in Me: Poems About the Planet [collection of poets/our connection to earth]
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Lewis Carroll, DeLoss MGraw, Illustrator About Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898) aka Lewis Carroll Lewis Carroll, the photographer Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [Lesson Plans ] [Carroll's Online Texts ] Alice Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll, Photographer The Annotated Alice : Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass [Ages 9 Up] |
Naomi Shihab Nye
Come With Me: Poems for a Journey The Space Between Our Footsteps: Poems and Paintings from the Middle East The Tree Is Older Than You Are: Bilingual Poems and Stories from Mexico Lullaby Raft This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems from Around the World Honeybee: Poems and Short Prose |
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Nancy L. Carlson I Like Me ! [Love yourself. Self-respect/self-portrait/self-esteem. Good for all ages] |
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Peter Catalanotto Dad & Me |
Susan Pearson (Selected by) The Drowsy Hours: Poems for Bedtime |
| Denys Cazet
Minnie and Moo Series [Early Chapter Books] |
Neil Philip (Selected by)
The Fish is Me: Bathtime Rhymes |
| Charlotte Pomerantz
Thunderboom! Poems for Everyone (Ages 7-10) [fun, fun, fun...good read-aloud] |
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| William Henry Channing
My Symphony |
Jack Prelutsky
The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders Awful Ogre's Awful Day It's Raining Pigs & Noodles The Beauty of the Beast: Poems from the Animal Kingdom The Gargoyle on the Roof My Dog May Be a Genius (2008) ...and more |
| Chih-Yuan Chen
Guji Guji [being different/acceptance/family values/loyalty] |
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James Clavell
(1924-1994) Thrump-O-Moto |
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| Lucille Clifton
One of the Problems of Everett Anderson [Use to explore child abuse] |
Ryan Price [Visions in Poetry Series]
The Raven |
| Barbara H. Cole
Anna & Natalie [Anna and her seeing-eye dog Natalie are chosen by Anna’s teacher to participate in the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.] (Teaching Tools) |
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| Evelyn Coleman
White Socks Only To Be a Drum The Riches of Oseola McCarty |
James Proimos If I Were in Charge the Rules Would Be Different [poetry] - Ages 7-9 |
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Ross Collins Busy Night [calming nighttime anxiety/taking charge of your bad dreams] [humorous] |
Catherine Reef Walt Whitman [Ages 12 Up] [Resource: The Walt Whitman Archive ] |
| Wendy Cooling (Selector)
Come to the Great World: Poems from Around the Globe |
Cynthia Rylant
God Went to Beauty School - Ages 12 Up [creative, thought provoking, what if?] |
| Charlene Costanzo
The Twelve Gifts of Birth (1998) |
Michael Rosen
A Spider Bought a Bicycle: and Other Poems For Young Children (Ages 6-10) [features the work of such classic poets as Tennyson, Shakespeare, and Coleridge, as well as traditional playground rhymes and folk songs from around the world./Selected poems address many different themes and moods, including funny, sad, wistful, and intriguing poems.] |
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Bill Cosby Country Fair (1997) My Big Lie (1999) |
Liz Rosenberg (Editor) Light-Gathering Poems - Ages 12 Up. An anthology of mostly classic poems by famous poets: Byron, Dickinson, Frost, Ginsberg, Hughes, Issa, Keats, Oliver, Rilke, Rumi, Stafford, Yeats, and lots more. Biographical information at the end of the book. Beautiful collection. |
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Sharon
Creech
Fishing in the Air [creating Father and Son memories] |
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) Vagabond. Soldier. Reporter. Musician. Husband. Father. Storyteller. Historian. People's Poet. [Learn More: Carl Sandburg Historic Site Association]
Carl Sandburg: Adventures of a Poet |
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Joanna Crosse
A Child's Book of Angels |
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| Robin Cruise
Little Mama Forgets [Every morning, Lucy tiptoes into her grandmother’s room to wake her with a gentle tickle. Little Mamá always remembers to tickle Lucy right back! But Lucy knows there are things her abuelita sometimes forgets – like the way to the park or how to tie her shoes. Still, there’s much that Little Mamá remembers and shares. / A lyrical text with Spanish words and phrases and vibrant art spiced with cultural details capture the give-and-take in this lively Hispanic family and celebrate the special bonds that exist between young and old. |
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Chara M. Curtis
All I See Is Part Of Me Fun Is A Feeling How Far To Heaven? |
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| Jamie Lee Curtis I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem (2002) Where Do Balloons Go? (2000) Today I Feel Silly & Other Moods That Make My Day (1998) Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born (1998) BIG WORDS for Little People (September 2008)
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Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel "Dr. Seuss"
Oh, the Places You'll Go! The Cat in the Hat Happy Birthday to You ! One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish ABC Green Eggs and Ham My Many Colored Days The Lorax |
Listen to Mustn'ts, child, listen to the Don'ts.
Listen to the Shouldn'ts, the Impossibles, the Won'ts. Listen to the Never Haves, then listen close to me. Anything can happen, child, Anything can be. -Shel Silverstein |
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Lawrence David
Beetle Boy [hearing your children/paying attention] |
Shel Silverstein [book descriptions]
The Giving Tree Where The Sidewalk Ends A Light In the Attic Falling Up A Giraffe and a Half Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook (2005) Don't Bump the Glump!: And Other Fantasies (2008) |
| Katie Davis
Mabel the Tooth Fairy and How She Got Her Job [very clever/children will be certain to brush and floss after reading] |
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Marguerite W. Davol
Why Butterflies Go by on Silent Wings |
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Mimi Doe
Drawing Angels Near Ten Principles For Spiritual Parenting – Nurturing The Soul Of Your Child |
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| Jennifer Donnelly
Humble Pie [selfishness/spoiled rotten/tantrums]
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Siegen-Smith, Nikki
Sea Dreams: Poems From Under the Waves - Ages 6-10 |
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Sarah Dyer Five Little Fiends [selfishness/joy of sharing]
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Singer, Marilyn
Footprints on the Roof: Poems About the Earth Creature Carnival [poems that celebrate the weird] 2004 The Company of Crows: A Book of Poems Turtle in July (1989) Fireflies at Midnight (2003) |
| Marian Wright Edelman
I Can Make a Difference (All Ages) [compilation of stories, poems, songs, quotations, and folktales that speak to all children to let them know that they can make a difference in today's world.] |
Soto, Gary
Canto Familiar - Ages 9-12 Neighborhood Odes - Ages 9-12 |
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Pamela Duncan Edwards
Rude Mule Clara Caterpillar HONK!: The Story of a Prima Swanerina Livingstone Mouse Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke [alliteration] Some Smug Slug [alliteration] The Worrywarts [alliteration] WARTHOGS IN A BOX: Counting-Colors-Sound Dear Tooth Fairy [Letters to and from the Tooth Fairy/impatient for the first loose tooth] |
Elizabeth Spires The Mouse of Amherst -Ages 9 Up - introduction to Emily Dickinson Emily... "I'm Nobody! Who are you? / Are you--Nobody--too? / Then there's a pair of us! / Don't tell! they'd banish us--you know!" Emmaline... "It matters what we think, / What words we put in ink, / It matters what we feel / What feelings we conceal." |
| Laura Malone Elliott
Hunter's Best Friend at School "Being a best friend doesn't mean always following along. Sometimes being a best friend means you have to help your friend be his best self." |
Smith, Jr., Charles R.
Poems that capture the unique talents and determination of some of the best men and women in professional basketball. Hoop Kings (Ages 8 and up) Hoop Queens (Ages 8 and up) |
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Rene Escudie and Ulises Wensell Paul and Sebastian [children teach their parents about acceptance] |
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Eleanor Estes (1906-1988)
The Moffats The Middle Moffat Rufus M. The Moffat Museum Ginger Pye The Alley The Tunnel of Hugsy Goode The Curious Adventures of Jimmy McGee |
Eileen Spinelli [Interview]
Feathers: Poems About Birds (Ages 6-9) When You Are Happy (Ages 3-6) "When you are afraid, / I will take your hand / and not let go-- / except once to borrow one hundred tiny stars / to spell out the words: YOU ARE SAFE."
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Betsy Everitt Mean Soup [getting rid of frustrations] |
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Paul Fleischman [see also]
Weslandia [Meet an independent thinker, unafraid of new possibilities and open to change. ] |
Elizabeth Swados
Hey You! C'Mere: A Poetry Slam [free-verse/rap-style poems/urban] Use to encourage your kids to write poetry. |
| Laura Fox, M.A.
I Am So Angry, I Could Scream: Helping Children Deal With Anger |
Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson, with superb illustrations by Genevieve Cote
The Lady of Shalott |
| Debra Frasier
On The Day You Were Born Out Of The Ocean Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster |
Richard Wilbur The Pig in the Spigot [Poetry] Ages 6-9 |
| April Halprin Wayland
Girl Coming in for a Landing: A Novel in Poems - YA [Young girl nearing adolescence/poems span a school year] End notes offer suggestions for writing and submitting poetry. |
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Lisa Rowe Fraustino The Hickory Chair [blind child] [intergenerational] |
Nancy Wood
Spirit Walker: Poems Sacred Fire: Poetry and Prose Also read: How the Tiny People Grew Tall: An Original Creation Tale. Ages 7-9. [loosely based on Native American "emergence" myths.] |
| Russell Freedman
Confucius: The Golden Rule (Ages 9-12) |
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Saxton Freymann
How are You Peeling? One Lonely Sea Horse |
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Mem Fox
Time For Bed Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge Koala Lou Possum Magic Whoever You Are |
Patrice Vecchione
(Editor) The Body Eclectic: An Anthology of Poems - YA Truth and Lies: An Anthology of Poems - Ages 11 Up Revenge and Forgiveness: An Anthology of Poems |
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Campbell Geeslin
Elena's Serenade - Ages 4-7 [Set in Mexico. Elena wants to be a glass blower. "Who ever heard of a girl glassblower?"/self-confidence/determination/gender roles. Spanish-English glossary precedes the text.] |
Judy Young
R is for Rhyme: A Poetry Alphabet [collection of poems illustrating poetic tools, terms, and techniques. (Ages 5-10) Use in classroom for grades 3-5 |
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Marc Gellman, Ph.D.
AND GOD CRIED, TOO: A KID'S BOOK OF HEALING AND HOPE by Marc Gellman, Harry Bliss (Illustrator) - Ages 7 Up "This is a book for children, but it's also a book for adults who aren't sure how to bring hope to children who are sad or scared," says Gellman. "All kids deal with loss on some level, and helping them deal with resulting feelings of angers, sadness, and fear is an important part of every parent's job." |
Margot Zemach
Some from the Moon Some from the Sun: Poems and Songs for Everyone - Ages 5-8. [Posthumous collection of 26 poems, Autobiography at end of book. "When a big tree falls and people aren't near,/Does it really make a noise if no one can hear?" |
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Rabbi Marc Gellman and
Monsignor Thomas Hartman Lost & Found: A Kid's Book for Living Through Loss |
Tracie Vaughn Zimmer [Interview]
Sketches from a Spy Tree (Ages 9-12) Reaching for Sun 42 Miles (Ages 10-13 |
| Mordicai Gerstein
The Wild Boy [based on true story of a boy living all alone in France 1800] Mountains of Tibet Sparrow Jack [little known story of how the sparrow came to America/1868 Philadelphia/John Bardsley] How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird |
Charlotte Zolotow
When the Wind Stops Seasons: A Book of Poems |
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Vanessa Gill-Brown Rufferella [the importance of being yourself] |
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| Judith Heide Gilliland
Not in the House, Newton! [color red/imagination/creativity] |
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Paul Goble
Beyond The Ridge The Girl Who Loved Horses |
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Jeff and Martha Gottlieb
Spriggles Motivational Books for Children |
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| Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932)
The Wind in the Willows October 2002 [compled and unabridged] [includes: reproductions of letters from Grahame to his son, "Dearest Mouse," photographs, and biographical information.] [Arthur Rackham illustrations] |
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Kate Greenaway
(1846-1901) Kate Greenaway's Book of Games Kate Greenaway Almanacs : An Online Exhibit Kate Greenaway's A, Apple Pie |
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| Francesca Greco
Cyril the Mandrill [making fun of/diversity/acceptance] |
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| David Greenberg
Don't Forget Your Etiquette!: The Essential Guide to Misbehavior [Meet Miss Information, the world’s foremost expert on bad behavior, as she offers upside-down advice about the etiquette of absolutely everything. In twenty impishly off-center poems she states her views on such important topics as bathing (with and without gerbils), kissing (Komodo dragons as well as teachers), and eating.] Use this at home and in the classroom to demonstrate how NOT to act. |
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| Valiska Gregory
Kate's Giants [overcoming fear] |
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| Gusti
Half of an Elephant [All of a sudden, the world split in two. Faced with this unexpected event - and with half of his considerable body missing - an elephant begins a journey to find his missing half. Along the way, he discovers the many different ways there are of rebuilding and reinventing oneself.... an adventure of a lifetime, not just for our hero, but for every reader who has ever struggled to find himself. ] [Teaching Tips] |
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| Gramatky, Hardi (1907–1979)
LITTLE TOOT [First published in 1939, this classic story of the energetic tugboat is brought to new life in this restored edition. With the help and support of Hardie Gramatky’s estate, to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth, we have used archived first editions and Hardie’s original paintings to restore Little Toot to its full glory, bringing back a richness of color that has been lost in decades of reprintings. This new edition also features several of the artist’s full-color manuscript sketches, never before seen in print, and reintroduces the book’s exquisite original endpapers.] |
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| Charise Mericle Harper
When Randolph Turned Rotten [Jealousy/friendship/emotions. Kids' squirmier feelings are conveyed with good humor and empathy in this reassuring tale about the icky feelings we all have, even though we are mostly very, very nice.] |
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Bell Hooks
Skin Again [The skin I'm in/is just a covering./If you want to know who I am/you have got to come inside/and open your heart way wide.] Happy to Be Nappy [An ode to Hair] Be Boy Buzz [In celebration of boys/"I be boy" /"All bliss boy"/"I be boy jumping"/"all think and dream time"... "in love with being a boy"] Wonderful! |
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| Sarah Hanken
Sky Castle |
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Felicity Hansen The First Bear |
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Warren Hanson
The Next Place Older Love |
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| Stephan J. Harper
One Christmas Story [the one good little girl Santa has forgotten.] One Black Sheep [Once upon a time there was a black lamb born to a flock of white sheep/adventure and discovery/diversity/acceptance. |
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| Robie H. Harris
Goodbye Mousie [ When I woke up this morning, I tickled Mousie's tummy. But Mousie didn't wake up./ understanding death] |
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Rebecca Hazel
The Barefoot Book of Heroic Children |
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Betsy Hearne Who's in the Hall? [stranger danger] Ages 5-8 |
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Tom Hegg
A Cup of Christmas Tea Memory of Christmas Tea Peef: The Christmas Bear |
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Kevin Henkes
|Interview, Author Study, Lesson Plans| Wemberly Worried (2000) Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse |Lesson Plan Activities| |
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| Herman, Debbie
Carla's Sandwich [exploring the joy of being unique][check it out for school lunches] |
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Russell Hoban |More in Picturebooks
| The Mouse and His Child - Ages 9 Up. Originally published in 1967. The Little Brute Family [a little good "feeling" can transform a family] |
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| Mary Ann Hoberman
You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Scary Tales to Read Together One of Each [sharing] And to Think That We Thought That We'd Never Be Friends Whose Garden Is It? and more... |
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| Benjamin Hoff
The Tao of Pooh |
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Robert Ingpen, Bryan Mellonie
Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children |
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Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) 9 Magic Wishes [Imagination] |
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Jarrell, Randall (1914-1965)
The Gingerbread Rabbitt [a classic read-aloud] [Illustrated by Garth Williams (1912-1996)] The Animal Family - All Ages [Illustrated by Maurice Sendak] |
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| Emily Jenkins
My Favorite Thing (According to Alberta) [Liking yourself - "What you like and who you are, these are not the same. But they are not so very different either."] |
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Dinah Johnson
Sitting Pretty: A Celebration of Black Dolls |
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Spencer Johnson, M.D.
Who Moved My Cheese? for Teens: An A-Mazing Way to Change and Win! |
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| Johnston, Tony
The Worm Family [being different is not a bad thing/fitting in/family love] |
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Barbara M. Joose
Mama, Do You Love Me? [unconditional love] |
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| Richard Jorgensen
Reading With Dad |
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| Marie-Odile Judes
Max, The Stubborn Little Wolf [Good Father's Day Book] |
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| Norton Juster, Author of The Phantom Tollbooth. This is his first picture book. (2005)
The Hello, Goodbye Window (Illustrated by Chris Raschka)(2005) - This is a love song devoted to that special relationship between grandparents and grandchild. The kitchen window at Nanna and Poppy's house is, for one little girl, a magic gateway. Everything important happens near it, through it, or beyond it. Told in her voice, her story is both a voyage of discovery and a celebration of the commonplace wonders that define childhood, expressed as a joyful fusion of text with evocative and exuberant illustrations.The world for this little girl will soon grow larger and more complex, but never more enchanting or deeply felt. |
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Roberta Karim This Is A Hospital, Not a Zoo! [Bring animal crackers!] - Ages 4-8 (and grownups who act like kids) Mandy Sue Day [Living with blindness] |
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Katharine Kenah
The Dream Shop [making the right choices] |
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| Garbiela Keselman
Marc Just Couldn't Sleep (PreK) [a young boy can't sleep. He's scared of just about everything. What If? What if? Mom to the rescue (and quite creatively).] |
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Haven Kimmel
Orville: A Dog Story [An abused ugly dog searching for love who can "feel" humans. Terrific debut book] |
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Sandy Kleven
The Right Touch: A Read-Aloud Story to Help Prevent Child Sexual Abuse |
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Leah Komaiko Annie Bananie [best friends and separation] |
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| Klise, Kate
Why Do You Cry?: Not a Sob Story [Little Rabbit is about to turn five, and he decides he’s all through with crying. He doesn’t want crybabies at his birthday party, so he tells his friends they can come only if they’re big, like him, and don’t cry anymore. When all of his friends admit to crying sometimes, Little Rabbit is shocked. Does everybody cry? Why?] |
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Ruth Krauss
(1901- ) The Carrot Seed Hole Is to Dig: A First Book of First Definitions I Want to Paint My Bathroom Blue A Very Special House Open House for Butterflies |
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| Steven Kroll
That Makes Me Mad! ["But it makes me feel better when you let me tell you how angry I am!"] |
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| Martha Lambert
I Won't Get Lost [the importance of knowing your phone number and address] |
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| Munro Leaf
The Story of Ferdinand [See more Bully Books Here] How to Behave and Why |
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| Marie Leonard
TIBILI: The Little Boy Who Didn't Want to Go to School [The wise spider tells Tibili that the magical Box of Knowledge will give him what he is looking for. He realizes he has to learn to read] |
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Helen Lester
Hooway For Wodney Wat [Bullies] Tacky the Penguin Tacky in Trouble Three Cheers for Tacky Princess Penelope's Parrot It Wasn't My Fault Listen Buddy A Porcupine Named Fluffy |
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| Julius Lester
Shining [for older readers] - In a small mountain village, a young girl named Shining is born. As she grows, Shining runs, plays, and smiles like other children, but she does so silently. The villagers fear and shun her, but Shining remains silent and waits for the right moment, and for the right sound, to come--a sound so true, it will win the hearts of her people . . . and win Shining her rightful place as their leader…"The One who will be." The "One" guards the souls of the living and the dead. |
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| Bernard Libster
The Bonsai Bear |
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| Pija Lindenbaum
When Owen's Mom Breathed Fire - Owen’s mom is usually pretty frantic in the morning because of all she has to do before going to work. Owen finds he can block her out with his dragon head on. But one morning Owen wakes up and discovers that his mom has turned into a dragon. What’s even worse is that she can’t remember how to do mom stuff – like make breakfast and wash dishes. Instead she eats bugs and breathes fire. What is he to do with her? |
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| Leo Lionni
[Included: Teaching with Lionni Books]
On My Beach There Are Many Pebbles A Color of His Own Frederick Frederick's Fables Matthew's Dream It's Mine Little Blue and Little Yellow Alexander and the Wind Up Mouse A Flea Story I Want to Stay Here! I Want to Go There |
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Janice Levy
Abuelito Eats With His Fingers |
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| Jonathan London
he Lion Who Had Asthma |
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| Diane Loomans
The Lovables in the Kingdom of Self-Esteem [The animals in the Kingdom of Self-Esteem illustrate the different qualities that contribute to being lovable and having self-esteem.] |
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| Kate Lum
Princesses Are Not Quitters! [trading places with the servants/ a dose of compassion and reality] |
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| Patty Lovell
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon [being yourself/self assurance] |
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Max Lucado
You are Special [self acceptance] |
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Hugh Lupton
Tales of Wisdom and Wonder The Story Tree: Tales to Read Aloud |
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Ana Marie Machado
Nina Bonita [bias and differences] |
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| Daniel J. Mahoney
The Perfect Clubhouse [friendship/compromise/negotiation] |
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| James Marshall
George and Martha: The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends 25th Anniversary Compilation of 35 books. |
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| Bill Martin,Jr. & John Archambault
Knots on a Counting Rope [challenge of blindness/universal message]
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Alice McLerran The Mountain That Loved a Bird [Friendship and Hope] |
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Sam McBratney
Guess How Much I love You I'll Always Be Your Friend [Time to stop playing] |
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Lisa McCourt
I Love You, Stinky Face I Miss You, Stinky Face |
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Patricia C. McKissack
The Honest-to-Goodness Truth [finding the right balance between a lie and the honest-to-goodness truth] |
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| David McPhail
Mole Music 1999 [Stop and hear the music.] The Teddy Bear [A boy's lost bear is found by a homeless man][compassion] Drawing Lessons from a Bear [See ART for more resources] Edward and the Pirates [Imagination] Big Brown Bear's Up and Down Day [friendship/sharing/excess] |
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J. Philip Miller and Sheppard M. Greene We All Sing with the Same Voice [CD included] "I live across the street,/In the mountains, /On the beach. /I come from everywhere. /And my name is you." |
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Dan Millman
- overcoming fear: Quest For the Crystal Castle Secret Of The Peaceful Warrior |
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Isaac Millman Moses Goes to School [Diversity in school/ sign language] Moses Goes To A Concert [feeling the music/sign language] Moses Goes to the Circus [Big Apple’s Circus of the Senses] |
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A.A. Milne Winnie the Pooh The Big Little Book of Pooh - Extensive |
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Lori Mitchell Different Just Like Me [Acknowleging our differences/diversity] [sign language] |
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| Judi Moreillon
Read to Me [A gentle rhyme filled with multicultural images that encourages parents to read to their children.] PreK |
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| Toni and Slade Morrison
The Big Box [conformity] The Book of Mean People (and Journal) |
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Dean Morrissey
Ship of Dreams The Great Kettles : A Tale of Time The Christmas Ship The Moon Robber [Magic Door Series] |
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Robert Munsch
Love You Forever "I'll love you forever/ I'll like you for always/As long s I'm living/my baby you'll be." Get Out of Bed! 1998 We Share Everything |
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Frank Murphy
The Legend of the Teddy Bear |
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| Jon J. Muth
The Three Questions: Based on a story by Leo Tolstoy ["When is the best time to do things? Who is the most important one? What is the right thing to do?"] Zen Shorts [being in the moment, and letting go. Highly recommend for all ages as a reminder to slow down and experience being alive—and stillwater] Zen Ties [a disarming story of compassion and friendship that reaffirms the importance of our ties to one another.] |
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| Colin McNaughton
Once Upon an Ordinary School Day [an ordinary boy woke from hsi ordinary dreams, got out of his ordinary bed, had an ordinary pee and an ordinary bath, put on his ordinary clothes, and ate his ordinary breakfast...brushed his teeth, kissed his ordinary mom goodbye, and set off for his ordinary school. And there he met his new extraordinary teacher!] |
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Leslea Newman
Too Far Away to Touch [Loss of close relationship by disease] |
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| Jill Newton
Bored! Bored! Bored! [cooperation/pitching-in] |
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Lennart Nilsson
How I was Born A Child is Born |
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Claire A. Novola The Forest [overcoming fear] |
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Josephine Nobisso
Grandma's Scrapbook Grandpa Loved |
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David Ogden
Dreambirds [Follow the journey of Natsama as he discovers the power and wonder of his own spirit.] |
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