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- 1. Anno, Mitsumasa (1976).
The king's flower.
New York: Philomel Books.
- Abstract:
The king believes he must have everything bigger and better than anyone else until he tries to grow the biggest flower. The little flower is so beautiful that the king realizes that bigger does not mean better.
Abstract provided by Keith E. Rhoades, 1995 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Beliefs] [Differences] [Learning] [Observation] [Overeating] [Plants] [Royalty] [Sizes] [Teeth]
- 2. Bloom, Valerie (1992).
Fruits: A caribbean counting poem.
New York: Henry Holt and Company.
- Abstract:
Counting fruit can be fun, especially if you get to eat it when you're done!From half a pawpaw to ten bananas, these two sisters count it all. They forget one thing though -- eating too much can make you sick!
Abstract provided by Erin Wiegand, 1998 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Caribbean] [Counting] [Culture] [Family] [Five Senses] [Food] [Language] [Nutrition] [Overeating] [Parents] [Sharing] [Siblings] [Smell] [Taste] [Verbal Communication]
- 3. Brett, Jan (2005).
Honey...honey...lion!.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
- Abstract:
A badger and a honeyguide work together to find bee hives for honey. One day, the badger betrays the honeyguide and uses his help to eat all the honey himself. The honeyguide decides to get even and provides a twist in the end.
Abstract provided by Ashley Roberts, 2006 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Anger] [Animals] [Appreciation] [Assertiveness] [Badger] [Bee] [Birds] [Communication] [Conflict Resolution] [Deception] [Decision Making] [Hippopotamus] [Insects] [Lion] [Nature] [Nonverbal Communication] [Overeating] [Termite] [Trick]
- 4. Drescher, Henrick (1994).
The boy who ate around the world.
New York: Hyperion Books For Children.
- Abstract:
Mo thinks his dinner is lizard guts and worms when it is really string beans and cheese souffle. He decides to become a monster and eat around it. Mo eats everything in sight including his parents and the world. When Mo becomes lonely he decides to spit out all that he ate so he can have his parents and friends back.
Abstract provided by Amy Brumbaugh, 1995 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Community] [Conflict Resolution] [Creativity] [Critical Thinking] [Family] [Food] [Hunger] [Imagination] [Loneliness] [Monsters] [Neighbors] [Nutrition] [Overeating] [Parents] [Pretend] [Verbal Communication]
- 5. Hershey, Kathleen (1993).
Cotton mill town.
New York: Dutton Children's Books.
- Abstract:
A little girl tells about her visit with her grandma. She wishes she too could live in the cotton mill town. She tells of all the things they do until it is time for her to return home. She enjoys picking berries and peaches, gardening and fishing.
Abstract provided by Tonia Ricketts, 1995 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Bodies Of Water] [Books] [Family] [Fishing] [Food] [Garden] [Generations] [Grandparents] [Morning] [Nutrition] [Overeating] [Recreation] [Responsibilities] [Self Esteem] [Sleep] [Travel] [Woods]
- 6. Jackson, Alison (1997).
I know an old lady who swallowed a pie.
New York: Dutton Children's Books.
- Abstract:
With rhythm and rhyme, an old lady swallows an entire pie at a family's Thanksgiving dinner. After eating them out of house and home, the old lady is finally full.
Absract provided by Sarah Newcomb, 1998 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Cooking] [Fly] [Food] [Health] [Holidays] [Hunger] [Insects] [Nonverbal Communication] [Nutrition] [Overeating] [Overweight] [Rhyme] [Rhythm] [Thanksgiving]
- 7. Kahl, Virginia (1960).
The perfect pancake.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- Abstract:
A Good Wife makes only one perfect pancake for each person in town until one day a beggar comes along and tricks her into cooking enough until everyone was satisfied.
Abstract provided by Kelley Chupka, 1995 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Community] [Deception] [Food] [Friendship] [Hunger] [Neighbors] [Numbers] [Nutrition] [Overeating] [Rhyme]
- 8. Kelly, John//Ticknell, Cathy (2004).
The mystery of eatum hall.
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.
- Abstract:
Dr. Hunter invites Horace and Glenda Pork-fowler over to his house, Eatum Hall, for a weekend of gourmet food. They come over and realize Dr. Hunter won’t be joining them until Sunday, so they eat and eat all weekend. In their cluelessness, they don’t realize Dr. Hunter is a wolf…
Abstract provided by Andrew Morris, 2006 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Animals] [Art] [Correspondence] [Decision Making] [Exercise] [Food] [Goose] [Humor] [Mystery] [Overeating] [Overweight] [Pig] [Refusal Skills] [Surprises] [Survival] [Swimming] [Trick] [Wolf]
- 9. Krensky, Stephen (1998).
How santa got his job.
New York: Simon & Schuster.
- Abstract:
Santa was not always the lovable gift giver we know him as today. He tried out many jobs starting when he was a young man including chimney sweep, postal worker, cook, zookeeper and circus performer before he found the job that was right for him. He only became the Santa we know and love after meeting the elves at the circus and going to their home where he suggested they work together to give gifts to people around the world on one special night a year.
Abstract provided by Julie Ivan, 2000 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Animals] [Careers] [Christmas] [Circus] [Critical Thinking] [Decision Making] [Elves] [Emergency] [Food] [Hard Work] [Holidays] [Jealousy] [Mistake] [Night] [Overeating] [Overweight] [Polar Bear] [Presents] [Problem Solving] [Reindeer] [Responsibilities] [Santa] [Teamwork] [Toys] [Zoo]
- 10. Leaf, Munro (1944).
Gordon the goat.
Hamden: Linnet Books.
- Abstract:
Gordon the goat learns to do his own thinking after a series of disasters when following the flock. Gordon questions his aimless following of the flock leader and learns about peer resistance.
Abstract provided by Troy Rees, 1995 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Animals] [Assertiveness] [Conflict Resolution] [Critical Thinking] [Decision Making] [Goat] [Illness] [Overeating] [Peer Resistance] [Ranch] [Separation] [Stress Management]
- 11. Marshall, James (1976).
Yummers!.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
- Abstract:
Emily, the pig, decides she needs to lose weight. She takes a walk then eats everything in sight. Eugene Turtle suggests that walking is a good way for losing weight.
Abstract provided by Tim Maxwell, 1994 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Animals] [Assertiveness] [Body Image] [Conflict Resolution] [Exercise] [Food] [Friendship] [Goal Setting] [Hunger] [Nutrition] [Overeating] [Pig] [Recreation] [Refusal Skills] [Reptiles] [Stress Management] [Turtle] [Walking] [Weight Loss]
- 12. Potter, Beatrix (1986).
The tale of flopsy bunnies.
Middlesex, England: Frederick Warne & Co..
- Abstract:
The Flopsy Bunnies are a large family who sometimes do not have enough lettuce to eat so they have to steal from Mr. McGregor. The lettuce makes the bunnies sleepy and while they are asleep Mr. McGregor catches them. A mouse helped set them free.
Abstract provided by Tina Obradovic, 1996 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Animals] [Critical Thinking] [Food] [Mouse] [Nonverbal Communication] [Overeating] [Rabbit] [Sleep] [Verbal Communication]
- 13. Potter, Beatrix (1986).
The tale of timmy tiptoes.
Middlesex, England: Frederick Warne & Co..
- Abstract:
Timmy Tiptoes is a squirrel who has a wife named Goody. When it is time to pick nuts to be stored for the winter, the other squirrels think Timmy stole their nuts so they push him into a hole. Timmy stays stuck there so Goody does not know where he is. Finally they find each other with the help of a chipmunk.
Abstract provided by Tina Obradovic, 1996 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Animals] [Chipmunk] [Critical Thinking] [Food] [Mischief] [Nutrition] [Overeating] [Preparation] [Seasons] [Spring] [Squirrel] [Verbal Communication] [Winter] [Woods] [Worry]
- 14. Souhami, Jessica (1999).
No dinner!The story of the old woman and the pumpkin.
New York: Frances Lincoln Limited.
- Abstract:
An old woman is on her way to her granddaughter's house for dinner, but meets many animals on her way. In order to escape the animals, she promises to come back all fat and fed. The animals are outwitted when the old woman is disguised as a pumpkin.
Abstract provided by Megan Weil, 2001 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Adventures] [Aging] [Animals] [Author's Note] [Bear] [Body Image] [Bravery] [Critical Thinking] [Deception] [Decision Making] [Fable] [Family] [Food] [Forest] [Goal Setting] [Habitat] [Heroism] [Hunting] [Intelligence] [Nature] [Nonverbal Communication] [Nutrition] [Nutrition] [Overeating] [Pretend] [Protection] [Relief] [Sly] [Sounds] [Tiger] [Verbal Communication] [Wolf]
- 15. Spurr, Elizabeth (1991).
The biggest birthday cake.
San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers.
- Abstract:
The richest and fattest man in the world wants the biggest cake for his birthday. He only thinks of himself and ignores the young children in the village. He finally learns what it means to be rich.
Abstract provided by Jenny Butterfield, 1995 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Birthday] [Celebration] [Community] [Food] [Greed] [Happiness] [Holidays] [Kindness] [Nutrition] [Overeating]
- 16. Swope, Sam (2000).
Gotta go!Gotta go!.
New York: Farnar, Straus, and Giroux.
- Abstract:
A bug crawls all the way out of her skin!She sleeps then she blossoms into a beautiful butterfly. On her journey, she repeats her chant, "Gotta Go!Gotta Go To Mexico!" to all the insects and animals along her way. When her destination is reached, she flutters and dances around in the warm sky with her companion. A bug returns, lays her eggs, and the cycle of life is repeated again and again.
Abstract provided by Brandi Lamb, 2001 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Adventures] [Aging] [Animals] [Ant] [Appearance] [Author's Note] [Baby] [Birth] [Butterfly] [Caterpillar] [Challenges] [Change] [Cocoon] [Colors] [Companion] [Confidence] [Courage] [Cycle] [Dancing] [Discovery] [Environment] [Farm] [Flowers] [Food] [Forest] [Grasshopper] [Growing Up] [Happiness] [Hibernation] [Insects] [Mexican] [Migration] [Morning] [Nature] [Nonverbal Communication] [Overeating] [Relationship] [Reproduction] [Rhyme] [Seasons] [Sleep] [Travel] [Verbal Communication] [Weather] [Winter]
- 17. Wood, Audrey//Teague, Mark (1998).
Sweet dream pie.
New York: The Blue Sky Press.
- Abstract:
Mouths on Willobee Street start to water when the aroma of the Brindle's Sweet Dream Pie fills the air. But does Sweet Dream Pie really create sweet dreams?
Abstract provided by Amanda Schaefer, 2001 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Animals] [Bedtime] [Cat] [Community] [Cooking] [Dreams] [Food] [Helping] [Neighbors] [Nutrition] [Overeating] [Recipe] [Weather]
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