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35 books whose titles start with W
Record 1 of 35
Author(s)Knight, Margy Burns
TitleWho Belongs Here
PublisherTilbury House
Illustrator(s)O'Brien, Anne Sibley
ISBN0884481107
SummaryDescribes the new life of Nary, a Cambodian refugee, in America, as well as his encounters with prejudice. Includes some general history of U.S. immigration.
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Record 2 of 35
Author(s)Millman, Dan
TitleWay of the Peaceful Warrior
PublisherH.J. Kramer inc
ISBN0915811006
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Record 3 of 35
Author(s)Cutler, Dave
TitleWhen I wished I was alone
Publishergreycore
Illustrator(s)Cutler, Dave
ISBN0967185106
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Record 4 of 35
Author(s)Sendak, Maurice
TitleWhere The Wild Things Are
PublisherHarper Collings Publishers
Illustrator(s)Sendak, Maurice
ISBN0064431789
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Record 5 of 35
Author(s)Henkes, Kevin
TitleWemberly Worried
PublisherSouth China Printing Company
Illustrator(s)Henkes, Kevin
ISBN0688170277
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Record 6 of 35
Author(s)Kotzwinkle, William.
TitleWalter the farting dog :trouble at the yard sale
PublisherDutton Children's Books
ISBN0525472177
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Record 7 of 35
Author(s)Blomgren, Jennifer.
TitleWhere do I sleep? :a Pacific Northwest lullaby
PublisherSasquatch Books
ISBN1570612587
SummaryRhyming text describes some of the young animals--from a gray wolf pup and a horned puffin to a cougar kit and a small brown bat--as they settle down to sleep.
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Record 8 of 35
Author(s)Fox, Mem
TitleWhoever You Are
PublisherScholastic Inc.
Illustrator(s)Staub, Leslie
ISBN0590200275
SummaryShort story about diversity.
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Record 9 of 35
Author(s)Keith Baker
TitleWho Is the Beast
PublisherHarcourt Bruce Jovanovich
Illustrator(s)Keith Baker
ISBN0152960570
SummaryA book about acceptance of all animals or people because we all have things in common no matter how diffrent we all are.
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Record 10 of 35
Author(s)De Paola, Tomie.
TitleWatch out for the chicken feet in your soup.
PublisherPrentice-Hall
ISBN0139457828 (lib. bdg.)
SummaryEmbarrassed to introduce his friend to his old-fashioned Italian grandmother, a young boy gains a new appreciation of her when he finds how well she and his friend get along.
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Record 11 of 35
Author(s)Ryan, Pam Munoz
TitleWhen Marian Sang
PublisherScholastic Press
Illustrator(s)Selznick, Brian
ISBN0439269679
Summary"An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson,extraordinary singer and the first African American to perform with the Metropolitan Opera, whose life and career encouraged social change" (from the last page of the book.)
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Record 12 of 35
Author(s)Bang, Molly
TitleWhen Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry
PublisherScholastic Inc.
ISBN0439213193
SummaryWhen Sophie gets angry, she runs out and climbs her favorite tree. This book teaches that people handle anger in different ways.
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Record 13 of 35
Author(s)Kaplan, Howard
TitleWaiting to sing :story
PublisherDK Ink
Illustrator(s)Herve Blandon
ISBN0789426153
SummaryA family that loves music and spends many hours at the piano is devastated by the death of the mother, but those still living find consolation in the beautiful music that also remains.
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Record 14 of 35
Author(s)Elizabeth Verdick
TitleWords Are Not for Hurting
PublisherFree Spirit Publishing
Illustrator(s)Marieka Heinlen
ISBN1575421569
SummaryThis book describes a way to help children utilize their vocabulary in a positive and helpful manner. It also teaches children the power of saying your sorry after saying something hurtful to someone else.
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Record 15 of 35
Author(s)Jenkins, Steve
TitleWhat do you do when something wants to eat you?
Publisherhoughton Mifflin company-Boston
Illustrator(s)Jenkins, Steve
ISBN0395825148
SummaryFrom the book jacket "What would you do if something wanted to eat you? Walk on water? Stick out our tongue? Play dead? Aminals in the wild use all kinds of methods to protect themselves from their enemies. Using dynamic and intricate cut paper collages, Setve Jenkins explores the many fascinating and unidque defence mechanisms creatures us to escape from danger.
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Record 16 of 35
Author(s)Coman, Carolyn.
TitleWhat Jamie saw
PublisherFront Street
ISBN1886910022
SummaryHaving fled to a family friend's hillside trailer after his mother's boyfriend tried to throw his baby sister against a wall, nine-year-old Jamie finds himself living an existence full of uncertainty and fear.
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Record 17 of 35
Author(s)Curtis, Jamie Lee
TitleWhere do balloons go? :an uplifting mystery
PublisherHarperCollins
Illustrator(s)Laura Cornell
ISBN0060279818 (lib. bdg.)
SummaryA child wonders about what happens to a balloon that is let go, as a parent would wonder about what might happen to a child once he leaves home.
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Record 18 of 35
Author(s)Curtis, Jamie Lee
TitleWhere do balloons go? :an uplifting mystery
PublisherHarperCollins
Illustrator(s)Laura Cornell
ISBN0060279818 (lib. bdg.)
SummaryA child wonders about what happens to a balloon that is let go, as a parent would wonder about what might happen to a child once he leaves home. A delightful mystery about letting go.
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Record 19 of 35
Author(s)Berenstain's, Michael
TitleWhen I Grow Up Oh, the Things I Can Be!
PublisherWestern Publishing Company Inc.
ISBN0307115798
SummaryThis children's book is about a brother and sister who are on an adventure to find out all the amazing jobs that grown ups can do. The travel around the city and end up back home where they find one of the best jobs...being a parent.
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Record 20 of 35
Author(s)Ripley, Dorothy.
TitleWinter barn
PublisherRandom House
ISBN0679844724 :
SummarySnow covers the farm, but the animals are comfortable in the barn where the Farmer tends them.
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Record 21 of 35
Author(s)Stephanie Stuve - Bodeen
TitleWe'll Paint the Octopus Red
PublisherWoodbine House
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Record 22 of 35
Author(s)Hoff, Syd
TitleWho Will Be My Friends?
PublisherHarper and Row
Illustrator(s)Hoff, Syd
SummaryFreddy moves into a new house and has a hard time finding new friends.
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Record 23 of 35
Author(s)Boynton, Sandra.
TitleWhat's wrong, little Pookie?
PublisherRobin Corey Books
ISBN0375845526 (board)
SummaryMother tries to find out why little Pookie is upset.
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Record 24 of 35
Author(s)Henkes, Kevin
TitleWimberly Worried
PublisherScholastic
ISBN0439329698
SummaryThe story is about a little mouse, Wimberly, who worries about EVERYTHING. She describes all of her worries through out the book, especially starting school for the very first time. She meets someone at school who is very much like herself. By the end of the day her worries are gone...well most of them.
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Record 25 of 35
Author(s)Kates, Bobbi
TitleWe're Different, We're the Same
PublisherRandom House
Illustrator(s)Joe Mathieu
ISBN067983227
SummaryThis children's book is about how people are different yet alike. People have feelings; this makes us the same. However, we all experience different kind of feelings. People have noses, yet these noses come in many shapes and sizes. The fact that we're different and the same makes the world fun and interesting.
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Record 26 of 35
Author(s)Appel, Melanie
TitleWhen you have to have your appendix out
PublisherPowerkids Press
SummaryThis books help children to understand what appendicitis is. It also helps children to understand the process of getting an appendix taken out.
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Record 27 of 35
Author(s)Brown, Laurie Krasny; Brown, Marc
TitleWhen Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death
PublisherLittle, Brown and Company
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Record 28 of 35
Author(s)Stadler, John
TitleWhats So Scary
PublisherOchard Books
Illustrator(s)Stadler, John
ISBN0531303012
SummaryA random grouping of characters are misplaced from their stories of origin! They struggle to escape through the story, returning to their normal storybook lives.
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Record 29 of 35
Author(s)Rogers, Fred
TitleWhen a Pet Dies
PublisherG.P. Putnams Sons
SummaryExplores the feelings of frustration, sadness, and loneliness that a youngster may feel when a pet dies.
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Record 30 of 35
Author(s)Sobol, Harriet Langsam; Agre, Patricia
TitleWe dont look like our Mom and Dad
PublisherNew York : Coward-McCann
Illustrator(s)Harriet Langsam Sobol
ISBN0698206088
SummaryAdopted Korean children in the United Sates. With foster parents in the United States that are from a different ethnic, racial background.
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Record 31 of 35
Author(s)Reitano, John
Titlewhat if the zebras lost their stripes?
Publisherscholastic inc.
Illustrator(s)Haines, william
SummaryZebras lose their stripes and become either black or white. Would they start to fight or would they be alright?
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Record 32 of 35
Author(s)Spinelli, Eileen
TitleWandas monster
PublisherMorton Grove, Ill. : A. Whitman
Illustrator(s)Hayashi, Nancy
ISBN0807586560 (hardcover)
SummaryThis books follows the journey of a little girl overcoming the fear of a monster living in her closet. It includes the process of a little gaining acceptance for something she did not originally understand and transfering that acceptance.
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Record 33 of 35
Author(s)Simon, Norma
TitleWhy Am I Different?
PublisherAlbert Whitman & Company
Illustrator(s)Leder, Dora
SummaryThis books discusses individual differences and celebrates a persons uniqueness.
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Record 34 of 35
Author(s)McGill, Alice
TitleWay up and over everything
PublisherBoston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin
Illustrator(s)Daly, Jude
ISBN9780618387960 (reinforced)
SummaryFolklore--United States.. African Americans--Folklore.. Slavery--Folklore..
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Record 35 of 35
Author(s)Robert Skutch
TitleWho is in a family?
PublisherTricycle Press
Illustrator(s)Laura Nienhaus
ISBN188367266
SummaryHelps children to understand that families can be of different configurations such as single-parent, step-parents, same-sex couples.
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