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Dave's Cave by Frann Preston Gannon
4.0

Age: Toddler-Kindergarten
Emotion: Unhappiness

Dave's home is perfect and his friends like it, too. But he's not happy and he thinks that a new home might fit the bill to cheer him up. In his explorations, every new cave he comes across has something unpleasant about it until he finds the perfect cave:
Spoiler his original home
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Large illustrations with a quick story make this an excellent read-aloud with ample opportunities for supplementary questions asked by the reader. A great way to discuss how people can feel unhappy with their material surroundings but the answer isn't always to abandon them.