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Batcat 1 Instant help solutions series Junior high drama Pete the cat Shiverwood AcademyMedina, Juana
Summary: Remind yourself every day how amazing you are with this joyful celebration of ... YOU! The words and pictures in this book are here to remind the reader how wonderful they are! Focusing on helping to build emotional literacy, self-esteem, and self-worth as well as improving communication skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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Summary: "Stop comparing yourself to others--you're special just as you are!" That's the message psychologist Michelle Skeen and her daughter, Kelly Skeen, instill in teen readers with this unique self-help guide. With this fun and engaging book, teens will learn how to silence their nit-picky inner critic, overcome feelings of inadequacy and unworthiness, cultivate self-acceptance and self-compassion,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA155.5 SkeenBlabey, Aaron
Summary: Told in rhyme, Thelma the pony wants to be a unicorn--but when her wish comes true she discovers that there is a downside to fame, and realizes that she was happier at home with her friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BLACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Blabey 2017Palacio, R. J.
Summary: Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Espan̋ol 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: J468 PAL SPANISHLazar, Tara
Summary: Flat Cat likes being flat -- roaming anywhere and happy to be unseen -- until one day when he becomes fluffy, he learns to enjoy the attention it brings, and grows to love being seen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flamingo Books 2023
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Summary: Barbara "Bunny" Binks comes from a long line of Barbaras, that started with her mother and grandmother. She loves putting her hair up in "bunny buns," playing with her rabbit Ralph, and eating marshmallows. Then one day, she participates in her favorite marshmallow eating contest at field day called "Chubby Bunny," and her classmates start teasing her. But with a little help from her grandma...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MURGunderson, Jessica
Summary: Kamilla has a wonderful singing voice, but she does not want to sign up for the Memorial Middle School musical because she sees herself as overweight, even though the doctor tells her she is not--so can exercise and the support of her family and friends help her overcome her negative image and lead her to the starring role her talent demands?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 JUNKranz, Linda
Summary: After exploring his ocean home and seeing many different types of sea life, a young fish named Adri talks to his parents and learns that differences make the world colorful and beautiful.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taylor Trade Pub. 2011
Copies Available at Kingsley
2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E KRACall number: E Kra
Colagiovanni, Marc
Summary: Talking to their reflection in the mirror, a young child explores and affirms all the things that make them unique and, in fact, perfectly perfect.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COLCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE COLByers, Grace
Summary: Shares a story of loving who you are, respecting others and being kind to one another.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E BYECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BYETyler, Michael.
Summary: Rhyming text and illustrations celebrate being content with the skin in which one lives, whatever that skin might be. With the ease and simplicity of a nursery rhyme, this lively story delivers an important message of social acceptance to young readers. Themes associated with child development and social harmony, such as friendship, acceptance, self-esteem, and diversity are promoted in simple...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Children's Museum 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TYLGenhart, Michael
Summary: "A boy becomes upset when he is teased for having two dads, but viewing his friend's family (with a mom and a dad) as not all that different from his own, he realizes the best way to counter the ridicule is to be proud of who his fathers are and know that it is love that makes a family." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Pickle Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GENLeng, Qin
Summary: "With beautifully composed watercolor illustrations, Qin Leng recalls her own childhood in this story about a little girl who has always been the smallest: smallest of the family, smallest in school, smallest in a crowd. The girl faces her own set of challenges, but her loving parents and an unexpected visitor might change her perception for good."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LENByers, Grace
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling creators of I Am Enough comes an empowering follow-up that celebrates every child's limitless potential. I Believe I Can is an affirmation for boys and girls of every background to love and believe in themselves"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BYEByers, Grace
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling creators of I Am Enough comes an empowering follow-up that celebrates every child's limitless potential. I Believe I Can is an affirmation for boys and girls of every background to love and believe in themselves"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2020
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Summary: Moving to the Philippines with his zoologist mother, twelve-year-old Pablo struggles with anxiety while his mother fosters an orphaned child with a facial anomaly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GUEPalacio, R. J.
Summary: Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2012
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Summary: Batcat loves being all alone in their home on Spooky Island, spending time playing videogames and watching TV. But, when they find themself being haunted by an annoying, ice cream-stealing ghost, they visit the local Island Witch for a spell to remove their ghostly guest permanently.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2023
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Summary: "Very short for her age, Julia grows into her sense of self while playing a munchkin in a summer regional theater production of The Wizard of Oz"--
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD SLOTaddonio, Lea
Summary: It's not easy being the youngest of three kids, especially when you're a vampire who hasn't gotten his fangs yet. Colin isn't even allowed to sleep in a coffin yet and his big sisters tease him about being a baby. Fed up, he decides to run away, but the world isn't as kind to monsters outside of Shiverwood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spellbound, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE TADDean, Kim
Summary: "Pete the Cat is learning a new dance -- the Cool Cat Boogie! When he hears a groovy beat, he's full of happy feet. But when Grumpy toad tells him, 'Pete, you dance all wrong!' Pete is determined to become a better dancer. With the help of his friends and some wise words from Owl, Pete learns that he's the grooviest when he's being himself"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DEAKredensor, Diane
Summary: "All beavers have flat tails, furry coats, and two front teeth. And then there's Buck. Unlike the rest of his family, he has one gigantic front tooth--and he hates it. It's ruining everything for him, especially the annual talent show. Whatever Buck tries to do for the contest--whistle, walk on stilts, blow bubbles--his tooth gets in the way. Will Buck ever learn to love what he hates the most,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2021
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Summary: Summer Uzoma's parents went on the run after they were accused of committing a crime, leaving her behind. She has been alternating stays with her friends' families, and secretly visits her old home. But she's fine: she has her skateboard and her bus pass. She just has to turn eighteen in a few weeks and then she'll truly be free. Then a nosy social worker arranges for Summer to be living with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ONOWai Lin, Josephine
Summary: The board book "Whoever you are" is a vow to babies that they will be loved no matter who they become. Along with the message of acceptance, little ones will be engaged by colorful illustrations and rhythmic and rhyming text.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Collective Book Studio 2022