Carducci, Bernardo J.
Summary: Although shyness is a very common trait and almost everyone experiences it at some level, it’s often misunderstood. That’s because few of us ask about the frustration, anxiety, pain, and triumphs in the life of a shy person. These experiences remain hidden, and shy people may feel that nobody wants to know what’s going on in their hearts, minds, and souls. Their silence often isolates them. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2015
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Summary: Yasmin is excited to attend a wedding party, but when the singing starts Yasmin is too shy to join in.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FARKane, Kim
Summary: A young fox named Ginger Green loves to invite friends over to her house to play, but her new friend Skye is very shy and Skye's father comes with her, which is a little weird--but after awhile Skye gains enough confidence to encourage him to leave her alone with Ginger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE KANLevy, Joanne
Summary: "In this novel for middle-grade readers, painfully shy Beatrice Gelman ends up at summer camp all by herself."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2021
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Summary: For Stevie, speaking up in class can be scary. So, when Ms. Gail asks, "Are there any questions?" Stevie looks around the classroom, hoping someone will raise their hand. But no one does. No one has a single question. Except Stevie. "I can't ask, can I? If I do, I know just what will happen," Stevie thinks, beginning a journey of worried imagination. Everyone will certainly laugh, they'll think...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023
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Summary: "It's Norman's first day at Dino Day Care. Who wouldn't be nervous? First, Norman does what he does best: he makes himself invisible. But eventually he manages to find his courage, with a little help from a new friend and just a hint of magic"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: NorthSouth 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JULMount, Jane
Summary: Lotti is a shy girl who retreats into a world of books and reading, but eventually learns to make friends with other kids who share her passion, and reconnects with the real world (including her brother). Includes reading recommendations throughout.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MOUOda, Tomohito
Summary: "Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi's greatest dream is to make some friends, but everyone at school mistakes her crippling social anxiety for cool reserve! Luckily she meets Tadano, a timid wallflower who decides to step out of his comfort zone in order to help her achieve her goal of making 100 friends... Summer is about to begin, and Komi would love to be able to spend the long,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2019
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Summary: It's Tally Tuttle's first day of second grade, and she's super nervous. She's new in town and worries that she won't fit in, so when everyone starts teasing her about her full name, Tallulah, she wishes she could retreat into a shell. Then, all of a sudden, she does. Tally is shocked to discover that she's turned into a turtle. She'd heard that Mrs. Norrell's class was special, but she hadn't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC HOLSummary: Join best friends Pins and Nettie, two adventurous yet shy hedgehogs who discover that it's okay to be shy they just need to approach things in their own way!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PINOda, Tomohito
Summary: Komi and her friends are going on a ski trip! Who cares if only some of them actually know how to conquer the slopes? The point is to have fun and show off their winter fashions! But things take a turn for the awkward when Manbagi and Tadano get left behind and have to spend the night in snow country. The only inn around is expensive, but worse than that, there's only one room! --
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media LLC 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 KOMSummary: Join best friends Pins and Nettie, two adventurous yet shy hedgehogs who discover that it's okay to be shy they just need to approach things in their own way!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PINCooper, Nancy
Summary: "Today, Amik is expecting her beaver cousins for a special visit, and she can't wait to show them her home. But as the visitors arrive, Amik suddenly realizes that her little sister, Nishiime, has disappeared. Where could she have gone? As Amik shows her cousins some of her favorite haunts, the reader also learns how beavers help all the other animals in the forest: they cut down poplar trees...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE COODavid-Sax, Pauline
Summary: "A shy girl who feels most at home in the school library gains the courage to extend herself to others when she encounters a group of unique, diverse, inspiring women at the diner where her mother works"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAVDavid-Sax, Pauline
Summary: "A shy girl who feels most at home in the school library gains the courage to extend herself to others when she encounters a group of unique, diverse, inspiring women at the diner where her mother works"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG DAVOda, Tomohito
Summary: "Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi's greatest dream is to make some friends, but everyone at school mistakes her crippling social anxiety for cool reserve! Luckily she meets Tadano, a timid wallflower who decides to step out of his comfort zone in order to help her achieve her goal of making 100 friends... School is out for the summer, and Komi is still getting used to this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: Offers advice to children on how to deal with feelings of shyness, and addresses common worries and questions surrounding ways to gain self-confidence and interact with other people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 155.2 THOWild, Charlotte Sullivan
Summary: Shy Violet attempts to show another girl how she feels on Valentine's Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WILWoodgate, Harry
Summary: Bashful Timmy lives in the shadow of their inner cowardly lion who loves to come out and roar all their confidence away, but together with their new friend Nia, they work to overcome their shyness and tame the cowering lion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2022
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Summary: Gustavo is good at doing all sorts of ghostly things: walking through walls, making objects fly, and glowing in the dark. And he loves almost nothing more than playing beautiful music on his violin. But Gustavo is shy, and some things are harder for him to do, like getting in a line to buy eye scream or making friends with other monsters. Whenever he tries getting close to them, he realizes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DRACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DRAOda, Tomohito
Summary: "Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi's greatest dream is to make some friends, but everyone at school mistakes her crippling social anxiety for cool reserve! Luckily she meets Tadano, a timid wallflower who decides to step out of his comfort zone in order to help her achieve her goal of making 100 friends. It's time for the national health exam at Itan High, and the excitement of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media LLC 2019
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Summary: Stanley is a shy boy with a secret: he loves to tap dance, but only for his pet mice--so when the principal insists that he try out for the talent show, Stanley has to overcome his shyness and summon the confidence to perform for the school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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Summary: "From the author of Canada Reads finalist The Bone Cage. Includes research on the shy child, parent-child bonding, social media issues, and the benefits of outdoor activity and nature immersion. Disillusioned with overly competitive organized sports and concerned about her lively daughter's growing shyness, author Angie Abdou sets herself a challenge: to hike a peak a week over the summer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ECW Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ABDOU, ANGIE ABDBurkhart, Kiersi
Summary: "The beautiful gray gelding Shy Guy is just as afraid of people as Hanna is of horses, but when a greedy local couple steal him, only Hanna and her friend can get him back"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Darby Creek 2017