Stuart, Scott
Summary: "My Dad has a shadow that's blue as a berry, and my Mum's is as pink as a blossoming cherry. There's only those choices, a 2 or a 1. But mine is quite different, it's both and it's none. A heartwarming and inspiring book about being true to yourself, by best-selling children's book creator Scott Stuart. This story considers gender beyond binary in a vibrant spectrum of colour." -- Provided by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Larrikin House 2022
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Summary: It's early spring and below the earth's surface seeds are just starting to sprout. One by one they stretch through the dirt and towards the sun, extending their shoots and leaves and growing tall. All except for one seedling, who isn't quite ready. Each page of this gentle but powerfully evocative book demonstrates how some of us are different. As most of the seeds transform into strong...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prestel 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TECMayer, Sasha
Summary: Squash, who looks a lot like the vegetable, is an early-breakfast, lots-of-naps kind of cat. Maggie is a wake-up-late, wild-playdate kind of girl. Despite their differences, they are the best of friends. That is until one day Squash confuses Maggie's new toy for a dangerous beast and makes a terrible mistake. An unbelievably BIG MISTAKE. Now Squash is a can't-face-Maggie kind of cat, and Maggie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2023
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Summary: Illustrations and simple text demonstrate that words can be neutral and not tied to a specific gender.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press Kids 2023
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE MOLSinger, Marilyn
Summary: "From morning to night, a cat and dog who live together show their innate feline and canine natures. The dog barks at the delivery man while the cat barely notices; the dog runs out to play when the children return from school, while the cat prefers to keep napping on the soft couch. Neither gets the better of the other in their rhyming interchanges, and by day's end they realize that, despite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2022
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Summary: "A new girl has joined Lola Levine's second-grade class. When they get off on the wrong foot, they are forced to spend time together ... and learn they have more in common than they thought"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BROMarx, Mandy R.
Summary: Betty the Yeti wants to play hide-and-seek with her new city friends, but her size and bright white fur make it difficult to hide--seeking may be a different matter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2023
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Summary: Betty the yeti is nervous about her first day of school full of humans, but she learns that being different is what makes her wonderful.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MARCrow, Katrine
Summary: "What do you do when you feel like you don't fit in? Find something that makes you stand out"--Page 4 cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flowerpot Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CROHoffman, Sarah
Summary: Jacob loves playing dress-up, when he can be anything he wants to be. Some kids at school say he can't wear "girl" clothes, but Jacob wants to wear a dress to school. Can he convince his parents to let him wear what he wants?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOFCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOFGoldstyn, Jacques.
Summary: This is a charming, touching story about an imaginative boy whose best friend is an oak tree named Bertolt. The boy admits to being an outlier among his peers, but insists that while he is alone, he is never lonely. Being independent suits him, and he considers his difference to be his advantage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Fiction Goldstyn 2017Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GOLCard, Orson Scott
Summary: What good is finding lost bicycles and hair scrunchies, if when you return them to their owners they think you must have stolen them in the first place? Ezekial Blast's friend Beth thinks there must be some way to use his "micropower" for good. And so does a police detective investigating the disappearance of a little girl. When tragedy strikes, it's up to Ezekiel to use his talent to find what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: JT PA Fiction Card 2019Halpern, Julie
Summary: "Tenth graders Eliana and Dmitri could not be more different. He's an outgoing, self-confident drummer in a punk band called Unexpected Turbulence. Eliana is introspective and thoughtful, and a movie buff who is living with depression. Dmitri quite literally falls for Eliana when he sees her in gym class and slams into a classmate. The pair then navigate the ins and outs of first love....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HALO'Brien, Anne Sibley
Summary: When three children, Jesse, Jason, and Emma, are confronted with new classmates from different ethnic backgrounds, they strive to overcome their initial reactions, and to understand, accept, and welcome Maria, Jin, and Fatima.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OBRRamos, Vanessa
Summary: Sixth-grader Selena Estrella Herrera's family moves to El Paso to help care for her grandfather, and she tries to reinvent herself by claiming her identity as *Strella--but the project her team chooses is about the singer Selena after whom *Strella is actually named.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED RAMHarris, Robie H.
Summary: From the expert team behind IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL and IT'S SO AMAZING! comes a book for younger children about their bodies - a resource that parents, teachers, librarians, health care providers, and clergy can use with ease and confidence. Young children are curious about almost everything, especially their bodies. And young children are not afraid to ask questions. What makes me a girl? What...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Human HarrisOberländer, Mia
Summary: "In the sleepy German countryside live the Annas, cursed to be too tall for their small town. Laughably long-limbed and gangly, their bodies refuse to conform with societal norms of delicate femininity, and the trauma of being different ripples across generations. And yet, there may be a blessing to their burden; like the mighty mountains surrounding their town, they find that there is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books, Inc. 2024
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 OBEBlevins, Wiley.
Summary: A young girl adopted from China sees that her hair and skin color are different from that of her parents. She finds, however, that there's much more to making a family than sharing red hair and freckles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Chair Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BLESummary: In the criminal justice system, sexually based crimes such as rape, torture, pedophilia, and child abuse are dealt with in New York City by a special unit of the police department known as the Special Victims Unit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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Summary: Look carefully! Something's not the same ... Find the one that's not a stegosaurus -- that looks different. Are they all brachiosaurus? Find the sleeping plesiosaurus. Which one is not a dinosaur?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, an division of EDC Publishing 2018
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Summary: The love between wealthy Oliver Barrett IV and working-class beauty Jenny Cavilleri allows them to overcome their differences, but cannot help them when tragedy strikes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SEGSaxon, Victoria
Summary: Olaf is dismayed to discover that the snowgies are not interested in his warm hugs, but Anna and Elsa explain that differences makes things fun and interesting.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SAXVogrig, Debora
Summary: Line goes straight on her way, while Scribble wanders and zigzags, but they are still best friends and can work together with their individual perspectives to make art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VOGNorth, Ryan
Summary: Tyrannosaurus Rex enthusiast Sal transforms herself into an uncontrollable T. Rex, partly because her brother said it would be impossible, but soon discovers the downsides of always being fierce.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2018