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Alber, Diane

Summary: Kids experience frustrating situations everyday, whether it's someone taking their toy or they feel like they can't do something. This story shows them that instead of yelling or stomping their feet, they can practice some fun ways to help them stay calm.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Diane Albert Art LLC 2019

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Tullet, Hervé

Summary: Using no special effects other than the reader's imagination, a series of dots multiplies, grows, or changes color by pressing, tilting, or blowing on the previous page.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Handprint Books, an imprint of Chronicle Books 2011

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TUL

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TUL

Tyler, 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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Children's Museum 2005

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TYL

Acevedo, Desirée

Summary: "Vega and her friend Alex wonder why the pencil in the box is called 'skin color' when it doesn't match either of them. This question leads them on a beautiful journey of exploring the diverse array of skin colors they see in the world. Together, they discover how to bring all of them into their art."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Cuento de Luz SL 2021

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ACE

Medina, 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022

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Gunderson, 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?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 JUN

Milbourne, Anna

Summary: This little girl follows her daddy everywhere - upstairs, downstairs, and even to the bathroom! She doesn't like being left alone - the world is so big and she's so small! Can she and her daddy find a solution?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Publishing 2021

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Social Emo Milbourne 2021

Fairbairn, Nathan

Summary: "Meet best friends Gabby Jordan, Priya Gupta, and Mindy Kim. They're different in just about every way -- personalities, hobbies, family, and more -- but they have a few important things in common: they're all in the same class, they absolutely love animals, and for reasons that are as varied as the trio themselves none of them can actually have any pets. Unable to resist the adorable...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2022

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Inserro, Julia

Summary: "Bad days are the worst! Like when your mom tells you that you can't wear your mermaid costume to the dentist and the ballet teacher says you can't pirouette in rain boots and the cat steals your pencil - those days are the WORST worst!"--Back cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Social Emo Inserro 2019

Mason, Jane B.

Summary: Most of the sixth graders at Memorial Middle School are all a-flutter about the beginning-of-the-school-year, boy-girl party, but not Lucia, who is put off by all the talk about what to wear, and who to date--however, when she gets to know Adesh (the boy who sits on her favorite bench in the park), she starts thinking that there might be something to this dating thing after all.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 JUN

Wilson, Karma.

Summary: Bear's animal friends come to his rescue when he becomes lost and frightened in the woods.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2008

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E WILSON

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC Wil

Sanders, Jayneen

Summary: "Meet Emmi! She is resilient, independent and courageous. She always tries her best, and even when the going gets tough, Emmi never gives in. This charming story uses verse and beautiful illustrations to model resilience, persistence, and the ability to face challenges with tenacity. Children who are resilient are brave, curious, confident and problem solvers. Nurturing these traits in our...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Educate2Empower Publishing, an imprint of Upload Publishing Pty Ltd 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SAN

Testa, Maggie

Summary: Daniel wants to ride the slide. O is afraid. Daniel says they can ride together. They can ride down the slide!

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spolight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE TES

Allegra, Mike

Summary: Kimmie and Myron invent a machine that can collect golf balls from the bottom of their local course's pond scum, but they discover a friendly creature lurking beneath the water.--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calico, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2022

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Amoore, Nat

Summary: Finding a million dollars in your backyard--every kid's dream, right? That's what me and my best friend Toby thought too. Bouncing houses at school. Candy for our adoring fans. Wearing sunglasses indoors ('cos that's what all the millionaires do). There's a lot you can get with a million dollars... including a whole lot of trouble. Bonus tips on how to be a schoolyard millionaire inside!

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rock the Boat, an imprint of Oneworld Publications 2021

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Lowe, Mari

Summary: A long ago "accident." An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn't know how. And a ghostly dybbuk, that no one but Aviva can see, causing mayhem and mischief that everyone blames on her. That is the setting for this suspenseful novel of a girl who seems to have lost everything, including her best friend Kayla, and a mother who was once vibrant and popular, but who...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LOW

López Ávila, Pilar

Summary: Mohesiwä's wishes take shape in the jungle where he lives and plays smiles as she thinks about her future. Juana daydreams when she cleans car windshields and, on the other side of the world, Anja and her brother Tovo search amongst mounds of trash, without ever losing sight of their dreams."--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Cuento de Luz SL 2019

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LOP

Allegra, Mike

Summary: Kimmie decides to trap the tooth fairy to earn money to build a burglar alarm trap.--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calico, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE ALL

Hale, Shannon

Summary: Shannon knows sixth grade is going to be a perfect year. She's got a spot in the in-crowd called The Group, and her best friend is their leader Jen, the most popular girl in school. But the rules are always changing, and Shannon has to scramble to keep up. She never knows which TV shows are cool, what songs to listen to, and, most importantly, which boys you're allowed to talk to. Who makes...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Marinov, Isabelle

Summary: The world was too bright for Leo. And too loud. "I must be living on the wrong planet," Leo thought.Leo struggles to make sense of the world. He doesn't understand the other children in his class, and they don't seem to understand him. But then one day, Leo meets Maya. Maya is an octopus, and the more Leo learns about her, the more he thinks that perhaps he isn't alone in this world, after all.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JEN SE Marinov

Smith, Maudie

Summary: "When Jake's mom upcycles every last thing in the apartment, Jake begins to worry that the only thing left to change is... him!" --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lantana Publishing Ltd. 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SMI

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SMI

Staake, Bob

Summary: "On this playfully illustrated journey with Bob Staake, children and adults alike will discover an encouraging truth: our path through life is not only challenging and beautiful--it is all our own to discover and invent. 'You will walk. You will walk along a well-worn path that many people have taken--and long before you.' So begins this inspirational journey over gentle, grassy hills, through...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: minedition 2022

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Wild, Charlotte Sullivan

Summary: Shy Violet attempts to show another girl how she feels on Valentine's Day.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WIL

Cala, Caroline

Summary: Mayhem ensues in their sleepy California beach town when three best friends, motivated by unlimited snacks, no parents, and earning money for an epic seventh-grade party, find an old copy of "The Babysitters Club" and decide to start their own babysitting business.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019

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