Alessandri, Alexandra

Summary: "English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ALE

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALE

Cala, Caroline

Summary: Malia, Dot, and Bree get a much older--and scarier--client than they expected, but looks can be deceiving.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020

Copies Available at Kingsley

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

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

Baptiste, Tracey

Summary: "An encounter between a brown mermaid and pirate launches a humorous tale of friendship that shows how kindness and empathy go beyond words."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BAP

Yolen, Jane

Summary: A shy and quiet boy wanders his new home town, listening to the birds, until he meets a fellow bird lover and friend.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Cameron Kids 2022

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YOL

Kurilla, Renée

Summary: "Follow a diverse cast of young children as they experience big feelings--anger, shyness, and sadness--in this patient, rhyming picture book. One Upside-Downy Day is a love letter to emotional understanding and the sometimes-gray days of being a toddler" -- Amazon.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Appleseed 2023

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KUR

Wyzlic, Lisa

Summary: After watching a documentary about how icebergs are melting, Harold, a lettuce who believes he's an actual iceberg, becomes overly anxious that he's melting, too, until his fellow food friends help him cool down in a different way.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC 2023

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WYZ

Lee, Su Youn

Summary: When Coco the chipmunk, who always shares her food, falls ill, her new friends come to care for her in the same way she taught them, in this heartwarming debut picture book inspired by a Korean greeting.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEE

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

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC PAW

Davidson, Brad

Summary: When Bear feels low, like his pocket is full of sads that are weighing him down, Rabbit becomes determined to find the cure but discovers there's no easy fix--except, maybe, friendship, in this uniquely humorous approach to sadness that encourages mindfulness.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Kids 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAV

Dufayet, Danielle

Summary: "Waiting is not easy! And waiting can take a long time. Like waiting on the drip, drip, drip of rain to stop or the ding of the timer for cookies to be done baking. But there's one thing that can make waiting go a little bit faster-a friend!"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2020

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DUY

Sumner, Jamie

Summary: When thirteen-year-old Ellie reluctantly agrees to enter a beauty pageant with her best friend Coralee, the director seems determined to feature Ellie and her wheelchair, so she must find a way to participate on her own terms, all while saving her friendship and forming a better relationship with her divorced dad.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023

Copies Available at East Bay

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

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

Korman, Gordon

Summary: Twelve-year-old Cooper Vega and his military family has moved so often that he is used to new schoolmates not knowing his name, but at the moment he has a bigger problem--his new phone is haunted by the ghost of Roderick Northrop, a boy from the sixteenth-century, who needs his help to finish a quest, which is somehow tied up in the Stratford Middle School production of Romeo and Juliet.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KOR

Parish, Herman

Summary: The third book in a new arc in the New York Times bestselling chapter book series! The Amelia Bedelia & Friends books focus on school and friendship stories and are just right for fans of Ivy + Bean and Clementine.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD PAR

Jones, Richard

Summary: "One day, a child finds a polar bear in their garden. But this is no ordinary polar bear ; it can fit in the palm of the child's hand! As the days of the week go by from Monday to Sunday, the polar bear grows bigger and bigger. Soon, the child knows they must see the polar bear home safely"--Front jacket flap.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JON

Hrab, Naseem

Summary: "Snail is a party animal. Well ... kind of. He especially appreciates the quiet things about parties, like confetti, using his indoor voice, and softly blowing out birthday candles. But parties tend to get pretty loud, and that's when Snail disappears into his shell. But not to worry! Snail still has fun at parties - it's just that from inside his shell nobody can tell he's having a good time....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2022

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HRA

Greenawalt, Kelly

Summary: In rhyming text, Princess Truly strives to use her magic powers to be a good friend whether it is in the park with her pug Noodles (who needs a little help making new friends), in the rainbow clubhouse which she and her best friend are building, or at her very first sleepover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN GRE

Applegate, Katherine

Summary: Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD APP