Stead, Philip Christian
Summary: Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day, he woke with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests. -- From book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JEN Caldecott SteadKrall, Dan
Summary: By not covering his mouth or washing his hands, Simon spreads his cold to his teacher and classmates, much to the delight of three germs named Virus, Protozoa, and Bacteria.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KRAScanlon, Elizabeth Garton
Summary: "When a young boy gets a cold, he just wants his mommy. But his stuffy nose makes it difficult for him to call out to his mom--not 'Bob, ' who happens to be the family dog"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCAEhrlich, Esther
Summary: On Cape Cod in 1972, eleven-year-old Naomi, known as Chirp for her love of birds, gets help from neighbor Joey as she struggles to cope with her mother's multiple sclerosis and its effect on her father and sister.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC EHRGreen, John
Summary: "Hazel, 16 ans, est atteinte d'un cancer. Son dernier traitement semble avoir arrêté l'évolution de la maladie, mais elle se sait condamnée. Bien qu'elle s'y ennuie passablement, elle intègre un groupe de soutien, fréquenté par d'autres jeunes malades. C'est là qu'elle rencontre Augustus, un garçon en rémission, qui partage son humour et son goût de la littérature. Entre les deux adolescents,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nathan 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA WORLD FRENCH GRESorell, Traci
Summary: Because she has been very ill and weak, River cannot join in the dancing at this year's tribal powwow, she can only watch from the sidelines as her sisters and cousins dance the celebration--but as the drum beats she finds the faith to believe that she will recover and dance again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SORDanneberg, Julie
Summary: Mrs. Hartwell is home sick today, and throughout the day her students send her emails informing her about what is happening as the other teachers take turns watching the class--and the room becomes increasingly messy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DANMartin, Ann M.
Summary: "Everybody used to love Karen. She was cute. She was the little sister. But now baby Emily is in their family, and Karen feels left out. Then Emily gets sick and everybody has to take care of her. Even Karen. And that's when Karen finds out that being a big sister is the most fun of all!" -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2021
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Summary: "Sylvie wakes one night, suddenly, without knowing why. Then she sees the most spectacular sight - a pair of wings, enormous in size, made of the softest snow-white feathers imaginable. An angel in her bedroom--a Snow angel! He tells her that he is here to look after her, for Sylvie is not as well as she seems. Many months later, as Sylvie recovers from her illness, she longs to see her snow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE O'FALobel, Anita
Summary: "When Mama Rabbit falls ill, her ten little rabbits each tend to her in their own way"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Lobel 2014Gonsalves, Florence
Summary: "Seventeen-year-old Chamomile struggles to bring together her two universes of school, filled with the hype of senior year and future plans, and home, where her father is living with a terminal illness, until she meets a fellow student and hospital volunteer who helps her understand both worlds as one"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GONBlake, Kendare
Summary: "For the Goddess of Wisdom, what Athena didn't know could fill a book. So the assault on Olympus left them beaten and scattered and possibly dead. So they have to fight the Fates themselves, who, it turns out, are the source of the gods' illness. And sure, Athena is stuck in the underworld, holding the body of the only hero she has ever loved. But Hermes is still topside, trying to power up...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Teen 2015
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Blake, Kendare.
Summary: The escalating war between the gods takes Athena and Cassandra across the globe, searching for lost gods, old enemies, and the great warrior, Achilles, and although their alliance is fragile, they must find a way to work together or all is lost.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Teen 2014
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Fenske, Jonathan
Summary: When Crabby gets sick, Plankton is determined to play doctor and take care of his friend, even if Crabby does not want the help--until Crabby realizes that he can get Plankton to do all of his household chores.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn/Scholastic Inc 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FENTapper, Alice Paul
Summary: Based on the author's real experience, this important book follows Alice, who is at the hospital with a terrible pain in her stomach, as she finds the courage to speak up about what she's feeling with the help of the faces on a numbered pain chart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2024
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Summary: Aza Ray Boyle's life has been defined by a unique lung disease and her evolving friendship with Jason, but just before her sixteenth birthday, she's swept up into the sky-bound world of Magonia and discovers her true identity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION HEALiu-Trujillo, Robert
Summary: Art and his dad venture to their local farmer's market to find fresh ingredients to make a juice that will help Dad overcome his cold, and learn that staying healthy takes carrots, collards, cayenne, and community. Includes recipe for cold-clobbering juice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LIUErnshaw, Shea
Summary: An illness cursing the land forces seventeen-year-old Vega, the Last Astronomer, to venture across the wilderness to discover the stars message that will save her people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022
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Summary: Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: École des Loisirs 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 BEN FRENCHHaydu, Corey Ann.
Summary: "Four sisters rely on each other--and a bit of mysterious magic--to cope with their mother's illness"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC HAYBardhan-Quallen, Sudipta
Summary: "When Lily has to stay home sick from magic school she is worried her whole day is ruined, until her best friend Sirena and their kitten-mermaid pals visit with a surprise"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BARHolm, Jennifer L.
Summary: When Squish, a meek amoeba who loves the comic book exploits of his favorite hero, "Super Amoeba," starts feeling sick, he worries he has caught a deadly illness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J GRAPHIC SQUCheng, Charlotte
Summary: "Everyone knows that dragons are fierce, capable of taking on the world! But this dragon can't stop sneezing long enough to get a roar out. Even with friendly Phoenix insisting that Dragon get some rest, this powerful creature refuses to stop for any orange ginger tea or a drop of bone broth soup. It's only when Dragon realizes Phoenix has caught the same cold that they are both able to take...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHEGreen, Poppy
Summary: When Sophie Mouse's brother, Winston, gets sick, she starts to envy all the attention he is getting, but when she gets sick herself, she regrets ever wishing this on herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2023