Spinelli, Eileen.
Summary: A pig believes herself to be a princess and behaves accordingly, but soon learns that being royalty has a price.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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Summary: When a little girl cannot satisfy the grumpy giraffe she has drawn on the pavement, he draws her into the picture so she can see for herself what is missing.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, A Capstone Imprint 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE PAXLaminack, Lester L.
Summary: When life on the Tucker farm is disrupted by the arrival of a peacock, whose shrieking and strutting bring many welcome visitors, the hens complain that they are doing all of the work until the hound suggests a trade.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LAMFernihough, Jo (Johanna)
Summary: "Crow sets out on a journey to find the happiest bird alive, but even the glamorous peacock has its own reasons to not be content"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FERPodesta, Lena
Summary: Gil the Goldfish feels crowded in his small bowl with a plant, a castle, and 138 pebbles, but when he leaves his bowl in search of a better home, he learns some important lessons.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PODPfister, Marcus.
Summary: Mikko the hedgehog is perfectly content living in his garden until Grandfather Tarek suggests that he should accomplish something important in order to be happy like the other animals.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: North-South Books 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E PFIWolff, Kathy
Summary: Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text celebrate the littlest things one needs to be happy, and the beauty of sharing with others when one has more than enough.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WOLDemi.
Summary: A poor young boy in China yearns for wealth and power, until a magician gives him a magic pillow that brings dreams of what would happen if his wishes came true.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DEMKrall, Dan.
Summary: Tired of having only adults like his acidic taste, Mr. Caper makes caper-flavored lollipops that are sent throughout the world, but his plot has unexpected consequences and only Lollipop can save the day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KRAMcClure, Nikki
Summary: Through minimal text and cut-paper illustrations, shows the many things a boy can enjoy while inside his house, then outside, then in again. Includes a list of the author's favorite owls.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Appleseed 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCCAnchin, Lisa
Summary: Mr. Aster, who likes routine, is happy to care for Little Green Girl when she arrives in his garden, but not interested in helping her see the world beyond its walls.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Hall, Michael
Summary: A perfect square that is perfectly happy is torn into pieces, punched with holes, crumpled, and otherwise changed but finds in each transformation that it can be something new, and just as happy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Preschool Hall 2011Allard, Harry.
Summary: Starlight LaPoule, better known as Ethel-Fae Klucksworth, is very unhappy living on a poultry farm in Tennessee, but when her fairy godmother gives her the ability to make her wishes come true, the results are unexpected.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC AllardBunting, Eve
Summary: Mouse enjoys living on his island but feels that something is missing from his life until the day he performs a daring rescue and acquires an unlikely friend.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION BuntingCleminson, Katie.
Summary: Otto lives in a book in a house but when no one is looking he comes to life to read his favorite stories and practice his writing, until he is left behind and must set out in search of a new home.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CLERolli, Jennifer Hansen
Summary: Little Ruby always wants one more of just about everything until she learns that more is sometimes too much.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: Cat, Dog, and Mouse live together contentedly in a cottage by the sea, dividing the work between them, until A. Stranger, Esq., a fox from the Winds of Change company, arrives and stirs up trouble.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A compilation of essays on claiming control of your life, whether it's reducing clutter in your home or learning to say "no" without guilt. The authors share the fulfillment that comes from focusing on what matters most in your life-- your family, your friends, and even your self.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 CHISummary: Click, clack, moo: A bunch of literate cows go on strike after Farmer Brown refuses to give in to their typed demands of electric blankets when the barn gets too cold. The day Jimmy's boa ate the wash: Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm. The Pigs' wedding: all the pigs must get cleaned up for the big wedding. Hendrika, a Dutch cow, wants to visit the city. Charlie...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2002