Lambert, Megan Dowd
Summary: April and Mae are best friends, and their pets are best friends, too! On Tuesdays, April and Mae play soccer. Mae likes to run, and April likes to cheer. But this Tuesday, Mae slips on the muddy field and misses a goal. April tries to cheer up her friend, but Mae is sad and mad. Can April help Mae feel better?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE LAMSumner Johnson, Janet
Summary: Abby is tired of all the "almosts" in her life, but when she "almost" falls in a puddle she reconsiders, and starts making lists of the pros and cons of "almosts" and discovers that sometimes almost is good enough.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JOHNovales, Keka
Summary: Lola is taking ballet classes and is excited to dance at the Swan Lake recital until she learns that she will be a background chicken instead of a graceful swan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE NOVSummary: Miffy would love to be able to fly. She tries by running and flapping her arms but nothing works. So with the help of Grunty, Miffy tries to make wings so that she can fly like a kite. But it does not work and Miffy is disappointed. Then Grunty has a good idea, and in no time ,Miffy finds herself in the air after all.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Peace Arch Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MIFSummary: Looks at life through the eyes of a successful couple living in metropolitan London. Along with their friends, Al and Davina Jackson struggle with sexual temptation and professional jealousy and try to cope with their fear of the future.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2008
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SENBerry, Joy Wilt.
Summary: Explains how people can feel angry, distrustful, and frustrated when they are disappointed, how to respond to disappointing people and situations, and how to feel better.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Joy Berry Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 155.4 BERBennett, Kelly
Summary: As a boy attempts to convince someone else to take his disappointing pet, he learns to love Norman the goldfish himself
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2005
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BENCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BEN1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BEN
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BENCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BENDavis, Kyra.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAVTerKeurst, Lysa
Summary: Life often looks so very different than we hoped or expected. Some events may simply catch us off guard for a moment, but others shatter us completely. We feel disappointed and disillusioned, and we quietly start to wonder about the reality of God’s goodness. Lysa TerKeurst guides us to discover that our disappointments can be the divine appointments our souls need to radically encounter God....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 TERRosenthal, Norman E.
Summary: A noted research psychiatrist uses stories from his own life and career to explore how adversity can provide opportunities for growth and to demonstrate how to engage with personal failures to pursue an authentic and meaningful life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.24 ROSInserro, 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 2019Maddox, Jake.
Summary: Alex has just moved and joined a new soccer team, where she is expected to play a different position; when her error leads to the team's first loss she has to learn to put aside her pride and put the team first.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MADKushner, Harold S.
Contents: The man who dared to dream -- Who are you working for? -- A hard road, not a smooth one -- New dreams for old ones -- Keeping promises -- It's not all about you -- The mistakes good people make -- How to write yourself a happy ending.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.3118 KUSCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self-Help KushnerNellist, Glenys
Summary: Disappointment turns into gratitude when Little Mole's fancy forest feast does not go according to plan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beaming Books 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: JE NELCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NELMayer, Gina.
Summary: Little Critter overcomes his disappointment when he doesn't receive an invitation to a birthday party.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books Pub. Co. 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC MayerChait, Jonathan
Summary: "Jonathan Chait ... digs deep into Obama's record on major policy fronts-- economics, the environment, domestic reform, health care, race, foreign policy, and civil rights-- to demonstrate why history will judge our forty-fourth president as among the greatest in history"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Custom House, an imprint of William Morrow 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.932 CHAGude, Paul
Summary: Quiet Giraffe and chatty Elephant have a friendship that sees them through misunderstanding, disappointment, and an interesting surprise.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney, Hyperion Books 2015