Windness, Kaz
Summary: "Bitsy is a little bat with big star dreams of making friends at her new school. But when she arrives, Bitsy doesn't feel like she fits in. The other kids sit on their chairs, but sitting upright makes Bitsy dizzy. The other kids paint with their fingers, but Bitsy would rather use her toes. Everyone tells Bitsy she's doing things wrong-wrong-wrong, so she tries harder...and ends up having a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WINSteele, K-Fai
Summary: "Pip is a normal pig who does normal stuff: cooking, painting, and dreaming of what she'll be when she grows up. But one day a new pig comes to school and starts pointing out all the ways in which Pip is different. Suddenly she doesn't like any of the same things she used to...the things that made her Pip. A wonderful springboard for conversations with children, at home and in the classroom,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STEDee, Jodi
Summary: "Zafera is a normal, beautiful little girl, yet she often has dirt on her hands and twigs in her hair. When Zafera goes to school for the first time, all the children laugh and tease. Find out how she becomes the most popular girl in school!"--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction DeeEsbaum, Jill
Summary: School shopping is no fun for Dylan--until he spots boots decorated with poison-dart frogs. They even glow in the dark! He can't wait to show them off in class. But then a kid exclaims: "Ms. Kory, that boy's wearing girl boots." Suddenly, everyone's laughing at Dylan and the boots don't seem so cool anymore. Will he ever wear them again? A timely story about staying true to yourself and defying...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2019
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Summary: When Otter starts a school, Teddy becomes sad because the other students are all good at something and it seems he is not.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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Summary: Harry the hammerhead shark wishes he could be any other type of shark, but when a class trip to a famous shipwreck almost ends in disaster, Harry realizes the importance of being exactly who he is.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2014
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC OCEGriffin, Molly Beth
Summary: Unnoticed by humans, Stella the Mouse, Nico the Toad, Delilah the Spider, and Bo the Parakeet compete, in their own special ways, during the school's Field Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2020
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Summary: "When Layla arrives for her first day of school at Unicornia, the school for unicorns, she realizes that she's not like the other kids there. They're all pastel colors and know the rules to Horn Ball and none of them come from the Woods like Layla does. Try as she might to make friends, Layla's just ... different. But when her class gets lost during a field trip to the Fiddle Dee Deep Forest,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HADMyracle, Lauren
Summary: Winnie's celebrates her unique style through her first year with a double-digit age as she has many new experiences, from the high of spending time in New York City with her aunt and big sister, to the low of her two best friends suddenly becoming interested in boys.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Childrens Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MYRSanders, Rob
Summary: Blaine loves to shine... well, actually, he loves to sparkle. Blaine's all about the bling, just like Sue's all about orange, and Alberto is all about high-tops. But when Blaine's bling rubs some people the wrong way, he begins to lose his shine -- and so does his entire school. Can Blaine's friends work together as allies and convince everyone to throw glitter, not shade?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SANZucker, Naomi Flink.
Summary: Eleven-year-old Callie Jones tries to keep track of all the rules for fitting in that other middle schoolers seem to know, but when the town decides to replace Halloween with an Autumn Festival, Callie leads her large family in an unusual protest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Egmont USA 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JFIC ZUCKann, Victoria.
Summary: When her classmates make fun of her for still liking the color pink, a little girl feels all alone, but then a friend shows her the power of pink.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KANMiller, Sharee
Summary: Eager to make a good first impression at her new middle school, thirteen-year-old Charlie does her best to fit in until she meets a group of diverse Black girls who show her the importance of authenticity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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Summary: A cautious mouse named Tiny gives advice to his best friend, an exuberant hippopotamus named Penelope, on such things as what to wear and what to take for show-and-tell on the first day of school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney/Hyperion Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE PLOPérez, Celia C.
Summary: Twelve-year-old María Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Malú) reluctantly moves with her Mexican-American mother to Chicago and starts seventh grade with a bang--violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and spurning the middle school's most popular girl in favor of starting a band with a group of like-minded weirdos.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: JFIC PERSpinelli, Jerry.
Summary: In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SPIGarton, Sam
Summary: "Otter keeper is taking me and Teddy on a trip to visit sea friends! I am going to meet all the animals that live in the ocean. I wonder which one will be my favorite..."--Jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN GARMcNamara, Margaret.
Summary: When Emma learns that her class picture will be taken while she must wear an eye patch, she is sad because she will look different from the other first-graders.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2011
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MCNMadison, Alan.
Summary: Velma starts first grade in the shadow of her memorable older sisters, and while her newfound interest in butterflies helps her to stand out, it also leads to an interesting complication.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MADMuncaster, Harriet
Summary: Isadora Moon, a vampire fairy, has to decided which school she wants to go to--vampire or fairy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC MUNSaltzberg, Barney.
Summary: Excited about being "star of the week" at school, Stanley spends a lot of time choosing and preparing his favorite things to share, but becomes discouraged when his classmates make fun of what he likes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SALClements, Andrew
Summary: Twelve-year-old identical twins Jay and Ray have long resented that everyone treats them as one person, and so they hatch a plot to take advantage of a clerical error at their new school and pretend they are just one.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC CleHelakoski, Leslie
Summary: Tomorrow is Woolbur's first day of school. Woolbur can fix his own wool, write his name, and color outside the lines. And most important, he never follows the crowd. Woolbur is ready for school, but is school ready for Wilbur?
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Childrens Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HELWells, Rosemary.
Summary: When Mrs. Jenkins proposes the class paint dinosaurs, Doris's unusual artistic talent is not recognized until the class visits a modern art museum.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2001