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Summary: After getting a fortune cookie with the message, "Practice makes perfect," Ben meets new student Darby, who claims to be perfect and offers to teach Ben his secrets.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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Summary: Marigold the cat likes everything just so, but when he sets out to bake a perfect cake one Monday, he is interrupted by one finch, two pigeons, and three loons.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MALHudson, Katy
Summary: Beaver's friends insist on baking him a birthday cake, but Beaver, the ultimate perfectionist, would rather do it himself, and in doing so realizes perfection does not necessarily mean perfect.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HUDWilliamson, Victoria
Summary: "A straight-talking but uplifting story about a boy living with ADHD and the sparks that fly when he moves in with his perfectionist step-sister..."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kelpies, an imprint of Floris Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WILHopkins, Ellen.
Summary: Northern Nevada teenagers Cara, Kendra, Sean, and Andre, tell in their own voices of their very different paths toward perfection and how their goals change when tragedy strikes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2011
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Summary: When the other eggs in his carton behave badly, the good egg feels like he needs to be perfect.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG JOHHale, Shannon
Summary: Unicorn wants to be as perfect as everyone seems to think he is, so when he embarrasses himself in front of Kitty he is afraid Kitty will no longer want to be friends with a not-so-perfect Unicorn.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction HaleJohn, Jory
Summary: When the other eggs in his carton behave badly, the good egg feels like he needs to be perfect.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E JOHCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHSatoko Seo, Emily
Summary: A little girl is determined to make perfect nigiri sushi for her grandmother, but her efforts only lead to frustration, until a surprising discovery helps her understand that cooking with love is more important than cooking perfect food.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SATWicker, Valeria
Summary: Inspired by a visit to an art museum, Raven sets out to create a masterpiece but her discarded mistakes start stalking her, teaching her to accept her imperfections.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: JIMMY Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company 2020
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Summary: Ariel Stone is the perfect college applicant until a failed Calculus quiz sends his grades into a tailspin that can only be halted by a handsome tutor, but adding a burgeoning romance to his other commitments may push Ariel past his limit.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SILMahoney, Kristin Mary
Summary: After a series of spectacular-and at times, hilarious-disasters, including being expelled from school, perfectionist Elfie Oster discovers what truly matters as she tries to make sense of everything that is happening to her.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MAHPett, Mark.
Summary: Beatrice is so well-known for never making a mistake that she is greeted each morning by fans and reporters, but a near-error on the day of the school talent show could change everything.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2011
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Summary: Zoe wants her math number line project to be perfect, but she can not decide which beads to use--until Mr. Grizley convinces her to ask for help from her friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE AVEVeitch, Catherine
Summary: Oma the orangutan wants to be good at everything. But when things don't always go to plan, she discovers that trying her best is more important.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Windmill Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VEIMyers, Maya
Summary: Dot grows increasingly frustrated that she is not perfect at anything.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2024
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Summary: "For as long as anyone can remember, Ari has loved arranging things. From blocks to flowers to produce to unicorn toys, each arrangement feels perfect--though maybe not for everyone. But when Ari sets out to create the ultimate arrangement at the zoo, things don't go quite as planned."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VERPatterson, James
Summary: Tandy Angel is, along with her brothers, a suspect in their parents' murder but having grown up under Malcolm and Maud Angel's perfectionist demands, Tandy decides she must clear the family name no matter what.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION PATWish, Katia
Summary: After perfecting the art of snowman-building, Raccoon coaches his friends to build their own but their imperfect creations make everyone unhappy until they try again, working together.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2020