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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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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Summary: Dot grows increasingly frustrated that she is not perfect at anything.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2024
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Summary: When the other eggs in his carton behave badly, the good egg feels like he needs to be perfect.
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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 JOHMalbrough, Mike
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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MALWilliamson, 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..."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kelpies, an imprint of Floris Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WILWish, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WISHudson, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HUDVeitch, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Windmill Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VEIAvery, Bryan Patrick
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 AVEJohn, Jory
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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction HaleSatoko 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SATHopkins, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2011
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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 PATBreen, Steve
Summary: "Benny the woodpecker makes a brilliant plan to eat a tasty plate of waffles"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016