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Anxiety Fiction Armadillos Fiction Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931 Juvenile literature Ford, Henry 1863-1947 Juvenile literature Friendship Fiction Individuality Fiction Inventors United States Biography Juvenile literature Opossums Fiction Parent and child Fiction Scientists United States Biography Juvenile literatureReinhardt, Jennifer Black
Summary: Possums play dead when threatened so Alfred, an unusually nervous possum, avoids attention and even friendship until he meets Sofia, an armadillo who curls into a ball when nervous. Includes facts about the unusual defense mechanisms of animals pictured in the book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REIKurtz, Christopher.
Summary: "Flora the pig ditches the sedentary life on the farm for an adventure in Antarctica, where she escapes the knife and lives her dream of pulling a sled with a team of dogs"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Children's Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KURApplegate, Katherine
Summary: Illustrations and simple, rhyming text remind the reader that any achievement may be preceded by mistakes, and learning from them makes accomplishments sweeter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Applegate 2018Park, Linda Sue
Summary: Gondra, a little dragon, celebrates her uniqueness while talking with her parents about differences between her father's homeland in the East, and her mother's in the West.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PARSlade, Suzanne
Summary: Describes the friendship between the two inventors and how Thomas Edison's advice to the young Henry Ford inspired Ford to work on his automobiles until he came up with an inexpensive, reliable version which became the Model T.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2015