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Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1991
Edition
1st miniature ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 14 cm.
Language
English
Description
A bored chameleon wishes it could be more like all the other animals it sees, but soon decides it would rather just be itself. Cutouts along the edges of the pages display various animals and colors.
2) Loser
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: Just like other kids, Zinkoff rides his bike, hopes for snow days, and wants to be like his dad when he grows up. But Zinkoff also raises his hand with all the wrong answers, trips over his own feet, and falls down with laughter over a word like "Jabip." Other kids have their own word to describe him, but Zinkoff is too busy to hear it. He doesn't know he's not like everyone else. And one winter night, Zinkoff's differences show...
Author
Series
Fudge books volume 2
Language
English
Description
Spending the summer in Tarrytown, New York, is a lot of fun for ten-year-old Sheila even though her friends make her face up to some self-truths she does not want to admit.
4) You matter
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text remind the reader that no matter what happens or how one feels, he or she matters.
5) Short
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Very short for her age, Julia grows into her sense of self while playing a munchkin in a summer regional theater production of The Wizard of Oz"--
8) Sulwe
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
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Description
When five-year-old Sulwe's classmates make fun of her dark skin, she tries lightening herself to no avail, but her encounter with a shooting star helps her understand there is beauty in every shade.
9) My heart
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: My heart is a window. My heart is a slide. My heart can be closed...or opened up wide. Some days your heart is a puddle or a fence to keep the world out. But some days it is wide open to the love that surrounds you. With lyrical text and breathtaking art, My Heart, My Heart empowers all readers to listen to the guide within in this ode to love and self-acceptance.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A frog who yearns to be any animal that is cute and warm discovers that being wet, slimy, and full of bugs has its advantages.
11) Giraffe problems
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A giraffe struggles to feel comfortable with his neck"--
12) Henny
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Henny, a chick with arms, discovers the benefits of being different"--
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Northern California two successful CEOs are both indispensable to their growing companies' futures. Both are brilliant at the power game. But the difference between them is huge. One is a man, the other a woman. In this riveting novel, Danielle Steel explores what that means as she takes readers into the rarefied world of those at the pinnacle of international business and reveals the irrevocable choices they make, what drives them, and how others...
14) Garvey's choice
Author
Series
Garvey novels (Nikki Grimes) volume 1
Publisher
Astra Publishing House
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: Garvey?s father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading?anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food. Garvey is kind, funny, smart, a loyal friend, and he is also overweight, teased by bullies, and lonely. When his only friend encourages him to join the school chorus, Garvey?s life changes. The chorus finds a new soloist in Garvey,...
15) Wonder
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"Princess Eilonwy hates to leave her friend Taran and her beloved home, but she must go to the Isle of Mona to train as a proper lady. Eilonwy soon faces more than the ordeal of becoming a dignified young maiden, however, for she possesses magical powers sought by the evil enchantress Queen Achren. When Eilonwy is put under a deep spell, Taran and his companions set out on a dangerous quest to rescue her."--
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
"As the daughter of immigrants who came to America for a better life, Annie Inoue was raised to dream big. And at the start of seventh grade, she's channeling that irrepressible hope into becoming the lead in her school play. So when Annie lands an impressive role in the production of The King and I, she's thrilled ... until she starts to hear grumbles from her mostly white classmates that she only got the part because it's an Asian play with Asian...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
Harlem teenager Nala is looking forward to a summer of movies and ice cream until she falls in love with the very woke Tye and pretends to be a social activist.
Nala Robertson reluctantly agrees to attend an open mic night for her cousin-sister-friend Imani's birthday. Tye Brown, the MC is perfect, except-- he is an activist and is spending the summer putting on events for the community when Nala would rather watch movies and try out the new seasonal...
20) Mabel
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Fountas & Pinnell
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Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A picture book about a mermaid named Mabel, who unlike the rest of her family does not have a moustache, and the seven-armed octopus who becomes her friend and helps her see that she is just right the way she is"--
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