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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Katie Honors is a really brave kid. She can go to bed with just one small night light. She can hold her tears in when it's time to say goodbye to her mom at school. But sometimes Katie isn't ready to say goodbye and doesn't feel brave at all. When this happens, she Kaplooms! She refuses to let go of her mom, and everything is flurried as she begins to cry. Her emotions feel frightening. It's not the Katie Honors she wants to be. But her mother assures...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This is an old story. It is about a girl named Otilla who runs away. It is also about a house in the woods, and a skull who lives there, and a secret the skull has, and the night that Otilla finds out what that secret is."--
Author
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"A little owl is scared of flying, because every time he opens his wings, he tumbles to the ground. Mommy explains to him that it will take a few failures before he succeeds, and soon, the little owl feels brave enough to keep trying. An uplifting celebration of courage and learning how to handle life's challenges"--
Author
Publisher
Berbay Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
133 pages : illustrations, some color ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
If a butterfly is just a moth in a fancy cardigan, then perhaps we should always expect more than what we see. This is the story of Gary Grey Moth who desperately wants to be seen and Florence Butterfly who has had enough of being noticed. What would happen if they swapped cardigans and could be the bug they each always wanted to be? A humorous, insightful story of identity and coming-of-age, told from the unlikely but utterly relatable perspectives...
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a cursed gumball machine sucks him into one of the kingdom's most villainous schemes EVER, Bobert Bougainvillea, who no one seems to notice, realizes he's the only one with the drive, knowledge and newfound courage to foil an evil wizard's plans" --
Author
Series
Maybe Marisol volume 3
Language
English
Description
Marisol and her best friend Jada love to ride their bikes, except when they have to ride past a dangerous beast they call Daggers, but when Daggers gets loose, Marisol unexpectedly rescues him, conquering one of her biggest fears.
10) The baddies
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 30 cm
Language
English
Description
A troll, a witch, and a ghost compete to see who can scare the little girl who is new to the their neighborhood, but her courage and kindness defeats them all.
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Amelia is shy, finding solace in fairy tales but finds the courage to make friends with her new neighbors and embark on an adventure in her new wheelchair with the help of a litte bird outside her window." --
12) Salat in secret
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Muhammad gets a special salat rug on his seventh birthday, he is determined to do all five daily prayers on time. But one salat occurs during the school day--and he's worried about being seen praying at school. His father parks his truck to worship in public places, and people stare at him and mock him. Will the same thing happen to Muhammad? From two powerhouse creators comes an empowering story about an important part of Islamic faith that...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"No matter how fast I go, or where I end up, my brave lion sticks with me--my lion's always there!" When she and her lion are together, one little girl feels like she can do anything. Whether she's afraid of the dark, or too shy to speak and in need of finding her voice, her big, bold companion always looks out for her. But one day, the inseparable pair decide to climb the new, dizzyingly high rocket slide at the playground together, and the girl...
Author
Series
Claris volume 1
Publisher
Hardie Grant Egmont
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A delightful rhyming tale about courage, compassion and a stylish little mouse, from acclaimed fashion illustrator Megan Hess. 'Claris: The Chicest Mouse in Paris'follows an adorable mouse who dreams of moving to Paris to follow her fashion dreams. One day, she bravely takes the leap - only to find a mean little girl with a horrible-looking cat standing in the way of her perfect Parisian apartment! Can Claris use all her wit, warmth and - of course...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by a remarkable true story, this moving novel follows schoolteacher Alice King as she helps evacuate Britain’s children overseas and finds her life fatefully entwined with mother Lily Nichols when a Nazi U-boat torpedoes the USS Carlisle carrying a ship of children to Canada.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition in Spanish.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
Español
Description
Cuando una niña esta con su león, ¡ella se siente capaz de hacer cualquier cosa! Cuando le da penita hablar o le da nervios pedir disculpas, su león le ayuda a encontrar su voz. Su león, que es grande y valiente, la protege, él está en su equipo. Pero un día en el parque, la niña decide subir una resbaladilla nueva, que es altísima, y la niña descubre que a veces hasta los leones tienen miedo. ¿Le tocará a ella ahora ser valiente? Ahora...
19) Kevin goes first
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Kevin and his friends discover a mysterious ladder, everyone wants to know what is at the top, and who gets to find out first"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Joe is starstruck, determined to find his way up, up, up to the magical lights in the night sky. "In your dreams!" his pals say. But when Joe and his dad put their heads and hearts together, there's no stopping them. Together they climb ladders, construct towers, and launch rockets in a tireless quest to reach the unreachable.
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