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2) Shy
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Shy loves birds, but he's only ever read about them in books. When a real bird finally comes along, he's dying to meet her, but he's too afraid to get leave the gutter of the book. Can he put aside his fears, step out onto the page, and get to know her?"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Little Crab and Very Big Crab live in a tiny rock pool near the sea. Today they're going for a dip in the big ocean. 'This is going to be so great, ' says Little Crab, splish-splashing and squelch-squelching along, all the way to the very edge. Then comes a first glance down at the waves. WHOOSH! Maybe it's better if they don't go in? With vivid colors, bold shapes, and his trademark visual humor, Chris Haughton shows that sometimes a gentle 'don't...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Eighteen-year-old Tommy Baxter wants to become a police officer. His mother, who lost her own father on September 11, objects, but Tommy's father, Luke, is proud of his son's decision. Tommy is also planning to ask his girlfriend, Annalee Miller, to marry him someday. However, she hasn't been feeling well--and tests reveal the unthinkable. While his girlfriend begins the fight of her life, Tommy is driven to learn more about the circumstances surrounding...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Yukio gets tired of his little sister Kashi questioning and copying him, but on Halloween, when Samurai Scarecrow frightens him and demands candy, Yukio refuses to give up Kashi's.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
One very hot summer, Eric Dooley watches his younger sister go from her first swimming lesson all the way to the diving board, while his fear of the water keeps him from joining her and the rest of the people of Clermont County in the pool.
Author
Series
Pout-pout fish adventures volume 2
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Mr. Fish feels nervous venturing deep in the sea to look for Ms. Clam's lost pearl until Miss Shimmer helps him conquer his fear of the dark.
Author
Language
English
Description
"The town of Goblin seems like any other ordinary small town. These six novellas tell the story of a place where the rain is always falling, nighttime is always near, and your darkest fears and desires await. Welcome to Goblin... A Man in Slices: A man proves his 'legendary love' to his girlfriend with a sacrifice even more daring than Vincent van Gogh's--and sends her more than his heart. Kamp: Walter Kamp is afraid of everything, but most of all...
12) Tickle monster
Author
Publisher
Abrams Appleseed
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 34 cm
Language
English
Description
At bedtime, a brave child makes a monster disappear by tickling its various parts, such as its teeth so it cannot bite, and the parts transform into new objects that create a non-threatening scene.
Author
Series
Publisher
Treasure Bay
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Frank, an adventurous little frog, is playing with his friends, when suddenly his ball flies off and bounces into the house of a giant. Frank's friends are too scared to help him get his ball back, so he sneaks into the huge house all by himself. Little Frank hopes he can find his ball before the big giant comes back.
14) The babadook
Language
English
Formats
Description
Amelia is a single mother plagued by the violent death of her husband on the night she gave birth to her son. When a disturbing storybook called Mister Babadook turns up at her house, she is forced to battle with her son's deep-seated fears of the world around him, and together they must conquer it even as the monster disrupts reality and her tentative hold on sanity.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
When a mysterious beast ravages the countryside, two unlikely heroes are called in to fight the evil. The only way they can save the land from this unspeakable terror is to face their greatest fears, unearth a dark power, and reveal a deadly secret.
Author
Series
Maybe Marisol volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"Marisol, who has a big imagination and likes to name inanimate objects, has a tree in her backyard named Peppina...but she's way too scared to climb it. Will Marisol find the courage to climb Peppina? Maybe"--
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