Van Lieshout, Maria
Summary: Babies have tantrums, and do not like being told NO, but part of growing up is learning to ask nicely, and accept restrictions--that is what big kids do.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VANHische, Jessica
Summary: Illustrations, hand-lettering, and easy-to-read text reveal a child's bedtime promise to strive the next day to be adventurous, strong, curious, and more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HISCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HISBecker, Shelly
Summary: A group of superheroes are having a bad day and learn to cope with their emotions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.John, Jory
Summary: Everyone knows the cool beans. They're sooooo cool. And then there's the uncool has-bean ... Always on the sidelines, one bean unsuccessfully tries everything he can to fit in with the crowd--until one day the cool beans show him how it's done.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Sedaris, David
Summary: "In this hilarious illustrated fable, Anna Van Ogre loses her lovely monstrous looks and is turned into a sickeningly adorable, rosy-cheeked little girl. It starts her on a journey to learn an unforgettable lesson about true beauty"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: TOON Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SEDHarris J
Summary: An illustrated song celebrating life and encouraging readers to spread peace on earth.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HARPerkins, Mitali
Summary: Maya is only three days into summer vacation and already bored. Outside her window, the street is full of neighbors. Coming and going. Earning and spending. Fixing and mending. Everyone has something to do -- everyone's hands are busy. Except Maya's. When she opens her palms, they are empty. They are small. What in the world can her hands do? As Maya longs to do something useful alongside her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE PERCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PERRosenthal, Paris
Summary: "Encourages readers to accept and love themselves as they are and advises them to be confident, curious, adaptable, and willing to speak up." --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction RosenthalCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ROSCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROSMuth, Jon J.
Summary: Stillwater the giant panda's nephew, Koo, has a dream about saving the world, and Stillwater shows him that sometimes saving the world starts with doing the little things, like cleaning your room, and feeding the cat.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MUTZhang, Gracey
Summary: Every day, no matter how hot, Lala carries a pot of water around the corner to a patch of dirt and concrete, waters the tiny weeds sprouting there, and whispers words of encouragement to her plant friends; then, on the hottest day of all, her mother insists she stay home, but Lala worries about her friends, and whispers words of love--with a magical result.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ZHAYoung, Ed
Summary: Lord Cat lives a lavish lifestyle until drought strikes Hunger Mountain, but when he goes to seek sustenance, he finds much more than food.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE YOUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YOUVerde, Susan
Summary: A child recognizes his own humanity, his capacity for doing harm and being harmed, his ability to feel joy and sadness, and his belief in hope and promise to keep learning.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Appleseed 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD VERThomas, Shelley Moore
Summary: Illustrations and easy-to-read text reveal lessons that nature teaches, such as how, like the sun, one can bring warmth to others by smiling and shining even when things look dim.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THOKhan, Hena
Summary: Illustrations and prose inspired by the Quran celebrate a mother's love and hopes for her child.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KHAFrazee, Marla
Summary: A picture book celebrating both the highs and lows that everyone experiences in the course of a life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Caldecott FrazeeCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FRACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FRACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FRAWohnoutka, Mike
Summary: "From excited to scared from worried to confident-emotions can shift in a moment! Acclaimed picture book creator Mike Wohnoutka's simple words and tender illustrations demonstrate the highs and lows of a single day at school and open the door for readers to talk about their own contradictory, unpredictable ever-present emotions."--Front cover jacket.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WOHGrant, Adam M.
Summary: As Box searches for the right person to reveal the gift he conceals, he encounters children who are grasping, bickering, rough, and otherwise badly behaved.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2019