Saks, Dan
Summary: "This formative board book is an appreciation of our global community and the many ways in which it helps develop empathy, compassion, and collective responsibility. Specific examples of shared community are depicted across twelve countries, inviting young readers to connect with and acknowledge the importance of caring about and for one another, and the Earth we share"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rise x Penguin Workshop
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Summary: "Captain Cat sees three yellow birds on his pirate ship. Will they join Captain Cat for lunch, or will they become her lunch? One brave bird has a plan in this sweet story about misunderstanding and unlikely friendship"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE VIRD'Onofrio, Vincent
Summary: A little girl knows that pigs cannot look up but is empathetic to all the beauty they are missing, so she hoists her pig up to see the stars for the first time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cameron Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE D'ONStopek, Shoshana
Summary: Sid the koala has found a new home with perfect trees, and a perfect hammock, and he is ready to settle in for a long nap when he discovers he has an annoying neighbor, Marvin, who really wants to be his friend--but when Marvin's hammock collapses Sid realizes there is something more important than sleep.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STOJames-Duncan, Monique
Summary: Following a day in the life of two rambunctious children and their mom, this warm, revealing picture book builds a bridge of empathy between parent and child and celebrates the value of "Mommy Time."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JAMKemp, Laekan Zea
Summary: Omega Morales's family has been practicing magic for centuries in Noche Buena. But over the years, the town's reputation for the supernatural is no longer one the people carry with pride. So Omega's family keeps to themselves, and in private, they're Empaths--diviners who can read and manipulate the emotions of people and objects around them. But Omega's powers don't quite work, and it leaves...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KEMJobe, Lisa
Summary: As a boy searches his backyard for the perfect pet, his mother asks him to consider where a squirrel, frog, or bird would like to live.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Kids 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JOBPatchett, Ann
Summary: An empathetic story about introverts and extroverts, and two siblings who learn to be themselves. The Vert family is celebrating a very special occasion: it's Ivan's birthday! And Estie knows that every birthday needs a great party, with lots of guests, party hats, and twinkling tin foil stars. Because that is what everyone wants on their birthday, right? But did Estie ever ask Ivan?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PATCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VERVerde, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Appleseed 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD VERLee, Britney Winn
Summary: "Meet a boy with a heart so big, his feelings glow from his cheeks, spill out of his eyes, and jump up and down on his chest. What good is this giant heart?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beaming Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEEGeorge, K. (Kallie)
Summary: "Ophelia is excited to go on the fairy field trip to Atlantica so she can visit the Wishing Whirlpool. There is only one problem: Ophelia can't help being helpful! Every time she is about to go off on her own, she gets distracted by someone who needs her assistance. But when she runs into her sea witch cousin, Octavia, Ophelia might learn what true help means"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney, Hyperion 2023
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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 Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VERCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VERDocherty, Helen
Summary: Rhyming text illustrates that in a world where we share more similarities than differences, the power of empathy and kindness is universal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2024
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Summary: RELIGIOUS & SPIRITUAL FICTION. Before Audrey was the baker's wife, she was the pastor s wife. Then a scandalous lie cost her husband a pastoral career. Now the two work side-by-side running a bakery, serving coffee, and baking fresh bread. But the hurt still pulls at Audrey. Driving early one morning to the bakery, Audrey s car strikes something or someone at a fog-shrouded intersection. She...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC HEAMantchev, Lisa
Summary: A young girl has so many choices but only one wish.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MANGravel, Elise
Summary: "A touching and funny exploration of empathy and unity--featuring Elise Gravel's signature quirky monsters! Everybody is unique and different. But we are all more similar than we think. Just like you: Everybody has fears. Everybody has moments of joy ... and moments of sadness. Everybody makes mistakes ... and can fix them. And, just like you, everybody needs to feel safe and valued. Young...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2021
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Summary: "Arthur's gloomy father rushes him through the park every morning, through gray and rainy weather. Arthur just wants a bright balloon from the park's vendor, but Papa always says no. One morning, the balloons magically appear at their doorstep, and Arthurfigures out the perfect way to bring the sunshine out and Papa's smile back; even if only for a few moments"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books 2021
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Summary: Hard to say when the human species fractured exactly. Harder to say when this new talent arrived. But Lion Zorn is the first of his kind--an empathy tracker, an emotional soothsayer, with a felt sense for the future of the we. In simpler terms, he can spot cultural shifts and trends before they happen. It's a useful skill for a certain kind of company. A unique blend of cutting-edge technology...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KOTRobbins, Emily
Summary: "A mesmerizing debut set in Syria on the cusp of the unrest, A Word for Love is the spare and exquisitely told story of a young American woman transformed by language, risk, war, and a startling new understanding of love. It is said there are ninety-nine Arabic words for love. Bea, an American exchange student, has learned them all: in search of deep feeling, she travels to a Middle Eastern...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBGowdy, Barbara
Summary: Thunderstorms are rolling across the summer sky. Every time one breaks, Rose Bowan loses consciousness and has vivid, realistic dreams about being in another woman's body. Is Rose merely dreaming? Or is she, in fact, inhabiting a stranger? Disturbed yet entranced, she sets out to discover what is happening to her, leaving the cocoon of her family's small repertory cinema for the larger, upended...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tin House Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GOWJavernick, Ellen
Summary: If you see someone in a wheelchair, you might think he or she couldn't compete in a race. But... you might be wrong. What if you see a child with no hair? Do you think she is embarrassed all the time? How about a kid who has a really hard time reading? Do you think that means he's not smart? You might think so. But... you might be wrong. With clear prose and lighthearted artwork, this book...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Two Lions/Amazon 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JAVCampbell, Marcy
Summary: "Adrian Simcox brags about owning a horse, and Chloe just knows he's making stuff up...until she learns an important lesson in empathy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CAMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC CAMHealy, Erin M.
Summary: Detective Jack Mansfield spirals into madness after his wife disappears when her scooter is involved in a car accident at a foggy intersection, leaving Audrey, the wife of the former local pastor and the only suspect, to solve the mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEAShum, Benson
Summary: Anzu the kaiju loves to tend to his bonsai. Whenever he feels overwhelmed or unsettled, it helps him pause and reminds him to just...breathe.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Book Press 2023