Gehl, Laura
Summary: Illustrations and simple, rhyming text challenge the idea that boys and girls should each wear only certain colors or play with certain toys, and encourages them to be true to themselves.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little bee Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GEHDiPucchio, Kelly
Summary: "A proper bulldog raised in a poodle family and a tough poodle raised in a bulldog family meet one day in the park."--Title page verso.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DIPCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DIPCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction DipucchioHong, Jess
Summary: "Big, small, curly, straight, loud, quiet, smooth, wrinkly. Lovely explores a world of differences that all add up to the same thing: we are all lovely!"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HONDeGennaro, Sue
Summary: A shy boy becomes friends with an unusual girl after she suggests that he dress as a frog, but his frustration when they work on his costume chases her away.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DEGWillis, Jeanne
Summary: A girl who is always outshone by her older sister is comforted by her grandfather, who reminds her that everything and everyone is made of stardust that shines in all different ways.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WILWindness, Kaz
Summary: "Bitsy is a little bat with big star dreams of making friends at her new school. But when she arrives, Bitsy doesn't feel like she fits in. The other kids sit on their chairs, but sitting upright makes Bitsy dizzy. The other kids paint with their fingers, but Bitsy would rather use her toes. Everyone tells Bitsy she's doing things wrong-wrong-wrong, so she tries harder...and ends up having a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WINCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WINSteele, K-Fai
Summary: "Pip is a normal pig who does normal stuff: cooking, painting, and dreaming of what she'll be when she grows up. But one day a new pig comes to school and starts pointing out all the ways in which Pip is different. Suddenly she doesn't like any of the same things she used to...the things that made her Pip. A wonderful springboard for conversations with children, at home and in the classroom,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STEMartin, Stephen W.
Summary: Max recruits his friend Eugene to teach him how to improve his drawing, but none of Eugene's helpful tips fit Max's style.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARBrown, Monica
Summary: Marisol McDonald has flaming red hair and nut-brown skin. Polka dots and stripes are her favorite combination. She prefers peanut butter and jelly burritos in her lunch box. To Marisol, these seemingly mismatched things make perfect sense together. Other people wrinkle their nose in confusion at Marisol -- can't she just choose one or the other? Try as she might, in a world where everyone tries...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BROJudge, Lita
Summary: "Hoot the owl is excited to teach his younger sister all of his wisdom--but much to his annoyance, Peep is more interested in capturing the magic of the world around her than in listening to his advice"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JUDMunro, Fiona
Summary: A celebration of how great it is to be different, and how differences make us special--whether they're in babies, families, bodies, or anything else.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD MUNUrban, Linda.
Summary: Mouse struggles to find the right way to express his anger, modeling the behavior of Hare, Bear, Hedgehog, and Bobcat, only to discover that his own way may be the best way of all.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Children's Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE URBParr, Todd.
Summary: Represents a variety of families, some big and some small, some with only one parent and some with two moms or dads, some quiet and some noisy, but all alike in some ways and special no matter what.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Social Emo ParrStuart, Scott
Summary: Inspired by the author's own little boy, 'Shadow's' main character likes princesses, fairies and things 'not for boys'... he soon learns (through the support of his dad) that everyone has a shadow that they sometimes feel they need to hide. This is an important book for a new generation of children (and adults alike) which exemplifies the concepts of unconditional love, respect and positive...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Larrikin House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STUNakamura, Mei
Summary: "Short or tall, blue or brown eyes--Barbie and her friends all love themselves (and each other) for who they are! Children ages 4 to 6 will love to read how Barbie and her friends celebrate their differences"--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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Summary: A lonely boy feels like a stranger on his own planet until the day his radio bursts to life with the rhythm of stardust energy. Includes notes and facts about David Bowie's life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GIGMandin, Christy
Summary: Millie Fleur La Fae is new in Garden Glen, and she plans to plant her garden of strange and sometimes dangerous plants, but the town garden club does not approve of her and wants to tear it down.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc 2024
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Summary: April is looking for an escape from the sixth-grade lunch hour, which has become a social-scene nightmare, so she signs up to be a buddy bench monitor for the fourth graders' recess. Joey Byrd is a boy on the fringes, who wanders the playground alone, dragging his foot through the dirt. But over time, April realizes that Joey isn't just making random circles. When you look at his designs from...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD PEADee, Jodi
Summary: "Zafera is a normal, beautiful little girl, yet she often has dirt on her hands and twigs in her hair. When Zafera goes to school for the first time, all the children laugh and tease. Find out how she becomes the most popular girl in school!"--Page [4] of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction DeeBinkow, Howard.
Summary: When the children at school laugh at him, Howard the rabbit decides to stop dancing even though he loves it, until he realizes his dancing is what makes him unique.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: [Thunderbolt Pub.] 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BINGriffin, Molly Beth
Summary: Unnoticed by humans, Stella the Mouse, Nico the Toad, Delilah the Spider, and Bo the Parakeet compete, in their own special ways, during the school's Field Day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2020
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Summary: "A girl draws an unusual panda, who comes to life and draws all sorts of whimsical things with her, from a castle to a dragon and more"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BATBradman, Tony.
Summary: After her adventure at the Three Bear's house, Goldilocks starts a new school. She tries to fit in, but she's not a princess, a troll, or a ninja. Goldilocks wants a group of friends who are just right for her, but that's not so easy to find.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2009
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BRAGreenawalt, Kelly
Summary: "Princess Truly's rhyming adventures are a celebration of individuality, girl power, diversity, and dreaming big!"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, An Imprint os Scholastic Inc. 2017