Perkins, 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 PER

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PER

Sumner Johnson, Janet

Summary: Abby is tired of all the "almosts" in her life, but when she "almost" falls in a puddle she reconsiders, and starts making lists of the pros and cons of "almosts" and discovers that sometimes almost is good enough.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, an imprint of Capstone 2022

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JOH

Muth, 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 MUT

Hudson, Katy

Summary: Sasha cannot wait to go swimming with her best friend Mr. Sloth, but when his very slow pace causes Sasha to lose her patience, she decides to go into the pool without him.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint 2023

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HUD

John, Jory

Summary: "The bad seed is in a good mood...for once. That's because there's a really cool book at the library available for checkout. The bad seed reads, and reads, until the book can't be read anymore. But suddenly, he gets bad news: The book must be returned to the library so another seed can enjoy it. Will the bad seed return to his baaaaaad ways and keep the book?"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022

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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN JOH