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121) Wallflowers
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"People call you a wallflower. Sometimes they call you shy. Sometimes they call you quiet, or maybe even scared. People think these are bad things, because sometimes they are LOUD. But you are happy just the way you are. And maybe you don't need to learn to be loud, they just need to learn to listen. Mackenzie Joy beautifully pairs her gorgeous illustrations with minimalist text in this heartwarming book that doesn't just acknowledge shy children,...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Ruffles loves a lot of things, like digging, running, and sleeping. He does not love loud noises, especially at night. When Ruffles sees a flash and hears a loud bang, he knows that can only mean one thing: a thunderstorm! But there's no place in the house that feels like just the right hiding spot from the storm outside. Hiding places should be quiet, safe, and most of all, cozy. That's when Ruffles realizes the best place to be is his very own...
124) Angryman
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
There's someone in the living room. It's Dad. It is Angryman. Boj's father can be very angry and violent. Boj calls this side of his father's personality "Angryman." When Angryman comes no one is safe. Until something powerful happens... Gro Dahle's astute text and Svein Nyhus's bold, evocative art capture the full range of emotions that descend upon a small family as they grapple with "Angryman." With an important message to children who experience...
125) Sometimes I kaploom
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Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Katie Honors is a really brave kid. She can go to bed with just one small night light. She can hold her tears in when it's time to say goodbye to her mom at school. But sometimes Katie isn't ready to say goodbye and doesn't feel brave at all. When this happens, she Kaplooms! She refuses to let go of her mom, and everything is flurried as she begins to cry. Her emotions feel frightening. It's not the Katie Honors she wants to be. But her mother assures...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Ev can feel the emotions people leave behind on objects, but to her it's more than a curse than a gift. The ones she deems harmless, she sells at Vancouver's Chinatown Night Market. Harriet hoards thousands of these treasures and is starting to make her neighbors sick as the overabundance of heightened emotions start seeping through her apartment walls. Harriet wants to make a museum of memory that not only feels warm and inviting but can heal the...
128) Friends are the best
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"In Turning Red, Mei Lee is a confident, dorky thirteen-year-old torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. And as if changes to her interests, relationships, and body weren't enough, whenever she gets too excited (which for a teenager is practically ALWAYS), she "poofs" into a giant red panda!"--
129) Good different
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Language
English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2024 - Children
Autism Acceptance Month - Tweens
Back to School - Tween
Disability Pride Month - Tweens
Autism Acceptance Month - Tweens
Back to School - Tween
Disability Pride Month - Tweens
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"Seventh-grader Selah Godfrey knows that to be "normal" she has to keep her feelings tightly controlled when people are around, but after hitting a fellow student, she needs to figure out just what makes her different--and why that is ok. Told in verse."--
130) What to bring
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Malia is enjoying a summer day in her backyard when she glances at the sky -- and it looks very strange. A forest fire is sweeping into the area where she lives, and Malia soon learns that she and her family will have to evacuate their home. As they quickly get ready to leave, Malia's mother tells her to pack only what's important. At first, Malia struggles to decide what to take with her. She wants everything - and the "to bring" pile in her room...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Starting from the happiness of waking up into a brand-new day, the picture book goes on to explore the kinds of relationships and contrasts that play out between our feelings and experiences every single day. Whether it's the nervousness of a beginning paired with the happiness of a middle; the indignity of a cut against the happiness of a scab; the boredom of nothing to do contrasted with the happiness of nothing to do; or the divide of mine against...
133) I love my new toy!
Author
Series
Elephant and Piggie books volume 5
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
When Elephant accidentally breaks Piggie's new toy, they both experience intense feelings before coming to realize how important their friendship is.
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Series
Judy Moody and Stink volume 12
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
En honor al "Día de todo al revés", Judy Moody se propone no ser una chica malhumorada. Lo que más desea es sentirse fresca como un pepino, prácticamente la reina del buen estado de ánimo. Ese es su más grande sueño, aunque solo dure una semana. Pero cuando ese "mood" la acompaña durante varios días, sus amigos comienzan a preocuparse. ¿Será que la sonriente Judy Moody es una impostora?
When it is "Backward Day," Judy must turn her usual...
135) Jeffrey loves blue
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Jeffrey is very attached to the colour blue. He wears blue socks, blue underwear, a blue hat, and -- of course! -- blue jeans. At painting class, he paints only in blue. But when his classmate, Keiko, wants to use the blue paint, Jeffery will have to try a different colour. With some gentle coaxing, the narrator helps him to navigate his emotions, encouraging him to consider Keiko's feelings and to find the courage to try something new while also...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Set in a 2054 where humans have locked themselves out of the internet and Elon Musk has incinerated the moon, Set My Heart to Five is the hilarious yet profoundly moving story of one android’s emotional awakening. One day at a screening of a classic movie, Jared notices a strange sensation around his eyes. Bots are not permitted to have feelings, but as the theater lights come on, Jared discovers he is crying. Soon overwhelmed by powerful emotions,...
137) The wishing flower
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"An LGBTQ-inclusive story about understanding your peers, your feelings, and yourself ... a love letter to longing, belonging, and longing to belong. Birdie finds comfort in nature and books, but more than anything she longs for connection, to be understood. At school, Birdie feels like an outsider. Quiet and shy, she prefers to read by herself, rather than jump rope or swing with the other kids. That all changes when Sunny, the new girl, comes along....
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Language
English
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This third collection of short fiction by Gaiman includes previously published pieces of short fiction--stories, verse, and a Doctor Who story written for the series' fiftieth anniversary (Nothing o'clock). There is also "Black Dog," a new tale that revisits the world of his novel American Gods. The collection explores the masks we all wear and the people we are beneath them to reveal our vulnerabilities and our truest selves. Horror and ghosts stories,...
139) Wei skates on
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Olympic gold medalist and three-time World Champion Nathan Chen delivers an inspirational picture book about facing your fears and finding the joy in sports, no matter the outcome. Wei has loved ice-skating ever since his first visit to the rink. He loves gliding across the ice, taking flight on jumps, and moving with the music--there's nothing else like it! But as Wei's first big competition draws near, he begins to worry. He's been training hard,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
From debut author Jennifer Gold comes a delicious novel about the sweet and sour ingredients of life and love. Elle, an accomplished baker, has a recipe for every event in her life. But when she discovers her husband's infidelity, she doesn't know what to make of it. Jam, maybe? Definitely jam. Fed up with the stale crumbs of her marriage, Elle revisits past recipes and the events that inspired them. A recipe for scones reminds her of her father's...
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