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2022.
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English
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"Alexander can't decide on a Halloween costume, so he winds up as a pumpkin; he can't decide what to wear to school, so he misses the bus; he can't decide what school lunch to eat, so he winds up with tuna casserole. Alexander's breakthrough comes on his birthday, when he asks for a sundae with everything but then realizes that chocolate swirl is all he wants. After that, Alexander finds his own decision-making style: not as deliberate as his mother...
Author
Series
Mr. Puffball volume 3
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Feline stunt cat Mr. Puffball is going on reality TV as himself, and expects to gain fame and fortune.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Tobias Wilson has a secret. For the past two years, since attending a Choctaw Nation powwow with his family, he's been teaching himself how to hoop dance. But when his best buddy Declan discovers him dancing, it isn't long before his whole class knows. Once the secret is out, Tobias has the opportunity to share his dancing at the spring talent show, but he's not sure he wants that. Is he ready to share his Native dance with others or will he stop...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Wally was the world's greatest piano-playing wombat--until he realized there was an even more talented piano-playing wombat in town! This funny picture book's bright colors and imaginative musical scenes teach children to have self-confidence when faced with competition. When Wally, the world's greatest piano-playing wombat, hears Wylie play, he becomes envious. Wally tries toe-tapping and ball-twirling as he plays piano, but every time Wally thinks...
8) The real Z
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When Suzie Yang is chosen to make a short narrative film for the CloudSong Seattle Film Festival Young Filmmakers' Contest, she finds she must be her genuine self to make a motion picture she can be pleased with.
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Abigail dreads swimming lessons. Every time she dives into the pool, she makes a big splash, and all the girls in her class shout: Abigail's a whale! Abigail can see that she is larger than the other girls. She feels huge, heavy, and out of place. Abigails swimming teacher takes her aside and points out: we can change how we see ourselves.
10) Superluminous
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Nour loves the luminous glow she was born with, but it's only when it starts to dim that she discovers the true power of her brilliant light. Nour has a superpower: she glows. Her light shines so bright, she feels like a star in the night sky. But when kids at school notice her glow, they're not impressed. If she had a real superpower, they say, she could fly or turn invisible. So Nour stops feeling special. And as her light dims, her world darkens...
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Series
Unicorn University volume 5
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When her original plan goes up in smoke, Twilight must prove to herself--and her older sisters--that she can come up with another magical way to end the University's annual carnival.
12) The equinox test
Author
Series
School for unusual magic volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Rose, Amethyst, and Lavender, fifth-year students at the Brooklyn School of Magic, need to pass the Equinox Test in order to move up to Middle Magic--but they soon face self-doubts, a cheating scandal, and trouble brewing in the magical community.
15) The cobra's song
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Indian American Geetanjali, part of a family of classical Hindustani music singers, believes her neighbor has become an ichchaadari naagin, a cobra that can turn human, she must overcome her fears and harness the power of her voice before the naagin changes the whole town into snakes.
16) Why not you?
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text shows the importance of believing in oneself and perseverence to achieve any goals.
17) Stranded
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Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Koby, who has lost a foot in an accident, sees a chance to prove her self-reliance to her parents when she tries to rescue two stranded pilot whales near her home in the Florida Keys.
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English
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A young Asian boy notices that his eyes look different from his peers' after seeing his friend's drawing of them. After talking to his father, the boy realizes that his eyes rise to the skies and speak to the stars, shine like sunlit rays, and glimpse trails of light from those who came before--in fact, his eyes are like his father's, his agong's, and his little brother's, and they are visionary. Inspired by the men in his family, he recognizes his...
19) On the line
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Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
Description
After breaking his arm during the first day of try-outs last season, Robby is determined to make the football team this year, but to do so he must face his own fears and the bully who tackled him the year before.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A magical meteor crashes into Pup Tower, and the PAW Patrol pups get superpowers, becoming the The Mighty Pups! But when Skye's superpowers are stolen by a greedy scientist named Vee, Skye must overcome her feelings of smallness and helplessness. After all, "No pup is too small!"
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