Tallulah is always being told what she cannot do because of the kind of girl people perceive her to be, but with the help of the new boy in school, she finds a way to just be herself.

Flamingo, Chipmunk, Giraffe, and other animals share what they love about themselves.

Tessy takes Newton the chameleon to school, where he is bored and troublesome, but when they finally go outside he shows Tessy there is more than one way to learn. Includes facts about chameleons.

"Thirteen glittering, surprising, darkly funny stories of women testing the boundaries of their lives, from the celebrated author of Dual Citizens (a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize)"--

Eleven-year-old Julian Calendar thought changing schools would mean leaving his "nerdy" persona behind, but instead he forms an alliance with fellow inventors Greta and Ben and works with them to prevent an adult from using one of their gadgets for nefarious purposes.

As the end of sixth grade nears, Jordan Johnson, unhappy that she is only average in appearance, intelligence, and athletic ability, reveals her special skills when disaster strikes her central Illinois elementary school.

Luke the firefly has no glow of his own so he stays near his friends, and when they are caught in a jar, his difference makes him uniquely qualified to help.

The best-selling author of the Juno Valentine series invites children to join Roxy, a steak-loving, sparkly tutu-wearing half-dinosaur, half-unicorn hybrid, who draws on the lessons of a new friend to celebrate the joys of individuality and staying true to oneself.

A donkey wants to be a cow but needs his animal friends to help him learn how to moo first.

"When a loud-mouthed tickbird lands on Mortimer the rhino's nose and starts a symbiotic relationship, the reserved Mortimer is mortified, until he realizes they just might be the perfect pair"--