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Deenie
Par Judy Blume. 1973
Rugby and Rosie
Par Nan Parson Rossiter. 1997
A Labrador named Rugby and his human family prepare a puppy for training as a guide dog for the blind.…
Rosie is no ordinary pup. She wins over Rugby quickly, and the two dogs become pals. Then it is time for Rosie to leave the family and go to a special training school. For grades 1-4Flipping forward twisting backward
Par Alma Fullerton. 2022
"Fifth-grader Claire can do a perfect triple handspring. She can do a giant pirouette on the uneven bars. What she…
can't do is reading. With a lot of effort, she hides her secret until an alert vice principal suggests she get evaluated for a learning disability. Now Claire has to convince her mother--who's afraid her daughter will be labeled stupid--to let her get tested. And that turns out to be even harder than reading." -- Provided by publisherWorst-case Collin
Par Rebecca Caprara. 2021
In the two years since his mother was killed in an automobile crash, Colin has been anticipating further disasters, writing…
down what to do in the event of an avalanche or mentally practicing the Heimlich maneuver just in case--but the real trouble is that his mathematician father is obsessed with a classic math problem and has a hoarding problem that is spiraling out of control, leaving Colin desperate to hide this chaos from his friends and everyone else, even as he struggles with his own grief. For grades 5-8The astronomically grand plan (Astrid the astronaut #01)
Par Rie Neal. 2022
"Astrid is excited about her upcoming first year of Shooting Stars, a club dedicated to all things space, but now…
that her best friend Hallie is more interested in art Astrid is not sure her goal of becoming an astronaut will happen without her friend." -- Provided by publisherBaggywrinkle
Par Mally Cox-Chapman. 1977
A story to prove there is still magic left in the world. Baggywrinkle is the name of the boy who…
the old Beachcomber carves from a wooden mast. The wooden figure magically becomes a real boy but sadly, he's a blind boy. To gain his sight, Baggywrinkle must go on a magical quest to the River of See-Through Things. In company with the old Beachcomber and Timbuctoo, the beautiful talking bird, Baggywrinkle learns courage and persistence on a journey that becomes a great adventure...and takes him to the Very Inside of the Sun. For grades 5-8Hide and shh!: A not-so-sneaky sister story about inclusion
Par Christina Dendy. 2024
Joining the fun can be tricky especially when you want to play your way. It's even trickier when you're not…
quite sure of the game's rules. Come along in this charming story as Dinah and her sister, Chloe, figure out how to be flexible and inclusive so everyone can have a great time. Flexibility is a challenging skill to learn, even for adults. However, it is an essential life skill that all children need to acquire for proper development. Hide and Shh! illustrates in a poignant way how adapting and valuing others' ideas can add to the enjoyment of allA Bucket of Stars
Par Suri Rosen. 2023
A story of two kids trying to save the world they know and heal the families they have.It’s the summer…
of 2003 and thirteen-year-old astronomer Noah Cooper has just moved to Queensport, a small town with a vast amateur sky full of stars. There he meets Tara Dhillon, a lonely girl and aspiring filmmaker. When the two team up to produce an astronomy movie and enter a film contest, they discover a secret plan to turn their rural hamlet into a huge subdivision.Noah and Tara must use their unique skills to identify the culprits who plan on paving over the historic county — and try to save the infinite beauty of the stars. As if that’s not enough to have at stake, Noah needs to win the prize money to buy a new telescope for his unemployed father — an ex-astronomer who’s almost given up on the stars, as well as life on earth.Touching on themes of activism, environmental anxiety and mental health, A Bucket of Stars will have readers cheering for Noah, a boy whose head is in the stars, and Tara, a girl who lives in a world of digital images — and their special bond that just might mend the world around them.Butterfly Wings: A Hopeful Story About Climate Anxiety
Par Samuel Larochelle. 2023
Winner of the 2023 Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature—French LanguageAn honest exploration of climate anxiety, for kids 8+ and…
the adults who love them.When ten-year-old Florent overhears his mothers discussing the possibility of having another baby—and expressing their reluctance due to fears about the planet—his mind races off into a spiral of fear and guilt. Is the planet suffering because there are too many children—children like him? Do his parents think they made a mistake by bringing him into the world?One night, Florent dreams that the forests have all burned to the ground and that his parents are flying away on a spaceship, abandoning him on a ruined planet. When he wakes up, he decides to stop talking… until a discussion with his mothers changes everything.At a time when climate change is negatively impacting kids' mental health, Butterfly Wings provides:Anxiety relief: provides a safe space for kids to process their anxiety, fear, and other emotions about the climateA social-emotional learning tool for parents and teachers to talk about climate change with kids through a gentle and hopeful lensThrough thoughtful words and gorgeous illustrations, this compassionate story confronts the very real challenge of climate anxiety in a way that is accessible to young readers. Butterfly Wings provides children with a way to understand their feelings, while also offering hope for a different future.