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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
One warm, sunny day, Willy the Chimp decides to go to the park. There's not a cloud in the sky - well, except for just a little tiny one. It doesn't bother Willy too much at first. But as the cloud follows him, it grows bigger and bigger and becomes harder and harder to ignore. Pretty soon the cloud is all Willy can think about, and he has no idea how to make it go away. Quietly powerful and remarkably perceptive, Anthony Browne's thoughtful tale...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Hispanic Heritage - Chapter Books
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Hispanic Heritage - Chapter Books
Hispanic Heritage Month - JF
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Tanya Guerrero's How to Make Friends with the Sea is a heartwarming middle grade debut novel set in the Philippines about a young boy, whose anxiety is exacerbated when his mother takes in an orphaned child with a cleft lip.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Violet Shrink doesn't like parties. Or bashes, or gatherings. Lots of people and lots of noise make Violet's tummy ache and her hands sweat. She would much rather spend time on her own, watching the birds in her backyard, reading comics or listening to music through her purple headphones. The problem is that the whole Shrink family loves parties with loud music and games and dancing. At cousin Char's birthday party, Violet hides under a table and...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"It's a beautiful day and Worrysaurus has planned a special picnic. But it isn't long before a small butterfly of worry starts fluttering in his tummy. What if he hasn't brought enough to eat? What if he gets lost in the jungle? What if it rains? With a little help from his mom, Worrysaurus finds a way to soothe the anxious butterflies, chase his fears away, and find peace and happiness in the moment at hand"--Publisher marketing.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"School is right around the corner, but Martin isn't feeling very excited to begin kindergarten. His little sister, on the other hand, wishes she had a chance to pack a backpack, play ball with all her friends, and have teachers read stories to her. 'He's so lucky!,' she exclaims. Gently, Martin's mother helps him overcome his anxieties as she prepares him for what school will be like"--Publisher marketing.
Author
Series
Girls who code volume 4
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The girls in the coding club are preparing their voting app for the school talent show, but when they discover Erin's secretly suffering from anxiety they band together to find her help.
10) In your shoes
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
"Miles is an anxious boy who loves his family's bowling center even though he could be killed by a bolt of lightning or a wild animal that escaped from the Philadelphia Zoo on the way there. Amy is the new girl at school who wishes she didn't have to live above her uncle's funeral home and tries to write her way to her own happily-ever-after. Then Miles and Amy meet in the most unexpected way"--Publisher's description.
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
Wren Baker is an anxious twelve-year-old, so when her mother goes into a hospital for depression, and she and her younger brother, who has Asperger's syndrome, go to live with her aunt and her cousin, Silver, who have just recently moved to Pennsylvania, her stress level soars--especially since Silver is a fearless child who conceives a plan to climb Creeper Mountain and interview "Witch Weatherly" for the class history project.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
Eighth-grader Hester Greene suffers from Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, plus anxiety, which is why she loves making movies where she is behind the camera and in complete control of the action--but if she cannot improve her language arts grade she will not be allowed to enter her video in The Hoot (a showcase of student work) and write a satisfactory ending to her middle school career.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
While picking berries with her mother, a little girl wanders too far into the woods. When she realizes she is lost, she begins to panic. A large grey wolf makes a sudden appearance between some distant trees. Using his sense of smell, he determines where she came from and decides to help her. Through a series of questions from the wolf, the little girl realizes she had the knowledge and skill to navigate herself-she just needed to remember that those...
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