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PANGA, C
Strong:There isMoreThank
OneWaytoBe
ClaraAnganuzzi
Maurice is different to the other dragons. He isn't very scary, and he doesn't like to breathe fire or snarl or growl. In fact, what he loves most in the world is flowers! But will the other dragons accept Maurice for who he really is?
Presenting Olive Chen! The most magnificent and brilliant artist in the whole wide world! Her parents are also artists--serious artists--who paint prim, proper, perfect shapes. They know Olive has the talent to follow in their footsteps. But Olive likes to smear, splatter, splash, and even lick.
PBUCH, N
SlothisNota Baby
NellyBuchet
Sloth is worried about climbing higher up the tree. But she’s not a baby. The truth is, Sloth could fall, as her friend Moth so helpfully points out. Again. And again. Until a storm proves that Sloth may not be like the other animals, but being herself is exactly what she needs to save the day.
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Becoming Charley
KellyDiPucchio
Everyone is trying to teach Charley the right way to become a butterfly: Eat your milkweed! Think black! Think orange! But Charley's busy admiring the many beautiful things in the world.
BethFerry Prunella
When Prunella is born with a purple thumb instead of a green one like her parents, everyone's stumped. What could it mean? Before long, they find out. Prunella prefers corpse flowers to carnations, fungi to ferns, and poison ivy to petunias. The stickier and scarier the plant, the more Prunella loves it.
PMYER, M
NotPerfect
MayaMyers
Dot is good at a lot of things, but good isn't perfect. Dot tries and tries, but nothing she does is perfect. When Dot and her classmates get an assignment to make a poster about a person they admire, Dot has someone in mind right away: her best friend, Sam. But draft after draft comes out looking all wrong! How will she ever make the perfect poster for her perfect friend?
JennySue
Kostecki-Shaw LikeYou,LikeMe
Pen pals Tulsi and Vanessa discover that even though life in their countries-Tanzania and America--is very different, they still have a lot in common.
ElenaLevi SlowDown, Stanley PLEVI, E
Sloths are slow. They sleep all night--and they sleep all day. But Stanley is different and proud to be so. Can the other sloths accept him for who he really is?
PPARA, S
TheBoyWhoTried toShrinkhisName
Sandhya Parappukkaran
When Zimdalamashkermishkada starts a new school, he decides to shrink his name to the shorter, simpler Zim, but when his new friend Elly sees him for who he truly is, Zimdalamashkermishkada finds the confidence to step proudly into his long name.
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Rorythe Remarkable Dragon
KathrynRammell
Rory enters the Dragon Academy, School for Gifted Dragons, and quickly becomes the most popular dragon there, but he seems very different from the other dragons--for one thing "he" is a "she".
MarilynSadler It’sNotEasy BeingaGhost PSADL, M
Misty is a sad ghost. The haunted house she lives in is cold and damp. Her living room is full of spiderwebs. And she's too CUTE to be spooky! What Misty needs to do, she thinks, is to be someone else. But will being spooky make Misty happy?
NicoTortorella OlivetteisYou PTORT, N
Sinclair,the VelociraptorWho ThoughtHeWasa Chicken PREES, D
DouglasReese
Edna the very first chicken is hatching her very first eggs! With long, sharp teeth and claws, one of her chicks, Sinclair, is an unusual chicken.
CareyR. Tabor UrsulaUpside Down PTABO, C
Ursula is a happy catfish, swimming through a shimmering river with weeds waving above and a sky full of scrumptious bugs below. Then one question turns her world upside down.
Meet Olivette, who wants kids to know that "all of it is YOU!" and to embrace every part of themselves.
BrentomJackson Elijah’sEaster Suit PORJACK, B
Elijah wants the perfect Easter outfit, but feels discouraged after a failed shopping trip--until two community elders encourage him to create his own Easter masterpiece.