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Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day

Written by Jolene Gutiérrez and Illustrated by Angel Chang

When feelings go on overload,
I pause and breathe
and all is . . . slowed.

Sometimes everything is...

Pre-K - K
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20908

H is for Happy: An Emoji ABC Book of Feelings

Written by Evan Nimke
This purposeful and playful "read aloud" matches letters of the alphabet with different emoji faces...
Pre-K - 2nd
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20613

The Poet X

Written by Elizabeth Acevedo
A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother’s religion and her...
9th - 12th
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20396

Grow Grateful

Written by Sage Foster-Lasser and Jon Lasser and PhD and Illustrated by Christopher Lyles
Head off with Kiko on a school camping trip and learn how she figures out what being grateful is and...
Pre-K - 3rd
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20397

Stickley Makes A Mistake!: A Frog's Guide to Trying Again

Written by Brenda S. Miles and PhD and Illustrated by Steve Mack
Stickley didn't like making mistakes. "Oh no!" he'd say, and he wouldn't try again. He wanted to be...
Pre-K - 3rd
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20395

Why Am I Blue? A Story About Being Yourself

Written by Kalli Dakos and Illustrated by Viviana Garofoli

The Blue Frog looked at his reflection in the water and asked, "Why am I blue?" The Green Frog didn...

Pre-K - 3rd
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19098

Howard B. Wigglebottom Listens to His Heart

Written by Howard Binkow & Reverend Ana
Howard loves to dance, until his friends make fun of him. But nothing makes him happy until he...
K - 3rd
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18962

Abracadabra! The Magic of Trying

Written by Maria Loretta Giraldo and Illustrated by Nicoletta Bertelle
All of the little birds have learned to fly...all except one. Little Owl can't do it! But others...
Pre-K - 3rd
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18960

Baxter and Danny Stand Up to Bullying

Written by James M. Foley and Ded and Illustrated by Shirley Ng-Benitez
Baxter the Bunny is the fastest animal in the forest. Danny the Bear is the best dancer. Baxter and...
Pre-K - 3rd
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18951

How Do You Doodle?

Written and Illustrated by Elise Gravel
They doodle when they are mad, they doodle when they are glad, and they doodle when they are sad...
1st - 5th
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18963

Move Your Mood

Written by Brenda S. Miles, PhD, and Colleen A. Patterson and MA and Illustrated by Holly Clifton-Brown
Move Your Mood! invites kids and adults to twist, wiggle, shake, hop…and smile! Reading this book...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Shield Up! How Upstanding Bystanders Stop Bullying

Written by Marcella Marino Craver, MSEd and CAS and Illustrated by Amerigo Pinelli
CJ, Eva, Zoe, Jax, and Ryan are all thrilled to be working on the school play...until CJ turns on...
3rd - 7th
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18936

Something Happened In Our Town: A Child's Story of Racial Injustice

Written by Marianne Celano, PhD, ABPP and Marietta Collins and Illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin
Emma and Josh heard that something happened in their town. A Black man was shot by the police. "Why...
Pre-K - 3rd
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18961

What To Do When Mistakes Make You Quake

Written by Claire A. B. Freeland, PhD and and Jacqueline B. Toner and Illustrated by Janet McDonnell
Explorers investigate places they have never been before. These explorers might take a while to make...
3rd - 7th
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17061

Yo Pruebo / I Taste (board book) bilingual

Written by Rourke Educational Media
This book introduces little ones to senses and feelings.
Pre-K - K
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16136

Boys Don't Knit (In Public)

Written by T. S. Easton
After an incident regarding a crossing guard and a bottle of Martini & Rossi (and his friends), 17...
6th - 12th
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16120

A Week of Mondays: A Novel

Written by Jessica Brody
Sixteen-year-old Ellison Sparks is having a horrible Monday. Everything from softball tryouts, to...
10th - 12th
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16086

The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark (A Pout-Pout Fish Adventure)

Written by Deborah Diesen and Illustrated by Dan Hanna
Mr. Fish wants to help his friend Ms. Clam when she loses her pearl, but though he's fast as a...
Pre-K - 1st
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16116

Underwater: A Novel

Written by Marisa Reichardt
On October fifteenth, Morgan tried to do something kind―and inadvertently played a role in a deadly...
7th - 9th
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16077

Love Monster and the Scary Something

Written by Rachel Bright
It's way past bedtime o'clock in Cutesville . . . . but somebody can't sleep. The harder he tries to...
Pre-K -

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