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Tomorrow is Woolbur's first day of school. Woolbur can fix his own wool, write his name, and color outside the lines. And most important, he never follows the crowd. Woolbur is ready for school, but is school ready for Wilbur?

In this wordless, lift-the-flap picture book, Flora and her new friend, the penguin, dance on the ice together and learn to treat each other with respect and kindness.

No strong enough to ascend the climbing wall at school, a discouraged child returns home and learns that there are other ways to be strong, from not giving up when working for a good cause or learning a new skill to making sure that no one sits alone in the lunchroom.

After surviving sixth grade, Rafe expects seventh grade to be a fun zone because he has been accepted to art school in the big city, but when he discovers it is more competitive than he expected, he sets out to turn his boring life into the inspiration for a work of art.

"Forced to join the school's Community Action Club, troublemaking best friends Helen and Gracie take over the club's campaign for maxi pads in bathrooms and soon find themselves closer to change and deeper in trouble than ever before, forcing them to make a difficult decision"-- Provided by publisher.

Through rhyming text, children are encouraged to let their light shine in the world through their actions toward others.

The story of a little girl who has known nothing but nature from birth. Bears taught her to eat, birds to speak, foxes to play; she is unabashedly, irrefutably, irrespressibly Wild. That is, until one day she meets a new animal that looks oddly like her...

Splat the cat is worried that he has not been good enough to deserve a visit and a present from Santa Claus.

Verucas was a girl who wanted it all. And she always wanted it NOW! She wanted what her friends had, she wanted what she saw in stores, she wanted what was on TV, on the internet, in magazines ... Everything, everything, everything, she wanted it all! Eloy Moreno, along with illustrator Pablo Zerda, surprises us yet again with a very original full-color picture book that s meant to be read in a different way; it s meant to be experienced by two people....