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Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When a list appears online ranking the top fifty prettiest girls in the eighth grade, everything turns upside down. Eve Hoffman, ranked number one, can't ignore how everyone is suddenly talking about her looks. Sophie, the most popular girl in school, feels lower than ever when she's bullied for being ranked number two. Nessa Flores-Brady didn't even make the list, but she doesn't care -- or does she? The three girls ban together to find out who made...
Author
Publisher
Greystone Kids, Greystone Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When a caterpillar is called "beautiful" one day, he wonders, what could that mean? No one has the same answer. A bear declares that honeycomb is beautiful, the squirrels find dry leaves are beautiful, and a mole loves his beautiful burrow. All the while, the blackbird disagrees with each answer! Will the caterpillar ever find out what beautiful means?"--
Author
Series
Rainbow Fish (Picture books) volume 1
Publisher
NorthSouth Books
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
The most beautiful fish in the entire ocean discovers the real value of personal beauty and friendship.
5) Beautiful
Author
Publisher
RP Kids
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Every girl is unique, talented and lovable...Every girl is beautiful"--Book jacket.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"When Princesses Mellie, Allie, and Libby begin to argue about which princess is the prettiest, they decide to hold a contest. But of course, the girls get side-tracked helping others on their way to the contest leaving Princess Mellie as the muddiest, Princess Allie as the yuckiest, and Princess Libby as the drippiest. But due to their kindness, the princesses win in the end"--
11) Laxmi's mooch
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After Laxmi's friend Zoe points out the hairs on her lip, Laxmi is very self-conscious until her East Indian parents help her to accept and celebrate her appearance.
12) Black girls
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In an upbeat and rhythmic ode, Dominique Furukawa and Erika Lynne Jones celebrate Black girls in all their beauty and joy. Black Girls uplifts girls of every shade, size, and walk of life, reminding them that they are perfectly designed. Whimsical, earnest, charming, full, bright, and beautiful, this picture book anthem deftly explores the diversity of Black girlhood" --
13) Stained
Author
Publisher
Harcourt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
A teenaged girl bullied for her port-wine stain must summon her personal strength to survive abduction and horrific abuse at the hands of a deranged killer.
14) Gorgeous
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When eighteen-year-old Becky Randle's mother dies, she is whisked away from a trailer park to New York City, where fashion designer Tom Kelly offers to transform her into a glamorous Rebecca, a girl fit for a prince--but soon she begins to fear that she will lose touch with her real self.
15) Mirrored
Author
Series
Kendra chronicles volume 3
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A modern, multi-generational tale of Kendra, the witch from "Snow White," who trains Violet, an ugly, lonely, and heartbroken girl in the 1980s who transforms herself into "the fairest one of all" but still cannot win Greg's heart, and Celine, Greg's daughter with Violet's high school rival, Jennifer.
17) The pretty app
Author
Series
App volume 2
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Blake Dawkins competes against girls across the country for a spot on a reality television show through the Pretty App, but difficulties at home and a desire to be more than just her high school's "mean girl" lead her to transform herself into the person she really wants to be.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
When plain-looking Princess Rose longs for the beauty to snare handsome Prince Parsley, and the wise fool Jasper longs to restore wisdom to the kingdom, they end up working together and find they must face the magical Godmother Board of Trustees.
19) Nugly
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The one thing Nugget, a cute puppy, has ever known to do is love, and his cuteness has always been enough for others to love him back. But when Nugget is put up for adoption, he thinks it's because no one loves him anymore -- that he isn't cute anymore. So he does the only thing he can think of: he runs away. Now Nugget is alone on the streets of Boston, where he quickly learns that not everyone is kind. After an unfortunate run-in with another animal...
Author
Publisher
Stirred Stories
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Cornrows, Box Braids, and Little Afro Puffs is the story of one little girl's journey toward self-love and acceptance. Through a trip to the hair salon and the unwavering love of her mother, Amber realizes that she is perfect just the way she is."
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