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481) All good in the hood
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A bounce-to-the-beat story, set against the backdrop of a Juneteenth celebration, about a young boy who's afraid of the sounds in the city but is comforted by his older brother, who tells him not to worry: "It's all good in the hood.""--
482) The Dark was done
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A young boy puts aside his fear of the Dark and sets out to bring it back, along with its music, magic, and mysteries.
484) Strong like the sea
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Alexis, a 12-year-old native Hawaiian, is terrified of the ocean and the creatures that live there because of an encounter she had early in her life with a moray eel. Her mother, a civilian contractor for the Navy, likes to give Alexis elaborate puzzles to solve when she's away on assignments. One puzzle gets her working for her grumpy neighbor, who everyone calls Uncle Tanaka, helping him gather marine samples. She has to use all her problem-solving...
Author
Publisher
Editorial Juventud
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Español
Description
Hugo, Iván, and Marcos build a castle fort, then spend a day fighting dragons and beasts, but at day's end giants carry away first Iván, then Marcos, and King Hugo is left to face night creatures alone.
"Hugo, Iván y Marcos construyen una cabaña, un castillo inexpugnable para el rey Hugo y sus soldados..."--P. [4] of cover.
486) When you're scared
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A bear cub and his mama encounter a boy and his mom who are camping. They meet unexpectedly, and everybody is afraid, but the bears need help. The boy and his mom act with courage and compassion to help the bears.
487) Sydney's big speech
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A perfect picture book about perseverance, overcoming challenges, and working hard to achieve your goals! Sydney learns to conquer her fear of public speaking at school, in this affectionate father-daughter story referencing inspiring role models who dealt with similar issues. Sydney wants to be a great leader when she grows up. There's just one problem-when she tries to speak in front of the class, she gets nervous, and the words just won't come...
489) A life without end
Author
Publisher
World Editions
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
What does the man who has everything--fame, fortune, a new love, and a new baby--want for his fiftieth birthday? The answer is simple: eternal life. Determined to shake off the first intimations of his approaching demise, Frédéric tries every possible procedure to ward off death, examining both legal and illegal research into techniques that could lead to the imminent replacement of man with a post-human species. Accompanied by his ten-year-old...
Author
Publisher
Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Planning a memorial with flowers, music, and food isn't that different from a wedding, right? But Liz has had a crippling fear of death since losing her younger sister in a childhood tragedy. Knowing her husband and twin sons depend on her income, she reluctantly agrees to produce end-of-life events. As Gabbi promised, the money starts rolling in. When an old real estate tycoon hires them to plan his 'after party, ' Liz finds an unlikely mentor....
494) The worry box
Author
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Murray Bear is supposed to go to the waterfall with his sister, Molly, to meet a friend, but Murray is worried. What if its too LOUD? he cries or Or what if I get swept away! So Molly tells him about her special worry box. When Im worried about something, she says, I write it down, and then put it inside. She offers to help make one for Murray, and he takes it on their journeybut will it really help?
495) Oslo learns to swim
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Rex the warthog and Oslo the oxpecker bird are friends who do everything together. But when Rex wants to go swimming, Oslo objects! The water looks cold and wet. There might be sharks. Will Rex be able to help Oslo overcome his fears and join in the fun?"--
496) Have no fear!
Author
Series
Fix-it friends volume 1
Publisher
Imprint
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Seven-year-old Veronica, who is good at solving problems, starts the Fix-It Friends after she and her brother and their friends help her new classmate get over her fear of spiders. Includes notes for children and their parents.
497) Optimists die first
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Petula de Wilde, who is anything but wild, meets Jacob in their school's dorky art therapy program, his friendship (and something more) helps her overcome intense fears since her sister died. And he has a secret of his own"--
Since her sister's death, Petula de Wilde sees danger in everything. A mandatory art therapy class with a groups of teenage misfits is the worst part of each week. She wants nothing to do with them-- especially Jacob and...
498) The nightmare house
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"A middle-grade novel about a girl who sees possessed souls and ventures into a haunted house in the forest on a mission to save them, and defeat her own demons, in the process"--
499) Wonderland
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"One mother's love may be all that stands between her family, an enigmatic presence - and madness. After years of city life, Orla and Shaw Bennett are ready for the quiet of New York's Adirondack mountains - or at least, they think they are. Settling into the perfect farmhouse with their two children, they are both charmed and unsettled by the expanse of their land, the privacy of their individual bedrooms, and the isolation of life a mile from any...
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Katie and her family are joining their friends for a special sleepover at the museum. As they wander through dark displays of dinosaurs and huge animals, JoJo is sure the musuem is haunted at night. Katie, on the other hand, brags about not being scared--until she realizes everyone gets scared sometimes! -- from Amazon.
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