Izzy Gizmo loves to invent but gets frustrated when her inventions fail to work properly, so when she finds a crow with a broken wing her grandfather urges her to persist until she finds a way to help.

Little Beaver would rather play with friends than build a proper dam, but finally he is ready to get it done.--

"A little owl is scared of flying, because every time he opens his wings, he tumbles to the ground. Mommy explains to him that it will take a few failures before he succeeds, and soon, the little owl feels brave enough to keep trying. An uplifting celebration of courage and learning how to handle life's challenges"--

Hugo the hamster wants to be a firefighter, and although he worries he is too small to fight fires, he learns that just because something is difficult, it doesn't mean he shouldn't try his hardest to achieve his dream.

"Eleven-year-old Perry was born and raised by his mom at the Blue River Co-ed Correctional Facility in tiny Surprise, Nebraska. His mom is a resident on Cell Block C, and so far Warden Daugherty has made it possible for them to be together. That is, until a new district attorney discovers the truth--and Perry is removed from the facility and forced into a foster home. When Perry moves to the "outside" world, he feels trapped. Desperate to be reunited...

A hungry cat gets a job hunting mice at a sumo training center (heya), but once the mice are gone he continues to stuff himself until he is too fat to chase the mice that have returned--so he decides to train with the sumo wrestlers, and SumoKitty becomes a scourge of mice and an inspiration to the wrestlers.

A chick hatched by hens turns out to be an eaglet who must get help from a boy in learning how to fly.

When the wind interferes with everything while grumpy Argyle Fox tries to play outside, his mother quietly suggests he think of something made for a windy day.

"Magazine spreads and Hollywood hits showcase stars with perfect skin, perfect faces, perfect hair, perfect lives, perfect... everything. But what if the absence of scars is really a lie? And what if, underneath all that perfection, something far more powerful and authentic is waiting to be seen, shown, and heard? In Braver Than I Thought, kids meet the true stories of remarkable people whose scars have been a part of their journey, who have helped...

"Thirteen, the last piglet in a large litter, struggles to fit in with his own family. But, with a little courage and some creative thinking, he shows that you can carve out your own place in the world.