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22) Please, Louise
Author
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
On a gray, rainy day, everything seems particularly frightening and bad to Louise until she enters a library and finds books that help her to know and imagine the beauty and wonder that have been there all along.
24) Thunder cake
Author
Pub. Date
©1990
Language
English
Description
Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.
25) Olvina swims
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Olvina, a chicken in more ways than one, overcomes her fear of swimming with help from her friend Hailey, a penguin, while on vacation in Hawaii.
26) I feel safe
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
A young girl is frightened by a thunderstorm, but her parents and grandparents help her to feel safe until the thunder passes--even after the lights go out.
27) Fox at night
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Language
English
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Description
Fox overcomes his fear of monsters when he meets real nocturnal animals.
31) Don't scream!
Author
Language
English
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Description
Jack Harmon, who is bullied at school, finds a cell phone and hears a strange voice who wants him to do bad things.
32) Eva at the beach
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Eva is very excited about a beach vacation with her family and best friend Lucy, but her secret fear of swimming where there might be hungry sharks could keep her from finding the legendary mermowls.
33) Who goes there?
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Just as Lewis the mouse is settling into his near-perfect home for the winter, still wondering what is missing, he hears noises and must roar to scare away whatever horrid creature is scratching and tapping at his tree.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Summer Reading 2023: Kindergarten To 1st Grade
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New Children's Books March 2023
Summer Reading 2023: Kindergarten To 1st Grade
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Description
"Beware the Blue Bagoo! Join in with the detective who is on the trail of a mysterious blue creature in this fun picture book! A detective tries to uncover the truth about the infamous 'Blue Bagoo' - a creature so big and scary that it can't possibly be made up, can it? Our detective addresses us - the reader - on the very first page, and then walks the winding cobbled streets of a Dr Suess-esque seaside town, taking statements from the residents....
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Language
English
Description
In 1910 New York City, four years after her Irish immigrant father dies of tuberculosis, ten-year-old Essie's fear and anxiety continue to grow uncontrollably, so much that when her mother, a brave nurse, remarries and the family moves to North Brother Island, where Essie's new stepfather runs a quarantine hospital for the incurably sick, Essie imagines all manner of horrors, including the ghost of a little girl--which might not be imaginary after...
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