"This delightful picture book from Ashley Spires, bestselling author of The Most Magnificent Thing, perfectly depicts what children go through when confronted with something difficult. With humor and endearing artwork, Spires sensitively portrays Lou procrastinating, making excuses, imagining alternatives and denying she cares. Ultimately, Lou faces her fear, and although she fails, the effort empowers her, encouraging a growth mindset. All the while,...

It is time to get dressed, which is no easy task for Little Turtle, but he is determined not to give up.

Ten-year-old Goose is best at goofing off, but when he decides to become the goalie for their soccer team, his friend Henry sets up a practice schedule and enlists their other friends to help Goose improve his skills.

On a short winter day, Samuel and his father enter into a series of trades with neighbors and strangers until they come home with a brown-eyed milk cow for Mama.

"Kiwi sees a rope. He wants to pull it, but he cannot reach! What will happen next? Beginning readers can help Kiwi by turning the pages, shaking the book, and more in this interactive story"--

A young girl beginning to learn gymnastics is tempted to quit because she cannot spin and jump like her friend Jan, but Jan persuades her to keep trying.

Last year, McGee, the Catbirds' best hitter, walloped a home run, cleared the bases, and won the Apple Valley Championship. It's been a long winter and the pitcher has practiced every day, memorized those 108 stitches on the ball. There are two strikes and McGee steps up to the plate. Just like last year. The pitcher throws the Slither Ball, the Brush-Cut Ball, and, finally, the Cannonball Express, with that sweet spot that only McGee can see. Will...

As Little Red travels from the Christmas shop to the North Pole, seeking Santa in hopes she can be his sleigh one day, good advice helps her discover her true purpose.

Sixteen-year-old Gravity Delgado has been breaking records and competitors since she started boxing with a legendary coach at age twelve, and now will reach the Olympics if her home life and romance do not distract her. Brooklyn. Since Gravity "Doomsday" Delgado started working with Coach Thomas, she been breaking records, breaking her competitors, and breaking the walls inside her. Boxiing is taking her places. She makes friends with other boxers:...

"Samantha Duck convinces her friend Sebastian, a tortoise, to help her bring Christmas to the animals on their farm and around the world"--