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Butterfly Wings: A Hopeful Story About Climate Anxiety
Par Samuel Larochelle. 2023
Winner of the 2023 Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature—French LanguageAn honest exploration of climate anxiety, for kids 8+ and…
the adults who love them.When ten-year-old Florent overhears his mothers discussing the possibility of having another baby—and expressing their reluctance due to fears about the planet—his mind races off into a spiral of fear and guilt. Is the planet suffering because there are too many children—children like him? Do his parents think they made a mistake by bringing him into the world?One night, Florent dreams that the forests have all burned to the ground and that his parents are flying away on a spaceship, abandoning him on a ruined planet. When he wakes up, he decides to stop talking… until a discussion with his mothers changes everything.At a time when climate change is negatively impacting kids' mental health, Butterfly Wings provides:Anxiety relief: provides a safe space for kids to process their anxiety, fear, and other emotions about the climateA social-emotional learning tool for parents and teachers to talk about climate change with kids through a gentle and hopeful lensThrough thoughtful words and gorgeous illustrations, this compassionate story confronts the very real challenge of climate anxiety in a way that is accessible to young readers. Butterfly Wings provides children with a way to understand their feelings, while also offering hope for a different future.Hide and shh!: A not-so-sneaky sister story about inclusion
Par Christina Dendy. 2024
Joining the fun can be tricky especially when you want to play your way. It's even trickier when you're not…
quite sure of the game's rules. Come along in this charming story as Dinah and her sister, Chloe, figure out how to be flexible and inclusive so everyone can have a great time. Flexibility is a challenging skill to learn, even for adults. However, it is an essential life skill that all children need to acquire for proper development. Hide and Shh! illustrates in a poignant way how adapting and valuing others' ideas can add to the enjoyment of allBaggywrinkle
Par Mally Cox-Chapman. 1977
A story to prove there is still magic left in the world. Baggywrinkle is the name of the boy who…
the old Beachcomber carves from a wooden mast. The wooden figure magically becomes a real boy but sadly, he's a blind boy. To gain his sight, Baggywrinkle must go on a magical quest to the River of See-Through Things. In company with the old Beachcomber and Timbuctoo, the beautiful talking bird, Baggywrinkle learns courage and persistence on a journey that becomes a great adventure...and takes him to the Very Inside of the Sun. For grades 5-8The astronomically grand plan (Astrid the astronaut #01)
Par Rie Neal. 2022
"Astrid is excited about her upcoming first year of Shooting Stars, a club dedicated to all things space, but now…
that her best friend Hallie is more interested in art Astrid is not sure her goal of becoming an astronaut will happen without her friend." -- Provided by publisherFlipping forward twisting backward
Par Alma Fullerton. 2022
"Fifth-grader Claire can do a perfect triple handspring. She can do a giant pirouette on the uneven bars. What she…
can't do is reading. With a lot of effort, she hides her secret until an alert vice principal suggests she get evaluated for a learning disability. Now Claire has to convince her mother--who's afraid her daughter will be labeled stupid--to let her get tested. And that turns out to be even harder than reading." -- Provided by publisherWorst-case Collin
Par Rebecca Caprara. 2021
In the two years since his mother was killed in an automobile crash, Colin has been anticipating further disasters, writing…
down what to do in the event of an avalanche or mentally practicing the Heimlich maneuver just in case--but the real trouble is that his mathematician father is obsessed with a classic math problem and has a hoarding problem that is spiraling out of control, leaving Colin desperate to hide this chaos from his friends and everyone else, even as he struggles with his own grief. For grades 5-8Rugby and Rosie
Par Nan Parson Rossiter. 1997
A Labrador named Rugby and his human family prepare a puppy for training as a guide dog for the blind.…
Rosie is no ordinary pup. She wins over Rugby quickly, and the two dogs become pals. Then it is time for Rosie to leave the family and go to a special training school. For grades 1-4Deenie
Par Judy Blume. 1973
A Bucket of Stars
Par Suri Rosen. 2023
A story of two kids trying to save the world they know and heal the families they have.It’s the summer…
of 2003 and thirteen-year-old astronomer Noah Cooper has just moved to Queensport, a small town with a vast amateur sky full of stars. There he meets Tara Dhillon, a lonely girl and aspiring filmmaker. When the two team up to produce an astronomy movie and enter a film contest, they discover a secret plan to turn their rural hamlet into a huge subdivision.Noah and Tara must use their unique skills to identify the culprits who plan on paving over the historic county — and try to save the infinite beauty of the stars. As if that’s not enough to have at stake, Noah needs to win the prize money to buy a new telescope for his unemployed father — an ex-astronomer who’s almost given up on the stars, as well as life on earth.Touching on themes of activism, environmental anxiety and mental health, A Bucket of Stars will have readers cheering for Noah, a boy whose head is in the stars, and Tara, a girl who lives in a world of digital images — and their special bond that just might mend the world around them.It's your turn at bat: featuring Mark Riley
Par Barbara Aiello. 1988
While reluctantly doing research on sewing machines for a school report, Mark, a fifth-grader with cerebral palsy, discovers that the…
money for his team's baseball jerseys is missing! Mark now finds himself feeling a lot more friendly towards sewing machines. Includes a question and answer section about cerebral palsy. For grades 3-6Friends for life: featuring Amy Wilson
Par Barbara Aiello. 1988
When the members of the Woodburn School Video Club find out that teacher's aide Natalie Gregg, their sponsor, has AIDS,…
they and their parents have a variety of reactions. But shy fifth-grader Amy Wilson comes out of her shell to convince them to learn more about the disease, and to stick by their friend. For grades 3-6Eddie's blue winged dragon
Par C. S Adler. 1988
Eleven-year-old Eddie, a tough, gutsy kid with cerebral palsy, has a burning desire to get even, just once, with Darrin,…
the bully who makes his life so miserable at school, and with Miss Clark, an unfair teacher who claims she can't understand his sometimes garbled speech. When Eddie buys a glass dragon as a birthday gift for his sister Mina, reality and fantasy blend as the dragon turns into a living weapon of revenge. For grades 5-8The door in the wall
Par Marguerite Angeli. 1949
Just before ten-year-old Robin is about to begin his duties as a page, he is stricken with an illness that…
leaves him unable to walk. Both his parents are away, and the servants, fearing the plague that has devastated London, leave him all alone. Then, Brother Luke takes Robin to St. Mark's hospice, where he learns new skills and the patience that will allow him to become a hero. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Newbery MedalThe summer of the swans
Par Betsy Byars. 1970
When a mentally retarded boy becomes lost in the mountains, his fourteen-year-old sister forgets her own teenage problems, and gains…
new insight into herself and her family. For grades 4-7. Newbery MedalTimothy of the cay
Par Theodore Taylor. 1993
In this companion to The Cay (RC 34450/BR 8750), we learn what has happened to Phillip since his rescue from…
a Caribbean island, where as a twelve-year-old white boy blinded by a blow on the head he had been stranded with Timothy, an elderly, black deckhand. We also learn of Timothy's life and of his adventures at sea since his days as a young cabin boy. For grades 5-8 and older readersMissing sisters
Par Gregory Maguire. 1994
Alice Colossus, who lives in an orphanage run by nuns, has trouble hearing and speaking clearly. At summer camp she…
is surprised to be mistaken for another girl named Miami. Alice tracks Miami down and, sure enough, it is like looking in a mirror. But Miami has a great life with parents, three other adopted siblings, perfect hearing, and perfect speech. For grades 5-8The bus people
Par Rachel Anderson. 1989
Bertram wouldn't swap places with any of the other school bus drivers even though they call his route the "fruitcake…
run." First we meet a girl who has Down's syndrome as she learns a heartbreaking lesson at her sister's wedding. Then there are more portraits of Bertram's special passengers: a child who uses a wheelchair, another who doesn't speak, and a boy who falls off his big sister's bike and damages his brain. For grades 5-8Away to me, Moss!
Par Betty Levin. 1994
Zanna's mother gives speech and physical therapy to Rob Catherwood, a sheep farmer who had a stroke. Zanna becomes attached…
to Rob's border collie, Moss. Now that Rob is out of commission, no one on the farm pays any attention to Moss. As Zanna proves that Moss is still a good worker, she learns valuable lessons from both Moss and Rob. For grades 5-8A girl's best friend
Par Harriet Savitz. 1995
Laurie Moss, twelve, is worried that her parents will put their old beagle, Jessie, to sleep because of her arthritis.…
The vet has some new medicine, but it is expensive so Laurie takes a part-time job. Her boss is blind, like Laurie, and very particular about how things are done at his bike shop. Meanwhile, a new teacher thinks Laurie can't do anything by herself, and a bully taunts her in the halls. For grades 3-6The proposal (Christy Ser.)
Par C Archer. 1996
When David Grantland, the handsome minister, asks for her hand in marriage, Christy is delighted, but hesitant to commit. Then…
she is blinded in a riding accident, and all of her dreams for the future seem to be in jeopardy. Eventually, Christy recovers her sight and begins to see things in a new light. Sequel to Midnight Rescue (BR 10899). For grades 5-8