Chicken who couldn't by Thomas, Jan 

BTSB Prebound(Beach Lane Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 879110 In Bindery

Dewey: EAges: 3-5   
AR: 1.8 LG Lexile: 380 GN

Genres: Animals Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Self-confidence - Fiction Chickens - Fiction Animals - Fiction Humorous fiction

Summary: Chicken has fallen out of Farmer's truck! He can't possibly get himself all the way home ... can he?

Cow boy is not a cowboy by Barrington, Gregory 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2020)

BTSB #: 093760 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Animals Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Bulls - Fiction Goats - Fiction Cowboys - Fiction Farms - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Domestic animals - Fiction

Summary: Goat Girl--an adventurous goat--lives on Humdrum Farm, a place where everything is ordinary, and she's looking for some excitement. When she meets Merle--a bull--she mistakes him for a cowboy since he's both a cow and a boy. Cowboys aren't ordinary so Goat Girl can't wait to introduce herself. An annoyed Merle insists he's not a cowboy. But will this not-a-cowboy change his mind when his rootin'-tootin' dream has a chance to come true?

Eyes that kiss in the corners by Ho, Joanna 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2021)

BTSB #: 447618 In Bindery

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.7 LG

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Asian Americans - Fiction Eye - Fiction Personal appearance - Fiction Self-realization - Fiction

Summary: A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother's, her grandmother's, and her little sister's. Drawing from the strength of the powerful women in her life, she recognizes her own beauty and discovers a path to self-love and empowerment.

Looking for Smile by Tarlow, Ellen 

BTSB Prebound(Beach Lane Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 802869 In Bindery

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 420 AD

Genres: Animals Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Smiling - Fiction Lost and found possessions - Fiction Bears - Fiction

Summary: What is Bear to do when he wakes up one day to find his Smile gone?

Magnificent homespun brown : a celebration by Doyon, Samara Cole 

BTSB Prebound(Tilbury House, 2020)

BTSB #: 290066 Available

Dewey: EAges: 6-8   
AR: 5.4 LG Lexile: 1100 F&P: V

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Self-esteem - Fiction Self-confidence - Fiction Personal appearance - Fiction Family life - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Racially mixed people - Fiction

Summary: A children's picture book that celebrates in verse being a girl of color.

Mel fell by Tabor, Corey R. 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2021)

BTSB #: 870809 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 1.4 LG

Genres: Animals Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Kingfishers - Fiction Flight - Fiction Courage - Fiction Humorous fiction

Summary: Readers will delight in turning their book sideways and upside down to follow Mel on her journey from downward fall to triumphant flight in this tale of self-confidence and taking a leap of faith.

Sugar in milk by Umrigar, Thrity N. 

BTSB Prebound(Running Press Kids, 2020)

BTSB #: 897793 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 740 AD

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Immigrant children - Fiction Homesickness - Fiction Refugees - Fiction

Summary: A young girl in modern times comes from India to live in America with her extended family. She feels so alone--like she's not wanted--and then remembers a story her mother once told her about a group of Persians who were ousted from their country and who sailed to the western shores of India in search of a new home. The young girl realizes that she, too, is being accepted by those in her neighborhood and that she can finally start feeling like a part of this new American society.