Crowded farmhouse folktale by Rostoker-Gruber, Karen 

BTSB Prebound(Whitman, 2020)

BTSB #: 767360 Available

Dewey: 398.2/EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 510 AD

Genres:

Subjects: Folklore Perspective (Philosophy) - Fiction Farm life - Fiction Domestic animals - Fiction

Summary: When Farmer Earl consults the local wise woman about his over-crowded house, her advice to bring all his ducks, then horses, then goats into the tiny house is puzzling, but effective. Based on a Yiddish folktale.

I'm not small by Crews, Nina 

BTSB Prebound(Greenwillow Books, 2022)

BTSB #: 249864 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Animals Family Life

Subjects: Size - Fiction Perspective (Philosophy) - Fiction

Summary: A young boy can feel small in a world made up of big, big things, but when he takes a closer look, he discovers that he is big, too.

Incredible shrinking lunchroom by Babay, Michal 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2022)

BTSB #: 078202 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
Lexile: 600 AD F&P: L

Genres: Humorous Fiction Folk Tales, Fables, Mythology

Subjects: School lunchrooms, cafeterias, etc. - Fiction School superintendents and principals - Fiction School stories Perspective (Philosophy) - Fiction Humorous fiction

Summary: What do you do when the school lunchroom gets too crowded? The principal devises a clever plan to show the students how to appreciate what they have, shift their perspective, and use their space more effectively in this modern retelling of a classic Yiddish folktale.

Inside Cat by Wenzel, Brendan 

BTSB Prebound(Chronicle Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 934006 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-6   
AR: 1.6 LG Lexile: 320 AD F&P: K

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Stories in rhyme Cats - Fiction Perspective (Philosophy) - Fiction Windows - Fiction

Summary: Told in rhyming text, Inside Cat views the world through many windows, watching the birds, squirrels, and people go by--but when the door opens it discovers a whole new view.

Luci soars by Delacre, Lulu 

BTSB Prebound(Philomel, 2020)

BTSB #: 270901 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
F&P: R

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Shadows - Fiction Perspective (Philosophy) - Fiction Ability - Fiction Hispanic Americans - Fiction

Summary: Luci has never cast a shadow, but she discovers that what sets her apart is her superpower.

Violent ends

Paperback(Simon Pulse, 2016)

BTSB #: 475454 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 4.8 UG Lexile: 740 HL

Genres:

Subjects: School shootings - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories Perspective (Philosophy) - Fiction

Summary: Relates how one boy--who had friends, enjoyed reading, playing saxophone in the band, and had never been in trouble before--became a monster capable of entering his high school with a loaded gun and firing on his classmates, as told from the viewpoints of several victims. Each perspective is written by a different writer of young adult fiction.

When the fog rolls in by Fong, Pam 

BTSB Prebound(Greenwillow Books, 2023)

BTSB #: 344832 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Animals

Subjects: Fog - Fiction Perspective (Philosophy) - Fiction Puffins - Fiction

Summary: When a little puffin gets lost in a thick fog, he discovers the closer he moves in, the more he sees.