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1) Boy + Bot
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012
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A boy and a robot strike up a friendship despite their differences.
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"Ella is the smallest and youngest of all ghosts. When she tries to prove that she's all grown up, something goes terribly wrong! Suddenly, she's a pink ghost surrounded by only white ghosts. When they laugh at her for being different, Ella needs to come up with a plan. Can she regain her confidence and find a way for everyone to be different?"--Page 4 of cover.
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"From the musicians and viral TikTok creators of If I Were A Fish, Corook and Olivia Barton, comes a picture book adaptation of their silly song with a serious message for everyone's who's ever had to navigate the highs and lows of the internet. Illustrated by the award-winning Mike Curato, this inspiring song about surrounding yourself with the people that make you the happiest is a timely reminder that it's always best to be yourself. How lucky...
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2022.
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"My Dad has a shadow that's blue as a berry, and my Mum's is as pink as a blossoming cherry. There's only those choices, a 2 or a 1. But mine is quite different, it's both and it's none. A heartwarming and inspiring book about being true to yourself, by best-selling children's book creator Scott Stuart. This story considers gender beyond binary in a vibrant spectrum of colour."--Provided by publisher.
5) Someone new
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"When three children, Jesse, Jason, and Emma, are confronted with new classmates from different ethnic backgrounds, they strive to overcome their initial reactions, and to understand, accept, and welcome Maria, Jin, and Fatima." -- (Source of summary not specified).
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"This is the fourth story from the series "World of Kids Emotions". It is aimed at teaching children the importance of diversity, helping them to accept themselves and others as well as celebrating all of our beatiful differences." --provided by the author.
"Little Nick felt worried about his friends not accepting him because of his new reading glasses. Luckily, while interacting with his peers he realized that all people have differences that make...
9) Mi amiga
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"Friendship -- to be known, to be accepted as you are, to feel safe, especially when you are vulnerable. The girl in this story has recently arrived in Brooklyn with her family. On her very first day at school she meets a girl who almost instantly becomes her very best friend. She feels known, loved and accepted by her. But when she invites her friend to come for dinner with her family -- a family that feels free to eat weird food and, even worse,...
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Ploofers volume 1
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A light and fun story depicting the journey from ignorance to acceptance and celebration. A Little Bit Different by Clare Alexander is a beautiful story exploring acceptance and joy in being different. Meet the Ploofers. The Ploofers have been practising something special which they all want to do at the exact same time - but wait! What's that? One of them does something different! When one little ploofer goes against the usual flow of things, the...
14) Brave Dave
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Dave the Grizzly bear lives in the shadow of his big brother, and even when he finds his own talent he is worried that the other woodland animals will laugh at him--until he finds the courage to show them all what he can do.
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Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
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"From morning to night, a cat and dog who live together show their innate feline and canine natures. The dog barks at the delivery man while the cat barely notices; the dog runs out to play when the children return from school, while the cat prefers to keep napping on the soft couch. Neither gets the better of the other in their rhyming interchanges, and by day's end they realize that, despite being opposites, they are happier when they're together."--...
16) Not a unicorn
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Eighth-grader Jewel has all the usual middle school problems (crush on an unattainable boy, ex-BFF), but the thing that is making life a torment at school is the horn growing out of her forehead, which cannot be removed simply; she has two friends she can depend on and an invisible unicorn companion, but she would really like to be normal in time to read her essay in regional French speaking competition--and maybe she has found a doctor who can do...
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"Francis loves learning new words. At school, when her class is reviewing words that begin with the letter "F," someone sneers "Fat, like Francis." Francis always thought "fat" was a warm word--like snuggling with Mama or belly rubs for her puppy. But now "fat" feels cold, and Francis feels very small. After school, Baba takes Francis to the park. She chooses the bench instead of the swing set, and gets very quiet. But when Baba uses the word "possible,"...
18) Carrot & pea
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017
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Although he is different in size, color, and shape, the peas like and accept their friend, Colin the carrot.
19) Dino Duckling
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Dino Duckling can dive, swim and fish just like his duckling brothers and sisters. But when the time comes for the family to fly south for the winter, Dino Duckling finds he really is different!
A funny and touching celebration of difference, based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling. Dino Duckling can dive, swim and fish just like his duckling brothers and sisters. But when the time comes for the family fly south for the winter, Dino...
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