Lily feels different, as though she were a tiger and everyone else were a duck, but things run amock when she tries to hide who she is inside.

Introducing the power of yes and no, this picture book for young children growing up in our everchanging world shows them how to listen to their bodies and minds to know when to say two little words with big meaning.

Recognizing our own strengths is not always easy. This is very true for a new toy named Nelephant. After joining the other toys in her new house, this adorable stuffed elephant isn't quite sure what she likes to do--or even what her name is at first. However, with the help of a group of fuzzy friends, she learns about identity and shares what makes her special. Nelephant finds that her drawing skills and imagination make her one of a kind!

"Stonebridge High's resident bad boy, Wesley "Big Mac" Mackenzie, is failing senior year--thanks to his unchecked anger, rowdy friends, and a tendency to ditch his homework for skateboarding and a secret photography obsession. So when his mom drags him to a production of The Nutcracker, Wes isn't interested at all . . . until he sees Tristan Monroe. Mr. Nutcracker himself. Wes knows he shouldn't like Tristan; after all, he's a ballet dancer, and Wes...

Welcome to Sametown where everyone and everything is...well...the same. Except Mara! She's a little different. She' bright. She's sunny. And, unlike her classmates who are all planning on performing a similar magic show act at the school talent show, she is going to dance, dance, dance! One problem: everyone in Sametown -- her classmates, her teacher--they all think she shouldn't do it. And it's not just (it seems) because dancing isn't the status...

"Ursula is a happy catfish, swimming through a shimmering river with weeds waving above and a sky full of scrumptious bugs below. Then one question turns her world upside down. Is left right? Is right wrong? Which way even is up?"--Provided by publisher.

The kids in these humorous short stories each have a minor superpower they're learning to live with. One can shape-shift--but only part of her body, and only on Mondays. Another can always tell whether an avocado is perfectly ripe. One can even hear the thoughts of the animals in the pet store! But what these stories are really about is their young protagonists "owning" a power that contributes to their individuality, that allows them to find their...

When the pond community is threatened by a fox, Frank, the odd one out in a family of ducks, ventures into the dangerous forest alone on a quest to save his home, discovering both his courage and unique identity along the way.

Unhappy with her name, a little girl tries to find the perfect name, but with help from Gogo, her grandmother, Kantiga learns about her identity and where she is from.

"Adrien aime beaucoup de choses : sa collection de roches et celle de chaussettes, l'harmonica... Mais il y a une chose qu'il n'aime pas : les câlins. Le seul câlin qu'il aime, c'est celui de sa maman à l'heure du dodo. Alors... tu peux faire un câlin à un chien ou même à une coccinelle, mais tu ne peux pas faire de câlin à Adrien!" -- "Meet Doug, an approximately normal-functioning kid who doesn't like hugs, in this fun and exuberant story...