courage

When an old Chinese emperor must select an heir, he brings all the children together and gives them each a seed to take care of. A little boy named Peng takes the seed home and plants it, but nothing ever grows. One year later, the children return to the palace, and Peng is discouraged to see all the other children's seeds grew into beautiful plants. The emperor then explains that he gave them all seeds that would not grow, but Peng was the only one to come with an empty vase. The emperor chooses Peng to be his heir because of his qualities of honesty and courage.

"When it looks like their friend Marty is about to cave to peer pressure, Lucky, Rudy, and Red take another trip back in time for a courageous adventure with Jackie Robinson, the first Black baseball player to play Major League Baseball. It's roughgoing at first for Jackie, but he faces down prejudice with cool calm"--Amazon.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text encourage the reader to be brave in many situations, beginning with deciding what courage means to oneself.

While protecting egotistical transfer student Orion, Artemis makes a mistake that later provides her with the chance that she has both hoped for and dreaded, to prove her courage to herself and others at Mount Olympus Academy.

A young boy is frightened by how busy and noisy the city is when he goes there to visit his Nana, but she makes him a fancy red cape that keeps him from being scared as she shows him how wonderful a place it is.

Sofia Sanchez, a girl with Down syndrome, shares her message of perseverance and bravery with kids everywhere.

In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.

Thirteen-year-old Maddy Rollag struggles with prairie life on her aunt and uncle's farm in Dakota Territory, but on January 12, 1888, when a blizzard threatens to trap Maddy and her classmates inside their damaged schoolhouse, she finds the courage and strength to lead them to safety. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.

A cautious porcupine summons the courage to stand up to threats, both real and imagined.

Determined to go down the super slide at the community pool, Cool Bean must summon up his courage and face his fears to do something totally cool.