juvenile fiction / social issues / emotions & feelings

Maud the koala has happily invited all fifty-six of her friends to her birthday party, but when the crowd arrives she feels overwhelmed and needs to be alone. Includes note to caregivers.

"When Meili learns her parents are adopting another child, she must accept the role of big sister and realize a new addition can be just right too"--.

Maud gets nervous while sitting in the doctor's office, but when she pretends she is one of the fish in the waiting room, her checkup--and shot--are over in no time. Includes note to caregivers.

"Plum revels in being her family's special dog, so she is not thrilled when she suddenly has to compete with Binky the cat"--.

"When Taylor's block castle is destroyed, all the animals think they know just what to do, but only the rabbit quietly listens to how Taylor is feeling"--.

A knight who feels secure on his side of the wall that divides his book discovers that his side is not as safe as he thought, and the other side is not as threatening.

Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.

Twelve-year-old cancer survivor Norah struggles to fit in at middle school after two years of treatment, but she finds her voice with the help of new friend Griffin, who shares her love of mythology.

Caroline is anxious all day at school, nervous about her newly-adopted sister's arrival from far away.

"Born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, Morrigan is blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks -- and, worst of all, the curse dooms her to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday. But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears. Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor. It's in Nevermoor that Morrigan discovers Jupiter has chosen her to contend for a place in the city's most prestigious organization: the Wundrous Society. In order to join, and to stay in the safety of Nevermoor for good, Morrigan must compete in four difficult and dangerous trials against hundreds of other children -- or she'll have to leave the city to confront her deadly fate."--.