self-acceptance

A summer in Tarrytown, N.Y., is a lot of fun for ten-year-old Sheila even though her friends make her face up to some self-truths she doesn't want to admit.

Convinced that the other pandas will not play with him because he is plaid, Pingo takes steps to make himself look more like them.

While spending the summer in a vacation cabin with her aunt and three-year-old cousin, a young girl finds herself more and more involved in a series of lies and deceptions.

Eugene has tried everything but he isn't getting any bigger. Soon he meets another Eugene and their antics lead to the Great Spaghetti Showdown.

Discusses the problems with body image, the reasons why some people have a poor body image, and how self-perception and self-acceptance are affected by society.

Noelle, a lovable but odd-looking bulldog, has trouble adapting to her new home until she discovers hidden talents that win over many new friends.

Freddy moves to a new farm where he hopes he will make new friends; however, no one will be his friend when they find out that he faints.

Horace, an adopted child, realizes that being part of a family depends on how you feel and not how you look.

Peggoty the pig feels ugly when the other animals tell her she needs fur, a mane, or feathers, but then she sees the farmer's baby and learns that there is also beauty in being hairless.

Flutterby finds out who she is through painful trial and error.