fear

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fear

Dear bear

1994
Katie is afraid of the bear that lives under the stairs in her house, until they exchange letters and she finally gets to meet him.

Fire diary

1994
With the help of her school counselor, nine-year-old April learns to deal with her fears after her house burns down.

The tunnel

1989
Scornful of his younger sister's fears, a young boy decides to explore a tunnel forcing her to go after him when he doesn't return.

Porcupine's pajama party

1988
Porcupine bakes cookies, watches a monster movie, and gets scared in the dark when his two best friends sleep over.

Night cry

1984
Often left alone on their five-acre Mississippi farm by her traveling-salesman father, Ellen learns, through a terrifying experience, to distinguish between real and false fears.

Sam is never scared

2006
Sam feels fearless compared to his friend Max, who is afraid of climbing trees and watching scary movies, until Sam learns firsthand that everyone is afraid of something.

Feeling scared

1998
Examines the nature of fear, its different kinds, how it can be sensible or fun, and how it can be controlled.

Big chickens

2006
While trying to escape from a wolf, four frightened chickens keep getting themselves into the very predicaments they are trying to avoid.

The robots are coming, and other problems

2000
A collection of short illustrated poems about various things that the imaginative reader might fear or worry about, including a mummy, a pirate, and giant ants.

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