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Scaredy pug

Baron von Bubbles (Bub) the pug, Duchess the cat, and their human, Bella, are going to the countryside to visit Bella's grandmother for a few days, where they expect to have fun building forts and dressing up in the attic--but the attic seems to be haunted, and neither Bub nor Duchess can summon up the courage to face the ghost.
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Scaredy Squirrel in a nutshell

2021
Scaredy has spent his life defending his tree from UFOs, lumberjacks, mammoths, and more, so when (possibly poison) Ivy the rabbit sends a note he must calculate the risks of friendship.
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Frankensteve

2020
"Steve wants to do a hip-hop routine in the big Shiverwood Academy talent show. But whenever he tries to pop and lock in public, he trips over his own feet. Is it because he is an undead boy made of sewn together body parts? Or is the truth even scarier. Does Steve have stage fright? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards"--Provided by the publisher.
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Erik vs. everything

2021
"Each member of Erik Sheepflattener's modern-day Viking-heritage family has a motto to live by. Erik is developing a motto he can truly believe in : AVOID STUFF. But when he and his older sister Brunhilde spend the summer with their rough-and-tumble cousins in Minnesota, axe-wielding Bru gets the idea to name and conquer all of Erik's fears." - from the publisher.
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Little Ghoul goes to school

2021
"Little Ghoul is nervous about her first day of school. Her mom assures her that it will be great: The teachers will be scary. The lunch will be revolting! And the other classmates will be spine-tingling and creepy. But what if Little Ghoul's greatest fears come true--and everyone is nice? In this hilariously silly take on a monster's first day, Little Ghoul learns that school can be fun for creatures of every kind"--Jacket flap.
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The list of unspeakable fears

2021
In 1910 New York City, four years after her Irish immigrant father dies of tuberculosis, ten-year-old Essie's fear and anxiety continue to grow uncontrollably, so much that when her mother, a brave nurse, remarries and the family moves to North Brother Island, where Essie's new stepfather runs a quarantine hospital for the incurably sick, Essie imagines all manner of horrors, including the ghost of a little girl--which might not be imaginary after all.

We're going on a goon hunt

a petrifying parody
2020
"A family treks through spooky landscapes looking for a monster, only to run back home when they actually find one"--OCLC.
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Ivan's fear

2013
As he is afraid of everything, Ivan doubts he will ever have great adventures as he dreams, but when his uncle shares something he learned during his own travels, Ivan just may discover his courage.

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Sometimes I'm afraid

1979
A young child describes some of her fears and how she deals with them.

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