fear

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fear

"I'm not scared!"

When Baby Owl takes his stuffed Owly out for a walk in the moonlit woods, he insists that he is not afraid of the other animals that keep popping up and making them jump.

Vunce upon a time

A fearful young vampire, who prefers candy to blood, bravely ventures into the human world on Halloween night to satisfy his sweet tooth.

Cannonball Chris

Chris tries to overcome his fear of jumping into deep water in time for the second grade swimming party.

Julia Gillian (and the art of knowing)

Nine-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear as she and her St. Bernard, Bigfoot, take long walks through their Minneapolis neighborhood one hot summer, and she seeks the courage to finish a book that could have an unhappy ending.

Spark the firefighter

Spark's fear of fire has kept him from being a proper dragon, so he takes a job with the Hardscrabble volunteer fire department in hopes of conquering his fear.

Watch out! Big Bro's coming!

Terror spreads through the jungle as animals hear the news that rough, tough Big Bro is coming.

Braving the lake

The reader makes a series of choices that determine how the story's main character will cope with her fear of swimming in lakes.

The up and down spring

While vacationing at Bolivia's house in Ithaca, New York, eleven-year-old Rory tries to hide his fear of flying after Bolivia suggests a trip in her uncle's airplane.

When this world was new

When his father leads him on a magical trip of discovery through new fallen snow, a young boy who emigrated from his warm island home overcomes fears about living in New York.

Garmann's summer

As the summer ends, six-year-old Garmann's three ancient aunts visit and they all talk about the things that scare them.

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