stature

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stature

The NBA book of big and little

1998
Photographs and text help demonstrate the different heights of basketball players in the NBA.

Justin and the bully

2012
"Justin is thrilled to be on a soccer team. But at his very first practice, he is approached by a tall girl who calls him "Shorty." She tells him he's too little to be on the team and that he should just go home. Justin doesn't know what to do. He loves soccer, but he doesn't want to be teased"--Provided by publisher.

Stink

the incredible shrinking kid
2006
The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school.

Hooray Jos?!

2007
Because he is such a short mouse, Jos? is never picked to play basketball, but his determination to play well and a lot of practice get him on the team and give him the ability to step in when the star player is injured the day of the playoffs.

The biggest little hero

2012
Ray Palmer has found a way to shrink himself and his dog Spot to atomic size and become the superhero Atom--so when friend and rival Doris Zeul comes up with a way of increasing her size and becomes Giganta, it is up to Atom and Spot to convince her of the error of her ways.

Think big!

2005
Vinney is frustrated about being one of the smallest children at school, but when he takes his mother's advice and thinks big for a day, he discovers that there are advantages to being small.

Fast company

2005
When sixth-grader Manny Ramos, one of the fastest runners on the youth football team, joins the new track club, he hopes that his light weight will be a benefit in racing against more experienced guys.

Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's travels

2011
After a shipwreck strands him far from home, ship's surgeon Lemuel Gulliver embarks on a series of remarkable adventures.

Big Little Elephant

2005
Little Elephant feels too small at home, and too big when he's playing with his friends until he comes up with some new ways of having fun.

Cork & Fuzz

short and tall
2006
The friendship between Cork, a muskrat, and Fuzz, a possum, is in trouble when Cork decides that since he is older, he has to be taller than Fuzz.

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