shyness

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shyness

Blossom plays possum

(because she's shy)
2017
Blossom, a shy possom, is nervous about trying new things but, with advice from a teacher and some practice, she finds the courage to try new things.
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Shyness

2017
Text and photographs explore the feeling of shyness.

A horse called Courage

2017
Tami Nguyen, away from home for the first time while working as a summer camp counselor, must overcome her fear of horses to rescue one of the children in her care, and buoyed by her success, decides to tackle her shyness and try to make friends.

Poppy the Pony

"Poppy the Pony is very shy. She loves soaring through Misty Wood, but she's too scared to talk to any of the other fairy animals. One day a thunderstorm comes, and Poppy discovers she is braver than she ever knew. Includes activities"--Provided by publisher.

The day Jimmy's boa ate the wash-- and more back-to-school stories

2005
Contains three back-to-school stories, featuring the title selection in which Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm, and including "Shrinking Violet," in which a very shy girl is assigned a part in the school play, and "Will I Have a Friend?"in which a young boy frets about the first day of school.

How I met my monster

Noah Bienstock can't help being so shy and nervous; he's always been like that. His best friend, Lissa Gardener, lives in the same building, but aside from her, Noah isn't very popular. So when he learns that the new student in his class is also his neighbor, Noah's excited to have a new person to hang out with, but as the boys spend more time together, Noah starts to worry all over again--is there something strange about his new friend?.

Girl vs. boy band

the right track
2016
When three noisy, mischievous rising stars of a British boy band come to Los Angeles to make their first album, they stay in the home of a record producer and her seventh-grade daughter, a talented but painfully shy singer-songwriter, urged by her best friend to step into the spotlight.

Willow's whispers

2014
Willow, finding her quiet voice causing a number of disappointments, tries to figure out a way to be heard.

Sophie's squash go to school

Sophie, a girl whose best friends are squash, attends school for the first time. She takes Bonnie and Baxter, two baby squash she grew in the garden, with her but no one appreciates her friends! One boy, Steven, wants to be friends, but Sophie isn't interested. However, soon Sophie realizes her squash friends won't last forever, and she learns what real friends are.

Love blind

A shy high schooler and a guitarist with degenerative vision impairment team up to tackle a bucket list of their greatest fears, forging an unusual friendship and making discoveries about their losses along the way.

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