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Picture Books
The Thing Lou Couldn't Do by Ashley Spires (Illustrator)
'Lou and her friends are BRAVE adventurers. They run FASTER than airplanes. They build MIGHTY fortresses. They rescue WILD animals.' But one day, when they're looking for a ship to play pirates in, Lou's friend has an idea: ?Up there! The tree can be our ship!? ?Ummm ...' says Lou. This is something new. Lou has never climbed a tree before, and she's sure she can't do it. So she tries to convince her friends to play a not-up-a-tree game. When that doesn't work, she comes up with reasons for not joining them --- her arm is sore, her cat needs a walk, you shouldn't climb so soon after eating. Finally, she tells herself she doesn't want to climb the tree. But is that true, or is this brave adventurer just too afraid to try? This delightful picture book from Ashley Spires, bestselling author of The Most Magnificent Thing, perfectly depicts what children go through when confronted with something difficult. With humor and endearing artwork, Spires sensitively portrays Lou procrastinating, making excuses, imagining alternatives and denying she cares. Ultimately, Lou faces her fear, and although she fails, the effort empowers her, encouraging a growth mindset. All the while, Lou's friends model compassionate friendship by offering to teach her how to climb and then moving the game. This book makes a perfect choice for a character education discussion about courage or resilience, or a life-skills lesson on facing challenges. The story also promotes the joy of imaginative play in the outdoors.
Call Number: G JF SPI
ISBN: 9781771387279
Publication Date: 2017
Lucy Goosey by Margaret Wild; Ann James (Illustrator)
Lucy Goosey has been playing happily in the same pond all her life, but then the time comes for her to fly away. She is so terrified of getting lost in the huge sky that she refuses to leave with the others. Is it more terrifying to be alone, or to face one's greatest fear?
Call Number: G JF WIL
ISBN: 1921049871
Publication Date: 2008-09-01
Brave bear by Kathy Mallat
A bear bravely goes out on a limb to help a baby bird get back to its nest
Call Number: G JF MAL
ISBN: 1903012074
Publication Date: 2004
Parachute by Danny Parker and Matt Ottley
oby has a parachute that he always wears. He doesn't feel safe without it. He wears it everywhere he goes because he feels that it will protect him from all the things he is scared of. One day Toby's cat Henry gets stuck up a tree. Toby is scared of heights but he knows he has to help Henry. Toby climbs up the tree to Henry and tells him not to be afraid. He realises that the only way he can get Henry down safely is if he gives him his parachute. Without hesitation he takes it off and puts it on Henry so he can float safely to the ground. Then Toby realises that he is all alone, high up in the tree without his parachute. However, instead of being scared Toby starts to tell himself to be calm and to not be afraid, just like he told Henry when Henry was worried. Slowly Toby does start to feel less scared and eventually he is able to climb back down to the ground. After this experience Toby finds that he needs his parachute less and less and eventually he feels brave enough to leave it behind and face the day without it.
Call Number: G JF PAR
ISBN: 9781921894206
Publication Date: 2013
Little mouse and the red wall by Britta Teckentrup
What lies beyond the red wall? Mouse's friends don't know -- but that doesn't stop them feeling scared. Can Mouse find the courage to travel into the unknown, where a world of freedom and possibility awaits?
Call Number: G JF TEC
ISBN: 9781408342800
Publication Date: 2018
Brave as Can Be by Jo Witek; Christine Roussey (Illustrator)
An older sister explains to her younger sister all the things she used to be afraid of, along with some tricks to help, whether it's a special blanket for bedtime or singing during a storm.
Call Number: G JF WIT
ISBN: 9781419719233
Publication Date: 2015-09-08
Be brave little penguin by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees
Little Penguin really Pip-Pip is scared of the water, so while his friends swim happily in the ocean, poor Pip-Pip has to play alone. Will Pip-Pip manage to overcome his fear and finally take the plunge?
Call Number: G JF AND
ISBN: 9781408338377
Publication Date: 2017
Be careful, Xiao Xin! by Alice Pung
Xiao Xin believes he is a red fire warrior but his family are always telling him to be careful. They believe the world is a dangerous place. Too dangerous for a little boy on his own. They don't understand what I can do! They don't understand what I can be!
Call Number: G JF PUN
ISBN: 9781922033932
Publication Date: 2022
Courage
What Do You Do with a Chance? by Kobi Yamada
This is the story of some remarkable chances and the child who doesn't quite know what to do with them. But the more the chances come around, the more the child's fascination grows. And then, one day, a little courage makes all the difference in the world.
Call Number: G JF YAM
ISBN: 9781943200733
Publication Date: 2017-12-01
Puffling by Margaret Wild
Puffling is a baby―small, white, and very hungry. Every day he waits in the burrow while his parents, Big Stripy Beak and Long Black Feather hunt for food. As he grows, Puffling dreams of the day when he will leave his nest and fly away―but he isn't ready yet, not until he's tall and brave enough to fend for himself. Every day Puffling asks his parents, but every day they say he must wait until he has grown bigger. Will he ever be ready to head out into the world on his own?
Call Number: G JF WIL
ISBN: 9781862915985
Publication Date: 2009
I am cow hear me moo! by Jill Esbaum
Nadine is a 'truly remarkable cow' who is afraid of absolutely nothing; or so she claims. She's a bit of a show-off, really, and when her friends take her up on her offer of a tour through the woods, Nadine is in her element. Then night falls, and when her friends leave and Nadine is left to explore a dark cave all on her own, suddenly she doesn't feel quite to brave after all...
Call Number: G JF ESB
ISBN: 9780670077106
Publication Date: 2014
The Very brave bear by Nicholas Bland
The Very Cranky Bear is back, and this time he's facing Boris Buffalo in a battle of Bravery!
But will something surprising send them both fleeing through the jungle?
Call Number: G JF BLA
ISBN: 9781742838007
Publication Date: 2013
The Story of Tantrum O'Furrily by Cressida Cowell; Mark Nicholas (Illustrator)
One wild and windy night a stray cat called Tantrum O'Furrily and her three hungry kittens were dancing across the roof tops. Tantrum O'Furrily's kittens are hungry and doubt that a story can ease a stray cat's rumbling stomach. However, they soon learn that stories are powerful, and that if you're courageous you might find a saucer of milk at the end of that story.
Call Number: G JF COW
ISBN: 9781444933802
Publication Date: 2018
Me and My Fear by Francesca Sanna
When a young refugee girl has to travel to a new country and start at a new school, she is accompanied by her Fear who tells her to be alone and afraid, growing bigger and bigger every day with questions like 'how can you hope to make new friends if you don't understand their language?' But this little girl is stronger than her Fear.
Call Number: G JF SAN
ISBN: 9781911171539
Publication Date: 2018-09-11
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The Thing Lou Couldn't Do by
'Lou and her friends are BRAVE adventurers. They run FASTER than airplanes. They build MIGHTY fortresses. They rescue WILD animals.' But one day, when they're looking for a ship to play pirates in, Lou's friend has an idea: ?Up there! The tree can be our ship!? ?Ummm ...' says Lou. This is something new. Lou has never climbed a tree before, and she's sure she can't do it. So she tries to convince her friends to play a not-up-a-tree game. When that doesn't work, she comes up with reasons for not joining them --- her arm is sore, her cat needs a walk, you shouldn't climb so soon after eating. Finally, she tells herself she doesn't want to climb the tree. But is that true, or is this brave adventurer just too afraid to try? This delightful picture book from Ashley Spires, bestselling author of The Most Magnificent Thing, perfectly depicts what children go through when confronted with something difficult. With humor and endearing artwork, Spires sensitively portrays Lou procrastinating, making excuses, imagining alternatives and denying she cares. Ultimately, Lou faces her fear, and although she fails, the effort empowers her, encouraging a growth mindset. All the while, Lou's friends model compassionate friendship by offering to teach her how to climb and then moving the game. This book makes a perfect choice for a character education discussion about courage or resilience, or a life-skills lesson on facing challenges. The story also promotes the joy of imaginative play in the outdoors.
Lucy Goosey by
Lucy Goosey has been playing happily in the same pond all her life, but then the time comes for her to fly away. She is so terrified of getting lost in the huge sky that she refuses to leave with the others. Is it more terrifying to be alone, or to face one's greatest fear?
Brave bear by
A bear bravely goes out on a limb to help a baby bird get back to its nest
Parachute by
oby has a parachute that he always wears. He doesn't feel safe without it. He wears it everywhere he goes because he feels that it will protect him from all the things he is scared of. One day Toby's cat Henry gets stuck up a tree. Toby is scared of heights but he knows he has to help Henry. Toby climbs up the tree to Henry and tells him not to be afraid. He realises that the only way he can get Henry down safely is if he gives him his parachute. Without hesitation he takes it off and puts it on Henry so he can float safely to the ground. Then Toby realises that he is all alone, high up in the tree without his parachute. However, instead of being scared Toby starts to tell himself to be calm and to not be afraid, just like he told Henry when Henry was worried. Slowly Toby does start to feel less scared and eventually he is able to climb back down to the ground. After this experience Toby finds that he needs his parachute less and less and eventually he feels brave enough to leave it behind and face the day without it.
Little mouse and the red wall by
What lies beyond the red wall? Mouse's friends don't know -- but that doesn't stop them feeling scared. Can Mouse find the courage to travel into the unknown, where a world of freedom and possibility awaits?
Brave as Can Be by
An older sister explains to her younger sister all the things she used to be afraid of, along with some tricks to help, whether it's a special blanket for bedtime or singing during a storm.
Be brave little penguin by
Little Penguin really Pip-Pip is scared of the water, so while his friends swim happily in the ocean, poor Pip-Pip has to play alone. Will Pip-Pip manage to overcome his fear and finally take the plunge?
Be careful, Xiao Xin! by
Xiao Xin believes he is a red fire warrior but his family are always telling him to be careful. They believe the world is a dangerous place. Too dangerous for a little boy on his own. They don't understand what I can do! They don't understand what I can be!
What Do You Do with a Chance? by
This is the story of some remarkable chances and the child who doesn't quite know what to do with them. But the more the chances come around, the more the child's fascination grows. And then, one day, a little courage makes all the difference in the world.
Puffling by
Puffling is a baby―small, white, and very hungry. Every day he waits in the burrow while his parents, Big Stripy Beak and Long Black Feather hunt for food. As he grows, Puffling dreams of the day when he will leave his nest and fly away―but he isn't ready yet, not until he's tall and brave enough to fend for himself. Every day Puffling asks his parents, but every day they say he must wait until he has grown bigger. Will he ever be ready to head out into the world on his own?
I am cow hear me moo! by
Nadine is a 'truly remarkable cow' who is afraid of absolutely nothing; or so she claims. She's a bit of a show-off, really, and when her friends take her up on her offer of a tour through the woods, Nadine is in her element. Then night falls, and when her friends leave and Nadine is left to explore a dark cave all on her own, suddenly she doesn't feel quite to brave after all...
The Very brave bear by
The Very Cranky Bear is back, and this time he's facing Boris Buffalo in a battle of Bravery!
But will something surprising send them both fleeing through the jungle?
The Story of Tantrum O'Furrily by
One wild and windy night a stray cat called Tantrum O'Furrily and her three hungry kittens were dancing across the roof tops. Tantrum O'Furrily's kittens are hungry and doubt that a story can ease a stray cat's rumbling stomach. However, they soon learn that stories are powerful, and that if you're courageous you might find a saucer of milk at the end of that story.
Turtle comes out of her shell: a book about feeling shy by
Turtle is very shy and it can stop her joining in. When the school holds a talent show, Turtle feels she cannot take part even though she has a beautiful singing voice. Can Turtle find a way to stop feeling so anxious and overcome her shyness?
Me and My Fear by
When a young refugee girl has to travel to a new country and start at a new school, she is accompanied by her Fear who tells her to be alone and afraid, growing bigger and bigger every day with questions like 'how can you hope to make new friends if you don't understand their language?' But this little girl is stronger than her Fear.
