Greenfield, Max
Summary: A sleepless child finds tranquility when they put their racing thoughts to bed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy Collection, Call number: JE GREENFIELDPolacco, Patricia
Summary: Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1990
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1 available in Juvenile Easy Collection, Call number: JE POLACCOEsbaum, Jill
Summary: Spencer the bunny's older brothers frighten him with stories about Frankenbunny and other monsters until Spencer figures out how to overcome his fears and his brothers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books, an imprint of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy Collection, Call number: JE ESBAUMKane, Karen
Summary: "One night, just before bedtime... Milo read a book about a monster under the bed. Milo should not have read that book. Monsters under the bed are scary, but luckily, Milo's best friend, Mel, knows just what to do--scare the monster more than the monster scares you!"--P. [2] of jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy Collection, Call number: JE KANERylant, Cynthia.
Summary: When Henry's cousin Annie prepares to move in next door he and Mudge help calm her fears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Readers, Call number: READER RYLANT 2/3Watt, Melanie
Summary: Scaredy Squirrel, who never leaves his house because he is afraid of everything, devises a plan to make a friend. One track of sound disc has page-turn signals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J GRAPHIC WATTWillems, Mo
Summary: The pigeon must go to school, but frets about math, learning the alphabet, heavy backpacks, and what the teacher and other birds will think of him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Readers, Call number: READER WILLEMS K/1Stine, R. L.
Summary: The only thing to fear . . . is everything. Twins Betty and Billy are visiting their Uncle Wendell at his secluded house in the Wayward Forest. What they think is going to be a boring stay quickly turns into a real nightmare. Wendell is in possession of the scariest book in the world. And someone is after Wendell. To keep the book safe, the siblings will have to plunge directly into the heart...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FICTION STINEWatt, Melanie
Summary: Scaredy comes up with a Bad Dream Action Plan to avoid sleep but between counting stars, playing cymbals and making scrapbooks, disaster still strikes and exhaustion takes its toll. Will Scaredy survive this ordeal? Will he find sweet dreams?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J GRAPHIC WATTAllen, Sarah Elisabeth
Summary: "A middle-grade novel about a girl who sees possessed souls and ventures into a haunted house in the forest on a mission to save them, and defeat her own demons, in the process."
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Fiction, Call number: T FICTION ALLENCarmona, Hannah
Summary: "Anita watches the dragons high above her as she hops from one cement roof to another in her village in the Dominican Republic. But being the valiant princesa she is, she never lets them scare her. Then one day, Anita must face her fears to begin a new life in a new country. Will she be brave enough to enter the belly of the beast and take flight to new adventures?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lantana 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy Collection, Call number: JE CARMONAVasallo, Isabel.
Summary: A young Hispanic immigrant girl conquers her fear of her new surroundings with the help of a happy song.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rayo 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J SPA VASALLOWade, Cleo
Summary: I said to the Road, Where do you lead? The Road said, Be a leader and find out. It's okay to be afraid or to sometimes wander down the wrong path. What the Road Said encourages us to lead with kindness and purpose and remember that the most important thing we can do in life is to keep going.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: WB J 177.7 WADEHelakoski, Leslie.
Summary: While trying to escape from a wolf, four frightened chickens keep getting themselves into the very predicaments they are trying to avoid.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy Collection, Call number: JE HELAKOSKIMarino, Gianna
Summary: Possum is hiding from the sounds in the night, and his fear sets off a chain reaction in the other night animals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)/Random House 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy Collection, Call number: JE MARINOGreen, Poppy.
Summary: Eight-year-old Sophie learns about some special emerald berries that will make the perfect color for a painting she wants to do, so she asks her friend Hattie to go with her to Weedsnag Way, a part of the forest that is far from home and very frightening.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J FICTION GREENRunton, Andy
Summary: "There's a new visitor to the forest, an opossum who's misunderstood because of the way he looks. Wormy is afraid of him, and when Owly tries to untangle Possey from a fence, he begins hissing and bares his sharp teeth! He's scared, hurt, and now everyone is afraid! Can the trio be brave and face their fears with a little courage and a lot of friendship?"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J GRAPHIC RUNTONPark, Barbara.
Summary: With Halloween approaching, Junie B. needs to find a costume that will scare off the real witches and ghosts that she believes will be out on the holiday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J FICTION PARKWillems, Mo
Summary: Tiger unwittingly helps some worms overcome their fear of tigers with a well-placed, informative book, but will a wormy hug aid a fearful Tiger?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Readers, Call number: READER WILLEMS K/1Czekaj, Jef
Summary: Perfect for back-to-school and Halloween, this is a funny and sweet story about a monster's first day of school by the popular author-illustrator of Cat Secrets. 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blazer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy Collection, Call number: JE CZEKAJWatt, Melanie
Summary: Scaredy Squirrel never leaves his house because he is afraid of everything, until one day when he discovers he is really a flying squirrel and everything changes. Includes one fold-out page. One track of sound disc has page-turn signals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J GRAPHIC WATTCordell, Matthew
Summary: To deliver her mother's delicious soup to her sick Granny Oak, Evergreen the squirrel must face her fears and make the journey, during which she meets other forest dwellers, including some who want to get their hands on her soup!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy Collection, Call number: JE CORDELLBazaldua, C. (Charles)
Summary: A graphic novel adaptation of the movie Monsters, Inc. Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-producing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it's the monsters who are scared silly, and it's up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Collection, Call number: J GRAPHIC DISNEYBourgeois, Paulette
Summary: A turtle afraid of small dark places, and therefore of crawling into his shell, asks a variety of animals for advice, only to find out that each has a fear of its own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2011