Washoe County Library System

It looks like trouble when Fragility, a hippopotamus whose feelings are easily hurt, meets Rudy, a rude elephant, on the soccer field.

When Gerald the Elephant is sad, Piggie is determined cheer him up, but finds after many tries that it only takes the simplest thing to change Gerald's mood.

Pete the Cat wakes up feeling grumpy -- nothing seems to be going his way. But with the help of some rockin' magic sunglasses from Grumpy Toad, Pete learns that a good mood has been inside him all along. Groove and move with Pete as he helps Squirrel, Turtle, and Alligator discover that the sun is shining and everything's alright!

A celebration of friendship and empathy follows the experiences of two best friends, whose shared activities of reading, laughing and playing together are interrupted on a day when one of them becomes consumed by anger and the other uses the power of their bond to help.

"The Struggle Bus’s lyrical, rhyming text adds a comforting touch to the book, while not downplaying the reality that sometimes life is really hard. From a growth mindset perspective, the story gives the main character space to feel those hard feelings, but also to be open-minded to lots of different solutions. With a concluding reminder that we can do hard things, The Struggle Bus offers a lot: self-discovery, tips for problem-solving, and, mostly...

"Nimbus learns how to weather her cloudy moods and accept help from her best friend, Kelp, in this charming and gently encouraging picture book companion to the New York Times bestselling Not Quite Narwhal and Perfectly Pegasus. Nimbus has so much fun being Kelp’s friend! Their days are filled with games, sunshine, and a whole lot of rainbows. Only, Nimbus can’t stay sunny all the time; in fact, some days she’s downright cloudy. Nimbus hides...

A Playful Primer to Learn about Your Feelings helps young readers recognize and respond to emotions in themselves and others. The book introduces a range of emotions such as happy, angry, sleepy, anxious, and surprised. Each emotion is featured in a spread in the book, and each spread has a variety of illustrations with cats expressing different emotions. Children will match the emotion to the illustration that most closely represents it. The book...

"Captures the joy, humor, and occasional frustration of the mother-daughter relationship from the film"--

"La autora Sandra Boynton regresa con este nuevo libro de car̤tn sobre estados de nimo. Los animales inteligentes de Boynton ejemplifican una amplia gama de emociones en este divertido cuento sobre diferentes sentimientos. Los lectores ms pequęos se reirn cuando el texto les pregunte si estn 'grųones como un alce o eňrgicos como un perro'. Quizs esťn 'nerviosos como un conejo o contentos como una rana'?" -- Amazon.com. Clever animals exemplify...