Washoe County Library System

Baby Duck overcomes his hesitancy about swimming when his teddy falls in the pond.

Bear's animal friends come to his rescue when he becomes lost and frightened in the woods.

Nine-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear as she and her St. Bernard, Bigfoot, take long walks through their Minneapolis neighborhood one hot summer, and she seeks the courage to finish a book that could have an unhappy ending.

A boy who is certain that his house is filled with monsters takes a karate class in order to vanquish them.

Ella overcomes darkness at night after taking a look at moon.

Mouse, Fox, Snake, and Spider try to frighten Bear, the biggest, loudest, bravest, strongest--and possibly trickiest--animal in the forest.

Busy trying to deal with his many fears and his troubled feelings for his dead mother, ten-year-old Blaze has his life changed when he meets the boisterous and irresistible Joselle.

Remembering her mother's words, an eight-year-old girl finds courage to go alone with her father to build a new home in the Connecticut wilderness and to stay with the Indians when her father goes back to bring the rest of the family.

The reader makes a series of choices that determine how the story's main character will cope with her fear of swimming in lakes.

"A novelty picture book exploring the many forms fear can take and the importance of overcoming it"--