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Author
Pub. Date
2009
Lexile measure
AD 560L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When Felix wakes up on morning, he finds an invisible bucket floating overhead. A rotten morning threatens his mood--and his bucket--drop by drop. Can Felix discover how to refill his bucket before it's completely empty?
5) Sunny
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Most people would say there is nothing good about trudging to school on a rainy day. Most people would say that being carried away by the wind and dropped into the middle of a tumultuous sea is a very bad sort of situation. No, most people wouldn't like that at all. But Sunny isn't most people. Sunny likes to look on the bright side. And when things get exceedingly bleak? Well, isn't that what friends are for?" -- Provided by publisher.
6) Petra
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Petra is a little rock who believes she is a mighty mountain... until a dog fetches her for its owner, and she is tossed into a bird's nest. A mountain? No, Petra is now an egg! An egg of the world in a world of possibility.
7) Terrific
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
510L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"Terrific," says Eugene, after winning an all-expenses-paid vacation in Bermuda. "I'll probably get a really nasty sunburn." Unfortunately, Eugene's luck is a lot worse than that. First, his cruise ship sinks, then he ends up stranded on a tiny island. But Eugene isn't alone. There's another castaway, a parrot with a busted wing, who tells him what there is to eat and drink and how to build a sailboat. Cranky Eugene pays attention, and his luck begins...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
[First American edition]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Mabel is determined to climb a mountain, host a dinner party, and make friends with shark. Mabel's friends aren't being very helpful, but Mabel knows the truth about Big Plans: Don't listen to those who say you cannot. Listen to those who say you can! So, even though a mountain is very, very high and Mabel is very, very small, she knows she shouldn't give up. And even though it might have been easier to fly up a tree, Mabel knows that she needs to...
10) The bright side
Author
Publisher
Rocky Pond Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Lexile measure
AD 560L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged): color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sometimes it's hard to stay positive. Like when you live in an old school bus instead of a normal house... Or when you have mostly just bread and ketchup to eat... And especially when you have to go to a new school where all the other kids already have friends. But the sweet and imaginative boy in this book discovers that he has a tremendous talent he can use: He knows how to look on the bright side! And when he does, he can accomplish just about...
11) I am a unicorn!
Author
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
While Frog is convinced he's a unicorn with his clip-on tail, party hat horn, and ability to fly on swings, Goat is determined to show Frog that he's not, but Goat is about to learn that when someone truly believes, sometimes magic happens.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Maribel's family has to move in with Tía Carmen because Papi lost his job, Maribel and her sister feel unsettled. It's not always easy sharing a room or being in a house full of loud cousins, but Papi reminds the girls that it's only por un ratito--just for a little while. In the meantime, there is always someone to play with, the mealtimes are filled with music and laughter, and bedtime is for snuggling in tight"--
Author
Publisher
Flamingo Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
AD 510L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Based on a viral video comes the story of one boy's positive energy and how a sunny outlook can turn everything around. It's a new day and Ayaan has woken up on the wrong side of the bed, where nothing feels quite right. What if he doesn't know the answer at school? What if he messes up? But as he sets out that morning, all it takes is a few reminders from his mom and some friends in the neighborhood to remind him that a new day is a good day because......
16) Lovely day
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Bill Withers's 1977 feel-good hit 'Lovely Day' is famous for bringing listeners joy, even on the darkest of days. The song's joyful energy is brought to life in this beautiful picture book inspired by Withers's timeless lyrics! Young readers will delight in following the story of a young brother and sister who always find a way to make each other smile, no matter the challenges the day may bring."--
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
960L
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Although seventeen-year-old Amber Appleton is homeless, living in a school bus with her unfit mother, she is a relentless optimist who visits the elderly at a nursing home, teaches English to Korean Catholic women with the use of rhythm and blues music, and befriends a solitary Vietnam veteran and his dog, but eventually she experiences one burden more than she can bear and slips into a deep depression.
Author
Publisher
Diane Alber Art LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When bad things happen it can be really hard to "look at the bright side." A little SPOT of OPTIMISM is a story about how a little spot can show you how to change your negative thoughts into positive ones.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First English edition.
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
A pair of shipwrecked sailors have very different approaches to handling an absurd series of dilemmas, in this entertaining picture book that doubles as a meditation for optimists and pessimists alike.
20) Positive Ninja
Author
Series
Publisher
Grow Grit Press LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Positive Ninja wasn't always so happy and optimistic. She used to struggle with negativity until she learned a strategy that would change her forever.