A summer in Tarrytown, N.Y., is a lot of fun for ten-year-old Sheila even though her friends make her face up to some self-truths she doesn't want to admit.

"Today's my first ice skating class. I'll fly through the air, land on one foot, and spin so fast you can't see me! Claire can't wait to get out on the ice and skate, skate, skate! She's going to jump, leap, and twirl! Just you wait-pretty soon she'll be on TV and dazzling audiences everywhere. But when Claire and her mom arrive at the Ice Center for Claire's very first skate lesson, it's not everything Claire was dreaming it would be. Beginners wear...

Illustrations and rhyming text encourage Black boys to learn about the accomplishments of famous men in Black history and then forge their own paths.

"Embrace individuality and being your authentic self in this companion to New York Times bestsellers I Am Human and I Am Love! Sometimes I stand out in a crowd. Sometimes I am not seen at all, and I feel alone. I start to ask myself, why can't I blend in? Fit the mold? But when I stop and look, I see nothing in this world is exactly the same. Sometimes we hide who we really are to conform to the way we think we are supposed to be in the world. Sometimes...

Dee the mouse loves to sing, but when she sings for her class something strange happens: she gets bigger and her voice gets louder and louder until it is too loud and she is afraid to sing again--but her little sister, Cara Lee, gives her the confidence to share her talent with everybody.

It all began once upon a magical town, when a little girl called Moira received a wondrous magic Relic. But try as she might, she couldn’t make her Relic blossom into life and make her magic powers shine like her best friend Lilly could. Her potions didn’t sparkle, her spells fell flat and everything she did seemed to go wrong. Can Moira learn to believe in herself and finally let her powers shine?

"Mia is good at basketball and sticks to playing it even when her friends in the Sunshine Squad like to do other activities; trying new things makes Mia feel anxious about failing-that is, until Lily moves in and inspires Mia to go outside her comfort zone" --Provided by publisher.

"A deaf girl stands up for herself and takes off her shoes while dancing at her Carnival performance so she can feel the music through her bare feet"--

Excited about being "star of the week" at school, Stanley spends a lot of time choosing and preparing his favorite things to share, but becomes discouraged when his classmates make fun of what he likes.

"A little Black boy is determined to become a marine biologist and to protect the beaches and oceans sea creatures call home"--