When I Was Five
A six-year-old boy describes the things he liked when he was five and compares them to the things he likes now.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 31
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 300
Regular Guy
Because he is so different from his eccentric parents, twelve-year-old Guy is convinced he has been switched at birth with a classmate whose parents seem more normal.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 930
subjects: parent and child, identity, parent-child relationship, identity (psychology), individuality [X]
Chicken Chuck
Chicken Chuck the rooster, who has set himself up as boss of the barnyard by virtue of the special blue feather in the middle of his forehead, finds his authority undermined by a circus horse with two blue feathers.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 300
Score One For The Sloths
Sparky, a new energetic student at a sloth school, saves her lazy classmates when a wild boar from a government agency tries to shut the school down.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 49
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 380
Shelly
Shelly gets frustrated when his three sisters insist that he do things exactly like them.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Cowboy Camp
Although Avery cannot eat the right grub, is allergic to horses, and gets rope burns from lassos, he learns at camp that he is uniquely qualified in the most important cowboy quality.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 550
Silly Suzy Goose
Suzy longs to be different from all the other geese, but learns that imitating a lion may not be the best way to express her individuality.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Ruby In Her Own Time
Ruby, the smallest of five ducklings, is the last of the bunch to learn everything, but while Father Duck worries that she will never catch up, Mother knows she will do just fine in her own time.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 470
Pea Pod Babies
Three babies who are growing in a garden become tired of everyone saying they are just alike, so they pop free of their pod, set off on their own adventures, and prove that each one of them is unique.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
First Graders From Mars
Pelly feels miserable because she looks different from her Martian classmates, but a glamorous opera singer who visits her class shows Pelly that her differences make her special.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 170
subjects: self-acceptance, individuality [X], schools, humorous stories, mars (planet), school stories, humorous fiction, identity, identity (philosophical concept)
Halibut Jackson
Halibut Jackson is so shy that he makes special outfits to blend in wherever he goes, but the clothes he wears to a party at the palace only make him stand out.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 480
Pumpkinhead
A boy with a pumpkin for a head learns a valuable lesson about what it means to be different.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: individuality [X]
Daffodil
Triplet sisters Rose, Violet, and Daffodil, grow tired of wearing the colorful party dresses that match their names and stage a revolt.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Woolbur
Woolbur, a young sheep who thinks differently than the others, worries his mother and father with his free-spiritedness, but his grandfather thinks he will be fine.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 37
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 270
Yes We Can!
Little Roo and his friends usually have a great time playing together, but not today.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690