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Author
Publisher
Tiller Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
For years, Meg Boggs believed the narrative told to her by society: she thought that as a plus-sized woman, she could never be fit; she could never be strong; she could never love exercise; she could never be enough. But when Meg became a mom, she decided to rethink her preconceived notions and embrace her body for what it is, not what diet culture said it should be.
23) Oh so tiny bunny
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Oh so tiny, a very small bunny, dreams every night of being big until he discovers one advantage to being small.
27) Esio Trot
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Shy Mr. Hoppy devises a plan to win the heart of his true love by teaching her a spell to make her tortoise grow bigger.
28) Little big
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
A little boy imagines what it would be like to be big, with long legs like a giraffe, big hands like a gorilla, or a big mouth like a crocodile, but realizes that there are advantages to being perfectly little.
29) Are you big?
Author
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Are YOU big? A simple question sends readers to the far reaches of the universe"--
30) Turk and Runt
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Runt the turkey is much smaller than his brother, but his intelligence keeps his family from becoming Thanksgiving Day dinner.
32) As large as life
Author
Publisher
360 Degrees
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"With 26 habitats to explore and more than 250 animals from the amoeba to the whale, this beautifully illustrated book puts into context the size of all creatures, great and small"--
34) Short
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Very short for her age, Julia grows into her sense of self while playing a munchkin in a summer regional theater production of The Wizard of Oz"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When 11-year-old Steven Sweeney is tricked into drinking a strange mixture of chemicals by his classmates, things begin to get strange. Either his toothbrush is growing, or he is shrinking! Will he be able to make it through the day and return to his ...
36) Big or small?
Author
Series
Publisher
Andrews McMeel
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Infants can discover big and small things with images in the opposing colors of black, white and red.
37) Room for Bear
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Bear and a family of ducks try to find the perfect home to share, but what suits the bear does not suit the ducks, and what suits the ducks does not suit Bear.
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Go big or go home! Meet the biggest weirdos on Earth in this colosally cool collection from the team that brought you Pink Is For Blobfish. It's a big wide world, full of critters that are larger than life! Sure, there are the usual suspects: blue whales, polar bears, elephant seals . . . but others will take you by surprise. The giant snail, for instance, or the ginormous Atlas moth. Like Pink Is for Blobfish and Cute as an Axolotl, Big as a Giant...
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