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Author
Publisher
Harper Design
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Nearly two-thirds of American women are plus-size-and they care just as much about fashion and beauty as their thinner counterparts. They're tired of being ignored by the industry and shopping for styles wedged into the far reaches of department stores. Now, Susan Moses, a plus-size woman with a dynamic personality and an in-demand stylist whose clientele includes Hollywood and music industry celebrities, addresses this audience's needs with this...
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Justin is thrilled to be on a soccer team. But at his very first practice, he is approached by a tall girl who calls him "Shorty." She tells him he's too little to be on the team and that he should just go home. Justin doesn't know what to do. He loves soccer, but he doesn't want to be teased.
67) Not little
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dot proves she is not little by standing up to a school bully.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Mega space volcanoes...super-giant asteroids...a twenty-six-pound gummy bear? In the second installment of the Mr. DeMaio Presents! series, the crew is traveling across the galaxy in search of the biggest stuff in the universe...even if that means a sugary piece of candy that weighs more than three bowling balls!"--
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"You probably know what your favorite animals look like, but do you really have any idea how big or small they really are? Could you picture the size of a tiger's face, or an elephant's tail, or an ostrich's egg? Life-Size Animals has pages and pages of life-size illustrations of different animals' tongues, teeth, claws, eggs, tails, and more. It encourages readers to compare the sizes of the different animals to themselves-seeing how long their tongues...
Author
Series
Data Set volume 6
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The town of Newtonburg has been invaded by all sorts of creepy-crawlies from mosquitoes to bees to ants and more! What's worse is that they are all mysteriously swarming toward Dr. Bunsen's house when the kids get shrunk down to the size of insects"--
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Thirty-three-year-old Abby Stern has made it to a happy place. True, she still has gig jobs instead of a career, and the apartment where she's lived since college still looks like she's just moved in. But she's got good friends, her bike, and her bicycling club in Philadelphia. She's at peace with her plus-size body, at least, most of the time, and she's on track to marry Mark Medoff, her childhood summer sweetheart, a man she met at the weight-loss...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
After stealing a top secret shrink-suit, Scott Lang sets out to test the suit's capabilities and finds himself the size of ant which comes with its own challenges as he faces the neighbors dog, a vacuum, and a shower.
77) Small Saul
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Small Saul the pirate is better at singing sea shanties and baking than holding a sword and being a real pirate, and he is forced to prove his worth to his shipmates or else walk the plank.
Author
Series
Little Elliot volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Elliot the little elephant has a hard time with a lot of things in the city he loves until he meets Mouse, who is even smaller--and hungrier.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In a Korean village where being strong and loud is valued, tiny Soe-in is ridiculed but when the sun disappears, Soe-in dares to find the spirit tiger and set things right. Includes note about the position of tigers in Korean culture.
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 20
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When the Cupcake Club gets a job supplying a neighbor's barbecue, Alexis is excited since her crush will be there, but when she goes clothes shopping with friends, she finds that nothing fits right and she worries that she will not make a good impression.
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