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Selected for 2024 CBC Children's Favorites Gr K-2Selected for The Children’s Book Council’s June 2023 “Hot Off The Press” Reading List A gentle story about a little snail called Henry who was born without slime and therefore will never be like everyone else.When Henry finds out he is missing the most important element for snails—their slime—giving up is not an option for him. He tries to find ways to be able to climb things just as the other snails do. He struggles a bit before he finds the right solution, but in the end, he becomes the inspiration for his fellow snails and makes a lot of friends along the way, teaching us that far from being an obstacle, a difference may prove to be the key that opens new horizons.Using a simple story and a sympathetic hero the kids learn social-emotional skills and are better prepared to cope with everyday life situations.

Eddie is a bird, but he can't fly! His friend Ernest, a bear, decides he's going to help Eddie learn to fly--with hilarious and unanticipated results. Along the way, both Ernest and Eddie learn some valuable lessons. Is Eddie even meant to fly? Or is there something else he's even better at?

Join Pipo, Bud, and Kenny, three inseparable little chicken buddies, in an enchanting world where joy knows no bounds. All is happy yet predictable in their world until one day when Pipo's quest for something different leads to an epic battle to unearth a resistant earthworm. Amid the struggle, they discover the beauty of embracing change and diversity in friendship and the magic of trying something new and different.