Cañon City Public Library

Thirteen-year-old Meg envys her sister's beauty and popularity. Her feelings don't make it any easier for her to cope with Molly's strange illness and eventual death.

A young girl who loves fancy things helps her family to be fancy for one special night.

When Elsa's grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters apologizing to people she has wronged, Elsa's greatest adventure begins. Her grandmother's instructions lead her to an apartment building full of drunks, monsters, attack dogs, and old crones but also to the truth about fairy tales and kingdoms and a grandmother like no other. Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy--as in standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-strangers...

Five brothers who look just alike outwit the executioner by using their extraordinary individual qualities.

Leo se siente tan fascinado como intimidado por Stargirl, la nueva de la escuela, una chica especial e inmune a las duras críticas del resto y que además no hace más que llamar la atención, algo que jamás haría él. In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.

Ella Sarah isn't like her sister. Or her mother. Or her Father. She's like Ella Sarah. And when it's time to get dressed, she knows just wha to do.

When her classmates make fun of her for still liking the color pink, a little girl feels all alone, but then a friend shows her the power of her favorite color.

Having learned to be creative in drawing pictures at home, young Tommy is dismayed when he goes to school and finds the art lesson there much more regimented.

Tacky the penguin adds his own unique touch to his team's routine at the Penguin Cheering Contest, with surprising results.

Tillman weaves rich illustrations and comforting language to promote in children a deep sense of their own worth. Before the tale ends, children will be wiggling their toes and whispering their names in joyous celebration of their own unique wonder.