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Overview: The boy is teased for looking different than the other kids. His skin is darker, his hair curlier. He tells his mother he wishes he could be more like everyone else. And she helps him to see how beautiful he really, truly is. For years before they both achieved acclaim in their respective professions, good friends Taye Diggs and Shane W. Evans wanted to collaborate on Chocolate Me!, a book based on experiences of being African American,...
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Princess Posey volume 8
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English
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"Posey gets in trouble when she makes up a not-so-nice song about one of the boys in her class"--
5) Wonder
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August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid -- but his classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. Wonder begins from Auggie's point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of...
6) The rag coat
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1991
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English
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Minna proudly wears her new coat made of clothing scraps to school, where the other children laugh at her until she tells them the stories behind the scraps.
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Fix-it friends volume 2
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Imprint
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Seven-year-old Veronica and the newly-formed Fix-It Friends confront a boy who will not stop teasing others. Includes notes for children and their parents.
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Clavis
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Every day Corey wears an orange cape--even at bedtime, even at school. The other children tease him, but Corey doesn't mind. After all, he wears his cape for a reason. Billy would rip the cape off every day. And every day, Corey would show up with a new cape. Then, one of the boys found the very noble reason why Corey was wearing a cape"--Publisher marketing.
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Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Karen has to get glasses! She doesn't want them, especially because school pictures are going to be taken soon. But she picks out some pretty pink ones and thinks she looks very grown-up. Then Yicky Ricky at school starts calling her names, like Owl Girl and Googly Eyes. If Karen wears her glasses for the school picture, Ricky will make fun of her. If she doesn't wear them, she'll feel like she's afraid to be herself. Glasses or no glasses,...
10) Daisy
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Neil Porter Books/Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Because she is teased at school, Daisy hangs her head a lot, which leads to a new hobby of collecting lost and broken items and to a real treasure--a new friend.
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Magnificent makers volume 7
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Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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When best friends Pablo and Violet return to the Maker Maze to learn about the human body with their third grade classmate Lorenzo, they also realize how teasing can lead to hurt feelings.
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Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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When Biff the beaver makes fun of Pokey's quills, his friends help the porcupine feel a lot better about himself. Includes note to parents and discussion questions.
13) Sparkle boy
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Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Three-year-old Casey wants what his older sister, Jessie, has--a shimmery skirt, glittery painted nails, and a sparkly bracelet--but Jessie does not approve. After two boys tease Casey about his appearance, Jessie evolves to a place of acceptance and celebration of her gender creative younger brother"--
14) Nasreddine
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Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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As Nasreddine and his father take dates, wool, chickens, or watermelon to market, people tease them no matter who is riding their donkey, and this causes Nasreddine embarrassment until his father helps him to understand.
15) Bird Boy
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English
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A new boy nicknamed Bird Boy by teasing classmates enjoys imaginative flights as various birds, gaining self-confidence and new friends.
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