Wasatch County Library

"A nurturing voice reassures the lonely and afraid in difficult times"--

"A friendly T. rex tries to fit in on a farm where no jobs seem suitable for a dinosaur"--

Bernardo the frog loves the birdsong that carries the woods into each new day. But it's the very beauty of birdsong that also highlights for him his own croaking voice, and this makes him sad. How does he fit in? How can he contribute to his woodland home? Does he belong?--

Trevor is lonely and looking for a friend. He stretches his wings the length of his boring cage and notices the tree outside stretching its branch. And on the end of that branch? Perhaps a new friend. But one that is quiet and shy. Trevor knows just how to make him feel comfortable. This is an elegantly told, truly unique tale of a canary who befriends a lemon and finds that you don't have to be two of a kind to form a meaningful and lasting friendship....

Once Portland-famous and now infamous, seventeen-year-old Naema Bradshaw is an Eloko--a charismatic person gifted with a melody that people adore--who navigates a personal and public reckoning, confronts the limits of her priviledge, and discovers the nature of her Black girl magic.

"A young Indigenous girl searching for a sense of home finds strength and courage in her gifts, her deepening connection to the land, and her own cultural awakening in this moving coming-of-age story. The last thing that twelve-year-old Misko wants to do is to move away from the city to spend time on the rez with her grandmother. She feels strangely compelled to go to the place where her dreams have been tugging at her to come home. Maybe she can...

"When a little slug finds new friends in the backyard, she notices they look a lot like her ... except they have shells! Maybe a shell is exactly what she needs to fit in--but finding one is a lot harder than it sounds!"--

When nine-year-old Allie Finkle's parents announce that the family is moving, Allie is sure her life is over. She has to move to a scary new house, change schools, and leave her precious geode collection behing. With a room she's half-scared to go into, the burden of being "the new girl," and her old friends a half hour away, how will Allie ever learn to fit in?