Social Skills: Perseverance and Determination

Watercolor illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow a baby bird as it tries, fails, and tries again to fly.

One day Benny the woodpecker awakens to the best tummy-rumbling smell ever and discovers it's something called waffles. He must taste them! He pecks on the door of the waffle house, but he gets the boot. He tries to sneak in, but he gets swept away. Each time Benny tries, he just can't seem to get to those delicious waffles. The other forest animals laugh at him: "Woodpeckers don't eat waffles!" they say. But Benny has a brilliant plan… Steve Breen...

When her abuelo is injured at the local landfill, second-grader Sofia is determined to transform the dangerous Mount Trashmore into a park, taking on City Hall in the process.

A great, orange thing called the Yes leaves his cozy nest and sets out for a Where he must reach, but he is surrounded by swarms of Nos, flimsy creatures that try to stop him every step of the way.

"Kiwi sees a rope. He wants to pull it, but he cannot reach! What will happen next? Beginning readers can help Kiwi by turning the pages, shaking the book, and more in this interactive story"--

A skillful little girl who attends to the medical needs of crocodile patients marvels at their stories while treating their ailments, until the biggest, scariest crocodile shows up with tightly clamped jaws that test the little doctor's bravery.

"Summer is ending and William has one final piece of business: have the most fun ever! And he's going to measure it--with a Fun Meter, of course. But when he meets his neighbor Anna, his plans don't go quite as anticipated. Can a buttoned up, Type-A kid embrace a day filled with free-range fun?"--Back cover.

From the moment he is hatched, Gilbert the penguin dreams of flying one day and, despite being discouraged by family members, finally finds a way to do just that.

When her abuelo is injured at the local landfill, second-grader Sofia is determined to transform the dangerous Mount Trashmore into a park, taking on City Hall in the process.

Told in rhyming text, a little tree clings tenaciously to a granite cliff, determined to live, tended by a little boy, and ultimately loved by the people in the community.