Akron Public Library

From worrying when excited to forgiving while still hurting, children experience everyday paradoxes as they embrace their full potential.

Upside-downy days can feel bumpy, grumpy, sleepy, weepy, tragic, or magic!

"Meet Lou. Lou has an important job ... as the neighborhood toilet for dogs on their walks. Useful as he may be, he gets the feeling that deep down inside, there might be more to him than that. He just doesn't seem to know exactly what yet. When disaster strikes, will Lou find out what he's made of and save the day?

When a lion cub gets in trouble for fighting with his younger sister, he storms off and the other jungle animals try to help him figure out how to handle his anger.

Anita watches the dragons high above her as she hops from one cement roof to another in her village in the Dominican Republic. But being the valiant princesa she is, she never lets them scare her. Then one day, Anita must face her fears to begin a new life in a new country. Will she be brave enough to enter the belly of the beast and take flight to new adventures?

Journey with a young boy as he explores the full range of emotions that everyone feels.

A child learns that he must let go of hurt feelings and not let them grow big.

Every toddler feels frustrated sometimes, every toddler gets angry. They scream, they shout, they see red red red. Now, Polly Dunbar brings us the perfect picture story book to share with those little ones overwhelmed by their emotions; a true-to-life, upbeat story about a toddler tantrum that offers a meditative way to calm them down. "Why not count to ten?" Mum suggests to her son. "One. Two. Three."

Gives children an introduction to their feelings, helping them to cope with new emotions and experiences.