Brooke Perrino really wants to be captain of her school cheerleading team, but she is having trouble with eighth-grade algebra and suddenly she is beginning to doubt her ability to handle the pressure.

Cielo loves to skateboard, but loses her confidence after a fall, until some new friends help her regains her confidence.

Liam is a piglet who wants to be the Easter Bunny when he grows up, but no one believes he can do it until, with a lot of practice and some help from his grandparents, he shows them all.

Since his accident Billy Cruz has lost some of his confidence and has been holding back when doing his BMX tricks--will he regain confidence in time for the next competition and sort out his feelings for the super-competitive Penny Allen?

When the starting quarterback is suspended for bad grades, Ben is forced to step in and is blamed when they lose the game.

When Louie and Ralphie Ratso see their friends singing and dancing on the run-down bandstand in the Big City Park, Louie gets one of his big ideas--they'll put on a concert to raise money to improve the park! Ralphie, Tiny, Velma, and Millicent are practicing songs from their favorite pop group, the Critter Kidz, wen Chad Badgerton says that singing and dancing in glittery outfits is "girly," which makes Ralphie think maybe he shouldn't be a part...

Chicago fifth-grader Simon, an aspiring rapper who lacks self-confidence, uses his rhymes to help bring his community together.

In this full, bright, and beautiful picture book, many different perspectives around the world are deftly and empathetically explored-from a pair of bird-watchers to the pigeons they're feeding. Young readers will be drawn into the luminous illustrations inviting them to engage with the world in a new way and see how everyone is connected, and that everyone matters.

Twelve-year-old Xavier Moon gets the courage to step out of the shadows when his great-uncle gives him some outlandish socks and some even stranger challenges.

After listening to her aunties tell her stories from their pasts, a young girl contemplates all the tales she can create using her imagination and realizes the possibilities for her future are endless.