Frank Carlson Library

"Violet is quiet and she has plenty to say. Violet Blandin makes it a habit to blend in. At school, no one notices her, but in the kitchen, she cooks up confidence and can't be missed. When a hands-on lesson about measurement goes haywire, Violet finds she is the only one who can save celebrated Chef Delaclaire from an awful encounter with a very salty cookie." -- Back cover.

Standing at the edge of a diving board, a small girl fears the drain at the bottom of the pool will swallow her up, but determined to learn how to dive, she musters up her courage by imagining other possibilities of what she might find under the surface.

"Once upon a time teenage Aurora Evans met a hockey player at the Mall of America. He was from Canada. And soon, he was the perfect fake boyfriend, a get-out-of-jail-free card for all kinds of sticky situations. I can't go to prom. I'm going to be visiting my boyfriend in Canada. He was just what she needed to cover her social awkwardness. He never had to know. It wasn't like she was ever going to see him again... Years later, Aurora is teaching kids'...

Roxie the pug lives a life of luxury, but after getting accidentally locked outside, she finds her grit and figures out how to get back in, soon dreaming of further adventures with her newly found confidence.

Ruby and Violet Mutch, a matched pair, have always collected things in pairs, but when their house will no longer hold everything, Ruby packs her things and moves out.

Yasmin is excited but nervous about her first camping trip with her scout troop--and a tent that threatens to collapse does not help.

"A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embraces her natural curls. Marlene loves three things: books, her cool Tia Ruby, and hanging out with her best friend Camila. But according to her mother, Paola, the only thing she needs to focus on is school and "growing up." That means straightening her hair every weekend so she can have "presentable," "good hair. But Marlene hates being in the salon...

An inspiring story of identity and self-esteem from celebrated athlete and activist Colin Kaepernick. When Colin Kaepernick was five-years-old, he was, given a simple school assignment: draw a picture of yourself and your family. What young Colin does next with his brown crayon changes his whole, world and worldview, providing a valuable lesson on embracing and celebrating his Black identity through the power of radical self-love and knowing your...

"With humor and honesty, and guided by the influence of her inspiring and professional troublemaking grandmother, Funmilayo Faloyin, Luvvie walks us through what we must get right within ourselves before we can do the things that scare us; how to use our voice for a greater good; and how to put movement to the voice we've been silencing--because truth-telling is a muscle. The point is not to be fearless. It is to know we are afraid and to charge forward...

Retells the story of Louis Pasteur, whose unwavering belief in the concept of germs led to a cure for rabies.