Books like Extraordinary Jane
By Hannah E. Harrison
For the kid who feels like the quiet one in a loud family, Jane's search for her own kind of special lands soft and true. Tender, warmhearted, quietly funny under the big top.
A friendly zookeeper who's always on time oversleeps and misses his bus, putting a surprise he planned for his animal friends in jeopardy — so they set out to help him.
The most beautiful fish in the ocean has shimmering silver scales but no friends, until he learns to share what makes him special.
A veterinarian heading off to serve in World War I rescues a baby bear at a train station, names her Winnie after his hometown, and brings her along to war — a true story that leads all the way to a boy named Christopher Robin.
A boy who wants a dog sets out to count every dog in the neighborhood, going door to door to prove to his Grandma there aren't already enough.
Two children in the segregated South spot a sign for a 'colored water' fountain and imagine something magical and rainbow-bright — only to discover a far harder truth about the world around them.
A toy bear waits on a department store shelf night after night, hoping someone will love him despite his missing button — until a little girl named Lisa decides he's exactly the bear she wants.
A lion wanders into the library one day, and since there aren't any rules against lions, he stays — quiet-footed, story-hour pillow, rule-follower — until an emergency forces him to break the one rule that matters.
As night falls and the woods grow cold, a big bear loses his way on a crooked trail — so his friends take to the sky and ground until they find him and bring him safely home.
In a Dutch town still recovering after World War II, a girl receives a surprise care package from an American stranger — and a simple thank-you letter grows into an exchange of boxes that keeps getting bigger.
A gorilla with nearly everything he could want is still missing one thing — a friend — so his keepers try pairing him with a tiny kitten to see what happens.
A girl balances a basket of seven delicious fruits on her head, walking to surprise her friend Akeyo, while hungry animals secretly help themselves along the way.
A big sister and little brother, stung by name-calling, retreat into rival hideouts — until loneliness quietly does what arguing never could.
