Leanyer IB Leanyer Profile LibGuide: Balanced

Summary: Tiny Timmys hard work has paid off. He's starring for his school team and now the rep coach is keen to recruit him! But its a big step up...the kids are faster and stronger and the standard is better than what hes used to. Tim will have to keep training hard and if he gets a chance, hell need to take it! (From back cover)

Even before all this happened I had never been like the other kids. I tried not to be seen. If I climbed a tree or hid among the bins, no one could find me. 'Where's What's His Name?' they'd say. Then, one weekend, I got what I wanted. First, I blended in with things. But on the second day I changed. I mean, really changed.

A selfish farmer is too greedy to share any of his strawberries with the birds or the children of his village. But when his crop of strawberries accidentally finds its way into the mouths of the animals, birds, and people of the community, he discovers that sharing can be a lot of fun.

One day, Mr. Keene called all the students and teachers together and said, "This is a fine, fine school! From now on, let's have school on Saturdays too."And then there was more.School all weekend.School on the holidays.School in the SUMMER!What was next . . . SCHOOL AT NIGHT?So it's up to Tillie to show her well-intentioned principal, Mr. Keene, that even though his fine, fine school is a wonderful place, it's not fine, fine to be there all the time.

Franklin's room is in a terrible mess. Trampling through mess, Franklin accidentally breaks the sword and realises that it pays to be neat!

In rhyming text, a little girl expresses confidence and joy in her uniqueness, no matter her outward appearance.

Oliver Tolliver lives all alone and has one of everything in his little house-one table, one chair, one apple, and one pear. To him, it's perfect. But when he invites Peggoty Small over to admire his arrangement, he finds she has quite another opinion. She feels his one-of-each house leaves no room for anyone else! Suddenly Oliver sees she's right, and he finds a pair for every single thing in his house. In the end he realizes that sharing makes room for friends. As only she can, Mary Ann Hoberman deftly crafts a simple, comforting story that speaks to every child's experience. Accompanied by Marjorie Priceman's bold, colorful illustrations, this picture book is destined to become a story time favorite.