Kiowa County Public Library District

Sam, the shy mouse that lives in the library and likes to write books, collaborates with a boy in the library's Authors and Illustrators Club.

"Willow is shy . . . Her home is in an abandoned mailbox, and she'd rather stay put. Outside kids scream and soccer balls collide, trees look like monsters, and rain is noisy in a scary kind of way. It's much nicer to stay inside, drawing. But then a young boy drops a letter in Willow's mailbox: it's a note to the moon asking for a special favor. Willow knows that if she doesn't brave the world outside, the letter will never be delivered, and the...

"Matthew is a normal boy in every way but one. He's a secret agent. But not just any kind of secret agent. Matthew is an eye spy! The enemy: The Look Cookers! The mission: the first day of school! The goal: make it to school without being 'cooked.' In fact, Matthew is shy. He does not like eye contct. In his lively imagination, he envisions that anyone who looks at him has special powers - they are the Look Cookers!"--Page [2] of cover.

In 1958 Little Rock, Arkansas, painfully shy twelve-year-old Marlee sees her city and family divided over school integration, but her friendship with Liz, a new student, helps her find her voice and fight against racism.

Jamie Goldberg, who chokes when speaking to strangers, and Maya Rehrman, who is having the worst Ramadan ever, are paired to knock on doors and ask for votes for the local state senate candidate.

Pet-sitting her friend's poodle for a week, an exuberant Pinkalicious is disappointed when the little dog is too shy and frightened to play with her, a situation that culminates in a surprise pink bubble bath.

Advises the reader on how to interact with a very shy dinosaur.

Nervous and shy about being the new kid on the first day of school, Julie has a rough start trying to make friends, but things get better as the day goes on.

Sam is very shy and the idea of talking in front of the class during show-and-tell frightens him--will he overcome his fear and find the courage to share?

"June Jones emerges from her shell to fight for her beloved local library, and through the efforts and support of an eclectic group of library patrons, she discovers life-changing friendships along the way. Lonely librarian June Jones has never left the sleepy English village where she grew up. Shy and reclusive, the thirty-year-old would rather spend her time buried in books than venture out into the world. But when her library is threatened with...