Arcadia Public Library

Mattie, a shy fifth-grader, wants to hide out at her new school by acting as apprentice to her Uncle Potluck, the custodian, but her plan falls apart when she summons the courage to speak about what matters most and finds a true friend.

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

Gustavo is good at doing all sorts of ghostly things: walking through walls, making objects fly, and glowing in the dark. And he loves almost nothing more than playing beautiful music on his violin. But Gustavo is shy, and some things are harder for him to do, like getting in a line to buy eye scream or making friends with other monsters. Whenever he tries getting close to them, he realizes they just can't see him. Now that the Day of the Dead is...

Octopus leaves her cave in a lively reef because she is shy and the seahorses there find her fascinating, but when she finds a quieter, more peaceful spot she misses her home and friends.

A very shy girl who longs for a friend falls in love with a lost puppy at the shelter where her father works.

Ava realizes she is not ok with another girl interested in her friend Chuck, and she also wants to help Pip's friend Jayda find her inner confidence, but a misstep leads to backlash, and Ava discovers that words can be powerful instigators.

A little girl named Brownie arrives at a birthday party feeling shy while her cat Pearl confidently enters through the "kitty door."

At the beach pig brothers Fergus and Dink meet Tallulah, who can whistle, make sand angels, and stand on her head, but while Dink quickly becomes friends with the new pig, Fergus feels a little shy.

Bear likes to stare becuase he is curious, but it soon gets him into trouble among other animals until a goggly-eyed frog sets him straight and Bear is soon able to make lots of friends.