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Embarrassment

Embarrassment Books for Kids | Wonderlit

1,696 books about embarrassment

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Black Lagoon Adventures #26

The Big Game from the Black Lagoon

Hubie’s class is facing the big kids in a football game where they keep scoring for the wrong team and even fancy unifor

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The Wildest Race Ever

written and illustrated by Meghan McCarthy

Steer clear of the chaos in this true story of the 1904 Olympic marathon, featuring stray dogs, rotten apples, and the m

Cover of Love, Football, and other Contact Sports

Love, Football, and other Contact Sports

Alden R. Carter

For the teen navigating the high-stakes world of varsity sports while balancing the quiet, confusing vulnerability of a

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Black and Blue Magic

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Awkward and clumsy twelve-year-old Harry Houdini Marco finally finds his rhythm when he suddenly acquires the incredible

Ages 8–12

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Dork on the Run

For the child who feels like an outsider and wonders if they should change who they are just to fit in or be popular at

Cover of Out of Patience

Out of Patience

For the child who enjoys wacky family secrets and finding humor in the everyday, this story explores how to embrace your

Cover of Born to Rock

For the teenager navigating a shocking family secret or struggling to reconcile their straight-laced identity with a mes

Cover of Under the Cherry Blossom Tree

Under the Cherry Blossom Tree

A greedy landlord faces a bizarre punishment when a cherry tree begins to grow directly out of his head, bringing new ho

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My Life as a Book

Derek Fallon is forced to confront a summer of reading, but a family mystery and his own comic-style drawings might just

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Heaven Is Paved With Oreos

Catherine Gilbert Murdock

A grand Italian vacation offers Sarah a chance to escape her awkward social life, but a startling family secret waits fo

Cover of What I Like About Me

What I Like About Me

Jenna Guillaume

For the teenager struggling with body image who needs to know they are enough exactly as they are, even in a world obses

Cover of Recess!

Comics Squad #1

Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm

For the student who counts down the minutes until the bell rings, this anthology celebrates the hilarious, unpredictable

Cover of The Encyclopedia of Me

The Encyclopedia of Me

For the child navigating the messy transitions of middle school, from shifting family dynamics to the dizzying excitemen

Cover of Secret Diary

For the girl navigating the messy, wonderful transition to middle school while balancing a close but complicated bond wi

Cover of Babymouse: Beach Babe

Babymouse: Beach Babe

Jennifer L. Holm

Babymouse deals with the typical highs and lows of elementary school life during a trip to the beach in this funny graph

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Surface Tension

For the teen navigating the awkward transitions of puberty and the changing tides of childhood friendships during long s

Cover of Guy Time

For the child adjusting to life in two homes after a divorce and looking for ways to bond with their dad during their sc

Cover of Once Upon a Banana

Once Upon a Banana

Jennifer Armstrong

A single dropped peel triggers a hilarious chain of events that sends an entire city into a chaotic, slapstick frenzy.

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Froggy Plays in the Band

Jonathan London

Froggy and his friends honk and toot through rehearsals as they prepare their marching band for the big Apple Blossom Pa

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Pearl and Wagner #2

It is April Fools' Day and Wagner the mouse is not having any fun at all while his best friend and everyone at school ke

Cover of Oliver Moon and the Troll Trouble

Oliver Moon and the Troll Trouble

Oliver is ready to play a monster in his school play, but things get complicated when an actual troll wanders into the p

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Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems

Kristine O'Connell George

New lockers, changing friendships, and the daily ups and downs of life in a new school come alive through this collectio

Cover of Call Me Moose

A quiet girl surprises her entire family when she stops hiding behind her books and starts living up to her bold, unexpe

Cover of Technically, It's Not My Fault

Robert's Concrete Poems #1

Technically, It's Not My Fault

Step into the mind of an eleven-year-old boy as he navigates the hilarious and bizarre realities of his daily life throu