Books with title Perfect Day: 2

On a perfect day, the hours stretch endlessly ahead. Scribbling with chalk, running with kites, digging for shells . . . paddling, climbing, dreaming. Hour unfolds upon hour, with reassuring comfort and sleep beckoning at the end. Danny Parker captures the simplicity, spontaneity, and freedom of an idyllic childhood, while Freya Blackwood’s paintings of three children roaming a rolling beachside idyll capture the light—and even the smell and feel—of a perfect summer day. Perfect is balm for the soul.

Alyssa is not having a good day. She likes third grade. She likes her teacher. She likes reading and playing with her friends. But she doesn't like it when other kids tease her. She wishes for a perfect day when everyone is nice to each other.When her teacher tells the class there is going to be a school writing contest, she decides to enter and writes a story about friendship, learning important lessons about herself and others along the way.*An illustrated edition of this book is also available. See "A Perfect Day (Illustrated)"Melanie Wilber is the author of more than 30 books for girls and teens.

Alyssa is not having a good day. She likes third grade. She likes her teacher. She likes reading and playing with her friends. But she doesn't like it when other kids tease her. She wishes for a perfect day when everyone is nice to each other.When her teacher tells the class there is going to be a school writing contest, she decides to enter and writes a story about friendship, learning important lessons about herself and others along the way.*This edition includes color illustrations.Melanie Wilber is the author of more than 30 books for girls and teens.

"I have the closest thing to a perfect life. I have loving parents, a nice house, a cute little sister and an obedient dog. I’m smart and have perfect grades, and most people say I’m pretty. I’m kind, friendly and helpful. I’m a Christian and a pastor’s daughter. I take part in every church event that ever existed. I have a perfect life.And I’m falling apart."In this Christian teen novel, Nancy E. Patton tells a story about a pastor’s daughter, trying to find her place in a world full of rules and expectations. "Perfect" teaches a valuable lesson on our imperfection and God’s unfailing love toward us, even when we do mess up. Gina grew up in a pastor’s family and is expected to do right, all the time. We find out that she’s adopted, which makes her desire to be perfect even greater. What if her parents decide that Gina’s more trouble than she’s worth? Other than keeping things together at home, Gina really wants her crush since childhood, Brandon, to finally notice her. Her friend Alisa, who’s been helping her with the get-Brandon project, shows up on his arm one day. When Gina finds out Alisa and Brandon are dating, she loses what little trust she had in her friends. That’s when a mysterious new guy, Joel shows up and decides to help Gina out. Gina, however, does not want his help and gets more and more agitated as he points out her hidden flaws. Gina is suddenly faced with the fact that her life is not as perfect as she thought, and Joel, no matter how irritating, may have a point. Meanwhile, Gina has to deal with school projects, broken promises, and other obligations she didn’t want to sign up for. But how could she say no, when people genuinely need help?Life gets more stressful when Gina’s parents confide in her that they are having problems with the church leadership which puts her father’s job in jeopardy. Brandon starts showing mixed signals toward Gina and Alisa once again shows how ruthless she can be. Their friendship becomes a battlefield, and a lot more people become involved in their conflict than Gina would have imagined. Gina finds herself alone without anyone to lean on, except Joel, who never leaves her, but with whom she will never feel perfect.It takes a serious accident for Gina to realize that her life has not been perfect for a long time, and that pretending everything is okay doesn’t help anyone in the long run. Would admitting her faults actually bring her closer to her parents? Could she stop trying so hard and be herself for once? These questions haunt Gina throughout the whole story, and Joel won’t let her forget them. There are only two choices: to stay the same, and nothing changes, or to take a leap of faith and see what happens.

What would you give up to be perfect? Four teens find out in the New York Times bestselling companion to Impulse.Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that they’d rather be. For four high school seniors, their goals of perfection are just as different as the paths they take to get there. Cara’s parents’ unrealistic expectations have already sent her twin brother Conner spiraling toward suicide. For her, perfect means rejecting their ideals to take a chance on a new kind of love. Kendra covets the perfect face and body—no matter what surgeries and drugs she needs to get there. To score his perfect home run—on the field and off—Sean will sacrifice more than he can ever win back. And Andre realizes that to follow his heart and achieve his perfect performance, he’ll be living a life his ancestors would never understand. A riveting and startling companion to the bestselling Impulse, Ellen Hopkins’s Perfect exposes the harsh truths about what it takes to grow up and grow into our own skins, our own selves.

It’s a perfect spring day and Little Hedgehog and friends are going for a walk. There are lambs to watch, flowers to spot and Easter eggs to find! But when two little ducklings get lost in the woods can the friends return them safely to Mother Duck? And will they ever find all the Easter eggs? The latest picture book in the best-selling Little Hedgehog series (One Noisy Night, One Cosy Christmas, and One Snowy Rescue) is packed with gorgeous illustrations from Tina Macnaughton and fuzzy textures throughout. The ideal gift for Little Hedgehog fans!

"I have the closest thing to a perfect life. I have loving parents, a nice house, a cute little sister and an obedient dog. I’m smart and have perfect grades, and most people say I’m pretty. I’m kind, friendly and helpful. I’m a Christian and a pastor’s daughter. I take part in every church event that ever existed. I have a perfect life. And I’m falling apart."Perfect- isn’t that something everyone wants to be? Gina has done everything she could to please her parents, gain her friends’ approval, and get that one guy’s attention, but it never seems to be enough. There’s no pleasing everybody. She’s struggling just to get through the year when a mysterious guy abruptly decides to become part of her life and disrupts everything she’s ever believed in. Could he actually be right? Is perfection really unattainable? Or by listening to him will everything she’s worked for fall apart?