"Bear and his friends persuade a bashful owl to play with them"--Verso page.

Buster, a very shy dog, does not get along with the other pets in Roger's house, especially bold and popular Phoebe, but soon Buster discovers his own special talent.

Two timid bunnies admire one another from afar, but their shyness keeps them from speaking. Each writes a letter and leaves it in the local hollow log, but when it rains, a family of mice use the letters to keep themselves warm and dry. When the two bunnies are heart-broken after receiving no reply, the mice realize what they've done.

"Noah Bienstock can't help being so shy and nervous; he's always been like that. His best friend, Lissa Gardener, lives in the same building, but aside from her, Noah isn't very popular. So when he learns that the new student in his class is also his neighbor, Noah's excited to have a new person to hang out with. But as the boys spend more time together, Noah starts to worry all over again--is there something strange about his new friend?"--From the...

"Shy ten-year-old Cadence grapples with an overprotective father, a mother who's skipped town to pursue stardom, and what to do when a recording of her amazing voice leaks before she's ready to share it with the world"--

Grandpa Eldo asks Elmer and his cousin Wilbur to help a young elephant find her way back to her herd. They get a shock when they see she is pink - no wonder she's called Rose. As they help Rose find her herd, Elmer and Wilbur learn a valuable lesson about being different and fitting in.

With the help of her new friend who has magic boots just like her own, Emma overcomes her shyness and no longer hates reading out loud in school.

Sam, a shy but creative mouse who lives in a library, decides to write and illustrate his own stories which he places on the shelves with the other library books but when children find the tales, they all want to meet the author.

"Tiny is having a party, but Bina Bear is nowhere to be found. Is that Bina hiding under a lampshade? It looks like Bina . . . but it must be a lamp. Is that Bina beneath the fruit bowl? It could be . . . but it's probably just a table. Searching for Bina, Tiny realizes something is wrong--and sets out to make it right"--Jacket flap.

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