Peanut Butter Angelica. Angelica Springs! - P. J. Andrews

Kind Charles has a problem: his school just announced a talent contest, and his best friend, Peanut Butter Angelica, has volunteered him for it.

The trouble is, Charles isn’t sure he has a talent worth showing off -- until Angelica reminds him of his knack for funny little rhymes and poems. When the pair team up with Carlos, a new classmate from Brazil who’s never without his ukulele, they discover that great things happen when you actually listen to each other -- with your ears and your heart.

Along the way, an assignment about empathy turns into something bigger: a song written by three kids who don’t always speak the same language but understand each other anyway. And when a surprising connection between their names reveals they were "meant to be a team all along," Charles, Angelica, and Carlos learn that friendship -- and a little bit of courage -- can turn even the scariest stage into the best day of the year.

Full of music, humor, and heart, Angelica Springs! is a joyful story about empathy, celebrating differences, and discovering that everyone has something worth sharing -- even if it doesn’t look like anyone else’s talent. Includes a glossary of kid-friendly vocabulary words for empathy, kindness, and courage.