Age: Preschool-1st grade

Nadine is all talk about her inability to be scared--until her friends and her go to the unfamiliar forest to prove her worth. Overcoming her initial hesitation, she discovers that she loves the forest and wants to explore everything. When she goes to explore a cave at dusk, her friends leave her, and Nadine must find her way out of the forest alone. The next part of the story progresses oddly and Nadine ends up stumbling into her friends, who have also gotten lost. Her friends believe that Nadine sought them out and declare her a fearless hero. Even though all three cows are lost, they eventually/magically exit the forest (I wish there was a bit more explanation for their escape).

This would make an excellent book for kids looking to get slightly scared, but not frightened.