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1) Caring
Author
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
Conservative columnist David Brooks explores the four commitments that define a life of meaning and purpose: to a spouse and family, to a vocation, to a philosophy or faith, and to a community. Our personal fulfillment depends on how well we choose and execute these commitments. Brooks looks at a range of people who have lived joyous, committed lives, and who have embraced the necessity and beauty of dependence. He gathers their wisdom on how to...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A little girl's smile as she skips down the street in New York inspires a neighbor to send cookies to her grandson in Mexico, and the goodwill soon spreads around the world.
5) Caring
Author
Series
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 x 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes caring as a virtue and suggests ways in which caring can be shown, such as recycling, donating to charity, helping others, and listening.
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
285 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"We often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of others as the ultimate source of goodness. Many of our wisest policy-makers, activists, scientists, and philosophers agree that the only problem with empathy is that we don't have enough of it. Nothing could be farther from the truth, argues Yale researcher Paul Bloom. In [this book], Bloom [posits that] empathy [is] one of the leading motivators of inequality and immorality in society....
Author
Language
English
Description
Drawing from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and from the worlds of theater, philosophy, history and education, one of the nation's leading writers and commentators helps us become more understanding and considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen.
8) Caring
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gives examples of ways that people demonstrate the virtue of caring for others by showing kindness, forgiveness, empathy, and gratitude.
Author
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
ix, 225 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Psychologist Tara Cousineau draws on cutting-edge research in psychology and neuroscience to show how compassion and empathy are hardwired into our DNA and essential to our survival. This book teaches effective skills in compassion, mindfulness, and social and emotional learning, and reveals successful social policy initiatives in empathy taking place that inform everything from family life to education to the workplace.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
viii, 241 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Through firsthand quantitative and qualitative empirical research, plus a wealth of research reviewed, the authors bring together psychological theories and cutting-edge management research to illuminate how ignoring caregiving as an ambition perpetuates the status quo. This book shows the path forward: an honest discussion about caregiving ambition will make our individual and collective lives more humane, caring, and productive.
Author
Series
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 270 pages ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Young children can surprise us with tough questions. Tominey's guide teaches us how to answer them and foster compassion along the way. If you had to choose one word to describe the world you want children to grow up in, what would it be? Safe? Understanding? Resilient? Compassionate? As parents and caregivers of young children, we know what we want for our children, but not always how to get there. Many children today are stressed by academic...
16) Tanna's owl
Author
Publisher
Inhabit Media Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
31 numbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Tanna's father brings home an abandoned owl, she is not eager to take care of the needy, ugly little bird. Tanna must wake at 4:00 AM to catch food for the owl. She must feed it, clean up after it, all while avoiding its sharp, chomping beak and big, stomping talons. After weeks of following her father's instructions on how to care for the owl, Tanna must leave home for school. Her owl has grown. It has lost its grey baby feathers and is beginning...
17) Hope and other superpowers: a life affirming, love-defending, butt-kicking, world-saving manifesto
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 235 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xvii, 193 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"If your people know you care about them, they will move mountains. Employee engagement and loyalty expert Heather R. Younger outlines nine ways to manifest the radical power of caring support in the workplace"--
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"An evocative picture book intended to foster reconciliation among children and encourage them to show each other love and support. In English and Anishinaabemowin."--
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xiv, 309 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"This easy-to-use guide will help the busiest parents and educators teach children, tweens, and teens the ability to "walk in someone else's shoes" - skills that lasts a lifetime and helps kids become caring adults with the people skills needed for relationships and career success"--
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