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Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Why do some people succeed and others fail? Sharing new insights from her landmark research on grit, MacArthur genius grant recipient Angela Duckworth explains why talent is hardly a guarantor of success. Rather, other factors can be even more crucial, such as identifying our passions and following through on our commitments. Drawing on her own story as the daughter of a scientist who frequently bemoaned her lack of smarts, Duckworth describes her...
2) D.W. flips
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1987]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
20 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
D.W., a young anteater, discovers that lots of practice eventually helps her master the new routine in her gymnastics class.
Author
Series
Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Rosie Revere is no stranger to flops and fails, kerfuffles and catastrophes. After all, engineering is all about perseverance! But this time, Rosie has a really important project to tackle--one that feels much bigger than herself. Rosie's beloved Aunt Rose and her friends, the Raucous Riveters--a group of fun-loving gals who built airplanes during World War II--need help inventing something new. And Rosie is just the engineer for the job! After one...
6) La la la
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
68 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Follows a singing girl's fruitless search for a friend in her world, until one night when her song is finally heard by someone who understands. This almost wordless picture book is a gentle reminder of how powerful we can be when we dare to reach out to one another.
7) Middle bear
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"A middle child discovers his own unique gifts. He was the second of three brothers. "He was not big, but he was not little, either. Neither strong nor weak, neither tall nor short, neither a lot nor a little ... He was the middle one." And when you're always in the middle, sometimes it's hard to feel special. Until one day, his parents needed an important task to be done. And suddenly, middle-sized was the perfect size to be. Kids will be reassured...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Mama Nsoso knows her chicks need a warm new house, but each day when they set out to collect sticks and mud she is distracted by good things to eat, while Little Chick stays busy gathering the building materials himself.
9) SumoKitty
Author
Language
English
Description
A hungry cat gets a job hunting mice at a sumo training center (heya), but once the mice are gone he continues to stuff himself until he is too fat to chase the mice that have returned--so he decides to train with the sumo wrestlers, and SumoKitty becomes a scourge of mice and an inspiration to the wrestlers.
12) Why not you?
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rhyming text shows the importance of believing in oneself and perseverance to achieve any goals.
13) Mailbox magic
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A young boy who wants to receive mail of his own sends away for an offer he sees on the back of a cereal box.
14) Just one flake
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Determined to catch a perfect snowflake, Liam sticks out his tongue and tries a number of tricks, all to no avail, but after giving it one last shot, he grabs one in an unexpected way.
Author
Publisher
Minedition
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
English edition.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Two best friends push off from shore for an aquatic adventure, but at every turn they have very different reactions to what is happening. The optimist sees opportunity, the pessimist sees danger. This delightful story of friendship subtly delivers a deeper message that life is what you make of it, and even when things seem darkest, don't give up, no matter what!
Author
Series
Betty Bunny books volume 4
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When a young rabbit quits soccer after a disappointing first game, her family encourages her to keep trying.
17) Oh, Panda
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Panda tries to follow a butterfly over a mountain, but the slippery, snowy slope makes it difficult to climb.
18) Unsinkable!
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
With the encouragement of the other Corner Kids, Alex keeps trying until he is able to swim all the way across the pool.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eleven-year-old Perry was born and raised by his mom at the Blue River Co-ed Correctional Facility in tiny Surprise, Nebraska. His mom is a resident on Cell Block C, and so far Warden Daugherty has made it possible for them to be together. That is, until a new district attorney discovers the truth--and Perry is removed from the facility and forced into a foster home. When Perry moves to the "outside" world, he feels trapped. Desperate to be reunited...
Author
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Little Owl is afraid of falling and will not try to fly until his forest friends persuade him to say a special word--and keep trying--even after he fails. Includes note for parents.
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