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41) The ghostfaces
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 6
Language
English
Description
When a massive storm at sea blows the Brotherband crew off course to a land so far west Hal cannot recognize it from his maps, they face an unknown enemy.
42) Call it courage
Author
Language
English
Description
Maftu was afraid of the sea. It had taken his mother when he was a baby, and it seemed to him that the sea gods sought vengeance at having been cheated of Mafatu. So, though he was the son of the Great Chief of Hikueru, a race of Polynesians who worshipped courage, and he was named Stout Heart, he feared and avoided tha sea, till everyone branded him a coward. When he could no longer bear their taunts and jibes, he determined to conquer that fear
...43) Brave
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Every kid faces unique challenges, fears and pressures. Every kid can be brave. This book encourages kids to be brave in all the ways they can: trying new things, speaking their mind, confronting bullies, and more.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Kaia is the brave type. Like hottest-hot-pepper brave. But there is one thing that scares her: BEES! And right now, thousands of bees live on her roof because Kaia's dad is a beekeeper. But only he goes on the roof, not Kaia--unless she can find a way to be the brave girl she always says she is."--
45) Cowardly Clyde
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1979.
Physical Desc
38 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
For a war horse, Clyde is an abysmal coward, but he finally decides that even if he isn't brave he can at least act brave.
46) Wringer
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it.
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"The art of pushing back and speaking up is a logical follow-up to Amber Cabral's first book, Allies and Advocates. It offers even more tactical steps to help people address inequitable treatment and gives them the tools to call it out when they see it. Instead of passive-aggressive language, shrinking, or ghosting, this book will give the reader a communications toolkit for self-advocacy and advocating for others. The Art of Pushback will equip the...
48) Rising strong
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The physics of vulnerability is simple: If we are brave enough often enough, we will fall. The author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Daring Greatly and The Gifts of Imperfection tells us what it takes to get back up, and how owning our stories of disappointment, failure, and heartbreak gives us the power to write a daring new ending. Struggle, Brene Brown writes, can be our greatest call to courage, and rising strong our clearest path to a...
50) Bright star
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"A nurturing voice reassures the lonely and afraid in difficult times"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifty years after Hannah Arendt examined the dynamics of conformity in her seminal account of the Eichmann trial, "Beautiful Souls" explores the flipside of the banality of evil, mapping out what impels ordinary people to defy the sway of authority and convention.
54) The big slide
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Little Pup and his friend Little Duck are afraid to go down the big slide, but when Little Duck decides to try, Little Pup musters up his courage to help his friend.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When her parents and the other quiet, shy wombats of the Northern Forest are captured by the traitorous, carnivorous Tassie devils, Lola Budge, a talkative, adventure-seeking young wombat, embarks on a rescue mission, joined by a swamp water rat and a baby penguin.
57) Courage
Author
Series
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 x 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains the virtue of courage, or the strength to take risks and complete hard jobs, and describes ways to show courage within the family, at school, with friends, and in the community.
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Little Princess Leonora is laughed at because she is so small, but with great courage and special gifts from her grandmother. she sets out to face a dragon, a sorcerer's spell, and a flock of hungry vultures.
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A British documentary filmmaker recounts her personal quest to understand bravery in the modern age, an effort that prompted her to interview people who have undergone extraordinary moments of courage.
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