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1) Daring greatly: how the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead
Author
Language
English
Description
Every day we experience the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable or to dare greatly. Based on twelve years of research, Dr. Brené Brown dispels the cultural myth that vulnerability is weakness and argues that it is, in truth, our most accurate measure of courage. Brown explains how vulnerability is both the core of difficult emotions like fear, grief, and disappointment, and the birthplace of love,...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
How to overcome challenges with confidence No matter how successful we are, we all face stressful and hard-to-handle challenges in daily life, and - if we want to be as happy and healthy as we can - we must learn to assert ourselves, make our voices heard and approach life with confidence and self-assurance. This book is a roadmap to help you navigate your way through those challenging opportunities, hurdles and milestones. Taking universal scenarios...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the exceptionally people-pleasing Sam spends a summer as a counselor-in-training, she learns how to say no, to stand up for herself, and what it feels like to have a crush on a great guy.
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club volume 3
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2015], c2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a fight breaks out among the members of the Baby-sitters Club, timid Mary Anne finds herself becoming more assertive as a baby sitter and in her relationships with her father and friends.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A powerful manifesto on how speaking your truth and owning your differences can transform your life"--
From her coming of age in London public housing to her discovery of theater and her love for storytelling, Coel tells of her reckoning with trauma and metamorphosis into a champion for herself, inclusivity, and radical honesty. She lays bare her journey so far-- and invites us to reflect on our own. A rousing manifest dedicated to anyone who has...
Author
Series
Lento and Fox volume 2
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
When a sloth's new pet won't listen to him, a trainer with tricks, treats and talent has to take over.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tyrannosaurus Rex enthusiast Sal transforms herself into an uncontrollable T. Rex, partly because her brother said it would be impossible, but soon discovers the downsides of always being fierce.
13) Mice
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Longing to hide from the world after the trauma of her parents' divorce and the terrible bullying inflicted on her in school, teenaged Shelley moves with her timid mother to a remote cottage in the English countryside where all goes well, until an intruder invades their reclusive life and nothing is ever the same again.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.
Author
Publisher
Time Warner AudioBooks
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Discusses the destructive, unhealthy need people have for constant approval and affirmation and offers a supportive program, based on the security provided by one's faith in God, designed to help overcome the need for acceptance from the outside world.
16) We can say no
Author
Series
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A story that helps teach young children that it's okay to say no. Feeling empowered to say no is a key foundation of consent. We Can Say No builds children's social and emotional skills and helps teach them that it's okay to say no. The fifth book in the We Say What's Okay series, We Can Say No follows Zakiya and Sami as they learn that their bodies, including their hair, belong to them and that no one should touch them without permission. Using...
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