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Winner, 2014 Wilderness Society Award for Children's Environmental Literature
In this delightful collection of organically-grown eco-tales, a prince wants to marry the girl with the smallest carbon footprint in the land; Space Cadet Lox finds out why a planet is like a bowl of porridge; a girl in a little green hoodie tries to save an endangered wolf; and Chicken Licken warns the sea is rising. Times have changed in Fairytale Land!
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Rosie is a little girl with big worries. Today is her sixth birthday, and she is having a party at the space museum with all her friends. She loves everything about space... but she cannot stop worrying about all of the things that might go wrong. What if nobody comes to her party? What if it's too loud? What if it's scary? Her 'worry whisperer' often twists her tummy into knots with questions like this.
This is the story of how Rosie begins her...
23) I Know Happy
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Children learn to recognize and understand the feelings of happiness, excitement, and pride. A young feelings detective looks for clues, both physical and emotional, to identify happiness, excitement, and pride in themselves and in others. The child uses a special notebook to draw their feelings and identify how they feel. By noticing the clues, the feelings detective knows their sister is surprised and their grandma is excited. We Find Feelings Clues...
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Sadie and Papa are spending the day together taking care of Baby Joe. Their time is spent not only looking after Baby Joe, but also thinking together. Through their easy and loving connection, Sadie and Papa explore the importance of crying; their time together offers us, the readers, a window into a thoughtful relationship that promotes a message that little children may remember as they navigate their own emotional development over a lifetime.
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In English and Spanish, build empathy in children; guide them to show they care by listening to others and respecting their feelings. Empathy is key to positive, healthy relationships. In clear, child-friendly words and illustrations, this English-Spanish bilingual book helps children understand that other people have feelings like theirs-and different from theirs. It guides children to show they care by listening to others and respecting their feelings....
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Jeremiah is a young boy who, by the wishes of his mother, who is a deacon in the church, comes up with a very intuitive idea of her own design to bring her young son to come to know the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit--wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord--and also the twelve fruits of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance, modesty, charity, chastity.
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Give teens the tools to decipher their emotions, understand themselves, and improve their lives. The simple and empowering message of In My Feelings is that emotions, especially unpleasant ones, are not just to be avoided, controlled, or treated. Emotions can serve as a source of information that teens can use to make decisions and help them live their best lives. The path to emotional health for teens lies in improving their ability to recognize,...
28) Unboxed
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A stunning novella by a hot new talent in YA, in a gorgeous collectable edition. A brilliantly diverse cast of characters face heartbreak and home truths as they return to their old school and discover no one can ever truly go back. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 13+ Four friends meet up at their old school to open the memory box they stowed there years ago – with five letters inside for four of them, because...
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What went wrong?Why? How can I fix that for next time? All preschoolers and young kids need help learning to control their emotions or actions. With self-regulation skills, children are more able to manage difficult and stressful events that occur as part of life. Self - regulation is key to helping kids with ADHD make friends and control their anger. Teaching kids how to control their emotions and attentionEncouraging children to slow down and...
30) You Be Grandma
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Karla Clark's You Be series continues with You Be Grandma, all about a grandma being just too tired to do the bedtime routine and asks her granddaughter to take over for her.
Can you be Grandma and turn off the light?
Grandma's too tired to be Grandma tonight.
She played dress-up and drank afternoon tea.
Helped you climb up the Sycamore tree.
Took a hike and went for a dip.
Now she's exhausted! There's an ache in her hip.
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31) Big Bad Bubble
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An ordinary bubble may seem pretty harmless to you. To the monsters of La La Land, however, a fragile, shimmering bubble is an object of terror, and when the frightening habits of bubbles are detailed by a fear-mongering monster, Yerbert, Froofle, and Wumpus run away and cry. But with encouragement from the narrator and from readers-"Go on, Wumpus, you can do it. (Tell Wumpus he can do it.)"-the three learn to confront their fears and triumph over...
33) True Sisters
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The beautifully written tale of a girl's journey to understand the reality of her upbringing, from best-selling YA novelist Keren David. Ruby has had a lot of foster siblings over the years, but none of them have been anything like Clara. After growing up in almostcomplete isolation, Clara is distraught at being separated from her mother and overwhelmed by life in a world she doesn't understand. But the more Ruby tries to help Clara fit in, the more...
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In this story, Moon gets bullied by a child named Venus while at school. The story shows how her friends help her get out of the situation safely. This story for children will teach them how to use assertiveness to help and support each other when encountered by bullies. It is very important for children to learn that they should support each other, rather than bully or hurt each other. Also, understanding other's feeling and emotions can in a great...
35) You Grow, Girl!
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Bloom where you're planted!
Root for your loved one in this plant-astic picture book that celebrates how much you enjoy seeing her bloom! Heartfelt, encouraging rhymes, delightful hand lettering, and beautiful plant illustrations make this an unbe-leaf-ably charming way to remind someone of any age just how amazing they are. An inspiring gift for new beginnings and when a little extra encourage-mint would grow a long way!
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Violet's journey to be heard celebrates the power of bold, quiet people.
Violet Blandin makes it a habit to blend in. At school, no one notices her, but in the kitchen, she can't be missed. When a hands-on lesson about measurement goes haywire, Violet finds she is the only one who can save celebrated Chef Delaclaire from an awful encounter with a very salty cookie.
Quiet Violet Finds Her Voice celebrates introverted kids and affirms that being...
37) Express Yourself
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I'm me and that's an amazing thing to be. Learning to express all that we are lets us see the world differently and show others who we are, too. Bright, cheerful illustrations paired with engaging photos and lively text help us know how to harness creativity, while hands-on activities put this early life skill into practice. Explore how life works when we express ourselves.
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Gracie LaRoo's synchronized swimming team trades out water for snow when they meet up with a top ski ballet team. They'll train the skiers, and the skiers will train them-all in front of TV cameras! But Gracie's afraid of heights. Can she overcome her fear in time to shine, or is this trip going downhill-fast?
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Following the success of Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox and Sometimes I Feel Like a River, this companion book explores the nature and beauty of trees.
Twelve lyrical poems look at twelve different trees, from early spring to deep winter. In each poem, a child identifies with a feature of the tree - such as the smooth trunk of a birch whose bark has peeled away, the strong branches of a spruce that shelter small birds or the pink flowers of a cherry...
40) Klepto (70)
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Il y a six mois, mon père a disparu sans donner de nouvelles. Depuis, ma mère me délègue une foule de responsabilités qui me dépriment.
Pour me remonter le moral, il m'arrive de prendre des choses qui ne m'appartiennent pas. Dans ma famille, chez mes amis et au travail, aussi. Des trucs insignifiants que les gens ne regretteront pas. Enfin, c'est ce que je me dis après coup pour me donner bonne conscience. Malgré tout, la culpabilité me...
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