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Resilience and Overcoming Adversity
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Tomorrow I'll be brave
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Jessica Hische
Illustrations by a lettering artist and easy-to-read text reveal a young rabbit's bedtime promise to strive the next day to be adventurous, strong, curious, and more
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Swimmy
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Leo Lionni
A small black fish teaches a school of red fish to frighten their enemies by swimming close together
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Golden Threads
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Suzanne Del Rizzo
A tale inspired by the Japanese art form of kintsugi follows the experiences of a beloved stuffed fox that is swept from its young owner by a storm and lovingly repaired by a girl who is recovering from an injury before she endeavors to return the toy to its home. Illustrations.
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Brave Molly
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Brooke Boynton-Hughes
Trying to avoid the metaphorical monsters that creep into her world and pop out of the shadows, complicating her everyday life, Molly decides to face her fears on a day when the monsters challenge a new friendship, in a wordless tale by the illustrator of Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors. Simultaneous eBook
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Emmanuel's dream : the true story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
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Laurie Ann Thompson
Previously depicted in the film Emmanuel's Gift, the inspiring story of a West African youth who pursued an education, helped support his family and became a record-setting cyclist in spite of a disability traces his ongoing achievements as an activist. Illustrated by the award-winning artist of Little Cloud and Lady Wind. Simultaneous eBook.
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Big boys cry
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Jonty Howley
A reimagining of a world where boys are encouraged to express the full range of their emotions depicts a little boy, who after receiving advice to act fearlessly on the first day of school makes important discoveries when the grown men he encounters honestly express their own feelings. A first picture book.
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Bad day
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Ruby Roth
When a little boy gets home after a bad day, he puts a paper bag over his head and reflects on what may have caused the way he feels
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The thing Lou couldn't do
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Ashley Spires
A fun-filled, shared game of pretending to be fearless pirates is challenged by Lou's friends' suggestion that they use a tall tree as their ship, an idea that is compromised by Lou's fears about climbing up so high. By the award-winning author of Binky the Space Cat.
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Brave Irene
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William Steig
Plucky Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, braves a fierce snowstorm to deliver a new gown to the duchess in time for the ball
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The night fairy
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Laura Amy Schlitz
When Flory the night fairy's wings are accidentally broken and she cannot fly, she has to learn to do everything differently
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White bird : A Wonder Story
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R. J Palacio
Tells the story of Julian's Grandmère's childhood as she, a Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II and how the boy she once shunned became her savior and best friend
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Wonder by R. J. Palacio Born with a facial deformity that initially prevented his attendance at public school, Auggie Pullman enters the fifth grade at Beecher Prep and struggles with the dynamics of being both new and different, in a sparsely written tale about acceptance and self-esteem. Book available.
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Inside out & back again
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Thanhha Lai
Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama
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Out of my mind
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Sharon M. Draper
Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time
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Fish in a tree
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Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Sixth-grader Ally excels at covering the fact that she cannot read, but at her seventh school in as many years she is challenged to admit she needs help
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Normal : One Kid's Extraordinary Journey
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Magdalena M. Newman
An uplifting memoir by a boy with Treacher Collins syndrome, the severe craniofacial condition, describes the 67 surgeries he endured before age 15 and his everyday struggles with making friends, moving across the country and participating in childhood activities. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Bounce back : how to be a resilient kid
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Wendy Moss
Presents a guide to bolstering resiliency skills, using quizzes, advice, and strategies to teach readers how to understand emotions, use self-talk, and navigate social conflicts
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El Deafo
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Cece Bell
The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."
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Makoons
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Louise Erdrich
Living with their Ojibwe family on the Great Plains of Dakota Territory in 1866, twin brothers Makoons and Chickadee must learn to become buffalo hunters, but Makoons has a vision that foretells great challenges that his family may not be able to overcome
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The awakened family : a revolution in parenting
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Shefali Tsabary
The New York Times best-selling author of The Conscious Parent outlines a transformative plan that explains how parents can raise children to be their best, most authentic selves without harmful competition, challenging popular parenting beliefs while discussing how to minimize anxiety and let go of impossible societal ideals.
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