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Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Kids today are depressed and anxious. They also seem to feel entitled to every advantage and unwilling to make the leap into adulthood. As Polly Young-Eisendrath makes clear in this brilliant account of where a generation has gone astray, parents trying to make their children feel special are unwittingly interfering with their kids' ability to accept themselves and cope with life. Clarifying an enormous cultural change, The Self-Esteem Trap shows...
5) Clink
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
While newer, fancier robots are quickly purchased, Clink, an old-fashioned robot who can only make toast and music, gathers dust and feels downhearted until a young boy enters the shop looking for something special.
7) Being me
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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Description
A young deaf girl tells what it is like being her, describing the things she likes to do.
10) Fierce love: a bold path to ferocious courage and rule-breaking kindness that can heal the world
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"Inspired by the Ubuntu philosophy "I am who I am because we are who we are" and explained through stories from her own life and those of her mentors and inspirations, Dr. Lewis details the nine daily practices necessary for transforming ourselves, our communities, and our world at large. From learning to put down our emotional baggage to speaking truth to power to fueling our activism with joy, Dr. Lewis gives readers a renewed sense of the power...
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Amazing Grace: Grace's classmates discourage her from trying out for Peter Pan in the school play because she doesn't look the part.
Brave Irene: When Mrs. Bobbins, the dressmaker, gets too sick to deliver her dress on time, her daughter Irene steps in and battles powerful winds and snow to prove that where there is a will, there is a way.
The dot: Vashti doesn't think she can draw, but her teacher encourages her to "just make a mark and see where...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Negotiating with a Bully will teach you how to skillfully deal with bullies in different forms and environments. You'll explore the mindset of a bully and understand the motivations and behavior so that you can gain an advantage over him or her. Negotiating with a Bully will give you the answers you need to become a more effective negotiator when you are confronted by a bully. You will learn how to quickly and easily:Recognize the tactics of a...
Pub. Date
[2013], c2002
Language
English
Description
This compelling video delivers basic information about rational emotive behavior therapy, or REBT. The first part of the video introduces REBT through discussion, diagrams, and dramatic vignettes. In the second part, the viewer will see how REBT principles are applied to the issue of managing one's feelings of grief. In a dramatic scenario, a person is forced to confront the self-defeating consequences of unresolved grief over his divorce. The video...
15) Think big!
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Vinney is frustrated about being one of the smallest children at school, but when he takes his mother's advice and thinks big for a day, he discovers that there are advantages to being small.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A well spoken alligator contemplates whether it would be more fun to be someone else. A pharaoh sparrow, or a steampunk skunk perhaps? Possums are awesome, moose are footloose, but as our alligator decides, it’s always better to be your magnificent self. Awesome like a Possum is drawn by the seven different artists that make up The Electric Keychain Collective. -- From back cover.
20) You are special
Author
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
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Description
Punchinello's opinion of himself changes after talking to his creator.
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