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1) Daring greatly: how the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead
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Language
English
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The #1 New York Times bestseller. More than 2 million copies sold! Look for Brene Brown s new podcast, Dare to Lead, as well as her ongoing podcast Unlocking Us! From thought leader Brene Brown, a transformative new vision for the way we lead, love, work, parent, and educate that teaches us the power of vulnerability. It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done...
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First color edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
154 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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 babysitter and in her relationships with her father and friends.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Rabbit's comfortable nightly routine is disturbed by exuberant Froggie, who settles in for a snack and a story without being invited.
Author
Language
English
Description
"How often do you tell yourself to just "let it go" when you want to do anything but? Do you say "it's fine" when, really, it's not at all fine? When people do things that hurt you, do you speak up--or do you worry that saying anything will just make everyone uncomfortable? Do you feel resentful, depleted, or overwhelmed? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you need to establish some boundaries. Melissa Urban knows firsthand that boundaries-a...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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As high school graduation nears, Wren Gray is surprised to connect with gentle Charlie Parker, a boy with a troubled past who has loved her for years, while she considers displeasing her parents for the first time and changing the plans for her future.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mary Wrightly is a polite young girl who speaks a small, soft voice--unless she really wants to be heard!"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colored illustrations ; 30 cm
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.
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club (revised editions) volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
165 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a fight breaks out among the members of the Babysitters Club, timid Mary Anne finds herself becoming more assertive as a baby sitter and in her relationships with her father and friends.
10) The Opposite
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
26 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
The Opposite causes Nate trouble at home and at school, changing what Nate wants to do into its opposite, until Nate finds a way to outwit it.
Author
Series
Felix and Fiona volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
28 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Felix has a new best friend! With take-charge Fiona, anything seems possible, and before Felix knows it, she sweeps him into singing and dancing with her as pixies in the Guinea Pig Jubilee talent show. But right after Felix's first-prize triumph, trouble waits in the wings. "Twinkletoes!" someone taunts, and Felix crumbles. Can he pull himself together and face down the bullies? With a little help from Fiona, can Felix find a magic key that unlocks...
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Language
English
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"Blending cognitive behavioral therapy-based assertiveness exercises and Buddhist philosophy, The Guide to Compassionate Assertiveness, is desinged to help you learn how to negotiate, collaborate, and express yourself in your day-to-day life."--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xiii, 158 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
The straight-talking, New York Times bestselling author and Pitbull of Personal Development is back with a pithy and prescriptive guide to success. A five-time bestselling author and one of the country' s leading business speakers, Larry has made a reputation for being the first to challenge the positive-attraction gurus and the law-of-attraction bozos with his commonsense approach to success. Larry doesn't sugar-coat, and he isn't afraid to make...
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
790L
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
Language
English
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Description
""A university ombudsman (a.k.a. "chief complaint officer") gives readers practical methods to speak up for themselves, resolve conflicts amicably, and get what they really want. Strategies are illustrated with humorous anecdotes drawn from the author's experience."--Provided by publisher"--
At some point in our lives we've all experienced an injustice, large or small, and suffered in silence for fear of offending anyone. Fish encourages standing...
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Language
English
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Coming home from boarding school, Ashlyn has big plans for the summer until her wealthy father is arrested for tax evasion, her mother enters a rehab facility for "exhaustion," and Ashlyn, not a fan of the outdoors, is sent to a rustic team-building retreat center in the middle of nowhere.
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