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Series
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle volume 2
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Description
From her upside-down house, the eccentric Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle issues to parents her marvelous cures for such common children's diseases as Won't-Put-Away-Toys-itis, Answerbackism, and Fighter-Quarrelitis.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
232 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
In "Happy", Ian Smith presents a program that motivates readers to understand the behaviors and mind-sets that work and last, including: how to be optimistic; why optimism and realism are not opposites; how to get outside yourself; the importance of family and community; why involvement leads to contentment; shedding the treadmill mentality of getting and spending; tapping the power of simple pleasures; how to be, not just to do; and, why changing...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
162 pages ; 19 cm
Description
As the obituary writer in a spectacularly beautiful but often dangerous spit of land in Alaska, Lende knows something about last words and lives well lived. Now she's distilled what she's learned about how to live a more exhilarating and meaningful life into three words: find the good. It's that simple-- and that hard. Lende reminds us that we can choose to see any event as an opportunity to find the good.
Author
Series
Cookies (Amy Krouse Rosenthal) volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Presents vocabulary words and holiday lessons using Christmas cookies as the theme of the book.
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Series
Cookies (Amy Krouse Rosenthal) volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Defines words such as cooperate, patient, proud, modest, respect, compassionate, and others with sentences about cookies.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
126 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Discusses the many ways children can make a positive change in the world, including planting more trees to reduce global warming, protecting endangered animals and their habitats, fighting food waste, and standing up to bullies.
11) Bullying
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Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr. 49 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Nanny McPhee appears at the farmhouse door of a busy young mother Isabel Green, she discovers that Mrs. Green's children are in an all-out household war with their two spoiled city cousins. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and an elephant that turns up in the oddest places, Nanny McPhee uses her magic to show the children five valuable lessons, the most important of which...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
222 pages
Description
navigating rough terrain, from personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world. In this profound and personal book, Setiya shows how the tools of philosophy can help us find our way. Drawing on ancient and modern philosophy as well as fiction, history, memoir, film, comedy, social science, and stories from Setiya’s own experience, Life Is Hard is a book for this moment—a work of solace and compassion.
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"Colin Barrett brings together eight character-driven stories, each showcasing his inimitably observant eye and darkly funny style. A quiet night in a local pub is shattered by the arrival of a sword wielding fugitive; a funeral party teeters on the edge of this world and the next, as ghosts simply won't lay in wake; a shooting sees a veteran policewoman confront the banality of her own existence; and an aspiring writer grapples with his father's...
15) Smile a lot!
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A frog explains how smiling is a great way to get through life's ups and downs.
Author
Description
In this inspiring, empowering book, Shetty draws on his time as a monk to show us how we can clear the roadblocks to our potential and power. Combining ancient wisdom and his own rich experiences in the ashram, Think Like a Monk reveals how to overcome negative thoughts and habits, and access the calm and purpose that lie within all of us. He transforms abstract lessons into advice and exercises we can all apply to reduce stress, improve relationships,...
17) Lift
Author
Publisher
Voice/Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
89 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Description
The author uses the story of her four-month-old child's serious illness to show how, much like a hang glider, a person must go through turbulence before getting the lift needed for a positive life experience.
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter Publishers
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
Presents strategies for maintaining a healthy home while engaging in environmentally responsible practices, outlining a lifestyle program based on scientific principles that explains how to understand the connection between individual habits and planet health.
20) Olivia
Author
Series
Olivia books (Ian Falconer) volume 1
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Description
Whether at home getting ready for the day, enjoying the beach, or at bedtime, Olivia is a feisty pig who has too much energy for her own good.
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