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Series
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
35 pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 30 cm
Description
Counsels children how to develop the assertiveness skills that will help them do what they believe is right, sharing advice for distinguishing between helpful and harmful things that others say while taking reasonable risks and speaking out.
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In 1940, when the Nazi invasion of Norway reaches their village in the far north, twelve-year-old Peter and his friends use their sleds to transport nine million dollars worth of gold bullion past the German soldiers to the secret harbor where Peter's uncle keeps his ship ready to take the gold for safekeeping in the United States.
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Series
Max (Ed Vere) volume 1
Description
Max is a cute kitten who dreams of becoming a brave mouse-catcher. So he sets off in search of a mouse, and discovers that bravery perhaps is not so important after all.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
Saying goodbye to neighbors. Worrying about new friends. Passing through a big city. Seeing a dark road ahead. In these moments, a young girl feels small and quiet and alone. But when she breathes deeply and looks inside herself, a hidden spark of courage appears, one she can nurture and grow until she glows inside and out.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged.) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Lots of things scare Little Mouse-dark shadows, bright lights, loud noises, and even silence. When his parents go out, Little Mouse is afraid to stay with the babysitter. But a small voice inside him says, "They'll be back soon. Wait and see. You're a brave mouse-as brave as brave can be!" That small voice helps him in many different situations--at the swimming pool, trying new foods, at the dentist, in his dark room at night. But when he goes to...
11) Pip's trip
Author
Series
Loopy Coop hens volume 2
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Description
Pip tries to convince her fellow hens, Midge and Dot, to join her for a ride in the farmer's truck, but she is the only one brave enough to climb inside.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
230 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
"What are you afraid of? Being assertive? Looking fat? Getting older? Going broke? Whatever your fear, women everywhere confront the same fears every day. Huffington believes that conquering fear is crucial to living a full life and to making a difference in the world, and in this manifesto, she inspires us to take on the task. Huffington is fearless, but not by nature; she's had to learn to overcome her fears and relies on these hard-won lessons...
15) Brave Irene
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Plucky Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, braves a fierce snowstorm to deliver a new gown to the duchess in time for the ball.
16) The 12th man
Pub. Date
[2018].
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Description
Breathtaking action adventure that tells an incredible true life story of heroism and a man's unbreakable will to live.
Author
Series
Dragon Slayers' Academy volume 2
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Description
After accidentally killing a dragon, Wiglaf hopes his friends at Dragon Slayers' Academy will be able to help him prove himself a hero when he faces that dragon's mother, Seetha, the Beast of the East.
18) Cowardly Clyde
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2009, 1979
Physical Desc
38 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
For a war horse, Clyde is an abysmal coward, but he finally decides that even if he isn't brave he can at least act brave.
20) Bird child
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Publisher
Tundra Books of Northern New York
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
Bullying and the ability to rise above it are at the heart of this strikingly beautiful picture book. All school-aged children have either bullied, been bullied, or witnessed bullying, and all too often, they feel powerless to stop what has been set in motion. Such is not the case with Eliza. Her mother has given her "wings to fly" and the ability to see all the possibilities that lie before her. So, when bullies pick on the new student, Lainey, gradually...
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