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Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 1
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When Rosie is unable to invent a contraption to help one of Aunt Rose's Raucous Riveters friends, she calls on classmates Iggy Peck and Ada Twist to help.
Rosie is working with Aunt Rose and her friends, the Raucous Riveters, on designing a new invention, but when her designs keep failing, Rosie starts to lose hope until her friends Iggy and Ada offer some help
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Questioneers volume 2
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A young aspiring engineer must first conquer her fear of failure.
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Betty Bunny books volume 4
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Description
When a young rabbit quits soccer after a disappointing first game, her family encourages her to keep trying.
6) La la la
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Follows a singing girl's fruitless search for a friend in her world, until one night when her song is finally heard by someone who understands.
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Series
Publisher
Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
23 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 24 cm.
Description
"In this illustrated choose-your-own-ending picture book, Dahabo must decide whether to keep working on her science fair project or quit. Readers make choices for Dahabo and read what happens next, with each story path leading to different consequences. Includes four different endings and discussion questions"--
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Series
Tallulah books (Marilyn Singer) volume 5
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
48 p. ;
Description
Tallulah loves the grace and elegance of ballet and can pirouette perfectly but at dance camp struggles to learn tap.
11) The donkey egg
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unnumbered) : colour illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
After fast-talking Fox leaves him with a large, green egg, Bear spends minutes, hours, days, and weeks lovingly caring for it with the help of his neighbor Hare.
Author
Publisher
NNK Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
"Annie and the Swiss Cheese Scarf" is a story about overcoming hurdles to learn something new, even when it's challenging. Learning new skills often takes time and a lot of practice. But if you keep trying and don't give up, like Annie, you will feel so proud once you finally figure it out.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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"In this heartfelt story about courage, change, and moving on, a girl and her companion fox travel together away from a sorrowful past, through challenging and stormy times, toward color and light and life. Along the way they find friends to guide and support them, and when the new day dawns, it is full of promise"--
14) D.W. flips!
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Series
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1987
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
D.W., a young aardvark, discovers that lots of practice eventually helps her master the new routine in her gymnastics class.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Larry is a wrestler who somehow manages never to finish what he starts. Eventually his ability to take anything seriously lands him in the ring with Apollo Gourd. Will Larry hang in there to complete the match? How does a cucumber look in wrestling gear anyway? Find out in this lesson in perseverance where kids will learn that whenever you finish what you start, you come out a winner!
16) Plunked
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Sixth-grader Jack Mogens loses his nerve after getting hit by a pitch, and has to dig deep within himself to avoid giving up the sport he loves.
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Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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"Confident Frannie convinces cautious Pepper to give skateboarding a try, but Pepper's attempts are not all smooth sailing. Luckily, she has a supportive and enthusiastic friend to cheer her on and help her realize her potential"--
18) SumoKitty
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A hungry cat gets a job hunting mice at a sumo training center (heya), but once the mice are gone he continues to stuff himself until he is too fat to chase the mice that have returned--so he decides to train with the sumo wrestlers, and SumoKitty becomes a scourge of mice and an inspiration to the wrestlers.
19) A tuba Christmas
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"When Ava decides to learn to play the tuba, it isn't as easy as she thought it would be. But with the encouragement of her music teacher, Ava finds a place for her and her tuba in a special holiday celebration"--
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xv, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"In this must-read book for anyone striving to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows parents, educators, athletes, students, and business people--both seasoned and new--that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a focused persistence called "grit." Why do some people succeed and others fail? Sharing new insights from her landmark research on grit, MacArthur "genius" Angela Duckworth explains why talent is hardly...
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