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Mighty Little Girls
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
S.T.E.A.M.
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
S.T.E.A.M.
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A young aspiring engineer must first conquer her fear of failure.
3) Supergifted
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A brilliant boy named Noah goes to his friend Donovan's high school where he is immediately put on the bad side of the popular kids. But when a freak accident turns Donovan into a superhero, Noah decides to become a super hero himself to go from nerd to teen titan. And the new power may have just gone to his head.
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"Even Olympians have to start somewhere. And in this charming illustrated book, Laurie Hernandez tells the story of Zoe, a little girl who dreams of flying -- and becoming a gymnast. When Zoe sees a gymnast on TV, she realizes that gymnastics is just like flying. But when she first goes to class and falls off the balance beam, she discovers that following her dreams is harder and scarier than she thought. Through this heartwarming and inspirational...
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Yara Zgheib's poetic and poignant debut novel is a haunting portrait of a young woman's struggle with anorexia on an intimate journey to reclaim her life. The chocolate went first, then the cheese, the fries, the ice cream. The bread was more difficult, but if she could just lose a little more weight, perhaps she would make the soloists' list. Perhaps if she were lighter, danced better, tried harder, she would be good enough. Perhaps if she just ran...
8) Herzog
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A multifaceted portrait of a modern-day hero, a man struggling with the complexity of existence and longing for redemption.
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A leaf named Leif is worried about falling when the weather turns. He and his friend Laurel try to come up with ideas to help ease his fear of falling. His inventions fail in one way or another and he discards them. When a gust of wind finally blows him free of his branch, he lands safely on his pile of discarded inventions.
10) The double
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An unabridged republication of the 1846 story in which protagonist, Golyadkin senior, is persecuted by his double, Golyadkin junior.
12) Pick and roll
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Eighth-grader and starting point guard Roman is initially thrilled when big man Sebastian transfers schools and joins the team, but Sebastian's skills seem to have disappeared and the other kids are merciless in their criticism--then Roman's big sister gives him some advice: talk to Sebastian and find out what is going on, and add a pick-and-roll to the team playbook.
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Because she is now over six feet tall everybody expects Juniper to be good at basketball, especially her demanding coach (who also happens to be her father)--but she is not sure that she even likes basketball, and she definitely does not like the pressure that she feels when she misses a shot and her father benches her.
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When wide receiver Ethan drops a touchdown pass and his team loses the game, he starts to doubt his own abilities, but as the next game approaches he realizes that he has to do what his father and coaches are telling him to do--stop obsessing about failure and get back to playing confident football.
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Using stories from the life of Moses and from women who are leaning on God in the middle of their own fears, failures, faults, and frailties, Hidden Potential by Wendy Pope encourages every woman to see herself as her Creator does--a worthwhile possibility, fully capable of being used by God.