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Leadership is not about titles, status, and wielding power. A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for recognizing the potential in people and ideas, and has the courage to develop that potential. Brené Brown has spent the past two decades studying the emotions and experiences that give meaning to our lives, and the past seven years working with transformative leaders and teams spanning the globe. Brown uses research, stories, and examples...
3) Be kind
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Roaring Brook Press
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2018.
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When Tanisha spills grape juice all over her new dress, her classmate contemplates how to make her feel better and what it means to be kind.
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Pig the pug volume 3
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Told in rhyming text, Pig is a greedy pug, who insists on always winning, and throws a tantrum if anything thwarts him--until one day he swallows not only all his food, but his bowl as well and when his friend Trevor saves him he learns a valuable lesson on sharing.
7) Wish
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Eleven-year-old Charlie Reese is sent to live with a family she barely knows in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, but with the help of a skinny stray dog who captures her heart and a neighbor boy named Howard, she learns what the real meaning of family may be.
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Simon & Schuster
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c1998
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Being a teenager is both wonderful and challenging. Author Sean Covey applies the principles of the 7 Habits to teens and the tough issues and life-changing decisions they face. Provides a step-by-step guide to help teens improve self-image, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve their goals, get along with their parents, and much more.
10) The bad seed
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The bad seed changes his mind about being bad and decides that he wants to be happy.
11) Barefoot season
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Young army vet Michelle Sanderson returns to Blackberry Island Inn, the home she left long ago, to claim her inheritance and recover from war. But she finds Carly Williams, her former best friend, running the inn and the business on the verge of financial collapse. To save the inn, the two women must put aside their feelings and work together, but can they heal their past, too?
12) How to apologize
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Candlewick Press
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2021.
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A humorous and practical guide explains how, and how not, to apologize, depicting characters ranging from a porcupine who accidentally pops a friend's balloon to a snail who runs over a sloth's toes.
13) Crankenstein
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Little, Brown
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2013.
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A boy who looks ordinary transforms into grumbling Crankenstein when faced with a rainy day, a melting popsicle, or bedtime but everything changes when he meets a fellow Crankenstein.
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Warriors. Field guides volume 3
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Explores the fifteen rules that govern the daily life of a warrior cat.
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
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The hysterically funny, best-selling book comes to life in this smash-hit family comedy! Greg Heffley is headed for big things, but first he has to survive the scariest, most humiliating experience of any kid's life, middle school! That won't be easy, considering he's surrounded by hairy-freckled morons, wedgie-loving bullies and a moldy slice of cheese with nuclear cooties!
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Hyperion
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c1997
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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff...and It's All Small Stuff is an audiobook that tells you how to keep from letting the little things in life drive you crazy. In thoughtful and insightful language, author Richard Carlson reveals ways to calm down in the midst of your incredibly hurried, stress-filled life.
You can learn to put things into perspective by making the small daily changes Dr. Carlson suggests, including advice such as "Choose your...
You can learn to put things into perspective by making the small daily changes Dr. Carlson suggests, including advice such as "Choose your...
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Pretty little liars volume 1
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When one of their tightly-knit group mysteriously disappears, four high school girls find their friendship difficult to maintain when they begin receiving taunting messages from someone who seems to know everything about their past and present secrets.
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Before he inspired the world with Hamilton and was catapulted to international fame, Miranda was inspiring his Twitter followers with words of encouragement at the beginning and end of each day. He wrote these original sayings, aphorisms, and poetry for himself as much as for others. But as Miranda’s audience grew, these messages took on a life on their own.
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You gotta know the rules to play the game. Ball is life. Take it to the hoop. Soar. What can we imagine for our lives? What if we were the star players, moving and grooving through the game of life? What if we had our own rules of the game to help us get what we want, what we aspire to, what will enrich our lives?