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Author
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Easy Ways to Appreciate Yourself! Learn to appreciate yourself with these ten simple solutions for building self-esteem. These easy-to-grasp tips for fostering a positive sense of self distill and add to many of the best, most effective techniques from the author Glenn Schiraldi's successful Self-Esteem Workbook. They draw on techniques from Eastern and Western traditions; mindfulness practice, thought-watching, strengths appreciation, and more....
2) Dumplin'
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Willowdean wants to prove to everyone in her small Texas town that she is more than just a fat girl, so, while grappling with her feelings for a co-worker who is clearly attracted to her, Will and some other misfits prepare to compete in the beauty pageant her mother runs.
Author
Language
English
Description
Rachel Hollis is sounding a wake-up call. She knows that many women have been taught to define themselves in light of other people--whether as wife, mother, daughter, or employee--instead of learning how to own who they are and what they want. With a challenge to women everywhere to stop talking themselves out of their dreams, Hollis identifies the excuses to let go of, the behaviors to adopt, and the skills to acquire on the path to growth, confidence,...
6) Mary can!
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The multi-awarding-winning singer, artist, actress, and icon presents this entertaining and empowering story in which young Mary, told there are many things she cannot do, isn't about to let anyone tell her she cannot sing.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Girls can rule the world-- all they need is confidence. This empowering, entertaining guide from the bestselling authors of The Confidence Code gives girls the essential yet elusive code to becoming bold, brave, and fearless. It's a paradox familiar to parents everywhere: girls are achieving like never before, yet they're consumed with doubt on the inside. Girls worry constantly about how they look, what people think, whether to try out for a sports...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness.
10) Think big!
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Vinney is frustrated about being one of the smallest children at school, but when he takes his mother's advice and thinks big for a day, he discovers that there are advantages to being small.
11) Shug
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old girl learns about friendship, first loves, and self-worth in a small town in the South.
Author
Series
Howard B. Wigglebottom books volume 2
Publisher
We Do LIsten
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
15) Bright
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Marianne Blume, a self-described 'ditz,' tries out for her school's Quiz Quest team in a bid to prove she is smart.
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