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1) Busy Betty
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Appears on list
Summary
"As she tries to give her big, smelly dog Frank a bath, which becomes more impossible by the minute, Betty learns that she can accomplish anything with perseverance, teamwork, and one great idea"--
6) La la la
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Summary
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.
Author
Summary
"Why do some people succeed and others fail? Sharing new insights from her landmark research on grit, MacArthur genius grant recipient Angela Duckworth explains why talent is hardly a guarantor of success. Rather, other factors can be even more crucial, such as identifying our passions and following through on our commitments. Drawing on her own story as the daughter of a scientist who frequently bemoaned her lack of smarts, Duckworth describes her...
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 1
Summary
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.
10) Oh, Panda
Author
Summary
Panda tries to follow a butterfly over a mountain, but the slippery, snowy slope makes it difficult to climb.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile Measure
580L
Summary
"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"--
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Lexile Measure
540L
Summary
"Eleven-year-old Perry was born and raised by his mom at the Blue River Co-ed Correctional Facility in tiny Surprise, Nebraska. His mom is a resident on Cell Block C, and so far Warden Daugherty has made it possible for them to be together. That is, until a new district attorney discovers the truth--and Perry is removed from the facility and forced into a foster home. When Perry moves to the "outside" world, he feels trapped. Desperate to be reunited...
16) Unflappable
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Summary
"Three flightless birds creatively and persistently pursue their dream of flying until, at last, they succeed"--
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Summary
Octavia the octopus can shoot every color of ink cloud except the usual purple one. She practices knowing that she needs the purple one to camouflage from predators. Will she be able to shoot her purple cloud when it counts? Includes activities: for creative minds; camouflage and protection; octopus fun facts; octopus ink cloud craft.
18) The red hat
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Summary
"Once upon a time, high atop the world, there lived a boy named Billy Hightower and the wind. When a new neighbor appears--a girl in a red hat--Billy Hightower can hardly wait to meet her and introduce himself. But the wind has other ideas"--
19) SumoKitty
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile Measure
520L
Summary
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.
Author
Series
Dead Sea squirrels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2019]
Summary
"Michael learns that--like the Thessalonians in the Bible--he will prosper if he works hard when Pearl the 2,000-year-old squirrel helps him study for his math test." --