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WONDER IS SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS AND JACOB TREMBLAY!
Over 3 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller Wonder—the book that inspired the Choose Kind movement—and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. Last year readers were given a special look at another side of his story with The Julian Chapter,...
Over 3 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller Wonder—the book that inspired the Choose Kind movement—and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. Last year readers were given a special look at another side of his story with The Julian Chapter,...
83) Fairest
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Ella enchanted volume 3
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[2006]
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In a land where beauty and singing are valued above all else, Aza eventually comes to reconcile her unconventional appearance and her magical voice, and learns to accept herself for who she truly is.
84) Wonder
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[2018]
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Based on the New York Times bestseller, this tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
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2017.
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For most of her adult life, Cecily Ross has compared herself to other women--and come up short. After a painful divorce from her emotionally abusive husband, Cecily returns to her hometown of Canyon, Texas, looking to heal. But coming home isn't what she expects. In a town as small as Canyon, her pain is difficult to escape--especially with her model-perfect ex-sister-in-law working at the town's popular coffee-shop hangout. With help from her father,...
86) You matter
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[2020]
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Illustrations and easy-to-read text remind the reader that no matter what happens or how one feels, he or she matters.
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2020.
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"An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knocks us down. Sometimes you slip through the cracks: unforeseen circumstances like an abrupt illness, the death of a loved one, a break up, or a job loss can derail a life. These periods of dislocation can be lonely and unexpected. For May, her husband fell ill, her son stopped attending school, and her own medical issues led her to leave a demanding...
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2021.
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Vietnamese
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Thế giới này có một kiểu phụ nữ sống vô tư thoải mái, rất khó để nhìn thấy dáng vẻ chau mày nhăn nhó của họ, cũng chưa bao giờ nghe thấy họ than thân trách phận. Vì họ biết nội tâm mình khao khát điều gì nhất nên họ biết cách lựa chọn, không dây dưa lằng nhằng, không tiếc nuối, càng không bao giờ phải lo lắng về cái gọi là bỏ lỡ. Tôi vẫn...
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Greer Walsh wants to rediscover her sense of self, but since the summer before ninth grade her body decided to change all the rules. Now she's the only Kennedy High student whose breasts are bigger than her head. She's entirely uncomfortable in her body and avoids physical contact-- until she finds an unexpected community on the volleyball squad. Will Greer be able to find her way out of her oversized sweatshirt and back into the real world? -- adapted...
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[2007]
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English
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When a medical resident loses a patient, he moves back home with his father to rethink his career. His visit is a bittersweet one, overshadowed by memories of the mother he lost 18 years earlier on Christmas Eve. Nathan accepts a coaching position at a local elementary school where he meets Megan, a teacher, and becomes close with a young boy named Charlie. His world is turned upside down when the lives of the woman he loves and an innocent young...
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From psychotherapist Katherine Morgan Schafler, an invitation to every “recovering perfectionist” to challenge the way they look at perfectionism, and the way they look at themselves.
We’ve been looking at perfectionism all wrong. As psychotherapist and former on-site therapist at Google Katherine Morgan Schafler argues in The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control, you don’t have to stop being a perfectionist...
We’ve been looking at perfectionism all wrong. As psychotherapist and former on-site therapist at Google Katherine Morgan Schafler argues in The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control, you don’t have to stop being a perfectionist...
93) I am enough
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[2018]
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Black History Month - Picture Books
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Resolution YOU: Picture Books
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Resolution YOU: Picture Books
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Shares a story of loving who you are, respecting others and being kind to one another.
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2022
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It can be scary to feel like you're all on your own, especially in the face of prejudice. But always remember: you are not alone. Inspired by the Alphabet Rockers' empowering song "Not Alone," this uplifting picture book reassures kids that they belong and encourages them to love their beautiful selves and their identities, use their voices against hate, and step up for one another and have one another's backs no matter what.
97) Kick push
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2022.
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"When Epic's family moves to a new neighborhood, he has a hard time making friends and fitting in with his skateboard; but the trick to making new friends is to be yourself!"--
98) Bear and Duck
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"Bear doesn't want to be a bear anymore so he tries out what it's like to be a duck. With a few lessons from Duck, Bear realizes he makes a much better bear after all"--
99) Beautifully me
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[2021]
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Zubi, a happy Bangladeshi girl, is excited about her first day of school, but at breakfast she is puzzled by her mother and older sister worrying about being "too big," and even at school she hears other people criticizing each other's bodies, and she starts to worry that maybe something is wrong with how she looks--until her declaration at dinner that she is on a diet makes her family realize what they have been doing wrong.
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From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date—a brutally honest, surprisingly poignant, and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance, found family, and self-acceptance. A profound introspection of his life, relationships, and identity, The House of Hidden Meanings is a self-portrait of the
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