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Author
Publisher
Harmony/Rodale
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
“So long, Carrie Bradshaw—there’s a new role model for go-getting thirty-somethings. Gabrielle Bernstein is doling out inner peace and self-love for the postmodern spiritual set.”—Elle
Foreword by Marianne Williamson
Before she became a celebrated teacher and lecturer, Gabrielle Bernstein was going down a dangerous path. For years, Bernstein struggled with eating disorders, drug and alcohol
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old artist Zailey lives in a utopian community where residents are forbidden from anything that might reveal their image, but when her grandmother discovers her secret collection of portraits, it triggers a chain of events that enables Zailey to view everything in a new way.
23) I am enough
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Shares a story of loving who you are, respecting others and being kind to one another.
24) Friends forever
Author
Series
Friends (Hale) volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
280 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Shannon is in eighth grade, and life is more complicated than ever. Everything keeps changing, her classmates are starting to date each other (but nobody wants to date her!), and no matter how hard she tries, Shannon can never seem to just be happy. As she works through her insecurities and undiagnosed depression, she worries about disappointing all the people who care about her. Is something wrong with her? Can she be the person everyone expects...
25) The curvy tree
Author
Series
Land of stories (Picture books) volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
[32] pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A friendless girl who is teased for being different runs away from her village in tears and finds herself having a conversation with a very unusual tree, who tells a story of how his differences not only saved his life, they helped him see that he is not so very different after all.
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Aven Green volume 3
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
110 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Aven Green is despondent when she does not master the piano in one day, but with new inspiration from guitarist Mr. Tom, who is armless like her, along with a special gift from her great-grandma, Aven learns she does not need to be perfect to perform.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Bob Comet is a retired librarian, isolated but not lonely, living out his quiet days in a mint-colored house in Oregon, surrounded by his books and small comforts. One morning, out on his daily walk, he performs an act of kindness that brings him into contact with a nearby senior center, where he soon begins volunteering. Here, as a community of peers and friends gathers around Bob, and following a happenstance brush with a painful complication from...
30) I'm a unicorn
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"See?" cries the calf. "Uni means one, and corn means horn!" Even their baby picture proves it: they were born with one horn! But as the eager little calf continues their research, a budding identity crisis arises when they realize they don't quite check all the boxes-should a certain lack of moonlight sparkle or silky mane or rainbow poop decide the issue. Perhaps some unexpected encouragement from a pack of "real" unicorns might be just the assurance...
31) Fish had a wish
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fish wishes to be all sorts of animals because each one is special, then realizes there is something good about being a fish, too.
32) Three sisters
Author
Series
Blackberry Island novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Buying one of the famed Three Sisters Queen Anne houses on Blackberry Island, Dr. Andi Gordon, deciding that both her life and home are in need of some major renovations, forms an unbreakable bond with her neighbors--two very different women who are dealing with their own struggles.
33) Kick push
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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!"--
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
655 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The newest heartwarming novel from the New York Times bestselling author tells the story of two friends who make a promise to face their deepest hopes and greatest fears by agreeing to stop waiting to lose weight and start living now. Marley, Georgia, and Emerson met at fat camp as teens, and they never would have survived it without each other. They bonded against the disapproval of their family and friends by loving each other for who they were...
36) Big
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Praised for acting like a big girl when she is small, as a young girl grows, "big" becomes a word of criticism, until the girl realizes that she is fine just the way she is.
37) Wonder
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
[English/French/Spanish version]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the New York best seller, 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.
38) Four friends
Author
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr comes the story of four friends determined to find their stride. Ultimately, they'll discover what it means to be a wife, mother, lover, friend...and most important: your true self. Gerri can't decide what's more devastating: learning her rock-solid marriage has big cracks, or the anger she feels as she tries to repair them. Always the anchor for friends and her three angst-ridden teenagers, it's...
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A Native American girl's feelings are hurt when schoolmates make fun of the children who live at the lake, but then her grampa tells her a Seneca folktale that reminds her how much she appreciates her home and her place in the world.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Thelma the pony wants to be a unicorn--but when her wish comes true she discovers that there is a downside to fame, and realizes that she was happier at home with her friend.
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