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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
“Comes up bright and new every time I read it . . . it will continue to charm and delight for a very long time yet.” —Phillip Pullman, New York Times bestselling author of His Dark Materials
With almost 5 million copies sold in the 60 years since it was published, generations of readers have journeyed with Milo to the Lands Beyond in this beloved classic.
Enriched by Jules Feiffer’s splendid illustrations, the wit,...
With almost 5 million copies sold in the 60 years since it was published, generations of readers have journeyed with Milo to the Lands Beyond in this beloved classic.
Enriched by Jules Feiffer’s splendid illustrations, the wit,...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"My interest in this book is with the problem of boredom, in particular how we are conditioned to both recognize and respond to it. Ultimately, I am interested in what is the optimal way to engage with this unpleasant and ubiquitous mood state. In spite of pedagogical "innovations," boredom is particularly acute in schools. Students overwhelmingly report being bored in school, especially in the higher grades (National Survey, 2019). Given the extent...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Explains the connection between boredom and original thinking, exploring how we can harness boredom's hidden benefits to become our most productive and creative selves without totally abandoning our gadgets in the process. Grounding the book in the neuroscience and cognitive psychology of 'mind wandering' - what our brains do when we're doing nothing at all - Manoush includes practical steps you can take to ease the nonstop busyness and enhance your...
9) Ray
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Ray has spent his whole life as a light bulb in a lonely closet. But he's about to go on a big adventure!"--
10) I'm bored
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
When a bored girl meets a potato who finds children tedious, she tries to prove him wrong by demonstrating all of the things they can do, from turning cartwheels to using their imaginations.
11) Such a good boy
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Buzz is a very good boy, who lives in a fancy house, eats well, and has equally well-behaved (boring) friends--but sometimes he would really like to break free, run fast, dig holes, and play with the other dogs.
12) Monkey Walk
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"At the zoo with her family, a girl mopes around until she is asked to help rescue the zoo's penguins from boredom"--
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Expanding the world of his classic-in-the-making debut novel Early Work, Andrew Martin's Cool for America is a hilarious collection of overlapping stories that explores the dark zone between artistic ambition and its achievement."--Publisher's description.
15) The Odyssey
Author
Publisher
Zando
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Ingrid works on a gargantuan cruise ship where she spends her days reorganizing the gift shop shelves and waiting for long-term guests to drop dead in the aisles. On her days off, she disembarks from the ship, wasting the hours aimlessly following tourists around, drinking the local alcohol, and buying clothes she never intends to wear. It's not a bad life. At least it distracts her from thinking about the other life--the other person--she left behind...
Author
Series
Doodle Cat volume 3
Publisher
Scribble
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Doodle Cat is bored, until he finds something to capture his imagination.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Most days Caveboy has lots of fun things to do, like taking care of his pet rock and playing baseball. But today, he is bored. Mama is hunting, Papa is repainting their cave, and his friend Mags is busy. He could play with Sister, but sisters smell like burps! Will Caveboy ever find someone to play with?"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Editorial Juventud
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
Sara and her friend Blue set out in a boat to find the land where no one is ever bored. A storm breaks their craft in two and Sara ends up inside a whale's belly! Blue comes up with an ingenious way to save them and get them to their destination.
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