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Start the conversation in your choice of over 70 world languages and dialects through courses crafted using conversational methodology. Every self-paced language course introduces the learner to cultural insights and grammatical nuances specific to their language of choice, delivered through native speaker dialogue, and created with each individual learner in mind.
Author
Publisher
Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
From a leading child psychologist comes this groundbreaking new understanding of children's behavior, offering insight and strategies to support both parents and children. Over her decades as a clinical psychologist, Dr. Mona Delahooke has routinely counseled distraught parents who struggle to manage their children's challenging, sometimes oppositional behaviors. These families are understandably focused on correcting or improving a child's lack of...
Author
Publisher
New Growth Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Children and teens face a tremendous amount of pressure from their peers and culture to find their identity in their activities, feelings, or performance. This modern way of looking at identity can be challenging to navigate for parents who grew up with a traditional view of identity rooted in predetermined roles. What if they could help their children and teenagers find their identity in something that never went away and never changed based on their...
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Nine celebrated children's picture book illustrators, including Rebecca Bender, Wallace Edwards, and Suzanne Del Rizzo, unite to illustrate an empowering text that celebrates, in a series of questions, the ways young children can show kindness. All royalties will be donated to the World Kindness Movement."--
Author
Publisher
The Collective Book Studio
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When a child is struggling with a behavior challenge or wants to learn a new skill, a contract can be a surprisingly effective solution that leads to more peaceful family dynamics. To help families create contracts as a collaborative process, Let's Make a Contract offers an innovative combination of how-to text for parents and illustrated stories for children. For parents, Let's Make a Contract describes a straightforward, four-step solution called...
7) First times
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A picture book that celebrates the important adventures children experience as they grow."--
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Thought-provoking stanzas encourage readers of all ages to consider they ways in which they live in connection to the world around them and encourages them to think deeply about their behaviors. Rooted in Indigenous teachings, the message delivered by the authors is universal, be a good ancestor to the world around you."--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From excited to scared from worried to confident-emotions can shift in a moment! Acclaimed picture book creator Mike Wohnoutka's simple words and tender illustrations demonstrate the highs and lows of a single day at school and open the door for readers to talk about their own contradictory, unpredictable ever-present emotions."--Front cover jacket.
12) I am helpful
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces helpfulness to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Obelisco, SL
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Enseñar a los niños a gestionar sus pensamientos y palabras sin interrumpir. ¡Lucas siempre interrumpe! Todos sus pensamientos son muy importantes para él, y cuando tiene algo que decir, sus palabras rugen y gruñen en su estómago, se menan y bailan en su lengua y luego empujan sus dientes, justo antes de entrar en ERUPCIÓN (o interrumpir). ¡Su boca es un volcán! Pero cuando otros comienzan a interrumpir a Lucas, él aprende cómo esperar...
14) I kill giants
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Barbara pushes away most of the people at school to focus on killing evil monsters in her imagination, hoping to one day save her cancer-stricken mother from death.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Charlie Bucket desperately wants to eat more than cabbage soup every day. But even more than that, he longs to see Wonka's enormous chocolate factory! Now Mr. Willy Wonka, the most wondrous inventor in the world, has hidden golden tickets inside his delicious creamy chocolate bars. Only five winners can go through those great iron gates; will one of them be Charlie?"--Yoto website.
Series
Publisher
Big Idea Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
When Larry's new Space Squadron game finally arrives, he's so anxious to play that he forgets to read the directions. When his friends do their best to tell him, Larry refuses to listen! What happens? His game goes 'Kerpow!' That's when Larry learns a valuable lesson (through song!) in listening as his friends come to the rescue. Kids will discover, right along with Larry, that God gave friends and family to help them through each day.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Carly is sure she can make the best sock puppet in the class, but it turns out to be trickier than she imagines. After losing her temper, a classmate helps her to keep calm and turn a disaster into a success." -- Back cover.
"Introduces the reader on how to stay calm in certain situations"--
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