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Author
Publisher
Leaping Hare Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Get into flow with the rhythm of the moon in this interactive journal, filled with creative mindful prompts to help you tap into the energy of the moon as it ebbs and flows throughout the month. Cosmic flow shows you how to live intuitively with the moon and note your thoughts and feelings as you process from setting your intentions with the new moon, to reflecting and reassessing as the full moon approaches, and then finding comfort and self-knowledge...
Author
Publisher
New Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Republic of Outsiders is about the growing number of Americans who disrupt the status quo: outsiders who seek to redefine a wide variety of fields, from film and mental health to diplomacy and music, from how we see gender to what we eat. They include professional and amateur filmmakers crowd-sourcing their work, transgender and autistic activists, and Occupy Wall Street{u2019}s "alternative bankers." These people create and package new identities...
Author
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Creativity is the source of all innovation, but how can we cultivate it? Natalie Nixon draws on her background in business and the arts to show how we can unlock our innate creativity to produce breakthrough products and services"--
Author
Series
My weirder-est school volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Principal Klutz has invited a special guest to Ella Mentry School. Her name is Miss Aker, and she's going to show A.J. and his friends how to create cool things out of materials like balloons, straws, and even Popsicle sticks! But what happens when they make a robot so smart, it plans to rule the world? Can anyone stop it?!
Author
Publisher
Joshua Odell Editions
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Here are eleven exuberant essays on the pleasures of writing from one of the most creative, imaginative, and prolific artists of the twentieth century - an author who truly enjoys his craft and tells you why and how. Bradbury shares his wisdom and enthusiasm for writing as he examines a lifetime of creating and composing scores of stories, novels, plays, poems, films, television programs, and musicals. Refreshingly direct, each essay shares a single...
91) Bear's book
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When Bear's favorite book of stories falls apart, he is determined to write one of his own. He ventures into the forest for inspiration, but writing is harder than he thinks, and he soon discovers that he needs help from his friends. See how Bear transforms their day into a wonderful adventure in this story about creativity and friendship.
Author
Series
My weirdest school volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With guidance from Miss Brown, a teacher who is an expert on creativity, the third grade class at Ella Mentry School builds a car and a bridge to compete in a Brain Games competition against Dirk School.
93) Junior maker
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Little ones will love to get in on the maker fun with this cool book that supplements and complements the subjects they learn at school, while also encouraging hands-on interactivity and play."-- provided by publisher.
94) Blackout
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A family has to be creative when the lights go out and they find that it is fun to be together.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Kluger believes there's more to mastering cooking than just following directions. Each recipe in his book includes a tip, technique or component that can have a life of its own beyond the dish. Readers will learn how to swap out sauces, repurpose ingredients, or balance flavors like the experts do. -- adapted from back cover
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Creativity is not a single gift possessed by the lucky few. It's a variety of distinct thought processes that we can all learn to use more effectively. Collapsing the layers separating the neuron from the finished symphony, Imagine reveals the deep inventiveness of the human mind, and its essential role in our increasingly complex world.
Author
Series
Max Einstein volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Taking on her biggest challenge yet--preventing climate change from destroying the earth--Max Einstein is pitted against a new evil group that would rather let the whole world crumble than allow her to save the planet.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When confronted with almost any demanding situation, the act of questioning can help guide us to smart decisions. By asking questions, we can analyze, learn, and move forward in the face of uncertainty. But "questionologist" Warren Berger says that the questions must be the right ones; the ones that cut to the heart of complexity or enable us to see an old problem in a fresh way. In The Book of Beautiful Questions, Berger shares illuminating stories...
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