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"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...
2) Wonder
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Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his clasassmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
4) I am enough
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Shares a story of loving who you are, respecting others and being kind to one another.
7) ¿Miedo yo?
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©2010
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108 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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¿Miedo yo? ¿A quién o a qué? Con frecuencia ocultamos nuestras emociones, porque tenemos miedo de que descubran cuan vulnerables somos, por lo que aprendemos a ponernos muchos disfraces para que no nos descubran. Tenemos miedo: *A los cambios. *A carecer de algo *A envejecer *A enfermarnos. *A no tener dinero, etc. etc. Hay que aprender a detectar nuestros miedos para superarlos, y este libro te va a proporcionar algunas técnicas para que las...
8) Fairest
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Ella enchanted volume 3
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Once upon a time, there was a girl who wanted to be pretty . . .
Aza's singing is the fairest in all the land, and the most unusual. She can "throw" her voice so it seems to come from anywhere. But singing is only one of the two qualities prized in the Kingdom of Ayortha. Aza doesn't possess the other: beauty. Not even close. She's hidden in the shadows in her parents' inn, but when she becomes lady-in-waiting to the new queen, she has to
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[2022]
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xxiii, 197 pages ; 24 cm
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"From the time we're born, a litany of do's and don'ts are placed on us by our families, our communities, and society. We're required to fit into boxes based on our race, gender, sexuality, and other parts of our identities, being told by others how we should behave, who we should date, or what we should be interested in. For so many of us, those boxes begin to feel like shackles when we realize they don't fit our unique shape, yet we keep trying...
10) Dear Girl
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Encourages readers to accept and love themselves as they are and advises them to be confident, curious, adaptable, and willing to speak up.
12) Flat cat
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2023.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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Flat Cat likes being flat--roaming anywhere and happy to be unseen--until one day when he becomes fluffy, he learns to enjoy the attention it brings, and grows to love being seen.
13) Leila in saffron
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[2019]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Shy and unsure of herself, Leila discovers all the things that make her special with the loving help of her Naani.
14) Lucy Ladybug
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[2016]
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36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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As spotless Lucy Ladybug flies through the seasons, she acquires some spots, only to find her new spots are different from the other ladybugs.
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2012
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310 p. ; 21 cm.
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Stuck in a dead-end relationship, this fearless narrator leaves her metaphorical baggage behind and finds a comfort zone in the air, “feeling safest with one plane ticket in her hand and another in her underwear drawer.” She flies around the world, finding reasons to love life in dozens of far-flung places from Alaska to Bhutan. Along the way she weathers unplanned losses of altitude, air pressure, and landing gear. With the help of a squad of...
17) Rock what ya got
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2018.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 19 cm
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An artist, displeased with her drawing, tries to make it better but the figure, Viva, comes to life and proclaims that she is happy just as she is.--
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2024
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284 pages ; 21 cm
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Un libro que te enseña a cómo seguir luchando por lo que quieres a pesar del dolor que hoy sientes. Cuando Luz María Doria empezó a experimentar el dolor en su vida, entendió que tenía la responsabilidad de ponerse en los zapatos de todas esas personas que se levantan cada mañana con una pesada carga sobre sus hombros y con ella siguen hacia adelante: "Le quiero hablar a tu corazón de toda esa carga que le pesa y lo está...
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[2022]
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xii, 209 pages ; 21 cm
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"Si anhelas liberarte de la abrumadora y agotadora prisión de complacer a la gente, Cuando hacer felices a los demás te hace sentir miserable es el libro para ti. La autora de best sellers y una persona en el proceso de recuperación de complacer a la gente, Karen Ehman, ofrece historias y herramientas útiles para ayudarte a dejar el juego de la complacencia y reclamar tu paz y propósito para siempre"--provided by publisher.
"If you long...
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[2023]
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x, 303 pages ; 22 cm
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"An exciting, genre-redefining narrative mix of memoir, inspiration, and specific exercises and prompts, with timely messages about social and racial justice and how the world needs to move beyond body positivity to something even more exciting and revolutionary-body liberation"--
When King first joined a gym, she fell into the all-too-common cycle of "not enough-ness": no matter what she achieves, there was always something she felt she needed to...
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