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We live in a culture of casual certitude. This has always been the case, no matter how often that certainty has failed. Though no generation believes there's nothing left to learn, every generation unconsciously assumes that what has already been defined and accepted is (probably) pretty close to how reality will be viewed in perpetuity. And then, of course, time passes. Ideas shift. Opinions invert. What once seemed reasonable eventually becomes...
2) Whereabouts
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"A marvelous new novel from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Lowland and Interpreter of Maladies--her first in nearly a decade. Exuberance and dread, attachment and estrangement: in this novel, Jhumpa Lahiri stretches her themes to the limit. The woman at the center wavers between stasis and movement, between the need to belong and the refusal to form lasting ties. The city she calls home, an engaging backdrop to her days, acts as a confidant:...
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Orange Beach, Alabama, is a simple town filled with simple people. But like all humans on the planet, the good folks of Orange Beach have their share of problems - marriages teetering on the brink of divorce, young adults giving up on life, business people on the verge of bankruptcy, as well as the many other obstacles that life seems to dish out to the masses. Fortunately, when things look darkest, a mysterious man named Jones has a miraculous way...
4) Inside Cat
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2021.
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Told in rhyming text, Inside Cat views the world through many windows, watching the birds, squirrels, and people go by--but when the door opens it discovers a whole new view.
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[2017]
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"Have you ever wondered why we spend so much time and energy thinking about the big challenges in our lives when all the evidence proves itâs actually the little things that change everything? Thatâs right⦠Absolutely everything. New York Times bestselling author Andy Andrews is known for his strong storytelling and unequaled perspective on principles that empower the human mind and spirit. The Little Things embodies his own approach...
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[2013]
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In the quiet coastal town of Fairhope, Alabama, a mysterious old man named Jones has set up shop to do the one thing he knows best: "noticing" the little things that make a big difference in people's lives. This time, however, he's doing it in front of an audience--a parenting class.
9) Look up!
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2016
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When a girl in a wheelchair calls to people far below to look up and see her, one finds a way to brighten her day
10) Blue & Bertie
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2016.
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Bertie the giraffe oversleeps and becomes separated from his herd, but a new friend helps him get home and gives him a new perspective in the process.
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[2020]
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April is looking for an escape from the sixth-grade lunch hour, which has become a social-scene nightmare, so she signs up to be a "buddy bench monitor" for the fourth graders' recess. Joey Byrd is a boy on the fringes, who wanders the playground alone, dragging his foot through the dirt. But over time, April realizes that Joey isn't just making random circles. When you look at his designs from above, a story emerges... Joey's "bird's eye" drawings...
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[2015]
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Relates how one boy--who had friends, enjoyed reading, playing saxophone in the band, and had never been in trouble before--became a monster capable of entering his high school with a loaded gun and firing on his classmates, as told from the viewpoints of several victims. Each perspective is written by a different writer of young adult fiction.
13) In the dark
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[2023]
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A young girl steps into the woods and brings two communities separated by misunderstanding together.
14) A weed is a seed
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[1996]
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Pairs of rhyming verses show that such things in the natural world as weeds, a breeze, sand, and ice can be seen both positively and negatively.
17) Love by Sophia
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[2020]
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Encouraged by her teacher to approach her art assignment from new points of view, Sophia produces a piece she is proud of, but can she persuade her hard-to-impress family to take a chance on a different perspective?
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[2023]
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"How can I help my child think more positively, even when facing a problem? My child sometimes makes their own situation worse; how can I help them be more resilient? How can I help my child recognize problematic thinking before it takes over their emotions? Christina Furnival, a licensed mental health therapist and mom, answers these questions in this empowering and uplifting rhyming story about twins who work through challenges by learning how to...
19) Inside outside
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2019, c2017.
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Safe inside its shell, a baby bird prepares to brave the world. A spelunker descends into a wide and glittering cavern while fellow explorers cluster around a crack in the earth. Fire-red ants march busily around their anthill, oblivious of a hungry anteater waiting above. Smart and stylish, this oversize art book takes a unique approach to the concept of inside and outside, offering clever and unexpected examples that will delight readers and spark...