Ortego, Alicia
Summary: Kindness is something anyone can learn: Give to others and ask nothing in return. Helping others is simply the best thing to do. When you are kind, kindness comes back to you.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Alicia Ortego] 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ORTAlber, Diane
Summary: The world could use a little more empathy and this little SPOT is showing how easy it is to see things from another person's perspective and show kindness!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Diane Albert Art LLC 2021
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Summary: The bestselling author of unselfie explains why the old markers of accomplishment (grades, test scores) are no longer reliable predictors of success in the 21st century - and offers 7 teachable traits that will safeguard our kids for the future. Michele Borba has been a teacher, educational consultant, and parent for 40 years - and she's never been more worried than she is about this current...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2021
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Summary: Rhyming text illustrates that in a world where we share more similarities than differences, the power of empathy and kindness is universal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2024
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Summary: In the US, political developments in the 21st century have shown that deep racial divides remain. The persistence of inequality indicates the stubborn resilience of the institutions that maintain white supremacy. Givens calls for 'radical empathy' : moving beyond an understanding of others' lives and pain to understand the origins of our biases, including internalized oppression. She offers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Policy Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 GIVDaniels, Ezra Claytan
Summary: "Why do some of us feel more empathy for neglected dogs than black victims of police brutality? How can someone claim to cherish the sanctity of life while excusing child deaths at border detention centers as collateral damage? Are You at Risk for Empathy Myopia considers the idea that we subconsciously force our experiences into moral narratives to satisfy an evolutionary desire for order. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Independent/Ezra Claytan Daniels] 2019
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DANNorthrup, Christiane
Summary: "Highly sensitive people--or empaths--see life through the eyes of compassion and caring. They were born that way. As a result, they carry a tremendous amount of inner light. But they're also the favored prey of "vampires" who feed off empaths' energy and disrupt their lives on every level--physical, emotional, and financial. In Dodging Energy Vampires, Christiane Northrup, M.D., draws on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House 2018
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Summary: Learning to Be Kind and Understand Differences is a practical guide that aims to teach kids with AD/HD how to better get along with their peers, understand what they are feeling, and learn to recognize and talk about the feelings of other people. Includes interactive activities, a "Message to Readers," and "Resources for Parents, Teachers, and Counselors."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magination Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.8 GLAMiller, Verity
Summary: "There are billions of people in this world, and while we're all human beings, most of us are pretty different from each other! Sometimes it can be hard to understand why other people feel the way they do and why they look at situations in a different way. Empathy is understanding and sharing how other people feel, even when they're different from you. In this guide, readers will find more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 152.4 MILEyre, Linda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.7 EYRGeorge, Liz.
Summary: The ability to really understandand care aboutthe feelings of another is a difficult attribute to develop. Thats where Empathy: I Know How You Feel! can help. Chock full of familiar situations and helpful hints, this book gives readers the tools they need to develop this important character strength.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imorint of Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 152 GEOKrznaric, Roman
Summary: "This book is a call to save ourselves and our planet by targeting the root of our inaction: extreme short-sightedness. It outlines six practical ways we can retrain our brains to save our future and create a "time rebellion"-shifting our allegiance from our generation only to all humanity, present and future."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2020
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Summary: What happens when one child chooses kindness to start the day? It starts a chain reaction! Watch kindness (empathy) ripple through the community... Spreading happiness like sunshine, connecting diverse groups like a footbridge, and lifting hope like a kite string. How can you lift others with kindness?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cardinal Rule Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SCHWaal, F. B. M. de (Frans B. M.)
Summary: Primatologist Frans de Waal examines how empathy comes naturally to a great variety of animals, including humans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2009
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Summary: "Feeling and showing empathy is an important part of SEL (social-emotional learning) education. Students will learn to take a step back and reflect on how they're are feeling. Engaging inquiry-based sidebars encourage students to think, create, guess, and ask questions around the content. Includes table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, and sidebars"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Emo Intel RoseWaal, F. B. M. de (Frans B. M.)
Summary: From an internationally renowned authority on primatology and psychology comes a fascinating investigation of empathy in both humans and animals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.41 WAABorba, Michele
Summary: "Bestselling author Michele Borba offers a 9-step program to help parents cultivate empathy in children, from birth to young adulthood--and explains why developing a healthy sense of empathy is a key predictor of which kids will thrive and succeed in thefuture. In our hyper-connected, social-media-saturated society, many of us (especially young people) are so obsessed with snapping "selfies"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 BORGinott, Haim G.
Summary: Offers advice to a current generation of parents on how to develop empathetic yet disciplined child rearing skills that place an emphasis on good communication and avoid negative reinforcements.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2003
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Summary: When Felix wakes up one morning, he finds an invisible bucket floating overhead. A rotten morning threatens his mood--and his bucket--drop by drop. Can Felix discover how to refill his bucket before it's completely empty?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallup Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RATRekdal, Paisley
Summary: "A timely, nuanced work that dissects the thorny debate around cultural appropriation and the literary imagination. How do we properly define cultural appropriation, and is it always wrong? If we can write in the voice of another, should we? And if so, what questions do we need to consider first? In Appropriate, creative writing professor Paisley Rekdal addresses a young writer to delineate how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 REKRicard, Matthieu
Summary: "The author of the international bestseller Happiness makes a passionate case for altruism--and why we need it now more than ever,"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 RICPatnaik, Dev
Contents: Introduction -- The map is not the territory -- The way things used to be -- The power of affinity -- Walking in someone else's shoes -- Empathy that lasts -- Open all the windows -- Reframe how you see the world -- We are them and they are us -- The golden rule -- The hidden payoff.
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Publisher / Publication Date: FT Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.8 PATPorges, Marisa
Summary: ""A powerful book about how we can raise girls to become bold, ambitious women." --Adam Grant A former White House strategist and fighter jet pilot now at the helm of one of the premier schools for girls in the country illuminates the ways parents and educators can support audacity and ambition in girls everywhere What do girls really need to succeed? As a student at the all-girls Baldwin...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.23 PORCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.2308 PORSzalavitz, Maia.
Summary: In a book on empathy, a renowned psychiatrist explores the trait's startling importance in human evolution and its significance for children and for society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2010