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Instant help book for teensReidy, Jean
Summary: This book asks readers to think about the endless possibilities their futures may hold, encouraging the youngest child to dream big.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REIFranklin, Ashley
Summary: Tameika is excited to audition for the school's Snow White musical, but when she overhears her classmates say she is too tall, chubby, and brown to play Snow White, she questions whether she is right for the part.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG FRACohen, Jennifer
Summary: "I know what it takes to get what you want in life. It's a habit anyone can learn, a skill you can develop, a gift you don't need to be born with. The more experience you get, the more confident you'll be. Even when you fail, you'll feel stronger with each try you make. At work, at home, wherever your life unfolds-be bold. Take action. Ask for the right things. Chase what you want instead of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Go 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 COHSokol, Leslie
Summary: Self-confidence shapes the way you see the world. When you have healthy self-esteem, it helps you move through life and boosts your resilience against stress. On the other hand, negative thinking has negative consequences: low self-esteem and self-doubt can hold you and back and lead to self-sabotage, along with an increased risk of anxiety, depression, and self-destructive behaviors. With The...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.West, Nina
Summary: In this heartfelt and joyous story, little Nina embarks on a boisterous day of exploration, a colorful day where she sets out to find, well, Kind. With a backpack full of her favorite things, Nina guides readers through the neighborhood to identify kindness in the wild. Along the way she shines a light on the importance of loving yourself as well as others, revealing that sharing your unique...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WESBridges, Ruby
Summary: Ruby Bridges was the first Black child to attend an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. She established the Ruby Bridges Foundation to promote tolerance and to create change through education. She traveled across the US, listening to the inspiring voices of young children.Dear Ruby: Hear Our Hearts is a compilation of letters from concerned young students about today's issues, including...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books. an Imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2024
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE BRICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BRIChamorro-Premuzic, Tomas.
Summary: "World-renowned personality expert reveals the truth about something we all want more of-confidence Millions of people are plagued by low self-confidence. But in Confidence, personality expert Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic shows us that high confidence makes us less likeable, less employable, and less successful in the long run. He reveals the benefits of low confidence (including being more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 CHABREHM, RICHARD.
Summary: "You Be You tells the story of a young girl on a journey of self-discovery to paint the great canvas of her life. The blank canvas towers over the girl, so big, imposing, and impossibly white; surely, it is the most unnerving place to start! Along her journey, she is challenged by her mentor, Old Master Paint, a sorcerer in a cloak of swirling colors and by her own demons. It's a lyrical,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: SMALL PR UNITED 2020
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Brehm 2020Barnes, Derrick
Summary: "Let's hear it for everything that makes you the amazing, awesome, inspiring kid that you are... Your curiosity and creativity. Your bravery and kindness. Your sense of humor and fun. Your ability to get up again when you get knocked down. Your way of helping others. Yeah--you are all that and more! You are every good thing that makes the world go round. So go ahead and show us your...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BARToalson, R. L. (Rachel L.)
Summary: Twelve-year-old budding writer, Victoria spends a summer with her estranged father and his new family which does not turn out the way she imagined.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TOAWoodgate, Harry
Summary: Bashful Timmy lives in the shadow of their inner cowardly lion who loves to come out and roar all their confidence away, but together with their new friend Nia, they work to overcome their shyness and tame the cowering lion.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WOOCrabbe, Megan Jayne
Summary: For generations, women have been convinced that true happiness only comes when we hit that goal weight, shrink ourselves down, and change ourselves to fit a rigid and unrealistic beauty ideal. We've been taught to see our bodies as collections of problems that need to be fixed. Instagram star Megan Jayne Crabbe is determined to spread the word that loving the body you have is the real path to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Cuddy, Amy Joy Casselberry
Summary: Shares strategic advice on how to live in accordance with one's inner resources to overcome social fears and self-doubt while increasing confidence, productivity, and influence.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 158 CUDRogers, Kheris
Summary: "When her confidence is shaken by peers who say they are scared of her because she's "too dark," Imani turns to her sister for a loving reminder that she's smart, hope, brave, beautiful, strong, and just enough. After embracing what makes her truly special, Imani learns to be fearless! Bursting with inspiration and affirmation, Kheris Rogers' debut picture book encourages children everywhere to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROGAcuff, Jonathan M.
Summary: Over the last 100 years, the road to success for most everyone has been divided into five predictable stages: Learning, Editing, Mastering, Harvesting, and Guiding. While none of the stages can be skipped, they can be shortened and accelerated. There are only two paths in life: average and awesome. The average path is easy because all you have to do is nothing. The awesome path is more...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lampo Press 2013
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 650.1 ACUKay, Katty
Summary: "Working women today are better educated and more well qualified than ever before. Yet men still predominate in the corporate world. In The Confidence Code, Claire Shipman and Katty Kay argue that the key reason is confidence. Combining cutting-edge research in genetics, gender, behavior, and cognition--with examples from their own lives and those of other successful women in politics, media,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Cuddy, Amy Joy Casselberry
Summary: "A Harvard psychologist and TED star shares strategic advice on how to live in accordance with one's inner resources to overcome social fears and self-doubt while heightening confidence, productivity and influence,"--NoveList.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 158.1 CUDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self-help CuddyKay, Katty
Summary: "Girls can rule the world-- all they need is confidence. This empowering, entertaining guide from the bestselling authors of The Confidence Code gives girls the essential yet elusive code to becoming bold, brave, and fearless. It's a paradox familiar to parents everywhere: girls are achieving like never before, yet they're consumed with doubt on the inside. Girls worry constantly about how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.2 KAYWelfrod, Mary
Summary: Many of us have a tendency to measure our self-worth by comparing ourselves to others. But when we fail to reach our own, families, communities or societies 'ideals' this often results in feelings of inadequacy, anxiety and low mood. We may become self-critical, experience shame and a sense of being different from others. Although an improvement in 'self-esteem' is what we may feel we want...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Robinson 2012