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Author
Series
Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Rosie Revere is no stranger to flops and fails, kerfuffles and catastrophes. After all, engineering is all about perseverance! But this time, Rosie has a really important project to tackle-one that feels much bigger than herself. Rosie's beloved Aunt Rose and her friends, the Raucous Riveters-a group of fun-loving gals who built airplanes during World War II-need help inventing something new. And Rosie is just the engineer for the job! After one...
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world.
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 2
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young aspiring engineer comes to realize that failure is necessary for success.
Author
Series
Betty Bunny books volume 4
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When a young rabbit quits soccer after a disappointing first game, her family encourages her to keep trying.
Author
Publisher
Clavis Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Benji loves to fly kites--big kites, small kites, even box-shaped kites. One day he sees a giant orange kite in the toy shop near the beach. Benji wants to buy the kite, but he has already spent all of his allowance, so he earns money helping his mom in her garden. Finally, he has enough to buy the big, beautiful, orange kite. Benji takes it to the beach and lets the string out. The kite reaches for the sky--higher and higher and higher ..."--Jacket....
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When she is chosen to compete in the local spelling bee, Stacey learns that, win or lose, her words are powerful, and sometimes perseverance is the most important word of all, in this debut picture book from the iconic voting rights advocate.
7) The red hat
Author
Publisher
Disney * Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a time, high atop the world, there lived a boy named Billy Hightower and the wind. When a new neighbor appears--a girl in a red hat--Billy Hightower can hardly wait to meet her and introduce himself. But the wind has other ideas"--
8) Why not you?
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Rhyming text shows the importance of believing in oneself and perseverence to achieve any goals.
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"I had followed PJ Fleck's coaching career for years since he built the Western Michigan University (WMU) football team into a national powerhouse. I always admired his positive energy and passion and could tell he was a great culture builder and leader. I also had heard stories about him from Brad Black whose company HumanEx performed the talent search and evaluation of head coaching candidates for WMU. Brad recommended to the leaders of WMU that...
11) A tuba Christmas
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When Ava decides to learn to play the tuba, it isn't as easy as she thought it would be. But with the encouragement of her music teacher, Ava finds a place for her and her tuba in a special holiday celebration"--
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Claire can't wait to get out on the ice and skate, skate, skate! She's going to jump, leap, and twirl! Just you wait--pretty soon she'll be on TV and dazzling audiences everywhere. But when Claire and her mom arrive at the Ice Center for Claire's very first skating lesson, it's not everything Claire was dreaming it would be...In this humorous tale of expectation meets reality, Claire discovers beautiful performances require lots of skill, and it's...
13) Izzy Gizmo
Author
Series
Izzy Gizmo volume 1
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Izzy Gizmo loves to invent but gets frustrated when her inventions fail to work properly, so when she finds a crow with a broken wing her grandfather urges her to persist until she finds a way to help.
14) Clorinda
Author
Series
Clorinda the cow books volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Defying the odds, Clorinda the cow follows her dream of becoming a ballet dancer.
Author
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A little owl is scared of flying, because every time he opens his wings, he tumbles to the ground. Mommy explains to him that it will take a few failures before he succeeds, and soon, the little owl feels brave enough to keep trying. An uplifting celebration of courage and learning how to handle life's challenges"--
16) Argyle Fox
Author
Publisher
Tanglewood
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When the wind interferes with everything while grumpy Argyle Fox tries to play outside, his mother quietly suggests he think of something made for a windy day.
17) Big Choo
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Little Choo wants to be just like his father Papa Pufferbelly, but pulling a line of freight cars up a steep mountain might be a little too much for the small engine.
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In this illustrated choose-your-own-ending picture book, Dahabo must decide whether to keep working on her science fair project or quit. Readers make choices for Dahabo and read what happens next, with each story path leading to different consequences. Includes four different endings and discussion questions"--
Author
Publisher
Clavis Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"James struggles with reading and misses recess to practice. To cheer himself up, he visits the cat rescue shelter and befriends Ghost, the cat in the box. But Ghost isn't quite ready to make friends! As his reading improves, James learns that kindness and perseverance can have unexpected rewards and that having a furry friend is the best gift of all"--Back cover.
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