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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...
2) Jabari tries
Author
Series
Language
English
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Jabari is making a flying machine all by himself, but when it doesn't work the way he imagined, he learns about perserverance and problem-solving.
Author
Series
Tallulah books (Marilyn Singer) volume 5
Publisher
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Tallulah loves the grace and elegance of ballet and can pirouette perfectly, but at dance camp struggles to learn tap.
4) Plunked
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Jack Mogens loses his nerve after getting hit by a pitch, and has to dig deep within himself to avoid giving up the sport he loves.
6) 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.
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.
9) Unflappable
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Three flightless birds creatively and persistently pursue their dream of flying until, at last, they succeed"--
12) 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"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"This comical companion to Ross Burach's "The very impatient caterpillar" pays loving homage to every child's struggle to persist through challenges while also delivering a lighthearted lesson on butterfly migration. Remember, if at first you don't succeed, fly, fly again."--Back cover.
14) Catkwondo
Author
Publisher
Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
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Description
As a new student of Taekwondo, Kitten is eager to break a board but Master Cat and her fellow students help her learn to focus, practice, and persevere.
15) Why not you?
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Rhyming text shows the importance of believing in oneself and perseverence to achieve any goals.
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....
17) 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
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.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Angelina and her cousin Henry are paired to dance together at Chipping Cheddar's Summer Festival. At first their dance is a mess, but after a lot of practice and patience, they learn to make their dance perfect (or close enough)! --
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