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Argues that focused persistence is more important than talent in enabling high achievement, drawing on the author's pioneering research and experience to counsel caregivers, educators, athletes, students, and businesspeople on how to promote optimal performance through perseverance.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A little girl and her canine assistant set out to make the most magnificent thing, but despite their hard work, the end result is not what the girl had envisioned and she must develop a new strategy for success.
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
For anyone going through a difficult passage, this uplifting, beautifully illustrated picture book is about finding optimism in the darkest of places.
Rain before rainbows, clouds before sun,
night before daybreak—a new day's begun.
In this heartfelt story about courage, change, and moving on, a girl and her companion fox travel together away from a sorrowful past, through challenging and stormy times, toward
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 2
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young aspiring engineer must first conquer her fear of failure.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Poppy is a little pig that dreams of being a star, and even though her first attempts all fail, the support and love of her family and friends encourage her to keep trying and working hard to find something that she loves doing, and is good at.
7) Plunked
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
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.
Author
Series
Clorinda the cow books volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Using determination and vision, Clorinda the cow and her friend Hop the pig build a variety of flying machines, hoping to fulfill her desire to take flight.
12) The red hat
Author
Publisher
Disney * Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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.
13) Izzy Gizmo
Author
Series
Izzy Gizmo volume 1
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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
Gym shorts volume 3
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rita tries to improve her times and flip turns as she struggles to decide whether to remain the best swimmer on the Dolphins team or the worst on the Sharks team, where she could be with her friends.
15) Run for it
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Theo, overweight and out of shape, finds that with his friend's support he just might be able to run in the race to raise money to help cancer patients like his aunt.
16) I am darn tough
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
A story to show how to keep going even when something is difficult. Children can become stronger and more resilient simply by realizing how strong and resilient they already are, and running provides a pathway to that realization.
18) Jabari tries
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Making a flying machine can be frustrating, but a partner and a little patience help Jabari's invention soar.
19) Big Choo
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When he is assigned Teddy Roosevelt as his biography project in school, fourth-grader Riley finds himself inspired by Roosevelt's tenacity and perseverance and resolves to find a way to get what he most wants--a saxophone and music lessons.
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