Luke Reynolds
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"There is a lot of pressure in today's society for kids to succeed, but failing is a part of learning how to be a successful person. In his teaching career, Luke Reynolds saw the stress and anxiety his students suffered over grades, fitting in, and getting things right the first time. Fantastic Failures was created for these students to learn that their mistakes and failures do not define their whole lives, but help them grow into their potential....
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"There is a lot of pressure in society for kids to succeed, but failing is a part of learning how to be a successful person. In his teaching career, the author saw the stress and anxiety his students suffered, whether it was over grades, fitting in, or simply getting things right the first time. This book is the second installment in the author's personal campaign to show kids it's okay to fall down or make a mistake, just so long as you try, try...
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Middle grades and young adult authors speak candidly on the unspoken rules of adolescence in this collection of moving, inspiring, and often funny essays. This unique volume encourages readers to break with conformity and defy age-old, and typically inaccurate, orthodoxy including such conventions as Boys can't be gentle, kind, or caring; One must wear Abercrombie Fitch in order to fit in; Girls should act like girls; and One must go to college after...
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For little boys who love construction vehicles, race cars, and fire trucks, this is the perfect bedtime story to get them strapped in and ready to blast off to bedtime!
A bed. A boy. His daddy. "Bedtime?"
"Not yet!"
A jet... A pilot... His turbo-boost!
A train... A conductor... His full-steam-ahead!
Debut author Luke Reynolds captures this boy-themed bedtime adventure with perfectly simple but poignant text, while debut illustrator and animator...
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"Magazine spreads and Hollywood hits showcase stars with perfect skin, perfect faces, perfect hair, perfect lives, perfect... everything. But what if the absence of scars is really a lie? And what if, underneath all that perfection, something far more powerful and authentic is waiting to be seen, shown, and heard? In Braver Than I Thought, kids meet the true stories of remarkable people whose scars have been a part of their journey, who have helped...
11) Cover blown!
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Gumazing gum girl! volume 4
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English
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When Gabby and her family visit her uncle in Cobel, Mexico, she learns about her Aztec roots, and faces students from the wrestling school of her uncle's rival.
12) Gum luck
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Gumazing gum girl! volume 2
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English
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Gabby Gomez keeps her Gum Girl heroics secret from her parents, but there is a new villain in town and the city needs her to help.
13) Popped star
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Gumazing Gum Girl! volume 3
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English
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As Gabby Gomez is trying to tell her family she is Gum Girl, she encounters Ninja-Rina, a masked ballerina for whom no crime is "tutu" big.