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"Are you afraid of your dreams? Do you want to stop procrastinating? Would you love to be more creative? Is there an idea you need to realize? If so, then Let Me Out is for you. Whether it's learning ragtime piano, losing 30 pounds, or starting an organic jellybean company, award-winning musician turned communications expert Peter Himmelman's unique techniques to harness fear and take the steps to make goals a reality will give you the tools and confidence...
3) Going places
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Rafael has looked forward to the Going Places contest and builds his go-cart from a kit in record time, but his neighbor, Maya, has a much more interesting and creative idea for her entry and Rafael decides to help.
4) The artist
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"A brave little artist goes on an epic adventure to share her creativity with the world, adding color and life to a drab, gray city"--
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"In this profound and lyrical book, one of our most celebrated biologists offers a sweeping examination of the relationship between the humanities and the sciences: what they offer to each other, how they can be united, and where they still fall short. Both endeavors, Edward O. Wilson reveals, have their roots in human creativity--the defining trait of our species. Reflecting on the deepest origins of language, storytelling, and art, Wilson demonstrates...
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Diverse Books - African/Black Experience in the World
Diverse Books - Celebrating Diversity
Picture Books for Black Lives
Diverse Books - Celebrating Diversity
Picture Books for Black Lives
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"When you live at the edge of the no-go desert, you need to make your own fun. That's when you and your brothers get inventive and build a bike from scratch, using everyday items like an old milk pot (maybe Mum is using it, maybe not), a bent bucket seat, and bashed tin-can handles. The end result is a spectacular bike, perfect for going bumpetty bump over the sand hills, past your fed-up mum, and right through your mud-for-walls home."--Back cover....
15) Be a maker
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Illustrations and simple, rhyming text invite the reader to make everything from a tower to a charitable donation, alone or with neighbors.
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"Life is boring: filled with meetings and traffic, errands and emails. Nothing we'd ever call fun. But what if we've gotten fun wrong? In Play Anything, visionary game designer and philosopher Ian Bogost shows how we can overcome our daily anxiety; transforming the boring, ordinary world around us into one of endless, playful possibilities. The key to this playful mindset lies in discovering the secret truth of fun and games. Play Anything, reveals...
20) Izzy does it
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"When Izzy decides to make a birthday present for Sunny, her cutie mark helps her create something that's one of a kind! But when every pony wants one, Izzy has a tough time re-creating her creative magic"--
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