Fong, Pam
Summary: When a little puffin gets lost in a thick fog, he discovers the closer he moves in, the more he sees.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: "A young boy can feel small in a world made up of big, big things, but when he takes a closer look, he discovers that he is big, too"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CREWenzel, Brendan
Summary: Told in rhyming text, Inside Cat views the world through many windows, watching the birds, squirrels, and people go by--but when the door opens it discovers a whole new view.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WENKlosterman, Chuck
Summary: We live in a culture of casual certitude. This has always been the case, no matter how often that certainty has failed. Though no generation believes there's nothing left to learn, every generation unconsciously assumes that what has already been defined and accepted is (probably) pretty close to how reality will be viewed in perpetuity. And then, of course, time passes. Ideas shift. Opinions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 303 KLOWeir, Keziah
Summary: From an acclaimed senior editor at Vanity Fair comes an intoxicating debut novel about a young journalist who discovers a short story that's inexplicably about her life--leading to an entanglement with the author's widow, daughter, and former best friend. Sal Cannon's life is in shambles. Her relationship is crumbling, and her career in journalism hits a low point after its revealed that her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Encouraged by her teacher to approach her art assignment from new points of view, Sophia produces a piece she is proud of, but can she persuade her hard-to-impress family to take a chance on a different perspective?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AVEHonders, Christine
Summary: It's impossible to know exactly what other people are thinking, but if a person has perspective, it can be much easier to have an idea of those thoughts. This volume introduces students to the idea of perspective-taking, or seeing things from another person's point of view. Students will learn that perspective-taking can help them build better relationships with friends and family. They will be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 302 HONMcConaughey, Matthew
Summary: From worrying when excited to forgiving while still hurting, children experience everyday paradoxes as they embrace their full potential.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MCCCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Soc Emo McConaugheyAndrews, Andy
Summary: In this blend of fiction, allegory, and inspiration, Andrews tells the story of Jones--a mysterious man who shows up when things look the darkest for the people of Orange Beach, Alabama, and whose unique gift of noticing things that others miss helps us understand why things happen and what we can do about it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grupo Nelson 2009
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Summary: Sal Cannon's relationship is crumbling, and her career in journalism hits a low point after it's revealed that her profile of a playwright is full of inaccuracies. When she reads a short story by Martin Keller-- a much older author she met at a literary event years ago-- she discovers the story is about her and the moment they met. When Sal learns the story is excerpted from his unpublished...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marysue Rucci Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WEIHoefler, Kate
Summary: "They came in the dark, and took the narrow path that only witches used. Everyone said that's what they were . . .But what if everyone was wrong? Watch what happens when one girl steps into the woods and gets to know these newcomers. The spooky black cat? Meet Mingus! The broomsticks and cloaks? Cloth and wooden handles. And those shadows in the sky? Handmade kites, fluttering in the breeze....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOEAndrews, Andy
Summary: In this blend of fiction, allegory, and inspiration, Andrews tells the story of Jones--a mysterious man who shows up when things look the darkest for the people of Orange Beach, Alabama, and whose unique gift of noticing things that others miss helps us understand why things happen and what we can do about it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson, Inc. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170.44 ANDHelakoski, Leslie
Summary: "Helps children consider the colors of their everyday lives . . . and imagine how others around the world experience the very same things"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HELGottlieb, Daniel
Summary: "The Wisdom We're Born With explores the desire to live that we carry with us from birth. While some people may believe that it's impossible to acquire perspective like Gottlieb's without a similarly catastrophic life experience, the fact is that every infant possesses a raw need to keep on going. Gottlieb's book awakens us to the idea of our natural perspective, traces the growth and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub Co Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 GOTLitten, Kristyna
Summary: Bertie the giraffe oversleeps and becomes separated from his herd, but a new friend helps him get home and gives him a new perspective in the process.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2016
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Summary: Line goes straight on her way, while Scribble wanders and zigzags, but they are still best friends and can work together with their individual perspectives to make art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VOGSummary: Relates how one boy--who had friends, enjoyed reading, playing saxophone in the band, and had never been in trouble before--became a monster capable of entering his high school with a loaded gun and firing on his classmates, as told from the viewpoints ofseveral victims. Each perspective is written by a different writer of young adult fiction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2015
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Summary: For generations, classic wisdom literature has taught that a healthy perspective can replenish our thirst for a meaningful and rewarding life. From its inception clinical psychology has followed suit, revealing that how we see ourselves and the world is more important than what we see or have-in essence, that a healthy perspective is tantamount to possessing the psychological "pearl of great...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford Univ Pr 2014