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A young man and a young woman sell their most prized possessions to buy each other Christmas gifts, in this famous tale of unselfish love. It's Christmas Eve and Della has only $1.85 to buy her beloved husband a Christmas present. She has nothing to sell except her only treasure, her long, glorious hair. This warm story of love, sacrifice, and generosity is a perfect addition to any Christmas collection for adults or children.
3) Smug seagull
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A smug seagull that loves swiping beach-goers' snacks gets a taste of his own medicine from a patient crab.
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Includes three humorous stories in verse; Yertle the Turtle, the story about King Yertle who wanted to rule over all he could see; Gertrude McFuzz, the bird who wanted to grow a better tail; and The Big Brag, where a rabbit and bear compete over which of them could do things better.
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Rule one is never get involved. Corinne has always lived by this. She is all business, all the time. Rule two is always resist temptation. But Maverick businessman Corey Haraden conducts his love life the same way he does business --with enthusiasm. Rule three --rules are meant to be broken.
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A pioneering psychologist reveals how three emotions can provide the surest, quickest route to success in any realm. A string of bestsellers have alerted us to the importance of grit - an ability to persevere and control one's impulses that is so closely associated with greatness. But no book yet has charted the most accessible and powerful path to grit: our prosocial emotions. These feelings - gratitude, compassion and pride - are easier to generate...
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"Vain Beaver is inordinately proud of his silky tail, to the point where he alienates his fellow woodland creatures with his boasting. When it is flattened in an accident (of his own making), he learns to value its new shape and seeks to make amends with his friends. Based on an Ojibwe legend"--Provided by publisher.
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"Once, in a house on Egypt Street there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who treated him with the utmost care and adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost. Kate DiCamillo takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the top of a garbage heap to the fireside of a hoboes' camp,...
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Boris is set on proving that he isn't any old frog. This big, handsome frog loves to boast about how he can do anything better than anyone. There's no match for him when it comes to swimming, jumping, or diving. But Boris's boastful attitude leads to a big trouble--and a surprise ending. This picture book provides a whimsical cautionary tale about why they don't need to show off to be accepted.
15) Riptide pride
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Teenager Tane Kalana is an expert surfer, but his pride may get him into trouble when would-be rival Cody Hannigan challenges him to a dangerous surfer showdown at Breaker Bay.
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"As Owl swoops down on an unsuspecting lemming outside her den, he is sure that he has a tasty meal in the little animal he has cornered. But this lemming is not about to be eaten! This smart little rodent will need to appeal to the boastful owl's sense of pride in order to get away. Based on a traditional Inuit story, this book is a fun and cheeky story of the small outwitting the big."--
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From the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin0 Allergic to group activities of any kind, all her life Serenata has run, swum, and cycled - on her lonesome. But now that she's hit 60, all that physical activity has destroyed her knees. As she contemplates surgery with dread, her previously sedentary husband Remington, recently and ignominiously redundant, chooses this precise moment to discover exercise.0 Which should be good...
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