frustration

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The lousy layup

a basketball graphic novel
2024
Eight-year-old Candace was the shooting star on her previous team, but she has never even tried a layup and, finding it more difficult than expected, she thinks about quitting--fortunately she asks a friend for help instead.
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Not perfect

2024
Dot grows increasingly frustrated that she is not perfect at anything.
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The stompysaurus

2024
"One morning, Stompysaurus wakes from a happy dream, feeling excited for the new day, until things start to go a bit wrong. His stomps and roars start rising inside him, until they explode! But a tricky start doesn't have to mean a stompy finish. Can Stompysurus find a new way of looking at things and turn his day around?"--Back cover.

Ode to a bad day

2023
Told in rhyming text, a little girl is having a day where absolutely nothing goes right, a day filled with frustration and annoyances, but even bad days end eventually.

The do-over day

"Bad days are the worst! Like when your mom tells you that you can't wear your mermaid costume to the dentist and the ballet teacher says you can't pirouette in rain boots and the cat steals your pencil--those days are the WORST worst!"--Back cover.

The choices I make

2020
A picture book guide for children about feeling angry and frustrated through the story of a little boy named Josh.

A little spot of frustration

a story about self-control
2021
A flexible spot and a calm spot teach children about dealing with a frustration.

Perseverance

2021
In this book, readers will learn what perseverance is, how and why to show it, how to use mindfulness to better practice perseverance, and how to encourage it in others.

Quarterback crisis

2013
Sixth-grader Drew Howard is frustrated and planning to quit the team, because now that he is playing organized football he can not seem to throw a good pass--but a new boy, Tyler Wade, forces him to realize that quitting is not the answer to his problems.

Skating showdown

Thirteen-year-old Janelle loves figure skating, but when she enters a competition she is frustrated because she is not as good at the jumps as another girl at the rink and she starts to wonder if she should just quit--until her coach comes up with an idea.
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