self-confidence

Willie's best friend Jo-Jo thinks hugging is silly, so Willie stops hugging everybody but he soon misses giving and getting hugs from his family.

Hallie likes everything about school except handwriting, but her new teacher and a project with butterflies helps her like that too. Includes tips for parents to help their children with learning.

This story introduces and encourages readers to use SODAS (Situation, Options, Disadvantages, Advantages, and Solutions) as a way to logically and thoughtfully solve any problem, from the silly to the serious. This is the sixth book in the Executive FUNction series, which skillfully weaves skill teaching into humorous storylines.--Publisher.

With help from an alien friend, Ella embraces her deafness and gains the confidence to play soccer. Includes a quick history of soccer, a social emotional tie-in, and a pro athlete biography.

"Marlene ama tres cosas: el arte, a su adorada ti?a Ruby y pasar el tiempo con Camilla, su mejor amiga. Pero su mama? piensa que se deberi?a enfocar solamente en sus estudios y en madurar; y esto u?ltimo implica alisarse el pelo todos los fines de semana para que se vea "presentable" y "bueno". Pero Marlene odia ir al salo?n y no entiende por que? nadie a su alrededor piensa que sus rizos naturales son bonitos. Despue?s de algunos desafi?os y momentos vergonzosos, adema?s de la ayuda imprescindible de Camilla y ti?a Ruby, poco a poco Marlene emprende el camino de aprender a apreciar su pelo rizo y llevarlo con orgullo."--.

Jake Cullen, fourteen, lives in the shadows of his father and older brother until he becomes the starting quarterback for the high school football team and finally has his chance to shine.

Amidst searching for the father she has never met, keeping her grades up, and working a part-time job, Piddy Sanchez is faced with the harassment of Yaqui Delgado and her gang. Although Piddy is mostly able to avoid Yaqui and her gang, when the harassment escalates and her personal life begins to suffer, she must reexamine her priorities in order to prevent these bullies from determining the type of person she will be.

Quinn O'Neill is known as Quitt at his school for quitting every activity he has ever tried, so when he joins the school diving team, nobody expects him to stick with it--and a bike accident looks like the perfect excuse for yet another failure.

Josiah joins a wrestling club, but because he is smaller than the other boys he gets teased--but one of the team members, Pablo, offers to coach him, and shows him a move that takes advantage of Josiah's quickness, and which could be the secret weapon the team needs.

Lito and his twin sister, Nenita, plan to perform a Filipino folk dance at their school's spring festival, but when snickering classmates threaten to derail his confidence, Lito learns to dig deep and keep dancing.