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1) Quiet
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
While observing the busy world around them, two children and their grandfather take a moment to appreciate being quiet and still.
Author
Language
English
Description
The author draws on great thinkers like Confucius, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius and Christian monks to show us what stillness is and how it might be achieved. He believes stillness is the doorway to self-mastery, discipline, and focus. He examines many of the figures that exemplify the power of stillness, including Winston Churchill, Fred Rogers and Anne Frank. This book aims to equip you with everything you need to find stillness in your own life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
After a noisy summer, Freckleface Strawberry and her friends return to school where the only time they should be loud is at recess, but Windy Pants Patrick cannot remember to use his indoor voice, and that comes in handy before the day is through.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"More than ever, we need sanctuary, not only as a refuge from the noise around us, but also as a place where God's truth can be clearly heard. Explore what it means and what it looks like in very practical ways, to lead the 'quiet life' that Paul speaks of in 1 Thessalonians 4. This 31-day devotional helps women find true peace in Christ among the busyness, noise, and pressures of life."--
8) Spark
Author
Language
English
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Description
Naturally quiet since birth, Mina and her stormbeast, Pixit, lead others like themselves in defying authority and attempting to spread the truth that Alorria's idyllic weather comes at a steep cost.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
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Description
¿Una fiesta? Ay, no!
Las fiesta están llenas de tías con sus ropas coloridas y sus riasa escandalosas. ¡esto es demasiado para Martina! Por suerte, con tanto ruido, nadie nota cuando se da una escapada. Martina se traslada a un lugar mágico una isla que le resulta familiar en donde puede jugar en paz y tranquilidad. Martina esta, por fin, en casa pero, ¿es realmente su hogar? Alegre y mágica, esta es una nueva versión del adorado cuento folclórico...
Author
Series
Animal antics A to Z volume 25
Language
English
Formats
Description
Yoko Yak is eager to talk about her first kayak trip, but Alpha Betty tells her she must wait, challenging the chatty student to find another way to tell her classmates about the experience.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"From a mindfulness expert and a leadership coach, a book that looks at the science, psychology, philosophy, and spirituality of silence by giving new context to the noise all around us--physical and metaphorical--to change the way we hear and experience the world"--
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
It's a delicious double feature you won't want to miss! In The World of Strawberry Shortcake, the Peculiar Purple Pieman's up to no good-can Strawberry and her friends stop him? And in Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City, Strawberry and the Pieman square off in a baking contest at the little theater off Times Pear. These two tales are berry-licious!
18) The quiet forest
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When a mischievous mouse's action causes a snowball effect and disrupts the peace of the other animals, it is up to the forest and a bear cub to help restore order and quiet once more.
19) Alone!
Author
Publisher
Pavilion
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
There once was a boy called Billy McGill who lived by himself at the top of a hill. He spent every day in his house all alone for Billy McGill liked to be on his own. But life doesn't always turn out how you plan it... One day, Billy hears the squeak of a mouse -- destroying his perfectly peaceful existence. So he gets a cat to catch the mouse. But the cat and the mouse make friends. So he gets a dog to chase the cat. But they all play together too....
Author
Publisher
Quisqueyana Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Este libro tiene el prop̤sito de convertir el momento del ť, un momento completamente consciente. No solo sentir un simple ť de canela, sino sentir una conexi̤n con este ť que te tomar̀s en este momento, sentir nuestro cuerpo y alma hacerse parte del ť. Y este sea no tanto beneficioso para nuestro cuerpo sino tambǐn para nuestra mente y alma."--Back cover.
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