self-reliance

A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.

By admiring her finer points and showing that she can take care of herself and have fun even when there's no one else around, a charming pig proves the best friend you can have is yourself.

A raucous declaration of toddler independence is complemented by retro-style illustrations and celebrates the milestones after babyhood with depictions of a youngster who has become tall enough to reach shelves, brave enought to splash in waves and more.

Combines photography and text in an upbeat approach to elementary childhood milestones that encourages young children to practice such independent skills as tying shoes, making beds, and writing letters and numbers.

A man who had been unhappy as a child finds after he has grown up that he is happy living alone in his cabin in the New England woods.

All the many things a young child can do independently are demonstrated, tying shoes, riding a bike, kicking a ball, but there is one thing the child cannot do alone.

Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s.

Marooned in a broken-down Houston neighborhood--and in a Mexican immigrant family where making ends meet matters much more than making it to college--smart, talented Marissa seeks comfort elsewhere when her home life becomes unbearable.

When her unstable mother dies unexpectedly, sixteen-year-old Lucy must take control and find a way to keep the long-held secret of her mother's compulsive hoarding from being revealed to friends, neighbors, and especially the media.

A homework pack that contains book and audio versions of "My Side of the Mountain," in which a young boy tells of his adventures living alone in the Catskill Mountains for a year, discussing his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship; and includes a student worksheet and teacher's guide.