self-actualization (psychology)

Scribble's journey starts on a peaceful shore called The Beginning, continues to the rough, adventurous Middle, and leads finally to The Ending, but it's not at all what Scribble expected... Scribble is a scribble and Author is an author, but who really gets to tell the tale?--Page [4] of cover.

"Presents a guide to empowerment that counsels readers on how to harness their emotional awareness to promote independence and problem-solving"--OCLC.

"The Greek philosopher Socrates . . . declared, 'The unexamined life is not worth living.' Reflection is a vital element of an examined life. Even for students, reflecting on situations and their own thoughts and feelings can lead to meaningful connections, greater self-awareness, and stronger decision-making skills. Readers will find a guide to healthy reflection. Primary sources provide . . . examples of reflection in action. Photographs and descriptions of familiar situations remind students that they can reflect on their own thoughts and feelings every day"--Provided by publisher.

The New Girl at school plays the violin so beautifully that Almond gets lost in the music, but she also feels sad because she does not know if she herself has any talent at all--until the school play, when with the encouragement of her mother, her teacher, and the New Girl, she finds she has a talent for acting.

When a boy who was born with pink hair enters school for the first time, he is teased until he makes a friend and uses his talents to solve a problem.

"Inspired by a mantra written for her third-graders, Jasmyn Wright's . . . call to 'push through' is an invitation to young readers to announce their own power and to recognize and reaffirm that of others, regardless of setbacks. By diminishing doubt, encouraging community, and reaffirming that we're all here to make a difference, her empowering words show children how to lift themselves up and seize their potential"--Provided by publisher.

Single thirty-eight-year-old book publicist Julie Jenson sets out on a trip around the world to try and figure out how women from different cultures deal with the dysfunction and disappointments of being single.

Eleven-year-old Cyrus knows that he is not cut out to be a football hero or fireman like his adopted father, but it takes a skittish stray dog to teach him that he, too, can be brave.

Isabelle is one of Cinderella's ugly stepsisters, who cut off her toes in an attempt to fit into the glass slipper; but there is more to her story than a maimed foot, for the Marquis de la Chance is about to offer her a choice and the opportunity to change her fate--there will be blood and danger, but also the possibility of redemption and triumph, and most of all the chance to find her true self.