Learn How Much Your Brain Can Grow!
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch It, Shape It is the book you need to teach growth mindset.
Did you know you can stretch and grow your own brain? Or that making mistakes is one of the best ways your brain learns? Awarded as one of the best growth mindset books for kids, Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch It, Shape It teaches all the ways that the brain can develop with exercise, just like the rest of our bodies. Educator and psychologist Dr. JoAnn Deak offers a fun and engaging introduction to the anatomy and functions of the brain that will empower each young reader to S-T-R-E-T-C-H and grow their fantastic, elastic brain!
Looking for award-winning picture books for curious kids? Your Fantastic Elastic Brain is the perfect fit. Dr. Deak shares information in ways that are accessible for parents, teachers, and children alike. Delightful illustrations with accurate details foster motivation to learn and grow in new ways.
This book is an excellent companion to The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes, I Can't Do That YET, The Most Magnificent Thing, and Bubble Gum Brain.
Awards for Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: 
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<li>The Mom's Choice Gold Award</li>
<li>The Moonbeam Gold Award for Non-Fiction Picture Book</li>
<li>The Pewter Gold Ink Award for Distinguished Printing</li>
<li>The Parent's Choice Silver Award for Interior Design, Children's/Young Adult</li>
<li>The Nautilus Silver Award for Children's Non-Fiction</li>
<li>The IBPA Benjamin Franklin Silver Winner for Interior Design, Children's/Young Adult</li>
<li>Next Generation Indie Award Finalist for Children's/Juvenile Nonfiction</li>
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Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: A Growth Mindset Book for Kids to Stretch and Shape Their Brains

Children's Books

Deak Ph.D., JoAnn

Science, Nature & How It Works

Little Pickle Press

In this magically illustrated and delightfully rhyming bedtime story, little Sofia befriends the Moon and sets off ona dreamy adventure to visit her friend. She sees our planet from the Moon's point of view and is inspired to dowhatever she can to protect our Earth. When she wakes, Sofia encourages others to do the same. 
"Once you see from this distant view, Awareness may come over you. By far your gift of greatest worth Is our dear home, this planet Earth."
Sofia's Dream was inspired by the author's interviews with three Apollo astronauts, about how viewing Earth from space affected their sense of responsibility for the health of our planet.

Sofia's Dream

Wilson, Land

BIG goes beyond the basics to show that size is more than a matter of height. Touching on ideas such as health, citizenship, and imagination, this book can be the key to heartfelt dialogue between children and caregivers about the importance of values over valuables.

Paratore, Coleen Murtagh

Literature & Fiction

A Mom's Choice Gold Award Winner!
Being safe means... Fastening your seatbelt Using the buddy system Not tolerating bullying
 As a young boy and his friends go on an outing to the local river, they look out for one another, resist peer pressure, and listen to their inner voices to know the right things to do. Along the way, the boy discovers that each of us is the single best person to protect our self, and that there are so many things we can all do to be safe!
What Does It Mean To Be Safe? explores physical, emotional, social, and cyber safety in unthreatening ways that spark meaningful conversations between adults and children.

What Does It Mean to Be Safe?

DiOrio, Rana

The new dolphin at the aquarium, Ripple, is surprised that no one will play with her. No one plays or has any fun at all, because of Snark and his shiver of sharks. At first, Ripple is intimidated by their bullying, but her trainer reminds her that happiness is a choice, and that we can each make the world a better place because of who we choose to be. Choosing to have fun, Ripple challenges Snark to a staring competition―if she can make Snark smile, Ripple wins and everyone gets to play. If not, Snark's no-fun rules will rule. Will Ripple's smile be enough to save the day? 
 What effect does YOUR smile have? The author of the national bestseller, The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor spent over a decade at Harvard University studying happiness. While he's been widely published, his research findings have never before been shared with children. Inspired to do just that, Shawn partnered with his sister, Amy Blankson, to get this valuable information into children's minds early, so the next generation can understand―and harness―the power of positive psychology. The result is Ripple's Effect, winner of The Mom's Choice Gold Award.

Ripples Effect

Achor, Shawn

Blankson, Amy

Animals

A Mom's Choice Gold Award Winner!
Being global means... Experiencing other traditions Celebrating diversity in people Opening your mind to new possibilities
 Join children from around the world as they play, sing, and travel, trying all types of food and experiencing other traditions. Living respectfully and peacefully with one another, they celebrate diversity, see how their actions affect another person's experience, and come to understand that being global means being a citizen of the world.
 More Awards for What Does It Mean to Be Global? • The USA Book News Best Books Award for Children's Picture Book: Nonfiction • The Next Generation Indie Book Award for Multicultural Nonfiction • Learning Solutions Magazine Teachers' Choice™ Award for Children's Books • IBPA Benjamin Franklin Silver Winner for Interior Design in Children's/Young Adult • The Nautilus Silver Award for Children's Illustrated

What Does It Mean to Be Global?

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Drawing on two sides of your paper instead of just one. Walking to the park instead of getting a ride. Turning off the water while you brush your teeth. A young boy and girl explore all the different ways 
A Mom's Choice Gold Award Winner!
Being green means... Turning off the water while you brush your teeth Only turning on the lights when you need them Picking up trash that isn't yours
 Over the course of a day, a young boy and girl explore all the different ways they can help protect the Earth's most precious resources.
 More Awards for What Does It Mean to Be Green? The Santa Monica Public Library's Green Prize for Sustainable Literature, School Age Nonfictionthey can be Greenover the course of a day. They discover lots of amazing facts (like our food travels an average of 1,500 miles tobe on our plate!) and realize there's so much they―and we―can do to save our world! The empowering second title in Rana DiOrio's award-winning What Does It Mean To Be ...?® series, WhatDoes It Mean To Be Green? has won two awards: The Mom's Choice Gold Award for Children's Picture Book,Green Earth; and The Santa Monica Public Library's Green Prize for Sustainable Literature, School Age Nonfiction.
 The enhanced e-book edition won the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award.

What Does It Mean to Be Green?

Science & Math

Nature & Ecology

"Can you say "hello" in nine languages? You can! Join children from around the world as they play, sing, and travel, trying all types of food and experiencing other traditions. Living respectfully and peacefully with one another, they celebrate diversity, see how their actions affect another person's experience, and come to understand that being global means being a citizen of the world. 
The first book in Rana DiOrio's award-winning What Does It Mean To Be ...?® series, What Does It Mean To Be Global? has won six awards: The USA Book News Best Books Award for Children's Picture Book: Nonfiction; the Next Generation Indie Book Award for Multicultural Nonfiction; the Mom's Choice Gold Award for Children's Picture Book, Peoples, Places and Cultures; Learning Solutions Magazine Teachers' Choice™ Award for Children's Books; IBPA Benjamin Franklin Silver Winner for Interior Design in Children's/Young Adult; and The Nautilus Silver Award for Children's Illustrated."

Que Significa Ser Global? (What Does It Mean To Be...?)

Que Signifie Être Global? (What Does It Mean To Be...?)

A Mom's Choice Gold Award Winner!
Being present means... Noticing when someone needs help Waiting patiently for your turn Focusing on what's happening now
 Follow a group of friends at school, at home, and at the beach as they experience just what it means to be present.
 More Awards for What Does It Mean to Be Present? • The Living Now: Books For Better Living Award • The Nautilus Silver Award for Children's Picture Book • The Moonbeam Gold Children's Book Award for Mind-Body-Spirit/Self-Esteem

What Does It Mean to Be Present?: (Mindfulness for Kids Picture Book)

Religion & Spirituality

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