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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A little girl has a wonderful idea. With the help of her canine assistant, she is going to make the most magnificent thing! She knows just how it will look. She knows just how it will work. But making the most magnificent thing turns out to be harder than she thinks. All of her efforts are "wrong, " so she has a tantrum and talks about quitting. Fortunately, her assistant leads her to look at her work anew.
3) Drifts
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"At work on a novel that is overdue to her publisher, spending long days alone with her restless terrier, corresponding ardently with fellow writers, the novel's narrator grows obsessed with the challenge of writing the present tense, of capturing time itself. Entranced by the work of Rilke, Durer, Chantal Akerman, and others, she photographs the residents and strays of her neighborhood, haunts bookstores and galleries, and records her thoughts in...
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Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"What is imagination? Most of us think of it as playing pretend or what happens when we're dreaming, but imagination takes us to worlds and galaxies beyond that. Imagination helps us travel between time, space, and reality. It gives us the power to dream up the world in our own vision and encourages us to think of not just what is, but what could be. Imagination is a superpower that unlocks endless possibilities, and all by asking one simple question:...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Oliver Sacks, a scientist and a storyteller, is beloved by readers for the extraordinary neurological case histories (Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars) in which he introduced and explored many now familiar disorders--autism, Tourette's syndrome, face blindness, savant syndrome. He was also a memoirist who wrote with honesty and humor about the remarkable and strange encounters and experiences that shaped him (Uncle Tungsten, On the Move, Gratitude)....
Author
Publisher
One Signal Publishers/Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"By Pushcart award-winning poet Maggie Smith, a collection of quotes and essays on facing life's challenges with creativity, courage, and resilience"--
When poet Smith started writing daily Twitter posts in the wake of her divorce, they unexpectedly caught fire. Here she writes about new beginnings as opportunities for transformation. Like kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken ceramics with gold, she celebrates the beauty and strength on the...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The Monty Python comic master shares lighthearted advice on how anyone can learn the skill of creativity, drawing on personal experience to explain how to get into the right frame of mind, develop worthwhile ideas, and overcome blocks.
10) The Unwanteds
Author
Series
The Unwanteds volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic.
Author
Publisher
Familius LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"I'm not creative. I could never do something like that. I don't have time to be creative." Does any of this sound familiar? Do you find yourself wishing that you had pursued your creative talents before it was too late? In a world full of creativity, there is no such thing as "too late." Called to Be Creative is for anyone looking to reignite that tiny spark inside of them and invite creativity into their lives through simple, everyday practices....
Author
Series
The Unwanteds volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the Wanteds, Unwanteds, and Necessaries struggle to adjust to changes in their society, Mr. Today begins training fourteen-year-old Alex to replace him as Artime's leader one day while Alex's disgraced twin, Aaron, connives to take over Quill.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
America has a huge problem. It faces four major challenges, on which its future depends, and it is failing to meet them. In this book the authors analyze those challenges, globalization, the revolution in information technology, the nation's chronic deficits, and its pattern of energy consumption, and spell out what needs to be done now to rediscover America's power and prowess. They explain how the end of the cold war blinded the nation to the need...
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Young Ronan and her mother spend an afternoon together when she notices the creative sparkling around her, and then discovered she can create her own brightness when she dances, draws, and paints"--
Author
Publisher
Relaxation Co
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
None
Description
Original compositions by Dr. Jeffrey Thompson, which combine specific pulsed sound frequencies woven into a musica soundtrack. As you listen, your brainwaves begin to reflect the Creative Mind pattern, to bring you clarity of mind, creative inspiration and peak performance.
Author
Publisher
Blume
Pub. Date
[2019].
Language
Español
Description
"Repasa algunas de las mentes más brillantes del pasado y el presente. Descubra los métodos y rituales que utilizaron para trazar sus trayectorias creativas, desde los más peculiares hasta los más terrenales. Disfrute de esta colección ilustrada de ideas ingeniosas para dar un impulso a su creatividad y comenzar a trabajar" --Back cover.
Great minds do not think alike reviews some of the brightest minds of the past and present. Discover the...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
©1998.
Language
English
Description
Expands the ideas from the original The Artist's Way to reveal "why imagination and curiosity are the keys to success and satisfaction at work and in life ... By increasing your innate powers of ingenuity, intuition, and awareness, this book will help you become a catalyst for positive change in your life and in your workplace."--Jacket.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"From the award-winning columnist and author of the national bestseller The Undercover Economist comes a provocative big idea book about the genuine benefits of being messy: at home, at work, in the classroom, and beyond."--Jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Compendium Kids
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This is the story of a persistent problem and the child who isn't so sure what to make of it. The longer the problem is avoided, the bigger it seems to get. But when the child finally musters up the courage to face it, the problem turns out to be something quite different than expected. This is a story for anyone, at any age, who has ever had a problem that they wished would go away. It's a story to inspire you to look closely at the problem and to...
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