40 Assets: Start Over, Starting Now Video (Video)
This video featuring Search Institute President Peter L. Benson provides an overview of the power of the 40 developmental assets to nurture competent, caring, and responsible children and adolescents....
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Youth As Resources (Organization - Private, Non-Profit)
Youth As Resources is Baltimore's youth-led grant making organization. Youth As Resources reverses traditional programming and involves youth that are often overlooked and would not necessarily...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
A Smart Girl's Guide to Friendship Troubles (American Girl Library) -- by Kelley Patti Crisswell (Author) (Book)
"How do you speak up when you're afraid of hurting your friend's feelings? What do you do after a really big fight? What if your friend leaves you for the popular crowd? Inside you'll find tips,...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Mr. Grumpy's Outing -- by John Burningham (Author) (Book - Child)
"One fine morning Mr. Grumpy decides it's a perfect day for an outing in his little boat. Apparently, plenty of others think so, too. First some children ask to join him, then a rabbit, a cat, a...
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Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Stone Soup -- by Marcia Brown (Author) (Book - Child)
"This old French tale about soldiers who trick miserly villages into making them a feast won a Caldescott Medal when Brown retold and illustrated it in 1947." From Publishers Weekly
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Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Daddy Is a Monster...Sometimes -- by John Steptoe (Author) (Book - Child)
"Bweela and Javaka relate the incidents that make Daddy a monster in their eyes." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Brothers: A Hebrew Legend -- by Florence Freedman (Author) (Book - Child)
"Hard times on adjoining farms bring about parallel acts of kindness and a celebration of 'how good it is for brothers to live together in friendship." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
You Ought To See Herbert's House -- by Doris Lund (Author) (Book - Child)
"Herbert visits his friend Roger and tells a lot of tall tales that catch up with him in the end." From Choosing Books for Kids
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Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Alexis and the Golden Ring -- by Linda Heller (Author) (Book - Child)
"A young man's kindness toward an old woman is full rewarded as he travels to his wedding with the magic ring she gave him." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Strega Nona -- by Tomie de Paola (Author) (Book - Child)
"De Paola's illustrations aptly capture the whimsy of this ancient tale... simple line drawings clearly reveal the agony and ecstasy of pasta power, the muted colors create just the right ambiance for...
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Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)