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I'm gonna push through!

"Inspired by a mantra written for her third-graders, Jasmyn Wright's uplifting 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, a...

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Main Author: Wright, Jasmyn (Author)
Other Authors: Wright, Shannon (Illustrator) (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2020]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Rathfon, Joyce tribute.
Resilience (Personality trait) in children > Juvenile nonfiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) > Juvenile nonfiction.
Self-help publications > Juvenile.
Picture books.
Summary: "Inspired by a mantra written for her third-graders, Jasmyn Wright's uplifting 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"--
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Audience: Ages 4-8.
K to Grade 3.
ISBN: 9781534439658
153443965X
Author Notes: Jasmyn Wright is the founder of the Push Through Organization and a former elementary school teacher. She began her teaching career at a Title 1 school in Memphis, Tennessee, as a member of Teach for America. More recently, she taught at a charter school in Wilmington, Delaware, and was chosen to be a Teachers for Global Classrooms Fellow. Visit the Push Through Organization at WePushThrough.org.

Shannon Wright is an illustrator and cartoonist living in Richmond, Virginia. Her work has been published by The New York Times , Time magazine, Mother Jones , and Google. She is also the illustrator of My Mommy Medicine by Edwidge Danticat. During the summer, Shannon coteaches a comics course at Virginia Commonwealth University. Visit her at Shannon-Wright.com.

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