[LM_NET] Target: Picture book for middle school that describes EFFECTIVE EFFORT

[Sarah Woo <sarahwoo@DANVERS.ORG>]

Hello Colleagues,

I will be working with a small group of at risk 7th grade students to 
teach them that effective effort will help in preparing for quizzes and 
tests. I would like to read a short picture book in which the main 
character brings about the change s/he wants, or meets a challenge, 
through effective effort - that is. not just working hard, but working 
smart - to effect change, solve a problem, meet a challenge, etc.

It does NOT have to be about someone who has an academic problem - it 
could be any kind of problem.

I thought of /A Chair for My Mother, /and /Brave Irene /but I'd like 
something geared a bit higher level. Also, I'd like the students to 
recognize the connection between working smart and succeeding - in the 
book, I mean - even if they don't use those words.

Thanks for any titles you can give me ASAP, as I need to read this on 
Wednesday.

Sarah Woo
MS Librarian
Danvers, MA  01923
sarahwoo@danvers.org


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