Chicken soup for the preteen soul : an update of the 2000 classic
| Print Book 2021 |
| Available at 1 Library 1 of 1 copy |
Summary
The classic, bestselling title today's parents grew up with - Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul 21st Anniversary Edition has been refreshed and updated with additional, new stories to help today's preteens be the happiest, best versions of themselves.
When you read these stories about the lives of other kids your age, you'll realize you share many experiences and emotions. You are not alone.
That is so empowering and comforting. And that's why this collection of stories for preteens has become a classic, published for the first time in the year 2000, and now updated with brand-new stories for its 21st anniversary--ones about being a kid during the pandemic, social media and technology, and many other modern-day issues.
You'll read more than 100 stories and poems in chapters about:
* Achieving Dreams
* Friendship
* Family
* Love
* Death and Dying
* Attitude and Perspective
* Overcoming Obstacles
* Choices
* Tough Stuff
* Changes
* Eclectic Wisdom
Chicken Soup for the Soul books are 100% made in the USA and each book includes stories from as diverse a group of writers as possible. Chicken Soup for the Soul solicits and publishes stories from the LGBTQ community and from people of all ethnicities, nationalities, and religions.
When you read these stories about the lives of other kids your age, you'll realize you share many experiences and emotions. You are not alone.
That is so empowering and comforting. And that's why this collection of stories for preteens has become a classic, published for the first time in the year 2000, and now updated with brand-new stories for its 21st anniversary--ones about being a kid during the pandemic, social media and technology, and many other modern-day issues.
You'll read more than 100 stories and poems in chapters about:
* Achieving Dreams
* Friendship
* Family
* Love
* Death and Dying
* Attitude and Perspective
* Overcoming Obstacles
* Choices
* Tough Stuff
* Changes
* Eclectic Wisdom
Chicken Soup for the Soul books are 100% made in the USA and each book includes stories from as diverse a group of writers as possible. Chicken Soup for the Soul solicits and publishes stories from the LGBTQ community and from people of all ethnicities, nationalities, and religions.
Contents
Foreword / Kenan ThompsonThe turnaround / Kaiwen Zhang
Trash bags are for trash / Makenzie Snyder
Run with it / Susan Overton
The back of David's head / Mary Ellyn Sandford
Going to the dogs / Stephanie Taylor
If I could change the world for the better, I would / *NSYNC and friends
A run to remember / Barbara L. Glenn
Shining Down / Michael Kavalinas as told by Monte Stewart
Dreams / Ryan Kelly
The code world / Julia Sonntag
School Blues / Elijah LoMonaco
Just trying to fit in / Frances-Amelia Spadoni
Coming back to Seattle / Kobe Williams
A bossy friend / Kenedi Morgado
The forgotten friend / Judith Burnett Schneider
Backfire! / Lou Kassem
Best friends / Whitney M. Baldwin
My big solo / Cynthia Maria Hamond
Now you see it, now you don't / Anne McCourtie
Browbeaten / Kyahna Hammond
Accepting change / Emma Kaefer
A new way to learn / Hazel Gonzalez
Families that care, care about families / Rachelle P. Castor
Forever Garrett / Mia Hamm
Supper David / Barbara Lage
Mom / Apryl Anderson
Bobby Lee / Daphne M. Orenshein
Love lives on / Laurie Hartman
The teacher who cared / Courtni Calhoun
The act of love / Kathy Kemmer Pyron
Cry when you are sad / Jonathan Piccirillo
Only love lasts forever / Denise and Rett Ackart
The reason for living / Lauren Elizabeth Holden
Ryan's story / Kelli Frusher
I'll never forget him / Megan Weaver
An angel in disguise / Megan Jennings
Don't forget to say I love you / Nicole Fortuna
Grandma's cloud game / Cynthia Ross Cravit
In every thought / Leslie Miller
An odd name / Seema Patel-Trivedi
A healthy mindset / Abigail Williams
Big at heart / Mark Schulle as told by Bunny Schulle
The best Christmas I never had / MaryJanice Davidson
The hidden treasure / Debbie King as told by Ashley Kng
The snow angel / Christine Fishlinger
You'll be good for him / Eugene Gagliano
Scott / David Ferino
Adam's apples / Kim Aaron
Who said there's no crying in softball? / Amy Severns
The yellow piece of paper / Lauren Thorbjornsen
Hard work pays off / Karl Malone
I did it! / M. Eliza Hryniewicz
Finding my voice / Emily Andrews
From freak to friend / Robin Lanehurst
Annie Wiggle-Do / Kathleen M. Muldoon
Two percent is enough / Krissy Creager
The first day of middle school / Patty Hansen
Perfect, I'm not / Julia Wasson Render
A little coaching / Noah Edelson
The power of the pen / Arlys Angelique Endres as told by Carol Osman Brown
Tough, sturdy and triumphant / Elijah Shoesmith
A meal with a smile / M.L. Tarpley
Do what you love / Noah Ross
Two tickets to the big game / J. Styron Madsen
Fireplug and dad / Rusty Fischer
Nice catch! / Doris Canner
The gorilla syndrome / Elizabeth J. Schmeidler
Just desserts / Beverly Spooner
A chicken-noodle-soup day / Donna Beveridge
A silent voice / David R. Collins
Walking with grandpa / Uncle Greg
Sleepover sadness / Nathan Berres
Ants / Avery Watterson
Kelsey / Shane Ruwe
Losing mom / Diana CArson
Celebrate the good days / Leslie Beck
For the best / April Townsend
My one regret / Angelia Lee Swift
The perfect figure / Nikki Yargar
Pale dawn of a new day / Katherne Ackerman
The voice crack / Donald "Trey" Brown III
The orange bike / Vashti Seek-Smith
My very first kiss / Patty Hansen
Papa / Brian Normandin as told by Mary Ormandidn
Taking a stand / Irene Dunlap
Just do it! / Son Truong Nguyen
I love you, Lindsey / Lindsey Rawson
My best friend / Tamera Collins
You know you're growing up when / Multiple authors
How my parents ruined my sixth grade life / Peyton Webb
Two weeks / Caleb Matthew Soerber
Calm and confident / Landon Dean
Tippy / Christine Armstrong
Never put rocks in your mouth / Shirley Barone Craddock
The moment I knew I'd never be cool / D. Marie O'Keefe
Kindness is a simple gift / Michael Oknefski
Our Christmas secret / Lori Menning
What I've leaned so far / Multiple authors
Afterword: The End / Paige Holland.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Preteens
-- Conduct of life
-- Literary collections
-- Juvenile literature.
Preteens -- Conduct of life -- Anecdotes -- Juvenile literature. Conduct of life -- Literary collections. Conduct of life -- Anecdotes. Anecdotes. |
| Publisher | Cos Cob, CT :Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC,2021 |
| Edition | 21st anniversary edition. |
| Contributors |
Canfield, Jack,
1944- compiler. Hansen, Mark Victor, compiler. Hansen, Patty, compiler. Dunlap, Irene, compiler. Newmark, Amy, compiler. Chicken Soup for the Soul (Firm) |
| Audience |
009-013. |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
"With two dozen new stories!" -- Cover. |
| Description |
x, 325 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN | 9781611590807 1611590809 |
| Other | Classic View |