Please Stop Laughing at Me

Please Stop Laughing at Me

Author: Jodee Blanco

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-04-19

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1507217498

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"In this timely update of the seminal classic, author and activist Jodee Blanco reveals how she simply set out to share her story-and ended up igniting a grassroots movement in the nation's schools. The first survivor of school bullying to look back on those experiences as an adult, Jodee brings you up to speed on her life and work since the book's initial release with a new chapter, all-new Letter to My Readers, and Reader's Guide. She also offers the latest information on digital and cyberbullying, the Adult Survivor of Peer Abuse, her in-school antibullying program, INJJA (It's NOT Just Joking Around!), and provides discussion questions for schools. While other children were daydreaming about dances, first kisses, and college, Jodee Blanco was trying to figure out how to go from homeroom to study hall without being taunted or spit upon as she walked through the halls. This powerful, unforgettable memoir chronicles how one child was shunned-and even physically abused-by her classmates from elementary school through high school. It is an unflinching look at what it means to be the outcast, how even the most loving parents can get it all wrong, why schools are often unable to prevent disaster, and how bullying has been misunderstood and mishandled by the mental health community"--


Let's Pretend This Never Happened

Let's Pretend This Never Happened

Author: Jenny Lawson

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-04-17

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1101573082

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The #1 New York Times bestselling (mostly true) memoir from the hilarious author of Furiously Happy. “Gaspingly funny and wonderfully inappropriate.”—O, The Oprah Magazine When Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream was cut short by her fantastically unbalanced father and a morbidly eccentric childhood. It did, however, open up an opportunity for Lawson to find the humor in the strange shame-spiral that is her life, and we are all the better for it. In the irreverent Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson’s long-suffering husband and sweet daughter help her uncover the surprising discovery that the most terribly human moments—the ones we want to pretend never happened—are the very same moments that make us the people we are today. For every intellectual misfit who thought they were the only ones to think the things that Lawson dares to say out loud, this is a poignant and hysterical look at the dark, disturbing, yet wonderful moments of our lives. Readers Guide Inside


The Wonky Donkey

The Wonky Donkey

Author: Craig Smith

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 0545261244

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Kids will love this cumulative and hysterical read-aloud that features a free downloadable song "I was walking down the road and I saw... a donkey, Hee Haw And he only had three legs He was a wonky donkey." Children will be in fits of laughter with this perfect read-aloud tale of an endearing donkey. By the book's final page, readers end up with a spunky hanky-panky cranky stinky-dinky lanky honky-tonky winky wonky donkey Download the free song at www.scholastic.com/wonkydonkey.


Don't Laugh at Me

Don't Laugh at Me

Author: Allen Shamblin

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781582460581

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Illustrated version of a song pointing out that in spite of our differences, we are all the same in God's eyes.


Laughing Through the Ugly Cry

Laughing Through the Ugly Cry

Author: Dawn Barton

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 2020-05-26

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1400217776

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Do you believe that joy is a choice? Dawn Barton does. She's an upbeat Southerner with good hair and a successful business background, but she's had more heartache than most of us can imagine. Laughing Through the Ugly Cry is a collection of honest and sometimes raw stories. Dawn throws an arm around readers as she brings them along on her journey through the loss of a child, divorce, cancer, rape, the death of her only sibling, her husband's substance abuse, and finding her way back to Jesus in the middle of it all. Dawn shares her personal story to show readers how to find happiness and purpose even in the darkest of days. By laughing through the ugly cry, you will discover how to: Shut down negative feelings causing you to feel inadequate Identify the pros despite how challenging the cons may seem Embrace joy wherever you can find it Learn how to be honest with yourself and process grief in a healthy way Dawn writes, "If more women were open about just how difficult our lives feel and how hard we are on ourselves, I think we'd learn to relax a little and give ourselves the grace God gives us every day." Laughing Through the Ugly Cry is great for: Women of any age seeking comfort, encouragement, and inspiration Book clubs and girls' nights--Dawn poses thoughtful group questions to support meaningful conversations about growth and joy


The Girl who Can

The Girl who Can

Author: Ama Ata Aidoo

Publisher: Heinemann

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780435910136

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In this collection of short stories, Aidoo elevates the mundane in women's lives to an intellectual level in an attempt at challenging patriarchal structures and dominance in African society.


Crying Laughing

Crying Laughing

Author: Lance Rubin

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Published: 2019-11-19

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0525644679

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A tragicomic story of bad dates, bad news, bad performances, and one girl's determination to find the funny in high school from the author of Denton Little's Deathdate. Winnie Friedman has been waiting for the world to catch on to what she already knows: she's hilarious. It might be a long wait, though. After bombing a stand-up set at her own bat mitzvah, Winnie has kept her jokes to herself. Well, to herself and her dad, a former comedian and her inspiration. Then, on the second day of tenth grade, the funniest guy in school actually laughs at a comment she makes in the lunch line and asks her to join the improv troupe. Maybe he's even . . . flirting? Just when Winnie's ready to say yes to comedy again, her father reveals that he's been diagnosed with ALS. That is . . . not funny. Her dad's still making jokes, though, which feels like a good thing. And Winnie's prepared to be his straight man if that's what he wants. But is it what he needs? Caught up in a spiral of epically bad dates, bad news, and bad performances, Winnie's struggling to see the humor in it all. But finding a way to laugh is exactly what will see her through. **A Junior Library Guild Selection**


One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping

One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping

Author: Barry Denenberg

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9780439095181

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During the Nazi persecution of the Jews in Austria, twelve-year-old Julie Weiss escapes to America to live with her relatives in New York City.


The Pirate, the Girl, and the Panther

The Pirate, the Girl, and the Panther

Author: JJ Flowers

Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc

Published: 2016-11-09

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1509210571

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Enchanted by a Liar... The infamous pirate Black Garrett learns his much loved brother had been murdered because of a flirtatious chit, the devastating loss consumes him and he swears revenge. Tracking down the brazen young wench, Garrett steals her aboard his grand ship, planning to ruin her reputation and use her brutally. Yet, he is greeted by an innocent beauty. Convinced it is a ruse, as he rudely kissed her lips and roughly felt her curves, as he relentlessly pleasured his captive, he was transformed, bewitched, brought to a magical shore... Hypnotized by the infamous outlaw... Bewildered and betrayed, sable haired Juliet Stoddard had no idea why the world's most terrifying outlaw had kidnapped her, promising a punishment worse than death. Although she had no experience with men, he seemed convinced she was someone she was not, and ignored her pleas for mercy. Then the blue eyed beauty felt his hands where no one had ever touched her before and she nearly swooned with fear... and something else, something large and powerful and previously unimaginable. Hating the rouge and herself even more, Juliet was powerless to escape his the sensual web he spun... Set on the grandest sailing ship on the seven seas, a ship populated by hardened, war weary men and a mystical panther as frightening as his master, Juliet is force to join on the secret mission to save England and realizes too late, Black Garrett's mysterious powers were about to save her as well...