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Wallflowers / by Joy, Mackenzie,author,illustrator.(CARDINAL)862611;
"People call you a wallflower. Sometimes they call you shy. Sometimes they call you quiet, or maybe even scared. People think these are bad things, because sometimes they are LOUD. But you are happy just the way you are. And maybe you don't need to learn to be loud, they just need to learn to listen. Mackenzie Joy beautifully pairs her gorgeous illustrations with minimalist text in this heartwarming book that doesn't just acknowledge shy children, but celebrates them--because every wallflower deserves their chance to grow." --Ages 4 to 8.
Subjects: Fiction.; Novels.; Picture books.; Bashfulness; Emotions; Imagination; Introversion; Introverts; Play; Self-esteem; Self-reliance;
Available copies: 24 / Total copies: 25
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Nimbus plays alone / by Tanaka, Saki,author,illustrator.(CARDINAL)896661;
"Nimbus cloud loves life in the sky, peekabooing Sun and raining on Ground below. But soon other clouds want to join in the fun, and Nimbus isn't so sure they can play together: Cumulus is too silly and too loud, Cirrus does not listen, and Stratus always wants to touch! Nimbus knows the best way to play is alone, by yourself. Then why do they seem to want to be friends? With a riotous celebration of clouds, author-illustrator Saki Tanaka reminds us that there is more than one way to make a friend"--
Subjects: Picture books.; Clouds; Friendship in children; Introversion in children; Introverts; Neurodiversity; Neurodivergent children; Clouds; Friendship; Neurodivergent people; Picture books.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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Lubaya's quiet roar / by Nelson, Marilyn,1946-author.(CARDINAL)718855; Williamson, Philemona,illustrator.(CARDINAL)840793;
The drawings of an introverted young girl make a powerful impression at a peaceful protest her family engages in.AD620L
Subjects: Fiction.; Picture books.; African American girls; Art; Civil disobedience; Demonstrations; Drawing; Individuality; Introversion; Posters; Protest movements;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 15
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Introverts : insights and tips for teenagers / by Cognevich, Christie,1984-author.(CARDINAL)846504;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-228) and index.The long road back to my innermost self -- Exploring introversion -- Exploring the extroversion-introversion spectrum -- Exploring the science of personality -- Exploring the role of nature: personality and the brain -- Exploring the role of nurture: developing personality and the changing brain -- Exploring the role of personal choice: our motivations meet personality -- The problem with the extroversion ideal -- Brain stimulation, energy, and the introvert battery -- The hidden abilities of our highly-stimulated minds -- On normality, mental health, and our social connections -- On cultivating self-communication and self-relationships -- Exploring motivation, anticipation, and our projects and passions -- Building our quiet environments and creating a home base."Many introverted teenagers feel pressured to exhibit extroverted traits, while their vivid inner lives and intelligences go overlooked. This book explores the difficulties introverts may face while also highlighting how they can harness their unique abilities and skills to find success socially, academically, and in their future careers"--
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Young adult literature.; Introverts.; Adolescent psychology.; Interpersonal relations in adolescence.;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 11
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Painting with metro : how a crippled racehorse rescued himself (and me) with a paintbrush / by Krajewski, Ron,author.; Flory, Susy,1965-author.(CARDINAL)347498;
Ron is a shy, Gulf War Air Force veteran. Metro Meteor is a feisty, bad-kneed two-year-old Thoroughbred racehorse destined for the slaughterhouse. An unlikely pairing, the two bonded through art: creating stunning abstract paintings to be exact. Each painting brought much needed strength and hope, plus a new lease on life to both man and horse. For Metro, painting became an escape from a death sentence; for Ron it meant overcoming his extreme introversion.
Subjects: Biographies.; Metro Meteor (Race horse); Animals as artists.; Animals with disabilities.; Painters; Race horses; Veterans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The personality brokers : the strange history of Myers-Briggs and the birth of personality testing / by Emre, Merve,author.(CARDINAL)631504;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The cosmic laboratory of baby training -- Women's work -- Meet yourself -- An unbroken series of successful gestures -- Desperate amateurs -- The science of man -- The personality is political -- Sheep and buck -- A perfect spy -- People's capitalism -- The house-party approach to testing -- That horrible woman -- The synchronicity of life and death -- One in a million -- True believers."The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is the most popular personality test in the world. It has been harnessed by Fortune 100 companies, universities, hospitals, churches, and the military. Its language--of extraversion vs. introversion, thinking vs. feeling--has inspired online dating platforms and Buzzfeed quizzes alike. And yet despite the test's widespread adoption, experts in the field of psychometric testing ... struggle to account for its success--no less to validate its results. How did the Myers-Briggs test insinuate itself into our jobs, our relationships, our Internet, our lives?"--
Subjects: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.; Personality tests; Self-consciousness (Awareness); Typology (Psychology);
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 14
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Adulthood is a myth : a "Sarah's Scribbles" collection / by Andersen, Sarah(Sarah C.),author,artist.(CARDINAL)352623;
Adulthood is a myth confronts head-on the horrors, anxiety, and awkwardness of modern adult life. From the agony of holding hands with a gorgeous guy to the yawning pit of hell that is the wifi gone down to the eye-watering pain of eating too-hot pizza because one cannot stand to wait for it to cool down, Sarah fearlessly documents it all. Like the work of fellow Millennial authors Allie Brosh, Grace Helbig, and Gemma Correll, Sarah's total frankness on extremely personal issues such as body image, self-consciousness, introversion, relationships, and bra-washing makes her comics highly relatable and consistently hilarious.
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Humorous comics.; Graphic novels.; Autobiographies.; Single women; Young adults; Generation Y; Comic books, strips, etc.; American wit and humor, Pictorial.;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 19
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Half broke : a memoir / by Gaffney, Ginger,author.;
Emotional camouflage -- Stray dogs -- Moon & star -- Skinless -- Learning to walk -- Strength -- Green acres -- Centaur -- She's not ready -- Crooked line -- Cut me out -- Walmart -- Hundreds more -- Olivia -- Hidden language -- Broken -- Rootbeer -- Follow me -- To the river -- Just a few -- Waves -- Belle -- Soft creatures."An alternative prison ranch in New Mexico conducts a daring experiment: setting the troubled residents out to retrain an aggressive herd of horses. The horses and prisoners both arrive at the ranch broken in one way or many- the horses often abandoned and suspicious, the residents, some battling drug and alcohol addiction, emotionally, physically, and financially shattered. Ginger Gaffney's job is to retrain the untrainable. With time, the horses and residents form a profound bond, and teach each other patience, control, and trust. As Gaffney peels away the layers of her own story- a solitary childhood, painful introversion, and a transformative connection with her first horse, a filly named Belle- she, too, learns to trust people as much as she trusts horses. Half Broke is a resonant memoir with a spirited, memorable cast that describes the fascinating ways both horses and humans seek relationships to survive"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Gaffney, Ginger.; Horse trainers; Horses; Horses; Criminals; Human-animal relationships.;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 10
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Quiet girl in a noisy world : an introvert's story / by Tung, Debbie,author,artist.(CARDINAL)678225;
This illustrated gift book of short comics illuminates author Debbie Tung's experience as an introvert in an extrovert's world. Presented in a loose narrative style that can be read front to back or dipped into at one's leisure, the book spans three years of Debbie's life, from the end of college to the present day. In these early years of adulthood, Debbie slowly but finally discovers there is a name for her lifelong need to be alone: she's an introvert. The first half of the book traces Debbie's final year in college: socializing with peers, dating, falling in love (with an extrovert!), moving in, getting married, meeting new people, and simply trying to fit in. The second half looks at her life after graduation: finding a job, learning to live with her new husband, trying to understand social obligations when it comes to the in-laws, and navigating office life. Ultimately, Quiet Girl sends a positive, pro-introvert message: our heroine learns to embrace her introversion and finds ways to thrive in the world while fulfilling her need for quiet.GN370L
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Autobiographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Comics (Graphic works); Autobiographies.; Tung, Debbie; Introverts; Young women;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Alphabet year / by Miller-Duggan, Devon,author.;
"These poems started with a bag of children's beach toys--primary-colored alphabet sand-molds--and a quiet afternoon. They ended up needing a spreadsheet to keep track of the first words. "Love" is the "L" word for all the disorderly abecedarians because it creates a thread with which to gather all the ribbons of art, religion, human cruelty, anger, and the infinite intrusions by the random that both buffer us from a frequently distressing world and buffet us with that same world's constant noise. Because the proper abecedarians have a more orderly arrangement with the universe simply by virtue of progressing through the alphabet the way it's supposed to line up, the "L" words shift and wiggle even as the poems fun-house-mirror each other. Ultimately, the poems reach for peace without demanding either understanding, or patience, deciding that it is not only necessary, but lovely to dance with the monsters underneath our beds."--from back cover.
Subjects: Abecedariuses.; Poetry.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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