Books with author Pamela Espeland

Lists organize your thinking, focus your energy, free up time in your day (and space in your brain), and give you confidence. No wonder everyone loves lists: making them, reading them, checking things off on them. Most books of lists feature facts, statistics, or trivia. Life Lists for Teens is different. It’s not about the tallest this or the weirdest that. Instead, it’s a user’s guide to life. Over 200 powerful self-help lists distill “big topics” like health and wellness, relationships, feelings, creativity, personal safety, school, self-esteem, and problem-solving. Each list is like a mini self-help book—a starting-point for learning, thinking, and making positive choices and decisions. Some of the lists are practical: 6 Ways to Remember What You Study, 12 Tips for Making and Keeping Friends, 3 Rules for Doing Internet Research. Some are meant to motivate or inspire: 10 Goal-Setting Steps, 18 Great Reasons to Serve Others. Some are serious: 8 Tips for Coping with Tragedy or Disaster, 9 Symptoms of Major Depression, 10 Ways to Handle Hate Words and Slurs. And some are just for fun: The 8 Clown Commandments, 9 Tips for Changing Your Hair Color. Any teen who has ever made a list will enjoy this book—as an inviting, enlightening read, a place to go to for quick advice, and a ready source of guidance and encouragement for all kinds of situations. These are lists that matter and teens will use them every day.

Summary:Kids today are notorious for putting things off—it’s easy for homework and chores to take a backseat to playing video games, hanging out with friends, watching television, or surfing online. Full-color cartoons and kid-friendly text teach kids how to get motivated, stay motivated, and get things done. Kids learn 12 reasons why people procrastinate and 12 Procrastination Busters that can help; 20 ways to kiss procrastination good-bye; tips for avoiding setbacks like the dreaded Domino Effect; and Mighty Motivators and Fun Rewards to keep them on track. See You Later, Procrastinator! gives kids lots of ways to kick the procrastination habit and feel more in charge of their lives.About the Author:•Pamela Espeland has authored, coauthored, or edited over 200 books for Free Spirit Publishing on a variety of subjects. Pamela graduated from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota and currently live

The first book of daily readings for all kids guides young people through a whole year of positive thinking and practical lifeskills. Each reading addresses an issue important to adolescents and teens—making choices and making friends, laughter and learning, feelings and families. Inspiring quotations, brief essays, and affirmations encourage kids to think more deeply about themselves and their world; to take positive actions and make positive changes; and to grow in self-esteem and emotional health—the keys to making the most of every day.

Millions of people around the world use Inscape Publishing's Personal Profile System to discover their behavorial strengths, increase their interpersonal effectiveness, and become more successful in whatever they do. Inscape's I-Sight instrument is the Personal Profile System for ages 12-18. Based on the DiSC Dimensions of Behavior model, I-sight is a simple, powerful tool for building self-awareness and positive people skills.In KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU, kids learn about DiSC, take the I-Sight insturment, score it themselves, discover their preferred dimension(s) of behavior, and explore ways to interact more effectively with the people in their lives. This book puts the power of DiSC in young people's hands–along with helpful background information, thought-provoking activities, and pratical strategies for improving their strenghts, overcoming their limitations, communicating, resolving conflicts, and flexing their beahvior in various situations. Readers also meet four students–Darius, Emily, Miguel, and Lian–whose experience with Lian–whose experience with I-Sight helps them work together successfully on an important class project. Inspiring quoatations, sidebars, charts, and a "Who's the Real You?" quiz hold teens' interest as they learn and practice I-Sight skills.The Leader's Guide includes ready-to-use lesson plans and reproducible handouts to support the student book.