Books published by publisher Nickel Press

Finalist 2012 USA Book News Best Book Award Finalist ForeWord Reviews 2012 Book of the Year Award The success of your organization depends on your ability to prioritize, focus, and act. What if you could reinvigorate productivity, expand your creative vision, and become a better leader by simply thinking differently … about thinking? David A. Sousa examines the most provocative brain research as it relates to organizational leadership. By understanding the way the brain perceives, plans, and impacts your behavior, you'll more effectively influence both your internal and external customers. Discover ways you can train your brain to: - Deal with information overload. - Manage the emotions of a crisis. - Ignore irrelevant information. - Work most effectively with colleagues. - Solve problems by thinking differently. - Cultivate and develop creativity. - Control stress in the workplace. - Nurture a healthy brain.

A young girl and her parents travel from Chicago s Uptown neighborhood to see the Grant Park Orchestra. It s gonna be ee lec tric! Daddy says. The family rides the L train what mama calls everybody's taxi, on the Red Line to downtown Millennium Park. The girl is captivated by a man on the L platform playing the Blues, and also by the violin soloist on stage playing a concerto. On the train ride home, she falls asleep on her mama s lap and dreams of adding her own music to the City of the Big Shoulders.

Have you ever lived in Right NowAPillar Time? What s a DuckFlap? And do you know how to Deerly Listen? Squircle follows a little girl named Evie who tries to catch a squirrel and ends up wandering through the forest on a magical adventure. Along the way, she unexpectedly meets a circle of woodland friends who inspire her to live in the moment, listen to her inner voice, and go with the flow of life. Using these tools to overcome negative emotions, such as anger, fear, and loneliness, Evie finds her joyful spirit. She realizes that she s never alone, and in fact, she s connected to everything around her, even the squirrel.

On the surface we look like individuals, but hidden below, like the roots of the great Quaking Aspen trees, we are connected. In the same way a family has a family tree, our community has a CommuniTree. On a family tree, each branch represents a person. On a CommuniTree, individuals are connected by our roots of shared values and collective ideas. Our connections take form in our collaborations, the music we make together, our trust in one another, and in the seeds of love that we continuously plant. CommuniTree was created in collaboration with 686 students (K4 - 8th grade) from Dover School and Tippecano School for the Arts & Humanities, during a time when these two separate schools were merging together to form Milwaukee Parkside School for the Arts. In an effort to take an active role in building their new school, students worked with artist and author Andrea Skyberg to develop a children s picture book about community.

The birds ruffled their feathers and chimed, Shake off your wings and fly!Trees stay put, reminded the wise oaks.A magical creature is born from a feather that has been sowed into the soil. As it grows, it discovers that it has characteristics of both a bird and a tree. The mighty oaks, only tall enough to see the creature s trunk, believe it s a tree and that it should stay grounded. The birds above, only able to see the creatures mass of sparkling feathers, believe it is a bird and urge it to take flight. The creature struggles between the two worlds until it sees itself as it really is a new kind of being, a Shimmerling.

Have you ever lived in Right NowAPillar Time? What s a DuckFlap? And do you know how to Deerly Listen? Squircle follows a little girl named Evie who tries to catch a squirrel and ends up wandering through the forest on a magical adventure. Along the way, she unexpectedly meets a circle of woodland friends who inspire her to live in the moment, listen to her inner voice, and go with the flow of life. Using these tools to overcome negative emotions, such as anger, fear, and loneliness, Evie finds her joyful spirit. She realizes that she s never alone, and in fact, she s connected to everything around her, even the squirrel.