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Chicken soup for the preteen soul : 21st anniversary edition : an update of the 2000 classic / [compiled by] Jack Canfield [and 4 others].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cos Cob, CT : Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 21st anniversary editionDescription: x, 325 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781611590807
  • 1611590809
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Foreword / Kenan Thompson -- The 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 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.
Summary: "Stories to help today's preteens be the happiest, best versions of themselves"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 158.1083 C533 Available 33111010670640
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 158.1083 C533 Available 33111010557615
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction 158.1083 C533 Available 33111009832045
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Ages 9-13.

Foreword / Kenan Thompson -- The 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 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.

"Stories to help today's preteens be the happiest, best versions of themselves"-- Provided by publisher.

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