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The Zippity Zinger
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Henry Winkler |
The pressure is on when Hank Zipzer is chosen as pitcher for the softball team at Public School 87's annual Olympiad, the most anticipated day of the school year. |
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Just enough anxiety
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Robert H. Rosen |
A psychologist and leadership expert explains how to harness the right level of anxietyMost of us see anxiety as a bad thing, so at the first sign of it we try to fight back or run away. But accordin… |
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Fearless
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Brandon Terrell |
Although he lives on a farm in Minnesota, Ben Martin is a skateboarder who dreams of having a chance to skate with professionals at a regional competition--but he has never performed in front of a cr… |
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Pool Panic
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Jake Maddox,Katie Wood,Leigh McDonald |
Jenny has always loved swimming, so this year she's finally decided to join the swim team. Jenny cruises through the pool during practice, but when she sees the crowd of spectators at her first meet,… |
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Performing under pressure
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Hendrie Weisinger |
"Nobody performs better under pressure. Regardless of the task, pressure ruthlessly diminishes our judgment, decision-making, attention, dexterity, and performance in every professional and personal … |
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Facing my music
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Barbara Seiger |
Daniel overcomes fears of playing his flute in public and uses his music to help rescue a friend. |
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The little girl in the yellow dress
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Nancy Kaesler |
This is an inspiring and instructive memoir of a piano teacher who discovers the importance of digging for the roots of performance anxiety and addressing the origins of the issue. Weaving her person… |
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Mirette on the high wire
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Emily Arnold McCully |
Mirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of fear. |
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