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English
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"From Academy Award-nominated producer Brian Grazer and acclaimed business journalist Charles Fishman comes a brilliantly entertaining peek into the weekly "curiosity conversations" that have inspired Grazer to create some of America's favorite and iconic movies and television shows--from 24 to A Beautiful Mind. For decades, film and TV producer Brian Grazer has scheduled a weekly "curiosity conversation" with an accomplished stranger. From scientists...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Leslie argues that true curiosity--the sustained quest for understanding that begets insight and innovation--is becoming increasingly difficult to harness in our wired world. We confuse ease of access to information with curiosity, and risk losing our ability to ask questions that extend our knowledge gap rather than merely filling it. Worst of all, this decline in curiosity has led to a decline in empathy and our ability to care about those around...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"When you think you have the answers, you need to be asking a lot more questions -- and embracing fearless curiosity. In this timely, personal guide, journalist Maonica Guzmaan shows why curiosity is our best policy and how you can put it to work for youimmediately, sharing practical tips from the trenches of the social, political, and cultural divides"--
"We think we have the answers, but we need to be asking a lot more questions. Journalist Mónica...
5) I wonder
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"What do you wonder about when you look at the world?"--Jacket.
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Despite American education's mania for standardized tests, testing misses what matters most about learning: the desire to learn in the first place. Susan Engel offers a highly readable exploration of what curiosity is, how it can be measured, how it develops in childhood, and how educators can put curiosity at the center of the classroom.
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Be as curious as a cat with this irresistible companion to Being a Dog by beloved author Maria Gianferrari and #1 New York Times bestselling artist Pete Oswald. Join a child and their cat as they embrace their curiosity: wandering, exploring, and discovering all day long. This sweet and fun story is sure to spark wonder in readers everywhere. Engaging backmatter includes fascinating facts about cat behavior that will feed readers’ curiosity."--
"Be...
Author
Series
Ginny Goblin volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Ginny tries to reach and open a box using a chair, then a grappling hook, then a catapult, while the narrator suggests ways to keep her away from it.
12) Anomaly
Author
Series
Anomaly trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Living in a post-apocalyptic State that has supposedly eliminated emotions, Thalli is slated for anihilation by the Scientists when her carefully-kept secret that she is an anomaly becomes known, but when she becomes their test subject, instead, she learns that she may actually be part of a Creator's greater design.
13) Red, red, red
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As Turtle rushes through town, in a hurry to see something "red, red, red," his neighbors wonder what it could be and hurry after him to find out.
14) A penguin story
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Edna the penguin tries to find something in her surroundings that is not black, white, or blue.
15) Wondering around
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
What do you wonder when you wander outside? This lyrical picture book reveals the creativity and curiosity that comes from exploring the outdoors. From mysterious footprints on a forest path to mystifying reflections of water on sand, nature has a way of making us curious.
16) Just because
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
When a child is too full of questions about the world to go to sleep, her patient father offers up increasingly creative responses to his child's nighttime wonderings.
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Drawing on the fields of psychology, neuroscience and anthropology, a New York Times best-selling author unlocks the secrets of mystery's allure, shedding new light on everything from the formulas of our favorite detective shows to the calculated risks of the stock market.
Author
Series
Maybelle (Katie Speck) volume 1
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Mr. and Mrs. Peabody invite a guest to dinner, Maybelle the cockroach, who lives under their refrigerator, ignores the warnings of Henry the flea to be sensible and ends up "splashing" into a big adventure.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
During a trip to the country, curiosity and excitement get Violet, the little white cat, into all kinds of trouble, much to the dismay of Alice's uncle, who "was never much of a cat person."
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