Washoe County Library System

When it comes to drones and video games, fifth-grader Michael and a 2000-year-old talking squirrel named Merle have very little self-control. Continue the series Kirkus Reviews said will make kids “undoubtedly laugh out loud” with “plenty of humor to tickle young readers” and recommended for fans of Big Nate and Stink! Mike Nawrocki, co-creator of VeggieTales, is back with more adventures with Michael and his friends! What do homework,...

Ellie May really wants to be her second-grade class's flag leader during the Pledge of Allegiance, however her enthusiasm and hyperactivity keep getting in the way, both in school and at home--but maybe learning everything about various presidents, dressing the part, or pleading her case will finally get her teacher to pick her, rather than the well-behaved Ava.

Mia goes up against a mighty robot in this sixth adventure of the Mia Mayhem chapter book series! Mias best friend, Eddie, has built an awesome robot thats supposed to be a mighty cleaning machine! And at first, everything runs smoothly as the robot helps around the house and at regular school! But things quickly go haywire when Mia accidentally makes the robot grow three times its normal size. Does Mia have what it takes to go up against a mighty,...

"Why are my anxiety alarms going off all the time?" "Why do I feel like I'm in an endless cycle of blame and anger and impatience?" "Why are the people I love most melting down around me?" No one needs to be told that our lives are filled with more anxiety than ever before. We know it. Our bodies can feel it. The questions we really need to answer "Why?" and "Is there anything we can do about it?" Dr. John Delony decided to get to the root of the...

"From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power comes the definitive new book on decoding the behavior of the people around you Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of...

For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare--poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air...

"In Never Finished, Goggins takes you inside his Mental Lab, where he developed the philosophy, psychology, and strategies that enabled him to learn that what he thought was his limit was only his beginning and that the quest for greatness is unending. The stories and lessons in this raw, revealing, unflinching memoir offer the reader a blueprint they can use to climb from the bottom of the barrel into a whole new stratosphere that once seemed unattainable....

An intimate look at the full spectrum of shameoften masked by addiction, promiscuity, perfectionism, self-loathing, or narcissismthat offers a new, positive route forward. Encounters with embarrassment, guilt, self-consciousness, remorse, et cetera are an unavoidable part of everyday life, and they sometimes have lessons to teach usabout our goals and values, about the person we expect ourselves to be. In contrast to the prevailing cultural view of...

Designed for children to read with their parents, explains good behavior, rules and consequences.