Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world.

"Claire can't wait to get out on the ice and skate, skate, skate! She's going to jump, leap, and twirl! Just you wait--pretty soon she'll be on TV and dazzling audiences everywhere. But when Claire and her mom arrive at the Ice Center for Claire's very first skating lesson, it's not everything Claire was dreaming it would be...In this humorous tale of expectation meets reality, Claire discovers beautiful performances require lots of skill, and it's...

There are five guys on the Wildcats who always start, and forward Daniel Friedland isn't one of them. But when the star forward goes on vacation, Daniel gets his chance at the spotlight. It's his turn to shine. Daniel has worked hard at improving his free throws, but he's terrible at layups, and everybody knows it. He'll need to work hard if he wants to be a starting Wildcat.

In Showing Perseverance, beginning readers will learn about all the ways they can be strong in spite of difficulty.

When Joe came to America from Africa, he worked hard in school, made friends, and embraced his new home, but many did not believe he would succeed.

Determined to catch a perfect snowflake, Liam sticks out his tongue and tries a number of tricks, all to no avail, but after giving it one last shot, he grabs one in an unexpected way.

En Actos de perseverancia, los lectores principiantes aprenderán sobre todas las formas en que pueden ser fuertes a pesar de la dificultad.

When a young rabbit quits soccer after a disappointing first game, her family encourages her to keep trying.

"Robbie Hammond, the Dulaney Orioles' pitcher, has to persevere through a losing season"--

The Insanity of God is the personal and lifelong journey of an ordinary couple from rural Kentucky who thought they were going on just your ordinary missionary pilgrimage, but discovered it would be anything but. After spending over six hard years doing relief work in Somalia, and experiencing life where it looked like God had turned away completely and He was clueless about the tragedies of life, the couple had a crisis of faith and left Africa asking...