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After realizing that his life is not how it used to be, Jerry takes a good long look inside of himself and finds that his true needs, wants, and desires are being overwhelmed by his consumption of food.
Anita meticulously takes notes of everything that happens to her throughtout her daily life.
One night when she can't sleep, Marina pretends her bed is an ocean.
Every year Andy dreads the end of summer and the return to school, but this year he learns to see things differently and is excited by the coming changes in his life.
Emily watches Spencer build a witch's hat on the beach which he says that the sea fairy will take away. What really makes the hat disappear?
"What's happening in this town? Everyone is worried about a simple event that becomes exaggerated and highly dramatic as it passes word of mouth from one person to another."--Cover back.
Bailey is very impatient. One day in the woods she meets a little old lady named Flora who can help her with her impatience.
Nicholas loves to watch television—he loves the characters on the screen and he loves to create fantasies about them. But because he watches those characters so much, he soon discovers that his fantasies and television friendships are overwhelming the actual events and relationships in his life. In this intimate story, Nicholas begins to realize that what he really needs—to share his days and thoughts with someone he loves—he can never get from a television show. A Nicolás le encanta ver televisión—le encantan los personajes detrás de la pantalla y le encanta crear fantasías sobre ellos. Pero, porque mira la tele con tanta frecuencia, pronto descubre que estas fantasías y amistades muchas veces contrastan con los eventos y amigos en su vida real. En este cuento íntimo, Nicolás se da cuenta que lo que actualmente necesita—compartir con alguien los valores del corazón—nunca podrá recibir de la televisión.
Introducing young readers to the complicated motivations involved in overeating, this book illustrates the mental dilemmas and preoccupations of an overeater and promotes open discussion between parents and their sons and daughters. As it illustrates the interior life of Jerry, this charming story explains that the food monster (Jerry's desire to eat) has grown so powerful that it is obscuring many of his other motivations, or FITS (Friends Inside the Self). By rediscovering his FITS—those that sing, run, listen to music, and stargaze—Jerry realizes the impact that food is having on his life and begins to regain control of his appetites and emotions. Las motivaciones complicadas de comid...