Confidence

=**Feeling confident in their ability as learners, having the courage to take risks, applying what they have learned and making appropriate decisions and choices.**=

//Sheila Rae, the Brave//
When brave Sheila Rae, who usually looks out for her sister Louise, becomes lost and scared one day, Louise comes to the rescue.

//Whistle for Willie//
A young boy tries to learn how to whistle, so that he can call his dog like all the bigger boys do.

//I Like Me!//
By admiring her finer points and showing that she can take care of herself and have fun even when there's no one else around, a charming pig proves the best friend you can have is yourself.

//Mirette on the High Wire//
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Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of fear.

//Thunder Cake//
Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.

//John Henry//
Retells the legend of the African-American railroad builder who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.

//Amazing Grace//
Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is African-American, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.