Persistence and creativity can lead to amazing things, as Leif the leaf discovers in this lovely storybook from Allison Sweet Grant and Adam Grant, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Originals. Leif is a leaf. A worried leaf. It is autumn, and Leif is afraid to fall. "All leaves fall in the fall," say the other leaves. But Leif is determined to find a different way down, and with his friend Laurel, he uses the resources around him to create a net, a kite, a parachute in hopes of softening his landing. The clock is ticking, the wind is blowing. What will happen when a gust of wind pulls Leif from his branch? In a culture that prizes achievement, kids are often afraid to fail--failing to realize that some of the very ideas that don't work are steps along the path to ones that will.
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Adam Grant is a New York Times bestselling author and an organizational psychologist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he has been the top-rated professor for seven straight years. His books have sold more than two million copies and been translated into thirty-five languages. He has been recognized as one of the world’s ten most influential management thinkers and Fortune’s 40 under 40, and has been honored with distinguished scientific achievement awards from the American Psychological Association and the National Science Foundation. He received his BA degree from Harvard and his PhD from the University of Michigan.