DOUBLE TAP TO ZOOM WITH PHONE OR TABLET Published by Redleaf Press 10 Yorkton Court St. Paul, MN 55117 www.redleafpress.org © 2015 by Holly Elissa Bruno All rights reserved. Unless otherwise noted on a specific page, no portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or capturing on any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a critical article or review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper, or electronically transmitted on radio, television, or the Internet. First edition 2015 Cover design by Erin New Cover illustrations © Vectoronly | Dreamstime.com Interior design by Erin Kirk New Typeset in Century Old Style Printed in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bruno, Holly Elissa. The comfort of little things : an educator’s guide to second chances / by Holly Elissa Bruno. -- First edition. pages cm Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-60554-409-0 1. Teachers--Psychology. 2. Motivation in education. I. Title. LB2840.B78 2015 370.15’4--dc23 2014046433 Printed on acid-free paper COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL