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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Little Wins by Paul Lindley, read by Paul Lindley and Genevieve Ashcroft-Helal. Never mind growing up; it's time we grew down. There are some 400 million people worldwide whose creativity, imagination and determination put the...

In How Children Succeed, Paul Tough introduced us to research showing that personal qualities like perseverance, self-control, and conscientiousness play a critical role in children's success. Now, in Helping Children Succeed, Tough takes on a new set of pressing questions: What does growing up in poverty do to children's mental and physical development? How does adversity at home affect their success in the classroom, from preschool to high school?