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Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Written in an accessible Q&A format, here, finally, is the go-to resource for parents hoping to understand and communicate with their gay child. Through their LGBTQ-oriented site, the authors are uniquely experienced to answer parents' many questions and share insight and guidance on both emotional and practical topics. Filled with real-life experiences from gay kids and parents, this is the book gay kids want their parents to read.
4) Matilda
Author
Language
English
Description
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different, but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull, she suddenly discovers...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Presents family oriented games, rhymes, and rituals designed to stimulate children's interest in learning, build children's confidence, enhance discipline, and create bonds between family members. The author of Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline, describes fun activities that enhance behavior and learning in children from infancy through age 8. I Love You Rituals offer more than seventy delightful rhymes and games that send the message of unconditional...
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
For the past 50 years, Sesame Street has stood at the forefront of child development, stimulating and nurturing the minds of preschoolers not only through the iconic TV show, but also through books, games, mobile apps, and community engagement initiatives. With Ready for School!, Senior VP of Curriculum and Content at Sesame Workshop Dr. Rosemarie Truglio shares all the research-based, curriculum-directed school readiness skills that have made Sesame...
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"If you're a parent, you've had a moment--maybe many of them--when you've thought, "How did that conversation go so badly?" At some point after the sixth grade, the same kid who asked "why" non-stop at age four suddenly stops talking to you. And the conversations that you wish you could have--ones fueled by your desire to see your kid not just safe and healthy, but passionately engaged--suddenly feel nearly impossible to execute. The good news is...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From Kelly Rippon, single mother of six super achievers, including an Olympic medalist, comes a breakthrough parenting philosophy. Parent Up is a call to action for all parents to realize the power of being the most important, positive shaping force in your children's lives. Broken down into ten chapters that each present a key influence (from the influence of optimism to loyalty), Kelly shares her philosophy as well as relatable anecdotes from her...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Marilyn Connolly and David Sorenson fall in love in the 1970s, they are blithely ignorant of all that's to come. By 2016, their four radically different daughters are each in a state of unrest: Wendy, widowed young, soothes herself with booze and younger men; Violet, a litigator-turned-stay-at-home-mom, battles anxiety and self-doubt when the darkest part of her past resurfaces; Liza, a neurotic and newly tenured professor, finds herself pregnant...
Author
Publisher
Moody Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In their twenty-year marriage, Mike and Kristin Berry have had the joy of adopting eight children and fostering twenty-three. In Securely Attached, they offer practical insights, supported by therapeutic and medical facts, so all parents can better carefor the children in their home who have experienced past trauma"--
18) Dear Mr. Henshaw
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Newbery Medal Winner * Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children * ALA Notable Children's Book
Beverly Cleary's timeless Newbery Medal-winning book explores difficult topics like divorce, insecurity, and bullying through the thoughts and emotions of a sixth-grade boy as he writes to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw.
After his parents separate, Leigh Botts moves to a new town with his mother. Struggling to make friends and deal with his anger toward...
Author
Publisher
Perigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition
Language
English
Description
"In a world that's changing at warp speed, our kids will need to navigate a path to success without a roadmap -- something entrepreneurs do every day. What if we looked to the world of entrepreneurship, in addition to child development experts, for insights on helping kids gain the skills they'll need in order to prosper personally and professionally? Raising Can-Do Kids is the first book to make a link between the essential qualities that make great...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First Scribner trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"An all-new guide from the mega-bestselling How To Talk series applies trusted and effective communication strategies to the toughest challenges of raising children. For forty years, readers have turned to Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish's How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, the book The Boston Globe called, "the parenting Bible," for a respectful and practical approach to communication with children. Expanding upon this work,...
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