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To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care
Cris Beam · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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A triumph of narrative reporting and storytelling. . . . Beam gives foster children a much-needed voice and does what too many adults in the foster-care system cant, or wont She advocates for them. -- New York Times Book ReviewWho are the children of foster care? What, as a country,... |
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Ketchup Is a Vegetable: And Other Lies Moms Tell Themselves
Robin O'Bryant · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 234
Format: Paperback
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If you don't have anything nice to say about motherhood, then ... read this book. Robin O'Bryant offers a no holds barred look at the day to day life of being a mother to three, running a household and the everyday monotony of parenting. It's not always pretty but it's... |
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Well Played: The Ultimate Guide to Awakening Your Family's Playful Spirit
Meredith L Sinclair · William Morrow
Pages: 273
Format: Print book
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From Today Show contributor, Meredith Sinclair, comes this ultimate resource for awakening your playful spirit, jumpstarting your relationships, and upping your happiness quotient. In our age of digital addiction, many of us have lost our ability to be spontaneous. More parents are complaining... |
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Programming for Children and Teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Barbara Klipper · Amer Library Assn Editions
Format: Paperback
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Those who understand the unique sensitivities of young people with autism spectrum disorder, now the second most commonly diagnosed serious developmental disability, know that ordinary library programming guides are not up to the task of effectively serving these library users. Klipper... |
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Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child
Ross W Greene · Scribner Book Company
Pages: 281
Format: Hardcover
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In Raising Human Beings, the renowned child psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Lost at School and The Explosive Child explains how to cultivate a better parent-child relationship while also nurturing empathy, honesty, resilience, and independence. Parents have an important... |
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How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids
Jancee Dunn · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 269
Format: Hardcover
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A hilariously candid account of one woman's quest to bring her post-baby marriage back from the brink, with life-changing, real-world advice. How Not To Hate Your Husband After Kids tackles the last taboo subject of parenthood: the startling, white-hot fury that new (and not-so-new) mothers... |
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Dementia in the Family: Practical Advice From a Caregiver
LEE CARDWELL · Self-Counsel Press
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
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Approximately six million people have some form of dementia in North America, and they each have an average of five care partners. This number is growing each year and will continue to grow until a cure is found. There are books that are very clinical and books that are fictional, but Dementia... |
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I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere but the Pool
LISA SCOTTOLINE · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 323
Format: Hardcover
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"Lisa and Francesca, mother and daughter, bring you the laughter of their lives." -- Delia Ephron, bestselling author The bestselling and "perennially hilarious" mother-daughter team is back with a new collection of stories from their real lives, guaranteed to make... |
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Uncommon Voyage: Parenting Children With Special Needs - A Guidebook
Laura Shapiro Kramer · BookBaby
Pages: 204
Format: Paperback
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Laura Shapiro Kramer has turned her experience raising a special-needs child (already detailed in her successful memoir) into a guidebook for other parents.The e-book and web site contain multiple resources and she is building a community of support through Facebook, Twitter, and at uncommonvoyage.com. |
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Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old
John Leland · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Based on the popular New York Times series, life-changing wisdom from an unexpected source: America's oldest oldIn 2015, the award-winning New York Times journalist John Leland set out to meet some of the city's oldest inhabitants for a series on America's fastest-growing age group: those... |
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Minimalist Parenting: Enjoy Modern Family Life More by Doing Less
Christine Koh · Bibliomotion; First edition
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Were in the midst of a parenting climate that feeds on more more expert advice, more gear, more fear about competition and safety, and more choices to make about education, nutrition, even entertainment. The result? Overwhelmed, confused parents and overscheduled, over-parented kids. In Minimalist... |
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Raising Girls: How to Help Your Daughter Grow Up Happy, Healthy, and Strong
Steve Biddulph · Random House Inc
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
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A practical guidebook and passionate call-to-arms for parents of girls that empowers them to raise confident, well-rounded daughters in an exploitative world, from the author of the international bestseller Raising Boys.Raising a happy, healthy, well-adjusted daughter from babyhood to womanhood... |
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