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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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The Mommy Shorts Guide to Remarkably Average Parenting
Ilana Wiles · Harry N Abrams
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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Ilana Wiles is not a good mother. She's not a bad mother either. Like most of us, she's normal. From the creator of the wildly popular blog Mommy Shorts comes Ilana Wiles's first humor book on remarkably average parenting. If you want solid advice about raising kids, this book... |
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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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Military Life 101: Basic Training for New Military Families
Janet I Farley · Rowan & Littlefield
Pages: 180
Format: Print book
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Making the most of all your new military life has to offer can be difficult when you aren't familiar with what life in the military really means. Military Life 101: Basic Training for New Military Families answers many of the questions that service members and their family may have... |
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Watch My Baby Grow
DK · DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Lots of books tell you about child development and a baby's first year, but Watch My Baby Grow shows you everything that happens in the first year of life in step-by-step pictures with detailed explanations. Every milestone of baby development, from gurgles to coos to first words, is documented... |
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Eldercare 101: A Practical Guide to Later Life Planning, Care, and Wellbeing
Mary Jo Saavedra · Rowman & Littlefield
Pages: 264
Format: Print book
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The Silver Tsunami is upon us as elder care and crisis management reaches a tipping point with the graying of America. By 2020, 54 million people in the U.S. will be over the age of 65; by 2030, that number will top 80 million. Feeling the squeeze of multi-generational home demands, children... |
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Raising Cooperative Kids: Proven Practices for a Connected, Happy Family
Marion Forgatch · Conari Press
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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What's the recipe for a happy family? A spirit of cooperation. Instilling a spirit of cooperation in children is the real secret to providing the gift of a happy childhood, being a "good" parent, and building the family you've always wanted.In Raising Cooperative Kids,... |
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The Littlest Learners: Preparing Your Child for Kindergarten
DAWN R ROGINSKI · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
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The Littlest Learners connects the most recent research on emergent literacy, the skills necessary to become a reader and concrete activities that parents and caregivers can do to maximize their child's reading readiness. The book is divided into 5 activities:1) talking with young... |
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