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Ready, Set . . . Baby!
Elizabeth Rusch - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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Big kids Anna and Oliver give young readers the inside scoop on what to expect when a new baby is expected. In a fresh picture book/comic style, Ready, Set . . . Baby offers up a funny, loving, reassuring peek into life as a big brother or sister - with solid information, kid-friendly humor,... |
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Splitopia: Dispatches from Today's Good Divorce and How to Part Well
Wendy Paris - Atria Books
Format: Print book
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Engaging and groundbreaking, Splitopia challenges outdated, negative assumptions about divorce with sharp wit, searing honesty, rigorous research, and intimate interviews, and offers guidance for healthier, happier splits.When Wendy Paris announced that she and her husband were separating,... |
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Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2019
BOB SEHLINGER - Unofficial Guides
Format: Paperback
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THE trusted source of information for a successful Walt Disney World vacation Compiled and written by a team of experienced researchers whose work has been cited by such diverse sources as USA Today and Operations Research Forum, The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World digs... |
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The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups
Erika Christakis - Viking, 2016.
Format: Print book
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"Teach your children well. It's easier to sing than do. Erika Christakis wants to foment a revolution in early childhood education, and with this deeply insightful, scientifically grounded, and utterly original book, she may just get her way." - Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling... |
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Divorce Is the Worst
Anastasia Higginbotham - The Feminist Press
Format: Print book
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Kids are told, "it's for the best"--and one day, it may be. But right now, divorce is the worst. With honesty and humor, Anastasia Higginbotham beautifully conveys the challenge of staying whole when your entire world, and the people in it, split apart. Exceptional in its child-centered... |
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Read with Me: Engaging Your Young Child in Active Reading
Samantha Cleaver - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Parents and early childhood teachers know that reading aloud to children is important, but the specific things that adults do while reading with children that make reading a powerful way to improve children's language, vocabulary, and early literacy skills can remain a mystery. Read... |
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The Baby Book: Pregnancy, birth, baby & childcare from 0 to 3
Dorling Kindersley Inc. - DK Publishing
Format: Print book
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Now available in paperback, The Baby Book is a guide to caring for your child - from pregnancy through age three - that celebrates the joy of being pregnant and of being a parent.Affirmative, encouraging, and practical, The Baby Book provides everything you need to know... |
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Nolo's IEP Guide: Learning Disabilities
LAWRENCE M SIEGEL - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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How to advocate for your child's education. According to the National Center for Learning Disabilities, 2.4 million children in the U.S. are diagnosed with learning disabilities - and these children have unique educational needs. While federal law entitles each of these children to an "appropriate"... |
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Blending Families: Merging Households with Kids 8-18
Trevor Crow - Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
Format: Print book
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Blending Families responds to the need for a book that explores step-parenting by starting with the marriage as the central relationship in a new blended family unit. Just as you are better able to help your child in an airplane emergency if you put your oxygen mask on first, you are better... |
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Raising the Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture
Lisa Boucher - She Writes Press
Format: Paperback
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Have you ever wondered if social drinking has unintended consequences to your health, family, relationships, or your profession? Have you ever thought that losing control of your drinking couldn't happen to you or someone you love? All the women you know are too smart. Too rich. Too kind.... |
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The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare
Marcy Cottrell Houle M.S. - Taylor Trade Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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The desire to help our elders navigate health issues is clear and universal - how to assure proper care and a good ending is not. Combining adroit storytelling skills with expert advice, The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents from the Perils of Modern Healthcare brings the reader into all-too-familiar... |
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Letting Go, Sixth Edition: A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Years
Karen Levin Coburn - William Morrow & Company
Format: Print book
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The sixth edition of this classic parents' guide and college orientation staple has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the realities of college today. For more than a decade, Letting Go has provided hundreds of thousands of parents with valuable insights, information, comfort,... |
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Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old
John Leland - Sarah Crichton Books
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... |
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The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland
Dan Barry - Harper
Format: Print book
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With this Dickensian tale from America's heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men with intellectual disability, and the heroic efforts of those who helped them to find justice... |
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#IMomSoHard
Kristin Hensley - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover
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Has it been months since you've read a book with actual adult words that had nothing to do with farm animals or superheroes or going potty? Well then, it's time to take a break. Pour yourself some wine. Put on your comfy pants. All good? Ok, welcome to the party.Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley,... |
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Long-Term Care: How to Plan & Pay for It
Joseph Matthews Attorney - NOLO
Format: Twelfth Edition
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Get the best care, in the right place, at the right priceTo find the right kind of long-term care, you may need to make difficult personal, medical, and financial decisions during emotionally tough times. Long-Term Care helps you and your family understand the range of available choices.... |
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American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
Nancy Jo Sales - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times BestsellerInstagram. Whisper. Yik Yak. YouTube. Kik. Ask.fm. Tinder. The dominant force in the lives of girls coming of age in America today is social media. What it is doing to an entire generation of young women is the subject of award-winning Vanity Fair... |
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The Unofficial Guide to Universal Orlando 2018
SETH KUBERSKY - Unofficial Guides
Format: Paperback
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THE Comprehensive Guide to Universal OrlandoThe Unofficial Guide to Universal Orlando by Seth Kubersky is packed with detailed, specific information on every ride, show, and restaurant in the resort, including insider details on Harry Potter's Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley, as well as the new waterpark... |
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I've Got Sand In All the Wrong Places
Lisa Scottoline - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book
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Lisa and Francesca are back with another collection of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman. This six book series is among the best reviewed humor books published today and has been compared to the late greats, Erma Bombeck and Nora Ephron. Delia Ephron said... |
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Child Custody and Support
Emily Doskow - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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Custody and Support: Get the Answers You Need When you're getting divorced, you can make a tough time easier for your children (and yourself) if you work with the other parent to agree on a custody plan and child support. If you can't resolve these issues, you'll have to head to court,... |
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Act Natural: A Cultural History of Misadventures in Parenting
Jennifer Traig - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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From a distinctive, inimitable voice, a wickedly funny and fascinating romp through the strange and often contradictory history of Western parentingWhy do we read our kids fairy tales about homicidal stepparents? How did helicopter parenting develop if it used to be perfectly socially acceptable... |
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How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results
Esther Wojcicki - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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The Godmother of Silicon Valley, legendary teacher, and mother of a Super Family shares her tried-and-tested methods for raising happy, healthy, successful children using Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness: TRICK. Esther Wojcicki - "Woj" to her many friends... |
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How Do I Explain This to My Kids?: Parenting in the Age of Trump
Sarah Swong - The New Press
Format: Paperback
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The day after the 2016 presidential election, filmmaker Carlos Sandoval found Ku Klux Klan fliers on the seats of the Long Island Railroad and recounts how his Cuban American niece Lexi's world was "shattered" by the election - she is one of thousands of children wondering if they... |
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Little Victories: Perfect Rules for Imperfect Living
Jason Gay - Doubleday
Format: Print book
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The Wall Street Journal's popular columnist Jason Gay delivers a hilarious and heartfelt guide to modern living. "The book you hold in your hand is a rule book. There have been rule books before - stacks upon stacks of them - but this book is unlike any other rule book you have... |
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