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How to Raise an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi
Format: Hardcover

The book that every parent, caregiver, and teacher needs to raise the next generation of antiracist thinkers, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an AntiracistThe tragedies and reckonings around racism that have rocked the country have created a specific crisis for parents...
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The Test: Why Our Schools are Obsessed with Standardized Testing–But You Don’t Have to Be

Anya Kamenetz - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

Standardized assessments test our children, our teachers, our schools - and increasingly, our patience.Your child is more than a score. But in the last twenty years, schools have dramatically increased standardized testing, sacrificing hours of classroom time. What is the cost to students,...
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Families with Two Dads

Rachael Morlock - PowerKids Press
Format: Library Binding

Each family is unique. Some families have a mom and a dad. Some have only one parent. Others have two dads. Families with two dads aren't so different from those with a mom and a dad. Family members go to work, cook meals, do yard work or other chores, and they do fun things together....
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Watch My Baby Grow

DK - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Format: Hardcover

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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Happy-Go-Lucky

David Sedaris - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

Back when restaurant menus were still printed on paper, and wearing a mask—or not—was a decision made mostly on Halloween, David Sedaris spent his time doing normal things. As Happy-Go-Lucky opens, he is learning to shoot guns with his sister, visiting muddy flea markets in Serbia,...
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Keep Calm and Parent On: A Guilt-Free Approach to Raising Children by Asking More from Them and Doing Less

Emma Jenner - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

From a modern-day Mary Poppins and the former star of TLC's Take Home Nanny comes a holistic and guilt-free approach to parenting children ages seven and under.Emma Jenner lives, teaches, and nannies by this philosophy: if parents are in control, they can enjoy their children more....
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Lucy's Mask

Lisa Sirkis Thompson - Independently published
Format: Paperback

Suddenly, masks are everywhere. Are your kids confused and anxious about wearing a mask? Lucy's world turned upside down. She's bored. She can't be together with her friends. But when she finds out her mom is making her a new mask her boredom turns into excitement. Lucy loves...
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Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

Aminatou Sow - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A close friendship is one of the most influential and important relationships a human life can contain. Anyone will tell you that! But for all the rosy sentiments surrounding friendship, most people dont talk much about what it really takes to stay close for the long haul. Now two friends,...
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Mothers, Fathers, and Others: Essays

Siri Hustvedt
Format: Hardcover

Described as "a 21st-century Virginia Woolf" in the Literary Review (UK) , Man Booker longlisted Hustvedt displays her expansive intellect and interdisciplinary knowledge in this collection that moves effortlessly between stories of her mother, grandmother, and daughter to artistic...
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The Read Aloud Factor: How to Create the Habit That Boosts Your Baby's Brain

Rekha S. Rajan - Parenting Press
Format: Paperback

We have always known that reading aloud is an important way to bond with your baby and develop language skills. Now neuroscience research is showing us the long-term benefit that reading aloud has for children - all the way into adulthood. Author Rekha S. Rajan was part of current research...
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