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The Science of Parenting, 2nd Edition

Margot Sunderland - Dk Publishing
Format: Print book

Backed by the most up-to-date scientific research, The Science of Parenting, 2nd Edition provides evidence-based parenting advice about how you should care for your child, with practical strategies from birth to 12 years of age. Child psychotherapist Dr. Margot Sunderland has more than...
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No Choice: The Destruction of Roe v. Wade and the Fight to Protect a Fundamental American Right

BECCA ANDREWS - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

An in-depth look at the legacy of Roe v. Wade, and on-the-ground reporting from the front lines of the battle to protect the right to choose The pieces started to fall In 2019 when a wave of anti-abortion laws went into effect. Georgia, Ohio, Mississippi, Louisiana and Kentucky banned abortion...
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Baby and Toddler Basics: Expert Answers to Parents' Top 150 Questions

TANYA ALTMANN - American Academy of Pediatrics
Format: Paperback

Parents of children from birth to age three will find answers to their most-frequently asked questions about child health and wellness in this easy-to-understand volume. Tanya Altmann, MD, FAAP, practicing pediatrician and frequent contributor to NBC's "Today" show, helps parents...
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Maker Camp: Heritage Crafts and Skill-Building Projects for Kids

Delanie Holton-Fessler - Roost Books
Format: Hardcover

Handcraft is part of human nature: we build, we create, we innovate. The 20 projects in this book from an experienced art educator weave a story of human innovation and creativity, from the very beginnings of building shelters in the woods to tinkering with recycled materials. Heritage...
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Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me

Adrienne Brodeur - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

A daughter's tale of living in the thrall of her magnetic, complicated mother, and the chilling consequences of her complicity. On a hot August night on Cape Cod when Adrienne was fourteen, her mother, Malabar, woke her at midnight with five simple words that would set the course of both...
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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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Can I Have Babies Too?

Sanderijn van der Doef - Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format: Paperback

Drawing on extensive professional and personal experience, this book offers guidance and advice on how to better communicate with children about relationships and sexuality using everyday situations. An invaluable resource for teachers and parents, it provides you with the tools you need...
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Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son

Homeira Qaderi - Harper
Format: Hardcover

An exquisite and inspiring memoir about one mother's unimaginable choice in the face of oppression and abuse in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.In the days before Homeira Qaderi gave birth to her son, Siawash, the road to the hospital in Kabul would often be barricaded because of the frequent...
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What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption: An Adoptee's Perspective on Its History, Nuances, and Practices

Melissa Guida-Richards - North Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback

If you're the white parent of a transracially or internationally adopted child, you may have been told that if you try your best and work your hardest, good intentions and a whole lot of love will be enough to give your child the security, attachment, and nurturing family life they...
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Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School

Michelle Icard
Format: Hardcover

Trying to convince a middle schooler to listen to you can be exasperating. Indeed, it can feel like the best option is not to talk! But keeping kids safe - and prepared for all the times when you can't be the angel on their shoulder - is about having the right conversations at the right...
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