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How To Raise An Amazing Child the Montessori Way, 2nd Edition

TIM SELDIN - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Format: Paperback

"A practical parenting program to help build a calm and happy home life with your child, from birth through age six. This guide is based on Montessori school methods and packed with creative activities to help children discover more about their world as well as foster independence,...
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Caring for a Loved One with Dementia: A Mindfulness-Based Guide for Reducing Stress and Making the Best of Your Journey Together

Marguerite Manteau-Rao - New Harbinger Pub
Format: Print book

Caring for a Loved One with Dementia is a unique and compassionate guide that offers an effective mindfulness-based dementia care (MBDC) program to help you meet your own needs and lower stress levels while caring for your loved one.If you're caring for a loved one with dementia,...
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When Your Child Has Food Allergies: A Parent's Guide to Managing It All - From the Everyday to the Extreme

MIREILLE SCHWARTZ - AMACOM
Format: Paperback

All the answers parents need. Keeping kids safe takes vigilance. But when your child has food allergies, the challenge is greater and you worry that much more. As a food-allergy mom (and someone seriously allergic herself) , author Mireille Schwartz has been through it all. Now, in this...
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All About ADHD: A Family Resource for Helping Your Child Succeed with ADHD

Thomas W Phelan - Sourcebooks Inc
Format: Print book

By the author of the bestselling parent book 1-2-3 MagicFor the estimated 20 million Americans with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder comes the third edition of All About ADHD by Dr. Thomas W. Phelan, an internationally renowned expert and lecturer on child discipline and ADHD. Completely...
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The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland

Dan Barry - Harper
Format: Print book

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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Women with Controlling Partners: Taking Back Your Life from a Manipulative or Abusive Partner

Carol A Lambert - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Print book

"A poignant and necessary book for all women who live in fear in their own homes." - Library Journal A controlling or abusive partner can break even the strongest person - unless you know what to look for. Written by an expert in intimate partner abuse and based on her highly...
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AARP Meditations for Caregivers: Practical, Emotional, and Spiritual Support for You and Your Family

Barry J Jacobs - Da Capo
Format: Print book

Family caregiving has its challenges: emotional overload, time constraints, anxiety, burnout, missed work, adult sibling conflicts, and marital issues. But caregivers also grow personally and spiritually by ensuring the well-being of a loved one. In AARP Meditations for Caregivers, clinical...
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Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The Complete Guide

Penny Simkin PT - Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Format: Print book

If you only buy one pregnancy book, this should be the one! It's the most complete. It covers all aspects of childbearing, from conception through early infancy, and tells you what to expect. It offers detailed information, suggestions on decisions to make, and advice on steps to take...
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Boom! 50 Fantastic Science Experiments

Chris Smith - IMM Lifestyle Books
Format: Print book

This amazing book from the famous Naked Scientists offers a fun way to introduce science to kids, with 50 simple experiments that produce spectacular results. Want to know how to create fireworks from a bag of chips? Turn rice into quicksand? Generate a cloud in a soda bottle? How about...
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The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups

Erika Christakis - Penguin Books
Format: Print book

"Christakis . . . expertly weaves academic research, personal experience and anecdotal evidence into her book . . . a bracing and convincing case that early education has reached a point of crisis . . . her book is a rare thing: a serious work of research that also happens to be well-written...
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Long-term care : how to plan and pay for it

J L Matthews - Nolo
Format: Print book

Get the best care, in the right place, at the right price To 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...
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Fine Motor Skills for Children with Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals

Maryanne Bruni - Woodbine House
Format: Print book

The popular book, Fine Motor Skills for Children with Down Syndrome is now available in a completely revised third edition. The author, an occupational therapist and parent of an adult with Down syndrome, describes how the characteristics of Down syndrome can impact the acquisition and progression...
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Autism Adulthood: Strategies and Insights for a Fulfilling Life

Susan Senator - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book

One of the biggest fears of parents with children with autism is looming adulthood and all that it entails. In her new book Susan Senator takes the mystery out of adult life on the autism spectrum and conveys the positive message that even though autism adulthood is complicated and challenging,...
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KIDS LOVE PENNSYLVANIA, 5th Edition: Your Family Travel Guide to Exploring Kid-Friendly Pennsylvania. 600 Fun Stops & Unique Spots

Michele Darrall Zavatsky - Kids Love Publications; 5 edition
Format: Print book

KIDS LOVE PENNSYLVANIA, 5TH EDITION Your Family Travel Guide to Exploring Kid-Friendly Pennsylvania - 500 Fun Stops Unique Spots Your kids will love finding where to discover Oil and take a tram ride deep into Coal Mines...hike along tall trees, great lakes, waterfalls and grand canyons...tour...
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The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2018

Bob Sehlinger - Unofficial Guides
Format: Paperback

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 deeper and offers more than any other guide. The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World...
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The Spectrum of Hope: An Optimistic and New Approach to Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias

Gayatri Devi - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

Imagine finding a glimmer of good news in a diagnosis of Alzheimer's. And imagine how that would change the outlook of the 5 million Americans who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, not to mention their families, loved ones, and caretakers. A neurologist who's been specializing...
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