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Baby Feels

Thalita Dol - Simply Read Books
Format: Board book

Thalita Dol's debut picture book, Baby Feels, is a book about feelings, but with a twist: it shows not only the basic feelings we usually see in similar books, but also those that aren't always discussed. By showing these feelings that are very present in a baby's daily life,...
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Mimic Makers: Biomimicry Inventors Inspired by Nature

Kristen Nordstrom - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover

When an inventor is inspired by nature for a new creation, they are practicing something called biomimicry. Meet ten real-life scientists, engineers, and designers who imitate plants and animals to create amazing new technology. An engineer shapes the nose of his train like a kingfisher's...
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Equal Partners: Improving Gender Equality at Home

Kate Mangino - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

From gender expert and professional facilitator Kate Mangino comes Equal Partners, an informed guide about how we can all collectively work to undo harmful gender norms and create greater household equity. As American society shut down due to Covid, millions of women had to leave their...
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Baby, Unplugged: One Mother's Search for Balance, Reason, and Sanity in the Digital Age

Sophie Brickman - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

A charming, meticulously researched, and illuminating look at how technology infiltrates every aspect of raising children today, filled with helpful advice parents can use to best navigate the digital landscape, and ultimately learn to trust their own judgment.There's an app or device...
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Spending the Holidays with People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Yuletide Yahoos, Ho-Ho-Humblebraggers, and Other Seasonal Scourges

Jen Mann - Ballantine Books
Format: Print book

For fans of Laurie Notaro and Jenny Lawson comes an uproarious and oddly endearing essay collection for anyone trying to survive the holidays in one piece. When it comes to time-honored holiday traditions, Jen Mann pulls no punchesIn this hilariously irreverent collection of essays, Jen Mann,...
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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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I'm So Effing Hungry: Why We Crave What We Crave – and What to Do About It

Amy Shah - Harvest
Format: Hardcover

Amy Shah, MD, leading medical doctor and Instagram personality @fastingmd, shares her proven 5-step program for battling excessive hunger and food cravings by harnessing the power of psychobiotics and intermittent fasting."My mission is to revolutionize the way we think about hunger...
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Your Guide to Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss: Hope and Healing When You're No Longer Expecting

Dr. Kate White M.D. M.P.H. - Mayo Clinic Press
Format: Paperback

In Your Guide to Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss, Kate White, M.D., OB/GYN, miscarriage survivor, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Boston University School of Medicine and Vice Chair of Academics in the OB/GYN department at Boston Medical Center, combines the latest...
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Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power

Rose Hackman - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

For readers of Fair Play by Eve Rodsky and Burnout by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski comes a scathing, deeply-researched foray into the invisible, uncompensated work women perform every day. . We're tired.. A stranger insists you "smile more," even as you navigate a high-stress...
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The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years

Emily Oster - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

In The Family Firm, Brown professor of economics and mom of two Emily Oster offers a classic business school framework for data-driven parents to think more deliberately about the key issues of the elementary years: school, health, extracurricular activities, and more.Unlike the hourly...
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