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Read with Me: Engaging Your Young Child in Active Reading

Samantha Cleaver - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

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 Kids Are in Bed: Finding Time for Yourself in the Chaos of Parenting

Rachel Bertsche - Plume
Format: Paperback

"All new moms should shove a copy of The Kids Are in Bed in the diaper bag between the asswipes and Aquaphor! A perfect guide on how-to not morph solely into someone's mom and retain your badassery in a world of Disneyfication and baby sharks." - Jill Kargman, author of Sprinkle...
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The Progressive Parent: Harnessing the Power of Science and Social Justice to Raise Awesome Kids

Kavin Senapathy - Hanover Square Press
Format: Hardcover

An evidence-based, social justice-minded exploration of modern parenting, from an award-winning science journalist and cofounder of SciMoms. How can we raise happy, well-adjusted kids today amid so much injustice and uncertainty? This is the question at the heart of the progressive parent's...
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Understanding the NICU: What Parents of Preemies and Other Hospitalized Newborns Need to Know

Gary Weiner MD FAAP - American Academy of Pediatrics
Format: Paperback

Invaluable expert information and support for any parent whose infant is admitted to the NICU.. When a newborn is admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) , it can be frightening and overwhelming. Edited by two top NICU doctors and a veteran NICU nurse, this guide will support...
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You're Leaving When?: Adventures in Downward Mobility

Annabelle Gurwitch - Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover

comes a timely and hilarious chronicle of downward mobility, financial and emotional. With signature "sharp wit" (NPR) , Annabelle Gurwitch gives irreverent and empathetic voice to a generation hurtling into their next chapter with no safety net and proves that our no-frills...
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Girls on the Brink: Helping Our Daughters Thrive in an Era of Increased Anxiety, Depression, and Social Media

Donna Jackson Nakazawa - Harmony
Format: Hardcover

15 revelatory strategies for raising emotionally healthy girls, based on cutting-edge science that explains the modern pressures that make it so difficult for adolescent girls to thriveAnyone caring for girls today knows that our daughters, students, and girls next door are more anxious...
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Confused, Angry, Anxious?: Why working with older people in care really can be difficult, and what to do about it

Bo Hejlskov Elvén - Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format: Paperback

Working with older people in care can be challenging and frustrating, especially when they behave in ways that seem irrational, aggressive, or unreasonably repetitive, and nothing you can do seems to help. The authors of this useful and practical book explain how to understand the difficult...
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Social Security For Dummies

AARP
Format: Paperback(4th ed.)

"Social Security for Dummiesis a must read for people of any age who want a comfortable retirement. ... The difference between a smart claiming strategy and a dumb one can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars, so you'll want to invest in this book." personal finance...
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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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Parent Alert: How to Keep Your Kids Safe Online

Will Geddes - DK
Format: Paperback

Protect your children from cybercrime, sexting, cyberbullying, phishing, cyberstalking, grooming, nude selfies, and other internet dangers. You can't shield your kids from the risks if you don't know what they are.Kids spend hours online, exploring the best the internet has to offer--but...
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