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The Fundamentals of Guardianship: What Every Guardian Should Know

Sally Balch Hurme - American Bar Association
Format: Paperback

Serving as guardian is never simple or easy. Having the responsibility to make major life decisions for another is much more difficult than making decisions for oneself. This book thoroughly explains the roles and responsibilities of a guardian and provides a step-by-step guide through...
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Cocomelon Bath Time!

Scarlett Wing - Cottage Door Press
Format: Board book

It's bath time! Play along with J.J. as a fun finger puppet toy built into the board book encourages interactive play, hand-eye coordination, and language development in your little one.
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Leave Out the Tragic Parts: A Grandfather's Search for a Boy Lost to Addiction

Dave Kindred - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

Jared Kindred left his home and family at the age of eighteen, choosing to wander across America on freight train cars and live on the street. Addicted to alcohol most of his short life, and withholding the truth from many who loved him, he never found a way to survive.Through this ordeal,...
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Second Nature: How Parents Can Use Neuroscience to Help Kids Develop Empathy, Creativity, and Self-Control

Erin Clabough PhD - Sounds True
Format: Paperback

Use Neuroscience to Raise an Awesome Person - Starting Now Searching for a roadmap to raise a successful child who makes a positive difference in this world? Neuroscientist and mother Erin Clabough teaches that to thrive as adults, children need to learn self-regulation, a master life...
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But I Don't Look Like You: A Book About Adoption

Kelsey Takahashi - BookBaby
Format: Hardcover

Have you ever realized that most children's books about adoption are written by the parents?Written by an adopted child, this book is a rhyming children's narrative that deals with the curiosities surrounding adoption. Kelsey Takahashi addresses feelings of not belonging, interest...
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What God Is Honored Here?: Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss by and for Native Women and Women of Color

Shannon Gibney - Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format: Paperback

Native women and women of color poignantly share their pain, revelations, and hope after experiencing the traumas of miscarriage and infant loss What God Is Honored Here? is the first book of its kind - and urgently necessary. This is a literary collection of voices of Indigenous women...
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Mother and Baby Natural Care: French Wellness Secrets and Recipes for New and Expecting Mothers and Their Little Ones

Émilie Hébert - Apollo Publishers
Format: Paperback

From French DIY wellness expert milie Hbert and natural care midwife Hlne Boy comes a superb easy-to-follow recipe book to create clean, natural care products for babies, mothers-to-be, and new moms.Why trust your baby's care - or your own - to the chemical-laden products with unpronounceable...
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The Global History of Black Girlhood

Corinne T. Field - University of Illinois Press
Format: Hardcover(First Edition)

The Global History of Black Girlhood boldly claims that Black girls are so important we should know their histories. Yet, how do we find the stories and materials we need to hear Black girls' voices and understand their lives? Corinne T. Field and LaKisha Michelle Simmons edit a collection...
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Mom Your Way: Judgment-Free Wisdom to Empower New Moms

Yasmin Kaderali - Flashpoint
Format: Paperback

From the CEO of Mommy's Bliss comes a book for new moms that's not about the baby. It's about you, mama. You might be just a few days out of the hospital or months into your sleep-deprived postpartum journey when the realization hits you: life as you know it -- your whole identity...
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Mama Bear: One Black Mother's Fight for Her Child's Life and Her Own

Shirley Smith - Harper
Format: Hardcover

In this moving memoir, Shirley Smith, wife of NBA Champion and All-Star J. R. Smith, tells the story of giving birth to one of the youngest premature babies to survive - using her experience to heighten awareness of the crisis of Black maternal and infant health and pay tribute to Black...
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