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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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Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer

Barbara Ehrenreich - Twelve
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich explores how we are killing ourselves to live longer, not better.A razor-sharp polemic which offers an entirely new understanding of our bodies, ourselves, and our place in the universe, NATURAL CAUSES describes how we over-prepare...
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Parenting The Strong-Willed Child: Modern Parenting Methods That Work

S.J. Baker - Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback

Parenting - Effective parenting that works Raising a family, and particularly young children is a lifetime commitment and no easy feat. From the moment of birth, parents are tasked with the job of shaping their children's life, teaching important lessons and providing them with strong...
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Heading Home With Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality

Laura A. Jana MD - American Academy of Pediatrics
Format: Paperback

Fully revised and updated, the fourth edition of this bestselling guide offers essential advice from two pediatrician-moms. It covers everything new parents need to know, from feeding and dressing, to diapering and bathing, and from crying and sleep to travel and activities. Updates include:...
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Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old

John Leland - Sarah Crichton Books
Format: Hardcover

Based on the popular New York Times series, life-changing wisdom from an unexpected source: America's oldest oldIn 2015, the award-winning New York Times journalist John Leland set out to meet some of the city's oldest inhabitants for a series on America's fastest-growing...
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The Galinos

Luis Amavisca; Noemi? Villamuza; Robin Sinclair - Nubeocho
Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats

Come with us to Planet Gala and discover all its wonders: galatrees, galabars and galacomputers. . . . But why is Gala in danger? Can the Galinos help to save their planet?A book to help us appreciate nature and understand the urgency of protecting it through a fun adventure along with...
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The 36-Hour Day, sixth edition: The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss

Nancy L Mace - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Print book

Through five editions, The 36-Hour Day has been the "bible" for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease. This book offers much-needed information and support to millions of people throughout the world. Whether a person has Alzheimer disease, vascular dementia,...
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Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Wonderful Wisdom from Everyone's Favorite Neighbor

Melissa Wagner - Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover

From Fred Rogers Productions, comes a delightful gift book that shows how the wisdom of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is as relevant for adults as it is for children. With colorful illustrations and quotes that touch on themes of kindness, empathy, self-care, respect, and love, this...
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The Artful Parent: Simple Ways to Fill Your Familys Life with Art and Creativity

Jean Vant Hul - Roost Books
Format: Paperback

Bring out your childs creativity and imagination with more than 60 artful activities in this completely revised and updated edition. Art making is a wonderful way for young children to tap into their imagination, deepen their creativity, and explore new materials, all while strengthening...
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The Out-of-Sync Child Grows Up: Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder in the Adolescent and Young Adult Years

Carol Kranowitz - Tarcherperigee
Format: Print book

The long-awaited follow-up to the million-copy bestseller The Out-of-Sync Child, presenting information and advice for tweens, teens, and young adults living with Sensory Processing Disorder, and their parents. The Out-of-Sync Child Grows Up will be the new bible for the vast audience...
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