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Author
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Raising White Kids is a book for families, churches, educators and communities who want to equip their children to be active and able participants in a society that is becoming one of the most racially diverse in the world while remaining full of racial tensions. For white people who are committed to equity and justice, living in a nation that remains racially unjust and deeply segregated creates unique conundrums. These conundrums begin early in...
Author
Publisher
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Explores the extent to which our childhood experiences shape the way we parent, drawing on new findings in neurobiology and attachment research and explaining how interpersonal relationships directly impact the development of the brain. Offers parents a step-by-step approach to forming a deeper understanding of their own life stories.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Presents an essential guide to the art of talking with children that demonstrates how a change of voice can transform conversations and ease parent-child relationships, sharing strategies for communicating with kids at different age levels.
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In Bare Minimum Parenting, amateur parenting expert James Breakwell will teach you to stop worrying and embrace your child's destiny as devastatingly average. To get there, you'll have to overcome your kid, other parents, and yourself, all of whom will push you to do more than is absolutely necessary. Honestly, by reading this far, you're already trying too hard. But don't stop now. You're exactly the kind of person who needs this book" --
69) Two homes
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young boy named Alex enjoys the homes of both of his parents who live apart but love Alex very much.
70) Matilda
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Now a musical on broadway and streaming on Netflix!
Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a menacing, kid-hating headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves...
Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a menacing, kid-hating headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves...
Author
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"As parents, we often worry we're making the wrong decisions. The good news is, having a strong relationship with your child means you can make a parenting blunder from time to time, and exercise grace and patience to try again. Written for parents of children from birth to young adulthood (ages 0-24), this book helps you examine your role as a guide, cheerleader, advocate, and most importantly, as a human being who doesn't always have the right answers....
74) Wait! wait!
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A young child learns that although creatures that appear can also disappear, parents will always be there.
Author
Series
F.A.R.T. Diaries volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When a tween boy [Codename: Furious Popcorn] picks up what he thinks is a cookbook and finds a diabolical parenting manual, his world turns upside down. The Ultimate Guide to Hacking Your Kids was written by an organization called F.A.R.T. (Families Against Rotten Teens), a secret society of grizzled parents whose origins date back to antiquity. FP is determined to get to the bottom of this, but when he begins investigating F.A.R.T., the manual goes...
78) Hand in hand
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"This sweet and heartfelt picture book celebrates all that parents do with and for their children from the very beginning"--
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