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81) Wait! wait!
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
A young child learns that although creatures that appear can also disappear, parents will always be there.
82) We wanted you
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Parents tell how they waited and prepared for the child that they wanted so much.
Author
Description
Syd, a breathtakingly beautiful supermodel on a photo shoot in Hawaii, disappears and LA Times reporter Ben Hawkins, hoping to help the victim and get an idea for his next bestseller, gets a shocking visit that pushes him into an impossible-to-resist deal with the devil in this heart-pounding story of beauty and murder.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Physician, psychologist, and author Leonard Sax presents data documenting a dramatic decline in the achievement and psychological health of American children. But there is hope. Sax shows how parents can help their kids by reasserting their authority--by limiting time with screens, by encouraging better habits at the dinner table and at bedtime, and by teaching humility and perspective.
88) Weird parenting wins: bathtub dining, family screams, and other hacks from the parenting trenches
Author
Publisher
TarcherPerigee
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"Unconventional--yet effective--parenting strategies, carefully curated by the creator of the popular podcast The Longest Shortest Time. Some of the best parenting advice that Hillary Frank ever received did not come from parenting experts, but from friends and podcast listeners who acted on a whim, often in moments of desperation. These "weird parenting wins" were born of moments when the expert advice wasn't working, and instead of freaking out,...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"Noah wants to go home. A seemingly easy request from most four year olds. But as Noah's single-mother, Janie, knows, nothing with Noah is ever easy. One day the pre-school office calls and says Janie needs to come in to talk about Noah, and no, not later, now - and life as she knows it stops. For Jerome Anderson, life as he knows it has stopped. A deadly diagnosis has made him realize he is approaching the end of his life. His first thought - I'm...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Description
"A completely revised and updated second edition of one of the most popular and bestselling parenting books of all time, by America's favorite pediatrician, Dr. Harvey Karp. Harvey Karp, M.D. shares his groundbreaking approach to calming your new baby's crying and transforming your infant into the happiest baby on the block! His highly successful method is based on four revolutionary concepts: 1. Create the Fourth Trimester: How to re-create the womblike...
95) Whiter than snow
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010
Description
The powerful story of a small Colorado town after a devastating avalanche, and the life changing effects it has on the people who live there. Set in 1920.
96) Hand in hand
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"This sweet and heartfelt picture book celebrates all that parents do with and for their children from the very beginning"--
Author
Description
Pete Riley answers the door one morning and lets in a parent's worst nightmare. On his doorstep is Miles Lambert, a stranger who breaks the devastating news that Pete's son, Theo, isn't actually his son; he is the Lamberts', switched at birth by an understaffed hospital, while their real son was sent home with Miles and his wife Lucy. For Pete and his family, life will never be the same again. The two families, reeling from the shock, take comfort...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Scott Freeman a college professor grounded in the rational and practical, he becomes uneasy after finding an anonymous love letter hidden in his daughter's room. But the reality of Ashley's plight far exceeds Scott's worst suspicions. One drink too many had led Ashley, a beautiful, bright art student, into what she thought was just a fling with a blue-collar bad boy. But now, no amount of pleading or reasoning can discourage his phone calls, ardent...
99) Snow family
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A young boy decides to build a snow family to take care of his snow boy the way his parents take care of him.
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