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Let Them Be Eaten by Bears
Perigee Trade |
May 7, 2013 |
256 pages
While on the run from Rurales in Mexico, Lou Prophet stops at the familiar desert town of Chisos Springs. Except now it’s called Moon’s Well. And it appears that more than the name has changed. It’s being controlled by the scoundrel Mordecai Moon, who even charges people for water. Lou... More Info
$17.95
Mom, I'm Not a Kid Anymore: Navigating 25 Inevitable Conversations That Arrive Before You Know It
Experiment Llc |
May 7, 2013 |
256 pages
Raising a preteen can sneak up on you. Best friends can turn into crushes—or bullies—overnight, and suddenly everything you do is so embarrassing. Connecting with someone who not so long ago was your baby and now only responds in shrugs and eye-rolls is difficult, but open, respectful... More Info
$33.50
Planting Seeds
Parallax Press |
June 1, 2011 |
240 pages
Based on the Plum Village retreat program through which families with children practice mindfulness, meditation and peaceful communication, a book-and-CD set outlines activities and curricula that can be incorporated into school and community settings to build supportive, mutually beneficial... More Info
$32.95
The Homegrown Preschooler
May 1, 2013 |
224 pages
With the accessibility of a parenting how-to book and the thorough educational foundation of an expensive boxed curriculum, this guide will inspire parents to use their homes as classrooms as they take advantage of the naturally rich learning opportunities that occur in everyday home life. Parents... More Info
$16.00
Giving Kids a Fair Chance
MIT Press (MA) |
April 5, 2013 |
152 pages
In Giving Kids a Fair Chance, Nobel Prize-winning economist JamesHeckman argues that the accident of birth is the greatest source of inequality in America today.Children born into disadvantage are, by the time they start kindergarten, already at risk ofdropping out of school, teen pregnancy, crime,... More Info
The Artful Parent
April 9, 2013 |
304 pages
Bring out your child’s creativity and imagination with more than 60 artful activities from the creator of www.ArtfulParent.com. Raising children in an art-rich environment encourages their creativity, imagination, and self-confidence.The Artful Parentgives you the tools and inspiration to provide... More Info
$16.00
Moms Who Drink and Swear
New Amer Library |
April 2, 2013 |
256 pages
If you feel like your kids are killing you, you've come to the right place. Attention all potty-mouthed, cheap-wine-drinking mothers: Prepare to meet your match. Any bad thought you've had about your kids, Nicole Knepper has had worse. Much worse. It's not that she doesn't love her kids. It's that... More Info
$22.95
The Backyard Homestead
Storey Publishing |
February 11, 2009 |
367 pages
Suggests organic methods for growing plants and raising animals on a small plot of land, explains how to determine the proper times for planting, and provides tips for using and preserving food.
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$20.00
Zero Waste Home
Scribner |
April 9, 2013 |
304 pages
Part inspirational story of Bea Johnson (the “Priestess of Waste-Free Living”) and how she transformed her family’s life for the better by reducing their waste to an astonishing one liter per year; part practical, step-by-step guide that gives readers tools and tips to diminish their... More Info
$24.95
Gay Dads
July 23, 2012 |
235 pages
When gay couples become parents, they face a host of questions and issues that their straight counterparts may never have to consider. How important is it for each partner to have a biological tie to their child? How will they become parents: will they pursue surrogacy, or will they adopt? Will... More Info
$27.95
Fast-Forward Family
Univ of California Press |
March 1, 2013 |
297 pages
Called "the most unusually voyeuristic anthropology study ever conducted" by the New York Times, this groundbreaking book provides an unprecedented glimpse into modern-day American families. In a study by the UCLA Sloan Center on Everyday Lives and Families, researchers tracked the daily lives of... More Info
$29.95
The Fourth Trimester
Univ of California Press |
February 2, 2013 |
224 pages
The first three months of a baby's life is an outside-the-uterus period of intense development, a biological bridge from fetal life to preparation for the real world. The fourth trimester has more in common with the nine months that came before than with the lifetime that follows. This... More Info
$23.95
Spiritual Midwifery
Book Pub Co |
May 25, 2013 |
480 pages
The classic book on home birth is now available in a new edition, with updated information on the safety of natural childbirth, new birthing stories, and the most recent statistics on births managed by The Farm Midwives. Included are stories of working with Amish women, shedding light on a... More Info
$58.95
Situating Child Consumption
Nordic Academic Press |
November 26, 2012 |
288 pages
Providing extensive examples of the conditions of children's everyday consumption as well as how children themselves understand issues of work, money, scarcity, and consumer products, this book challenges the prevailing theories of consumption and opens up new ways of thinking about children.... More Info
Rad Dad
PM Press |
September 1, 2011 |
200 pages
A compilation of top-selected essays from the award-winning magazine and the Daddy Dialectic blog features contributions by best-selling writers, musicians and others on issues challenging today's fathers, from gender politics and sperm donations to war and racism. Original.
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$19.95
100 Places That Can Change Your Child's Life
National Geographic Books |
February 5, 2013 |
272 pages
Showcases 100 different places to visit on vacation, from Venice to Nantucket to India, each featuring local flavor and glimpses into different cultures that will provide an unforgettable experience that will enrich and change your child's life forever. Original.
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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Scribner |
February 7, 2012 |
368 pages
30th Anniversary Edition Updated with new insights from the next generation You can stop fighting with your children! Here is the bestselling book that will give you the know-how you need to be more effective with your children—and more supportive of yourself. Enthusiastically praised by parents... More Info
$22.00
Home Is Where the School Is
December 17, 2012 |
256 pages
Mothers who homeschool their children constantly face judgmental questions about their choices, and yet the homeschooling movement continues to grow with an estimated 1.5 million American children now schooled at home. These children are largely taught by stay-at-home mothers who find that they... More Info
$28.95
Who's your daddy?
Sumach Pr |
April 28, 2009 |
375 pages
This groundbreaking collection of writing brings vital and refreshing insights into current discussions about queer parenting, blending narrative and academic voices from Canada, the United States, England and Australia. The contributors are parents, prospective parents, writers, academics,... More Info
If the Buddha Had Kids
Penguin |
September 30, 2012 |
293 pages
A therapist with lifelong interests in feminism, Buddhism and Reiki healing offers parents advice, inspiration, quotes and spiritual guidelines to help raise their children as peacemakers in a stormy world. Original. 35,000 first printing.
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$29.00
My Family, A Symphony
Palgrave MacMillan |
December 7, 2010 |
256 pages
"Aaron is his parents' only biological child. His four internationally adopted siblings arrived with severe health problems and psychological wounds: Meredith suffered from birth defects and was never expected to walk, Jamie had cerebral palsy, Jordan had his first heart catheter when he was five,... More Info
$25.00
Pink and Blue
February 6, 2012 |
169 pages
Jo B. Paoletti's journey through the history of children's clothing began when she posed the question, "When did we start dressing girls in pink and boys in blue?" To uncover the answer, she looks at advertising, catalogs, dolls, baby books, mommy blogs and discussion forums, and other popular... More Info
$29.00
The Summons of Love
Columbia Univ Pr |
August 9, 2011 |
180 pages
We are conditioned to think that love heals wounds, makes us happy, and gives our lives meaning. When the opposite occurs and love causes fracturing, disenchantment, and existential turmoil, we suffer deeply, especially if we feel that love has failed us or that we have failed to experience what... More Info
$22.50
Teens in crisis
Columbia Univ Pr |
September 22, 2008 |
178 pages
In recent years a dizzying array of programs has emerged to meet the needs of struggling teens and their families-wilderness therapy programs, therapeutic boarding schools, alternative schools, mentoring and court diversion programs, independent living programs, and myriad day treatment and partial... More Info
$27.99
Ask Me Why I Hurt
Crown Archetype |
April 12, 2011 |
288 pages
A medical director of a mobile clinic that provides health services to homeless teens offers insight into how a lack of affordable health care is affecting disadvantaged youths, describing some of his most memorable cases and the dangers that are threatening both patients and caregivers. 40,000... More Info
Pills Are Not for Preschoolers
W. W. Norton |
August 27, 2012 |
243 pages
A reference for parents who want to avoid psychiatric medications outlines a child-focused family therapy plan that treats children's problems not as biologically determined disorders but as responses to relationships that can be altered with the help of therapists, in a guide that includes... More Info
50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)
New Amer Library |
April 20, 2011 |
127 pages
Provides easy-to-follow instructions for activities like tightrope walking and throwing a spear to safely playing with both electricity and fire to illustrate the exciting ways that today's coddled children should explore the world around them. Original.
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Bottled Up
Univ of California Press |
October 18, 2012 |
211 pages
A poignant and level blend of memoir, pop science and social commentary, this book examines the highly contentious debate between breast feeding and bottle feeding. Barston gives the research a human face, and asks us to think with more compassion about whether breastfeeding should remain the holy... More Info
$22.00
Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding
Bantam |
September 29, 2009 |
352 pages
A compassionate reference by a certified midwife and author of Ina May's Guide to Childbirth shares practical recommendations for rendering nursing a mutually beneficial experience, covering topics that range from breast pumps and sleeping arrangements to nursing multiples and returning to work.... More Info
$26.95
Trusting What You're Told
Belknap Press |
May 15, 2012 |
266 pages
If children were little scientists who learn best through firsthand observations and mini-experiments, as conventional wisdom holds, how would a child discover that the earth is round—never mind conceive of heaven as a place someone might go after death? Overturning both cognitive and commonplace... More Info
$26.95
Raising Vegetarian Children
McGraw-Hill Companies |
September 25, 2002 |
300 pages
When parents choose a vegetarian lifestyle for their child, it can set family fingers wagging in dietary disapproval. It's no easier on steak-loving parents when Junior announces he's sworn off meat. With the strategies in Raising Vegetarian Children, parents can ease family tensions and learn to... More Info
Far From the Tree
Scribner |
November 13, 2012 |
976 pages
From the National Book Award–winning author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression comes a monumental new work, a decade in the writing, about family. In Far from the Tree, Andrew Solomon tells the stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children but also find... More Info
$26.95
A Sociology of Family Life
Polity |
June 19, 2012 |
256 pages
New kinds of intimate relationships such as post-divorce families, co-habiting couples, 'friends as family' and same-sex unions are now commonplace. This book explores the growing diversity of family life by presenting a comprehensive assessment of recent research and theory, and foregrounds new... More Info
The Dark Side of Family Communication
Polity |
July 24, 2012 |
216 pages
This text provides for the first time in book form an exploration of the communicative aspects of the darker side of family life, ranging from, for example, severe acts of violence to more subtle forms of conflict. In addition to offering a working definition of the concept of the "dark side" in... More Info
The Sand Bucket List
Running PressBook Pub |
May 1, 2012 |
128 pages
Describes hundreds of things that parents can do with their children, including building a fort in the dining room, making a lemonade stand, playing in the rain, writing and publishing a book together, planning an all-chocolate dinner, turning the home into a haunted house and more.
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$23.95
A Gift of Time
JHU Press |
January 12, 2011 |
408 pages
A Gift of Time is a gentle and practical guide for parents who decide to continue their pregnancy knowing that their baby's life will be brief. When prenatal testing reveals that an unborn child is expected to die before or shortly after birth, some parents will choose to proceed with the pregnancy... More Info
$8.95
My Mom's Having a Baby!
Albert Whitman & Co |
January 1, 2005 |
32 pages
Elizabeth's mom is having a baby, and the whole family is involved. Elizabeth learns all about the baby's development, and she traces his growth, month by month. She learns how the baby got inside Mom, too.
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$19.95
The Goodbye Cancer Garden
Albert Whitman & Co |
March 1, 2011 |
32 pages
When a mother is diagnosed with breast cancer, she and her family plant a garden and watch it grow through the seasons as she undergoes treatments and gets better.
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At Daddy's on Saturdays
Albert Whitman and Company |
January 1, 1987 |
32 pages
Although her parents' divorce causes her to feel anger, concern, and sadness, Katie discovers that she can keep a loving relationship with her father even though he lives apart from her.
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$32.95
In Defense of Childhood
Beacon Press |
August 1, 2007 |
224 pages
As codirector of the Albany Free School, Chris Mercogliano has had remarkable success in helping a diverse population of youngsters find their way in the world. He regrets, however, that most kids’ lives are subject to some form of control from dawn until dusk. Lamenting risk-averse parents,... More Info
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