Learning

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
by Siegfried Engelmann

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Is your child halfway through first grade and still unable to read? Is your preschooler bored with coloring and ready for reading? Are you worried that your child will become lost in overcrowded classrooms? Did you know that early readers hold an... (read more)
 
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Special Needs

The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal
by Jonathan Mooney

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“What makes this journey so inspiring is Mooney’s transcendent humor; the self he has become does not turn away from old pain but can laugh at it, make fun of it, make it into something beautiful.”—Los Angeles Times Labeled... (read more)
 
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General

Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason
by Alfie Kohn

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A must read! Parenting has come around to attachment again, and moved far, far away from the punitive cruelties of Victorian caregivers. Alfie Kohn has applied, in academic terms, the reasons to parent unconditionally. We have evolved! Recommended by... (read more)
 
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Pregnancy and Birth

What to Expect When You're Expecting
by Heidi Murkoff

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Announcing a brand new, cover-to-cover revision of America's pregnancy bible. What to Expect When You're Expectingis a perennial New York Times bestseller and one of USA Today's 25 most influential books of the past 25 years. It's read by more than 90... (read more)
 
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Parenting Teens

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide
by Sean Covey

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Being a teenager is both wonderful and challenging. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, author Sean Covey applies the timeless principles of the 7 Habits to teens and the tough issues and life-changing decisions they face. In an entertaining style,... (read more)
 
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Alcohol and Drug Issues

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
by David Sheff

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What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted every moment of renowned journalist David Sheff's harrowing journey through his son Nic's addiction to drugs and tentative steps... (read more)
 
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Children's Health

Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know about Fast Food
by Eric Schlosser

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'In the New York Times bestseller Chew on This, Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson unwrap the fast-food industry to bring you a behind-the-scenes look at a business that both feeds and feeds off the young. Find out what really goes on at your favorite... (read more)
 
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Family Planning

Taking Charge of Your Fertility Rev Edition
by Toni Weschler

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Infancy and Toddlerhood

Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child 3RD Edition
by Marc Weissbluth

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One of the country's leading researchers updates his revolutionary approach to solving--and preventing--your children's sleep problems <BR>Here Dr. Marc Weissbluth, a distinguished pediatrician and father of four, offers his groundbreaking program... (read more)
 
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Natural Family Living: The Mothering Magazine Guide to Parenting Natural Family Living: The Mothering Magazine Guide to Parenting
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The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night
by Elizabeth Pantley

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"At long last, I've found a book that I can hand to weary parents with the confidence that they can learn to help their baby sleep through the night--without the baby crying it out."--William Sears, M.D., Author of "The Baby Book." Illustrations.... (read more)
 
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Midwifery

Ina Mays Guide To Childbirth
by Ina May Gaskin

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In 1976, Gaskin wrote "Spiritual Midwifery, " the handbook for midwives. Gaskin now shares with all women her knowledge and wisdom about what she calls the "true capacities of the female body, " based on her more than three decades as a midwife.... (read more)
 
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Toilet Training

Little Monkey's Big Peeing Circus
by Tjibbe Veldkamp

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In a sensibility only the Netherlands' most popular children's author could bring to the subject, the mysteries of girl and boy "parts" are finally revealed. With a seriously silly premise and totally cute illustrations, it's sure to gain a place in the "... (read more)
 
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Living Skills

Serious Trouble
by Arthur Howard

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More than anything, Ernest wants to make people laugh. But his parents, King Olaf and Queen Olive, are serious people with a very serious problem in their kingdom: a fire-breathing, people-eating, three-headed DRAGON. Can Ernest remain true to himself... (read more)
 
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Sign Language for Baby

Baby Signing: How to Talk with Your Baby in American Sign Language
by Andrea Fixell

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Babies usually start to talk around the age of two, but they can learn to communicate through sign language as early as six months. Using simple signs, babies canand love totell their parents how they feel and what they need. Rather than guessing what is... (read more)
 
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Journals

Pregnancy Journal Rev Edition 2005 Day To Day
by A Christine Harris

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Since its publication in 1996, this definitive journal for expectant families has sold over a million copies. Author A. Christine Harris brings a revised and thoroughly updated edition to today s parents-to-be. Still featuring daily entries, a... (read more)
 
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Baby Names

The Baby Name Bible: The Ultimate Guide by America's Baby-Naming Experts
by Pamela Redmo Satran

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From the authors of "Beyond Jennifer and Jason" comes this comprehensive bookwith more than 50,000 perfect names for today's babies.... (read more)
 
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