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The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls (American Girl Library) by Valorie Schaefer Publisher Comments The bestselling guide has sold more than 2 million copies It answers all the questions preteen girls have about their bodies, from healthy eating to bra buying to periods. It offers guidance on basic hygiene and health without addressing issues of... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Go the F**k to Sleep by Adam Mansbach Staff Pick Riotous and perfectly apt, Go the F**k to Sleep is destined to become the rallying cry for parents across the nation. We nod. We guffaw. We stream tears of glee as we pump fists in the air, whisper-shouting, "Yes — been there!" This book speaks the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer by Harvey Karp Publisher Comments Perfect for expecting parents who want to provide a soothing home for the newest member of their family, The Happiest Baby on the Block, the national bestseller by respected pediatrician and child development expert Dr. Harvey Karp, is a revolutionary... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads by Gary Greenberg Publisher Comments An indispensable survival manual for guys entering the trenches of fatherhood, Be Prepared is loaded with one-of-a-kind insights, MacGyver-esque tips and tricks, and no-nonsense advice for mastering the first year as a dad. Finally, a book that teaches... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Ph.D. and Michael Thompson Dan Kindlon, Ph.D. Publisher Comments In Raising Cain, Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., and Michael Thompson, Ph.D., two of the country's leading child psychologists, share what they have learned in more than thirty-five years of combined experience working with boys and their families. They reveal a... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Spiritual Midwifery 4TH Edition by Ina May Gaskin Publisher Comments The classic book on home birth is now in its fourth edition. Includes updated information on the safety of natural childbirth, new birthing stories, and the most recent statistics on births managed by The Farm Midwives. Mothers-to-be are instructed on... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Wonder of Boys: What Parents, Mentors and Educators Can Do to Shape Boys Into Exceptional Men by Michael Gurian Publisher Comments The groundbreaking book that tells what parents, mentors and educators can do to shape boys into exceptional men. A Tarcher/Putnam Paperback.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Kid : What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided To Go Get Pregnant (99 Edition) by Dan Savage Publisher Comments Dan Savage's nationally syndicated sex advice column, "Savage Love," enrages and excites more than four million people each week. In The Kid, Savage tells a no-holds-barred, high-energy story of an ordinary American couple who wants to have a baby... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Parenting from the Inside Out - PB by Daniel J Siegel Publisher Comments Between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five, the brain changes in important, and oftentimes maddening, ways. Its no wonder that many parents approach their childs adolescence with fear and trepidation. According to renowned neuropsychiatrist Daniel... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Fall of Freddie the Leaf by Buscaglia Publisher Comments This story by Leo Buscaglia is a warm, wonderfully wise and strikingly simple story about a leaf names Freddie. How Freddie and his companion leaves change with the passing seasons, finally falling to the ground with winter's snow, is an inspiring... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane) by Gavin De Becker Publisher Comments Safety skills for children outside the home Warning signs of sexual abuse How to screen baby-sitters and choose schools Strategies for keeping teenagers safe from violence All parents face the same challenges when it comes to their children's safety... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Ina Mays Guide To Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin Publisher Comments 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) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Out of Sync Child 2ND Edition by Carol Sto Kranowitz Publisher Comments The Out-of-Sync Child broke new ground by identifying Sensory Processing Disorder, a common but frequently misdiagnosed problem in which the central nervous system misinterprets messages from the senses. This newly revised edition features additional... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv Publisher Comments "I like to play indoors better 'cause that's where all the electrical outlets are," reports a fourth-grader. Never before in history have children been so plugged in--and so out of touch with the natural world. In this groundbreaking new work, child... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bright from the Start: The Simple, Science-Backed Way to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, from Birth to Age 3 by Jill Stamm Publisher Comments Now in paperback, a cutting-edge handbook for parents from a pioneer in infant brain development Should you really read to your baby? Can teaching a baby sign language boost IQ? Should you pipe classical music into the nursery? Dr. Stamm translates the... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Birthing From Within an Extra Ordinary by Pam England Publisher Comments Here is a holistic approach to childbirth that examines this profound rite-of-passage not as a medical event but as an act of self-discovery. Exercises and activities such as journal writing, meditation, and painting will help mothers analyze their... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Heart & Hands 4TH Edition a Midwifes Guide To Pregnanc by Elizabeth Davis Publisher Comments For over two decades, HEART & HANDS has been a beloved guide for both midwives and parents interested in the benefits of midwifery care. This all-new fourth edition has been revised from start to finish, featuring updated material that emphasizes... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Playful Parenting by Lawrence J Cohen Publisher Comments Have you ever stepped back to watch what really goes on when your children play? As psychologist Lawrence J. Cohen points out, play is childrens way of exploring the world, communicating deep feelings, getting close to those they care about, working... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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What to Expect When You're Expecting by Heidi Murkoff Publisher Comments Announcing a brand new, cover-to-cover revision of America's pregnancy bible. What to Expect When You're Expecting is 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) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Your Six-year-old by Louise Bates Ames Publisher Comments The six-year-old is a complex child, entirely different from the five-year-old. Though many of the changes are for the good -- Six is growing more mature, more independent, more daring and adventurous -- this... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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