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61) Little children
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With hits like Election and Joe College to his credit, author Tom Perrotta has established himself as a master of satire. Unhappily married Sarah passes her days at the local playground with her three-year-old daughter. When happily unemployed Todd (also married) and Sarah meet, their attraction is immediate. They begin a passionate affair just as their suburban utopia is rattled by the arrival of registered sex offender Ronald James McGorvey. With...
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"Without being taught about body boundaries, a child may be too young to understand when abuse is happening--or that it's wrong. This straightforward, gentle book offers a tool parents, teachers, and counselors can use to help children feel, be, and stay safe. The rhyming story and simple, friendly illustrations provide a way to sensitively share and discuss the topic, guiding young children to understand that their private parts belong to them alone....
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This program includes a bonus interview with the author.
One morning, Kim Brooks made a split-second decision to leave her four-year old son in the car while she ran into a store. What happened would consume the next several years of her life and spur her to investigate the broader role America's culture of fear plays in parenthood. In Small Animals, Brooks asks, Of all the emotions inherent in parenting, is there any more universal or profound than...
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Brain Rules for Baby bridges the gap between what scientists know and what parents practice. Through fascinating and funny stories, Medina, a developmental molecular biologist and dad, unravels how a child's brain develops--and what you can do to optimize it.
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"Ava's twenty-five-year marriage has fallen apart, and her two grown children are pursuing their own lives outside of the country. Ava joins a book group, not only for her love of reading but also out of sheer desperation for companionship. The group's goal throughout the year is for each member to present the book that matters most to them. Ava rediscovers a mysterious book from her childhood--one that helped her through the traumas of the untimely...
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It's instant relief for when your 2-year-old is on the floor of the toy store, pitching a fit. Or when brother and sister discover that they can't stand each other. Or when your son can't say no to video games.
The Pocket Parent is, literally, a pocket-size book of tried-and-true advice, common sense, parental wisdom, and sanity. Written by two professionals who've reared six children between them and made a career out of helping others with parenting...
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Jugar. Pero no a cualquier cosa, de cualquier modo ni en cualquier momento. En este libro, nos distanciamos de la idea de jugar a la Maestra o a La Oca para que los chicos escriban o sumen. En cambio, nos preguntamos a qué y de qué la juega ese niño/a cuando jugamos al Misterio o cómo hacer para que la lectura o la matemática hagan juego. Separamos así los juegos del juego, como lugar constitutivo de la infancia.
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When players play, there is a transactional process at work, whether for children on a teeter-totter or pandas playing with peers. In this edited volume, nine experts on play show how play transactions are an important dynamic of play across cultures, age groups, even species. A rich array of play contexts is evident across the nine chapters, encompassing varied continents, age groups, and sorts of players. The play processes of giant pandas, of home-visiting...
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The Administrative Challenges of (Play) Therapy brings together essays by eight therapists who tell the stories their career paths in the fields of social work and psychology, specializing in children and family therapy. Each author comments on issues such as professional expenses, referrals, case load, the "Play Room", and administrative responsibilities. They provide insight into their work as clinicians and administrators in private practice, in-home,...
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Posee movimiento y deviene palabras, imágenes, trazos, velocidades, fuerzas, volúmenes, texturas; se niega a adoptar un formato establecido y único. Travieso, caótico, juega con nosotros. En lugar de sostenerse sobre pilares fijos y estáticos, los recrea; fiel e infiel a la rebeldía, transgrede la clasificación. La rebeldía de la infancia no es un libro teórico ni uno práctico; no es una guía ilustrada ni un artefacto para jugar o contemplar,...
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Lithuania, 1943. A father drowns in the all-consuming grief of a daughter killed by the Nazis. He can't bring Chaya back from the dead, but he can use kishuf, an ancient and profane magic to create a golem in her image. A Nazi killer, to avenge her death. When Vera awakens, she can feel her violent purpose thrumming within her. But she can also feel glimpses of a human life lived, of stolen kisses amidst the tragedy, and of a grisly death. And when...
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • The instant classic debut novel from the author of Inland and The Morningside, hailed as “a thrilling beginning to what will certainly be a great literary career” (Elle)
“Spectacular . . . [Téa Obreht] spins a tale of such marvel and magic in a literary voice so enchanting that the mesmerized reader...
“Spectacular . . . [Téa Obreht] spins a tale of such marvel and magic in a literary voice so enchanting that the mesmerized reader...
77) Coal river
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"In this vibrant new historical novel, the acclaimed author of The Plum Tree and What She Left Behind explores one young woman's determination to put an end to child labor in a Pennsylvania mining town... As a child, Emma Malloy left isolated Coal River, Pennsylvania, vowing never to return. Now, orphaned and penniless at nineteen, she accepts a train ticket from her aunt and uncle and travels back to the rough-hewn community. Treated like a servant...
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A thoroughly revised edition of the authoritative guide to caring for aging parents
For women and men who are involved in caring for aging parents, and for those who see caregiving in their future, this empathetic and practical book offers complete coverage of all the practical issues you are likely to confront-while addressing the emotional stress and particular needs of caregivers. Claire Berman, drawing on her own experiences, the experiences...
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Former model Amelia MacQueen has lost her favorite son, Gavin--and let's face it, favorite family member--to a suspicious drowning, for which her daughter-in-law has been convicted. Amelia has been awarded temporary custody of Gavin and Cassie's twelve-year-old daughter, Heaven, a name that makes Amelia cringe. Regardless, she decides to put her best foot forward and asks Heaven to call her Grandmelia, a name that doesn't make Amelia feel so old.
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