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61) Flower garden
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Helped by her father, a young girl prepares a flower garden as a birthday surprise for her mother.
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Doug Block took a hard look at his parents' marriage and his own relationship with his father. With his latest film, Block turns in the other direction, offering an exceptionally moving look at his relationship with his only child, Lucy. A chronicle of Lucy's emotionally fraught last year at home before leaving for college. Moving fluidly between past, present, and the fast-approaching future.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"What is my son doing behind his constantly closed door? What's with his curt responses, impulsiveness, newfound obsession with gaming, and...that funky smell? As pediatrician and mother of two teenagers Cara Natterson explains, puberty starts in boys long before any visible signs appear, which causes confusion about their changing temperaments for boys and their parents alike. Often, they also grow quieter as they grow taller, which leads to less...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Clint Smith's vibrant and compelling new collection traverses the vast emotional terrain of fatherhood, and explores how becoming a parent has recalibrated his sense of the world. There are poems that interrogate the ways our lives are shaped by both personal lineages and historical institutions. There are poems that revel in the wonder of discovering the world anew through the eyes of your children, as they discover it for the first time. There are...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"A former reporter for The Wall Street Journal chronicles her experience of having and raising a baby in Paris and describes how and why French parents have an easy, calm authority with their well-behaved kids that most Americans would envy"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Traces the cultural process through which American women become married as reflected by the experiences of patrons at a family-owned bridal shop in Michigan, offering insight into how the rite of passage reflects national views on marriage.
Author
Publisher
IVP Academic, An imprint of InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When a child comes out as LGBTQ+, Christian parents often find themselves in unfamiliar terrain. This hopeful resource delivers research-based insights for parents and church leaders, offering stories and advice from other parents while reframing the focus from fear-based choices towards practical counsel for maintaining and deepening relationships"--
Author
Language
English
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So you thought the difficult stage was over: the midnight feedings, the colic, the breast pumps, the endless diaper changings. Just when you thought you'd reached the blissful stretch of parenthood...here come the toddler/preschool years! Only Sandi Kahn Shelton could deliver such a dead-on, hilarious, true-ringing look at the walking, talking, crazy years.
In Preschool Confidential, she explores such universal topics as:
--Dealing with the mutiny...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Description
In this moving story, Jack and Molly Campbell are enjoying a wonderful life with Joey, their four-year-old adopted son. But their world is soon shattered when they learn Joey's biological father is out of prison and wants to begin a new life with his son. And when a judge orders them to surrender Joey, the Campbells desperately consider taking their son and disappearing-just like dandelion dust.
73) Hug
Author
Publisher
Candlewick
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Bobo the chimp seeks hugs among various jungle animals and their young, but he does not get what he wants until he is reunited with his own parent.
74) Home in the rain
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Francie and her pregnant mom are driving home from Grandma's in the heavy rain. When they're still far from home, they stop for a picnic. As the car windows fog up, Francie spells out her name, "Daddy" and "Mom," and leaves one space free for her soon-to-be baby sister.
77) Little humans
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Language
English
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An instant New York Times Bestseller!
Street photographer and storyteller extraordinaire Brandon Stanton is the creator of the wildly popular blog "Humans of New York." He is also the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Humans of New York.
To create Little Humans, a 40-page photographic picture book for young children, he's combined an original narrative with some of his favorite children's photos from the blog, in addition to all-new...
Author
Publisher
Gkids.Tv
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In the year 1963 in Yokohama, an innocent romance blossoms between two high school students, Umi and Shun. As Japan recovers from World War II and prepares to host the 1964 Olympics, the mood contains both optimism and conflict as the younger generation struggles to escape the shackles of the past. While trying to save a dilapidated Meiji-era club house from demolition, the relationship flourishes. But a buried secret from their past emerges to cast...
80) Dear child
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A woman held captive finally escapes-but can she ever really get away? Gone Girl meets Room in this page-turning, #1 internationally bestselling thriller from one of Germany's hottest new talents "Chilling, original and mesmerizing." -David Baldacci Publishers Weekly Top 10 Mysteries Thrillers of Fall 2020. A windowless shack in the woods. A dash to safety. But when a woman finally escapes her captor, the end of the story is only the beginning of...
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