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Dogs Don't Eat Jam and Other Things Big Kids Know
While most stories about the addition of a younger sibling focus on sibling rivalry and making the older sibling feel special, this clever picture book takes a different approach. A young girl exudes confidence, not jealousy, as she...
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Well Earth Well Me!
Blending practical advice with eye-catching artwork, Kenda Swartz Pepper’s "Well Earth Well Me!" inspires children (and even many adults) to take better care of the planet. A song-like poem, with rhyming text and a refrain that is...
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Chippy Chipmunk
Perhaps the only thing cuter than a chipmunk is a baby chipmunk. Kathy M. Miller’s Chippy Chipmunk: Babies in the Garden proves that assumption. After proud Papa Chippy waits one cycle of the moon for his babies to be born and another...
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The Mommy Docs
They’re not called the “Mommy Docs” for nothing. The authors of this guide to pregnancy and birth have not only collectively delivered more than 15,000 babies, but they’re also mothers who have each encountered a complication...
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Plugged
Eoin Colfer makes his crime fiction debut with a bang. Daniel McEvoy, formerly in the Irish army’s peacekeeping corps in Lebanon, possibly still shell-shocked, and definitely obsessed with his new hair plugs, works as head of security...
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Preemie Parents
Based on the author’s own experience with premature twin babies born at twenty-five weeks, this inspirational guide helps struggling parents through perhaps one of the toughest times of their lives. Noting that there was too much...
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How to Detect Developmental Delay and What to Do Next
For frustrated parents who suspect that their children may have a developmental delay, there’s help—and hope—with this sound guidebook. Recognizing that parents know their children best and that “healthy child development is...
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Homework Made Simple
Homework can be one of the most painful aspects of parenting. For parents tired of being “cast in the role of nightly homework police,” Dolin addresses the pitfalls of homework in this easy-to-follow guide. She begins with an...