Book Review
Something Different about Dad
Young children may not notice anything “different” about a parent or other adult relative. But as they grow older, they might begin to observe behavior traits that most adults don’t share. A parent who seems different can cause...
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What My Father Gave Me
The relationship between fathers and daughters is deeply personal, often complicated, and lasts a lifetime within a daughter’s heart. What My Father Gave Me: Daughters Speak is written by seven female writers who are also daughters....
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Top Tips for Asperger Students
Going away to college can be an intimidating experience for all young men and women. For students with challenges like Asperger Syndrome, a disorder on the autism spectrum, settling into college can be even more overwhelming. Author...
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Scoreboard, Baby
A winning sports season is marred by the illegal, sometimes violent, behavior of two dozen players on the University of Washington’s 2000 football team, resulting in their arrest and/or prosecution. A drug-related shooting, domestic...
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Good Kids, Tough Choices
Raising children in today’s moral environment can be a challenge. In a world that seems to be losing the ability to choose right over wrong, parents long to raise kids who have integrity and character. But how can a parent compete with...
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Gym Rats
“I’m gonna land on my head,” worries Morgan, the young female gymnast and storyteller in the book, Gym Rats: Basic Training. Morgan loves gymnastics at the Gym Club and is working her way up to competition level along with her best...
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Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes
Floating ping-pong balls and flying toilet paper are just two of the 123 scientific experiments found in this enterprising book written for children of all ages! Author Steve Spangler is a modern-day “Mr. Wizard,” a teacher of...
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Challenging Kids, Challenged Teachers
Abnormalities rooted in the frontal lobe of the brain can affect learning, behavior, and motor functioning for children, leading to challenges in the classroom as well as in the home. Experts have come to believe that students with one...