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Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons (83 Edition)
by Siegfried Engelmann

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Is your child halfway through first grade and still unable to read? Is your preschooler bored with coloring and ready for reading? Are you worried that your child will become lost in overcrowded classrooms? Did you know that early readers hold an... (read more)
 
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Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason
by Alfie Kohn

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A must read! Parenting has come around to attachment again, and moved far, far away from the punitive cruelties of Victorian caregivers. Alfie Kohn has applied, in academic terms, the reasons to parent unconditionally. We have evolved! Recommended by... (read more)
 
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Pregnancy and Birth

What to Expect When You're Expecting
by Heidi Murkoff

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Announcing a brand new, cover-to-cover revision of America's pregnancy bible. What to Expect When You're Expectingis 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)
 
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Children's Health

Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know about Fast Food
by Eric Schlosser

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'In the New York Times bestseller Chew on This, Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson unwrap the fast-food industry to bring you a behind-the-scenes look at a business that both feeds and feeds off the young. Find out what really goes on at your favorite... (read more)
 
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Special Needs

The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal
by Jonathan Mooney

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“What makes this journey so inspiring is Mooney’s transcendent humor; the self he has become does not turn away from old pain but can laugh at it, make fun of it, make it into something beautiful.”—Los Angeles Times Labeled... (read more)
 
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Parenting Teens

The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls (American Girl Library)
by Valorie Schaefer

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Informative and age-appropriate, this full-color guide answers all the questions preteen girls have about their bodies.This book addresses issues of basic health and hygiene, not issues regarding human sexuality.... (read more)
 
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Abuse and Safety Issues

A Child Called It
by Dave Pelzer

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This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played... (read more)
 
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Toilet Training

Does a Baboon Sleep in a Bed? (Early Experiences)
by Fred Ehrlich

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Who sleeps in a bed? Does a polar bear? Does a beaver? Does a bumblebee? Do you? Bedtime is one of the most important times of the day for young children, and this latest addition to the informative Early Experiences series explains to children why only... (read more)
 
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Alcohol and Drug Issues

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
by David Sheff

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What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family?What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted every moment of David Sheff 's journey through his son Nic's addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery. Before Nic Sheff... (read more)
 
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Zoe's Potty: A Learn-To-Go Book with Sticker and Charts and Booklet Zoe's Potty: A Learn-To-Go Book with Sticker and Charts and Booklet
by Dori Butler

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Potty Training is simple with Zoe's Potty. These folded books are portable and laminated. Open the Zoe package and you'll find a 3-dimensional doll that can actually sit on a potty just like a child. Inside is a charming story that gently teaches... (read more)
 
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Baby Signs Rev Edition Baby Signs Rev Edition
by Linda Acredolo

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The bestselling parenting guide featured on "Oprah" and "Dateline" is revised and updated with new signs<P> For every parent or caregiver who has struggled unsuccessfully to decode baby grunts and grabs, resulting in tearful frustration for both... (read more)
 
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Infancy and Toddlerhood

Porn for New Moms
by Cambridge Womens Por

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Hot on the heels of last year's runaway success, "Porn for Women," comes this collection that tackles the fantasies of new mothers. Prepare to enter a dream world where men insist on changing diapers, get up for 3 a.m. feedings, and admire mom's... (read more)
 
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New Baby

On the Day You Were Born
by Debra Frasier

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The modern classic On the Day You Were Born is now available with a musical CD.... (read more)
 
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Midwifery

Ina Mays Guide To Childbirth
by Ina May Gaskin

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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)
 
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Journals

Pregnancy Journal Rev Edition 2005 Day To Day
by A Christine Harris

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Since its publication in 1996, this definitive journal for expectant families has sold over a million copies. Author A. Christine Harris brings a revised and thoroughly updated edition to today s parents-to-be. Still featuring daily entries, a... (read more)
 
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Adoption and Foster Care

The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family
by Dave Pelzer

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Imagine a young boy who has never had a loving home. His only possesions are the old, torn clothes he carries in a paper bag. The only world he knows is one of isolation and fear. Although others had rescued this boy from his abusive alcoholic mother... (read more)
 
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ADD, ADHD, Learning & Emotional Disabilities

Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood
by Edward M Hallowell

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Through vivid stories of the experiences of their patients (both adults and children), Drs. Hallowell and Ratey show the varied forms ADD takes -- from the hyperactive search for high stimulation to the floating inattention of daydreaming -- and the... (read more)
 
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