Poor Support: Poverty in the United States -- by David Ellwood (Author) (Book)
"A prominent Harvard economist and one of the country's leading experts on welfare policy offers a major reinterpretation of the various forms that poverty takes in American families and what can be...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Chocolate Fever -- by Robert Smith (Author) (Book - Child)
"Chocolate lovers will identify with Henry Green who eats chocolate wherever and however he wants. What a shock when he breaks out in a rash of brown spots that smell like chocolate! After running...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Black Families in Therapy -- by Nancy Boyd-Franklin (Author) (Book - Parent)
"Now in fully revised and expanded second edition, this classic text helps professionals and students understand and address cultural and racial issues in therapy with African American clients....
All Ages
Age groups: Infancy (<1), Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
Beware! These Animals Are Poison! -- by Barbara Brenner (Author) (Book - Child)
"Discusses various facts about poisonous animals with emphasis on how they deliver their venom to other animals as a means of survival." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
A Very Young Dancer -- by Jill Krementz (Author) (Book - Child)
"A ten-year old student at the School of American Ballet in New York describes her classes and the preparation for the performance of her role in the ballet 'The Nutcracker'" From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Simon -- by Molly Cone (Author) (Book - Child)
"Because of his association with a blind man, a retarded girl, and a one-eyed cat, a teen-age boy returns home from the "cave" where he has taken refuge from the hum-drum world." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Arthur, for the Very First Time -- by Patricia MacLachlan (Author) (Book - Child)
"The Newbery Medal-winning author's first book tells of a boy's spending the summer away from home, and how he learns to look at the world in different ways." From Publishers Weekly
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Incline -- by William Mayne (Author) (Book - Child)
"Mason's adjustments to his first job and first love are further complicated when the entire village begins to challenge his father's integrity." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Love and Sex in Plain Language -- by Eric Johnson (Author) (Book - Child)
"Describes development of sexual characteristics in boys and girls; explains the phyiology of intercourse, pregnancy, and birth; and discusses homosexuality, masturbation, contraception, and VD." ...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Annie Stories -- by Doris Brett (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
"Designed to teach kids how to talk about difficult situations, the stories in this book serve as discussion starters for parents in calming the fears of children who must deal with death, divorce,...
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