Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, Second Edition -- by Roger Fisher, William Ury (Authors) (Book)
"Getting to Yes offers a concise, step-by-step, proven strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict--whether it involves parents and children, neighbors, bosses and...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Incorporating Social Goals in the Classroom: A Guide for Teachers and Parents of Children with High-Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome -- by Rebecca Moyes, Susan Moreno (Authors) (Book - Parent)
"This book provides practical, hands-on strategies to teach social skills to children with high-functioning autism and Asperger Syndrome. It includes a detailed description of the social deficits of...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Tell Me a Trudy -- by Lore Segal (Author) (Book - Child)
"In these three zany stories about Trudy, brother Jacob and their parents, a close-knit family with a well-defined sense of the ridiculous copes--somehow--with the vagaries of everyday life." From...
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Miss Nelson Is Missing -- by Harry Allard (Author) (Book - Child)
"The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher's good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a substitute." From Book Description
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Red Fox and His Canoe -- by Nathaniel Benchley (Author) (Book - Child)
"Red Fox wants a big canoe. And when he gets it, he's off to catch a million fish. But Red Fox gets more than he bargained for in his roomy new canoe -- a bear and his buddies, two otters, a raccoon...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Mr. Popper's Penguins -- by Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater (Authors) (Book - Child)
"Poor Mr. Popper isn't exactly unhappy; he just wishes he had seen something of the world before meeting Mrs. Popper and settling down. Most of all, he wishes he had seen the Poles, and spends his...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Busybody Nora -- by Johanna Hurwitz (Author) (Book - Child)
"About the first book starring this irrepressible heroine, PW said, "Six joyous stories. . .will make six-year-old Nora and her little brother the favorite fiction friends of all readers, any age." ...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Drinking Gourd: A Story of the Underground Railroad -- by F.N. Monjo (Author) (Book - Child)
"The stars of the Big DIpper have led a runaway slave family to Deacon Fuller's house, a stop on the underground railroad. Will Tommy Fuller be able to hide the runaways from a search party--or will...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Something Queer at the Lemonade Stand -- by Elizabeth Levy (Author) (Book - Child)
"When Gwen and Jill open a lemonade stand, something strange happens to their lemonade every time their dog Fletcher disappears." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Devil's Storybook -- by Natalie Babbit (Author) (Book - Child)
"High on my list is the Devil's Storybook by Natalie Babbitt. This Devil is not dire; he is a scheming practical joker and comes to earth often when he is restless, to play tricks on clergymen,...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
