The Mom Book: 4,278 of Mom Central's Tips--For Moms, From Moms -- by Stacy DeBroff (Author) (Book - Parent)
"Created by hundreds of contributing mothers from the MomCentral.com community and Stacy DeBroff, The Mom Book features lists, tips, stories, and defining principles for everything from hiring a nanny...
Ages 13 years and up.
Coping with Teen Suicide -- by James Murphy (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
"Murphy speaks to teens contemplating suicide, the second leading cause of death in this age group, and to anyone who is close to such troubled individuals. Employing anonymous case histories, he...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Albert the Running Bear Gets the Jitters -- by Susan Wolf, Barbara Isenberg (Authors) (Book - Child)
"Albert, the champion running bear, is challenged to a race by Boris, the new Alaskan bear at the zoo. "Good sportmanship, fitness, and stress control are all timely topics today, and fans of Albert...
Ages 5 years - 9 years.
Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood -- by David Simon, Edward Burns (Authors) (Book)
"From the Publisher--At the center of the narrative is fifteen-year-old DeAndre McCullough. DeAndre's parents, Gary and Fran, were once poised, against all odds, to pull themselves up and out of west...
All Ages
Age groups: Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
Brothers & Sisters--A Special Part of Exceptional Families -- by Thomas Powell, Penny Ogle (Authors) (Book - Parent)
Written with candor and optimism, this important resource blends reliable research with the perceptive wisdom of siblings. "Fills a void too long neglected in the field of developmental...
All Ages
Age groups: Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
My Side of the Mountain -- by Jean George (Author) (Book - Child)
"Every kid thinks about running away at one point or another; few get farther than the end of the block. Youn Sam Gribley gets to the end of the block and keeps going--all the way to the Catskill...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Wingman -- by Daniel Pinkwater (Author) (Book - Child)
"To escape the problems of being poor and Chinese, Donald begins to cut school to climbe the George Washington Bridge where he meets Wingman, a sort of Chinese superman." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Night Journey -- by Kathryn Lasky (Author) (Book - Child)
"Rachel has been warned by her parents not to discuss the past with her great-grandmother. But Nana Sashie ahs other plans. She begins telling Rachel about her family's flight from the pogroms and...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl -- by Anne Frank (Author) (Book - Child)
"Born in 1929, Anne Frank received a blank diary on her 13th birthday, just weeks before she and her family went into hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Her marvelously detailed, engagingly personal...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
What Every Mom Needs -- by Elisa Morgan (Author) (Book)
?Moms have needs, too! Nine, to be exact, and meeting them will help mothers to be more contented, well-rounded persons as well as better moms. Elisa Morgan and Carol Kuykendall of MOPS (Mothers of...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)