How to Eat Fried Worms -- by Thomas Rockwell (Author) (Book - Child)
"How to Eat Fried Worms has happily repulsed children since its original publication in 1973. Now youngsters can experience this classic story in a whole new yucky way, by listening to it on...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
No One is Going to Nashville -- by Mavis Jukes (Author) (Book - Child)
"Sonia's relationship with her father and stepmother is so warmly real that all three characters seem to leap into life in a story that is a refreshing tonic to mean old. But, at its heart the book...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Sounder -- by William Armstrong (Author) (Book - Child)
"A landmark in children's literature, winner of the 1970 Newbery Medal, and the basis of an acclaimed film, Sounder traces the keen sorrow and the abiding faith of a poor African-American boy in the...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Moving up and out: Poverty, Education,and the Single Parent Family -- by Lori Holyfield (Author) (Book)
"Focusing on single women with children in poverty and the obstacles they encounter in trying to change their lives and class position." Publisher (barnesandnoble.com)
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
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...
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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...
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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
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)