Wild Animals, Gentle Women -- by Margery Facklam (Author) (Book - Child)
"Describes the experiences of eleven women who study animal behavior: Belle Benchley, Ruth Harkness, Jane Goodall, Kay McKeever, Hope Buyukmihci, Karen Pryor, Eugenie Clark, Dian Fossey, Birutae...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Dexter -- by Clyde Bulla (Author) (Book - Child)
"Dave befriends the strange new family and their pony, Dexter, when the rest of the townspeople remain aloof." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Wolf of Shadows -- by Whitley Strieber (Author) (Book - Child)
"Wolf of Shadows is an intensely moving story of the aftermath of a nuclear attack told from the point of view of a large wolf living in a forest near Minneapolis. Human behavior, emotions and anatomy...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
In Search of a Sandhill Crane -- by Keith Robertson (Author) (Book - Child)
"Dismayed at the prospect of a summer in the Michigan wilderness, a young boy becomes increasingly fascinated by nature as he roams the woods in hopes of photographing sandhill cranes." From Card...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Stuttering Therapy: Rationale and Procedures -- by Diane Hill, Carolyn Gregory, June Campbell, Hugo Gregory (Authors) (Book - Parent/Child)
"After basic background information on speech fluency and the nature of stuttering, this text analyzes eight areas of research and discusses implications for evaluation and treatment. Each therapy...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
History of Art for Young People -- by Anthony Janson (Author) (Book - Child)
"With its brief histories and capsule essays written for an upper school audience by father and son, and including nearly 600 illustrations of antique, Gothic and Renaissance masterpieces, this tome...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Huckleberry Finn -- by Mark Twain (Author) (Book - Child)
"Revered by all of the town's children and readed by all of its mothers, Huckleberry Finn is indisputably the most appealing child-hero in American literature. Unlike the tall-tale, idyllic world of...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
The Development of Intelligence -- by Mike Anderson (Author) (Book - Parent)
"The Development of Intelligence is an attempt to influence the next generation who will research the central question of this book - what is the nature of intelligence and how does it develop? The...
All Ages
Age groups: Infancy (<1), Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
Understanding Girls with AD/HD -- by Kathleen Nadeau (Author) (Book - Parent)
Product Description "A ground-breaking book on the needs and issues of girls with attentional problems: why they are often undiagnosed, how they are different from boys, and what their special needs...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Sylvia and Miz Lula Maye -- by Pansie Hart Flood (Author) (Book - Child)
In 1978, nine-year-old Sylvia and her mother move to Wakefield, South Carolina, where Sylvia becomes best friends with a woman approaching her one hundredth birthday. (Older Readers
Ages 4 years - 8 years.