Life at the Margins: Literacy, Language, and Technology in Everyday Life -- by Juliet Merrifield (Author) (Book)
From the Publisher "Unlike many books about adult literacy, which focus on abstract concepts related to test scores, this volume develops an understanding of literacy and illiteracy through the...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Joey and Sam: A Heartwarming Storybook about Autism, a Family and a Brother's Love -- by Edward Ritvo, Illana Katz (Authors) (Book - Child)
This beautifully illustrated storybook focuses on a loving family with two young sons. Joey, a loving and protective 6-year-old is burdened by conflict around his 5-year-old autistic sibling named...
Ages 8 years - 14 years.
Night -- by Elie Wiesel (Author) (Book)
"Night - A terrifying account of the Nazi death camp horror that turns a young Jewish boy into an agonized witness to the death of his family...the death of his innocence...and the death of his God....
All Ages
Age groups: Adolescence (13-21)
Whoever You Are -- by Leslie Staub, Mem Fox (Authors) (Book)
"Every day all over the world, children are laughing and crying, playing and learning, eating and sleeping. They may not look the same. They may not speak the same language. Their lives may be quite...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Helping the Children: A Practical Handbook for Complex Humanitarian Emergencies -- by Karen Olness, Kristine Torjesen, Anna Mandalakas (Authors) (Book)
"Political and natural disasters have forced more and more children into emergency shelters and refugee settings. Now this new manual, designed to be used in the field by caregivers with little or no...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Ethnic Minority Elderly -- by American Psychiatric Association (Author) (Book)
"In response to the growing concern for mentally ill minority elders, the Task Force on Ethnic Minority Elderly was established in 1988. Since then, this task force has studied the needs of the...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Cults in Our Midst: The Continuing Fight Against Their Hidden Menace -- by Margaret Thaler Singer (Author) (Book)
"Cults today are bigger than ever, with broad ramifications for national and international terrorism. In this newly revised edition of her definitive work on cults, Singer reveals what cults really...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Battling Resistance to Antibiotics and Pesticides: An Economic Approach -- by Ramanan Laxminarayan (Author) (Book)
"The increasing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics, and pests to pesticides, threatens to undo some of the most remarkable advances made in public health and agriculture during the past century....
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
The National Indian Child Welfare Association (Organization - Private, Non-Profit)
The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) is the most comprehensive source of information on American Indian child welfare and works on behalf of Indian children and families. NICWA...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Creating Family Rules (Parent Handouts and Info - Parent)