Positive Discipline for Single Parents: Nurturing, Cooperation, Respect, and Joy in Your Single-Parent Family -- by Carol Delzer, Cheryl Erwin, Jane Nelsen (Authors) (Book - Parent)
"As a single parent in our complex world, you face the challenge of doing alone a job that was meant for two people. In addition, self-doubt and guilt may dampen the joy you experience raising your...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Come to the Doctor, Harry -- by Mary Chalmers (Author) (Book - Child)
"Harry Kitten learns that a trip to the doctor is nothing to fear." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
One Monday Morning -- by Uri Shulevitz, Yumi Heo (Authors) (Book - Child)
From Publishers Weekly "A queen and a prince come to visit a small boy one Monday morning, but as he tells readers, "I wasn't home." They return with the king on Tuesday, but "I wasn't home." Every...
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
My Brother Never Feeds the Cat -- by Reynold Ruffins (Author) (Book - Child)
"A little girl tells everyone she meets about all the work she does all that her brother doesn't do." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Stone Soup -- by Marcia Brown (Author) (Book - Child)
"This old French tale about soldiers who trick miserly villages into making them a feast won a Caldescott Medal when Brown retold and illustrated it in 1947." From Publishers Weekly
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Six Steps to an Emotionally Intelligent Teenager: Teaching Social Skills to Your Teen -- by James Windell (Author) (Book - Parent)
"Helping teenagers navigate the rocky years between childhood and adulthood has always been a parenting challenge--a challenge that has only grown more difficult in today's fast-paced society. Noted...
All Ages
Age groups: Adolescence (13-21)
104 Activities that Build: Self-Esteem, Teamwork, Communication, Anger Mangagement, Self-Discovery, and Coping Skills -- by Alanna Jones (Author) (Book - Child)
"...self-esteem, teamwork, communication, anger management, self-discovery, and coping skills. Each of the 104 activities is simple to follow, requires minimal resources, and includes helpful...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Relatives Came -- by Cynthia Rylant (Author) (Book - Child)
"In a rainbow-colored station wagon that smelled like a real car, the relatives came. When they arrived, they hugged and hugged from the kitchen to the front room. All summer they tended the garden...
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Sam Bangs and Moonshine -- by Evaline Ness (Author) (Book - Child)
"Young readers whose mothers are mermaids, who own fierce lions and baby kangaroos, and can talk to their cats, will find a fast friend in the heroine of this imaginative, humorous book." From Card...
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Little Bear -- by Maurice Sendak, Elsa Minarik (Authors) (Book - Child)
"Elsa Holmelund Minarik and Maurice Sendak teamed up to create these simple stories that are deeply comforting and lovingly playful. In one story, "Birthday Soup," Little Bear cannot find his mother...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)