Turning Back the Tide of Illiteracy -- by Marguerite Hoerl (Author) (Book)
"We all want the best for our children. Don't we? How, then, do we find ourselves in a nation with a large and growing population of functional illiterates? Why is such a huge proportion of youths in...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
How to Avoid the Mistakes Your Parents Made (Parent Handouts and Info - Parent)
Eye Winker, Tom Tinker, Chin Chopper: 50 Musical Fingerplays -- by Tom Glazer (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
"The best of the finger-play books, this collection of old favorites and new games is easy to learn and fun to do. Parents can involve their baby in many of the games by moving baby's limbs and...
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Age groups: Infancy (<1), Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
How to Like Your Child More (Parent Handouts and Info - Parent)
Finger Plays -- by Emilie Poulsson (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
"18 finger plays with music (voice and piano); entertaining, instructive. Counting, nature lore, etc. Victorian classic. 53 illustrations." From Amazon.com
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Age groups: Infancy (<1), Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Drugs, Crime, and Social Isolation: Barriers to Urban Opportunity -- by Adele Harrell, George Peterson (Authors) (Book)
"Is there an urban underclass that is becoming increasingly isolated from mainstream social and economic life? If so, how does it perpetuate itself and how does it limit the opportunities of those...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Incest-Related Syndromes of Adult Psychopathology -- by Richard Kluft (Author) (Book)
"Incest is a social problem of major proportions affecting the lives of one in six American women. This collection of contributions from the most distinguished experts in the field examines the...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Locked in the Poorhouse: Cities, Race and Poverty in the United States -- by Fred Harris, Lynn Curtis (Authors) (Book - Parent)
"Thirty years ago we had riots in the city streets. Then-President Johnson convened the Kerner Commission to examine the reasons why, and it concluded that the U.S. was "moving towards two societies,...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Treatment of Adult Survivors of Incest -- by Patricia Paddison (Author) (Book)
"This volume is designed to broaden the clinician's treatment options and provide education on the multidimensional approach to the treatment of incest survivors. The wide spectrum of clinical...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Juvenile Violence in a Winner-Loser Culture: Socio-Economic and Familial Origins of the Rise of Violence against the Person -- by Oliver James (Author) (Book)
Using their own official statistics, author Oliver James demonstrates that Home Office claims that violence has not been growing are false. Public debates about violence tend to centre on single-cause...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)