Baby Minds
Brain-Building Games Your Baby Will Love
Written by Linda Acredolo, Ph.D. and Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D.

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: July 5, 2000
Price: $16.00

More than 65 delightful games and activities to jump-start your baby's amazing brainpower

Can simply singing a song or blowing a dandelion under a toddler's nose help her mind to blossom? Can your baby count, remember events, and solve problems even before he can talk? The exciting answer to both questions is... Read more >

The Freedom Writers Diary Teacher's Guide

Written by Erin Gruwell and The Freedom Writers

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2007
Price: $21.95

Designed for educators by the teacher who nurtured and created the Freedom Writers, this standards-based teachers’ guide includes innovative teaching techniques that will engage, empower, and enlighten.
In response to thousands of letters and e-mails from teachers across the country who learned about Erin Gruwell and her amazing students in The Freedom... Read more >

Absolutely American
Four Years at West Point
Written by David Lipsky

Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: May 11, 2004
Price: $15.95

As David Lipsky follows a future generation of army officers from their proving grounds to their barracks, he reveals the range of emotions and desires that propels these men and women forward. From the cadet who struggles with every facet of West Point life to those who are decidedly huah, Lipsky... Read more >

The Trouble with Boys
A Surprising Report Card on Our Sons, Their Problems at School, and What Parents and Educators Must Do
Written by Peg Tyre

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $15.00

From the moment they step into the classroom, boys begin to struggle. They get expelled from preschool nearly five times more often than girls; in elementary school, they’re diagnosed with learning disorders four times as often. By eighth grade huge numbers are reading below basic level. And by high school, they’re... Read more >

The College Dorm Survival Guide
How to Survive and Thrive in Your New Home Away from Home
Written by Julia DeVillers

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 23, 2006
Price: $14.00

The Ultimate Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the Dorm

Dorm life offers you a great chance to meet new people and try new things. But leaving the comforts of home for the first time to enter the roommate-having, small-room-sharing, possibly-coed-bathroom-using world of the dorms can be overwhelming and intimidating.

The College Dorm... Read more >

A Family of Readers
The Book Lover's Guide to Children's and Young Adult Literature
Edited by Roger Sutton and Martha V. Parravano

Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $14.99

Two of the most trusted reviewers in the field join with top authors, illustrators, and critics in a definitive guide to choosing books for children—and nurturing their love of reading.

A FAMILY OF READERS is the definitive resource for parents interested in enriching the reading lives of their children. It’s divided into... Read more >

Train Go Sorry
Inside a Deaf World
Written by Leah Hager Cohen

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 25, 1995
Price: $16.00

This portrait of New York's Lafayette School for the Deaf is not just a work of journalism. It is also a memoir, since Leah Hager Cohen grew up on the school's campus and her father is its superintendent. As a hearing person raised among the deaf, Cohen appreciates both the intimate... Read more >

Montessori Today
A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood
Written by Paula Polk Lillard

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: January 30, 1996
Price: $14.00

Paula Lillard, director of a Montessori school ranging in age from 18 months to fifteen years, provides a clear and cogent introduction to the Montessori program for the elementary and later years. In detailed accounts, Lillard shows how children acquire the skills to answer their own questions, learn to manage freedom... Read more >

Montessori: A Modern Approach

Written by Paula Polk Lillard

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: October 30, 1988
Price: $14.00

Montessori: A Modern Approach has been called the single best book for anyone -- educator, childcare professional, and especially parent -- seeking answers to the questions: What is the Montessori method? Are its revolutionary ideas about early childhood education relevant to today's world? And most important, especially for today's dual-career couples... Read more >

Foxfire 12

Written by Foxfire Fund, Inc.

Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $19.95

For more than thirty years, Foxfire books have brought the philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers, teaching creative-self-sufficiency, the art of natural remedies, home crafts, and preserving the stories and customs of Appalachia. Inspiring and practical, this classic series has become an American institution.

Foxfire 12 is the... Read more >