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Beyond Baby Talk
From Sounds to Sentences--A Parent's Complete Guide to Language Development
Written by Kenn Apel, Ph.D. and Julie Masterson, Ph.D.
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: November 18, 2009
Price: $15.95
From "Goo" to Gab — Guiding Your Child to Effective Communication
The first five years of a child's life are the most critical for speech and language development, and, as a parent, you are your child's primary language role model. So what are the best ways to help your child develop the... Read more >
From Sounds to Sentences--A Parent's Complete Guide to Language Development
Written by Kenn Apel, Ph.D. and Julie Masterson, Ph.D.
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: November 18, 2009
Price: $15.95
From "Goo" to Gab — Guiding Your Child to Effective Communication
The first five years of a child's life are the most critical for speech and language development, and, as a parent, you are your child's primary language role model. So what are the best ways to help your child develop the... Read more >
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Child Sense
From Birth to Age 5, How to Use the 5 Senses to Make Sleeping, Eating, Dressing, and Other Everyday Activities Easier While Strengthening Your Bond With Child
Written by Priscilla J. Dunstan
Foreword by Linda Acredolo, Ph.D. and Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D.
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $26.00
Your infant is crying and you don’t know why. Your toddler refuses every kind of food–except one. Your preschooler wages war with you each morning over what to wear. Every day, parents struggle unsuccessfully to understand why their children act the way they do. Now child development expert Priscilla J. Dunstan... Read more >
From Birth to Age 5, How to Use the 5 Senses to Make Sleeping, Eating, Dressing, and Other Everyday Activities Easier While Strengthening Your Bond With Child
Written by Priscilla J. Dunstan
Foreword by Linda Acredolo, Ph.D. and Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D.
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $26.00
Your infant is crying and you don’t know why. Your toddler refuses every kind of food–except one. Your preschooler wages war with you each morning over what to wear. Every day, parents struggle unsuccessfully to understand why their children act the way they do. Now child development expert Priscilla J. Dunstan... Read more >
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Running on Ritalin
A Physician Reflects on Children, Society, and Performance in a Pill
Written by Lawrence H. Diller
Format: eBook, 404 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2009
Price: $23.00
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A Physician Reflects on Children, Society, and Performance in a Pill
Written by Lawrence H. Diller
Format: eBook, 404 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2009
Price: $23.00
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Guiding Your Child Through Grief
Written by James P. Emswiler and Mary Ann Emswiler
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: July 22, 2009
Price: $15.00
Give your child the help and support needed to cope with grief and loss.
Guiding Your Child Through Grief, by the founders of the New England Center for Loss & Transition and The Cove, a highly praised program for grieving children, takes away the uncertainty and helpless feelings we commonly feel as... Read more >
Written by James P. Emswiler and Mary Ann Emswiler
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: July 22, 2009
Price: $15.00
Give your child the help and support needed to cope with grief and loss.
Guiding Your Child Through Grief, by the founders of the New England Center for Loss & Transition and The Cove, a highly praised program for grieving children, takes away the uncertainty and helpless feelings we commonly feel as... Read more >
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The Rollercoaster Years
Written by Charlene C. Giannetti and Margaret Sagarese
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2009
Price: $16.95
For the 20 million parents of 10- to 15-year-olds, The Roller-Coaster Years is a lively guide to mastering the ups and downs of early adolescence. Every parent knows about the terrible twos and the brooding teens, but few have anticipated the wild ride of these magical yet maddening years that can... Read more >
Written by Charlene C. Giannetti and Margaret Sagarese
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 1, 2009
Price: $16.95
For the 20 million parents of 10- to 15-year-olds, The Roller-Coaster Years is a lively guide to mastering the ups and downs of early adolescence. Every parent knows about the terrible twos and the brooding teens, but few have anticipated the wild ride of these magical yet maddening years that can... Read more >
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Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
Written by Marc Weissbluth, M.D.
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $16.00
One of the country's leading researchers updates his revolutionary approach to solving--and preventing--your children's sleep problems
Here Dr. Marc Weissbluth, a distinguished pediatrician and father of four, offers his groundbreaking program to ensure the best sleep for your child. In Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, he explains with authority and reassurance his... Read more >
Written by Marc Weissbluth, M.D.
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $16.00
One of the country's leading researchers updates his revolutionary approach to solving--and preventing--your children's sleep problems
Here Dr. Marc Weissbluth, a distinguished pediatrician and father of four, offers his groundbreaking program to ensure the best sleep for your child. In Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, he explains with authority and reassurance his... Read more >
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Real Kids Come in All Sizes
Ten Essential Lessons to Build Your Child's Body Esteem
Written by Kathy Kater
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $19.00
Confronting two of this country’s fastest growing health problems—body image and weight concerns among children and teens—this practical guide shows parents how to help their children maintain body esteem and make healthy choices a routine part of their lives.
At a time when they should feel secure in their body’s growth, too... Read more >
Ten Essential Lessons to Build Your Child's Body Esteem
Written by Kathy Kater
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $19.00
Confronting two of this country’s fastest growing health problems—body image and weight concerns among children and teens—this practical guide shows parents how to help their children maintain body esteem and make healthy choices a routine part of their lives.
At a time when they should feel secure in their body’s growth, too... Read more >
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Montessori from the Start
The Child at Home, from Birth to Age Three
Written by Paula Polk Lillard and Lynn Lillard Jessen
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $15.00
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The Child at Home, from Birth to Age Three
Written by Paula Polk Lillard and Lynn Lillard Jessen
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $15.00
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Freeing Your Child from Anxiety
Powerful, Practical Solutions to Overcome Your Child's Fears, Worries, and Phobias
Written by Tamar Chansky, Ph.D.
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $14.99
Anxiety is the number one mental health problem facing young people today.
Childhood should be a happy and carefree time, yet more and more children today are exhibiting symptoms of anxiety, from bedwetting and clinginess to frequent stomach aches, nightmares, and even refusing to go to school. Parents everywhere want to... Read more >
Powerful, Practical Solutions to Overcome Your Child's Fears, Worries, and Phobias
Written by Tamar Chansky, Ph.D.
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $14.99
Anxiety is the number one mental health problem facing young people today.
Childhood should be a happy and carefree time, yet more and more children today are exhibiting symptoms of anxiety, from bedwetting and clinginess to frequent stomach aches, nightmares, and even refusing to go to school. Parents everywhere want to... Read more >
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Hold On to Your Kids
Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
Written by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate, M.D.
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $16.00
Read more >
Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
Written by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate, M.D.
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $16.00
Read more >
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Baby's First Year Milestone Journal and Nursery Banner
Written by Lydia Ricci
Format: Non-traditional book
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $19.95
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Written by Lydia Ricci
Format: Non-traditional book
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $19.95
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Raising Boys
Why Boys Are Different - and How to Help Them Become Happy and Well-Balanced Men
Written by Steve Biddulph
Illustrated by Paul Stanish
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2008
Price: $14.95
A friendly and practical guide to the stages and issues in boys'¬? development from birth to manhood.
From award-winning psychologist Steve Biddulph comes an expanded and updated edition of RAISING BOYS, his international best seller published in 14 countries. His complete guide for parents, educators, and relatives includes chapters on testosterone, sports... Read more >
Why Boys Are Different - and How to Help Them Become Happy and Well-Balanced Men
Written by Steve Biddulph
Illustrated by Paul Stanish
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2008
Price: $14.95
A friendly and practical guide to the stages and issues in boys'¬? development from birth to manhood.
From award-winning psychologist Steve Biddulph comes an expanded and updated edition of RAISING BOYS, his international best seller published in 14 countries. His complete guide for parents, educators, and relatives includes chapters on testosterone, sports... Read more >
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Raising a Bilingual Child
Written by Barbara Zurer Pearson
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: April 15, 2008
Price: $14.95
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Written by Barbara Zurer Pearson
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: April 15, 2008
Price: $14.95
Read more >
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Raising a Bilingual Child
Written by Barbara Zurer Pearson and Living Language
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: April 15, 2008
Price: $14.95
If you would like your children to experience the benefits of becoming bilingual, but you aren’t sure how to teach them a second language, then Raising a Bilingual Child is the perfect step-by-step guide for you.
Raising a Bilingual Child provides parents with information, encouragement, and practical advice for creating a positive... Read more >
Written by Barbara Zurer Pearson and Living Language
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: April 15, 2008
Price: $14.95
If you would like your children to experience the benefits of becoming bilingual, but you aren’t sure how to teach them a second language, then Raising a Bilingual Child is the perfect step-by-step guide for you.
Raising a Bilingual Child provides parents with information, encouragement, and practical advice for creating a positive... Read more >
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Raise a Smarter Child by Kindergarten
Raise IQ by up to 30 points and turn on your child's smart genes
Written by David Perlmutter, M.D. and Carol Colman
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $14.00
Nature didn’t finish your child’s brain at birth. It’s up to you to maximize your child’s mental skills without causing additional stress. Acclaimed neurologist David Perlmutter, MD, offers these valuable tools:
Simple games to reinforce memory pathways in the brain
Information on common household products and children’s toys that contain brain-damaging neurotoxins... Read more >
Raise IQ by up to 30 points and turn on your child's smart genes
Written by David Perlmutter, M.D. and Carol Colman
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $14.00
Nature didn’t finish your child’s brain at birth. It’s up to you to maximize your child’s mental skills without causing additional stress. Acclaimed neurologist David Perlmutter, MD, offers these valuable tools:
Simple games to reinforce memory pathways in the brain
Information on common household products and children’s toys that contain brain-damaging neurotoxins... Read more >
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Raise a Smarter Child by Kindergarten
Raise IQ by up to 30 points and turn on your child's smart genes
Written by David Perlmutter, M.D. and Carol Colman
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $14.00
Nature didn’t finish your child’s brain at birth. It’s up to you to maximize your child’s mental skills without causing additional stress. Acclaimed neurologist David Perlmutter, MD, offers these valuable tools:
Simple games to reinforce memory pathways in the brain
Information on common household products and children’s toys that contain brain-damaging neurotoxins... Read more >
Raise IQ by up to 30 points and turn on your child's smart genes
Written by David Perlmutter, M.D. and Carol Colman
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $14.00
Nature didn’t finish your child’s brain at birth. It’s up to you to maximize your child’s mental skills without causing additional stress. Acclaimed neurologist David Perlmutter, MD, offers these valuable tools:
Simple games to reinforce memory pathways in the brain
Information on common household products and children’s toys that contain brain-damaging neurotoxins... Read more >
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eBook.
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Trauma-Proofing Your Kids
A Parents' Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience
Written by Peter A. Levine and Maggie Kline
Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $16.95
The number of anxious, depressed, hyperactive and withdrawn children is staggering—and still growing! Millions have experienced bullying, violence (real or in the media), abuse or sexual molestation. Many other kids have been traumatized from more “ordinary” ordeals such as terrifying medical procedures, accidents, loss and divorce. Trauma-Proofing Your Kids sends a... Read more >
A Parents' Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience
Written by Peter A. Levine and Maggie Kline
Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $16.95
The number of anxious, depressed, hyperactive and withdrawn children is staggering—and still growing! Millions have experienced bullying, violence (real or in the media), abuse or sexual molestation. Many other kids have been traumatized from more “ordinary” ordeals such as terrifying medical procedures, accidents, loss and divorce. Trauma-Proofing Your Kids sends a... Read more >
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Baby Hearts
A Guide to Giving Your Child an Emotional Head Start
Written by Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D. and Linda Acredolo, Ph.D.
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $15.00
Who says your baby can’t “talk” about his or her feelings? In fact, babies’ actions often speak louder than words! Understanding those actions–and responding appropriately to them–is the key to giving your child a head start to a healthy and happy future. Now the authors of the bestselling Baby Minds and... Read more >
A Guide to Giving Your Child an Emotional Head Start
Written by Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D. and Linda Acredolo, Ph.D.
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $15.00
Who says your baby can’t “talk” about his or her feelings? In fact, babies’ actions often speak louder than words! Understanding those actions–and responding appropriately to them–is the key to giving your child a head start to a healthy and happy future. Now the authors of the bestselling Baby Minds and... Read more >
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Could It Be Autism?
A Parent's Guide to the First Signs and Next Steps
Written by Nancy Wiseman
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $12.95
If you have questions or concerns about your child’s social, emotional, or behavioral development, you’re not alone. The number of children affected by autism—an umbrella term for a wide spectrum of disorders that includes “classic” autism, Asperger's syndrome, and Rett syndrome—is growing every year. Most children are not diagnosed until they... Read more >
A Parent's Guide to the First Signs and Next Steps
Written by Nancy Wiseman
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $12.95
If you have questions or concerns about your child’s social, emotional, or behavioral development, you’re not alone. The number of children affected by autism—an umbrella term for a wide spectrum of disorders that includes “classic” autism, Asperger's syndrome, and Rett syndrome—is growing every year. Most children are not diagnosed until they... Read more >
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Girls on Track
A Parent's Guide to Inspiring Our Daughters to Achieve a Lifetime of Self-Esteem and Respect
Written by Molly Barker
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95
During adolescence, if a girl isn’t careful, she can fall into a trap called the Girl Box—a place where the way she looks is more important than who she is, where having a boyfriend is worth giving up a piece of her identity. This is a very serious problem, one that... Read more >
A Parent's Guide to Inspiring Our Daughters to Achieve a Lifetime of Self-Esteem and Respect
Written by Molly Barker
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95
During adolescence, if a girl isn’t careful, she can fall into a trap called the Girl Box—a place where the way she looks is more important than who she is, where having a boyfriend is worth giving up a piece of her identity. This is a very serious problem, one that... Read more >
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Seven Times Smarter
50 Activities, Games, and Projects to Develop the Seven Intelligences of Your Ch ild
Written by Laurel Schmidt
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $15.00
What Is Smart?
There's evidence of so much more than "reading, writing, and 'rithmetic" in every child -- at least seven distinct intelligences, according to the theory of multiple intelligences, developed by Harvard's Dr. Howard Gardner. In Seven Times Smarter, veteran educator Laurel Schmidt offers a parent-friendly explanation of this theory and... Read more >
50 Activities, Games, and Projects to Develop the Seven Intelligences of Your Ch ild
Written by Laurel Schmidt
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $15.00
What Is Smart?
There's evidence of so much more than "reading, writing, and 'rithmetic" in every child -- at least seven distinct intelligences, according to the theory of multiple intelligences, developed by Harvard's Dr. Howard Gardner. In Seven Times Smarter, veteran educator Laurel Schmidt offers a parent-friendly explanation of this theory and... Read more >
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Positive Parenting
Raising Healthy Children From Birth to Three Years
Written by Alvin Eden, M.D.
Foreword by James Stockman III M.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $15.95
The Classic Bestselling Book Completely Revised and Updated
It takes more than common sense to raise a healthy, happy and bright child. The first three years of life are crucial to a child’s proper development. With the right information and advice, parents can help to assure their child’s future success and happiness... Read more >
Raising Healthy Children From Birth to Three Years
Written by Alvin Eden, M.D.
Foreword by James Stockman III M.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $15.95
The Classic Bestselling Book Completely Revised and Updated
It takes more than common sense to raise a healthy, happy and bright child. The first three years of life are crucial to a child’s proper development. With the right information and advice, parents can help to assure their child’s future success and happiness... Read more >
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Could It Be Autism?
A Parent's Guide to the First Signs and Next Steps
Written by Nancy Wiseman
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Price: $12.95
If you have questions or concerns about your child’s social, emotional, or behavioral development, you’re not alone. The number of children affected by autism—an umbrella term for a wide spectrum of disorders that includes “classic” autism, Asperger's syndrome, and Rett syndrome—is growing every year. Most children are not diagnosed until they... Read more >
A Parent's Guide to the First Signs and Next Steps
Written by Nancy Wiseman
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Price: $12.95
If you have questions or concerns about your child’s social, emotional, or behavioral development, you’re not alone. The number of children affected by autism—an umbrella term for a wide spectrum of disorders that includes “classic” autism, Asperger's syndrome, and Rett syndrome—is growing every year. Most children are not diagnosed until they... Read more >
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Raising Young Children Well
Edited by Sandra Radzanower Wolkoff and Neala Schwartzberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 17, 2006
Price: $17.95
Recipes for success with early childhood's most difficult issues, from the experts at the North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center.
Visit the website of the North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center here.
Ever wonder how to keep your cool when your child is all steamed up? What to do to support... Read more >
Edited by Sandra Radzanower Wolkoff and Neala Schwartzberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 17, 2006
Price: $17.95
Recipes for success with early childhood's most difficult issues, from the experts at the North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center.
Visit the website of the North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center here.
Ever wonder how to keep your cool when your child is all steamed up? What to do to support... Read more >
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Hold On to Your Kids
Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
Written by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate, M.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 15, 2006
Price: $16.00
A psychologist with a reputation for penetrating to the heart of complex parenting issues joins forces with a physician and bestselling author to tackle one of the most disturbing and misunderstood trends of our time -- peers replacing parents in the lives of our children.
Dr. Neufeld has dubbed this phenomenon peer... Read more >
Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
Written by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate, M.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 15, 2006
Price: $16.00
A psychologist with a reputation for penetrating to the heart of complex parenting issues joins forces with a physician and bestselling author to tackle one of the most disturbing and misunderstood trends of our time -- peers replacing parents in the lives of our children.
Dr. Neufeld has dubbed this phenomenon peer... Read more >
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