Wondrous Child
The Joys and Challenges of Grandparenting
Edited by Lindy Hough
Foreword by Jane Isay
Format: Trade Paperback, 296 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2012
Price: $19.95
A Santa Cruz postpartum doula, a New Hampshire flute-maker, a Zen teacher, a dance therapist, a Sri Lankan film director—these are a few of the grandparents who share their stories in this bracing collection. The essays cover a wide range of experiences as they examine the marrow of this often undervalued...
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Wondrous Child
The Joys and Challenges of Grandparenting
Edited by Lindy Hough
Foreword by Jane Isay
Format: eBook, 296 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2012
Price: $13.95
A Santa Cruz postpartum doula, a New Hampshire flute-maker, a Zen teacher, a dance therapist, a Sri Lankan film director—these are a few of the grandparents who share their stories in this bracing collection. The essays cover a wide range of experiences as they examine the marrow of this often undervalued...
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Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandmother
Written by Lois Wyse
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: August 3, 2011
Price: $11.99
Smart, warm, telling, and funny, Funny, Your Don't Look Like a Grandmother is the perfect bouquet for today's grandmother, that active and interesting woman who is old enough to be somebody's grandmother and young enough to run around the world.
Lois Wyse's new book, charmingly illustrated by Lilla Rogers, is a collection...
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Memories for My Grandchild
A Grandmother's Keepsake Journal
Written by Lena Tabori
Format: Hardcover, 80 pages
On Sale: March 29, 2011
Price: $22.50
What child has not been captivated by stories of how her grandparents first met? Has not begged to hear the tales of his mother or father growing up…and of himself as a baby… that only grandmother knows?
Designed to be an heirloom, gold-stamped, with beautiful blue cloth binding and tipped on...
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What Keeps Me Standing
Letters from Black Grandmothers on Peace, Hope and Inspiration
Written by Dennis Kimbro
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2010
Price: $13.99
In his previous bestsellers,
Think and Grow Rich and
What Makes the Great Great, Dennis Kimbro revealed the success secrets of highly touted entrepreneurs, corporate climbers, and Olympic athletes, as well as famous black Americans from George Washington Carver to Bill Cosby, Oprah Winfrey, and Jesse Jackson. In
What Keeps Me...
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The Really Useful Grandparents' Book
Written by Eleo Gordon and Tony Lacey
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: April 6, 2010
Price: $14.99
Flaps:
Are you eager to spend time with your grandchildren, but anxious about what to do with them?
The Really Useful Grandparents’ Book is the perfect solution. It’s a book that you can share with your grandchildren to discover the activities that will bring you closer and entertain you both all...
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Mother of My Mother
The Intimate Bond Between Generations
Written by Hope Edelman
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2009
Price: $11.99
In her acclaimed
New York Times bestseller,
Motherless Daughters, Hope Edelman explored the profound and lasting effects of mother loss, as well as her own search for healing. Now, in her compelling new work, Edelman explores another complex, life-changing relationship, the intricate bond between generations.
Drawing from her own experience and the recollections...
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Grandmothers Are Like Snowflakes...No Two Are Alike
Words of Wisdom, Gentle Advice, & Hilarious Observations
Written by Janet Lanese
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: September 2, 2009
Price: $11.99
When a child is born, a miracle happens -someone becomes a grandmother!
For first-time grandmas, beloved veterans, or grandmas-in-waiting, this warm, wonderful book captures all the joy and humor of one of a woman's most life-altering experiences. Heartwarming observations from such famous names as Margaret Mead, Jane Russell, and Margaret Thatcher; poems to...
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Intentional Grandparenting
A Boomer's Guide
Written by Peggy Edwards
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 5, 2009
Price: $
Grandparenting is one of the greatest joys in life. Most “grandboomers” are young, active, and anxious to be involved in the lives of their grandchildren. However, grandparenting in the twenty-first century is often complicated by long distances, family breakups, and remarriage. Based on solid evidence from the experts combined with inspirational...
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The Little Big Book for Grandmothers, revised edition
Edited by Alice Wong and Lena Tabori
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $24.95
To celebrate more than 250,000 copies sold,
The Little Big Book for Grandmothers is back in an updated edition with a revised foreword, new jacket design, new endpapers, and a new ISBN. This is a charming book filled with fairy tales, poetry, nursery rhymes, song, stories, words of wisdom, activities, and...
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The House on Childress Street
A Memoir
Written by Kenji Jasper
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.99
In this vivid and piercing memoir of his grandfather, noted novelist Kenji Jasper captures the story of his family and sheds a keen light on the urban and rural experiences of Black America.
Author Kenji Jasper only knew his maternal grandfather, Jesse Langley Sr., as a quiet man who smoked too many...
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Intentional Grandparenting
A Boomer's Guide
Written by Peggy Edwards
Format: Trade Paperback, 232 pages
On Sale: April 19, 2005
Price: $
Grandparenting is one of the greatest joys in life. Most “grandboomers” are young, active, and anxious to be involved in the lives of their grandchildren. However, grandparenting in the twenty-first century is often complicated by long distances, family breakups, and remarriage. Based on solid evidence from the experts combined with inspirational...
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eBook.
What Keeps Me Standing
Letters from Black Grandmothers on Peace, Hope and Inspiration
Written by Dennis Kimbro
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 5, 2005
Price: $14.95
In his previous bestsellers,
Think and Grow Rich and
What Makes the Great Great, Dennis Kimbro revealed the success secrets of highly touted entrepreneurs, corporate climbers, and Olympic athletes, as well as famous black Americans from George Washington Carver to Bill Cosby, Oprah Winfrey, and Jesse Jackson. In
What Keeps Me...
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eBook.
The Little Big Book for Grandfathers
Edited by Alice Wong and Clark H. Wakabayashi
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2005
Price: $24.95
Celebrate the magic of youth and the wisdom of age with The Little Big Book for Grandfathers. Brimming with stories, poetry, songs, activities, and recipes, and designed with timeless vintage illustrations, The Little Big Book for Grandfathers will include: Literary Excerpts: Nine excerpts that include grandfathers in literature (Heidi and Charlie...
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