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21) Pete's a pizza
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Pete is cheered up on a rainy day when his father pretends to turn him into a pizza.
23) Between parent and child: the bestselling classic that revolutionized parent-child communication
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this revised edition, Dr. Alice Ginott, clinical psychologist and wife of the late Haim Ginott, and family relationship specialist Dr. H. Wallace Goddard usher this bestselling classic into the new century while retaining the book’s positive message and Haim Ginott’s warm, accessible voice. Based on the theory that parenting is a skill that can be learned, this indispensable handbook will show you how to:
Discipline without threats, bribes,...
24) Mommy
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Every day is Mother's Day as the inimitable Baby sings Mommy's praises in a board book full of humor and heart.
25) Eraserhead
Series
Criterion collection volume 725
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (63 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
An obscure man with a vertical head of hair is living with his spaced-out girlfriend and their fetus-like child. By the end of the film, Henry is decapitated and processed into erasers in this bizarre horror film which closely approaches a nightmare.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the wake of Hilary Mantel's brilliant conclusion to her award-winning Wolf Hall trilogy, this collection of loosely autobiographical stories locates the transforming moments of a haunted childhood. Sharp and funny, these drawn-from-life stories begin in the 1950s in an insular northern village "scoured by bitter winds and rough gossip tongues." For the child narrator, the only way to survive is to get up, get on, get out. In "King Billy Is a Gentleman,"...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The renowned child psychologist explains how to cultivate a better parent-child relationship while also nurturing empathy, honesty, resilience, and independence. Parents have an important task: figure out who their child is--his or her skills, preferences, beliefs, values, personality traits, goals, and direction--get comfortable with it, and then help him or her pursue and live a life that is congruent with it. But parents also want to have influence....
29) Owen
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) ; col. ill.
Language
English
Description
Owen's parents try to get him to give up his favorite blanket before he starts school, but when their efforts fail, they come up with a solution that makes everyone happy.
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xv, 300 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Fourteen (Talks) by (Age) Fourteen will explain the why and how of the fourteen surprising but essential conversations parents should have with their child before he or she enters high school"--
Author
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xiv, 271 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Help for parents in applying spiritual principles to everyday child-care, from a therapist and parenting expert. Advice on finding peace, presence, self-acceptance, and happiness in the midst of raising children; other topics include improving communication skills, taking responsibility, managing stress, and cultivating empathy, vulnerability, and compassion."--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Olivia endeavors to care for her younger sister, possibly make a new friend in the quirky and secretive Bart, and keep hope alive for her, her family, and her community of idiosyncratic neighbors at Sunny Pines Trailer Park.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
A chubby little girl with blond hair, blue eyes, and ordinary looks, Victoria Dawson has always felt out of place in her family, especially in body-conscious L.A. Her father, Jim, is tall and slender, and her mother, Christina, is a fine-boned, dark-haired beauty. Both are self-centered, outspoken, and disappointed by their daughter’s looks. When Victoria is six, she sees a photograph of Queen Victoria, and her father has always said she looks just...
Author
Language
English
Description
A breakthrough approach for a good night's sleep -- with no tears. There are two schools of thought for encouraging babies to sleep through the night: the hotly debated Ferber technique of letting the baby "cry it out," or the grin-and-bear-it solution of getting up from dusk to dawn as often as necessary. If you don't believe in letting your baby cry it out, but desperately want to sleep, there is now a third option, presented in Elizabeth Pantley's...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Popular parenting expert Dr. Laura Markham, author of PEACEFUL PARENTS, HAPPY SIBLINGS, has garnered a large and loyal readership around the world, thanks to her simple, insightful approach that values the emotional bond between parent and child. As any parent of more than one child knows, though, it’s challenging for even the most engaged parent to maintain harmony and a strong connection when competition, tempers, and irritation run...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
xx, 408 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The runaway New York Times bestseller that shows American parents the secrets behind France's amazingly well-behaved children. When American journalist Pamela Druckerman had a baby in Paris, she didn't aspire to become a "French parent." But she noticed that French children slept through the night by two or three months old. They ate braised leeks. They played by themselves while their parents sipped coffee. And yet French kids were still boisterous,...
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
191 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Author and popular Upright Citizens Brigade performer Doug Moe knows first-time fathers are as worried about being terrible at their new terrifying jobs as new moms are. But while most modern fathering guides center on men's oafish parental failings, Man vs. Child forgoes condescension in favor of fresh and irreverent wit. This guide for first-time dads tackles funny but important questions, like how to be a good dad without becoming a BabyBj©œrn-wearing...
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