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that parents love or can’t live without and products
that meet or exceed our expectations for quality, creativity,
educational value and utility. Each product that is offered
will be accompanied by a brief review, explaining the rationale
for inclusion in the collection.
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Secrets of The Baby
Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect and Communicate with
your Baby
Hoag and Blau
A wonderful road map for developing an understanding
of who your baby is and how best to meet her needs.
Covers a broad range of topics pertaining to the first
few months at home. Recommended reading for all new
parents.
(birth – 6 months) |
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Baby Steps: Exercises for Baby’s
First Year of Life
Fox
Written by a neuro-developmental therapist, this extremely
well-organized and easy to read book focuses on simple
activities parents can do at various stages during the
first year of life to promote motor development. Recommended
reading for all new parents.
(birth – 12 months) |
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What’s Going On In There?
How the Brain and Mind Develop In the First Five Years
of Life
Eliot
A scientifically detailed and very provocative look
at brain development, offering a glimpse of the world
through the eyes of the developing child. Explores nature
vs. nurture and other factors that may affect brain
development.
(birth – 12 months) |
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Sign with your Baby Kit
Garcia
Babies can communicate through gestures long before
they possess the coordination to produce spoken language.
Signing can enhance your very young child’s ability
to express himself and allow him to be less frustrated
as a “pre-speaking” toddler. Because the
signs are paired with words, this is also a very effective
way to build your child’s early vocabulary of
useful words.
(ages 6mo-18mo) |
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The Care and Keeping of You –
The Body Book for Girls
Schaefer
An excellent resource for pre-early teenage girls who
are just entering puberty. Factual, informative material
promotes a healthy attitude toward one’s changing
body and helps foster the development of good health
habits.
(girls ages 9yr-13yr) |
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The Period Book: Everything You
Don’t Want to Ask, but Need to Know
Gravelle A good reference book for girls
focusing on biology of what’s going on with their
bodies and emphasizing hygiene. Strongly recommend parents
review content and carefully consider appropriate timing
for information.
(early teen/pubertal girls) |
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Too Old for This, Too Young for
That: Your Survival Guide for the Middle School Years
Mosatche and Unger
A great social survival guide for girls navigating
the sometimes (often) turbulent waters of middle school.
Your 6th grader will thank you for this one.
(ages 11-13 years) |
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Parenting Teens With Love and
Logic: Preparing Adolescents for Responsible Adulthood
Cline and Fay
Practical, experience based wisdom on parenting in
a way that promotes understanding of consequences and
development of responsibility
(ages - teens) |
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The 10 Greatest Gifts I Give
My Children
Vannoy
This book offers a wonderful perspective on what is
truly important with respect to parenting. It is written
from the heart and offers a lesson in appreciating and
valuing the blessings we have in our families.
(parents of all ages) |
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What’s
Going On Down There: Answers to Questions Boys Find
Hard to Ask
Gravelle
Straight talk about puberty, sexuality and STDs for
boys. A good reference. Strongly recommend parents review
content and carefully consider appropriate timing for
information.
(early teen/pubertal boys) |
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The Teenage Guy’s Survival Guide: the
real deal on girls, growing up and other guy stuff
Daldry
A cool looking book that covers dating, friends, drugs,
sex etc. Strongly recommend parents review content and
carefully consider appropriate timing for information.
I felt that the author was a bit casual about sex, but
that could be an area for discussion with your teen
after reading the book.
(ages mid- teen boys) |
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Children’s Books |
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The Owl and The Pussycat
Lear and Brett
This beautifully illustrated classic is a feast for
eyes and ears alike. Jan Brett captures the Caribbean
in her illustrations.
(ages 2-6 years)
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Goodnight Moon
Brown
An enduring classic bedtime book that flows like a
gentle stream when read aloud.
(ages birth – 3 years) |
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Coyote In Love
Dwyer
This beautifully illustrated book tells the legend
of Coyote and his tragic tale of unrequited love.
(ages 3-8 years) |
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Sassafras
Penn
Through this story about Sassafras the skunk, children
learn that it’s ok to be different and to accept
others as they are .
(ages 3-8 years) |
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The Kissing Hand
Penn
An excellent book to help prepare kindergarten and
preschoolers with separation from their parents as they
head off to school.
(ages 4-6 years) |
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Guess How Much I Love You
McBratney and Jeram
Young children delight in this rhythmic tale of BigNut
Brown Hare and LittleNut Brown Hare trying to top one
another in declaring their love for one another
(ages 1-4 years) |
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Stella Luna
Cannon
A beautifully illustrated story of the enduring love
between a mother and her child.
(ages 2-8 years) |
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Is Your Mama A Llama
Kellogg
A fun, silly book that reads aloud beautifully and
will engage your child in participating in the rhyming
phrases.
(ages 2-6 years) |
