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The invaluable grade-by-grade guide (kindergarten—sixth) is designed to help parents and teachers select some of the best books for children. Books to Build On recommends: • for kindergartners, lively collections of poetry and stories, such as The Children’s Aesop, and imaginative...

Its a story about a young man who committed suicide, and the affects it has on his family and friends. It also tells you that you can ask for HELP! Dont be to proud or dont be afraid. Life is precious. Depression is a serious illness. It gives some signs. It also tells about Alexander.

"These short crisp phrases while guiding others have been a hallmark of Dr. Jayadeva Yogendra. Not only are they full of meaning but they possess an authority of an individual who leads his life the way he preaches.This small book consists of practical questions asked to Dr. Jayadeva and Hansaji....

This powerful and unusual story contrasts The Bicknells, a wealthy and influential family in Rosedale, Toronto, Ontario, into which I was born out of wedlock, with a farm couple from near Brockville, Ontario who adopted me in 1935. At the age of sixteen I began to feel unsettled and lost. Eighteen...

Introduce your class (K-12) to the forty-three men who have been the Presidents of the United States. Learn what it takes to be president, who these men were with facts and trivia, and much more in this fun learning adventure. Listening and reading comprehension, research, writing, graphing, analyzing...

After years of working to change schools from within—testifying before Congress and addressing audiences around the world about how to make schools better places for children—John Holt founded Growing Without Schooling magazine in 1977 to support self-directed education and learning outside of...

From the Boardroom to the Bathroom is the definitive humor book about the 20-something-year-old male. Written by Jason Brenner, whose work has been published in several metropolitan daily newspapers, From the Boardroom to the Bathroom discusses the crucial parts of a young males life: sex, beer, and...

The formula presented by this book aims to: 1. Help you find what talents and skills you love to practice and show you how you can transform your dreams into clear goals;. 2. Show you some materials that successful people use to achieve their goals;. 3. Provide you with time-management tips that will...

This article (9 pages) details 5 simple steps to help parents prepare their children for the start of school. Specific suggestions, short scenarios, and detailed explanations are included for each step.

**“I absolutely loved this beautiful book!  It's wise, wry, bracingly honest and so gripping I couldn't put it down. Clearly whip smart, Margaux Bergen has one of those rare voices that pulls you in and makes you want to keep reading.” — Amy Chua, author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother An...

In 1958, when Chana Wilson was seven, her mother attempted suicide, holding a rifle to her own head and pulling the trigger. The gun jammed and she was taken away to a mental hospital. On her return, Chana became the caretaker of her heavily medicated, suicidal mother. It would be many years before...

How to Grow a Young Music Lover is the ideal guide for parents who want to boost their children’s education through music; parents who want to aid in their children’s cognitive, motor, and creative development; parents who love music and want their children to do the same; and parents who wish...

This book is a compliation of 100 humorous observations from a middle-aged dad about life, marriage, and parenting in middle-America in the 21st century.               

When Amber discovers cardboard boxes containing a lifetime of her mother's journals and letters, she realizes she's been given a rare chance to unlock the enigma that had been her mother—but will her mother's writings reveal the woman she remembers, or someone else altogether? Not the Mother I Remember...