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Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
Expanded 4th edition.
Language
English
Description
The clinically proven five-week program for improving your child's behavior--fully updated and revised. In 1996, Parenting the Strong-Willed Child established itself as a seminal guide for parents who want to manage challenging behavior with parenting techniques grounded in positive reinforcement, without yelling or harming a child's self-esteem. The authors provide a proven, step-by-step five-week program giving parents the tools they need to successfully...
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English
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A boy's letters to his incarcerated father help them stay connected even while they're apart. Dear Dad: Love, Nelson is a glimpse into the life, family, struggles, hopes, and questions of Nelson-and the more than five million other children in the US who have experienced parental incarceration. Told through letters he writes his father, Nelson shares his feelings, thoughts, wishes, and happenings, from the celebrations they've had to the progress...
43) The cursed moon
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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"Rafael Fuentes isn't easily scared. He loves writing ghost stories, reading scary books, and entertaining his friends with terrifying tales he creates on the spot. Rafa has come up against enough real-life scary situations that fictional hauntings seem like no big deal. As an eerie blood moon hangs in the sky one night, Rafa tells a group of friends about the Caretaker. The Caretaker is an evil ghost who lures unsuspecting kids into the neighborhood...
44) Momma Bear
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Language
English
Description
Being a mother is the most important job in the world, and children don't always show the gratitude or appreciation their mother so rightly deserves. This story provides readers with a simple way of understanding a powerful bond between a mother and her children. In Momma Bear, a mother's love and dedication earns her the greatest honor a mother could receive.
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English
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Sophie must play the role of the Clockwork Queen in order to free her father in this page-turning historical adventure from Cogheart author Peter Bunzl. Chess prodigy Sophie Peshka inherited her love of the game from her grandmaster father. But now that he has been imprisoned in the dungeons of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg by powerful Empress Catherine the Great, Sophie must use all her strategic skill and cunning to help him escape. Part of...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
This National Book Award nominee from two-time finalist Patricia McCormick is the unforgettable story of Arn Chorn-Pond, who defied the odds to survive the Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979 and the labor camps of the Khmer Rouge.
Based on the true story of Cambodian advocate Arn Chorn-Pond, and authentically told from his point of view as a young boy, this is an achingly raw and powerful historical novel about a child of war who becomes a man of peace....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A level 2 early reader based on Curious George, the Emmy Award-winning PBS TV show, all about surprises, helping friends, and--of course--celebrating mothers!
It's Mother's Day and George's friends Marco and Cecilia want to surprise their mami with a party! George is excited to help Marco make a piñata and other festive decorations while Cecilia and the Man with the Yellow Hat prepare delicious treats. But when Marco and Cecilia see their mami...
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English
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Join Jimmy, a tiny and determined worm, as he discovers the wonders of friendship and the joy of exploring the world around him.In a lush garden, nestled among the roots of towering trees, lies the School of Worms, where young worms learn the secrets of their craft. Amongst the curious students is Jimmy, a spirited and ambitious worm with big dreams. While his fellow classmates aim to burrow deep into the earth, Jimmy yearns for something different-to...
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English
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Reluctant reader favourite Tony Bradman returns with a captivating historical tale inspired by the true story of Britain's Tomb of the Unknown Warrior. November 1920. The body of an unknown soldier is to be buried at Westminster Abbey. The war has claimed the lives of thousands of men whose bodies will never make it home, and the Unknown Warrior will represent them all. As hundreds of people crowd to Westminster Abbey, Daisy knows she has to make...
51) Lindsay Smiles
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English
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Lindsay Smiles is a story about the Smiles family moving back to the town where the whole family was born, with Mr. Smiles starting a new job and Lindsay Smiles starting a new school.
Lindsay, who was born with Down syndrome, is now a fourth grader at Hope Elementary. The sadness of saying goodbye to her friends is being replaced with the excitement of her new house, new friends, and new school.
The Smiles family hopes you enjoy the story of...
52) Crazy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
His mother has died. His father is going crazy. For fifteen-year-old Jason, the only relief as he tries to hold things together is the group of imaginary friends who offer guidance as he tries not to draw attention to his father's deteriorating condition-or to himself. But between the traumas of his childhood and the squalor and stress he's dealing with right now, Jason's attempts to remain invisible may not be enough. To find a solution to this very...
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English
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An adorable stray kitten might be just what Lucy and her dad need in this gentle and heartwarming animal story from worldwide bestseller Holly Webb. Lucy and her dad are still feeling sad about the loss of their lovely cat Patch, who had been part of their family for such a long time. So when a little lost kitten turns up in their garden, Lucy doesn't want to tell her dad in case it upsets him. But she grows to love the little kitten and she doesn't...
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English
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With a sweet, universal message and charming illustrations full of irresistibly cute animals, author Su-an Lee and illustrator So-ra Kim's picture book I Really Like Mom is a loving tribute to moms everywhere.
When I stretch myself awake in the mornings
or drift off to sleep on dark nights,
she's always by my side.
From playtime to storytime, from tight hugs to mwah mwah mwah kisses, I Really Like Mom celebrates the many reasons why mothers...
55) Entwined
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Come and mend your broken hearts here. In this retelling of the classic tale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," the eldest princess must fight to save her family-and her heart-from an ancient dark magic within the palace walls. "Full of mystery, lush settings, and fully orbed characters, Dixon's debut is both suspenseful and rewarding."-ALA Booklist
Just when Azalea should feel that everything is before her-beautiful gowns, dashing suitors, balls filled...
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English
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After the collapse of her parents' marriage, Mimi Schulman leaves her mother in Houston to look after her befuddled photographer father in New York. She's too preoccupied with family problems to think much about her new life. But then Mimi's first hour at the Baldwin School-an institution where teachers offer psychoanalysis instead of grades and students hold cocktail parties in the bathroom between classes-leaves her spinning.
When her childhood...
57) Atilán
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Language
English
Description
It is a novel of love for the land, for the family, for the ancestors and the fight for renewable and non-renewable resources. In an indigenous community, one still lives in mythology, in the worldview and in daily life, in relation to nature.
58) Operation Banana
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Language
English
Description
As World War ll drags on, Susan sets out on a mission to cheer up her mum in this heartwarming wartime tale from award-winning historical fiction writer Tony Bradman. Susan is worried about her mum. She's struggling with long hours at her job in the factory and it's a long time since they've heard from Susan's dad, who's on the front line in North Africa. Everything is in short supply in London, but Susan decides she's going to cheer her mum up by...
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English
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In this heartbreaking multimedia debut-filled with drawings, poems, and journal entries-author Jenny Laden draws on her own experience to create a story of grief and transcendence, perfect for fans of Francesca Zappia and Jennifer Niven.
Danielle Silver is a Philadelphia high school senior at the dawn of the '90s. Ever since her parents split up, she has known her father was gay, but she never expected to be hit with the bombshell that he is HIV...
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English
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Tammy's a teacher's kid. Everyone had high expectations of her in the exam-obsessed country where she lived. But Tammy had a secret. Her mind played tricks on her when she read. To make matters worse, she's a Peranakan who had to take Chinese exams. Mandarin, a foreign language to her was the native tongue of her rivals in class.On top of that, Tammy seemed to have a large part of her brain missing - the part that's supposed to hold common sense.Join...
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