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What Maisie Knew is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Chap-Book and in the New Review in 1897 and then as a book later that year. It tells the story of the sensitive daughter of divorced, irresponsible parents. The book follows the title character from earliest childhood to precocious maturity. When Beale and Ida Farange are divorced, the court decrees that their only child, the very young Maisie, will shuttle back and forth...
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Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 124
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Stacey is baby-sitting for the Brooke family, who are new in town, and she thinks their single father would be a perfect for her single mother. But neither the Brooke kids nor Stacey's mom are so sure about her matchmaking plans.
3) About a boy
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"Will Freeman may have discovered the key to dating success: If the simple fact that they were single mothers meant that gorgeous women ? women who would not ordinarily look twice a Will ? might not only be willing, but enthusiastic about dating him, then he was really onto something. Single mothers ? bright, attractive, available women ? thousands of them, were all over London. He just had to find them. SPAT: Single Parents ? Alone Together. It was...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 40 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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"What parents need to know from kids about divorce" is a compliation of candid interviews with kids ages 4-18 talking about their experiences of their parents' divorce. They talk about their pain. They talk about their adjustment. They talk about their love and understanding. They have phenomenal wisdom and compelling practical advice to share.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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From the award-winning author of Finding Mighty, a moving middle-grade novel about finding your place by following your heart
Karthik Raghavan is good at remembering things. Like his bike routes. Or all the reasons he likes Juhi Shahâeven if she doesnât even know he exists. It doesn't help that she seems to have a crush on his arch nemesis, Jacob Donnell, whose only job is to humiliate Karthik (and get his name wrong). Then
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Fiction Book Club
Adult - Psychological Suspense
Adult - Shocking Plot Twists
Fiction Book Club
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Follows three mothers, each at a crossroads, and their potential involvement in a riot at a school trivia night that leaves one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but which evidence shows might have been premeditated.
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Coffeetown Press
Pub. Date
2011
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1 online resource (299 p.)
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English
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"REAL MOTHERS. REAL CAREERS. REAL CONFLICT. Striking the right balance between career and motherhood is one of the most stressful, heart-wrenching tasks facing women today. In Torn, forty-six women examine the conflict between the need to nurture and the need to work, and reveal creative solutions for having the best of both worlds. The stories in the collection offer hope and inspiration, but they also reveal the messy realities of modern motherhood...
8) The everything parent's guide to children and divorce: reassuring advice to help your family adjust
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Adams Media
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"For parents, the hardest part of divorce is how it affects the kids. How do you explain to your child the reasons for choosing to divorce your spouse? How do you avoid creating feelings of guilt or blame, and let them know they are not responsible for the decision? The Everything Parent's Guide to Children and Divorce, written by expert author, psychologist, and child of divorce Carl E. Pickhardt, Ph. D., provides you with the support you need to...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
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920L
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English
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Describes growing up as the hearing son of two deaf parents during the Depression, the challenges of straddling the world of the deaf and the hearing, and his occasional resentment of the burdens of his role as an interpreter.
11) Imperfect birds
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Rosie Ferguson is seventeen and ready to enjoy the summer before her senior year of high school. But as the school year draws to a close, there are disturbing signs that the life Rosie claims to be leading is a sham, and that Elizabeth's hopes for her daughter to remain immune from the pull of the darker impulses of drugs and alcohol are dashed. Now, Elizabeth is forced to confront the fact that Rosie has been lying to her, and that her deceptions...
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Lyn, Cat, and Gemma Kettle, beautiful thirty-three-year-old triplets, seem to attract attention everywhere they go. Whenever they're together, laughter, drama, and mayhem seem to follow. But apart, each is very much her own woman, dealing with her own share of ups and downs. Lyn has organized her life into one big checklist, juggling the many balls of work, marriage, and motherhood with expert precision, but is she as together as her datebook would...
13) Our house
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2018.
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English
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"From an internationally acclaimed author, a disturbing and addictive novel of domestic suspense where secrets kept hidden from spouses cause shocking surprises that hit home... There's nothing unusual about a new family moving in at 91 Trinity Avenue. Except it's her house. And she didn't sell it. When Fiona Lawson comes home to find strangers moving into her house, she's sure there's been a mistake. She and her estranged husband, Bram, have a modern...
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Pub. Date
2011
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1 online resource (241 p.)
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English
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"37.9% of fathers have no access/visitation rights. 40% of mothers reported that they had interfered with the non-custodial father's visitation on at least one occasion, to punish the ex-spouse. Overall, approximately 50% of mothers "see no value in the father`s continued contact with his children...." Only 11% of mothers value their husband's input when it comes to handling problems with their kids. Teachers & doctors rated 45%, and close...
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Taylor Trade Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
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1 online resource (xi, 307 pages)
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English
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"In the next few years, 66 million Americans will be caring for an aging parent. "Over eighty-five" is the nation's fastest growing age group, a trend that keeps growing as ten thousand Americans turn sixty-five every day. The desire to help our elders navigate health issues is clear and universal--how to assure proper care and a good ending is not. Combining adroit storytelling skills with expert advice, this book brings the reader into the all-too-familiar...
16) Brown Skin Blue
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University of Queensland Press
Pub. Date
2011.
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1 online resource (228 pages)
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English
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"Barry Mundy has brown skin and a blue birthmark and, at seventeen, those two colours define his life. When he gets a job at the Croc-Jumping cruises on the Adelaide River in the Northern Territory, he carries a list of names of the men who could be his father. They're all dark for different reasons and Barry hungers to know whose blood flows inside him. All he sees when he looks in the mirror is a brown mask that hides a blue secret. Brown Skin Blue...
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ParentMagic, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2008.
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1 online resource (96 pages)
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English
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"By presenting the popular 1-2-3 Magic parenting program from a child's point of view, this innovative guide provides kids with a thorough understanding of the disciplinary system-from the counting and time-out methods parents will be using to how better behavior benefits the entire family and leaves more time for play. Storytelling portions are coupled with copious illustrations to help describe the basic tenets of 1-2-3 Magic-such as positive reinforcement,...
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Booktrope
Pub. Date
2015.
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1 online resource (146 pages)
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English
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Old School/New School Mom is a blog that started in 2009 by Sarah Fader when her son was 11 months old. Sarah has a fearless voice. She says things that people think in their minds but wouldn't dare say out loud. She hopes that other parents will embrace their inner voice and be truthful with themselves. She has been seen on The Today Show, Good Day NY, Psychology Today and HuffPost Live.--Provided by publisher.
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, 20 min.) : digital, stereo., sound, color
Language
English
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Being a father is a lifetime commitment that requires a lot of love, time, and energy. An interview with fathering expert Steve Onell is paired with interviews of young fathers to explain the impact and importance of a father in a child's life. Divided into four chapters, Fathering: What It Means To Be a Dad offers sound advice to new dads.--Kanopy.
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English
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"What if parenting were an act of social justice? In this part story-telling, part self-inquiry book, authors and therapists Jaya Ramesh and Priya Saaral situate parenting children of color with neurodivergence within the context of various interlocking systems of oppression including settler colonialism, White supremacy, ableism, and capitalism. These intersections engender isolation and loneliness. Using the voices of parents on the front lines...
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