Diane E. Levin

Jean Kilbourne

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Illinois

The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids

Risque Halloween costumes for young girls. T-shirts that boast "Chick Magnet" for toddler boys. Sexy content on almost every television channel, as well as in movies and video games. Popular culture and technology inundate our boys and girls with an onslaught of graphic sexual messages at earlier ages than ever before. Without the emotional sophistication to understand what they are doing and seeing, kids are getting into increasing trouble emotionally and socially. Parents are left shaking their heads, wondering- How did this happen? What can we do?Diane E. Levin, Ph.D., and Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D., internationally recognized experts in, respectively, early childhood development and the impact of the media on children and teens, offer parents essential, age-appropriate strategies to counter the assault. Filled with savvy suggestions, helpful sample dialogues, and poignant stories from families dealing with these issues, So Sexy So Soon provides parents with the information, skills, and confidence they need to discuss sensitive topics openly and effectively-so their kids can just be kids.

So Sexy So Soon

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Danielle Steel

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Twenty years after graduation, three former college friends--Mary Stuart, Tanya, and Zoe--leave their own very different worlds to be reunited at a vast ranch in Wyoming's Tetons, where they struggle to come to terms with their lives, their friendship, their dreams, and their futures.

The Ranch

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A violent crime brings together four people, including a widow, a convicted murder, an ex-con trying to rebuild his life, and a detective, in a novel that explores the effects of violence on the lives of ordinary people.

Ransom

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Sara Gruen

A Novel

Water for Elephants

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Kate Forsyth

These ancient tales of wonder and adventure are about learning to be strong, brave, kind and true-hearted and trusting n yourself to change the world for the better. These are not your usual passive princesses waiting forlornly for their prince to come. The brave young women from tales of yore in Vasilisa the Wise will transform the way you think about fairy tales.

Vasilisa the Wise

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Good, Simple Food for Busy, Complicated Lives

Double Delicious!

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food

It has become common knowledge that childhood obesity rates are increasing every year. But the rates continue to rise. And between busy work schedules and the inconvenient truth that kids simply refuse to eat vegetables and other healthy foods, how can average parents ensure their kids are getting the proper nutrition and avoiding bad eating habits? As a mother of three, Jessica Seinfeld can speak for all parents who struggle to feed their kids right and deal nightly with dinnertime fiascos. As she wages a personal war against sugars, packaged foods, and other nutritional saboteurs, she offers appetizing alternatives for parents who find themselves succumbing to the fastest and easiest (and least healthy) choices available to them. Her modus operandi? Her book is filled with traditional recipes that kids love, except they're stealthily packed with veggies hidden in them so kids don't even know! With the help of a nutritionist and a professional chef, Seinfeld has developed a month's worth of meals for kids of all ages that includes, for example, pureed cauliflower in mac and cheese, and kale in spaghetti and meatballs. She also provides revealing and humorous personal anecdotes, tear–out shopping guides to help parents zoom through the supermarket, and tips on how to deal with the kid that "must have" the latest sugar bomb cereal. But this book also contains much more than recipes and tips. By solving problems on a practical level for parents, Seinfeld addresses the big picture issues that surround childhood obesity and its long–term (and ruinous) effects on the body. With the help of a prominent nutritionist, her book provides parents with an arsenal of information related to kids' nutrition so parents understand why it's important to throw in a little avocado puree into their quesadillas. She discusses the critical importance of portion size, and the specific elements kids simply must have (as opposed to adults) in order to flourish now and in the future: protein, calcium, vitamins, and Omega 3 and 6 fats. Jessica Seinfeld's book is practical, easy–to–read, and a godsend for any parent that wants their kids to be healthy for a long time to come.

Deceptively Delicious

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Best loved slow cooker receipes 

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After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the coast of Wales, discovering disturbing facts about the children who were kept there.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

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With her next novel, Come Home, Lisa Scottoline ratchets up the suspense with the riveting story of a mother who sacrifices her future for a child from her past.

Jill Farrow is a typical suburban mom who has finally gotten her and her daughter's lives back on track after a divorce. She is about to remarry, her job as a pediatrician fulfills her--though it is stressful--and her daughter, Megan, is a happily over-scheduled thirteen-year-old juggling homework and the swim team.

But Jill's life is turned upside down when her ex-stepdaughter, Abby, shows up on her doorstep late one night and delivers shocking news: Jill's ex-husband is dead. Abby insists that he was murdered and pleads with Jill to help find his killer. Jill reluctantly agrees to make a few inquiries and discovers that things don't add up. As she digs deeper, her actions threaten to rip apart her new family, destroy their hard-earned happiness, and even endanger her own life. Yet Jill can't turn her back on a child she loves and once called her own.

Come Home reads with the breakneck pacing of a thriller while also exploring the definition of motherhood, asking the questions: Do you ever stop being a mother? Can you ever have an ex-child? What are the limits to love of family?

Come Home

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Wedding photographer Mackensie "Mac" Elliot falls into the arms of safe, stable English teacher Carter Maguire as relief from the onslaught of bridezillas, but soon begins to wonder if what began as a casual fling could blossom into her own happy ending.

Vision in White

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A new addition to Usborne's popular Write your own series, this book explains how to make homemade magazines or 'zines' from scratch. With step-by-step instructions and tips on everything from making comics or writing advice columns to printing magazines and finding readers.

Write and Design Your Own Magazines IR

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Mine to Make

An impulse-sized activity set with an arts-and-crafts theme! Contains full instructions and comes with all the paper tools children will need. The guided activities are an entertaining and engaging way to develop fine motor skills and boost creativity!

My Paper Boxes

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Have you ever wondered what exactly does go bump in the night? From mysteries like Shackleton's ghostly companion to the Loch Ness Monster and friends, read the amazing evidence about these mysterious cases and make up your own mind. Things are not always what they seem - until they are, then you might wish you had never asked!

Real-Life Mysteries

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Play-guess the future with these origami fortune tellers. There are a hundred different easy-to-fold fortune tellers. These will be a treat for sleepover parties, for playgrounds or for long trips!

Fortune Tellers to Fold

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Science

Presents science experiements involving water, magnets, and light and mirrors, with easy-to-follow instructions and scientific explanations for each experiment.

Science Activities

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Football All Stars

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All Stars is your ultimate guide to the exhilarating world of professional sports players. Discover all the amazing factsand figures about your favorite sports stars. Each book includes player profiles, career histories, tables of results and hall of fame players and teams.

Baseball All Stars

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Enroll at Chef Academy to learn a number of skills needed to become a world-class chef; discover how to make food look and taste delicious, what it takes to be a successful leader, and much more. You'll also find a poster, a game, stickers, and even instructions for creating a chef's hat of your own!

Chef Academy

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A memoir of drug and alcohol abuse and the rehabilitation experience examines addiction and recovery through the eyes of a man who had taken his addictions to deadly extremes, describing the battle to confront the consequences of his life.

A Million Little Pieces

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The Weird Sisters

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The bestselling, prize-winning biography of a mathematical genius who suffered from schizophrenia, miraculously recovered, and then won a Nobel Prize.

A Beautiful Mind

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In Praise of Adoption

In this warm, funny, and wise new book, NPR's award-winning and beloved Scott Simon tells the story of how he and his wife found true love with two tiny strangers from the other side of the world. It's a book of unforgettable moments: when Scott and Caroline get their first thumb-size pictures of their daughters, when the small girls are placed in their arms, and all the laughs and tumbles along the road as they become a real family.

Woven into the tale of Scott, Caroline, and the two little girls who changed their lives are the stories of other adoptive families. Some are famous and some are not, but each family's saga captures facets of the miracle of adoption.

Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other is a love story that doesn't gloss over the rough spots. There are anxieties and tears along with hugs and smiles and the unparalleled joy of this blessed and special way of making a family. Here is a book that families who have adopted--or are considering adoption--will want to read for inspiration. But everyone can enjoy this story because, as Scott Simon writes, adoption can also help us understand what really makes families, and how and why we fall in love.
 

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