Collection: Parenting

A guide to navigating emotional challenges during puberty for girls ages 8 to 12

Growing up means changes, and, during puberty, those changes can feel overwhelming. Celebrate Your Feelings is a puberty book for girls ages 8 to 12 that can help them understand themselves better-and deal with their ever-changing emotions, thoughts, moods, relationships, and more.

This practical puberty book for girls is packed with powerful new ways to keep calm and feel good, like simple breathing techniques, practicing mindfulness, exercising, and self-care tips. Find out what it takes to connect with others and become the smart, strong, and confident young person you were meant to be.

This empowering puberty book for girls includes:

• Awesome activities―Explore your feelings through guided exercises, quizzes, and prompts.
• Inclusive approach―This essential puberty book for girls is for you, no matter what kind of girl you are!
• Engaging images―Make learning fun with help from colorful illustrations for girls like you.

Discover the power of creating a positive mindset in this puberty book for girls so you can tackle anything!

Gold Medal, Mom's Choice Awards

This book introduces kids to cognitive behavioral therapy based strategies that can help them understand and deal with envy, jealousy, and self-esteem.

Just like a pirate using a spyglass, kids may focus in on one thing that they want, and not notice all the good things they already have. If you're a kid who thinks "it's not fair," this book is for you!

What to Do When It's Not Fair guides children and their parents through the difficult emotion of envy and jealousy using strategies and techniques based on a cognitive-behavioral principles. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to cope with envy--so they can sail the high seas with pleasure!

This book is part of the Magination Press What-to-Do Guides for Kids series and includes an "Introduction to Parents and Caregivers." What-to-Do Guides for Kids are interactive self-help books designed to guide 6-12 year olds and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of various psychological concerns. Engaging, encouraging, and easy to follow, these books educate, motivate, and empower children to work towards change.

My hope for this book is that people will educate themselves and young LGBT people will

Realize that they are not alone, especially in the mountains of southeastern Kentucky or any

area of this small planet. Hopefully there will be an awakening in part all over the world about

equality and human rights. The heinous murders of people like Allen Schindler in Sasebo,

Japanese Navy man who gave his life to be who he was, forever changed me. I plead that you

read this book with an open heart and mind! People around the world face violence and

inequality" and sometimes torture, even execution because of who they love, how they

look or who they are. Sexual orientation and identity of gender are integral aspects of ourselves and should never lead to discrimination or abuse against anyone.

Understand the important milestones of development in children in five developmental domains: physical and motor, social and emotional, communication and language, cognitive, and approaches to learning. Learn strategies to observe and document children's progress and develop partnerships and establish communication with families. Updated for alignment with state standards.

What's the best way to solve problems between people? By talking them over and working them out. It's never too soon for children to learn the process of peaceful conflict resolution. This book distills it into clear, simple language and supporting illustrations. Children learn to calm themselves, state the problem, listen, think of solutions, try one, evaluate results, and even agree to disagree when a solution isn't possible. Includes skill-building games and role plays for adults to use with children.

With anxiety at epidemic levels among our children, Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents offers a contrarian yet effective approach to help children and teens push through their fears, worries, and phobias to ultimately become more resilient, independent, and happy.

How do you manage a child who gets stomachaches every school morning, who refuses after-school activities, or who is trapped in the bathroom with compulsive washing? Children like these put a palpable strain on frustrated, helpless parents and teachers. And there is no escaping the problem: One in every five kids suffers from a diagnosable anxiety disorder.

Unfortunately, when parents or professionals offer help in traditional ways, they unknowingly reinforce a child's worry and avoidance. From their success with hundreds of organizations, schools, and families, Reid Wilson, PhD, and Lynn Lyons, LICSW, share their unconventional approach of stepping into uncertainty in a way that is currently unfamiliar but infinitely successful. Using current research and contemporary examples, the book exposes the most common anxiety-enhancing patterns--including reassurance, accommodation, avoidance, and poor problem solving--and offers a concrete plan with 7 key principles that foster change. And, since new research reveals how anxious parents typically make for anxious children, the book offers exercises and techniques to change both the children's and the parental patterns of thinking and behaving.

This book challenges our basic instincts about how to help fearful kids and will serve as the antidote for an anxious nation of kids and their parents.

In Of Woman Born, originally published in 1976, influential poet and feminist Adrienne Rich examines the patriarchic systems and political institutions that define motherhood. Exploring her own experience--as a woman, a poet, a feminist, and a mother--she finds the act of mothering to be both determined by and distinct from the institution of motherhood as it is imposed on all women everywhere. A "powerful blend of research, theory, and self-reflection" (Sandra M. Gilbert, Paris Review), Of Woman Born revolutionized how women thought about motherhood and their own liberation. With a stirring new foreword from National Book Critics Circle Award-winning writer Eula Biss, the book resounds with as much wisdom and insight today as when it was first written.

Keep your child's memory alive in this guided baby loss journal.

Pregnancy, birth, and life after loss, as told by you. This book is filled with detailed questions and prompts for bereaved parents. Cherish your baby-gone-too-soon by recording precious, yet fleeting memories of your little one.

Features Prompt Topics Such As:

Pregnancy

Baby's Arrival

The Funeral

Grief

Birthdays

Holidays

Open Journaling

Keep this journal close, and know your baby is always near.

J.R. Jamison spends his days in a world of trigger warnings and safe spaces, while his trigger-happy dad, Dave, spends his questioning why Americans have become so sensitive. Yet at the height of the 2016 election, the two decide to put political differences aside and travel to rural Missouri for Dave's fifty-five year class reunion. But with the constant backdrop of the Trump vs. Clinton battle at every turn, they are forced to explore one formidable question: Will the trip push them further apart or bring them closer together?

Traveling through the rural, sun-beaten landscapes of Missouri the two meet people along the way who challenge their concepts of right and wrong, and together they uncover truths about their family's past that reveals more than political differences, they discover a lesson on the human condition that lands them on the international pages of The Guardian.

Hillbilly Queer is an enduring love story between a dad and son who find that sometimes the differences between us aren't really that different at all.

". . . One of the most humane and challenging memoirs to come out of the Midwest . . . Indeed, we are all more than heroes and villains, and Jamison does a great job of showing how and where our humanity gets lost between the two."

-- Ashley C. Ford, author of Somebody's Daughter and host of the HBO podcast Lovecraft Country Radio

"One of those rare books that finds beauty in the irreconcilable. In an age when our politics and our nation can feel broken, Hillbilly Queer shows us the messy glue of love that still holds families together. At turns powerful and vulnerable, J.R. Jamison takes the reader on a journey as profound and moving as the road trip he took with his father at the dawn of the Trump era."

-- Samantha Allen, author of Real Queer America

Create a family keepsake that will be treasured by generations to come!
Winner, Bronze Award, APEX 2018!

This unique memory book is a great way to tell your grandchildren all about you, from the wildest things you did as a teenager to your early memories of their parents. Along with plenty of prompts and fill-in-the-blanks for recording childhood memories and family history, there's lots of space for mementos and those photos of you playing with your best friend or from the first place that you lived on your own.

Pass on family traditions--like the holidays you celebrate and the dishes your family shares on special occasions; reveal what life was like when you were a kid; and recount favorite stories about yourself and those you love. It's a gift your grandkids will return to again and again.

When Ron Clark walked into his fifth-grade class in rural North Carolina, he was confronted with a tremendous challenge. The children had little interest in learning, and were sorely lacking in guidance. How would he transform a group of apathetic kids into disciplined, thoughtful, and curious students? He quickly realized that they needed to learn some basic rules. Clark compiled a list of 55 lessons, and soon, his fifth-grade students--who once struggled to read at the third-grade level--were reading at the sixth-grade level . . . and loving it. What's more, they were gaining something crucial-self-respect. Those 55 lessons evolved into what Clark calls The Essential 55 -- guidelines for living and interacting with others.The Essential 55 will prepare parents and educators to teach students the rules for life -- everything from knowing how to say thank you, to acing an interview.

The must-have gift for your love!

Share memories, affection, and promises with the one you love with this unique book of letters. Enjoy this new and inspiring look for the bestselling Letters to ... series with artwork by artist Liv Lee.

Nothing is more romantic than a handwritten love letter. Now you can declare your affection in style with this gorgeously illustrated and beautifully designed package that serves as an enduring expression of love for many years to come.

With this keepsake collection of 12 letters, you can fill each with offerings of love and your most cherished memories that capture the smallest and sweetest details of your romance. Then postdate, seal with the included stickers, and save the letters to gift to your loved one at a later date. Included are 12 letters from the original Letters to My Love, such as:

• When we first met ...
• What I love about us ...
• It's the little things, like when ...
• I promise to you ...

These letters will inspire love language to remind your sweetheart how much your relationship means to you.

A NEW TWIST ON AN OLD FAVORITE: Created by Lea Redmond, author of the bestselling Letters to ... series that has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide, this fresh twist on the classic format with art from Liv Lee is a timeless memory book keepsake.

PERFECT GIFT YOUR PARTNER: Inspired Letters to My Love is a unique gift for Valentine's Day, wedding anniversaries, long-distance relationships, or engaged couples. This paper time capsule encourages deep connections between sender and receiver, capturing special moments during their time together to share in the years to come.

A LOVING KEEPSAKE: The finished set of special notes makes a great gift to your partner for a wedding day, anniversary, or milestone birthday. Fans have praised the special value of having a sample of a loved one's handwriting to cherish always.

Perfect for:

• Valentine's Day, engagement, wedding shower, or paper anniversary gift
• A fresh twist on a guided journal or memory book to capture special moments with a significant other to share in the future
• An engaging way to record family history for posterity
• Fans and users of other bestsellers in the Letters to ... series looking for a new aesthetic approach

Rhyming, racing, blending, tracing--fun exercises to help kids (7-12) with dyslexia strengthen their reading skills

Learning to read with dyslexia can be a challenge for kids, but it's a challenge they can conquer--with the right tools. Using a targeted approach to skill development, Learn to Read for Kids with Dyslexia features more than 100 colorful games and activities that strengthen auditory processing skills, support letter formation in writing, and, most importantly, make reading fun!

This workbook filled with dyslexia tools for kids offers:

• Daily practice―This standout among dyslexia books gives kids opportunities to practice their reading skills with exercises focused on phonemic awareness, dysgraphia, and auditory processing disorder.
• Playful activities―Kids will delight in exploring everything from phonics games to mazes, word association, matching, coloring, listening, and more.
  
• 6 Different learning methods―Get a dyslexic reading aid for kids that's built on multiple research-based approaches to learning, giving kids a chance to see what works best for them.

Turn kids into lifelong readers, and help them along the road to overcoming dyslexia with fun-filled games that build their skills and confidence.

Fully updated with the latest AAP recommendations, this award-winning guide offers parents balanced, reassuring information to help them manage this condition. Topics include: evaluation and diagnosis, coexisting conditions, behavior therapy, ADHD and academics, the role of medication, and complementary and alternative treatments. Parents will also find inspirational and relatable stories from other caretakers.

Go Birding with New Hampshire and Vermont's Best-Selling Bird Guide!

Learn to identify birds in New Hampshire and Vermont, and make bird-watching even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. There's no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don't live in your area. This book features 130 species of New Hampshire and Vermont birds organized by color for ease of use. Do you see a yellow bird and don't know what it is? Go to the yellow section to find out.

Book Features:

• 130 species: Only New Hampshire and Vermont birds
• Simple color guide: See a yellow bird? Go to the yellow section
• Compare feature: Decide between look-alikes
• Stan's Notes: Naturalist tidbits and facts
• Professional photos: Crisp, stunning full-page images

This field guide includes the most common and important species to know, professional photographs and range maps, relevant information, and plenty of Stan's expert insights. So grab Birds of New Hampshire & Vermont Field Guide for your next birding adventure--to help ensure that you positively identify the birds that you see.

Help your child find calm and learn to recognize and acknowledge their emotions with 64 pages full of engaging exercises meant to encourage mindfulness and concentration. Includes four sheets of stickers!

A strong educational foundation helps ensure a child is able to benefit from the learning opportunities available in today's preschool and Kindergarten classrooms. This workbook helps children identify and acknowledge emotions, develop coping skills, and find inner peace and concentration.

• A combination of wipe-clean and regular pages of activities to help your child develop mindfulness skills, including meditation and breathing exercises.
• Includes 4 sheets of stickers!
• Encourages children to identify big emotions and gives them the tools to process these emotions and handle difficult situations.
• Includes exercises that can be done with the whole family!
• Aimed at children 4-6
• Includes helpful parent tips throughout
• Bright, colorful pages blend photographs and illustrations to make this workbook one of the most eye-catching and engaging available
• Teacher approved!

Scholastic Early Learners is a dedicated learning program that builds school skills from infancy through second grade. Created by experts and focused on reinforcing curriculum topics and current academic guidelines with kid-friendly activities, this educational line is the best partner in your child's learning journey.

Scholastic Early Learners: The Most Trusted Name in Learning!