Denise’s Book Shelf
Denise has a Parenting Library in the Main office, with the following books available to check out:
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All Joy and No Fun by Jennifer Senior
B
Best Friends, Worst Enemies by Michael Thompson and Catherine O’Neill Grace
Beyond the Bake Sale by Anne T. Henderson, Karen L. Mapp, Vivian R. Johnson and Don Davies
Boys Adrift by Leonard Sax, M.D, PhD
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Far from the Tree by Andrew Solomon
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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
How Children Succeed by Paul Tough
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Just Tell Me What to Say by Betsy Brown Braun
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Late, Lost and Unprepared by Joyce Cooper-Kahn and Laurie Dietzel
Lost at School by Ross W. Greene
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Nurture Shock by Po Bronson
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Parenting Your Powerful Child by Dr. Kevin Leman
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Raising a Rock Star Reader by Amy Mascott and Allison McDonald
Raising Human Beings by Ross W. Greene
Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
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Setting Limits with Your Strong Willed Child by Robert J. Mackenzie
Sleep Better by V. Mark Durand
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Ten Things Every Child With Autism Wishes You Knew by Ellen Notbohm
The Art of Roughhousing by Anthony T. DeBenedet, MD and Lawrence J. Cohen, PhD
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee by Wendy Mogel
The “Me, Me, Me” Epidemic by Amy McCready
The Opposite of Worry by Lawrence J. Cohen, PhD
The Organized Student by Donna Goldberg with Jennifer Zwiebel
The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease
The Truth About Children and Divorce by Robert E. Emery
The Unwritten Rules of Friendship by Natalie Nadorsky Elman and Eileen Kennedy-Moore
The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
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UnSelfie – Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in our All-About Me World by Michele Borba
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What Kindergarten Teachers Know by Lisa Holewa and Joan Rice
What’s Math Got to Do With It? by Jo Boaler
When Kids Call the Shots by Sean Grover
Why Do They Act That Way? by David Walsh
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Yardsticks by Chip Wood
Online Resources:
- Child Mind Institute
This website has a wealth of valuable information for parents looking for advice on a variety of topics. Here is a link to their Parents page (Open External Link): https://childmind.org/guide/parents-guide-getting-good-care-2/ .This is a great article about preparing for the return to school (Open External Link): https://childmind.org/article/back-to-school-dos-and-donts/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=childmind&utm_content=6+-+BacktoSchool+Dos+and+Donrsquots&utm_campaign=weekly+081517&source=weekly+081517
- Great Schools
This is not just a website comparing schools; it also has a wealth of information on many parenting and child development topics, and organizes the information by age group and grade. You can sign up for weekly tips by grade that will automatically be emailed to you. This link will take you to the Elementary School section (Open External Link): http://www.greatschools.org/elementary-school/ - Ask Dr. Sears
This website offers information and advice on all aspects of children and parenting- this link will take you to an article on how to keep our kids healthy as the school year begins (Open External Link): http://www.askdrsears.com/news/sears-family-blog/five-back-to-school-health-tips - Healthy Children.org
This site, sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics is a great resource on many parenting topics (Open External Link): https://www.healthychildren.org/English/Pages/default.aspx