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Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
Siegfried Engelmann
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Current:
9.7 |
* Is your child halfway through first grade and still unable to read? * Is your preschooler bored with coloring and ready for reading? * Are you worried that your child will become lost in overcrowded classrooms? * Did you know that ear
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Family Fun Crafts : 500 Creative Activities for You and Your Kids
Deanna F. Cook
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Current:
9.7 |
The perfect resource for busy families in search of creative and exciting ways to turn free time into fun family time, Disney's FamilyFun Crafts nurtures a child's creativity through painting, drawing, paper crafts, kitchen crafts, nature c
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Youth Basketball : The Guide for Coaches & Parents (Betterway Coaching Kids Series)
John P., Jr McCarthy
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Current:
9.7 |
Youth league team coaches and parents will see how to teach the game and help young players develop their basketball abilities. The book includes a proven practice plan, information about diet, conditioning and what to do in case of injury,
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How to Teach Your Baby to Read : The Gentle Revolution (Gentle Revolution)
Glenn Doman, Janet Doman
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Current:
9.6 |
This bestselling classic--with more than one million copies sold in hardcover--illustrates just how easy it is for children to learn to read. Doman shows clearly, and illustrates with fascinating case histories, just how to teach young chil
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Oppenheim Toy Portfolio 2000 Edition
Joanne F. Oppenheim, Stephanie Oppenheim
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Current:
9.6 |
The experts from the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, the nationally recognized consumer organization, help guide parents to find the best designed and most educational toys, books, music, videos and software for children from infancy to age ten. more]
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365 Tv-Free Activities You Do With Your Child
Steven J. Bennett
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Current:
9.5 |
An updated edition of the popular parenting guide presents hundreds of quick and easy family-centered play activities for every day of the year, with a new section that explains how parents can make learning fun. Original. IP.
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Child's Play : 200 Instant Crafts and Activities for Preschoolers
Leslie Hamilton
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Current:
9.4 |
Here is first aid in paperback form for days at home with the kids. This entertaining compendium of arts and crafts, games, and projects will help keep an energetic preschooler happy, busy, and challenged. Arranged by age group to allow def
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One Year Off : Leaving It All Behind for a Round-The-World Journey With Our Children
David Elliot Cohen
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Current:
9.3 |
On the one hand, you've got to like this book. When David Elliott Cohen turned 40, he freaked out, sold everything, swooped up his wife and three kids, and took a year off to travel around the world--from Costa Rica and Burgundy to Zimbabwe
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Playwise : 365 Fun-Filled Activities for Building Character, Conscience, and Emotional Intelligence in Children
Denise Chapman Weston
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Current:
9.3 |
A debate is resounding across the country about who is responsible for forging character in our children. While parents may disagree about the answer, they are all asking the same question--How can we be sure our children are developing the
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Family Reunion
Jennifer Crichton
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Current:
9.1 |
Our families define us, and hence we feel the periodic need to reconnect even (or especially) with those most distant from us. This is no trivial undertaking, though, especially for a typically far-flung American clan. Help for the harried
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Games for Reading : Playful Ways to Help Your Child Read
Peggy Kaye
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Current:
9.1 |
HERE ARE OVER SEVENTY GAMES TO HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN TO READ--AND LOVE IT.Peggy Kaye's Games for Reading helps children read by doing just what kids like best: playing games. There is a "bingo" game that helps children learn vocab
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Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems
Richard Ferber
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Current:
9.0 |
When your child isn't sleeping, chances are that you aren't either. Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems--a tired parent's essential for more than 10 years--offers valuable advice and concrete help when lullabies aren't enough to lull y
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Anne Fadiman
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Current:
8.9 |
Lia Lee was born in 1981 to a family of recent Hmong immigrants, and soon developed symptoms of epilepsy. By 1988 she was living at home but was brain dead after a tragic cycle of misunderstanding, overmedication, and culture clash: "W
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Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide
Anthony L. Komaroff, Harvard Medical School
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Current:
8.9 |
These days, when you only get to see your physician for 10 minutes after waiting several weeks for an appointment, you're often forced to get your information somewhere else. Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide will do what yo
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Mayo Clinic Family Health Book
David E. Larson(Preface)
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Current:
8.9 |
Second edition of a comprehensive home medical reference, for the layperson. Covers life-long health, prevention, first aid, emergency care, disease and disorders. Illustrated. More than 400 Mayo Clinic contributors. more]
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Your Child's Health : The Parents' Guide to Symptoms, Emergencies, Common Illnesses, Behavior and School Problems
Barton D. Schmitt(Introduction)
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Current:
8.9 |
Emergencies:--when to call your child's physician immediately-what to do in case of burns, bites, stings, poisoning, choking, and injuriesCommon Illnesses:-when it's safe to treat your child at home-step-by-step instructions
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No More Ritalin : Treating Adhd Without Drugs
Mary, Dr Block, Mary Ann Block
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Current:
8.9 |
Ever year in the U.S., over two million children are given the drug Ritalin to combat Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Now, Dr. Mary Ann Block shows why Ritalin may be very dangerous to a child's health--and offers paren
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The Johns Hopkins Family Health Book
Michael J. Klag
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Current:
8.8 |
In this age of managed care, it's likely that you have more questions when you leave the doctor's office than when you walk in the door. Who better to turn to for a remedy for that than the folks from Johns Hopkins, the hospital ranked at t
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Infant Massage : A Handbook for Loving Parents
Vimala Schneider McClure
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Current:
8.7 |
With more than 90,000 copies of the first edition in print, Infant Massage has been completely revised and updated to reflect fascinating new research about the effects of touch on parent-child bonding, infant stress, sensory development, a
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How to Care for Aging Parents
Virginia Morris, Robert Butler
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Current:
8.7 |
Winner, Books for a Better Life Award and a selection of the Rodale Book Club Featured on Oprah, Good Morning America, CNN, CBS and other national programs The Washington Post calls How to Care for Aging Parents "a compassionate guide
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Our Stolen Future : Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival?-A Scientific Detective Story
Theo Colborn
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Current:
8.6 |
Identifies the various ways in which chemical pollutants in the environment are disrupting human reproductive patterns and causing such problems as birth defects, sexual abnormalities, and reproductive failure. Reprint. Tour. NYT.
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American College of Physicians Complete Home Medical Guide (with Interactive Human Anatomy CD-ROM)
David R. Goldmann
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Current:
8.6 |
The American College of Physicians Complete Home Medical Guide may be the biggest health book you've ever lifted--page count: 1100; page size: 10 by 7.5 inches. The emphasis here is on disease. More than 600 pages are devoted to more
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American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Your Child's Symptoms : The Official, Complete Home Reference, Birth Through Adolescence
Donald Schiff
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Current:
8.6 |
It would be nice to have pediatricians at your beck and call for every cough and wheeze, but the era of house visits is past. When the weather's raw and your child's in pain, start with your reference shelf. Donald Schiff and Steven Shelov
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Your Inner Physician and You : Craniosacral Therapy and Somatoemotional Release, 2nd Ed.
John E. Upledger
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Current:
8.6 |
The "inner physician" is that part of the psyche that can heal--when one becomes aware of the psycho-emotional issues that come with pain. Dr. Upledger describes his methods through personal accounts such as that from Mary Ellen Clark, the
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Smart Fats: How Dietary Fats and Oils Affect Mental, Physical and Emotional Intelligence
Michael A. Schmidt
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Current:
8.6 |
Written by a research scientist in the field of nutrition, this book describes how the body's digestive, communication, and nervous systems function, and links fatty acid intake to memory, mood and behavior. Schmidt explains how most "low-f
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Your Health Your Choice : Your Complete Personal Guide to Wellness Nutrition & Disease Prevention
M. Ted Morter
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Current:
8.5 |
A unique summary of how foods affect how you feel, why some types of everyday foods can lead to disease, and ways to adjust your diet slowly and safely. Read more
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Complete Guide to Symptoms, Illness & Surgery (3rd Ed)
H. Winter Griffith, Mark Pederson (Illustrator)
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Current:
8.5 |
A reference source enables readers to diagnose and seek treatments for a variety of conditions from the common cold to heart disease and is complemented by a fully illustrated surgery section and a glossary of medical terms. more]
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The Portable Pediatrician for Parents
Laura Nathanson Walther, Laura Walther Nathanson
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Current:
8.5 |
Some parents in the post-Spock generation may think that when it comes to basic childcare instruction, Heidi Murkoff's What to Expe
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The Anti-Aging Hormones : That Can Help You Beat the Clock : Benefits and Dangers of Melatonin, Human Growth Hormone Dhea, Estrogen, Testosterone Insu
Ruth Winter
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Current:
8.5 |
Drawing on research performed by the National Institute on Aging, the author discusses the uses and misuses of testosterone, melatonin, estrogen, and other manufactured hormones to elevate mood, increase immunity disease, and slow aging. Or
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Vitamins and Minerals : Ask Dr. Weil (Ask Dr. Weil)
Andrew, M.D. Weil, Steven Petrow
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Current:
8.4 |
In his #1 New York Times bestseller Spontaneous Healing, Dr. Andrew Weil opened our eyes to the body's wondrous ability to naturally heal itself. And after the tremendous response he received from countless readers, he launched the website
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How to Multiply Your Baby's Intelligence : More Gentle Revolution (The Gentle Revolution)
Glenn Doman, Janet Doman
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Current:
8.3 |
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Active Learning for Infants (Addison-Wesley Active Learning Series)
Debby Cryer
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Current:
8.3 |
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101 Best Family Card Games
Alfred Sheinwold, Myron Miller (Illustrator)
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Current:
8.3 |
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365 Days of Creative Play : For Children 2 Yrs. & Up
Gray Judith
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8.2 |
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300 Three Minute Games : Quick and Easy Activities of 2-5 Year Olds
Jackie Silberg, Cheryl Kirk Noll (Illustrator)
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8.1 |
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10-Minute Life Lessons for Kids : 52 Fun and Simple Games and Activities to Teach Your Child Trust, Honesty, Love, and Other Important Values
Jamie C. Miller, Cam Clarke (Illustrator)
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8.0 |
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Building Healthy Minds : The Six Experiences That Create Intelligence and Emotional Growth in Babies and Young Children : A Merloyd Lawrence Book
Stanley, MD Greenspan
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8.0 |
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Playhouses You Can Build : Indoor & Backyard Designs (Stiles, David R. Weekend Project Book Series.)
David R. Stiles, Jeanie Stiles
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7.9 |
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Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Baby & Toddler Play Book : Baby & Toddler Play Book (Oppenheim Toy Portfolio. Baby & Toddler Play Book)
Joanne F. Oppenheim
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7.8 |
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The Baby Games : The Joyful Guide to Child's Play from Birth to Three Years
Elaine Martin
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Current:
7.7 |
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Basic Montessori : Learning Activities for Under-Fives
David Gettman
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7.7 |
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1,001 Activities for Children : Simple Games to Help a Child Explore the Wonders of Nature, the Imagination, the Senses, Art, Crafts, Music, and Much
Anne Rogovin, Edward Asner
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7.6 |
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Inside Picture Books
Ellen Handler Spitz, Robert Coles
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Current:
7.6 |
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American Medical Association Family Medical Guide
Charles B. Clayman, Charles R. Clayman
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Current:
7.5 |
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The Breathing Book : Good Health and Vitality Through Essential Breath Work
Donna Farhi
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7.5 |
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Wonderplay : Interactive & Developmental Games, Crafts, & Creative Activities for Infants, Toddlers, & Preschoolers
Fretta Reitzes
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7.4 |
For children, anytime is playtime. "Wonderplay" is a parent's guide to active child's play. With more than 200 activities--games, craft projects, cooking, music, dancing, and more--this wonderful book offers many ways to have fun with child
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Body Learning : An Introduction to the Alexander Technique
Michael J. Gelb, Laura Huxley (Photographer)
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7.4 |
By unlearning common bad postural habits and ways of using the body, people can alleviate tension, fatigue, back pain, neck stiffness, asthma, headaches, depression, and many other ailments. The Alexander Technique, as taught in this book,
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Active Wellness : A Personalized 10 Step Program for a Healthy Body, Mind & Spirit
Gayle Reichler, Nancy Burke
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Current:
7.3 |
A user's manual for crafting a path to total health, this book guides readers through ten steps--one each week--designed to help them identify and carry out lifestyle changes to achieve better overall health. more]
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The Vaccine Guide : Making an Informed Choice
Randall Neustaedter
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Current:
7.2 |
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Guess What Came to Dinner : Parasites and Your Health
Ann Louise Gittleman
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7.2 |
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