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1 Grandmother Remembers a Written Heirloom for My Grandchild
Judith Levy, Judy Pelikan (Illustrator)

Current:
9.6
This book is a treasure of rememberance of special days with your grandchild. With beautiful pictures and special notes to share always. Read more ... [more] [Submit]
2 Grandmothers Are Like Snowflakes...No Two Are Alike
Janet Lanese

Current:
9.5
A perfect gift for Mother's Day, this very special book gathers wonderful quotations, anecdotes, and reflections depicting grandmothers and their relationships with grandchildren. These wise, tender observations come from kids, celebrities, ... [more] [Submit]
3 Funny You Don't Look Like a Grandmother
Lois Wyse, Lilla Rogers (Illustrator)

Current:
9.5
Smart, warm, telling, and funny, Funny, Your Don't Look Like a Grandmother is the perfect bouquet for today's grandmother, that active and interesting woman who is old enough to be somebody's grandmother and young enough to run around the w ... [more] [Submit]
4 The Essential Grandparent : A Guide for Making a Difference
Lillian Carson

Current:
9.5
Today's societal pressures threaten families as never before. With divorce rates skyrocketing and parents spending more time at work and less at home, grandparents more than ever play an essential role in shaping the lives of their grandchi ... [more] [Submit]
5 The Long Distance Grandmother : How to Stay Close to Distant Grandchildren
Selma Wassermann

Current:
9.5
Suggests special ways to use the telephone, tapes, photographs, and inexpensive gifts, shows how to devise stories for children of various ages, and offers tips on constructing a family chronicle, which can bring families closer together. O ... [more] [Submit]
6 Grandmother's Memories to Her Grandchild
Candy Paull, Thomas Kinkade (Illustrator)

Current:
9.5
Thomas Kincade lends his breathtaking artistry to this thought-provoking journal to help your grandchild discover who you are.from the dreams of your childhood to your dreams for your grandchild's future. Written in your own words, it will ... [more] [Submit]
7 Wonderful Ways to Love a Grandchild
Judy Ford

Current:
9.5
Here's a great gift book for the new or continuing grandparent. Judy Ford calls the relationship between grandparent and grandchild, "a virtual love fest of the most splendid kind." Ford is also the author of Wonderful Ways to ... [more] [Submit]
8 Grandma, Grandpa and Me : Stuff Kids Tell Us
Stuart E. Hample

Current:
9.4
Stuart Hample and Eric Marshall have an unusual gift for listening to children, and for picking out the memorable thought and the unique turn of phrase. From the team that brought readers Children's Letters to God-which has nearly a million ... [more] [Submit]
9 Little Things Mean a Lot : Creating Happy Memories With Your Grandchildren
Susan Newman

Current:
9.4
20 line drawings. Read more ... [more] [Submit]
10 Grandparenting ABC's : A Beginner's Handbook
Eleanor Berman

Current:
9.3
From babysitting schedules to dealing with stepchildren to long-distance grandparenting, this book covers everything that today's grandmas and grandpas need to know--in a warm, witty style. more] [Submit]
11 A Grandparent's Book : Answers to a Grandchild's Questions
Milton Kamen

Current:
9.2
A Grandparent's Book offers a unique opportunity for grandmothers and grandfathers to create a lasting story about themselves and their family. With the help of hundreds of thought-provoking questions, this book makes recording family histo ... [more] [Submit]
12 101 Ways to Spoil Your Grandchild
Vicki Lansky

Current:
9.1
The bestselling author of 101 Ways to Be a Special Mom and Feed Me, I'm Yours offers grandparents tried-and-true advice for enriching the precious moments that have with their grandchildren. Among the unique suggestions are taking trips tog ... [more] [Submit]
13 Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandmother
Lois Wyse, Lilla Rogers (Illustrator)

Current:
9.1
Smart, warm, telling, and funny, Funny, Your Don't Look Like a Grandmother is the perfect bouquet for today's grandmother, that active and interesting woman who is old enough to be somebody's grandmother and young enough to run around the w ... [more] [Submit]
14 The Nanas and the Papas : A Boomers' Guide to Grandparenting
Kathryn Zullo, Allan Zullo

Current:
8.9
Boomer grandparents are healthier, wealthier, more youthful, and better educated than their own grandparents. They are redefining the image and role of grandparenting while discovering one of life's most rewarding joys-the bond between gran ... [more] [Submit]
15 Totally Cool Grandparenting : A Practical Handbook of Time-Tested Tips, Activities, and Memorable Moments to Share for the Modern Grandparent
Leslie Linsley, Jon Aron (Illustrator)

Current:
8.9
The essential guide for contemporary grandparents, Totally Cool Grandparenting offers clear, upfront advice, humor, and time-tested tactics, gathered from dozens of interviews with grandparents--and grandkids--on such topics as babysitting, ... [more] [Submit]
16 Grandparenthood
Ruth K. Westheimer, Steven Kaplan

Current:
8.8
Dr. Ruth Westheimer giving advice to grandparents? Yes--the sexual relations expert is now a proud grandmother of three, and she's got plenty of grandparenting information, advice, and resources to share with families. Areas of discussion i ... [more] [Submit]
17 The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grandparenting (Complete Idiot's Guide To...)
Walter Hartt

Current:
8.7
More than 8 million Americans are grandparents, and that number will grow as baby boomers reach grandparenting age. This heartwarming book offers new grandparents a refresher course in baby basics, such as how to childproof a home and choos ... [more] [Submit]
18 Becoming a Grandmother : A Life Transition
Sheila Kitzinger

Current:
8.6
What is it like to become a grandmother? In every culture, a woman's self-identity changes when her daughter or daughter-in-law births a child. In Becoming a Grandmother, Sheila Kitzinger, well-known pregnancy, birth, and motherhood ... [more] [Submit]
19 Grandparent Power : How to Strengthen the Vital Connection Among Grandparents, Parents, and Children
Arthur Kornhaber

Current:
8.6
Offers America's 60 milllion grandparents advice on how to connect with their grandchildren and provides them with concrete solutions for overcoming the problems that arise from grandparenting in the 1990s. "A warm, wise, invaluable book ... [more] [Submit]
20 Grandfather's Memories to His Grandchild
Candy Paull, Thomas Kinkade (Illustrator)

Current:
8.6
Featuring the art of Thomas Kinkade, this journal is intended for grandfathers who wish to record the most important experiences in their lives for their grandchildren. Each section deals with a different life experience such as birth, pare ... [more] [Submit]
21 The Girlfriends' Guide to Toddlers : A Survival Manual to the 'Terrible Twos' (And Ones and Threes) from the First Step, the First Potty and the First
Vicki Iovine

Current:
8.6
Beyond child development theory and experts, beyond the "shoulds" and the "don'ts" that guilt-ridden parents constantly hear echoing in their ears, there's Vicki Iovine, America's favorite "girlfriend" and mother-in-the-trenches. In The ... [more] [Submit]
22 The Girlfriends' Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood : Wise and Witty Advice on Everything from Coping With Postpartum Mood Swings to salv
Vicki Iovine

Current:
8.5
Just had a baby? Lie down, rest your weary womb, and muster up a rousing cheer! (Shh! Don't wake the baby!) Now, from the author of The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy, comes the book all new moms have been waiting for, whether they ... [more] [Submit]
23 Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul : 101 Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirits of Mothers (Chicken Soup for the Soul Series (Paper))
Jack Canfield

Current:
8.4
Admittedly, we sometimes become oversentimental about motherhood. But in a climate of rampant cynicism and family disintegration, stories about maternal love, courage, devotion, and triumph can be immensely comforting and inspiring. Contrib ... [more] [Submit]
24 The Family Manager's Everyday Survival Guide
Kathy Peel

Current:
8.3
"Whoever you are, and however you operate as a family manager, this book can help. Use it as a yearly planner, a reminder, and a good friend with good ideas."--Kathy PeelThroughout the year, life is full of surprises. A sudden rainy day ... [more] [Submit]
25 'I'm Not Mad, I Just Hate You!' : A New Understanding of Mother-Daughter Conflict
Roni Cohen-Sandler, Michelle Silver

Current:
8.2
If you are a mother and many of your conversations with your teenage daughter begin with a rolling of eyes, move into shrieked insults, and end with a door slam, I'm Not Mad, I Just Hate You! could save you both. As Roni Cohen-Sandle ... [more] [Submit]
26 Mom Central : The Ultimate Family Organizer
Stacy Debroff

Current:
8.1
Created by two busy moms, and field-tested on families across the country, "Mom Central" contains everything one needs to keep a family running smoothly, incuding checklists, charts, and schedules. more] [Submit]
27 Mothers Who Think : Tales of Real-Life Parenthood
Camille Peri(Introduction), Kate Moses (Introduction)

Current:
8.0
This book should come as manna to moms: a multitude of small, wry voices reminding them they're not alone. Mothers Who Think is a collection of pieces from the Salon magazine column of the same name. The column (and the book) ... [more] [Submit]
28 So That's What They're For! : Breastfeeding Basics
Janet Tamaro

Current:
8.0
Filling the gap left in a market glutted with dated or dry books on breastfeeding, So That's What They're For! lends support and encouragement to those wondering whether they sould try breastfeeding, for pregnant women who are sure they wil ... [more] [Submit]
29 The Mother Dance : How Children Change Your Life
Harriet Lerner

Current:
7.9
How does motherhood change you? Who or what do you become when you become a mother? "We can't begin to know what our children will evoke in us until we have them," says psychologist and psychotherapist Dr. Harriet Lerner, author o ... [more] [Submit]
30 The Mother Dance : How Children Change Your Life
Harriet Lerner

Current:
7.9
How does motherhood change you? Who or what do you become when you become a mother? "We can't begin to know what our children will evoke in us until we have them," says psychologist and psychotherapist Dr. Harriet Lerner, author o ... [more] [Submit]
31 Mother Nature : A History of Mothers, Infants, and Natural Selection
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

Current:
7.8
Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants, and Natural Selection should be required reading for anyone who happens to be a human being. In it, Hrdy reveals the motivations behind some of our most primal and hotly contested behavio ... [more] [Submit]
32 Momma and the Meaning of Life : Tales of Psychotherapy
Irvin D. Yalom

Current:
7.8
Tales of therapy are also tales of therapists, and Irvin D. Yalom--author of much bestselling psychiatric fiction and nonfiction--is a seasoned storyteller. This new collection of "tales from the couch," part memoir and part fiction, ... [more] [Submit]
33 Mask of Motherhood : How Becoming a Mother Changes Everything and Why We Pretend It Doesn't
Susan Maushart

Current:
7.7
Everything changes when a woman becomes a mother, but society--particularly women themselves--often colludes to deny this simple truism. In The Mask of Motherhood, author Susan Maushart (a nationally syndicated columnist in Australia ... [more] [Submit]
34 Mothers & Daughters
Carol Saline, Sharon J. Wohlmuth (Introduction)

Current:
7.6
Carol Saline and Sharon J. Wohlmuth once again explore the familial bonds of women in this charming follow-up to their 1994 smash hit Sisters. In words and pictures, Mothers and Daughter ... [more] [Submit]
35 The Hip Mama Survival Guide : Advice from the Trenches on Pregnancy, Childbirth, Cool Names, Clueless Doctors, Potty Training and Toddler Avengers
Ariel Gore

Current:
7.5
Can a mother nurse after nipple piercing? Is it okay to name a child after a beverage? What's the best music to divorce by? Ariel Gore answers these and other tough questions in her hilarious and highly informative guide to pregnancy and ea ... [more] [Submit]
36 Reflections from a Mother's Heart (Jack Countryman)
Michael Gurian

Current:
7.5
This hardcover memory journal offers a beautiful place to record a mother's life experiences--family history, childhood memories, lighthearted incidents, cherished traditions, dreams and spiritual adventures for her children to treasure. ... [more] [Submit]
37 Mother, Sons, and Lovers : How a Man's Relationship With His Mother Affects the Rest of His Life
Michael Gurian

Current:
7.4
Gurian shows how the challenges a man typically encounters in relationships--such as codependency, insecurity, and the need for control--most often have their origin in the way he learned to relate to his mother. This guided journey helps f ... [more] [Submit]
38 The Courage to Be a Stepmom: Finding Your Place Without Losing Yourself
Sue Patton Thoele

Current:
7.4
Sue Patton Thoele addresses the emotions of guilt, shame, fear, grief, and frustration commonly felt by stepmothers and offers hands-on advice for coming to terms with them. She also offers stepmoms tips on how to meet their own needs while ... [more] [Submit]
39 Mompreneurs : A Mother's Practical Step-By-Step Guide to Work-At-Home Success
Ellen H. Parlapiano, Patricia Cobe

Current:
7.3
So you have young children or a baby on the way and you think it would be great to work at home. Well, picture this: key reports livened up with crayon, loud shrieks during client calls, and no way to leave the office at day's end. If you e ... [more] [Submit]
40 Becoming Attached : First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love
Robert Karen, Karen Robert

Current:
7.3
In this "provocative primer on the nature versus nurture debate" (Mirabella), psychologist and noted journalist Robert Karen offers fresh insights into some of the most fundamental questions of emotional life. He traces the history of attac ... [more] [Submit]
41 Celebrating Girls : Nurturing and Empowering Our Daughters
Virginia Beane Rutter

Current:
7.3
Raising a daughter? As Peggy Orenstein concluded in Schoolgirls, girls still view their gender as a liability. How then, can parents who are concerned about the sexist restrictions society ... [more] [Submit]
42 From Mother to Daughter : Thoughts and Advice on Life, Love, and Marriage
Joan Rivers

Current:
7.2
In this remarkable, touching, and timely book--which grew out of a letter to her daughter Melissa--comedienne and talk show host Joan Rivers writes about a series of highly personal but universal subjects, including religion, fate, sex, lif ... [more] [Submit]
43 Grandmother : A Record Book of Memories
Linda Spivey

Current:
7.0
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44 The Grandmother Principles
Suzette Haden Elgin

Current:
6.9
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45 Grandparents As Parents : A Survival Guide for Raising a Second Family
Sylvie De Toledo

Current:
6.9
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46 125 Things You Must Know About Being Pregnant
Nina D. Landi

Current:
6.8
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47 The One Minute Mother : The Quickest Way for You to Help Your Children Learn to Like Themselves and Want to Behave Themselves (One Minute Series)
Spencer Johnson

Current:
6.7
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48 The Enlightened Stepmother : Revolutionizing the Role
Perdita Kirkness Norwood

Current:
6.7
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49 Creative Grandparenting Across the Miles
Patricia L. Fry

Current:
6.7
Here are dozens of ideas, tips, and suggestions to help long-distance grandparents develop a lasting bond with their grandchildren. Read more ... [more] [Submit]
50 Grandparenting With Love & Logic : Practical Solutions to Today's Grandparenting Challenges
Jim Fay, Foster W. Cline

Current:
6.7
From babysitting schedules to dealing with stepchildren to long-distance grandparenting, this book covers everything that today's grandmas and grandpas need to know--in a warm, witty style. more] [Submit]
 
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