Parenting Books

Families at Risk: A Guide to Understand and Protect Children and Care Givers Involved in Out-Of-Home or Adoptive Care

IVF: The Wayward Stork--What to Expect, Who to Expect It From, and Surviving It All?

We understand how difficult it is to see this book and need it. Every needle phobic, financially draining, hormone raged aspect of it. We get it and we’re here to help you though it. From two strong women who have endured numerous miscarriages, faced their fear of invasive tests and injections, and coped with the great possibility of cycle failure comes a must-have resource for anyone...

Patient Guide to Semen Analysis

Semen analysis can be a confusing, intimidating procedure. Patient Guide to Semen Analysis is a guidebook expressly written for male fertility patients undergoing testing. Presented in an easy to read "Question & Answer" format, the text covers everything from the procedure itself, to the biological foundation of fertility and the male reproductive system. Several jokes and...

Johnny's Journey with his Junk Food

Eat healthy? No way! Johnny’s Journey with his Junk Food is sure to become a favorite of the whole family. While Johnny lives on junk food he learns a valuable lesson; what you put into your body is what you get out of your body. Johnny lived off of junk food but would it give him the energy to stay awake during the big test at school, or what about bringing in the winning run when...

Sunshine

Set in the 1980’s, Sunshine is a humorous, uplifting view of life told through young narrator Ann’s eyes. After Ann befriends new student Sabine in the schoolyard, the two girls become inseparable. Over the years, they help each other grow in many different ways. Sabine supports Ann through her parents’ divorce, gives her the confidence to write, and pushes her to experience...

We Cry Out: Living with Developmental Disabilities

How does a developmental disability affect an individual throughout the course of life? What impact does the disability have on the individual’s family? What strengths do families use to cope with these disabilities? What do they do that works? And, what doesn’t work? These are the kinds of questions we have been asking individuals and families in our research over the past 15...

Freedom

On her sixteenth birthday, Ruth feels incredibly lonely despite a family full of brothers and sisters. Ruth’s strict parents create an oppessive environment leaving Ruth wondering, “How can I change my life for the better?” She decides to reach out to a student in her high school. When this contact turns into a friendship, she is invited to join a group...

Inside the Adoption Agency: Understanding Intercountry Adoption in the Era of the Hague Convention

Inside the Adoption Agency provides a glimpse inside the fascinating world of international adoption and explains the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, which is revolutionizing a process that was previously uncontrolled and marred by scandal. “Jean Erichsen gives order to the often overwhelming mix of foreign and domestic...

Just Give Me Borscht: From Siberia With Love

Why would any couple in their mid-forties, already grandparents and soon to be retired, think that there was something that they still needed to do? They wanted to make a difference that could be, and should be, made for others. They would give not just money, but themselves, to the lives of two children who lived deep in the heart of Siberia. They would receive just as much in return as they...