Empty-nesting can be a disorienting time, but it can also become the best season of your life if you’ll let it. Jill Savage is an empty-nest mom who will guide you through this unpredictable time of life. You'll learn to let go of mixed emotions and grab hold of your full life here and now. Look for the release of Empty Nest, Full Life in August 2019 or ...

Dr. Gary Chapman and respected author, Jolene Philo, join forces to talk to parents of kids with disabilities about how the 5 Love Languages® can help their marriage and family life. If you have children with special needs, your challenges are very different than most families. Here’s help for your specific needs. Look for its release in August 2019 or ...

'Walsh writes with a warmth and humour about the disparate lives of four new mothers over one summer in Dublin. This is a touching, enjoyable tale of friendship in all of its complexities.' Anne Griffin

A long, hot summer has just begun. Three new mothers gather in the park, in the shade of the trees, forming a tight circle. They keep each other close...

Ever lose it with your kid? If so, you’re definitely not alone. Parenting is stressful, children are insane, and you’re only human. Carla Naumburg, PhD, a clinical social worker, was so at a loss with her daughters that she found herself Googling “how to stop yelling at my kids” during a particularly grueling evening. That moment led to this book—a short...

When eight-year-old Annabel dreams of making her school’s father-daughter dance more inclusive of all family types, she thinks changing the name of the dance will be an easy task. But Annabel quickly realizes that it’s harder than she thought to change the way things have always been done. Nevertheless, she carries on and feels empowered by the wise words...

The world Annette Hines knew exploded when her infant daughter Elizabeth was diagnosed with mitochondrial disease--a degenerative, life-limiting illness. Annette's joy quickly turned to apprehension and she knew nothing would ever be the same again.

Butterflies and Second Chances is the inspiring true story of a mother's special needs journey, and her...

Parents feeling confused or overwhelmed will immediately appreciate these clear, values-based strategies to overcome problems caused by badly behaved children and raise healthy minds. Research based advice from acclaimed British parenting psychologist, Dr Joanna North, explains how to create a parenting model that prioritizes children’s emotions when...

After a life-threatening accident stopped her completely in her tracks a few years ago, author Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse and her family came to truly understand that we are all one event from a lifestyle change. Former First Lady Rosalyn Carter clearly illustrated the importance of this when she said: "There are only four kinds of people in this world: those...

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Being a parent is complicated – but the trick to succeed is simpler than you think.

There are no Nobel Prizes for parenting or education, but if there were, Esther Wojcicki would be the bookies’ favourite. Known as the Godmother of Silicon Valley – or simply Woj – Esther’s three daughters have all gone on to huge success in...

In Autism Is the Future, Marlo Thurman reveals how cognitive differences are the constructing pieces in understanding those with autism. Through her findings, she shows how those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) constantly challenge assumptions about intelligence and measuring intelligence. Thurman proposes that sensory and cognitive development have...

Raising Will is a heartfelt, humbling memoir written by a Texan turned Minnesotan mother and child psychologist. Her heart breaks for Will when he is repeatedly banned from Fun Friday in 1st grade shortly after he is diagnosed with ADHD. The family zig-zags through an obstacle course of therapies, medication side effects, tutoring, and sleepless nights...

Livi and Grace  are sisters who couldn't be more different. As they go through their days being their unique selves, they share the message that differences are to be celebrated and enjoyed, and that everyone is already perfect and lovable. Join their party--and enjoy yourself--whoever and however you are!

Jennifer Lynch lives with the real Livi and...

"If I don’t open every door to see what lies within, I’ll miss an opportunity that might not come again. I stay busy day and night, through winter, fall, and spring. I crush my fear of missing out by doing EVERYTHING."

Seraphina wants to do it all.

And she does! From soccer to ballet to French club, her schedule is jam-packed. There are so many options and...

Ambitious and hard-working, but wrapped in the cocoon of parental love and easy success, I followed my husband to New York City determined to pursue my budding academic career. Instead, I fell in love with the challenges and creative opportunities of motherhood and became a stay-at-home mother. Upon the collapse of the Soviet Union, my child-rearing...

Learn to make an adorable collection of knitted animal toys with these new patterns by the author of My Knitted Doll, Louise Crowther. Louise, brings her unique style of coordinated knitwear with cute colourwork details to this new collection of toy animal knitting patterns.

There are a total of 12 knitted animals – each with their own unique personality...

This book is filled with easy-to-knit projects you'll want to make for the baby in your life. Top knitwear designer and author Val Pierce presents 22 simple patterns for practical but adorable baby knits, from booties to hats to blankets.

Whether it's a kimono-style jacket that you don't have to pull over a newborn's head or drawstring mittens that keep...

Zookeeper is a timeless free verse poem that encourages us to view our lives like the zoo with the patterns found in nature and valuable life lessons are made inspiring. Illustrated by Daniel J. Middleton to bring smiles to faces. Author Douglas S. Haynes is a practicing attorney in Louisville, Kentucky, who began writing poetry in 2011. He publishes...

Live boldly as a woman with ADHD! This radical guide will show you how to cultivate your individual strengths, honour your neurodiversity, and learn to communicate with confidence and clarity.

If you are a woman with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you've probably known-all your life-that you're different. As girls, we learn which...

This extraordinary guidebook offers a refreshing new approach to raising confident, healthy, whole human beings, from toddler to teen. Groundbreaking in both its scope and methodology, ParentShift challenges some of our most popular disciplinary tools — including punishments, threats, bribery, and rewards — all of which, science has shown, sabotage...

In a small town swollen with secrets, a young boy puzzles his way through a minefield of societal expectations and Southern Baptist status quo.

Ben Bramley has been granted an idyllic upbringing in a scenic mountain hamlet. With one set of grandparents living next door, and the other a mile away, both family lines are involved in the area’s widespread...

In the hot summer before the millennium, seventeen-year-old twins, Kate and Ben, go on vacation from England to the United States with charismatic American twins of the same age.

They fail to return. Their devastated parents, Sarah and Alec, try to discover where their children are and why they haven't been in touch. Various clues lead Alec to suspect the...

Porcupette Finds a Family, is a story about how a baby porcupine (called a porcupette) finds a new family after losing his mother. He wants to have an attachment to the bear family he finds, but is afraid his "bear" mother and "bear" brother and sister will leave him too. This causes him to act out his fears in
ways that jeopardize acceptance from his...

Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are about to face their most important challenge.

Their eleven-year-old son, Hudson, is struggling at school: he’s socially awkward and not fitting in. Don’s spent a lifetime trying to fit in—so who better to teach Hudson the skills he needs?

The Hudson Project will require the help of friends old and new, force Don and Rosie to...

The problem of child sex abuse and its cover-up is real. A generation of American children are being destroyed. If you think this happens to someone else’s children and your children are safe, you are mistaken. Your children might be enduring sexual abuse right now while you remain dangerously ignorant. America’s appetite for child pornography puts all our...

The Timekeeper’s Son, a moving father-son tale, explores middle-aged grief and youthful yearnings, the price of hidden disabilities and wounds, and the claims and limits of community.

In the small town of Milledge, Georgia, aspiring teenage filmmaker Josh Lovejoy hits a jogger while driving late at night. But this is not just any jogger: the victim is...

With more than 1.3 million video views each month and over fifty-two million total views on her YouTube channel, Howland’s (a.k.a. Mama Natural) funny but informational videos have empowered millions of women to embrace natural pregnancy and parenting. Now Howland is turning to the page, offering up the first week-by-week natural pregnancy book for...

More than ever before, a child's chances of a good education depend on parents making the right decisions about schools, Here, for the first time, is frank advice on how to identify a school's strengths and weaknesses and how to plan your children's schooling so that they have the best education available.

Dr John Rae is an acknowledged authority on...

This month's issue includes interviews with ...

Kathie Lee Gifford, Paloma Rambana, The Aquabats, Ser'Darius Blain, Darcy Pattison, Ruby Jay, Dan Wyson, and a high school teacher who created a very special project for her students. Also inside, reading specialist Larissa Juliano opens her teaching toolbox and discusses Social Emotional Learning and...

A story of hard work and the love of family, Tim S. Vasquez’s colorful tale, The Taco Stand, gives young readers a closer look at what matters most. The story explores what happens when Isabel, known throughout Phoenix for her sensational, crave-able tacos, gets an offer to take those tacos mainstream and open a franchise—but the offer comes at the expense...

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Freddie, our lovable fly, is tappin’ and flappin’ his way to trouble. He whirls around to and fro, buzzing from one distraction to another. Is it any wonder he forgets his lunch, fails his spelling test and leaves the house semi-undressed? Freddie is a go-go-go kind of guy who has no time to listen, focus or pay...

• A great way to introduce 8-12 year-old children to the importance of wildlife conservation through 45 beautifully illustrated stories. • Amusing and fun, yet with an important message of conservation as a foundation. • Written by a conservation expert with decades of experience. • Tigeropolis is inspired by the author’s first sighting of a tiger in...

In this important sequel to Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, author Lindsay Gibson offers powerful tools to help you step back and protect yourself at the first sign of an emotional takeover, make sure your emotions and needs are respected, and break free from the coercive control of emotionally immature parents.

Growing up with emotionally...