Henry Carter Hull

Presents the Five "S" method of soothing fussy and sleepless babies--swaddling, the side or stomach position, the "shh" sound, swinging, and suckling--which creates a "fourth trimester" by replicating the environmental conditions of the womb.

When 15-year-old Janie Johnson sees her own face in the missing children box on a milk carton, her world begins to blur. Was she kidnapped when she was a baby? Who are her parents? And who are Mr. and Mrs. Johnson? Janie's search for the answers will lead her back twelve years into memories of another house, another family, another life. Her questions threaten to destroy the love she feels for her parents and the security they have given her. But...

Adopted from a war-torn country just ten years prior, Luce becomes the very essence of what many consider to be the American Dream. However, all changes when his teacher encounters a shocking revelation upon examining the contents of Luce's locker. Luce is then charged with fighting to maintain his integrity and reputation, as everyone around him begins to question his true character and motives.

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER A step-by-step guide to answering your kids' toughest questions "When people die, where do they go?" "Why is her skin darker than mine?" "But how does the baby get in there?" Don't panic. While we know that the first step to connecting deeply with our kids is being able to communicate, empathize, and answer their biggest queries, what do you do when that tricky-to-answer question comes out of the blue? Sometimes we just don't...

Set in an African village, this follow-up to the Man Booker Prize-winning novel is "sometimes whimsical, sometimes bawdy . Fraught with wild visions" ( The Times ). "All is not well in the African village where Azaro lives. The child narrator of poet and novelist Okri's The Famished Road who had outwitted death in the previous book, again relates the oppressive events that continue to plague his village and his family. While political factionalization...

Mothers and fathers participating in everyday activities show their love for their children in very similar ways.

Offers advice on how to identify the problem of backtalk, describes a four-step program for dealing with the problem in children of all ages, and provides instructions for implementing the steps.

"When Max starts school, the teacher hesitates to call out the name on the attendance sheet. Something doesn't seem to fit. Max lets her know the name he wants to be called by--a boy's name. This begins Max's journey as he makes new friends and reveals his feelings about his identity to his parents. Written with warmth and sensitivity by trans writer Kyle Lukoff, this book is a sweet and age-appropriate introduction to what it means to be transgender"--...

In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, isolated from society, a devoted father dedicates his life to transforming his six young children into extraordinary adults. But when a tragedy strikes the family, they are forced to leave this self-created paradise and begin a journey into the outside world that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent and brings into question everything he's taught them.