Child bedroom furniture > Minorities and Girls in School: Effects on Achievement and Performance by David Johnson, ISBN 0761908293

Minorities and Girls in School: Effects on Achievement and Performance by David Johnson, ISBN 0761908293

$57.55

In this book, four psychologists use scientific inquiry to understand what helps and what hinders the academic and life performance of minority students and girls in the United States, asking questions such as: What has desegregation accomplished? Can performance at school be enhanced by facilitating improvements in parent-child interactions? Why are levels of achievement in mathematics and science low for girls and minorities? What stops women and minorities from choosing and completing degrees in science and engineering?

Each chapter communicates a vital area of scientific investigation to politicians and policymakers who are invited to think and act upon these anomalies, which show no sign of diminishing.

A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness by Dave Pelzer, ISBN 0694521612

Best of the Best. The author of "A Child Called It" tells his most inspirational story yet--his struggle to make a successful and meaningful life for himself against overwhelming odds. Audio includes a special motivational talk by Pelzer. A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness by Dave Pelzer, ISBN 0694521612
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Floating Home by David Getz, ISBN 0805065806

Picture book fiction that accurately depicts the launch of the Space Shuttle--from the eyes of an eight-year-old astronaut!
Ever wonder what it would be like to be an astronaut? In "Floating Home," eight-year-old Maxine finds out when she becomes the world's first child astronaut. Written in David Getz's familiar compact and engaging style, "Floating Home" gives kids a chance to journey to space and see the earth in a different light. Michael Rex's illustrations complement the text as they aptly depict the Space Shuttle and all of Maxine's gear. The flair and wit of Michael Rex's art offsets David Getz's deadpan tone to make a child-appealing combination. Floating Home by David Getz, ISBN 0805065806
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How Many Elephants?: A Lift-The-Flap Counting Book

Pay no attention to the elephants dancing behind you! The running visual joke in this lift-the-flap counting book will provoke more giggles with every new number.
Let's count things.
How many elephants
are in your closet?
Well, as every child knows, that's a silly question! See, no elephants in here! Zero! Let's get on to more reasonable things to count: shoes behind the curtain, markers in the box, toy dinosaurs in the drawer. And no, there are still no elephants in the closet -- though someone seems to have left a trail of peanut shells in there. How Many Elephants?: A Lift-The-Flap Counting Book
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Once Upon a Potty: Girl by Alona Frankel, ISBN 0694013889

"Just like you, Prudence has a body, and this body has many nice and useful parts:
A head for thinking
Eyes for seeing
Ears for hearing
A mouth to talk and eat with
Hands for playing
A pee-pee for making Wee-Wee
Legs for walking and running
A bottom for sitting and in it a little hole for making Poo-Poo"Potty talk has long been considered taboo in conversation -- even between parent and child.Thankfully, Alona Frankel presents toilet training in a frank, open way for parents and children. Available in both "Girl" and "Boy" formats, "Once Upon a Potty" books are best used as companion volumes to a child's new potty.

Dear Fellow-Parents,
"Once Upon a Potty" is best used as a companion volume to a child's new potty. I wrote this book when my own child was toilet training to help him better understand the process. My son was encouraged and excited by this story. It motivated him to make the developmental leap from diaper to potty.

Learning to use the potty...

Once Upon a Potty: Girl by Alona Frankel, ISBN 0694013889

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Elfquest: The Grand Quest - Volume Eight

The Palace of the High Ones has been won. In their new holt, the Wolfriders can settle in and enjoy life and its living, for the first time in recent memory. The horrors of battle and betrayal are behind them -- that is, until one whom the elves thought a friend kidnaps a Wolfrider child to deliver to Winnowill, who broods within the cold halls of Blue Mountain. Elfquest: The Grand Quest - Volume Eight
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Jewels by Danielle Steel, ISBN 044021422X

On Sarah Whitfield's seventy-fifth birthday, memories take her back to New York in the 1930s. To a marriage that ends after a year, leaving Sarah shattered. A trip to Europe with her parents does little to raise her spirits, until she meets William, Duke of Whitfield. In time, despite her qualms, William insists on giving up his distant right to the British throne to make Sarah his dutchess and his wife.
On their honeymoon, the newlyweds buy an old French chateau, but not long after, the war begins. William joins the allied forces, leaving Sarah, their first child, an infant, and their second child on the way, in France. After the Nazi forces take over the chateau, Sarah continues to survive the terror and deprivation of the Occupation, unwavering in her belief that her missing-in-action husband is still alive.
After the war, as a gesture of goodwill, the Whitfields start buying jewels offered for sale by impoverished war survivors. With Sarah's style and keen eye, the collection... Jewels by Danielle Steel, ISBN 044021422X
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Eyes of a Child by Richard North Patterson, ISBN 0345386132

Ricardo Arias is found dead, the gun still wedged in his mouth. It looks like suicide, but the physical evidence strongly suggests murder. The police investigation uncovers an estranged wife, Terri Peralta; an ugly custody battle over their six-year-old daughter, Elena; heated charges of child abuse; and a murder suspect: San Francisco defense attorney Christopher Paget.

Paget has motive -- it's his son accused of abusing Elena, his political plans for the future put at risk by the dead man's accusations, and his alibi that is dangerously threadbare.

And the shocking revelations that threaten to explode in the courtroom may remain hidden forever...by Chris Paget's refusal to testify on his own behalf...by Elena's tangled loyalties...and by dark secrets that some desperately wish to keep silent....

Eyes of a Child by Richard North Patterson, ISBN 0345386132

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