Why Smart Kids Worry: And What Parents Can Do to Help
10 best books like Why Smart Kids Worry: And What Parents Can Do to Help (Allison Edwards): Al Capone Shines My Shoes, Al Capone Does My Homework, Al Capone Throws Me a Curve, Ginger Pye, The Witch Family, The Widow's Broom, Toothiana: Queen of the Tooth Fairy Armies, Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever, The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives, The Opposite of Worry: The Playful Parenting Approach to Childhood Anxieties and Fears
Al Capone Shines My Shoes
| Author | Gennifer Choldenko |
| ISBN | 0803734603 |
Moose and the cons are about to get a lot closer in this much-anticipated sequel. It's 1935. Moose Flanagan lives on Alcatraz with his family, the other families of the guards, and a few hundred no-name hit men, con men, mad dog murderers and a handful of bank robbers too. And one of those cons has just done...
Al Capone Does My Homework
| Author | Gennifer Choldenko |
| ISBN | 0803734727 |
Alcatraz Island in the 1930s isn't the most normal place to grow up, but it's home for Moose Flanagan, his autistic sister, Natalie, and all the families of the guards. When Moose's dad gets promoted to Associate Warden, despite being an unlikely candidate, it's a big deal. But the cons have a point system...
| Author | Gennifer Choldenko |
| ISBN | 1101938161 |
Return to Al Capone's Alcatraz with Newbery Honor-winning author Gennifer Choldenko in this charming addition to the beloved series about the son of a prison guard.
Moose Flanagan lives on a famous island in California: Alcatraz, home to some of the most dangerous prisoners in the United...
| Author | Eleanor Estes |
| ISBN | 0152025057 |
We loved this story about a family who loves and respects animals. Jerry wants a dog but he is worried about his cat's feelings, when he has made sure that he doesn't think his cat will mind he goes about earning the dollar required to buy the puppy he has set his heart on. There is someone else who has a dollar...
This book is sheer perfection. It has many of the same qualities as Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner -- young children who live out tremendous adventures in their imagination with characters who are typically treated by the author as though they are also real, though every once in a while perspective...
| Author | Chris Van Allsburg |
| ISBN | 0395640512 |
This isn’t necessarily a Halloween book. It’s set in the fall and there is a witch in it, but it’s really an anytime book. I’m going to go ahead and put it in the holiday reviews I do, but I read this earlier in the year and it was fun.
The artwork is Stunning and unbelievable. This is a beautiful...
Toothiana: Queen of the Tooth Fairy Armies
| Author | William Joyce |
| ISBN | 1442430524 |
Beware a tooth fairy queen scorned in this, the third chapter book of Academy Award winner William Joyce's The Guardians series. There's a lot more to this tooth-swiping sprite than meets the eye!
When last we heard, the Guardians were resting easy with the knowledge that the children of Santoff...
Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever
| Author | Mem Fox |
| ISBN | 0156010763 |
Bestselling author and literacy expert Mem Fox reveals the incredible emotional and intellectual impact reading aloud to children has on their ability to learn to read.
All parents want and expect their children to learn to read, but few realize they can get their kids on the road to reading...
The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives
| Author | William Stixrud |
| ISBN | 0735222517 |
"It is not an overstatement to say that this is one of the most radical and important books on raising healthy, resilient, purpose-driven kids." - Madeline Levine, author of The Price of Privilege
"An invaluable resource for the thinking parent." - Lisa Damour, author of
Untangled
"Compelling,...
| Author | Lawrence J. Cohen |
| ISBN | 0345539338 |
“The most helpful book on childhood anxiety I have ever read.”—Michael Thompson, Ph.D.
Whether it’s the monster in the closet or the fear that arises from new social situations, school, or sports, anxiety can be especially challenging and maddening for children. And since anxiety...
What Was the Underground Railroad?
| Author | Yona Zeldis McDonough |
| ISBN | 0448467127 |
No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles...
Ignore It!: How Selectively Looking the Other Way Can Decrease Behavioral Problems and Increase Parenting Satisfaction
| Author | Catherine Pearlman |
| ISBN | 0143130331 |
This book teaches frustrated, stressed-out parents that selectively ignoring certain behaviors can actually inspire positive changes in their kids.
With all the whining, complaining, begging, and negotiating, parenting can seem more like a chore than a pleasure. Dr. Catherine Pearlman,...
Lost at School: Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges are Falling Through the Cracks and How We Can Help Them
| Author | Ross W. Greene |
| ISBN | 1416572260 |
From a distinguished clinician, pioneer in working with behaviorally challenging kids, and author of the acclaimed The Explosive Child comes a groundbreaking approach for understanding and helping these kids and transforming school discipline.
Frequent visits to the principal's office....
| Author | Yona Zeldis McDonough |
| ISBN | 0448454424 |
I love reading the "Who Was..." and "What Was…" books, even as an adult. This story was really interesting and I learned about some people, who I had heard of before, but did not know their complete connection to the civil rights movement.
I was very glad this book talked about Claudette Colvin....
A family must come to terms with the past when two missing children reappear after 40 years. As the secrets unravel in this real-life tale, can the family lay to rest the ghosts of the past? Growing up in a poor Yiddish-speaking home in 1950s London, teenager Lillian marries a charming older man, Raymond....
Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
| Author | Dana Meachen Rau |
| ISBN | 0448483017 |
Born in Connecticut in 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist, author, and playwright. Slavery was a major industry in the American South, and Stowe worked with the Underground Railroad to help escaped slaves head north towards freedom.
The publication of her book, Uncle Tom’s...
E. Aster Bunnymund and the Warrior Eggs at the Earth's Core!
| Author | William Joyce |
| ISBN | 0060508329 |
Pitch, the Nightmare King, and his Fearlings had been soundly driven back by Nicholas St. North and company in the first Guardians’ adventure. But now Pitch has disappeared completely—and out of sight does NOT make for out of mind. It seems certain that he’s plotting a particularly nefarious...
Medical resident Dr. Abby Matteo is elated when the elite cardiac transplant team at Boston's Bayside Hospital taps her as a potential recruit. But faced with a tormenting life-and-death decision, Abby helps direct a crash victim's harvested heart to a dying teenager -- instead of the wealthy older...
