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PARENT RESOURCE LIBRARY BOOK LIST

Our Parent Resource Library provides numerous parenting books, CD's and DVD's for your use. Books and discs are available on the bookshelves in the hallway outside Director Non Mead's office during regular school hours. You can download a printable copy of this book list.

            • Write your name, phone number, and date on the check out card located inside the front cover.
            • Leave the filled out card next to the black file box on the shelf.
            • Enjoy, and return the item in 2 weeks.

If you have any questions or would like to see a book added to the library, please contact Jennifer Morgan at jennifermorgan@laumc.org or 650-941-5411 x119.
CD/DVD LIST
TITLEAUTHOR
7 Parenting Tools to Help Your Child Succeed in SchoolSaso, Patt & Steve
Common Sense Media Kit (The)Common Sense Media
Fathering TeenagersSaso, Patt & Steve
Go to Your Room – Stress, Anger and ChildrenProudfoot, Beth
Guide to Talking to Kids About Responsible Sexuality (A)Saso, Patt & Steve
How to Reduce Conflict Between You and Your TeenagerSaso, Patt & Steve
Instilling an Attitude of Success in Your ChildSaso, Patt & Steve
Managing Motherhood and MoneyProudfoot, Beth
Onset of Adolescence (The): Managing Your Changing ChildSaso, Patt & Steve
Raising Responsible ChildrenSaso, Patt & Steve
Ten Keys to Successful Parenting of TeenagersSaso, Patt & Steve


BOOK LIST
TITLEAUTHOR
1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12Phelan, Thomas
10 Best Gifts for Your TeenSaso, Patt & Steve
All Grown Up and No Place to GoElkind, David
Anger: The Misunderstood EmotionTavris, Carol
Asperger Syndrome and Difficult MomentsMyles, Brenda; Southwick, Jack
Aspergers Syndrome in Young ChildrenLeventhal-Belfer, Laurie; Coe, Cassandra
Autism: Living with My Brother TigerLee, Linda
Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and a Search for a CureOffit, Paul
Autistic ChildrenWing, Lorna
Baby and Child CareFocus on the Family
Baby GuideHazen, Kari
Babyproofing Your MarriageCockrell, Stacie; O'Neill, Cathy; Stone, Julia
Becoming Baby Wise (On)Buckman, Robert; Ezzo, Gary
Becoming Baby Wise II (On)Buckman, Robert; Ezzo, Gary
Becoming Child Wise (On)Buckman, Robert; Ezzo, Gary
Becoming Preteen Wise (On)Buckman, Robert; Ezzo, Gary
Becoming the Parent You Want to BeDavis, Laura
Being a Bad SportBerry, Joy
Being BossyBerry, Joy
Being BulliedBerry, Joy
Being CarelessBerry, Joy
Being DestructiveBerry, Joy
Being GreedyBerry, Joy
Being LazyBerry, Joy
Being MeanBerry, Joy
Being MessyBerry, Joy
Being RudeBerry, Joy
Being SelfishBerry, Joy
Blue Bottle Mystery: An Asperger MysteryHoopmann, Kathy
Boundaries; Where You End, and I BeginKatherine, Anne
Breaking PromisesBerry, Joy
Bringing Up BoysDobson, James
Building Moral IntelligenceBorba, Elina
Caring Child (The)Eisenberg, Nancy
CheatingBerry, Joy
Child BehaviorDreikurs, Rodulf
Child From Five to Ten (The)Gesell, Arnold; Ilg, Frances; Ames, Louise Bates
Children: the ChallengeDreikurs, Rodulf
CliquesGiannetti, Charlene; Sagarese, Margaret
Common Sense Parenting of Toddlers and PreschoolersBarnes, Bridget; York, Steven
Dance of Anger (The)Lerner, Harriet
Daredevils and DaydreamersIngersoll, Barbara D.
Doing School: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialist, and Miseducated StudentsPope, Denise Clark
Don't Be Afraid to DisciplinePeters, Ruth
Don't Give Me AttitudeBorba, Michele
Emotional IntelligenceGoleman, Daniel
Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think, and What We Can Do About ItHealy, Jane M.
Everything Parent's Guide to Children with Asperger's Syndrome (The)Stillman, William
Explosive Child (The)Greene, Ross W.
Fall of Freddie the Leaf (The)Buscaglia, Leo
FightingBerry, Joy
From Diapers to Dating: A Parent's Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children-From Infancy to Middle SchoolHaffner, Debra
Get out of My Life, but First Could...Wolf, Anthony E.
Gift of Fear (The)De Becker, Gavin
God's Design for the Highly Healthy ChildLarimore, Walt
Good Enough Parent (A)Bettelheim, Bruno
Good Friends Are Hard to FindFrankel, Fred
GossipingBerry, Joy
Greater ExpectationsDamon, William
Happiest Toddler on the Block (The)Karp, Harvey
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy ChildLanau
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy ChildWeissbluth, Marc
Help Me, I'm SadFassler, David; Dumas, Lynne
Help Your Child Learn to ReadRoot, Betty
Helping Children Cope with DeathThe Dougy Center
Helping Children with Autism LearnSiegel, Bryna
Helping Teens Cope with DeathThe Dougy Center
Helping the Grieving Student: A Guide for TeachersThe Dougy Center
How to Generate Values in Young ChildrenRiley, Sue Spayth
How to Live with Your Children and Like ThemBoyle, Clyde
How to Parent so your Children will LearnRimm, Sylvia
How to Raise a Child with High EQShapiro, Lawrence
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will TalkFaber, Adele; Mazlish, Elaine
Hurried ChildElkind, David
I'm OK, You're OKHarris, Thomas
In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of SpeedHonore, Carl
Indigo Children (The): The New Kids Have ArrivedCarroll, Lee; Tober, Jan
Infants and MothersBrazelton, T. Berry
InterruptingBerry, Joy
Invisible String (The)Karst, Patrice
It's Nobody's Fault: New Hope and Help for Difficult ChildrenKoplewicz, Harold S.
Kid FitnessCooper, Kenneth H.
Kid's Adventures Around San Francisco BayWong, Elina
Know Your Child: How to Discover and Enhance Your Child's PotentialStoppard, Miriam
Listen to a Child (To)Brazelton, T. Berry
Listening To ChildrenLewis, Carol
Lonely Sad and Angry, How to HelpIngersoll, Barbara; Goldstein, Sam
Loving Each One BestSamalin, Nancy
Loving your Child is not EnoughSamalin, Nancy
Making Children Mind without Losing YoursLeman, Kevin
Maria Montessori: Her Life and WorkStanding, E.M.
Mind At a Time (A)Levine, Mel
Mindsets: The Psychology of SuccessDweck, Carol
Miseducation, Preschoolers at RiskElkind, David
Mom, They're Teasing MeThompson, Michael; Cohen, Lawrence; Grace, Catherine O'Neill
Mommy and Daddy Are Always Supposed to Say Yes...Aren't They?Rothenberg, Annye
Mom's House, Dad's HouseRicci, Isolina
Much More than ABC'sSchickedanz, Judith
My Answer is No... If That's Okay with YouGartrell, Nanette
My Name is Not DummyCrary, Elizabeth
New Social Story BookGray, Carol
Nobody Likes Me, Everybody Hates MeBorba, Michael
Nurture by Nature: Understanding Your Child's Personality TypeTieger, Paul; Barron-Tieger, Barbara
Oasis Guide to Asperger Syndrome (The)Bashe, Patricia; Kirby, Barbara
Other Parent (The): The Inside Story of the Media's Effect on Our ChildrenSteyer, James P.
Out-of-Sync Child (The): Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing DisorderKranowitz, Carol S.
Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun (The): Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing DisorderKranowitz, Carol S.
Overdoing ItBerry, Joy
Over-Scheduled Child (The)Rosenfeld, Alvin; Wise, Nicole
Parent PowerRosemond, John
Parenting with Dignity: The Early YearsBledsoe, Mac
Parenting with Love and LogicCline, Foster; Fay, Jim
Parenting Your Asperger ChildSohn, Alan; Grayson, Cathy
Parents Guide to Asperger Syndrome (A)Ozonoff
Parent's Guide to Building Resilience in Children and Teens (A): Giving Your Child Roots and WingsGinsburg, Kenneth
Parent's Handbook (The): Systematic Training for Effective ParentingDinkmeyer, Don, Sr; McKay, Gary; Dinkmeyer, Don, Jr.
Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of AnxietyWarner, Judith
P.E.T: Parent Effectiveness TrainingGordon, Thomas
Piaget Primer (A): How a Child ThinksSinger, Dorothy; Revenson, Tracey
Places to Go with Children in Northern CaliforniaPomada, Elizabeth
Positive DisciplineNelsen, Jane
Positive Discipline for PreschoolersNelsen, Jane; Erwin, Cheryl; Duffy, Roslyn
Power of Play (The): Learning What Comes NaturallyElkind, David
Price of PrivilegeLevine, Madeline
Proactive Parenting, Guiding...Tufts University
Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers SafeDe Becker, Gavin
Punished by RewardsKohn, Alfie
Quirky KidsKlass, Perri; Costello, Eileen
Raise Your Child's Social IQCohen, Cathi
Raising a Responsible ChildEllis, Elizabeth
Raising a Responsible Child, In a Disrespectful WorldRigby, Jill
Raising a Thinking ChildShure, Myrna B.
Raising CainKindlon, Dan; Thompson, Michael
Raising Self Reliant Children, In a Self-Indulgent WorldGlenn, Stephen; Nelsen, Jane
Raising your Spirited Child WorkbookKurcinka, Mary Sheedy
Reclaiming Childhood: Letting Children Be Children in Our Achievement-Oriented SocietyCrain, William
Reviving OpheliaPipher, Mary
Road Less Traveled (The)Peck, M. Scott
Say Please, Say Thank YouMcCollough, Donald
ScreamFree ParentingRunkel, Hal Edward
Secret of Parenting (The)Wolf, Anthony E.
Seven Habits of Highly Effective FamiliesCovey, Stephen R.
Seven Habits of Highly Effective PeopleCovey, Stephen R.
Shelter of Each Other (The): Rebuilding Our FamiliesPipher, Mary
Showing OffBerry, Joy
Shy Child (The)Zimbardo, Philip G.; Radl, Shirley
Siblings Without RivalryFaber, Adele
Sisters and BrothersDunn, Judy
Six Point Plan for Raising Happy Healthy ChildrenRosemond, John
SnoopingBerry, Joy
Social Skills TrainingBaker, Jed
Solve your Child's Sleep ProblemsFerber, Richard
Speaking of BoysThompson, Michael
Spoiling ChildhoodEhrensaft, Diane
Starting Small: Teaching Tolerance in Preschool and the Early YearsTeaching Tolerance Project
StealingBerry, Joy
Successful Single ParentingRichmond, Gary
Taking Charge of ADHDBarkley, Russell A.
TattlingBerry, Joy
TeasingBerry, Joy
Ties that Stress... New Family ImbalanceElkind, David
Toddlers and ParentsBrazelton, T. Berry
Touchpoints, Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral DevelopmentBrazelton, T. Berry
Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart ApproachGlasser, Howard; Easley, Jennifer
Under Pressure: Rescuing Our Children from the Culture of Hyper-ParentingHonore, Carl
Unraveling the Mystery of Autism and Pervasive Developmental DisorderSeroussi, Karyn
What to Do... When Kids Are Mean to Your ChildMcCoy, Elin
What to Expect the First YearEisenberg, Arlene; Murkoff, Heidi; Hathaway, Sandee
What to Expect: The Toddler YearsEisenberg, Arlene; Murkoff, Heidi; Hathaway, Sandee
What's Happening to Grandpa?Shriver, Maria
What's Wrong with Grandma?Shawver, Margaret
When I Say No, I Feel GuiltySmith, Manuel
Wonder of Boys (The)Gurian, Michael
World Waiting to be Born (A)Peck, M. Scott
Worm in the Apple (The): How the Teacher Unions Are Destroying American EducationBrimelow, Peter
You Can't Say You Can't PlayPaley, Vivian Gussin
Your Baby and ChildLeach, Penelope
Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age FiveLeach, Penelope
Your Best Life NowOsteen, Joel
Your Child at Play: Birth to One YearSegal, Marilyn
Your Child's Self EsteemBiggs, Dorothy Corkille
Your Five Year OldAmes, Louise Bates; Ilg, Frances L.;
Haber, Carol Chase
Your Four Year OldAmes, Louise Bates; Ilg, Frances L.;
Haber, Carol Chase
Your One Year OldAmes, Louise Bates; Ilg, Frances L.;
Haber, Carol Chase
Your Three Year OldAmes, Louise Bates; Ilg, Frances L.;
Haber, Carol Chase
Your Two Year OldAmes, Louise Bates; Ilg, Frances L.;
Haber, Carol Chase

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