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English
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By turns witty, rollicking, and tender, this sparkling, sexy tale about the complexities of modern motherly love isn't really a story about babies--it's about three friends whose lives are suddenly turned upside down by that life-changing event that hangs over the head of every single girl: motherhood.
3) This is 40
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A look at the lives of Pete and Debbie a few years after the events of Knocked Up, the 2007 comedy. After years of marriage, Pete and Debbie are approaching a milestone meltdown. As they try to balance romance, careers, parents and children in their own hilarious ways, they must also figure out how to enjoy the rest of their lives. This Is 40 is a candid and heartwarming comedy about the challenges and rewards of marriage and parenthood in the modern...
Author
Publisher
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In all the writing and reporting KJ Dell'Antonia has done on families over the years, one topic keeps coming up again and again: parents crave a greater sense of happiness in their daily lives. In this optimistic, solution-packed book, KJ asks: How can wechange our family life so that it is full of the joy we'd always hoped for? Drawing from the latest research and interviews with families, KJ discovers that it's possible to do more by doing less,...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
One day John and Martha, a young couple, find a boy asleep on their porch. The boy is unable to speak and explain who he is, so they choose to care for the boy and embrace his exuberant spirit and talents.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Gallery Books trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"Meredith Masony founded That's Inappropriate in 2014 as an innocent and humorous way to chronicle her chaotic days as a working mom, child wrangler, and busy wife. It soon evolved into a massive, dynamic community of parents-now nearly three million strong-brought together by their shared belief that parenthood and marriage don't have to be perfect. Now, in 18 to Life, Meredith shares her collection of witty essays on the universal frustrations of...
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A practical weekly handbook for the first 3 months of parenthood--from a pediatrician and parent. The old saying "babies don't come with a manual" may be true--but this is a good place to start. Parenting is a process of phases and milestones. Each new stage, as important as the last, serves as a building process for years of parental education and care. The Newborn Handbook will gently and sequentially lead you through each week of caring for a...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
Outlines an engaged approach to child-rearing that is based on strategies for fostering child creativity and confidence, describing the author's experiences with such methods as bribing, conditioning psychology, and placebo medications.
13) Little glory
Publisher
Lightyear Entertainment, LP
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Against all odds and everyone's advice, bad boy twenty-year-old drop-out Shawn tries to raise his little sister Julie on his own. But taking care of a nine-year-old alone proves a lot harder than he imagined. While fighting to keep custody, he meets and falls in love with Jessica.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In a powerful debut novel about motherhood, immigration, and identity, a pregnant Chinese woman makes her way to California and stakes a claim to the American dream. Holed up with other moms-to-be in a secret maternity home in Los Angeles, Scarlett Chenis far from her native China, where she worked in a factory job and fell in love with the owner, Boss Yeung. Now she's carrying his baby. Already married with three daughters, he's overjoyed because...
Author
Publisher
Gotham
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"A hilarious pictorial parody of a clueless father and his adorable daughter. In an attempt to create an image that his new daughter would one day appreciate, Dave Engledow took a photo in which he's cradling eight-week-old Alice Bee like a football and doctored it to look like he's squirting breast milk into a "World's Best Father" mug. Friends and family clamored for more. After Dave's humorous attempts to capture the sleep-deprived obliviousness...
17) Sam: a novel
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Series
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English
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"There is a girl, and her name is Sam. She adores her father, though he isn't around much. Her mother, Courtney, struggles to make ends meet, and never fails to remind her daughter that her life should be different. Sam doesn't fit in at school, where the other girls have the right shade of blue jeans and don't question the rules. Sam doesn't care about jeans or rules. She just loves to climb--trees, fences, walls, the side of a building. When she's...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Neighbors. Mac and Kelly Radner enter into a one-upmanship war with their neighbors, the Delta Psi Beta fraternity led by president Teddy Sanders.
Neighbors 2.Now that Mac and Kelly Radner have a second baby on the way, they are ready to make the final move into adulthood, the suburbs. Just as they thought they'd reclaimed the neighborhood and were safe to sell, they learn that the new occupants next door are a sorority even more out of control than...
19) Her one mistake
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Language
English
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"It all started at the school fair... Charlotte was supposed to be looking after the children, and she swears she was. She only took her eyes off of them for one second. But when her three kids are all safe and sound at the school fair, and Alice, her best friend Harriet's daughter, is nowhere to be found, Charlotte panics. Frantically searching everywhere, Charlotte knows she must find the courage to tell Harriet that her beloved only child is missing....
20) After the end
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English
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Max and Pip are the strongest couple you know. They're best friends, lovers--unshakable. But then their son gets sick and the doctors put the question of his survival into their hands. For the first time, Max and Pip can't agree. They each want a different future for their son.
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