Brown, Box
Summary: "Powered by the advent of television and super-charged by the deregulation era of the 1980s, media companies and toy manufacturers joined forces to dominate the psyches of American children. But what are the consequences when a developing brain is saturated with the same kind of marketing bombardment found in Red Scare propaganda? Brian "Box" Brown's The He-Man Effect shows how corporate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 688.72 BROCarlsson-Paige, Nancy.
Contents: 1. Taking back childhood : what our kids are losing, and how to get it back -- 2. Through their eyes : child development theory in a nutshell -- 3. Building blocks, dress-ups, and kids' own stories : reclaiming play and imagination -- 4. No more time-outs : sharing power with kids -- 5. From Spider-man to Smackdown : countering media violence and stereotypes -- 6. All ads, all the time :...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.7 CARSummary: "No One Talks About This Stuff is a support group for almost-parents. A place to share their journeys of loss and limbo, to confront social pressure and to find courage in the darkness of tragedies which happen every day yet are brushed under the carpet. So, we hear from a stepmother who wrestles with infertility. A husband and wife each tell their experience of losing their baby. A lesbian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Unbound 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 NOWarner, Jan
Summary: In Grief Day by Day, Jan Warner draws on her own extensive experience and the experiences of the 2 million followers on her Grief Speaks Out Facebook page to offer hope in its most practical form. This book does not look to offer a solution to grief. Rather, it provides supportive, useful guidance to help you create a life in which peace, and even gratitude, can coexist with your grief.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Althea Press 2018