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The Healthy Navajo K'é Podcast is supported by Diné College, Northern Arizona University, and Arizona Department of Health Services. The podcast shares information and resources on Navajo infant, child, adolescent, maternal and overall family health.
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Ésta es la historia de un príncipe, que tenía por nombre José. Era descendiente directo del Rey David, que, según la tradición de Israel, era del que surgiría el que sería llamado el MESÍAS, entendiendo por tal, un gran Rey, que vendría con tal poder que conseguiría que Israel fuera una Nación, la más poderosa, incluso mayor que cuando lo fue con el Rey David o Salomón, que fueron los Reyes más grandes que había tenido hasta entonces....
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A young girl describes what it is like to live with her grandma and grandpa. Domain specific vocabulary helps the reader to easily follow the narrative. Colorful photographs and a picture-word glossary are included. This nonfiction title is paired with the fiction title Grandma's Room.
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Tener que lidiar con la muerte de tu mejor amiga, la segunda madre de tus hijos, y tu madre es lo suficientemente difícil, pero Gail ahora también tiene que lidiar con la casa que compró para que todos vivan en ella. Es una casa que necesita reparacioes y requiere mucho trabajo para la madre soltera. Un nuevo hogar, una nueva vida, y nuevos amigos conducen a una familia que no había anticipado o planeado.
Gail hace lo mejor que puede, tratando...
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ATTENTION: A warning for the ones who considers themselves "faithful readers": please, don't read this Christmas special without having read "NO ÚLTIMO VOLUME" before.
For the simple fact that small details will not be absorbed as expected, and also, for a better perspection of events, since this short story takes place after the "final chapter" and long before the "epilogue".
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This thoughtful book helps young readers explore families with members who have special needs or challenges. It will encourage readers to consider both similarities and differences and to accept differences and challenges as being OK. They'll learn how to help and support friends whose families might have their own unique differences.
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Each family is unique. Sometimes families only have one parent, and that's OK. Many children in the United States live with one parent. Some families with one parent are surrounded by positive circumstances whereas others face difficulties such as a lack of childcare and poverty. This guidebook explores the joys, hardships, and complexities of life with a single parent. It touches upon different situations that might lead to a single-parent household....
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Matilda's Project is a bright, moving, and inspiring book about family diversity, as seen through the eyes of children. Matilda's Project began as a community theatre production in January 2012. It was written, directed, and performed by qualified teachers to educate and empower children. The production, although small scale, received sponsorship, excellent reviews and a reasonable amount of media attention. In the lead up to the production, much...
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"Scruffy, Scruffy, here comes Scruffy," teased the other dingo pups.
Archie, a little dingo pup has not developed the skills to manage this bullying behaviour yet, so he lashes out at the other pups and finds himself on his own in the bush.
Whilst many bush animals try to cheer him up, he still misses his pack. Archie takes a journey through the bush and meets an old wise emu; he provides Archie with some great advice on how he can return and become...
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How shall we best explain to our children that they were wanted and loved before birth? How shall we share that no matter how each was made, each was made with love?
Every child has a unique creation story, and with simple and heartfelt words, The Sum of Our Love gives the reader the opportunity to share the specifics of how a child was conceived--naturally, with the help of assisted reproductive technologies, via surrogate or gestational carrier,...
10) Fray Meets Jay
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Fray Meets Jay is the first book in a series of how wonderful my experience was when I met the love of my life and his children. Fray, a nine-year-old girl, is noticing how excited her dad is to introduce her to his new love. Fray understands that this is an important and possibly life-changing day. Despite all the concerns and excitement these three go through, the message is the same: no matter who is behind the door, love is the glue that holds...
11) Out of Order
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One million American children become part of blended family every year. What happens to stepsiblings when the oldest child suddenly becomes the middle child, and the youngest even younger? Out of Order delivers four electric points of view from stepsiblings, ages nine to fifteen, in a super-unsettled, scrambled-up family. An unforgettable Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament, plus 120 hazardous bug snacks, equals humor, insight, and serious indigestion....
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This book was written as a valuable tool to assist the Blended Family in understanding how valuable they are in striving to build a sustainable, cooperative, and compassionate family unit. Dr. Duane and Michele Mangum open up about their real-life experiences in being a part of the Blended Family. They provide step-by-step recommendations to help those in this dynamic family system to achieve better communication, acceptance, and forgiveness of everyone...
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Thirteen-year-old Neil MacLeod feels like a fish out of water. He's trying to adjust to his new life in Ottawa, but it's half a continent away from his friends in Vancouver, not to mention a whole lot colder. Even worse, his mother still refuses to tell him the truth about the father he's never met. After being forced into an awkward visit with a grandmother he never knew existed, Neil stumbles across a clue to his father's identity, and begins to...
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In this first person non-fiction narrative, a young boy spends an enjoyable Mother's Day with his two moms. Their fun-filled day includes a trip to the park and other activities. A picture-word glossary is included. This nonfiction title is paired with the fiction title A Special Dinner with My Moms.
15) I Am Me
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I Am Me is a children's book that touches on diversity and inclusion for all in a loving way for both children and adults. Addressing diversity and inclusion at a young age is essential to building strong relationships while encouraging love and acceptance in our hearts. It is okay to be who you are, no matter what you look like or where you are from. This book shows how we are all different, but also the same, in a delightful and colorful rhyming...
16) Our Family
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Parent Teenagers in Loving and Thoughtful Ways
"A source of lovingly gentle perspective with powerful relationship saving tools that every parent of teenagers should have to refer back to"-Becca Anderson, Bestselling Author of Badass AffirmationsEven when your relationship appears hopelessly beyond repair, you can reach past the bad days and reconnect. In this funny parenting book, find guidance on how to parent teenagers and rebuild a loving bond.
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Monogamy is for some, but it isn't for everyone. This memoir offers an unconventional approach to healing Black love through non-monogamous unions such as swinging, polyamory, and open relationships. This book offers readers a very tantalizing and seductive peak into non-monogamous culture, while offering suggestions on how to enter this Lifestyle. Join the author on her journey as she discovers her sexuality through her intimate experiences in the...
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¿Por qué no logra decidirse? Miles de mujeres latinoamericanas se han hecho esta pregunta después de notar que están siendo parte de una relación definida por la intermitencia. En este tipo de relaciones, el compromiso es el elemento relacional que parece nunca llegar. Para los hombres involucrados en este tipo de relaciones, el sentido de fidelidad parece haber sido previamente invertido en otra mujer: su madre, quien logra seducirlo, sin tener...
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ATENCIÓN: Para aquellos que se consideran "lectores fieles" una pequeña advertencia: por favor no lean este especial de Navidad sin haber leído antes el libro "En el último volumen".
Por el simple hecho de que los pequeños detalles no serán absorbidos como se esperaba, y también para una mejor percepción de los acontecimientos, ya que este pequeño relato ocurre después del "capítulo final" y mucho antes del "epílogo".
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The popular press has taken notice of two current trends in housing arrangements: three-generation households, and twenty-somethings staying at home longer. These are not separate trends, but part of a larger nationwide cultural shift to extended families reuniting.
“Together Again: A Creative Guide for Successful Multigenerational Living” is intended to make this cultural shift go smoothly. As it stands now the benefits of extended family living...
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