"Keeper and Kid is a marvel. I dare you. Open this book and try to put it down." ---Ann Hood, author of The Knitting Room Eight years ago, James Keeper fell in love with his upstairs neighbor in Boston, a sassy pastry chef with gray eyes and a fierce attitude. They got married, found a dog, and shopped for cilantro. But conflicting schedules and a real estate deal gone bad took its toll on the twenty-somethings in love. One divorce later, the hand-me-down...

Animal parents describe how much they love their children by comparing them to food.

"For affectionate families everywhere comes this engaging reference volume featuring 25 kinds of hugs. From the more traditional to the all-out risky, this collection runs a creatively wide gamut of ways to embrace...and by doing so, brings comfort to theforefront of conversation. Every hug was field-tested by the author and his sons, and titled for practicality and kicks. The Quentin Blake-esque drawings are rendered with graceful accuracy and joy...

"The secret behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children. When American journalist Pamela Druckerman has a baby in Paris, she doesn't aspire to become a "French parent." French parenting isn't a known thing, like French fashion or French cheese. Even French parents themselves insist they aren't doing anything special. Yet, the French children Druckerman knows sleep through the night at two or three months old while those of her American friends...

"A little girl gets used to sharing her parents with her baby brother and realizes there are some benefits to being a big sister now. Includes a Note to parents"--Provided by publisher.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal a parent's wishes for a child, such as being alone and not-alone, quiet and loud, enjoying moments shared, just the two of them.

It's Season Six, and as the kids keep getting older, Frankie and Mike think family life is going to get easier, but they couldn't be more wrong! Bigger kids only means bigger problems! With Brick starting seventh grade as well as a new relationship, there just might be hope for him. Meanwhile , it's the 'year of sue' and Sue is navigating her way through her senior year of high school with blissful abandon, and Axel is still figuring out all the angles...

A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet.

A series of vignettes provide an imaginative glimpse into a childs journey to adulthood, at every stage of life asking the child for just one more hug.

Outlines a four-step program for decluttering a home, increasing a child's sense of security, scheduling down time, and instilling calmness in the face of hectic environments.