Children
Anderson, Rita and Neumann, Linda; PARTNERS IN PLAY: CREATIVE HOMEMADE TOYS FOR TODDLERS, An Owl Book, Henry Holt and Company, Inc., New York, New York, 1991- Tells how to make simple playthings for toddlers that are fun, stimulating, and challenging without being frustrating. This book provides step-by-step instructions for making over 40 toys and offers tips for playing with each toy. 176 pages
Berg, Adriane G. and Bochner, Arthur Berg, THE TOTALLY AWESOME BUSINESS BOOK FOR KIDS, Newmarket Press, New York,1995, For 10 to 17 year olds, fun and fact filled guide includes quizzes, cartoons and stories and all the information you need to know about starting up a business, how much money you can make from it and the steps to do the work. 159 pages
Galinsky, Ellen; ASK THE CHILDREN: WHAT AMERICA’S CHILDREN REALLY THINK ABOUT WORKING PARENTS, Ellen Galinsky, William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York, New York, 1999- The first book to explore children's views of working parents, based on the first study ever conducted that asks children and their parents for their views on family life today. The responses are honest and personal and guaranteed to break the frantic cycle of guilt and stress that often entraps parents. The study also challenges us to rethink such issues as quality time versus quantity time, how mothers parent their children compared to fathers, how much children really know about the economic status of the family, what messages we're sending children about work and stress, and much more. 391 pages
Koplow, Lesley, THE WAY HOME; A CHILD THERAPIST LOOKS AT THE INNER LIVES OF CITY CHILDREN, Dutton (Penguin Books) 1992--Explores the impact of homelessness on inner city youth. A book about the resilience of the human spirit and the will to survive. 196 pages
Louv, Richard, CHILDHOOD'S FUTURE, Houghton Mifflin, 1990--An account of Louv's travels across the country for three years conducting hundreds of interviews with children, parents and educators, drawing a portrait of the stresses that are contributing to the breakdown of families. 420 pages
McPhee, Jenny et al. GIRLS: ORDINARY GIRLS AND THEIR EXTRAORDINARY PURSUITS, Random House, NY, 2000, Collection of original photographs and life stories of young American girls. The reader is introduced to girls pursing their passions and discovering themselves, such as young poets, musicians and activists. 223 pages
Monti, Daniel, WANNABE: GANGS IN SUBURBS AND SCHOOLS, Blackwell Publishers, Cambridge, MA, 1994, Based on interviews with over 400 boys and girls between the ages of ten and twenty, the author offers a frank and vivid portrayal of their lives in and around gangs. 174 pages
Nardinelli, Clark, CHILD LABOR AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1990--Considers child labor from the standpoint of the family economy, and in particular the often miserable alternatives open to poor families that made factory work preferable to other possible uses of children's time. 157 pages
Pearce, Joseph Chilton, EVOLUTION’S END: CLAIMING THE POTENTIAL OF OUR INTELLIGENCE, Harper San Francisco, 1993, An indictment of how we are sabotaging our children’s development and our society’s future that will transform the way we think about our families, schools and lives. 266 pages
Rhodes, Ginger and Richard, TRYING TO GET SOME DIGNITY: STORIES OF TRIUMPH OVER CHILDHOOD ABUSE, Morrow, New York, 1996, Interviews with twenty men and women who suffered and rebounded from child abuse. Many strategies for survival are inspirational. 355 pages
Singer, Harry The Foundation, DOESN'T ANYONE CARE ABOUT THE CHILDREN?, Wellington, Carmel, CA 1994--Excerpts from the essays submitted to the Foundation by more than a thousand high school students across the country. paper, 163 pages
Wyse, Lois, YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT MY GRANDCHILD DID, Simon & Schuster--The author's observations on the wild, wonderful and unexpected joys of being a grandparent tug equally on your heartstrings and funny bone. 126 pages