![]() | Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times by Zoe Weil
Buy new: $14.78 / Used from: $5.77 |
![]() | Teen Voices
Buy new: $20.00 A magazine written by and about teen girls. A blessed relief from the sexualization and marketing that is found in Cosmo and the other magazines.
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![]() | Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $2.99 |
![]() | Natural Family Living: The Mothering Magazine Guide to Parenting by Peggy O'Mara
Buy new: $16.11 / Used from: $2.05 Peggy O'Mara, editor of 'Mothering Magazine,' is a national treasure.
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![]() | D.I.Y.: Kids by Ellen Lupton
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.65 |
![]() | We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip M Hoose
Buy new: $18.48 / Used from: $4.47 Studs Terkel calls this book, 'Exhilarating and revelatory history. . . MUST reading for today's youth - as well as their elders.'
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![]() | African Playground by Various Artists
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $6.20 The Putumayo label is distributing all kinds of wonderful world music for kids and adults.
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![]() | The Creative Family: How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections by Amanda Blake Soule
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $9.37 |
![]() | The Strongest Tree / El Arbol Mas Fuerte: Fabulas Zeri "Para nunca dejar de sonar" / Zeri Fables "To never stop dreaming" (Spanish Edition) by Gunter Pauli
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $7.10 The Zeri Fables are bilingual (English/Spanish) and a great way to introduce your kids to concepts like interconnectedness and emotional intelligence. The stories encourage young people 'To Never Stop Dreaming.'
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![]() | Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence by Myriam Miedzian
Buy new: $22.00 / Used from: $0.31 Booklist says 'Boys Will Be Boys' is 'an important, ground-breaking exploration of how and why American males are increasingly turning to violence and what we, as individuals and as a society, can do about it.'
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![]() | Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture by Juliet B. Schor
Buy new: $11.52 / Used from: $1.35 Barbara Ehrenreich blurbs 'Born to Buy' by saying, 'We worry about so many dangers to our children . . . but seldom notice the biggest menace of all: the multibillion-dollar marketing effort aimed at turning kids into oversexed, status-obsessed, attention-deficient little consumers.
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![]() | Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry by Stacy Malkan
Buy new: $11.18 / Used from: $6.70 A warning about the toxins in conventional make-up. Look for alternatives at places like Whole Foods.
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![]() | Frontline: The Merchants of Cool
Buy new: $24.99 / Used from: $20.44 This DVD is a must-see to help parents and young people see how all sorts of ad designers and psychologists are manipulating us through marketing campaigns.
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![]() | Childhood Lost: How American Culture Is Failing Our Kids (Childhood in America)
Buy new: $32.61 / Used from: $15.44 |
![]() | Talking Back to Ritalin: What Doctors Aren't Telling You About Stimulants and ADHD by Peter R. Breggin
Buy new: $15.81 / Used from: $1.03 Ritalin and other psychoactives are being over-marketed and over-prescribed. Dr. Peter Breggin, who has been called 'the conscience of psychiatry,' has been among the leaders of the profession who are calling for alternative approaches to mental health.
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![]() | Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on Our Children by Philip Shabecoff
Buy new: $17.16 / Used from: $6.07 |
![]() | The Mother Trip: Hip Mama's Guide to Staying Sane in the Chaos of Motherhood (Live Girls) by Ariel Gore
Buy new: $11.21 / Used from: $0.01 Ariel Gore has other insightful and entertaining books on parenting, and she also edits a magazine called 'Hip Mama.'
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![]() | Dinosaurs - The Complete First and Second Seasons
Buy new: $31.99 / Used from: $23.47 It's a shame this thoughtful and hilarious tv show only lasted a couple seasons; but adults and kids can enjoy each episode now on DVD.
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![]() | Real Boys : Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood by William Pollack
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $0.01 I heard the author William Pollack speak at a conference. He's brilliant. One person blurbed 'Real Boys' by saying, 'It is a beacon of hope and a gift to us all.'
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![]() | Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $7.40 One reviewer says, 'Alfie Kohn exposes the harm inherent in widely accepted disciplinary practices and offers a variety of powerful alternatives that make it possible for children to become their most thoughtful, caring, responsible selves.' A DVD version is also available.
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![]() | Reading, Writing, and Rising Up: Teaching About Social Justice and the Power of the Written Word by Linda Christensen
Buy new: $10.37 / Used from: $7.37 |
![]() | Super Size Me
Buy new: $6.49 / Used from: $2.97 Since kids are being inundated with the sales pitches of fast food and other industries, we need to provide them with media resources that will help defend them intellectually. 'Super Size Me' accomplishes this and may help lead children to a lifetime of healthier eating habits. In fact, many school teachers are showing this film to their students.
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![]() | Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood by Susan Linn
Buy new: $25.60 / Used from: $0.78 Of this book, one reviewer says, 'This book is a powerful warning and wake-up call about the obvious and subtle ways our consumer culture is deliberately sending messages to our children that are shaping their lives.'
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![]() | The War Against Children of Color: Psychiatry Targets Inner City Youth by Peter R Breggin
Buy used from: $2.77 Another important book by Dr. Peter Breggin. Jonathan Kozol blurbs this book by calling it a 'major addition to our understanding of racism as it infiltrates our science and culture.'
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![]() | The Kids' Guide to Working Out Conflicts: How to Keep Cool, Stay Safe, and Get Along by Naomi Drew M.A.
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $4.87 |
![]() | Buddha in Your Backpack: Everyday Buddhism for Teens by Franz Metcalf
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $1.94 |
![]() | Ramadan by Suhaib Hamid Ghazi
Buy used from: $0.67 We need to counter the Islamophobia of this society.
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![]() | A Young People's History of the United States, Vol. 1: Columbus to the Spanish-American War by Howard Zinn
Buy new: $12.20 / Used from: $10.17 Howard Zinn's 'People's History' has sold over a million copies and raised the consciousness of this country. Now, there's a vision of this classic for younger people.
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![]() | Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves: Transforming parent-child relationships from reaction and struggle to freedom, power and joy by Naomi Aldort
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $15.84 |
![]() | Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School by Grace Llewellyn
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $3.28 |
![]() | Reclaiming Childhood: Letting Children Be Children in Our Achievement-Oriented Society by William Crain
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $6.00 |
![]() | The Power of Play: How Spontaneous, Imaginative Activities Lead to Happier, Healthier Children by David Elkind
Buy used from: $6.26 |
![]() | A Child's Work: The Importance of Fantasy Play by Vivian Gussin Paley
Buy new: $7.91 / Used from: $5.13 |
![]() | The Case For Make-Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World by Susan Linn
Buy new: $12.41 / Used from: $6.91 |
![]() | Building Emotional Intelligence: Techniques to Cultivate Inner Strength in Children by Linda Lantieri
Buy new: $14.36 / Used from: $10.45 |
![]() | Taking Back Childhood: Helping Your Kids Thrive in a Fast-Paced, Media-Saturated, Violence-Filled World by Nancy Carlsson-Paige
Buy new: $16.29 / Used from: $0.85 |
![]() | So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids by Diane E. Levin
Buy new: $18.00 / Used from: $3.75 |
![]() | The Business of Being Born
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $4.63 |
![]() | Parenting, Inc. by Pamela Paul
Buy new: $19.00 / Used from: $0.61 |
![]() | The Flag of Childhood: Poems From the Middle East
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.75 |
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