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Marcus creates a chilling world where the speech of children is killing their parents. After being forced to leave their daughter Esther to fend for herself, Sam and Claire end up at a government lab intent on creating non-lethal speech. But when Sam discovers the truth about what's going on there, he realizes reuniting with his daughter is the only way to keep his sanity.
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Dr. Deborah Tannen, New York Times bestselling author of the blockbuster hits You Just Don't Understand and You're Wearing THAT? delivers the last word on sisters.Communications expert Dr. Deborah Tannen turns her witty and wise eye to sisters as she shares insights, anecdotes, and practical solutions to help us understand the special gifts and strains of sister relationships.Sisters can be mirrors in which we see ourselves, yardsticks by which we...
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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In this inspired, genre-twisting film, Oscar-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley discovers that the truth depends on who's telling it. Polley is both filmmaker and detective as she investigates the secrets behind a family of storytellers. She playfully interviews and interrogates a cast of characters of varying reliability, eliciting refreshingly candid, yet mostly contradictory, answers to the same questions.
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2023.
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English
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"Silence has always marked Lorna's family. Her father was deaf. Her mother, Marika, helped rescue children as a teenage member of the Dutch Resistance, yet later abandoned her own young son and daughter. No explanation was ever offered. Nor why she resurfaced decades afterward to invite Lorna--by then a married social worker with a baby--to visit her remote cottage on Lake Champlain. For the past eighteen years, Lorna has struggled to make taciturn,...
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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You: "How was your day?" Your child: "Fine." As a parent, you want to know what is going on in your child's life, how school and friendships are going, if they're feeling okay. As a kid you want to tell your parent what's going on, but it can be hard to find the words. This book is brilliant because it makes finding those words easy, and you discover incredible stuff about each other. How exactly do you make it happen? This accessible guide answers...
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Greenleaf Book Group Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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If you're a parent today, you face extreme pressure to get everything exactly ''right''--a pursuit of perfection that probably makes parenting feel hard. It encourages you to worry about whether you re doing a good enough job, and to wonder if your kids will turn out okay. In The ''Perfect'' Parent, Roma Khetarpal puts all of that agony to rest. She explains that the key to a fulfilling parenting experience is to stop chasing an ideal and instead...
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Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2020.
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Español
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Con la misma visión, sencillez y sabiduría práctica que ha llegado a millones de lectores, Stephen R. Covey demuestra cómo los principios de Los 7 hábitos de las personas altamente efectivas pueden usarse para crear una familia fuerte y amorosa que dure varias generaciones. Covey explica que las familias sólidas no surgen espontáneamente, sino que todos sus miembros necesitan combinar energía, talento, voluntad, visión y empeño. Al compartir...
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Harmony Books
Pub. Date
©2020.
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English
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"The fourteen essential conversations to have with your tween and early teenager to prepare them for the emotional, physical, and social challenges ahead, including scripts and advice to keep the communication going and stay connected during this critical developmental window." -- Amazon.com.
"Fourteen (Talks) by (Age) Fourteen will explain the why and how of the fourteen surprising but essential conversations parents should have with their child...
10) Nana and Abuela
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Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Luna lives with her two grown-ups in a small home next to a river. She has "two pets, two pillows on her bed, and two languages in her head." Luna also has two grandmothers: Nana and Abuela. They are her two favorite people, and they are very different from each other. When her grown-ups are away, Nana and Abuela visit for a "date night" with Luna. Together they plan a delicious meal: pizza with olives. But when Luna adds something to the menu, she...
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Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
©2018.
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English
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"Advanced picture book told through first-person narrative and graphic novel style panels. What Happens Next is a raw, realistic story told by an unnamed protagonist who feels different from everybody else, like she doesn't quite fit in. Bullied by a girl at school, our narrator gives a terse script of the related facts and emotions. At school the next day, the narrator confronts the bully by spinning her "weirdo" obsession with science into an opportunity...
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Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2021.
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Español
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Para ayudar a nuestros hijos e hijas a ser personas íntegras, respetuosas y responsables, que sepan dialogar y que amen y se dejen amar, hay que educarlos con principios claros basados en el respeto, la empatía y el amor incondicional. Hay que olvidar las discusiones y los gritos para educar en el respeto propio y mutuo, la coherencia y el cariño y así llegar a una convivencia armoniosa, sabiendo superar unidos las adversidades. Tania García,...
13) Hello! hello!
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Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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A child seeks a way to communicate with parents and a brother who are busy with their electronic devices.
14) ¡Hola! ¡Hola!
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Publisher
Editorial Juventud
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Español
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"Una niña intenta comunicarse con sus padres y su hermano, pero todos están ocupados con sus aparatos electrónicos"--Page [4] of cover.
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Sophie books (Rosemary Wells) volume 5
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"Sophie's parents tell her to say 'Hello,' 'Thank-you,' and 'Goodbye,' but the words stick like glue in Sophie's mouth and won't come out"--
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Sometimes, the moments that Sona spends with her Sinhalese grandfather, her seeya, are quiet. They speak different languages and don't always use words. But they do communicate in other ways. Sometimes, they're loud. They play dress-up, stomp in puddles, and pretend to be puppies. They cook pittu, tease each other when they're messy, and read to each other, even though they might not understand what the other is saying. Any time that Sona and Seeya...
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Annick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A young girl helps her dad navigate life in a new country where she understands the language more than he does, in an unforgettable story about communication and community. Angie is used to helping her dad. Ever since they moved to Canada, he relies on her to translate for him from English to Chinese. Angie is happy to help: when they go to restaurants, at the grocery store, and, one day, when her dad needs help writing some signs for his work. Building...
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Library of America
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"After the extraordinary success of the Earthsea novels, Ursula K. Le Guin returned in late career to the young adult fantasy genre with a trilogy of coming-of-age novels set in the far-flung Western Shore. These tales of teenagers struggling to come to terms with their own mysterious and magical gifts showcase the imaginative generosity and abiding human concerns that mark Le Guin's work, and together they form an elegant anthem to the transformative...
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Adulting while autistic volume 3
Publisher
Future Horizons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Are you in a neurodivergent (ND) relationship? One thing ND couples have in common is a tendency to get their signals mixed up. You want to communicate clearly, but miss the mark time and time again. How can you turn mixed signals into fixed signals? You'll find answers in Relating while Autistic: Fixed Signals for Neurodivergent Couples. Nowhere is communication more important than in a marriage or committed relationship. You may be in a ND relationship,...
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All Sophie wants for her birthday is a pet giraffe, but as she tries to convince different members of her rather complicated family to support her cause, each tells her she is using too many words until she finally hits on the perfect one.
In a humorous way shows the perspective of a request through the mind of a judge, a businessman, a politician and a very strict person. Through these stories new words are introduced that all mean the same thing....
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