parent-child relationship

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The five love languages of children

Contains a guide to five ways a child understands love and how to communicate with each style, including physical touch, words of affirmation, quality time, gifts, and acts of service.
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The runaways

Twelve-year-old Dani hates living in the small desert town of Rattler Springs, Nevada, but her plans to run away get complicated when a pesky young boy and an imaginative new girl decide they want to go along.

Falling out of place

Gabby Herrera struggles for acceptance from her parents who want her to be just like her responsible, obedient sister Celia, and finds herself drinking more and her life getting out of control.

Bottles break

A child describes how it feels when his mother drinks. Includes sources of help for children whose parents are alcoholics.

Dear Mr. Henshaw

A homework pack that contains book and audio versions of "Dear Mr. Henshaw," a story told through letters in which ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world; and includes a student worksheet and teacher's guide.

Flower garden

Helped by her father, a young girl prepares a flower garden as a birthday surprise for her mother.

Whatever happened to Janie?

The members of two families have their lives disrupted when a teenage girl who had been kidnapped twelve years earlier discovers that the people who raised her are not her biological parents. Sequel to "The Face on the Milk Carton.".

Afrika

Thirteen-year-old Kim learns the truth about her father and her mother's homeland after visiting South Africa, where she meets relatives and other children her age and witnesses the Truth and Reconciliation Hearings.

Franklin wants a pet

Franklin the turtle wants a pet, and when his parents finally agree, they are surprised to see what he chooses.

Next stop!

While riding the bus, Claire helps the driver, her father, and meets her mother during the trip.
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