Chelsea Heights Elementary
 
Books available to check out from Title 1
1-2-3 Magic  by Thomas Phelan
Effective discipline for children 2-12.

365 Wacky, Wonderful Ways to Get Your children to Do What You Want by Elizabeth Crary

40 Ways to Raise a Nonracist Child by Barbara Mathias and Mary Ann French

50 Wonderful Ways to Be a Single-Parent Family by Barry Ginsberg

Annie Stories by Doris Brett
Personalized storytelling for children's troubling situations.

Best Friends, Worst Enemies by Michael Thompson and Catherine O'Neill Grace
Understanding the social lives of children.

Beyond Sibling Rivalry by Peter Goldenthal

Changed by a Child by Barbara Gill
Companion notes for parents of a child with a disability.

Common Sense Parenting by Ray Burke and Ron Herron

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff with Your Family by Richard Carlson
Keeping daily responsibilities and household chaos from taking over your life.

Dr. Dave's Cyberhood by David Walsh, Kristin Parker and Monica Walsh
Making media choices that create a healthy electronic environment for your kids.

Driven to Distraction by Edward Hallowell and John Ratey
Recognizing and coping with Attention Deficit Disorder.

Fatherneed by Kyle D. Pruett
Resource for fathers and professionals working with fathers.

Getting to Dry by Max Maizels, Diane Rosenbaum and Barbara Keating
How to help your child overcome bedwetting.

Go to Your Room! By Shari Steelsmith
Consequences that teach.

Good Friends are Hard to Find by Fred Frankel
Helping kids make friends and deal with teasing, bullying and meanness.

Grounded for Life?! By Louise Felton Tracy
Communicating with your teenager.

HELP! The Kids Are At It Again by Elizabeth Crary
Using kids' quarrels to teach "people" skills.

Helping Children Cope with the Loss of a Loved One by William Kroen

How to Handle a Hard-to-Handle Kid by C. Drew Edwards

How to Help Your Child with Homework by Marguerite Radecich and Jeanne Shay Schumm

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

Kid Cooperation by Elizabeth Pantley

Kids, Parents and Power Struggles by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Living with the Active Alert Child by Linda Budd
Dealing with bright, controlling, fearful, and highly energetic children.

Love and Limits by Elizabeth Crary
Discussion of development, temperament, feelings and ways to reduce power struggles.

Mom's House, Dad's House by Isolina Ricci
A complete guide for parents who are separated, divorced or remarried.

Money Doesn't Grow on Trees by Neale Godfrey and Carolina Edwards
A parent's guide to raising financially responsible children.

No Easy Answers by Sally Smith
The learning-disabled child at home and at school.

Nurturing Good Children Now by Ron Taffel with Melinda Blau
Ten "core builders" such as mood mastery, respect, peer smarts, caution, gratitude.

Parenting a Struggling Reader by Susan Hall and Louisa Moats

Parenting through Crisis by Barbara Coloroso
Working through hard times such as death, illness, divorce and accidents.

Pick Up Your Socks by Elizabeth Crary
Helping children develop a sense of responsibility and life skills.

Playing Smart by Susan Perry
A guide to enriching, offbeat learning activities for ages 4-14.

Positive Discipline by Jane Nelsen and Stephen Glenn

Problem Child or Quirky Kid? by Rita and John Sommers-Flanagan
What's "normal" and what's not?

Raising Nonviolent Children in a Violent World by Michael Obsatz

Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

SOS Help for Parents by Lynn Clark
A practical guide for handling common everyday behavior problems.

The Black Parenting Book by Anne Beal, Linda Villarosa and Allison Abner

The Challenging Child by Stanley Greenspan
Understanding, raising and enjoying five "difficult" types of children.

The Complete Single Mother by Andrea Engber and Leah Klungness.

The Defiant Child by Douglas Riley
A parent's guide to Oppositional Defiant Disorder

The Explosive Child by Ross Greene
Parenting easily frustrated, chronically inflexible children.

The Intentional Family by William Doherty
Simple rituals to strengthen family ties.

The Plug-In Drug by Marie Winn
Television, computers and family life.

The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease

The School-Savvy Parent by Rosemarie Clark, Donna Hawkins and Beth Vachon
"Insider" tips to help you help your child in school.

The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids by Sally Yahnke Walker

Tired of Arguing With Your Kids? By Delores Curran

Unplugging Power Struggles by Jan Faull

What Kids Need to Succeed by Peter Benson
The Search Institute describes developmental "assets" and how to build them.

What's Happening to My Body? Book for Boys by Lynda Madaras & Dane Saavedra

What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls by Lynda Madaras

When Your Child Has Been Molested by Kathryn Hagans and Joyce Case

When Your Child Has LD by Gary Fisher and Rhoda Cummings

When Your Child Is 6 to 12 by John Drescher
Middle childhood is the last good chance to hold your child close.

Why Did You Have to Get a Divorce & When Can I Get a Hamster? by Anthony Wolf

You and Your Adolescent by Lawrence Steinberg and Ann Levine

You and Your Only Child by Patricia A. Nachman