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These Are The Best Martin Luther King Day Books for Kids

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If you thought that Martin Luther King Jr. Day is just another day off from school, then you’re missing out on a major opportunity to teach your child about civil rights, race-related issues, and equality for everyone. Celebrated on January 16 each year, the federal holiday marks the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the voice of the Civil Rights M[...]

Max & Ruby Author Rosemary Wells Wants You To Read With Your Children — And Often

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It’s bedtime, and you place your freshly bathed child on your lap. You snuggle, soaking in the scent of their sweet hair, and you pick up a book to read together. Truly, it’s one of life’s most delicious moments, but you don’t have to tell Rosemary Wells that. The acclaimed children’s author of the Max & Ruby series, as well as other adorable character[...]

Author Steve Breakstone Offers Insight Into Bullying And How To Handle It If Your Child Gets Bullied

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It's something that no parent ever wants to go through — your child being bullied. But it's estimated that 20% of students ages 12-18 have experienced bullying nationwide, according to StopBullying.gov. That's why it's important to understand the signs of bullying in case it ever happens to your child...or worse, your kid is the one doing the bullying. A[...]

Here's How Teachers Can Do What They Love Professionally And Have Financial Freedom, Too

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Name the number one lament of any schoolteacher, and it is not the workload, the students, or even the overbearing parents. The biggest complaint: the low salary. Fortunately, teacher (and author!) Danny Kofke penned a fab book called How To Survive (and Perhaps Thrive) On A Teacher’s Salary, which teaches (no pun intended) teachers how to cont[...]

The View’s Joy Behar Explains Why Her Latest Book Is An Homage To President Barack Obama

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As one of the co-hosts of The View, Joy Behar is known for her acerbic wit and biting humor. But Joy is also an accomplished children’s author, having penned two books in honor of her beloved dog, Max. Joy spoke exclusively with Celebrity Parents Magazine about her new children’s book, Sheetzucacapoopoo: Max Goes To The Dogs (Penguin: $16.99), Presid[...]

Dr. Carole Lieberman Explains How Good Girls Can Be Bad, Too (And Why It's A Good Thing)

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Sometimes being a bad girl can be a very good thing indeed. At least that's what Dr. Carole Lieberman believes. The author of Bad Girls: Why Men Love Them & How Good Girls Can Learn Their Secrets spoke to Celebrity Parents Magazine about what it takes to be a bad girl, and how even the best of good girls can (and should) sometimes be a bad [...]

Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents Book Review

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As parents, we all want our children to grow into happy adults. But sometimes we feel as though their personalities are already set in genetic stone. New scientific research reveals that happiness is a learned skill, and that parenting styles and practices have a tremendous effect on children’s emotional outlook on life. In Raising Happiness: 10 Simple S[...]

Mommy Calls by Dr. Tanya Remer Altmann

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Picture it: It’s 2:00 a.m. and your newborn is crying her head off. You’ve fed, burped, changed and swaddled her, but nothing seems to be working. Something is wrong, but you’re too sleep-deprived and anxious to know what it is. Enter Mommy Calls (AAP, $12.95). Written by Dr. Tanya Remer Altmann, a pediatrican (and mom of two!), Mommy Calls is a handy[...]

Frank DeCaro Is Whipping Up Dishes From Dearly Departed Celebrities — With Delicious Results

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Frank DeCaro loves cooking. He also loves celebrities—dead or alive. So he combined his two passions and whipped up The Dead Celebrity Cookbook: A Resurrection of Recipes From More Than 145 Stars of Stage and Screen, a cool compendium of dead celebrity recipes seasoned with Frank’s acerbically witty commentary. The result: A delicious masterpiece that [...]

Brooklyn Story Is A Love Letter To The Beloved NYC Borough

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Whether you’re from Brooklyn or Bayonne, you mustmustmust read Suzanne Corso’s debut novel, Brooklyn Story. Set in the mean streets of Bensonhurst in the late 70’s, Brooklyn Story tells the tale of young Italian/Jewish Samantha Bonti, an aspiring writer with dreams of crossing the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan. She lives with her mother, Joan (who has m[...]