Going Back to School Pathfinder | Holyoke Library Readers Advisory

It?s that time of year again, when kids of all ages start a new year at school. This pathfinder offers nonfiction books on subjects from bullying to helping your child manage stress. Each book has helpful information from education experts and gives insight into the education system.

Push Has Come to Shove: Getting Our Kids the Education They Deserve ? Even If It Means Picking a Fight / Dr. Steve Perry
Call Number: IK83 P429p

Dr. Perry is principal of one of the top schools in America and examines our school system and what?s wrong with it.

Call Number: IK83 T981

Boys tend to have more trouble in school than girls from an early age and Peg Tyre examines why and what we can do to help.

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A special education : one family?s journey through the maze of learning disabilities /?Dana Buchman with Charlotte Farber
Call Number: IPAXP B853s

A memoir of a mother with a child who has learning disabilities and her struggles to understand and help her daughter.

The end of molasses classes : getting our kids unstuck : 101 extraordinary solutions for parents and teachers / Ron Clark
Call Number: IK83 C549e

Written by an award winning teacher, this book provides rules that can help kids be successful.

Parenting your stressed child : 10 mindfulness-based stress reduction practices to help your child manage stress and build essential life skills / Michelle L. Bailey.
Call Number: KXK B153p???????????

This book helps parents and teachers identify signs of stress in children and ?describes mindfulness exercises that help children deal with stress.

The Drama Years: real girls talk about surviving middle school ? bullies, brands, body image, and more / Haley Kilpatrick

Call Number: KXKT K559d

A guidebook for tween girls, The Drama Years offers advice and stories from ?middle school girls all over the nation.

Bullied : what every parent, teacher, and kid needs to know about ending the cycle of fear / Carrie Goldman
Call Number: KXK G569b

This book provides tools for children being bullied so that they can ?speak up and stop the violence. ?Also gives excerpts of families? first hand experiences.

Source: http://holyokelibrary.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/going-back-to-school-pathfinder/

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