R. W. Alley
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Losing a grandparent is often a child's first experience with grief. The ordeal can be as bewildering as it is painful. Explaining what happens from a child's-eye view, the little elves in this book depict the difficult days before, after, and beyond a grandparent's death. They explore the meaning of death and heaven, as well as how to stay close in spirit with a grandparent who has died. With ideas for action and questions for discussion, this creative...
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From the end of August until the first part of June, our children spend more of their waking hours at school than at home. And while elementary school problems may sometimes seem trivial compared to our adult worries, we need to remember that our children's problems can be just as gut-wrenching and nerve-wracking as any adult's. This thoughtfully written book covers everything from homework to getting along with others, dealing with teachers and feeling...
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"Childhood is the time for virtues to be taught or, more accurately, caught. And the virtue of respect is one sorely needed in a world more and more diverse, congested, and interdependent. Just what is respect? It's a good way to be--and a way to be good, say the authors of this helpful, yet entertaining children's book. It's a way to care about others, ourselves, and our world. When we have the virtue of respect, we try to treat people and our whole...