May 2008
 
 
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"Random reads your library's needs."

In This Issue:

- Summer Reading! Books to get sand in.

- This summer, parents are thinking "heir conditioning." New Family & Parenting books from Random House, Inc.

- Dungeons & Dragons Worldwide Game Day: Cast a spell at YOUR library.

- Contest: Win a free finished copy of Chasing Windmills by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Summer is almost here. Time for the populace to scatter itself in parks nationwide with bottles of sunblock and colorful towels. Now if only they had something other than Dostoyevsky to read... hmm...let's try these...

 

 

 

 

 

Family & Parenting: Help your patrons remember what matters most this summer with these helpful books on nesting and nurturing.


Doug Hewitt and Robin Hewitt
The Joyous Gift of Grandparenting

978-1-57826-267-0 | $16.95 |
Hatherleigh | TR

Whether they are on a fixed income or want to spoil the kids, have an hour or a week to plan, this helpful guide will assist the "cool" grandparent in finding activities that are both meaningful and enjoyable–for them as well as for the grandkids.


Peter A. Levine and Maggie Kline
Trauma-Proofing Your Kids

978-1-55643-699-4 | $16.95 |
North Atlantic Books | TR

To combat the effects of everything from bullying to divorce, this book provides simple but powerful tools to keep children safe from danger, and to help them “bounce back” after feeling scared and overwhelmed. No longer will kids have to be passive prey to predators or the innocent victims of life’s circumstances.



Joel Sartore
Photographing Your Family

978-1-4262-0218-6 | $24.95 |
National Geographic | TR

If your patrons are sick of taking the same old height-organized family potraits, they may want to check out this book featuring tips from world-renowned National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore. His tips help us create compelling and truly unique photographs of our families.


Tom Sturges
Parking Lot Rules and 75 Other Ideas for Raising Amazing Children

978-0-345-50373-2 | $20.00 | Ballantine | HC

When Tom Sturges became a father, he wanted to be the greatest father who ever walked the earth. “I wanted to be so much more than a casual observer of my son’s life as it went by me.” So Sturges asked a lot of questions, and when he found the answers were insufficient, he decided to make his own set of rules. Organized into 7 fields, these rules can help all parents and mentors to deal with an array of situations in a kind, respectful, and encouraging way.

 


Nancy Schulman and Ellen Birnbaum
Practical Wisdom for Parents

978-0-307-27538-7 | $16.95 |
Vintage | TR

From two leading experts in the field, this is the Bible of parenting books for the preschool age.
"This is the best book about raising preschool children that I have ever read. These two gifted educators know the world of children and parents inside out" -Michael Thompson, Author of Raising Cain


978-0-345-50506-4 | $25.00 |
Ballantine| HC

Giving parents the information, skills, and confidence they need to play a proactive, ongoing role with even their young children around sexual issues, this book is a powerful antidote to the sexy, synthetic, and cynical messages–more prevalent than ever before–to which our kids are exposed.


Mary Ann McDonnell and Janet Wozniak
Is Your Child Bipolar?

978-0-553-80532-1 | $26.00 |
Bantam | HC

From the child psychiatrist who "discovered" childhood bipolar disorder and co-founder of the Pediatric Bipolar Program at Harvard/Mass General, comes the definitive guide on how to identify, treat, and live with this illness that affects nearly 6.5 million American children.


Amanda Blake Soule
The Creative Family

978-1-59030-471-6 | $14.95 |
Trumpeter | TR

For those whose creative life was revitalized or sparked for the
first time by their children--or for those seeking ways to creatively engage with their children--The Creative Family offers ways
for the whole family to deepen their creative endeavors through art, handcrafts, play, nature, and family celebrations.
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Dungeons & Dragons Worldwide Game Day - June 7th: Following the release of D&D 4th Edition, players everywhere can celebrate in the biggest D&D day of the year! Your library can participate too! Please visit this Wizards of the Coast webpage and click How to Host a D&D Adventure Afternoon in Your Library at the bottom of the page.

Win a free hardcover of Catherine Ryan Hyde's most recent novel, Chasing Windmills!

Catherine Ryan Hyde, bestselling author of Pay It Forward, returns with a provocative tour de force on first love—a modern-day rendering of West Side Story born on a New York City subway car and nurtured under the windmills of the Mojave Desert. Rendered in Catherine Ryan Hyde’s stirring and evocative prose, CHASING WINDMILLS is a poignant love story that will leave you yearning for a subway ride that is a fraction as enchanting.

“Hyde writes evocatively of the visceral nature of first love. Her characters are well developed, and she describes settings economically but effectively. The ending is realistic and satisfying. Short chapters make for a page-turning read and the distinct voices are sweet, soul-baring, and honest.”
School Library Journal

Be entered to win a hardcover copy of Chasing Windmills when you answer this question: Maria rides the subways at night to hide what fact from her boyfriend? (hint)

Please email your answer along with your address (sorry, no P.O. boxes) to library@randomhouse.com with the subject line, "Windmills" to enter.

Don't forget to include your address! (Offer open only to librarians in the U.S.)



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