Tag: Children
5 review(s) found with this tag.
A Home for Every Child
Summer 2011
At the end of the 19th century, adoption became part of a broader
movement to reform the orphanage and poor farm system in the United
States. In her most recent book, Patricia Susan Hart, who teaches
journalism and American studies ...
Categories: Social work, Washington state history
Tags: Children, Adoption
Mrs. Annathena Gilly Gully From Puddle Rumple Tilly Willy
Winter 2010
Chellis Swenson Jensen has created a quirky lady backed by her pet parrot, Maurice. Tired of the neighborhood children’s teasing, the lead character decides the solution is to change her name. Only when she recognizes that she, too, can laugh a...
Categories: Children's books
Tags: Friends, Fiction, Children
Unique Monique: Moki Time
Winter 2003
Young readers of Unique Monique: Moki Time, by Corinne Tyler Isaak '92, Karen A. Cooper, and illustrator Don Nutt will scarcely notice that they're learning to tell time and acquire new words, as they follow five-year-old Monique—or Moki—through ...
Categories: Children's books
Tags: Children
Children at Promise: 9 Principles to Help Kids Thrive in an At-Risk World
Spring 2005
Many of us assume that the absence of adversity in a child's life predicts success. Hence, we strive to protect children from such experiences. In Children at Promise: 9 Principles to Help Kids Thrive in an At-Risk World, Cheryl Bostrom and Timothy S...
Categories: Psychology
Tags: Child development, Children
The Best Dog in the World: Vintage Portraits of Children and Their Dog
Fall 2007
Its square format, 8¼-inch page size, and consciously retro design mark The Best Dog in the World: Vintage Portraits of Children and their Dogs by Donna Long '89 as a gift book—not a weighty tome by any means. Yet, unlike many other book...
Categories: Photography
Tags: Children