Wang, Holman
Summary: "Being a mom is eleven jobs in one! This unique picture book for very young readers celebrates the many jobs being a parent encompasses: A general who rallies the troops (or unruly kids), a curator of modern art (or finger paintings), an archaeologist looking for buried treasures (or socks)... when Mom gets home from her day job as a carpenter, she never knows which job will be waiting for her,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2019
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Summary: "When Nefertiti Austin, a single African-American woman, decided to adopt two black children through the foster system, she was unprepared for the fact that there is no place for black women in the 'mommy wars.' Austin set off on her path with no place to seek guidance from others who looked like her or shared her experience. She soon realized that she would not only have to navigate skepticism...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AUSTIN, NEFERTITI AUSFelicien, Perdita
Summary: "A raw and affecting memoir about a mother and daughter who beat the odds together. Perdita Felicien's story is woven into her mother's like an intricate braid. To understand Perdita's story, you must know Catherine's. Catherine is larger than life. At seventeen years old, she is determined and tenacious, and longing to experience a better life. But she is also pregnant with her second child,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Canada 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 FELJames-Duncan, Monique
Summary: Following a day in the life of two rambunctious children and their mom, this warm, revealing picture book builds a bridge of empathy between parent and child and celebrates the value of "Mommy Time."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JAMHarris, Taylor
Summary: "One morning, Tophs, Taylor Harris's round-cheeked, lively twenty-two-month-old, wakes up listless and unresponsive. At the hospital, her maternal instincts are confirmed: something is wrong with her boy, and Taylor's life will never be the same. With every question the doctors answer about Tophs's increasingly troubling symptoms, more arise, and Taylor dives into the search for a diagnosis....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARRIS, TAYLOR HARSala, Laurenne
Summary: "In this beautiful celebration of motherhood, the universal message of unconditional love for a child shines through. Laurenne Sala's heartworming text, accompanied by Robin Preiss Glasser's charming illustrations, creates a firsthand look at the powerful bond between mother and child from pregnancy to birth and beyond." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG SALSummary: Nell's a newly single mom who wants this Christmas to be extra - special for her two kids. It turns out to be special, indeed, but it's not what she had in mind. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Chaos reigns in this entertaining comedy, and the notion of 'family' takes on a whole new meaning.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark Hall Of Fame Productions 2014
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD Holiday OCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ONECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family OneDodd, Emma
Summary: This little sea otter loves spending time with his parent learning new things, playing together, or even just holding each other. In fact, every day this little sea otter spends with his parent is special, just because they are together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nosy Crow 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Featuring children’s own words and heart-warming pictures, this is a little book which can be given by boys or girls to their mummy on mothers’ day. Or at any time!
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books 2011
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Summary: "Kate Brigg's debut novel--the follow-up to her acclaimed This Little Art--is the story of a young mother, Helen, awake with her baby. Together they are moving through a morning routine that is in one sense entirely ordinary--resting, feeding, pacing. Yet in the closeness of their rented flat, such everyday acts take on epic scope, thoughts and objects made newly alive in the light of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorothy, a publishing project 2023
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Summary: Illustrations and gently rhyming text follow two mothers and their toddler on a sunny day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MANNicogossian, Claire
Summary: "A few years ago, Dr. Claire Nicogossian began noticing a trend in her therapy room: Mothers are struggling with the challenging and unexpected emotions that surface during their journey through motherhood. In the confines of a safe, judgment-free space, they share about the heavy guilt they carry from losing control and yelling at their children; the crippling fear that they are failing their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publishing Co. 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.8743 NICSummary: A heartwarming tale of two unique women who bond while recuperating in a hospital. Martha, a mother of four rambunctious and imaginative children, finds solace when she meets the younger woman, Claudia, and quickly the two build a strong relationship. When Martha invites Claudia to live with her family, Claudia unwittingly takes on the responsibility of becoming a surrogate mother to Martha's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AMAKoppelman, Amy
Summary: We meet Julie several weeks after her suicide attempt, on the eve of her son's first birthday. Grateful to be alive, Julie tries her best to appreciate every moment. She has, for whatever reason, been given a second chance, but her emotional demons are unrelenting, and she is slowly and quietly losing the battle.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 813 KOPNewman, Lesléa.
Summary: In rhyming text, a toddler spends the day with its mommies. They play inside and outside until it's time for a bath and to say good-night.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD NEWCasares, Whitney
Summary: "Learn how to thrive--not just survive-- as a modern mom. You love your kids. You're proud of your professional accomplishments. You have hobbies and friends. And you're tired. So tired. Working moms often feel like they're failing on many different fronts. But what if there was a guide to reenvisioning, reprioritizing, and restructuring to build a vibrant, intentional life? As a practicing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Academy of Pediatrics 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.8743 CASIovine, Vicki.
Summary: Describes a new mother's physical and emotional changes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Pub. Group 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 IOVBaker, Chandler
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Chandler Baker's Cutting Teeth is a witty, thrilling story of parental love that asks: is there anything a mother won't do for her children? Darby, Mary Beth, and Rhea are on personal quests to reclaim aspects of their identities subsumed by motherhood-their careers, their sex lives, their bodies. Their children, though, disrupt their plans when an unsettling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAKHatch, Leanne
Summary: As Cole grows older, his baby blanket still means a lot to him until it unravels, and then he is ready to give it up--but is his mother?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret Ferguson Books / Holiday House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HATInglis, Kate
Summary: Part memoir, part handbook for the heartbroken, this powerful, unsparing account of losing a premature baby will speak to all who have been bereaved and are grieving, and offers inspiration on moving forward, gently integrating the loss into life. When Kate Inglis’s twin boys were born prematurely, one survived and the other did not. This is the powerful, unsparing account of her experience,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 INGLIS, KATE INGSummary: In this candid look at our relationships with our mothers, fifteen authors write about subjects that they wish they had talked to their mothers about. While some of the writers in this book are estranged from their mothers, others are extremely close. Topics vary widely: from growing up with a deaf mother, to seeking a conversation that won't be interrupted, to relationships affected by the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 306.874 WHAApter, T. E.
Summary: A psychologist describes the five different types of difficult mothers, including angry, controlling, narcissistic, envious and emotionally neglectful and explains how adults can still suffer from these negative relationships and how they can overcome the challenges of their complex feelings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.924 APTMacomber, Debbie
Summary: Lindy Carmichael isn't feeling particularly joyful when she returns home to Wenatchee, Washington, for Christmas. The man she thought was "the one" has cheated on her with her best friend, and she feels completely devoid of creativity in her graphic-design job. Not even carolers or Christmas cookies can cheer her up, but Lindy's mother, Ellen, remembers an old tradition that might lift her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC MACSaltman, Bethany
Summary: "When professional researcher and writer Bethany Saltman gave birth to her daughter, Azalea, she loved her deeply but felt as if something was missing. Looking back at her lonely childhood, dangerous teenage years, and love-addicted early adulthood, Saltman thought maybe she was broken. Then she discovered the science of attachment, the field of psychology that explores the question of why?from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2020