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	AIRES, PHILLIP, EDWARD BLISHEN, PHYLLIS HOSTLER, DAN JACOBSON, MARGHANITA LASKI, COLIN MACINNES, ALASTAIR REID, ANTHONY STORR, ELIZABETH TAYLOR, ANTHONY THWAITE, ILLUSTRATED BY MICHAEL JOSEPH -- SPECIAL SEQUENCE PHOTOGRAPHY The World Of Children London: Paul Hamlyn, 1966. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Bright/Tight copy, light blue cloth bindings, white titles, very slight edgewear, neat 1971 gift inscription on the reverse of the first front freepage, the bright, colorful, and attractive clear Brodart covered dust jacket has minor rubbing and wear, had has previously clear tape reinforced edges and ends where the jacket had edgewear, rubbing, and closed short tears. Essays, articles, and observations on the world's children modern, rural, and primitive societies and cultures. Socialization, adaptation to conditions and environments, social customs, siblings, relationships, responsibilities, love, parental care, noticed and unseen abuse and ethics, education, growing up, and more. Richly illustrated, 287 pages. Large ovesized pictorial hardcover. USD 75.49 [Appr.: EURO 50.5 \| £UK 45.5 \| JP¥ 6663] Book number: 564117 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	ATKINSON, B. M., JR. WHAT DR. SPOCK DIDN'T TELL US:.Or A Survival Kit for Parents NY, Simon and Schuster. 1959, Later Printing. Hard Cover, 6 3/8" Wide x 9 1/2" Tall. Ill.: Whitney Darrow, Jr. Tight/Bright Copy, blue board bindings, black and red spinal titles with a cunning crafty wily child crouched on the lower front cover in black and red, very light edgewear, no names unmarked text, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has minor edgewear and rubs, with a few closed small edgetears, and a nicked spinal crown. An Encyclopedic Guide to hitherto uncatalogued afflictions, aberrations, exotic diseases of the American child. A fun illustrated humor parody highlighting unexplained events concerning childrearing, hidden afflictions, and lesser symptomatic physiological and character traits in every child. Illustrated in b&w. 72 pages.. Very Good+/Very Good. USD 16.95 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 \| £UK 10.25 \| JP¥ 1496] Book number: 907611 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BEATTIE, MELODY Codependent No More / How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself San Francisco, CA, Harper/Hazelden - Harper & Row Publishers. 1990, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0062554468) Trade Paperback, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, unmarked text, light edgewear, professionally reinforced copy, no stamps or markings. An excellent and dynamic self teaching guide recommended by many professional therapists for helping those so absorbed by fate, circumstange, fear, or necessity in other people's problems that they don't take care of there own needs, comforts, and problems. With advice, assessment, guidance, counseling, examples, and more. It could be that the person you love or care about is an alcoholic, a gambler, a workaholic, a foodaholic, a drug user/chemical dependent person, a sexaholic, a criminal, a rebellious teenager, a neurotic person, or someone with another condition or problem this book will help! 229 pages. Very Good. USD 9.95 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 878] Book number: 577786 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BEATTIE, MELODY Codependent No More / How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself San Francisco, CA, Harper/Hazelden - Harper & Row Publishers. 1990, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0062554468) Trade Paperback, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight copy, unmarked text, minor edgewear, light cover reading, professionally reinforced copy, no stamps or markings. An excellent and dynamic self teaching guide recommended by many professional therapists for helping those so absorbed by fate, circumstange, fear, or necessity in other people's problems that they don't take care of there own needs, comforts, and problems. With advice, assessment, guidance, counseling, examples, and more. It could be that the person you love or care about is an alcoholic, a gambler, a workaholic, a foodaholic, a drug user/chemical dependent person, a sexaholic, a criminal, a rebellious teenager, a neurotic person, or someone with another condition or problem this book will help! 229 pages. Very Good. USD 8.71 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 769] Book number: 903405 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BEHRSTOCK, M.D. BARRY B.; WITH RICHARD TRUBO The Parent's When-Not-To-Worry Book: Straight Talk About All Those Myths You've Learned from Your Parents, Friends and Even Doctors NY, Harper Colophon Books. 1992, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0060910437) Trade Paperback, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright and Clean copy, light edgewear and cover rubbing, unmarked text. We had several copies signed by the author for sale - all in the Doc's horrible prescription writing script: "Your Doc, Barry Behrstock" on the upper half-title page. A guide to colds, fevers, illnesses, injuries, medical conditions, safety, prevention, symptoms, cures, and what to do self-help. Dispels Old Wives Tales, Common Myths, Misinformation, and Misconceptions about everyday childrearing, parenting, and dealing with illness, conditions, common problems, and injuries the correct way. 262 pages. Very Good. Signed by Author. USD 7.49 [Appr.: EURO 5 \| £UK 4.75 \| JP¥ 661] Book number: 906217 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BERNS, ROBERTA M. Child, Family, Community / Socialization & Support - Third Edition , 3rd Fort Worth, TX:, Harcourt Brace College Publishers. 1993, Later Printing. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Textbook, Tight/Bright Copy, Clean & Unmarked Text, light usage wear. An excellent reference on teaching, community responsibilities, and environmental influences on behavior and development. With teacher and parenting roles, child/juvenile socialization, teacher-student interaction, community and social impacts on human development, media influences, peer groups, meeting special needs of multicultural and disabled children, issues in Bilingual Education, research, findings, and etc. 668 pages.. Very Good+. USD 16.49 [Appr.: EURO 11 \| £UK 10 \| JP¥ 1455] Book number: 578014 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BEST, RAPHAELA We'Ve All Got Scars: What Boys and Girls Learn in Elementary School Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press. 1983, First Edition. (ISBN: 0253364205) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright and Cean Copy, Blue Cloth Bindings, Gold Gilt Titles, Borders and Stick Figure Children illustrations, the price-clipped clear Brodart covered Dust Jacket has light edgewear and a few small closed short edgetears. An Insightful and Eye-Opening "Call-to-Arms" Critical Analysis and Educational Study on an Alarming and Unaddressed area of Teaching and Parenting Elementary Aged School Children. It shows how little girls become second-class citizens, psychologically, socially, and sexually at the hands of a gender-role shaping school system run by caring adults. It shows how little boys become victims of a macho aggresive strongman hero-leadership cultural behavior media and curriculum tradition and how both girls and boys are socialized by our society and our school system to become incomplete people and damaged goods with some overcoming these developmental burdens and some carrying these smoldering embers aroung for life. Includes examples of how the lack of peer-group acceptance interferes with curricular teaching and learning, citing additional internal and external influences that plant and nurture the seeds of abnormal behaviors including abusive anger and aggression, self-doubt and self-victimization, adolescent trends such as simple home bombmaking, animal mutilation, theft and vandalism, self-taught sexual education that leads to very aggresive or very premissive childhood and later sexual behaviors, loss of respect for authority, increasingly antisocial rage, and etc. With ways of prevention and change for parents, teachers and counselors. 181 pages.. Very Good+/Very Good. USD 19.94 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1760] Book number: 906613 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BETTELHEIM, BRUNO The Children of the Dream NY: Avon/Discus Books, 1970. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good-. Later Printing. Bright/tight copy, light edgewear, light reference highlighting, spinal creases. A revolutionary concept of communal child rearing that produces few juvenile delinquents and very few emotional disturbances. Dr. Bettelheim does research on the kibbutz children in Israel and finds remarkable emotional strengths and some suprising weaknesses. USD 8.42 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 743] Book number: 575431 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BIGGE, MORRIS L. Learning Theories for Teachers NY, Harper & Row. 1982, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0060406739) Trade Paperback, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight copy, light edgewear, minor reading wear, minor neat highlighting and occasional margin marks inside, professionally reinforced cover, a few page corners are folded. Featuers learning theories, research, teaching strategies, examples, curriculum prep. guidance, teaching goals, analysis, cognition, teaching psycholofy, and more. 356 pages. Very Good. USD 14.95 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1319] Book number: 901832 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BLANK, JOSEPH P. 19 Steps Up the Mountain: The Story of the DeBolt Family NY, Jove / HBJ Publications. 1978, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0515044423) Paperback, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Out OF Print, Tight/Bright Copy, light edgewear, unmarked text. The remarkable DeBolts family helped and adopted the children nobody else wanted, children of different races and nationalities, children with severe handicaps, medical conditions and very bleak futures. Sharing their compassion and generosity with these forgotten chilfren and inspiring America and the World. This is the he amazing story of one of America's most famous Adoptive Families. In addition to their six biological children, they became parents to 13 others - Korean, Vietnamese, and American born - by adoption or legal guardianship. They were considered hopeless, unwanted and unadoptable - until the DeBolts took them into their hearts and home. Their story was a Readers Digest Condensed Book Release which served as the basis for an Academy Award Winnning Film, also shown as an ABC Television Network Special. 234 pages. Illustrated with 19 pages of b&w photos.. Very Good. USD 8.49 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 749] Book number: 907690 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BRYAN, CHARLES VALENTINE The Child That Nobody Wanted Caldwell, ID, The Caxton Printers, Ltd. 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright and Clean Copy, red cloth bindings, black titles and borders, very slight shelf edgewear, the clear Brodart covered dust jackethas minor shelf edgewear and rubbing, a few closed short panel hinge and edgetears, and a faint candlewax drip stain trace on the mid-spine's rear panel hinge area. The True Story of a Handicapped and Abused Orphan, his Overcoming the Odds Against Him, Finding Love and Acceptance, Friendships, Challenges, his becoming a Printers Devil and its influence in his Life and Career Path, and more. Illustrated with b&w photos.. Very Good+/Very Good-. USD 19.95 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 905721 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BURKE, NANCY / COMPILED BY Teachers are Special / A Tribute to Those Who Educate, Encourage & Inspire NY, Park Lane Press. 1996, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0517200066) Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, light reading wear, blank book plate on first free page. The clear Brodart covered dust jacket has been price clipped, with a few neat cover reading creases. This tribute to and for Teachers celebrates the special, and often heroic, role they play in their student's lives.. Very Good/Very Good. USD 8.42 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 743] Book number: 779018 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BUSSARD, LEE More Alike Than Different US, More Alike Than Different Publishing. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 1890009024) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight Copy, Signed by author, light edgewear, clear Brodart covered dust jacket. A touching story of the author's life and work and how society and popular culture limits and ignores the disabled part of the population. It raises many questions and highlight's his personal path to success. He could teach us all a great deat. Very Good+/Very Good+. Signed by Author. USD 24.95 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2202] Book number: BQ3214 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	CAMPBELL, CARILYN Together Again / True Stories of Birth Parents and Adopted Children Reunited New York, NY, U.S.A. Berkley Books. 1999, 1st Printing. (ISBN: 0425164543) Paperback, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, slight edgewear, slight spinal and cover reading creases, light age darkening. These touching, true stories from the files of International Locator, Inc. bring us into the heart of the struggle as birth parents and adopted children seek reunion, and let us share in the triumph as their faith, love, and determination bring them together again...342 pages. Very Good+. USD 9.41 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 \| £UK 5.75 \| JP¥ 831] Book number: 781175 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	CATHER, WILLIAM LEE, DR., Kid Think / Revolutionary New Insights Into Dealing with the Six Most Common Behavioral Problems of Children Dallas, TX: Rapha/Word Publishing, 1994. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 1st Paperback Printing. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, light edgewear. An excellent Christian parenting reference for understanding and coping with your child's emotional or behavioral problems. These include anger, sensitivity, anxiety, self-esteem, lying, depression, or disrespect and other associated behaviors. Spiritual guidance, positive steps, parental psychology, Christian parenting, examples, and more. 231 pages. USD 8.47 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 748] Book number: 222141 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	CHRISTENSEN, LYNDA LOVE, ILLUSTRATED BY JOAN OGILVIE COTTAM Lil The Lollipop Dragon Utah, State Dental Association, Auxiliary, Health Committee, and Health Education Department. 1976, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Tight/Bright and clean copy, several edge areas are rubbed with a bit of wear or fraying, the cornertips have wear, fraying, and small board exposure, there is a neat previous owner name and date on the upper inside front cover. A very bright color illustrated tale about having a sweet tooth, taming the candy dragon, having a cavity, going to the dentist, proper dental checkups, and proper oral hygiene. Unpaginated, 32 pages. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. USD 24.95 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2202] Book number: 000377 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	CLARK, WILLIAM LUND Our Sons US, Privately Printed. 1914, Third Edition. Hard Cover, 9 1/2" Wide x 11 1/4" Tall. Plum colored textured bindings, gilt borders and titles, neat previous owner name stamp on upper first front freepage, faint occasional light soiling, faint and occasional light small spot area staining. The founder of the early, " World's Personal Workers' Movement", Parenting and Motivational Speaker, and early Y.M.C.A. Guest Speaker writes about young boys, male sexual development, puberty, future planning for young men, ethics, spirituality, morals, parenting, and etc. With his inspirational worldwide tours, accomplishments, speaking locations and dates, reference and Q&A communications. 237 pages. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. USD 24.95 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2202] Book number: 561814 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	CONNERS, PATRICIA Runaways: Coping At Home and On The Street U.S.: Conners & Perrucci, 1989. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good/n/dj. First Edition. Tight/bright copy, Pictorial cover. An insightful text dealing with teenage runaways, child abuse, communication, substance abuse, peer pressure, suicide, and etc. Written by the Executive Director of "Covenant House", a juvenile protective, shelter, and assistance organization. USD 15.42 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 \| £UK 9.5 \| JP¥ 1361] Book number: BQ67E1A Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	COSBY, BILL / INTRODUCTION BY ALVIN F. POUSSAINT, M.D. Love and Marriage NY: Doubleday, 1989. Later Printing. (ISBN: 0425097722) Stiff Covered Paperback, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright and Clean Copy, light reading wear. A neat and insight filled Cosby style exploration of parenting, love, family, relationships, accomodation, and gingerly sliding down the generation gap gracefully. 178 pages.. USD 8.37 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 739] Book number: 900939 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	COSTANZO, CHARLENE The Twelve Gifts of Birth Phoenix, Arizona, Featherfew. 1999, 1st Printing. (ISBN: 1891836129) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Illustration By Wendy Wassink Ackison. New Unsold Copy, light shelf wear. Clear Brodart cover dust jacket has light wear. Photography by Jill Reger. When presented to new parents, this keepsake book encourages them to nurture and protect the wonderous qualities that have been bestowed on their tiny miracles. When shared with young children, this message helps form within them a strong foundation of self respect and values. For teens and adults, this story offers healing and hope during times of diminished self-esteem and uncertain transition. It reminds all readers to see the dignity that is inherent in themselves and others... New Unsold Copy!/Very Good. USD 22.36 [Appr.: EURO 15 \| £UK 13.5 \| JP¥ 1973] Book number: 780664 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	DENISON, ELSA Helping School Children: Suggestions For Efficient Cooperation With the Public Schools New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers. 1912, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, green cloth bindings, gilt titles and borders, light edgewear, minor cover soiling. A vintage school administrator, teacher, or civic leader reference designed to demonstrate and explain ways to enrich school education, extracurricular activities, better sanitation, increase staffing, and to provide greater parent and community involvement in providing a quality childhood education. With focused learning and sports activities, curricular suggestions, ways to utilize volunteers, soliciting contributions and helpers, advertising, organizing Clubs and Associations, arranging free Health Care clinics and services, involving religious organizations, involving the business community, asset administration, and etc. 352 pages, b&w frontis, and several b&w photos, charts, graphs, and etc. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. USD 49.95 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4408] Book number: 576518 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	DESPERT, M.D., J. LOUISE The Inner Voices Of Children NY, Simon and Schuster. 1975, First Edition. Hard Cover. Tight Copy, remainder mark on bottom endpages, minor edgewear and shelfwear. An interesting well photographed book of children's expression and communication that gives a clear insight into how children learn and view their world. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. USD 11.94 [Appr.: EURO 8 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1054] Book number: BQ360 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	DRAKE, EMMA F.A., MRS., M.D. What A Young Wife Ought To Know / Purity and Truth / Self and Sex Series Philadelphia, PA, The Vir Publishing Company. 1908, New Revised Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Out OF Print, Tight/Bright copy, maroon cloth bindings, bright gilt spinal titles, light normal page age darkening, very slight edgewear, no names, unmarked text. A vintage early 1900's frank and very detailed discussion and educational reference by Dr. Emma F. A. Drake on proper Christian behavior, homemaking, marriage, matrimony, sexualty, parenting, relationships, reproduction, morals, ethics, fidelity, heredity in children, infanticide abortion and its sins, sickness in children, caution around charming gentlemen, pregnancy, labor and birth, family expectations, roles, happiness, wellness, and more. With recommendations from notable and respected authorities, religious leaders, scholars, and professionals of the era including 11 b&w cameos featuring their personal their recommendations and opinions on the series. 293 pages + many rear book advertising pages. A Thousand Dollar Prize Book Winner! 4 1/2" wide x 6 3/4" Tall. Very Good+. USD 34.95 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3085] Book number: 907345 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	EISENBERG, ARLENE, HEIDI E. MURKOFF & SANDEE E. HATHAWAY, B.S.N. What to Expect When You're Expecting NY, New York, NY, U.S.A.: Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated. 1996, Later Printing. (ISBN: 089480829X) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, one interior page is neatly taped, light reading wear, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket is price clipped. An excellent Pregnancy reference that covers family planning, choosing a caregiver, birthing options, diet/nutrition, examinations, and a detailed explanation of your pregnancy term step by step. With excercise, environmental and medicine/medical hazards, special parental concerns, understanding the difference between normal and unusual changes during your pregnancy, coping, labor, delivery, postpartum care, special factors, safety considerations, common pregnancy symptoms, and more! 479 pages. Illustrated in b&w.. Very Good+/Very Good+. USD 12.71 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1122] Book number: 444192 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	EISENBERG, ARLENE; MURKOFF, HEIDI EISENBERG; HATHAWAY, SANDEE EISENBERG What to Eat When You're Expecting New York, New York, U.S.A. Workman Pub .Co. 1986, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0894800159) Trade Paperback, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, unmarked text, light edgewear. An excellent diet and nutrition reference through your pregnancy and nursing. With practical advice, dealing with cravings, food substitutions, meal planning, cookery, recipes, understanding and monitoring weight gain, evaluating your eating habits, a guide to a pure milk supply, dealing with morning sickness, cramps, heartburn, complexion problems. special factors, safety considerations, common pregnancy symptoms, and more! 349 pages. Very Good+. USD 8.94 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 789] Book number: 902954 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.

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	AIRES, PHILLIP, EDWARD BLISHEN, PHYLLIS HOSTLER, DAN JACOBSON, MARGHANITA LASKI, COLIN MACINNES, ALASTAIR REID, ANTHONY STORR, ELIZABETH TAYLOR, ANTHONY THWAITE, ILLUSTRATED BY MICHAEL JOSEPH -- SPECIAL SEQUENCE PHOTOGRAPHY The World Of Children London: Paul Hamlyn, 1966. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Bright/Tight copy, light blue cloth bindings, white titles, very slight edgewear, neat 1971 gift inscription on the reverse of the first front freepage, the bright, colorful, and attractive clear Brodart covered dust jacket has minor rubbing and wear, had has previously clear tape reinforced edges and ends where the jacket had edgewear, rubbing, and closed short tears. Essays, articles, and observations on the world's children modern, rural, and primitive societies and cultures. Socialization, adaptation to conditions and environments, social customs, siblings, relationships, responsibilities, love, parental care, noticed and unseen abuse and ethics, education, growing up, and more. Richly illustrated, 287 pages. Large ovesized pictorial hardcover. USD 75.49 [Appr.: EURO 50.5 \| £UK 45.5 \| JP¥ 6663] Book number: 564117 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	ATKINSON, B. M., JR. WHAT DR. SPOCK DIDN'T TELL US:.Or A Survival Kit for Parents NY, Simon and Schuster. 1959, Later Printing. Hard Cover, 6 3/8" Wide x 9 1/2" Tall. Ill.: Whitney Darrow, Jr. Tight/Bright Copy, blue board bindings, black and red spinal titles with a cunning crafty wily child crouched on the lower front cover in black and red, very light edgewear, no names unmarked text, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has minor edgewear and rubs, with a few closed small edgetears, and a nicked spinal crown. An Encyclopedic Guide to hitherto uncatalogued afflictions, aberrations, exotic diseases of the American child. A fun illustrated humor parody highlighting unexplained events concerning childrearing, hidden afflictions, and lesser symptomatic physiological and character traits in every child. Illustrated in b&w. 72 pages.. Very Good+/Very Good. USD 16.95 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 \| £UK 10.25 \| JP¥ 1496] Book number: 907611 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BEATTIE, MELODY Codependent No More / How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself San Francisco, CA, Harper/Hazelden - Harper & Row Publishers. 1990, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0062554468) Trade Paperback, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, unmarked text, light edgewear, professionally reinforced copy, no stamps or markings. An excellent and dynamic self teaching guide recommended by many professional therapists for helping those so absorbed by fate, circumstange, fear, or necessity in other people's problems that they don't take care of there own needs, comforts, and problems. With advice, assessment, guidance, counseling, examples, and more. It could be that the person you love or care about is an alcoholic, a gambler, a workaholic, a foodaholic, a drug user/chemical dependent person, a sexaholic, a criminal, a rebellious teenager, a neurotic person, or someone with another condition or problem this book will help! 229 pages. Very Good. USD 9.95 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 878] Book number: 577786 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BEATTIE, MELODY Codependent No More / How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself San Francisco, CA, Harper/Hazelden - Harper & Row Publishers. 1990, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0062554468) Trade Paperback, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight copy, unmarked text, minor edgewear, light cover reading, professionally reinforced copy, no stamps or markings. An excellent and dynamic self teaching guide recommended by many professional therapists for helping those so absorbed by fate, circumstange, fear, or necessity in other people's problems that they don't take care of there own needs, comforts, and problems. With advice, assessment, guidance, counseling, examples, and more. It could be that the person you love or care about is an alcoholic, a gambler, a workaholic, a foodaholic, a drug user/chemical dependent person, a sexaholic, a criminal, a rebellious teenager, a neurotic person, or someone with another condition or problem this book will help! 229 pages. Very Good. USD 8.71 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 769] Book number: 903405 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BEHRSTOCK, M.D. BARRY B.; WITH RICHARD TRUBO The Parent's When-Not-To-Worry Book: Straight Talk About All Those Myths You've Learned from Your Parents, Friends and Even Doctors NY, Harper Colophon Books. 1992, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0060910437) Trade Paperback, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright and Clean copy, light edgewear and cover rubbing, unmarked text. We had several copies signed by the author for sale - all in the Doc's horrible prescription writing script: "Your Doc, Barry Behrstock" on the upper half-title page. A guide to colds, fevers, illnesses, injuries, medical conditions, safety, prevention, symptoms, cures, and what to do self-help. Dispels Old Wives Tales, Common Myths, Misinformation, and Misconceptions about everyday childrearing, parenting, and dealing with illness, conditions, common problems, and injuries the correct way. 262 pages. Very Good. Signed by Author. USD 7.49 [Appr.: EURO 5 \| £UK 4.75 \| JP¥ 661] Book number: 906217 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BERNS, ROBERTA M. Child, Family, Community / Socialization & Support - Third Edition , 3rd Fort Worth, TX:, Harcourt Brace College Publishers. 1993, Later Printing. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Textbook, Tight/Bright Copy, Clean & Unmarked Text, light usage wear. An excellent reference on teaching, community responsibilities, and environmental influences on behavior and development. With teacher and parenting roles, child/juvenile socialization, teacher-student interaction, community and social impacts on human development, media influences, peer groups, meeting special needs of multicultural and disabled children, issues in Bilingual Education, research, findings, and etc. 668 pages.. Very Good+. USD 16.49 [Appr.: EURO 11 \| £UK 10 \| JP¥ 1455] Book number: 578014 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BEST, RAPHAELA We'Ve All Got Scars: What Boys and Girls Learn in Elementary School Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press. 1983, First Edition. (ISBN: 0253364205) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright and Cean Copy, Blue Cloth Bindings, Gold Gilt Titles, Borders and Stick Figure Children illustrations, the price-clipped clear Brodart covered Dust Jacket has light edgewear and a few small closed short edgetears. An Insightful and Eye-Opening "Call-to-Arms" Critical Analysis and Educational Study on an Alarming and Unaddressed area of Teaching and Parenting Elementary Aged School Children. It shows how little girls become second-class citizens, psychologically, socially, and sexually at the hands of a gender-role shaping school system run by caring adults. It shows how little boys become victims of a macho aggresive strongman hero-leadership cultural behavior media and curriculum tradition and how both girls and boys are socialized by our society and our school system to become incomplete people and damaged goods with some overcoming these developmental burdens and some carrying these smoldering embers aroung for life. Includes examples of how the lack of peer-group acceptance interferes with curricular teaching and learning, citing additional internal and external influences that plant and nurture the seeds of abnormal behaviors including abusive anger and aggression, self-doubt and self-victimization, adolescent trends such as simple home bombmaking, animal mutilation, theft and vandalism, self-taught sexual education that leads to very aggresive or very premissive childhood and later sexual behaviors, loss of respect for authority, increasingly antisocial rage, and etc. With ways of prevention and change for parents, teachers and counselors. 181 pages.. Very Good+/Very Good. USD 19.94 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1760] Book number: 906613 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BETTELHEIM, BRUNO The Children of the Dream NY: Avon/Discus Books, 1970. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good-. Later Printing. Bright/tight copy, light edgewear, light reference highlighting, spinal creases. A revolutionary concept of communal child rearing that produces few juvenile delinquents and very few emotional disturbances. Dr. Bettelheim does research on the kibbutz children in Israel and finds remarkable emotional strengths and some suprising weaknesses. USD 8.42 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 743] Book number: 575431 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BIGGE, MORRIS L. Learning Theories for Teachers NY, Harper & Row. 1982, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0060406739) Trade Paperback, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight copy, light edgewear, minor reading wear, minor neat highlighting and occasional margin marks inside, professionally reinforced cover, a few page corners are folded. Featuers learning theories, research, teaching strategies, examples, curriculum prep. guidance, teaching goals, analysis, cognition, teaching psycholofy, and more. 356 pages. Very Good. USD 14.95 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1319] Book number: 901832 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BLANK, JOSEPH P. 19 Steps Up the Mountain: The Story of the DeBolt Family NY, Jove / HBJ Publications. 1978, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0515044423) Paperback, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Out OF Print, Tight/Bright Copy, light edgewear, unmarked text. The remarkable DeBolts family helped and adopted the children nobody else wanted, children of different races and nationalities, children with severe handicaps, medical conditions and very bleak futures. Sharing their compassion and generosity with these forgotten chilfren and inspiring America and the World. This is the he amazing story of one of America's most famous Adoptive Families. In addition to their six biological children, they became parents to 13 others - Korean, Vietnamese, and American born - by adoption or legal guardianship. They were considered hopeless, unwanted and unadoptable - until the DeBolts took them into their hearts and home. Their story was a Readers Digest Condensed Book Release which served as the basis for an Academy Award Winnning Film, also shown as an ABC Television Network Special. 234 pages. Illustrated with 19 pages of b&w photos.. Very Good. USD 8.49 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 749] Book number: 907690 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BRYAN, CHARLES VALENTINE The Child That Nobody Wanted Caldwell, ID, The Caxton Printers, Ltd. 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright and Clean Copy, red cloth bindings, black titles and borders, very slight shelf edgewear, the clear Brodart covered dust jackethas minor shelf edgewear and rubbing, a few closed short panel hinge and edgetears, and a faint candlewax drip stain trace on the mid-spine's rear panel hinge area. The True Story of a Handicapped and Abused Orphan, his Overcoming the Odds Against Him, Finding Love and Acceptance, Friendships, Challenges, his becoming a Printers Devil and its influence in his Life and Career Path, and more. Illustrated with b&w photos.. Very Good+/Very Good-. USD 19.95 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 905721 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BURKE, NANCY / COMPILED BY Teachers are Special / A Tribute to Those Who Educate, Encourage & Inspire NY, Park Lane Press. 1996, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0517200066) Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, light reading wear, blank book plate on first free page. The clear Brodart covered dust jacket has been price clipped, with a few neat cover reading creases. This tribute to and for Teachers celebrates the special, and often heroic, role they play in their student's lives.. Very Good/Very Good. USD 8.42 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 743] Book number: 779018 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BUSSARD, LEE More Alike Than Different US, More Alike Than Different Publishing. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 1890009024) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight Copy, Signed by author, light edgewear, clear Brodart covered dust jacket. A touching story of the author's life and work and how society and popular culture limits and ignores the disabled part of the population. It raises many questions and highlight's his personal path to success. He could teach us all a great deat. Very Good+/Very Good+. Signed by Author. USD 24.95 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2202] Book number: BQ3214 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	CAMPBELL, CARILYN Together Again / True Stories of Birth Parents and Adopted Children Reunited New York, NY, U.S.A. Berkley Books. 1999, 1st Printing. (ISBN: 0425164543) Paperback, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, slight edgewear, slight spinal and cover reading creases, light age darkening. These touching, true stories from the files of International Locator, Inc. bring us into the heart of the struggle as birth parents and adopted children seek reunion, and let us share in the triumph as their faith, love, and determination bring them together again...342 pages. Very Good+. USD 9.41 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 \| £UK 5.75 \| JP¥ 831] Book number: 781175 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	CATHER, WILLIAM LEE, DR., Kid Think / Revolutionary New Insights Into Dealing with the Six Most Common Behavioral Problems of Children Dallas, TX: Rapha/Word Publishing, 1994. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 1st Paperback Printing. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, light edgewear. An excellent Christian parenting reference for understanding and coping with your child's emotional or behavioral problems. These include anger, sensitivity, anxiety, self-esteem, lying, depression, or disrespect and other associated behaviors. Spiritual guidance, positive steps, parental psychology, Christian parenting, examples, and more. 231 pages. USD 8.47 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 748] Book number: 222141 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	CHRISTENSEN, LYNDA LOVE, ILLUSTRATED BY JOAN OGILVIE COTTAM Lil The Lollipop Dragon Utah, State Dental Association, Auxiliary, Health Committee, and Health Education Department. 1976, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Tight/Bright and clean copy, several edge areas are rubbed with a bit of wear or fraying, the cornertips have wear, fraying, and small board exposure, there is a neat previous owner name and date on the upper inside front cover. A very bright color illustrated tale about having a sweet tooth, taming the candy dragon, having a cavity, going to the dentist, proper dental checkups, and proper oral hygiene. Unpaginated, 32 pages. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. USD 24.95 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2202] Book number: 000377 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	CLARK, WILLIAM LUND Our Sons US, Privately Printed. 1914, Third Edition. Hard Cover, 9 1/2" Wide x 11 1/4" Tall. Plum colored textured bindings, gilt borders and titles, neat previous owner name stamp on upper first front freepage, faint occasional light soiling, faint and occasional light small spot area staining. The founder of the early, " World's Personal Workers' Movement", Parenting and Motivational Speaker, and early Y.M.C.A. Guest Speaker writes about young boys, male sexual development, puberty, future planning for young men, ethics, spirituality, morals, parenting, and etc. With his inspirational worldwide tours, accomplishments, speaking locations and dates, reference and Q&A communications. 237 pages. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. USD 24.95 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2202] Book number: 561814 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	CONNERS, PATRICIA Runaways: Coping At Home and On The Street U.S.: Conners & Perrucci, 1989. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good/n/dj. First Edition. Tight/bright copy, Pictorial cover. An insightful text dealing with teenage runaways, child abuse, communication, substance abuse, peer pressure, suicide, and etc. Written by the Executive Director of "Covenant House", a juvenile protective, shelter, and assistance organization. USD 15.42 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 \| £UK 9.5 \| JP¥ 1361] Book number: BQ67E1A Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	COSBY, BILL / INTRODUCTION BY ALVIN F. POUSSAINT, M.D. Love and Marriage NY: Doubleday, 1989. Later Printing. (ISBN: 0425097722) Stiff Covered Paperback, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright and Clean Copy, light reading wear. A neat and insight filled Cosby style exploration of parenting, love, family, relationships, accomodation, and gingerly sliding down the generation gap gracefully. 178 pages.. USD 8.37 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 739] Book number: 900939 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	COSTANZO, CHARLENE The Twelve Gifts of Birth Phoenix, Arizona, Featherfew. 1999, 1st Printing. (ISBN: 1891836129) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Illustration By Wendy Wassink Ackison. New Unsold Copy, light shelf wear. Clear Brodart cover dust jacket has light wear. Photography by Jill Reger. When presented to new parents, this keepsake book encourages them to nurture and protect the wonderous qualities that have been bestowed on their tiny miracles. When shared with young children, this message helps form within them a strong foundation of self respect and values. For teens and adults, this story offers healing and hope during times of diminished self-esteem and uncertain transition. It reminds all readers to see the dignity that is inherent in themselves and others... New Unsold Copy!/Very Good. USD 22.36 [Appr.: EURO 15 \| £UK 13.5 \| JP¥ 1973] Book number: 780664 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	DENISON, ELSA Helping School Children: Suggestions For Efficient Cooperation With the Public Schools New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers. 1912, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, green cloth bindings, gilt titles and borders, light edgewear, minor cover soiling. A vintage school administrator, teacher, or civic leader reference designed to demonstrate and explain ways to enrich school education, extracurricular activities, better sanitation, increase staffing, and to provide greater parent and community involvement in providing a quality childhood education. With focused learning and sports activities, curricular suggestions, ways to utilize volunteers, soliciting contributions and helpers, advertising, organizing Clubs and Associations, arranging free Health Care clinics and services, involving religious organizations, involving the business community, asset administration, and etc. 352 pages, b&w frontis, and several b&w photos, charts, graphs, and etc. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. USD 49.95 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4408] Book number: 576518 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	DESPERT, M.D., J. LOUISE The Inner Voices Of Children NY, Simon and Schuster. 1975, First Edition. Hard Cover. Tight Copy, remainder mark on bottom endpages, minor edgewear and shelfwear. An interesting well photographed book of children's expression and communication that gives a clear insight into how children learn and view their world. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. USD 11.94 [Appr.: EURO 8 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1054] Book number: BQ360 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	DRAKE, EMMA F.A., MRS., M.D. What A Young Wife Ought To Know / Purity and Truth / Self and Sex Series Philadelphia, PA, The Vir Publishing Company. 1908, New Revised Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Out OF Print, Tight/Bright copy, maroon cloth bindings, bright gilt spinal titles, light normal page age darkening, very slight edgewear, no names, unmarked text. A vintage early 1900's frank and very detailed discussion and educational reference by Dr. Emma F. A. Drake on proper Christian behavior, homemaking, marriage, matrimony, sexualty, parenting, relationships, reproduction, morals, ethics, fidelity, heredity in children, infanticide abortion and its sins, sickness in children, caution around charming gentlemen, pregnancy, labor and birth, family expectations, roles, happiness, wellness, and more. With recommendations from notable and respected authorities, religious leaders, scholars, and professionals of the era including 11 b&w cameos featuring their personal their recommendations and opinions on the series. 293 pages + many rear book advertising pages. A Thousand Dollar Prize Book Winner! 4 1/2" wide x 6 3/4" Tall. Very Good+. USD 34.95 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3085] Book number: 907345 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	EISENBERG, ARLENE, HEIDI E. MURKOFF & SANDEE E. HATHAWAY, B.S.N. What to Expect When You're Expecting NY, New York, NY, U.S.A.: Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated. 1996, Later Printing. (ISBN: 089480829X) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, one interior page is neatly taped, light reading wear, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket is price clipped. An excellent Pregnancy reference that covers family planning, choosing a caregiver, birthing options, diet/nutrition, examinations, and a detailed explanation of your pregnancy term step by step. With excercise, environmental and medicine/medical hazards, special parental concerns, understanding the difference between normal and unusual changes during your pregnancy, coping, labor, delivery, postpartum care, special factors, safety considerations, common pregnancy symptoms, and more! 479 pages. Illustrated in b&w.. Very Good+/Very Good+. USD 12.71 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1122] Book number: 444192 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	EISENBERG, ARLENE; MURKOFF, HEIDI EISENBERG; HATHAWAY, SANDEE EISENBERG What to Eat When You're Expecting New York, New York, U.S.A. Workman Pub .Co. 1986, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0894800159) Trade Paperback, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, unmarked text, light edgewear. An excellent diet and nutrition reference through your pregnancy and nursing. With practical advice, dealing with cravings, food substitutions, meal planning, cookery, recipes, understanding and monitoring weight gain, evaluating your eating habits, a guide to a pure milk supply, dealing with morning sickness, cramps, heartburn, complexion problems. special factors, safety considerations, common pregnancy symptoms, and more! 349 pages. Very Good+. USD 8.94 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 789] Book number: 902954 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.