29 Best Books for Toddlers
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The Montessori Toddler
- By: Simone Davies
- Narrator: Susie Berneis
- Length: 7 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: October 22, 2019
- Language: English
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4.35(6348 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDIt’s time to change the way we see toddlers. Using the pedagogical principles developed by Dr. Maria Montessori, Simone Davies shows how to turn life with a “terrible two” into a mutually rich and rewarding time of curiosity,It’s time to change the way we see toddlers. Using the pedagogical principles developed by Dr. Maria Montessori, Simone Davies shows how to turn life with a “terrible two” into a mutually rich and rewarding time of curiosity, learning, respect, and discovery. With hundreds of practical ideas for every aspect of living with a toddler, you’ll learn how to feed your child’s natural curiosity while also cultivating daily routines, like brushing teeth, toilet-training, dealing with siblings, and losing the pacifier. Plus, you’ll learn how to – Stay composed when your toddler is not, and set limits with love and respect–without resorting to bribes or punishment – Set up your home and get rid of the chaos – Create Montessori activities that are just right for your one-to-three-year-old – Raise an inquisitive learner who loves exploring the world around them – See the world through your toddler’s eyes and be surprised and delighted by their perspective – Be your child’s guide–and truly celebrate every stage
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Oh Crap! I have a Toddler
- By: Jamie Glowacki
- Narrator: Jamie Glowacki
- Length: 8 hours 14 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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4.31(826 ratings)
4.31(826 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDReal-world, from-the-trenches toddler parenting advice from the author of the bestselling Oh Crap! Potty Training. Toddlers–commonly defined as children aged between two and five years old–can be a horribly misunderstood bunch. What mostReal-world, from-the-trenches toddler parenting advice from the author of the bestselling Oh Crap! Potty Training.
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Toddlers–commonly defined as children aged between two and five years old–can be a horribly misunderstood bunch. What most parents view as bad behavior is in fact just curious behavior. Toddlerdom is the age of individuation, seeking control, and above all, learning how the world works. But this misunderstanding between parents and child can lead to power struggles, tantrums, and even diminished growth and creativity.
The recent push of early intellectualism coupled with a desire to “make childhood magical” has created a strange paradox–we have three-year-olds with math and Mandarin tutors who don’t know how to dress themselves and are sitting in their own poop. We are pushing the toddler mind beyond its limit but simultaneously keeping them far below their own natural capabilities.
In the frank, funny, and totally authentic Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler, social worker Jamie Glowacki helps parents work through what she considers the five essential components of raising toddlers:
–Engaging the toddler mind
–Working with the toddler body
–Understanding and dealing with the toddler behavior
–Creating a good toddler environment
–You, the parent
Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler is about doing more with less–and bringing real childhood back from the brink of over-scheduled, over-stimulated, helicopter parenting. With her signature down-and-dirty, friend-to-friend advice, Jamie is here to help you experience the joy of parenting again and giving your child–and yourself–the freedom to let them grow at their own pace and become who they are. -
The Emotional Life of the Toddler
- By: Alicia F. Lieberman
- Narrator: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 11 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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3.95(754 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDNow updated with new material throughout, Alicia F. Lieberman’s The Emotional Life of the Toddler is the, detailed look into the varied and intense emotional life of children aged one to three.Anyone who has followed an active toddler aroundNow updated with new material throughout, Alicia F. Lieberman’s The Emotional Life of the Toddler is the, detailed look into the varied and intense emotional life of children aged one to three.
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Anyone who has followed an active toddler around for a day knows that a child of this age is a whirlwind of explosive, contradictory, and ever-changing emotions. Alicia F. Lieberman offers an in-depth examination of toddlers’ emotional development and illuminates how to optimize this crucial stage so that toddlers can develop into emotionally healthy children and adults.
Drawing on her lifelong research, Dr. Lieberman addresses commonly asked questions and issues. Why, for example, is “no” often the favorite response of the toddler? How should parents deal with the anger they might feel when their toddler is being aggressively stubborn? Why does a crying toddler run to his mother for a hug only to push himself vigorously away as soon as she begins to embrace him? This updated edition also addresses 21st-century concerns such as how to handle screen time on devices and parenting in a post-internet world.
Hailed as “groundbreaking” by The Boston Globe after its initial publication, the new edition includes the latest research on this crucial stage of development. With the help of numerous examples and vivid cases, Lieberman answers these and other questions, providing, in the process, a rich, insightful profile of the roller coaster emotional world of the toddler. -
100 Promises to My Baby
- By: Mallika Chopra
- Narrator: Mallika Chopra
- Length: 2 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 29, 2005
- Language: English
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3.84(92 ratings)
3.84(92 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USDA lyrical ode to maternal love — and a universal expression of every mother’s hopes and dreams for her child I promise to love you with no conditions. I promise to try to teach you through example, not words. I promise to help youA lyrical ode to maternal love — and a universal expression of every mother’s hopes and dreams for her child
I promise to love you with no conditions. I promise to try to teach you through example, not words. I promise to help you develop a love for your culture and heritage. I promise to show you that there are infinite possibilities in every moment. I promise to help you see and develop your unique talents. As she eagerly awaited the birth of her first child, Mallika Chopra began to craft a unique gift that would express her profound loving commitment to the baby growing inside of her.
100 Promises to My Baby is that gift — a covenant with her child that reflected her own deepening awareness of the sacred responsibilities of parenthood. Here the author shares the vows she made to help her child grow up feeling cherished and secure, look at the world with wonder and curiosity, and learn spiritual values that would enrich her own life and contribute to making the world a better place. This audio will inspire listeners to think about their own lives, values, and beliefs, and what they would like to pass on to their children.
Foreword written and read by Deepak Chopra
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A Is for Advice (The Reassuring Kind)
- By: Ilana Stanger-Ross
- Narrator: Ann Marie Gideon
- Length: 1 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 26, 2019
- Language: English
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4.55(95 ratings)
4.55(95 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDPractical, reassuring, and beautifully written, A is for Advice provides a brief and compelling reflection on pregnancy, birth, and the early postpartum period for expectant mothers of all kinds–whether you prefer a water birth at home or aPractical, reassuring, and beautifully written, A is for Advice provides a brief and compelling reflection on pregnancy, birth, and the early postpartum period for expectant mothers of all kinds–whether you prefer a water birth at home or a scheduled C-section in a hospital, whether you believe in painkillers or an all-natural labor, breast milk or formula, this book speaks to you and your pregancy. Written in the approachable and friendly tone of a best-friend blogger but informed by the insight of a Registered Midwife, A is for Advice seeks to comfort and inspire, providing realistic and soothing advice at a time when most women desperately seek out information.
Through 26 lesson/letters of the alphabet (C is for Control; F is for Fear; W is for Water), A is for Advice offers practical and emotional insights into the often overwhelming transition to motherhood. Using a combination of humor, story-telling, research distillation, and personal reflection, A is for Advice speaks to concerns common to all women as they approach birth and motherhood. Eschewing the “birth wars” for a women-centered, feminist perspective, A is for Advice does not argue for any one type of birth experience, but rather empowers each woman to be her own advocate. If the book could be summed up in one line it would be, simply, “be gentle with yourself.” Read it cover-to-cover or in the short bursts available to an expecting mom (each letter stands alone), this book offers a compelling call for well-informed, judgment-free, and forgiving birthing and mothering and is the ultimate babyshower gift for your best friend, sister, or daughter.
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Baby, Unplugged
- By: Sophie Brickman
- Narrator: Celia Keenan-Bolger
- Length: 9 hours 59 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: September 07, 2021
- Language: English
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4(137 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDA charming, meticulously researched, and illuminating look at how technology infiltrates every aspect of raising children today, filled with helpful advice parents can use to best navigate the digital landscape, and ultimately learn to trust theirA charming, meticulously researched, and illuminating look at how technology infiltrates every aspect of raising children today, filled with helpful advice parents can use to best navigate the digital landscape, and ultimately learn to trust their own judgment.
There’s an app or device for nearly every aspect of parenting today: monitoring your baby; entertaining or educating your toddler; connecting with other new parents for tips, tricks, and community–virtually every aspect of daily life. But it isn’t a parenting paradise; the truth is much more complicated.
The mother of two young daughters, journalist Sophie Brickman wondered what living in a tech-saturated world was doing to her and her children. She turned to experts, academics, doctors, and innovators for advice and insight. Baby, Unplugged brings together Brickman’s in-depth research with her own candid (sometimes hilarious) personal experience to help parents sort through the wide and often confusing tech offerings available today and to sort out what’s helpful and what’s not.
Filled with relatable and entertaining stories as well as practical takeaways, Baby, Unplugged is destined to become a touchstone for parents today, giving them the permission to forge their own path through the morass of technological options, to restore their faith in themselves, and to help them raise good, social, and engaged people in the modern world.
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How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen
- By: Joanna Faber
- Narrator: Heather Alicia Simms
- Length: 10 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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4.41(10178 ratings)
4.41(10178 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDMore than 300,000 copies in print! A must-have guide for anyone who lives or works with young kids, with an introduction by Adele Faber, coauthor of How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, the international mega-bestsellerMore than 300,000 copies in print!
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A must-have guide for anyone who lives or works with young kids, with an introduction by Adele Faber, coauthor of How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, the international mega-bestseller The Boston Globe dubbed “The Parenting Bible.”
For nearly forty years, parents have turned to How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk for its respectful and effective solutions to the unending challenges of raising children. Now, in response to growing demand, Adele’s daughter, Joanna Faber, along with Julie King, tailor How to Talk‘s powerful communication skills to parents of children ages two to seven.
Faber and King, each a parenting expert in her own right, share their wisdom accumulated over years of conducting How To Talk workshops with parents, teachers, and pediatricians. With a lively combination of storytelling, cartoons, and observations from their workshops, they provide concrete tools and tips that will transform your relationship with the children in your life.
What do you do with a little kid who…won’t brush her teeth…screams in his car seat…pinches the baby…refuses to eat vegetables…throws books in the library…runs rampant in the supermarket? Organized by common challenges and conflicts, this book is an essential manual of communication strategies, including a chapter that addresses the special needs of children with sensory processing and autism spectrum disorders.
This user-friendly guide will empower parents and caregivers of young children to forge rewarding, joyful relationships with terrible two-year-olds, truculent three-year-olds, ferocious four-year-olds, foolhardy five-year-olds, self-centered six-year-olds, and the occasional semi-civilized seven-year-old. And, it will help little kids grow into self-reliant big kids who are cooperative and connected to their parents, teachers, siblings, and peers. -
Parenting: From Surviving to Thriving
- By: Charles R. Swindoll
- Narrator: Charles R. Swindoll
- Length: 2 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: January 21, 2012
- Language: English
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3.99(72 ratings)
3.99(72 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USDEverything that parents need to survive and thrive in the 21st Century. Marriage, children and family have been lifelong priorities for Charles Swindoll. Based on his extensive study of both the Old and New Testaments, Chuck has drawn together thoseEverything that parents need to survive and thrive in the 21st Century. Marriage, children and family have been lifelong priorities for Charles Swindoll. Based on his extensive study of both the Old and New Testaments, Chuck has drawn together those timeless insights for building close and rewarding family relationships. Following a biblical exploration of God’s purpose and plans for families, readers are equipped with all the tools necessary to grow strong healthy families. Chuck then takes a clear-eyed look at those areas where parents and families often experience difficulties. In typical Swindoll fashion, these discussions are frank and direct but always leave the reader filled with hope and encouragement.
Selected Chapters:
- This Is not your Grandfather’s Family
- Practical Advice on Making a Marriage Stick
- Cultivating a Life of Self-Worth
- The Best Kept Secret of Wise Parenting
- Increasing the Priority of Your Family
- Staying Young as Your Family Grows Older
- Danger Signs of Domestic Erosion
- Restoring Relationships After You’ve Blown It
- Affirming and Encouraging Words to Dads
- Secret Struggles…Family Troubles
- From Resentment to Rebellion
- Final Words to Families Then and Now
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Preschool Clues
- By: Angela C. Santomero
- Narrator: Angela C. Santomero
- Length: 8 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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4.2(164 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDThe award-winning creator of Blue’s Clues, Super Why!, and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood shares the secret sauce behind her shows’ powerful, transformative results in the form of eleven research-based, foundationalThe award-winning creator of Blue’s Clues, Super Why!, and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood shares the secret sauce behind her shows’ powerful, transformative results in the form of eleven research-based, foundational “clues” to ensure that preschoolers flourish academically, socially, and emotionally during this critical time.
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The preschool years–when children are between the ages of two and five–are the most influential, important years in a child’s life. Studies show that pausing to interact, playing to solve problems, diffusing with humor, and using repetition are the hidden clues conscious parents use to raise successful kids and help them learn critical thinking skills, foster empathy, and nurture their sense of self-worth.
Angela C. Santomero, MA, the award-winning creator of children’s television phenomena knows this better than anyone and has spent decades working to instill confidence in her young viewers. In Preschool Clues, she breaks down the philosophy behind her shows–educating, inspiring, and empowering kids–into concrete strategies that parents and educators can incorporate into their family and classroom to set their preschoolers up for success, such as:
-Intentionally pausing to foster bonding, independence, and resilience
-Developing empathy and confidence through soliciting preschoolers’ help
-Becoming “fluent” in the language of preschoolers: Play
-Igniting your preschooler’s curiosity
-Being an involved co-player everyday
-Designing a healthy media diet
In Preschool Clues, Angela shares the latest research from top thinkers in child development and education. Through her practical, straightforward advice and inspiring, conversational approach, you will not only understand exactly what your children are learning from the shows they watch and why these shows are so effective, you’ll know exactly how to apply these same proven approaches in your daily life and with the same powerful results. -
Raising Kids for True Greatness
- By: Tim Kimmel
- Narrator: Tim Kimmel
- Length: 5 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: January 24, 2023
- Language: English
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4.01(164 ratings)
4.01(164 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDYou want only the best for your kids. And you want them to be successful. Sure, there’s nothing wrong with that. But what if there was something more? Could your definition of success be leaving out the most important part? What aboutYou want only the best for your kids. And you want them to be successful. Sure, there’s nothing wrong with that. But what if there was something more? Could your definition of success be leaving out the most important part?
What about greatness? Where does it fit in? “If you aim your children at anything less than greatness, you’ll set them up to miss the whole point of their lives,” says author Tim Kimmel. In Raising Kids for True Greatness, Kimmel turns the definition of success on its head and guides you in preparing your child for a life that will easily eclipse the goals of those who are merely successful.
Learn how to prepare your kids for rich lives of true greatness by helping them find answers to life’s three most crucial, life-changing questions regarding their mission, mate, and master:
- What are they going to do with their potential?
- Who will they spend their lives with?
- Who will they live it for?
A study guide is included in the audiobook companion PDF download.
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Raising Your Spirited Baby
- By: Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
- Narrator: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 8 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 29, 2020
- Language: English
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4.42(50 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USD“Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, Ed.D., brings her expertise in raising spirited children to help you understand and soothe your spirited baby. Her research-based, parent-tested strategies will help your baby sleep better and develop a calmer, more“Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, Ed.D., brings her expertise in raising spirited children to help you understand and soothe your spirited baby. Her research-based, parent-tested strategies will help your baby sleep better and develop a calmer, more resilient brain and nervous system. I’ll be recommending this for all new parents.” –Dr. Laura Markham, founder of AhaParenting.com, and author of Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids
From the beloved bestselling author whose award-winning parenting books have sold over 1 million copies–an indispensable guide to the unique needs of Spirited Infants(tm).
Does your baby bursts into tears when another baby in the same situation sleeps soundly?
Do the strategies your friends swear by not work with your baby?
Do the upsets and shrieking come out of seemingly nowhere and take forever to subside?
Moms and dads who answer “yes,” are the parents of a spirited infant. Spirited infants are the outliers–the exceptions to the “rules,” the extraordinary ones. They arrive in this world genetically wired to be alert and intense. Spirited babies put parents to the test and raising them takes special skills and patient perseverance.
In this groundbreaking new book, beloved parenting expert Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, Ed.D., offers her findings in the fields of neuroscience, sleep, temperament, self-regulation, attachment, and parent-child interactions, and shares what she has learned from hands-on experiences with families to bring this much-needed perspective to the parenting of babies under eighteen months of age. She provides extensive research, parent-tested strategies, and a clear shame-free, guilt-free guide to nurturing and caring for spirited babies.
Kurcinka reveals a plan for success with a 5-step Spirited Baby(tm) Methodology to give parents–and everyone who supports them–a how-to handbook that will be embraced as a simple, trusted companion.
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The Most Important Place on Earth
- By: Robert Wolgemuth
- Narrator: Robert Wolgemuth
- Length: 3 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: October 25, 2011
- Language: English
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4.22(230 ratings)
4.22(230 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USDIt all starts at home. Newly revised and updated, The Most Important Place on Earth is Robert Wolgemuth’s inspiring and practical book for those looking for a strong foundation for their home. So what’s so great about a Christian home?It all starts at home.
Newly revised and updated, The Most Important Place on Earth is Robert Wolgemuth’s inspiring and practical book for those looking for a strong foundation for their home. So what’s so great about a Christian home? There you will find redemption, forgiveness, hope, laughter, and genuine happiness. There you will also find discipline, purpose, and grace. Lots of grace.
Many people did not grow up in a Christian home, and many more do not consider their childhood experience a good model. The Most Important Place on Earth covers eight answers to the question, “What does a Christian home look like?” It is filled with stories and useful ideas that will convince any reader that a Christian home is not an elusive stereotype. It is something that really can be achieved. And it is something worth having. You’ll see.
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The Nanny Connie Way
- By: Connie Simpson
- Narrator: Joy Osmanski
- Length: 7 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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3.66(96 ratings)
3.66(96 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDFrom the beloved nanny to stars like Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, and Cash Warren and Jessica Alba comes a loving yet no-nonsense guide to the first four months of parenthood so you can raise a happyFrom the beloved nanny to stars like Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, and Cash Warren and Jessica Alba comes a loving yet no-nonsense guide to the first four months of parenthood so you can raise a happy baby–and be happy parents.
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There is nothing like the overwhelming love of gazing upon your beautiful newborn, but there is really nothing like the overwhelming terror of not being able to comfort that screaming baby.
Have no fear! Nanny Connie is here with all the solutions you need for every baby-care dilemma from comforting a colicky infant to trying to breastfeed in public. Her sweet and sassy drawl seeps right out of these pages, reassuring you that everything will be fine, as she guides you with her God-given wisdom, larger-than-life compassion, and three decades worth of experience and patience.
Connie, “quite simply one of the greatest humans on this planet” (Emily Blunt) and a mother herself, comes from many generations of strong women with loads of experience in mothering, midwifery, and Southern values. Broken into three easy-to-follow sections (pre-baby arrangements, that immediate post-birth glow, and the first four months of the rest of your life), The Nanny Connie Way is your go-to, first-time-parent-proof baby manual that will give you not only the guidance you crave, but also the confidence to be the best parent you can be.
Connie tackles everything from:
-Breastfeeding Do and Don’ts
-The Power of the Pacifier
-Bath Time With Baby
-The Nighttime Sleep Ritual
-Managing New Mommy Stress
Connie won’t just get you through the sleepless nights and the explosive diapers–she’s going to make you thrive.
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Watching in Wonder
- By: Catherine Claire Larson
- Narrator: Catherine Claire Larson
- Length: 5 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: March 14, 2023
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDThe first year of life for your new baby is an exciting time full of milestones, and you don’t want to forget a single moment. This weekly devotional journal will inspire you to record stories and prayers for your newborn that you (and they)The first year of life for your new baby is an exciting time full of milestones, and you don’t want to forget a single moment. This weekly devotional journal will inspire you to record stories and prayers for your newborn that you (and they) will treasure for years to come. And you’ll feel God’s presence and comfort with devotions and Scripture selected especially for new moms.
In this book, you will encounter a God who lovingly cares for you and your little one. Marvel anew at His goodness and the miracle of life that is growing day by day before your eyes.
This devotional includes:
- A weekly inspirational devotional theme on one of God’s unchanging characteristics
- Devotions that lead you closer to God
With its invitation to draw near to God as you navigate your baby’s first year of life, Watching in Wonder is a sweet and thoughtful gift for friends’ and loved ones’ baby showers or as a gift for yourself at this memorable time of life.
Embrace the exhilarating, exhausting, and joy-filled first year of motherhood with this devotional journal, a gift you can one day give your son or daughter as a reminder of the love and prayers you shared throughout his or her first year in the world.
Monthly “Memories and Milestones” sections and thoughtful journaling prompts are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.
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The Sears Baby Book
- By: William Sears
- Narrator: Derek Shetterly
- Length: 35 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: December 20, 2022
- Language: English
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4.17(6267 ratings)
4.17(6267 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0049.99 USDRevised and expanded: America’s bestselling “baby bible” — an encyclopedic guide to the first two years of your baby’s life. The million-copy bestseller by “the man who remade motherhood” (TIME) has now beenRevised and expanded: America’s bestselling “baby bible” — an encyclopedic guide to the first two years of your baby’s life.
The million-copy bestseller by “the man who remade motherhood” (TIME) has now been revised, expanded, and bought thoroughly up-to-date — with the latest information on prenatal vitamins, breastfeeding practices, daycare, midwifery, hospital births, preventing and overcoming postpartum depression, and infant development.The Searses draw from their vast experience both as medical professionals and parents to provide comprehensive information on virtually every aspect of infant care. The Sears Baby Book focuses on the essential needs of babies — eating, sleeping, development, health, and comfort — as it addresses the questions of greatest concern to today’s parents. The topics covered include:
- Preparing for a safe and healthy birth
- Bonding with your baby
- Feeding your baby
- Soothing your fussy baby
- Getting your baby to sleep
- Understanding your baby’s development
- Treating common illnesses
- Babyproofing your home
- Understanding toddler behavior
- Dealing with temper tantrums
- Toilet training
- Working parenting
- First-aid procedures
- and much more
Unrivaled in its scope and authority, The Sears Baby Book presents a practical, contemporary approach to parenting that reflects the way we live today. This is a rich and invaluable resource offering the basic guidance and inspiration you need to get the most out of parenting — for your child, yourself, and for your entire family.
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The Attachment Parenting Book
- By: William Sears
- Narrator: Jim Denison
- Length: 10 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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4.15(3214 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDAmerica’s foremost baby and childcare experts, William Sears, MD, and Martha Sears, RN, explain the benefits–to both you and your child–of connecting with your baby early. Might you and your baby both sleep better if you shared aAmerica’s foremost baby and childcare experts, William Sears, MD, and Martha Sears, RN, explain the benefits–to both you and your child–of connecting with your baby early.
Might you and your baby both sleep better if you shared a bed? How old is too old for breastfeeding? What is a father’s role in nurturing a newborn? How does early attachment foster a child’s eventual independence? Dr. Bill and Martha Sears–the doctor-and-nurse, husband-and-wife team who coined the term “attachment parenting”–answer these and many more questions in this practical, inspiring guide. Attachment parenting is a style of parenting that encourages a strong early attachment and advocates parental responsiveness to babies’ dependency needs.
The Attachment Parenting Book clearly explains the seven “Baby Bs” that form the basis of this popular parenting style:
BondingBreastfeedingBabywearingBelief in the language value of baby’s cryBedding close to babyBalanceBeware of baby trainers.
Here’s all the information you need to achieve your most important goals as a new parent: to know your child, to help your child feel right, and to enjoy parenting.
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Little Blue Truck
- By: Alice Schertle
- Narrator: Alice Schertle
- Length: 5 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: September 21, 2012
- Language: English
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4.51(12629 ratings)
4.51(12629 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.007.99 USDAcclaimed children’s author Alice Schertle’s Little Blue Truck is ”sure to become a storytime favorite” (Kirkus Reviews). In it, listeners meet Blue, a small truck who greets his friends with a friendly ”Beep!” asAcclaimed children’s author Alice Schertle’s Little Blue Truck is ”sure to become a storytime favorite” (Kirkus Reviews). In it, listeners meet Blue, a small truck who greets his friends with a friendly ”Beep!” as he rolls down the country road. All of Blue’s friends greet him merrily back- except the big dump truck, who has more important things to do. But when the dump truck gets stuck in the mud, he’ ll need Blue’s help after all.
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The First Four Years
- By: Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Narrator: Cherry Jones
- Length: 2 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: February 07, 2017
- Language: English
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3.87(33001 ratings)
3.87(33001 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDLaura Ingalls Wilder is beginning life with her new husband, Almanzo, in their own little house. Laura is a young pioneer wife now, and must work hard with Almanzo, farming the land around their home on the South Dakota prairie. Soon their babyLaura Ingalls Wilder is beginning life with her new husband, Almanzo, in their own little house. Laura is a young pioneer wife now, and must work hard with Almanzo, farming the land around their home on the South Dakota prairie. Soon their baby daughter, Rose, is born, and the young family must face the hardships and triumphs encountered by so many American pioneers.
And so Laura Ingalls Wilder’s adventure as a little pioneer girl ends, and her new life as a pioneer wife and mother begins. The nine Little House books have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America’s frontier past and a heartwarming, unforgettable story.
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts.
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Winnie-the-Pooh
- By: A. A. Milne
- Narrator: Peter Dennis
- Length: 2 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2004
- Language: English
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4.16(169 ratings)
4.16(169 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0011.95 USDBlackstone Audiobooks presents, from the unabridged collection A. A. Milne’s Pooh Classics, the ten stories of Winnie-the-Pooh performed by Peter Dennis. Come with us to an enchanted place, a forest where Winnie-the-Pooh lived with Piglet,Blackstone Audiobooks presents, from the unabridged collection A. A. Milne’s Pooh Classics, the ten stories of Winnie-the-Pooh performed by Peter Dennis.
Come with us to an enchanted place, a forest where Winnie-the-Pooh lived with Piglet, Rabbit, Owl, Eeyore, Kanga, and Little Roo. The stories are about Christopher Robin and these good companions having wonderful times getting in and out of trouble. It is all very exciting and, really, quite thrilling no matter how young or old you may be.
This reading has earned the prestigious Audie Award, Parents’ Choice Gold Award, Ohio State Award of Merit, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Silver Award.
This is the only reading of these immortal stories authorized by A. A. Milne’s son, Christopher Robin, who wrote, “Peter Dennis has made himself Pooh’s Ambassador Extraordinary and no bear has ever had a more devoted friend. So if you want to meet the real Pooh, the bear I knew, the bear my father wrote about, listen to Peter.”
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Everything is an Emergency
- By: Jason Adam Katzenstein
- Narrator: Michael Crouch
- Length: 1 hours 17 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 30, 2020
- Language: English
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4.06(907 ratings)
4.06(907 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USD“This book undid me in all the best ways. Everything is an Emergency is a brilliant, honest, necessary book that exposes the intricacies of the human brain while showing us the way creativity and friendship can anchor us. This is a must-read“This book undid me in all the best ways. Everything is an Emergency is a brilliant, honest, necessary book that exposes the intricacies of the human brain while showing us the way creativity and friendship can anchor us. This is a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered if they see the world a little differently.” -Ada Limon
A New Yorker cartoonist illustrates his lifelong struggle with OCD
Jason Adam Katzenstein is just trying to live his life, but he keeps getting sidetracked by his over-active, anxious brain. Mundane events like shaking hands or sharing a drink snowball into absolute catastrophes. Jason has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, a mental illness that compels him to perform rituals in order to protect himself from dangers that don’t really exist. He checks, washes, over-thinks, rinse, repeat.
He does his best to hide his embarrassing compulsions, and sometimes this even works. He grows up, worries about his first kiss, falls in love with making cartoons, moves to New York City — which is magical and gross, etc. All the while, half his energy goes into living his life, while the other half is devoted to the increasingly ridiculous rituals he’s decided to maintain to keep himself from fully short-circuiting,
Then, he fully short-circuits.
At his absolute lowest, Jason finally decides to do the things he’s always been told to do to get better: exposure therapy and medication. These are the things that have always freaked him out, and they continue to freak him out. Also, they help him recover.
Everything is an Emergency is about all the self-destructive stories someone tells himself, over and over, until they start to seem true. In images surreal, witty, and confessional, Jason shows us that OCD can be funny, even when it feels like it’s ruining your life.
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Uncle Dunkle and Donnie
- By: Joe Bevilacqua
- Narrator: Joe Bevilacqua
- Length: 4 hours 55 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
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5(3 ratings)
5(3 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDA seal who can’t balance? An elephant who always forgets? A green cow who walks on her front feet? These are just some of the wacky characters from the unique mind of Daws Butler, the man who voiced most of the classic Hanna-BarberaA seal who can’t balance? An elephant who always forgets? A green cow who walks on her front feet? These are just some of the wacky characters from the unique mind of Daws Butler, the man who voiced most of the classic Hanna-Barbera characters–Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, and Snagglepuss, to name a few.
Uncle Dunkle and Donnie is a collection of imaginative, never-before-released cartoon scripts by Butler, who also worked on the classic 1960s Fractured Fairy Tales and Aesop and Sons animated cartoons. Daws Butler prot+(r)g+(r) Joe Bevilacqua performs 97 different characters in this production!
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Stick Dog Wants a Hot Dog
- By: Tom Watson
- Narrator: Andrew Eiden
- Length: 1 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: October 08, 2013
- Language: English
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4.15(1142 ratings)
4.15(1142 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDPerfect for fans of the Dog Man, Big Nate, Timmy Failure, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, Stick Dog and his friends are back, and they’re hungrier than ever! As the dogs embark on their quest for hot dogs, they learn they’re not the onlyPerfect for fans of the Dog Man, Big Nate, Timmy Failure, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, Stick Dog and his friends are back, and they’re hungrier than ever!
As the dogs embark on their quest for hot dogs, they learn they’re not the only ones on a mission–a band of raccoons is following close behind, and they’re ravenous, too!
In this second book in the series, Stick Dog and his four friends, Poo-Poo, Mutt, Stripes, and Karen, must execute a master plan for stealing hot dogs. The closer they get to the hot dog vendor, the more difficult their mission becomes.
The five dogs are met with many funny challenges along the way, including having to distract the frankfurter guy and Karen getting locked in a human’s house. No matter what, these dogs have their eyes–and stomachs–on the prize.
With hilarious text, reluctant readers will eat this one up!
Other favorites in the series include Stick Dog Dreams of Ice Cream, Stick Dog Chases a Pizza, and many more!
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Salty Splashes Collection, Vol. 1
- By: J. Z. Bingham
- Narrator: Shawn Willms
- Length: 56 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.007.99 USDMeet the Salty Splashes–a cast of cartoons characters loaded with spunk and personality. They have a knack for finding comical adventure all around their cool, beachy world–a fictional version of the magical coast of central California,Meet the Salty Splashes–a cast of cartoons characters loaded with spunk and personality. They have a knack for finding comical adventure all around their cool, beachy world–a fictional version of the magical coast of central California, America’s Riviera. Hear their lyrical, rhyming stories come to life with surf music, animated dialogue, and funny cartoon sound effects. It’s the most fun you can have in one hour without getting into trouble!
The first three books in the Salty Splashes Collection are packaged in one audiobook for an exciting, fully dramatized hour of humor, action, and adventure. Colorful narrative and voice-overs by Shawn Willms, accompanied by author J. Z. Bingham, bring this cartoon world to life with character acting, continuous sound effects, and music. Dreamy Drums: Trouble in Paradise introduces our cartoon cast as Sammy the spunky puppy is delivered to his waiting family and their sunny village by the sea. Sammy soon instigates a series of antics that lead to an unexpected adventure at sea. Isle of Mystery: Eyes of the King finds our cartoon cast stranded on a seemingly deserted island, where they have spooky encounters with yellow-eyed island denizens before making a friend and settling down for the night with a warm campfire. Gansevort: The King and His Court steps up the action as the cast’s plan to sail back home is interrupted by an unexpected meeting with the island’s ornery king and his tribe. Their clever plan of escape is loaded with humor and a climactic ending.
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The Animated Marx Brothers
- By: Matthew Hahn
- Narrator: Nat Segaloff
- Length: 4 hours 51 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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4.2(4 ratings)
4.2(4 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDTo many people, the Marx Brothers always seemed cartoonish. Small wonder that film animators plucked their personas from their first appearances in The Cocoanuts (1929) and Animal Crackers (1930) and caricatured them in countless animatedTo many people, the Marx Brothers always seemed cartoonish. Small wonder that film animators plucked their personas from their first appearances in The Cocoanuts (1929) and Animal Crackers (1930) and caricatured them in countless animated appearances in theatrical cartoons. Their animated likenesses have since been wisecracking in television cartoons, direct-to-video movies, fan films, commercials, flip books, avatars, emoji, a slot machine, and two TV pilots so rare they were once thought not to exist.
At last, Marx Brothers fans can rejoice. Matthew Hahn’s search for every animated appearance of a Marx brother has trailed longer than Groucho’s coattails. His discoveries include the backstories of the studios, moviemakers, and stars, rare test drawings from the Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery, abandoned projects, connections, coincidences, and apocrypha.
Through the reels of Silly Symphonies, Looney Tunes, and Merrie Melodies, to their comic clashes with Heckle & Jeckle, Oswald Rabbit, Krazy Kat, Pooch the Pup, Buddy, Cubby, Willie Whopper, Flip the Frog, and Popeye, journey back through the most detailed analyses ever compiled of animated Marx Brothers appearances. The author also draws from appearances in You Bet Your Life (1950), Quick Draw McGraw (1959), The Simpsons (1989), Tiny Toon Adventures (1990), and Animaniacs (1993), among many others.
Featured contributions include Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks, Walter Lantz, Rudold Ising, Hugh Harman, Shamus Culhane, Joe Grant, Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng, T. Hee, Robert McKimson, Bob Godfre, Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera, Michael Maltese, Daws Butler, Dayton Allen, Pat Harrington Jr., Frank Felker, Frank Ferrante, Dan Castellanata, Laurel & Hardy, Joe E. Brown, Greta Garbo, Frank Nelson, and Jerry Colonna.
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Phoebe and Her Unicorn in the Magic Storm
- By: Dana Simpson
- Length: 44 minutes
- Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.3(1426 ratings)
4.3(1426 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDThe first Phoebe and Her Unicorn graphic novel!Phoebe and Marigold decide to investigate a powerful storm that is wreaking havoc with the electricity in their town. The adults think it’s just winter weather, but Phoebe and Marigold soonThe first Phoebe and Her Unicorn graphic novel!
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Phoebe and Marigold decide to investigate a powerful storm that is wreaking havoc with the electricity in their town. The adults think it’s just winter weather, but Phoebe and Marigold soon discover that all is not what it seems to be, and that the storm may have a magical cause. To solve the case, they team up with Max, who is desperate for the electricity to return so he can play video games, and frenemy Dakota, who is aided by her goblin minions. Together, they must get to the bottom of the mystery and save the town from the magic storm.
Cast:
Thessaly Lerner as Phoebe
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A Joe Bev Cartoon Collection, Volume Two
- By: Joe Bevilacqua
- Narrator: Joe Bevilacqua
- Length: 10 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDIn A Joe Bev Cartoon Collection, Volume Two, award-winning radio producer and voice actor Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a. Joe Bev, presents… Haunted Joe Bev: A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 7 (190, minutes) Joe Bev au Naturel: A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 8In A Joe Bev Cartoon Collection, Volume Two, award-winning radio producer and voice actor Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a. Joe Bev, presents…
Haunted Joe Bev: A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 7 (190, minutes)
Joe Bev au Naturel: A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 8 (125 minutes)
Joe Bev Hanna-Barberian, A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 9 (120 minutes)
Joe Bev Loves Lorie: A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 10 (125 minutes)
Joe Bev the Musical, A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 11 (121 minutes)
Thurbered Joe Bev: A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 12 (135 minutes)
Waterlogg Productions is a full service audio/video entertainment company, founded in 2002 by husband and wife creative duo Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg. Together, they have been responsible for over 150 titles, including many comedy titles, distributed exclusively by Blackstone Audio. Check out their website at http://www.waterlogg.com.
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The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 9
- By: Joe Bevilacqua
- Narrator: Joe Bevilacqua
- Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDPart improvisation, part audio cartoon, The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 9 is a collection of variety show productions, created by two radio-theater veterans. The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 9 contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures ofPart improvisation, part audio cartoon, The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 9 is a collection of variety show productions, created by two radio-theater veterans.
The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 9 contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sergeant Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated camp for kids in the Catskills. The creation of husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) and Lorie Kellogg, The Comedy-O-Rama Hour has evolved into a wacky mix of family friendly humor, radio theater, audio cartoons, and improvisation.
The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 9 includes: “Lefty & Olive’s Bollywood Wedding,” “Lefty & Olive’s Bollywood Honeymoon,” “Lefty & Olive’s Bollywood Movie,” “The Bollywood Debacle Continues,” “Yogurt Pudding Love,” and “Camp Waterlogg is … Waterlogged.”
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Rare Daws Butler, Vol. 3
- By: Charles Dawson Butler
- Narrator: Charles Dawson Butler
- Length: 1 hours 0 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2014
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.004.95 USDRare Daws Butler, Volume Three offers a full hour of lost audio from the mind–and voice–of the genius behind so many beloved cartoon characters. Included here are “Huckleberry Hound and the Ghost Ship” and “Quick DrawRare Daws Butler, Volume Three offers a full hour of lost audio from the mind–and voice–of the genius behind so many beloved cartoon characters. Included here are “Huckleberry Hound and the Ghost Ship” and “Quick Draw McGraw and the Treasure of Sarah’s Mattress,” remastered by Daws Butler prot+(r)g+(r) Joe Bevilacqua.
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The Cat Who Saved Books
- By: Sosuke Natsukawa
- Narrator: Kevin Shen
- Length: 5 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 07, 2021
- Language: English
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3.73(12894 ratings)
3.73(12894 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDAN INDIE NEXT PICK! From the #1 bestselling author in Japan comes a celebration of books, cats, and the people who love them, infused with the heartwarming spirit of The Guest Cat and The Travelling Cat Chronicles. Bookish high school studentAN INDIE NEXT PICK!
From the #1 bestselling author in Japan comes a celebration of books, cats, and the people who love them, infused with the heartwarming spirit of The Guest Cat and The Travelling Cat Chronicles.
Bookish high school student Rintaro Natsuki is about to close the secondhand bookstore he inherited from his beloved bookworm grandfather. Then, a talking cat appears with an unusual request. The feline asks for–or rather, demands–the teenager’s help in saving books with him. The world is full of lonely books left unread and unloved, and the cat and Rintaro must liberate them from their neglectful owners.
Their mission sends this odd couple on an amazing journey, where they enter different mazes to set books free. Through their travels, the cat and Rintaro meet a man who leaves his books to perish on a bookshelf, an unwitting book torturer who cuts the pages of books into snippets to help people speed read, and a publishing drone who only wants to create bestsellers. Their adventures culminate in one final, unforgettable challenge–the last maze that awaits leads Rintaro down a realm only the bravest dare enter . . .
An enthralling tale of books, first love, fantasy, and an unusual friendship with a talking cat, The Cat Who Saved Books is a story for those for whom books are so much more than words on paper.
Translated from the Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai.
“Cats, books, young love, and adventure: catnip for a variety of readers!” –Kirkus
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