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“maryjane thomson”

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  • Sarah Vaughan Is Not My Mother

    A Memoir of Madness

    by MaryJane Thomson ...
    Nineteen-year-old MaryJane Thomson seemed to have it all. Intelligent, creative, and beautiful, she was destined for a bright future. But a nightmare of delusions and hallucinations was unfolding. She dropped out of university, turned to drugs, and spent years in and out of psych wards, police cells, drug hangouts, and on the streets. In this heartbreaking but ultimately hopeful memoir, she shares ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Making modern mothers

    by Rachel Thomson, Mary Jane Kehily, Lucy Hadfield, Sue Sharpe ...
    What does motherhood mean today? Drawing on interviews with new mothers and intergenerational chains of women in the same family, this exciting and timely book documents the transition to motherhood over generations and time. Exploring, amongst other things, the trend to later motherhood and the experience of teenage pregnancy, a compelling picture emerges. Becoming a mother is not only a profound ... Read more

    $32.79 CAD

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    How Mothers and Fathers Can Help Their Children Deal with Separation and Divorce

    by Penelope Leach ...
    **A practical, comprehensively researched guide to doing the best for your child during and after separation or divorce—from the bestselling author of Your Baby & Child, one of the world’s leading experts on child development and parenting.“Wide-ranging, incisive, and candid.... Lots of sound practical advice.” —Psychology Today**Using the latest scientific research in child development, Penelope ... Read more

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  • It's a Boy

    Women Writers on Raising Sons

    Edited by Andrea J. Buchanan ...
    The most popular question any pregnant woman is asked, aside from "When are you due?", has got to be "Are you having a girl or a boy?"When author Andrea Buchanan, already a mom to a little girl, was pregnant with her second child, she marveled at the response of friends and total strangers alike: "Boys are wonderful," "Boys are so much better than girls," "Boys love their mothers differently than ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Scout Tests and How to Pass Them

    by The Scout Association ...
    Scouting has been in existence since 1907, offering children and young adults over 100 years of adventure, Jamborees, summer camps, badges, scarves and gang shows. The collection of the badges has always been the backbone of the movement, and back in 1914 a book was published that gathered together all of the legendary badges and gave instruction on how to pass them. This is a celebratory edition ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD

  • The Nurture of Nature

    Childhood, Antimodernism, and Ontario Summer Camps, 1920-55

    by Sharon Wall ...
    Series series Nature | History | Society Series
    Thousands of children attended summer camps in twentieth-century Ontario. Did parents simply want a break, or were broader developments at play? The Nurture of Nature explores how competing cultural tendencies – antimodern nostalgia and modern sensibilities about the landscape, child rearing, and identity – shaped the development of summer camps and, consequently, modern social life in North ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

  • With Children and Youth

    Emerging Theories and Practices in Child and Youth Care Work

    Edited by Kiaras Gharabaghi, Hans A. Skott-Myhre, Mark Krueger ...
    Series series Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada
    With Children and Youth provides a snapshot of emerging theories and perspectives in the field of child and youth care across North America. Well-known scholars and researchers present new and innovative critical perspectives, written in a provocative manner and reflecting outside-the-box thinking.The book examines from scholarly and practical viewpoints the purpose of child and youth care ... Read more

    $41.59 CAD

  • Oceans Of The World In Color

    Marine Life and Oceanography for Children

    by Speedy Publishing ...
    As our children flip through television channels, they are sure to stumble upon on a TV channel that displays the wonderful waters of our world. They may become quite excited upon seeing some of our world's greatest, largest, and beautiful creatures, including, but ot limited to: whales, dolphins, sharks, seals, sea otters, and fish. Also, they may wonder how the oceans are able to produce such ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD

  • School Songs and Gym Slips

    Grammar Schools in the 1950s and 1960s

    by Marilyn Yurdan ...
    What was life really like in a grammar school in the 1950s and '60s? For those educated at a grammar school during their heyday, this time holds very special memories. They were more than just the years of being taught Latin and domestic science, custard and semolina school dinners, and learning about the birds and the bees; they were the formative years of a generation, when those from all walks ... Read more

    $10.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Short Guide to Working with Children and Young People

    by Liesl Conradie, Tyrrell Golding ...
    Series series Short Guides
    Childhood and youth have become increasingly important key concepts across a range of disciplines, professions and studies. The short guide to working with children and young people is an accessible introduction into the main concepts, developments and policy related to this exciting area of work. Divided into two parts, the opening chapters prepare readers to think about work with children and ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD

  • Black Children in Hollywood Cinema

    Cast in Shadow

    by Debbie Olson ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book explores cultural conceptions of the child and the cinematic absence of black children from contemporary Hollywood film. Debbie Olson argues that within the discourse of children’s studies and film scholarship in relation to the conception of “the child,” there is often little to no distinction among children by race—the “child” is most often discussed as a universal entity, as the ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • The Moral Life of Children

    by Robert Coles ...
    An in-depth investigation from the renowned child psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author: "Fascinating."— Los Angeles Times Book ReviewIn this searching, vivid inquiry, Robert Coles shows how children struggle with questions of moral choice. Bringing to life the voices of children from a rich diversity of backgrounds, including regions plagued by poverty or social unrest, he explores their ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus