The Body Scoop for Girls: A Straight-Talk Guide to a Healthy, Beautiful You

The Body Scoop for Girls
Reviewed by Kim Childress
This book could alternately be titled “Everything You Could Ever Possibly Hope to Learn From Your OB-GYN.” It may technically be for tweens and teens, but moms are absolutely guaranteed to learn a thing or two, whether about the subject at hand or how to talk to your [...]

Parents’ Guide to the Middle School Years

A Parent’s Guide to the Middle School Years, by Joe Bruzzese, MA
Celestial Arts (Ten Speed Press), $14.95
By Kim Childress
This book ranks as one of the best I’ve seen on helping your child transition out of the elementary years into a future of academic success. For many kids, middle school is the beginning of a radically [...]