• *Raising a Thinking Child,by Myrna B. Shure, Ph.D.

The "I-Can-Problem-Solve" Program. Help your young child to resolve everyday conflicts and get along with others.

• Raising Lifelong Learners,by Lucy Calkings.

This book provides parents with practical suggestions and methods to nurture qualities that are fundamental to all that our children will do and become in their lives.

As an educator and mother, Calkins shows us how to create a literate environment at home...supporting children's skills as emerging readers, writers, mathematicians, scientists, and historians.

• *The New Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease.

Jim Trelease show parents how you can raise a reader and bring your family closer at the same time. He explains:

• How to begin reading aloud and which books to choose;
• How reading aloud awakens children's imaginations, improves their language skills, and opens new worlds of enjoyment;
• How to coax children away from the TV; how time shared reading together is valuable to parents and children;
• How individuals across America have implemented read-aloud programs that have raised reading scores and united communities.

*These books are available in the Mill Street LRC on the Parent Resource Shelf.