The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids [book excerpt]
By Diane E. Levin, Ph.D., and Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D. Ballantine Books, 226 pages [purchase here]
Editor’s Note: This book offers so much important information for parents and grandparents that we will run excerpts over several issues of GRAND. We [...]
Thanks so much for considering my submission for the Kids’ Book Author of the Week at GrandMagazine. Pam Ehrenberg’s first young adult novel, Ethan, Suspended, has recently come out in paperback. “I am excited that so many grandparents and grandchildren have already begun to enjoy it together,” Ehrenberg says.
What If… you could win a copy of the newest Record-A-Story Book? Well, you could! Just enter GRAND’s giveaway and you might be one of the lucky readers who’ll win a copy of this heartwarming story. When you read Frank Boylan’s book If to a far-away grandchild, you’ll make the miles disappear every time the [...]
Joni Sensel writes books for young readers, but her novels all include an adult character who forges a strong relationship with the younger protagonist.
“I’m interested in the relationships that can develop between kids and adults who are not their parents or teachers,” she says. “I think it’s an interesting way to explore [...]
Quinn is surrounded by women with broken hearts. Between her mother, her aunt, and her grandmother, Quinn hears nothing but cautionary tales. Then she gets dumped and starts to wonder if there really are no good men. It doesn’t help when Quinn discovers that her selfish, womanizing [...]
Shelley Peterman Schwartz’s MS story, in two parts
Part 1: Your Grandkids Need the Truth
It was 1979 and Shelley Peterman Schwarz’s 33rd birthday was days away. Her doctor had just told her she had primary progressive multiple sclerosis, or MS. Her condition worsened, as did her ability to cope.
Eleven-year-old Zoe feels invisible at school. That is, to everyone but the weird new kid, Lucas, who thinks Zoe is a code-reading genius. She reads a single cipher in his notebook, and now he won’t leave her alone!
But when Zoe’s best friend ditches her, she begins spending time with Lucas. And before long, cryptic [...]
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