Parenting & Family

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Dear Star Baby by Malcolm Newsome (hardcover)
Dear Star Baby by Malcolm Newsome (hardcover)

I knew something was wrong when Mama called me close.

She held my hand and told me you would not be coming home with us.

She said you went to be with the stars instead.

Written as a letter to his unborn baby sibling, Dear Star Baby shares how a little boy processes the grief he and his family experience after a miscarriage. He tells the baby all about how they were preparing their home to welcome them and the things he was looking forward to doing together. He processes his wonders, wishes, and sadness after this tremendous loss. Dad says their Star Baby feels far away. Mom says their Star Baby is always in her heart. The little boy imagines his baby sibling singing and twinkling in the night sky as he sleeps.

Poignant and sensitively told, this story will help families who have lost a baby to miscarriage or stillbirth grieve and move forward together.

$18.99
The Blueprint to Coparenting: Working Together to Do What’s in the Best Interest of Our Children by Isaiah Gary M.A. (paperback)
The Blueprint to Coparenting: Working Together to Do What’s in the Best Interest of Our Children by Isaiah Gary M.A. (paperback)

Author Isaiah Gary M.A shares concepts and ideas which have led to a friendship with his coparent and an improved relationship in which they work together to do what is in the best interest of their child. He takes it a step further and shares practical steps he is taking to become the best version of himself. After losing his father at nine years old and having little to no example of how to be a father, the author shares his experience with coparenting. This literary masterpiece is unique in that it is written to fathers, but allows mothers an inside look into the thought process of a man who coparents on a high level. The Blueprint to Coparenting challenges parents to find a way to work together and offers a different perspective on what a coparenting relationship should look like. This labor of love has been birthed in response to the author’s experience with coparenting, his observation of how ineffectively coparenting negatively impacts children, and to address the struggles and challenges coparents face day in and day out. If you or someone you know would benefit from having an improved relationship with their coparent, get your copy today!

$19.00
Where Is My Dad? by Ambry L. Ivy (hardcover)
Where Is My Dad? by Ambry L. Ivy (hardcover)

Taylor is a fun-loving girl who seems to have it all. She loves school, enjoys her playtime, and even makes time for ballet and basketball! A life full of family and friends, a loving mother and so much of adventure — yet one question lingers in Taylor’s mind: “Where Is My Dad?” Follow Taylor’s experience as she struggles to figure out who she is without her father and ponders about the one thing that seems to be missing. Come along, join this adventure and benefit from the knowledge, confidence, and imagination of children just like you! Where Is My Dad? is an insightful book filled with a positive approach that makes the awkward conversations easy and fosters a sense of understanding, love, and wisdom for both parents and children; promoting healing and forgiveness.

$21.99
Who Asked You? by Terry McMillan (paperback)
Who Asked You? by Terry McMillan (paperback)

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author…“Remember Getting to Happy, Waiting to Exhale, and How Stella Got Her Groove Back? Well, you won’t likely forget Terry McMillan’s Who Asked You? either” (Raleigh News & Observer).

Betty Jean already has her hands full when her grown daughter leaves her two young sons in her care. In between dealing with her other adult children, two opinionated sisters, an ill husband, and her own postponed dreams—BJ still manages to hold down a job delivering room service at a hotel.

Her son Dexter is about to be paroled from prison; Quentin, the family success, can’t be bothered to lend a hand; and taking care of two lively grandsons is the last thing BJ thinks she needs. But who asked her?

$17.00
You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption by Angela Tucker (paperback)
You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption by Angela Tucker (paperback)

An adoption expert and transracial adoptee herself examines the unique perspectives and challenges these adoptees have as they navigate multiple cultures.

“Your parents are so amazing for adopting you! You should be grateful that you were adopted.”

Angela Tucker is a Black woman, adopted from foster care by white parents. She has heard this microaggression her entire life, usually from well-intentioned strangers who view her adoptive parents as noble saviors. She is grateful for many aspects of her life, but being transracially adopted involves layers of rejection, loss, and complexity that cannot be summed up so easily.

In “You Should Be Grateful,” Tucker centers the experiences of adoptees to share deeply personal stories, well-researched history, and engrossing anecdotes from mentorship sessions with adopted youth. These perspectives challenge the fairy-tale narrative of adoption, giving way to a fuller story that explores the impacts of racism, classism, family, love, and belonging.

$18.00