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    Family & Parenting

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    When a Home Is Not a Home

    Ona Rus­sell
    January 8, 2021
    Essay

    Salinger and the Art of ​“Jew­ish Zen”

    Jerome Charyn
    January 4, 2021
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    Chil­dren’s
    A Crowd­ed Farm­house Folktale
    Karen Rostoker-Gruber, Kristina Swarner (illus.)
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    Home for the Hanukkah-Days: For Families

    Simona Zaret­sky
    December 8, 2020
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    Fish Out of Water
    Joanne Levy
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    Mom­my, Can You Stop the Rain?
    Rona Milch Novick, PhD, Anna Kubaszewska (illus.)
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    Hil­lel Builds a House
    Shoshana Lepon, Angeles Ruiz (illus.)
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    I Am Not a Dog Toy
    Ethan T. Berlin
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    The Scaf­fold Effect: Rais­ing Resilient, Self-Reliant, and Secure Kids in an Age of Anxiety
    Harold Koplewicz
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    I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Mem­oir of Autism and Hope
    Valerie Gilpeer
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    Bub­bie’s Mag­i­cal Hair
    Abbe Rol­nick
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    Trou­bled: The Failed Promise of Amer­i­ca’s Behav­ioral Treat­ment Programs
    Ken­neth R. Rosen
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    Mary Jane: A Novel
    Jes­si­ca Blau
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    Ezra’s Invis­i­ble Backpack
    Han­nah Cohen
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    Wid­ow­ish: A Memoir
    Melis­sa Gould
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