January's Child

January's Child
Title January's Child PDF eBook
Author Andrea Alban Gosline
Publisher Scholastic Press
Pages 28
Release 2007
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9780439672689

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Rhymed text and illustrations describe characteristics of babies born in each month of the year.

January First

January First
Title January First PDF eBook
Author Michael Schofield
Publisher Crown
Pages 322
Release 2012-08-07
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0307719103

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Michael Schofield’s daughter January is at the mercy of her imaginary friends, except they aren’t the imaginary friends that most young children have; they are hallucinations. And January is caught in the conflict between our world and their world, a place she calls Calalini. Some of these hallucinations, like “24 Hours,” are friendly and some, like “400 the Cat” and “Wednesday the Rat,” bite and scratch her until she does what they want. They often tell her to scream at strangers, jump out of buildings, and attack her baby brother. At six years old, January Schofield, “Janni,” to her family, was diagnosed with schizophrenia, one of the worst mental illnesses known to man. What’s more, schizophrenia is 20 to 30 times more severe in children than in adults and in January’s case, doctors say, she is hallucinating 95 percent of the time that she is awake. Potent psychiatric drugs that would level most adults barely faze her. A New York Times bestseller, January First captures Michael and his family's remarkable story in a narrative that forges new territory within books about mental illness. In the beginning, readers see Janni’s incredible early potential: her brilliance, and savant-like ability to learn extremely abstract concepts. Next, they witnesses early warning signs that something is not right, Michael’s attempts to rationalize what’s happening, and his descent alongside his daughter into the abyss of schizophrenia. Their battle has included a two-year search for answers, countless medications and hospitalizations, allegations of abuse, despair that almost broke their family apart and, finally, victories against the illness and a new faith that they can create a life for Janni filled with moments of happiness. A compelling, unsparing and passionate account, January First vividly details Schofield’s commitment to bring his daughter back from the edge of insanity. It is a father’s soul-baring memoir of the daily struggles and challenges he and his wife face as they do everything they can to help Janni while trying to keep their family together.

White House Conference on Children in a Democracy, Washington, D.C., January 18-20, 1940

White House Conference on Children in a Democracy, Washington, D.C., January 18-20, 1940
Title White House Conference on Children in a Democracy, Washington, D.C., January 18-20, 1940 PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 416
Release 1942
Genre Child care
ISBN

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The Criminal Child

The Criminal Child
Title The Criminal Child PDF eBook
Author Jean Genet
Publisher New York Review of Books
Pages 129
Release 2020-01-21
Genre Literary Collections
ISBN 1681373629

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The Criminal Child offers the first English translation of a key early work by Jean Genet. In 1949, in the midst of a national debate about improving the French reform-school system, Radiodiffusion Française commissioned Genet to write about his experience as a juvenile delinquent. He sent back a piece that was a paean to prison instead of the expected horrifying exposé. Revisiting the cruel hazing rituals that had accompanied his incarceration, relishing the special argot spoken behind bars, Genet bitterly denounced any improvement in the condition of young prisoners as a threat to their criminal souls. The radio station chose not to broadcast Genet’s views. “The Criminal Child” appears here with a selection of Genet’s finest essays, including his celebrated piece on the art of Alberto Giacometti.

Proceedings of the First National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, January 4-6, 1976

Proceedings of the First National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, January 4-6, 1976
Title Proceedings of the First National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, January 4-6, 1976 PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 140
Release 1976
Genre Child abuse
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Miscellanea

Miscellanea
Title Miscellanea PDF eBook
Author Thoresby Society
Publisher
Pages 486
Release 1909
Genre Leeds (England)
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29 Short Stories

29 Short Stories
Title 29 Short Stories PDF eBook
Author John Hoel
Publisher AuthorHouse
Pages 568
Release 2005-08-10
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1463455429

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Variety is the hallmark of this book called 29 Short Stories. The Author includes stories for just about every age group, color, creed, religion and sexual preference. The stories are as passionate as they are whimsical and make you want to come back for more. Topics vary in issues from friendship, humor, suicide, prison, comradery, drug abuse, love and cruelty, ethics and morality, and is written in a way that puts entertainment at a premium. This is a fun book, especially designed for those who cant find what they want to read. Stories are listed alphabetically and are featured in large print. Youll want to keep this book in the guest bedroom after youve read it.